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Ashford, Kent [6]

Dover, Kent [5]

Hythe, Kent [3]

Sittingbourne, Kent [3]

Canterbury, Kent [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Folkestone, Kent [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Pentland Queensland [2]

Sutton, Surrey [2]

Adisham, Kent [1]

Ayr Queensland [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Blackwood Victoria [1]

Bridge, Kent [1]

Buckland Dover, Kent [1]

Dover, England [1]

Eastbourne England [1]

Eastley, Kent [1]

Edmonton, Middlesex [1]

Enoggera Queensland [1]

Faversham, Kent [1]

Faversham, Kent, England [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Hartlepool England [1]

Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Herne Bay, Kent [1]

Leyton [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Lower Sydenham, London [1]

Lynsted, Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Meerut [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Myrtle Creek Victoria [1]

Newchurch, Isle of Wight [1]

Newport Isle of Wight [1]

Northfleet, Kent [1]

Ouse Tasmania [1]

Portsea Island, Hampshire [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Ramsgate [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Rochester, Kent [1]

Shrewsbury [1]

Sittingbourne, Kent, England [1]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [1]

St John's, Kent [1]

Streatham, London [1]

Sydenham New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [153]

Gunner [24]

Corporal [18]

Lieutenant [17]

Serjeant [17]

Driver [15]

Sapper [15]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Lance Corporal [11]

Captain [10]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Major [3]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Captain /Temporary Major [2]

Commander [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major General [2]

Nurse [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Mechn [1]

Midshipman [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Sergeant (Permanent Staff) [1]

Serjeant /Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Squadron Corporal Major [1]

Stoker 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [31]

East Kent Regiment [27]

Army Service Corps [24]

Royal Field Artillery [24]

Labour Corps [21]

London Regiment [16]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Royal West Kent Regiment [13]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Berkshire Yeomanry [2]

Canadian Railway Troops [2]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [2]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [2]

Hussars [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

Indian Defence Force [2]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [2]

Life Guards [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

Staff [2]

2/124th Baluchis [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Attached R Herbert Hospital [1]

Service

British Army [290]

Royal Navy [55]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22]

Australian Imperial Force [15]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Other Empire Force [1]

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Contribution

Military Service [415]

Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

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People [432] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ashford, Kent [6] Dover, Kent [5] Hythe, Kent [3] Sittingbourne, Kent [3] Canterbury, Kent [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Folkestone, Kent [2] London, Middlesex [2] Pentland Queensland [2] Sutton, Surrey [2] Adisham, Kent [1] Ayr Queensland [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Blackwood Victoria [1] Bridge, Kent [1] Buckland Dover, Kent [1] Dover, England [1] Eastbourne England [1] Eastley, Kent [1] Edmonton, Middlesex [1] Enoggera Queensland [1] Faversham, Kent [1] Faversham, Kent, England [1] Fulham, London [1] Hartlepool England [1] Hartlepool, Durham [1] Herne Bay, Kent [1] Leyton [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Lower Sydenham, London [1] Lynsted, Sittingbourne, Kent [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Meerut [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Myrtle Creek Victoria [1] Newchurch, Isle of Wight [1] Newport Isle of Wight [1] Northfleet, Kent [1] Ouse Tasmania [1] Portsea Island, Hampshire [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Ramsgate [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Rochester, Kent [1] Shrewsbury [1] Sittingbourne, Kent, England [1] Southampton, Hampshire, England [1] St John's, Kent [1] Streatham, London [1] Sydenham New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [153] Gunner [24] Corporal [18] Lieutenant [17] Serjeant [17] Driver [15] Sapper [15] Second Lieutenant [12] Lance Corporal [11] Captain [10] Acting Serjeant [4] Major [3] Pioneer [3] Acting Corporal [2] Captain /Temporary Major [2] Commander [2] Deck Hand [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major General [2] Nurse [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colonel [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal of Horse [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Mechn [1] Midshipman [1] Munitions Worker [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Sergeant (Permanent Staff) [1] Serjeant /Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Squadron Corporal Major [1] Stoker 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [31] East Kent Regiment [27] Army Service Corps [24] Royal Field Artillery [24] Labour Corps [21] London Regiment [16] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Royal West Kent Regiment [13] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] East Surrey Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Essex Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Berkshire Yeomanry [2] Canadian Railway Troops [2] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [2] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [2] Hussars [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] Indian Defence Force [2] Kent Cyclist Battalion [2] Life Guards [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Royal West Surrey Regiment [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] Staff [2] 2/124th Baluchis [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Attached R Herbert Hospital [1]

Service

British Army [290] Royal Navy [55] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22] Australian Imperial Force [15] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [432]

Contribution

Military Service [415] Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

C Pilcher

Died 1918

British Army 28332 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 28332 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment

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Arthur J Pilcher

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 9904 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Thomas Henry Pilcher

Died 1915

British Army 1646 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

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Thomas Pilcher

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 37565 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Stephen Pilcher

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 100986 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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George E Pilcher

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 2160 Lance Corporal Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 2160 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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John Pilcher

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army S/25084 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/25084 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Herbert Edgar Scott Pilcher

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 177545

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Cecil Edward Pilcher

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178488

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Frederick Chesterton Pilcher

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 182812

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Alfred Edwin Pilcher

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85575

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Norman George Pilcher

Australian Imperial Force 94882

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Harold Dewey Pilcher

Australian Imperial Force 2704

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Frederick Henry Pilcher

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 180059

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Thorold Frederick Pilcher

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81181

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William Henry Pilcher

Born 1883

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 44151 Canterbury Infantry Regiment

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Harry George Pilcher

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy J20938 Able Seaman HMS BLACK PRINCE

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Leonard Hamaton Pilcher

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216373

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Harold Fawcett Pilcher

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296118

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Denzil T Pilcher

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 126363 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 126363 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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