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Maidstone, Kent [5]

Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

London England [2]

Mitcham Victoria [2]

Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Battersea [1]

Beckenham, Bromley, Kent [1]

Boort Victoria [1]

Brighton England [1]

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Otham, Kent [1]

Patricroft Salford Lancashire [1]

Perth Western Australia [1]

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Richmond New South Wales [1]

Sherburn in Elmet [1]

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Wallingford, Oxfordshire [1]

Woolwich, Kent [1]

Worcester, Worcestershire [1]

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Private [156]

Gunner [27]

Driver [20]

Corporal [8]

Serjeant [8]

Sapper [7]

Lance Corporal [6]

Rifleman [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Captain [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Captain and Quartermaster [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Lance Corporal Transport Corporal [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Commissary [1]

Lieutenant and Quartermaster [1]

Major [1]

Pioneer [1]

Pioneer, Corporal [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [22]

Royal Field Artillery [21]

Army Service Corps [20]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

Royal Engineers [15]

West Riding Regiment [15]

West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Royal West Kent Regiment [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

East Kent Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Hussars [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Lancers [2]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

1/5 Duke of Wellington's Regiment [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Expeditionary Force Canteens [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Army Service Corps Transport [1]

Australian Field Artillery [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Service

British Army [241]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

Royal Navy [12]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

T [295]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [295]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [5] Halifax, Yorkshire [3] London England [2] Mitcham Victoria [2] Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Battersea [1] Beckenham, Bromley, Kent [1] Boort Victoria [1] Brighton England [1] Bundaberg Queensland [1] Canning Town, London [1] East Sutton, Kent [1] Gobur Victoria [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Great Harwood, Lancashire [1] Halifax [1] Haxey, Lincolnshire [1] Kent [1] Langley, Kent [1] Leeds, Kent [1] Lenham, Kent [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Margate, Kent [1] Mereworth, Kent [1] Milton,Kent. [1] Otham, Kent [1] Patricroft Salford Lancashire [1] Perth Western Australia [1] Poplar, London [1] Poplar, London, Middlesex [1] Richmond New South Wales [1] Sherburn in Elmet [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Wallingford, Oxfordshire [1] Woolwich, Kent [1] Worcester, Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [156] Gunner [27] Driver [20] Corporal [8] Serjeant [8] Sapper [7] Lance Corporal [6] Rifleman [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Captain [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Trooper [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Captain and Quartermaster [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Lance Corporal Transport Corporal [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Commissary [1] Lieutenant and Quartermaster [1] Major [1] Pioneer [1] Pioneer, Corporal [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [22] Royal Field Artillery [21] Army Service Corps [20] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] Royal Engineers [15] West Riding Regiment [15] West Yorkshire Regiment [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Machine Gun Corps [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Royal West Kent Regiment [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [6] East Kent Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] London Regiment [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Hussars [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Lancers [2] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 1/5 Duke of Wellington's Regiment [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps Expeditionary Force Canteens [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] Army Service Corps Transport [1] Australian Field Artillery [1] Cameron Highlanders [1]

Service

British Army [241] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15] Australian Imperial Force [12] Royal Navy [12] Canadian Expeditionary Force [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

T [295] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [295] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Henry Gilbert Town

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 3393 Private London Regiment 5th Battalion London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

British Army 302136 Rifleman London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) 3rd/5th Battalion, "D" Company

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West Town

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 4316 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 4316 Private 1/5 Duke of Wellington's Regiment

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Albert Town

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 60037 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 60037 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

British Army 60037 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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Charles Aubrey Town

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Captain West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Captain West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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William Henry Town

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191605

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Sidney James Town

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148404

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James Town

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 11270 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 16th Battalion 2nd Salford Pals

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Young Thomas Edward Town

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army L/7944 Private East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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Walter Town

Born 1866

Died 1915

British Army 117098 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 117098 Pioneer, Corporal Royal Engineers 5th Labour Battalion

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Albert George Edgar Town

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army GS/10234 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

British Army 10234 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 10th Battalion

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Christopher Edward Town

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187373

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William Town

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 15164 Gunner Australian Field Artillery 10th Brigade

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George Thomas Town

Born 1875

Died 1941

British Army RTS/5962 Private Army Service Corps

British Army RTS/5962 Shoeing Smith Army Service Corps

British Army RTS/5962 Shoeing Smith Royal Army Service Corps 3rd BRD

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Henry John Town

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234457

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Albert Charles Town

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army T/205308 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army T/205308 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 8th Battalion

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Thomas Charles Town

Born 1882

Died 1955

British Army 272097 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army T4/084143 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army T4/084143 Lance Corporal Army Service Corps

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Charles Henry Town

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103216

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Albert Charles Town

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army G/4559 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 8th Battalion

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Arthur Frederick George Town

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267176

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William Arthur Town

Died 1916

British Army 17161 Private Welsh Regiment

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