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Maidstone, Kent [10]

Sydney New South Wales [10]

Melbourne Victoria [7]

Whitstable, Kent, England [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Middleton Cheney, Banbury [6]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Hove, Sussex [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

South Shields, Durham, England [4]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent [4]

Bromley, Kent [3]

Charters Towers Queensland [3]

Deal, Kent [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Launceston Tasmania [3]

London England [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Merino Victoria [3]

Roma Queensland [3]

Sunderland, Durham [3]

Tunbridge Wells [3]

Balmain New South Wales [2]

Bedminster, Somerset [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Cavendish Victoria [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Chislehurst, Kent, England [2]

Cirencester,Gloucestershire. [2]

Corryong Victoria [2]

Crowhurst, Sussex [2]

Digby Victoria [2]

Dublin [2]

Faversham, Kent [2]

Forest Row [2]

Gawler South Australia [2]

Gravesend England [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hailsham [2]

Heathfield, Sussex [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Inverell New South Wales [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kent [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Middleton Cheney [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Rank

Private [1304]

Gunner [142]

Corporal [126]

Serjeant [115]

Driver [110]

Sapper [76]

Lance Corporal [44]

Second Lieutenant [39]

Acting Corporal [25]

Bombardier [25]

Lieutenant [23]

Captain [20]

Pioneer [18]

Acting Serjeant [17]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [13]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Major [8]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Rifleman [6]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Guardsman [5]

Battery Serjeant Major [4]

Drummer [4]

Honorary Lieutenant [4]

Lance Bombardier [4]

Sister [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Lance Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Commander [2]

Driver Wheeler [2]

Honorary Major [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Sub Conductor [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [169]

Royal Field Artillery [154]

Royal Engineers [152]

Army Service Corps [139]

Royal Garrison Artillery [99]

London Regiment [87]

Royal Fusiliers [61]

Royal Army Medical Corps [59]

Machine Gun Corps [58]

Northumberland Fusiliers [55]

Durham Light Infantry [37]

Rifle Brigade [37]

Royal West Kent Regiment [37]

Manchester Regiment [35]

Middlesex Regiment [32]

The Queen's Regiment [32]

Suffolk Regiment [29]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [28]

Liverpool Regiment [28]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [28]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [27]

Royal Sussex Regiment [27]

South Wales Borderers [27]

Norfolk Regiment [25]

Welsh Regiment [25]

Hampshire Regiment [24]

West Yorkshire Regiment [24]

Essex Regiment [23]

Northamptonshire Regiment [23]

Lancashire Fusiliers [22]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [22]

Royal Defence Corps [22]

Lincolnshire Regiment [21]

Royal Irish Regiment [21]

Royal Naval Division [20]

Wiltshire Regiment [20]

East Surrey Regiment [19]

Royal Army Service Corps [19]

Worcestershire Regiment [19]

Yorkshire Regiment [19]

Canadian Infantry [18]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [18]

Bedfordshire Regiment [17]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [17]

East Kent Regiment [17]

Seaforth Highlanders [17]

Devonshire Regiment [16]

Highland Light Infantry [15]

Royal Flying Corps [15]

Royal Horse Artillery [14]

Service

British Army [2003]

Royal Navy [236]

Australian Imperial Force [185]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [156]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [145]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [39]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [3]

Last name first letter

W [2839]

A [1]

C [1]

D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2755]

Merchant Navy [73]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [79]

Australia [3]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [10] Sydney New South Wales [10] Melbourne Victoria [7] Whitstable, Kent, England [7] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Middleton Cheney, Banbury [6] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Brisbane Queensland [4] Hove, Sussex [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] South Shields, Durham, England [4] Tunbridge Wells, Kent [4] Bromley, Kent [3] Charters Towers Queensland [3] Deal, Kent [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Launceston Tasmania [3] London England [3] London, Middlesex [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Merino Victoria [3] Roma Queensland [3] Sunderland, Durham [3] Tunbridge Wells [3] Balmain New South Wales [2] Bedminster, Somerset [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Cavendish Victoria [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Chislehurst, Kent, England [2] Cirencester,Gloucestershire. [2] Corryong Victoria [2] Crowhurst, Sussex [2] Digby Victoria [2] Dublin [2] Faversham, Kent [2] Forest Row [2] Gawler South Australia [2] Gravesend England [2] Hackney, London [2] Hailsham [2] Heathfield, Sussex [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Inverell New South Wales [2] Islington, London [2] Kent [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Middleton Cheney [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Rank

Private [1304] Gunner [142] Corporal [126] Serjeant [115] Driver [110] Sapper [76] Lance Corporal [44] Second Lieutenant [39] Acting Corporal [25] Bombardier [25] Lieutenant [23] Captain [20] Pioneer [18] Acting Serjeant [17] Warrant Officer Class 2 [13] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Able Seaman [8] Major [8] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Rifleman [6] Colour Serjeant [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Guardsman [5] Battery Serjeant Major [4] Drummer [4] Honorary Lieutenant [4] Lance Bombardier [4] Sister [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Lance Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Sergeant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Temporary Captain [3] Worker [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Commander [2] Driver Wheeler [2] Honorary Major [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nursing Sister [2] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Sub Conductor [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [169] Royal Field Artillery [154] Royal Engineers [152] Army Service Corps [139] Royal Garrison Artillery [99] London Regiment [87] Royal Fusiliers [61] Royal Army Medical Corps [59] Machine Gun Corps [58] Northumberland Fusiliers [55] Durham Light Infantry [37] Rifle Brigade [37] Royal West Kent Regiment [37] Manchester Regiment [35] Middlesex Regiment [32] The Queen's Regiment [32] Suffolk Regiment [29] King's Royal Rifle Corps [28] Liverpool Regiment [28] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [28] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [27] Royal Sussex Regiment [27] South Wales Borderers [27] Norfolk Regiment [25] Welsh Regiment [25] Hampshire Regiment [24] West Yorkshire Regiment [24] Essex Regiment [23] Northamptonshire Regiment [23] Lancashire Fusiliers [22] Royal Berkshire Regiment [22] Royal Defence Corps [22] Lincolnshire Regiment [21] Royal Irish Regiment [21] Royal Naval Division [20] Wiltshire Regiment [20] East Surrey Regiment [19] Royal Army Service Corps [19] Worcestershire Regiment [19] Yorkshire Regiment [19] Canadian Infantry [18] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [18] Bedfordshire Regiment [17] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [17] East Kent Regiment [17] Seaforth Highlanders [17] Devonshire Regiment [16] Highland Light Infantry [15] Royal Flying Corps [15] Royal Horse Artillery [14]

Service

British Army [2003] Royal Navy [236] Australian Imperial Force [185] Canadian Expeditionary Force [156] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [145] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [39] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [3]

Last name first letter

W [2839] A [1] C [1] D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2755] Merchant Navy [73] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [79] Australia [3] India [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

Percy George Waters

Born 1893

Died 1981

British Army DM2/096727 Private Army Service Corps

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Charles Waters

Born 1881

British Army 039253 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 477595 Private Labour Corps

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James Henry Waters

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army 2722 Acting Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 2722 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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James W Waters

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 38291 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion.

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Leslie Waters

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 5077 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion-Territorial.

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Sidney Edward Waters

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 8496 Private London Regiment

British Army 233826 Private London Regiment

British Army 233826 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Ernest Waters

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 65348 Sapper Royal Engineers 126th Field Company

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Lawrence Waters

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 20/484 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 20th Tyneside Scottish

British Army 20/484 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers 20th Tyneside Scottish

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Roland Herbert Waters

Born 1900

Died 1954

Royal Navy F53593 B Mec W/T RNAS HMS "President II"

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253665 Royal Air Force

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Thomas Waters

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116662

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John Edward Waters

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301129

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Albert Waters

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army GS/42301 Corporal Royal Fusiliers 32nd Battalion

British Army 1967 Royal Fusiliers 6th Battalion

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John Waters

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 371559 Private London Regiment

British Army 371559 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 3804 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Waters

Born 1885

Died 1915

Royal Navy Engineer Sub Lieutenant

Royal Navy Engineer Lieutenant

Royal Navy Engineer Lieutenant HMS Formidable

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George Waters

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108006

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Harry Waters

Born 1889

Died 1973

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25988

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Thomas Waters

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293799

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Thomas Waters

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 1689 Lance Corporal London Regiment

British Army 1689 Private London Regiment

British Army 1689 Corporal London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 2nd (City of London) Battalion

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Alfred Thomas Waters

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38305

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Frederick William Waters

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81703

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