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Sydney New South Wales [4]

Saint Germans, Cornwall [3]

Canterbury, Kent [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Margate, Kent [2]

Ayrshire [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bromsgate, Kent [1]

Chislet, Kent [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Folkestone, Kent, England [1]

Fulham, London, Middlesex [1]

Girvan, Ayrshire [1]

Hamilton New South Wales [1]

Herne Bay, Kent [1]

Isleworth, Hounslow, Middlesex [1]

Islington, London, Middlesex [1]

Kensington Victoria [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Landrake, Cornwall [1]

Leichhardt New South Wales [1]

Margate, Kent, England [1]

New Brompton, Kent [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Sandwich, Kent [1]

Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Spring Grove, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey [1]

Strand, London [1]

Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire [1]

Swaffham Bulbeck, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [1]

Tenterfield New South Wales [1]

Tottenham [1]

Walmer, Kent [1]

West Rudham Norfolk [1]

Whitstable, Kent [1]

Winchester, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [150]

Gunner [13]

Corporal [12]

Driver [12]

Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Rifleman [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Captain [4]

Able Seaman [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Sapper [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

ALIAS [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Band Serjeant [1]

Bombardier Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Driver Acting Corporal [1]

Drummer [1]

Gunner. [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private /Acting Serjeant [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Quarter Master and Major [1]

Saddler [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [18]

London Regiment [17]

Royal Field Artillery [16]

Labour Corps [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Engineers [9]

Suffolk Regiment [9]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5]

East Kent Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Supply and Transport Corps [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Bermuda Contingent Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Marine Labour Corps [2]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

1st Brahmans [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Brahmans [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

Buckinghamshire Battalion [1]

Service

British Army [209]

Royal Navy [35]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

British Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [288]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [277]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Australia [1]

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People [289] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [4] Saint Germans, Cornwall [3] Canterbury, Kent [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Margate, Kent [2] Ayrshire [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bromsgate, Kent [1] Chislet, Kent [1] Edinburgh [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Folkestone, Kent, England [1] Fulham, London, Middlesex [1] Girvan, Ayrshire [1] Hamilton New South Wales [1] Herne Bay, Kent [1] Isleworth, Hounslow, Middlesex [1] Islington, London, Middlesex [1] Kensington Victoria [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Landrake, Cornwall [1] Leichhardt New South Wales [1] Margate, Kent, England [1] New Brompton, Kent [1] Paddington, London [1] Portsmouth [1] Sandwich, Kent [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] Spring Grove, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey [1] Strand, London [1] Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire [1] Swaffham Bulbeck, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [1] Tenterfield New South Wales [1] Tottenham [1] Walmer, Kent [1] West Rudham Norfolk [1] Whitstable, Kent [1] Winchester, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [150] Gunner [13] Corporal [12] Driver [12] Serjeant [6] Lieutenant [5] Rifleman [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Captain [4] Able Seaman [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Corporal [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Sapper [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] ALIAS [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Band Serjeant [1] Bombardier Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Driver Acting Corporal [1] Drummer [1] Gunner. [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Petty Officer [1] Pioneer [1] Private /Acting Serjeant [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Quarter Master and Major [1] Saddler [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [18] London Regiment [17] Royal Field Artillery [16] Labour Corps [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Engineers [9] Suffolk Regiment [9] Royal Fusiliers [8] Middlesex Regiment [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5] East Kent Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] Devonshire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Cambridgeshire Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Supply and Transport Corps [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Bermuda Contingent Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Kent Cyclist Battalion [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Marine Labour Corps [2] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 1st Brahmans [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Australian Infantry [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Brahmans [1] British West Indies Regiment [1] Buckinghamshire Battalion [1]

Service

British Army [209] Royal Navy [35] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] Canadian Expeditionary Force [12] Australian Imperial Force [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] British Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [288] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [277] Conscientious Objector [4] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [12] Australia [1]

Frank Isaac Steed

Born 1883

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 755 Corporal Australian Infantry 30th Battalion

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Herbert Douglas Steed

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 6547 Private London Regiment

British Army 6547 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 373464 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Arthur Steed

Born 1886

Died 1951

British Army 65377 Private Suffolk Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Jesse George Steed

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 18905 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 18905 Gunner. Royal Garrison Artillery

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Wheatley John Steed

Born 1881

Died 1952

British Army 3534 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 326295 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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John Steed

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 3401 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 240943 Lance Corporal Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1st Batallion

British Army 240943 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1st Batallion

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Harry Steed

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200

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William Frederick Steed

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39075

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Charles Samuel Steed

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 14451 Drummer Grenadier Guards

British Army 14451 Private Grenadier Guards

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Hugh Steed

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223687

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Herbert Henry Steed

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115405

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Augustus Steed

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225889

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William Wilkins Steed

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 5259 Private London Regiment

British Army 7572 Private London Regiment

British Army 534424 Private London Regiment

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Charlie Steed

Died 1918

British Army 230743 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Henry George Steed

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 5574 Private London Regiment

British Army 702340 Private London Regiment

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Alan Davidson Steed

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 4317 Private London Regiment

British Army 8503 Private London Regiment

British Army 554398 Private London Regiment 16 lond Battalion

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Joseph Thomas Steed

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 203305 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Herbert V Steed

Died 1918

British Army 22118 Private Coldstream Guards

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Alfred Steed

Died 1916

British Army 19488 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 19488 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment

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Charles Steed

Died 1918

British Army 2687 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 2687 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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