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Maidstone, Kent [6]

Cork [3]

Cork, Cork [2]

Gravesend, Kent [2]

Heathcote Victoria [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Hoxton, London [2]

Katanning Western Australia [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Strood, Kent [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Wollongong New South Wales [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bingara New South Wales [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bishopston, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Brockley, Kent [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Cardiff [1]

Carlskrona [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex [1]

Cork, Ireland [1]

Crayford, Kent, England [1]

Dulwich, Surrey, England [1]

Elsternwick Victoria [1]

Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Goodwood South Australia [1]

Harpenden, Hertfordshire [1]

Hong Kong [1]

Kilkenny [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Macroom [1]

Maidstone, Kent, England [1]

Martock, Devon [1]

Mile End, Middlesex, England [1]

Newmarket Victoria [1]

Northfleet, Kent [1]

Orange, New South Wales, Australia [1]

Poland - Russia [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria [1]

Saint Marys Taunton, Somerset [1]

Seaview, Isle of Wight [1]

Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Shoreditch, London [1]

Rank

Private [170]

Gunner [22]

Corporal [14]

Driver [14]

Sapper [11]

Serjeant [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Lieutenant [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Captain [2]

Major [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Clerk [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Midshipman [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Stoker [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Corporal [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [32]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [25]

Royal Field Artillery [22]

Royal Engineers [20]

London Regiment [16]

Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

East Kent Regiment [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Leinster Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Tank Corps [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Irish Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [3]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [257]

Royal Navy [39]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [37]

Australian Imperial Force [22]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

R [382]

Contribution

Military Service [370]

Merchant Navy [10]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Australia [2]

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People [382] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [6] Cork [3] Cork, Cork [2] Gravesend, Kent [2] Heathcote Victoria [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Hoxton, London [2] Katanning Western Australia [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Strood, Kent [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Wollongong New South Wales [2] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bingara New South Wales [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bishopston, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Brockley, Kent [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Cardiff [1] Carlskrona [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex [1] Cork, Ireland [1] Crayford, Kent, England [1] Dulwich, Surrey, England [1] Elsternwick Victoria [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Goodwood South Australia [1] Harpenden, Hertfordshire [1] Hong Kong [1] Kilkenny [1] Lambeth, London [1] Macroom [1] Maidstone, Kent, England [1] Martock, Devon [1] Mile End, Middlesex, England [1] Newmarket Victoria [1] Northfleet, Kent [1] Orange, New South Wales, Australia [1] Poland - Russia [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria [1] Saint Marys Taunton, Somerset [1] Seaview, Isle of Wight [1] Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Shoreditch, London [1]

Rank

Private [170] Gunner [22] Corporal [14] Driver [14] Sapper [11] Serjeant [9] Lance Corporal [8] Lieutenant [7] Acting Corporal [6] Second Lieutenant [5] Company Serjeant Major [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Pioneer [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Captain [2] Major [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier [1] Clerk [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Midshipman [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temporary Corporal [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [32] Royal Munster Fusiliers [25] Royal Field Artillery [22] Royal Engineers [20] London Regiment [16] Army Service Corps [13] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] East Surrey Regiment [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] East Kent Regiment [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] Leinster Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Hampshire Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Tank Corps [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Coldstream Guards [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Irish Regiment [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [3] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [257] Royal Navy [39] Canadian Expeditionary Force [37] Australian Imperial Force [22] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

R [382]

Contribution

Military Service [370] Merchant Navy [10] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [15] Australia [2]

William Manuel Ring

Born 1890

Died 1963

Australian Imperial Force 1271 Private 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Mark Ring

Born 1885

Died 1933

Australian Imperial Force 7345 Private 28th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Myer Ring

Born 1888

Died 1960

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32366

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William Edward Ring

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 246 Serjeant London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Patrick Ring

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 4958 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers C Company, 2nd Battalion

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Patrick Ring

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 202724 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Frederick Fruman Ring

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39042

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James Ring

Born 1877

Died 1919

British Army 5282 Quartermaster Serjeant Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 580909 Quartermaster Serjeant Labour Corps

British Army 5282 Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant Royal Irish Fusiliers "D" Coy. 2nd Battalion

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William Ring

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296213

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William James Ring

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 4042 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 39219 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 39219 Private South Wales Borderers 6th

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Henry Ring

Died 1918

British Army 29921 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 42117 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Harold Clifford Ring

Born 1897

Died 1932

Australian Imperial Force 451 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

Australian Imperial Force 451N Sapper 5th Divisional Troops - 14th Field Company Engineers

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George Ring

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212314

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Norman Augustus Manders Ring

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Ernest Edwin Ring

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army S/15796 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/15796 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Jeremiah Ring

Died 1916

British Army 7735 Private Prince Of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) 2nd Battalion

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Charles Augustus Eamonson Ring

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Charles Ring

Born 1887

Died 1932

British Army 23213 Private East Surrey Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army WR/297123 Sapper Royal Engineers 107 A Rlwy Oper Coy

British Army WR/297123 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Operating Division

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George Ring

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 242637 Private East Surrey Regiment "B" Coy. 9th Bn.

British Army 21312 Private East Surrey Regiment 3rd Battalion

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George Tomlin Ring

Died 1915

British Army L/9205 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army L/9205 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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