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London, Middlesex [4]

Sevenoaks, Kent [4]

Gravesend, Kent [2]

Hollingbourne, Kent [2]

Hornsey, London [2]

Islington, London [2]

Leyton, Essex [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Nottingham England [2]

Saint Albans, Hertfordshire [2]

Sittingbourne, Kent [2]

Wheeler End, Buckinghamshire [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

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Aylesford, Kent [1]

Ballinrobe, Mayo [1]

Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Boxley, Kent [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Dartford, Kent [1]

Datchet, Berkshire [1]

East Farley, Kent [1]

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Forster South Australia [1]

Fort Saint George, Madras [1]

Frieth England [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Hertfordshire [1]

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Pukekohe, Auckland [1]

Rochester, Kent [1]

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Snodland, Kent [1]

Sydenham, Kent [1]

Upchurch, Kent [1]

Waltham Abbey, Essex [1]

Walworth, London [1]

Warrnambool Victoria [1]

Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Rank

Private [276]

Gunner [27]

Driver [26]

Corporal [20]

Sapper [17]

Serjeant [14]

Lance Corporal [11]

Acting Corporal [9]

Pioneer [8]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Rifleman [3]

Bombardier [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Corporal [1]

Engineer Rear Admiral [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Ledger Clerk [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [37]

Army Service Corps [34]

Royal Engineers [31]

London Regiment [28]

Labour Corps [27]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Rifle Brigade [15]

Royal West Kent Regiment [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

Bedfordshire Regiment [11]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

The Queen's Regiment [10]

Essex Regiment [8]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

East Kent Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [4]

Hussars [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Border Regiment [3]

British West Indies Regiment [3]

Dragoon Guards [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Territorial Force Nursing Service [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [412]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [81]

Royal Navy [54]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [589]

B [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [585]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

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Place of birth

London, Middlesex [4] Sevenoaks, Kent [4] Gravesend, Kent [2] Hollingbourne, Kent [2] Hornsey, London [2] Islington, London [2] Leyton, Essex [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Nottingham England [2] Saint Albans, Hertfordshire [2] Sittingbourne, Kent [2] Wheeler End, Buckinghamshire [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Aylesford, Kent [1] Ballinrobe, Mayo [1] Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Boxley, Kent [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Datchet, Berkshire [1] East Farley, Kent [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1] Forster South Australia [1] Fort Saint George, Madras [1] Frieth England [1] Fulham, London [1] Hertfordshire [1] Islington, London, Middlesex [1] Lambeth, London [1] Leyton, London [1] Linton, Kent [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Malvern Victoria [1] Marylebone, London [1] Murstone, Kent [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Pukekohe, Auckland [1] Rochester, Kent [1] Romford, Essex [1] Snodland, Kent [1] Sydenham, Kent [1] Upchurch, Kent [1] Waltham Abbey, Essex [1] Walworth, London [1] Warrnambool Victoria [1] Watford, Hertfordshire [1] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Rank

Private [276] Gunner [27] Driver [26] Corporal [20] Sapper [17] Serjeant [14] Lance Corporal [11] Acting Corporal [9] Pioneer [8] Second Lieutenant [5] Acting Serjeant [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Rifleman [3] Bombardier [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Corporal [1] Engineer Rear Admiral [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Ledger Clerk [1] Nursing Sister [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [37] Army Service Corps [34] Royal Engineers [31] London Regiment [28] Labour Corps [27] Machine Gun Corps [16] Royal Fusiliers [16] Rifle Brigade [15] Royal West Kent Regiment [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] Bedfordshire Regiment [11] Middlesex Regiment [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] The Queen's Regiment [10] Essex Regiment [8] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7] East Surrey Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Hampshire Regiment [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] East Kent Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [4] Hussars [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Border Regiment [3] British West Indies Regiment [3] Dragoon Guards [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Territorial Force Nursing Service [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [412] Canadian Expeditionary Force [81] Royal Navy [54] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26] Australian Imperial Force [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [589] B [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [585] Conscientious Objector [3] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

John Thomas Sears

Died 1915

British Army 14736 Lance Bombardier Norfolk Regiment

British Army 14736 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 14736 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment

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Alfred Sears

Died 1917

British Army G/10508 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/10508 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Charles Wilson Sears

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65547

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Horace Sears

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 4446 Private Hussars

British Army 4446 Private 15th (The King's) Hussars

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Samuel White Sears

Born 1875

Died 1918

British Army 684198 Private London Regiment

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Charles Sears

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 6016 Private Welsh Regiment

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Henry Sears

Died 1917

British Army 20354 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 267336 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 267336 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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John William Sears

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 40089 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Harry John Sears

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 3/3769 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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John Sears

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2756 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 10957 Private London Regiment

British Army 10957 Rifleman London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

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Charles Sears

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army S/16097 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/16097 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Frank Sears

Died 1916

British Army 2619 Private London Regiment

British Army 2619 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 2nd (City of London) Battalion

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Thomas Sears

Died 1918

British Army G/30035 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/30035 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Peter Sears

Died 1920

British Army 1730 Private Connaught Rangers

British Army 611466 Private Labour Corps

British Army 32781 Private Connaught Rangers

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Ernest Edward Sears

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 110585 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 110585 Lance Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Henry G Sears

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army G/13196 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Frederick Sears

Died 1914

British Army 6951 Private Border Regiment

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Ernest D Sears

Died 1920

British Army 102947 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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William Walter Sears

Born 1862

Died 1918

British Army 121303 Sapper Royal Engineers

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George Francis Sears

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 5944 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 242236 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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