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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]

James Waters

Born 1875

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 141571

Canadian Expeditionary Force 141571 Private Canadian Infantry

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John Harry Waters

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54984

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Walter Waters

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87777

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Mark Waters

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31270

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James Henry Waters

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 409531

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Charles Hubert Waters

Born 1882

Died 1973

British Army 3562 Trooper Life Guards

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Sydney George Waters

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35258

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Leonard Edgar Waters

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 8594 Drummer South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8594 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Charles Louis Waters

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army Major Royal Berkshire Regiment attached Nigeria Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Major Royal Berkshire Regiment attached to Nigerian Regiment - West African Frontier Force

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John William James Waters

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 33239 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 33239 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Waters

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 15919

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Fred Waters

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5164

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Richard Waters

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57646

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George Henry Waters

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 13410 Private Leicestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 12110 Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Thomas Waters

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42952

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Roy Garfield Waters

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95646

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Alfred John Waters

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 314427

Royal Navy 192227 Petty Officer Mechanic Royal Naval Air Service

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Harold George Waters

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85629

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William Thomas Waters

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30244

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Frederick Waters

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60579

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