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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]

London England [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Roma Queensland [4]

South Shields, Durham, England [4]

Bromley, Kent [3]

Charters Towers Queensland [3]

Deal, Kent [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Sunderland, Durham [3]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent [3]

Wicklow [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]

Digby Victoria [2]

Dublin [2]

Echuca Victoria [2]

Faversham, Kent [2]

Forest Row [2]

Gawler South Australia [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hailsham [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Heathfield, Sussex [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Inverell New South Wales [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kent [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Merino Victoria [2]

Mersham, Kent [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]

Trooper [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]

Trimmer [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]

York and Lancaster Regiment [16]

Highland Light Infantry [15]

Royal Flying Corps [15]

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] London England [4] London, Middlesex [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Roma Queensland [4] South Shields, Durham, England [4] Bromley, Kent [3] Charters Towers Queensland [3] Deal, Kent [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Sunderland, Durham [3] Tunbridge Wells, Kent [3] Wicklow [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] Digby Victoria [2] Dublin [2] Echuca Victoria [2] Faversham, Kent [2] Forest Row [2] Gawler South Australia [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Hackney, London [2] Hailsham [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Heathfield, Sussex [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Inverell New South Wales [2] Islington, London [2] Kent [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Merino Victoria [2] Mersham, Kent [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] Trooper [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] Trimmer [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] York and Lancaster Regiment [16] Highland Light Infantry [15] Royal Flying Corps [15]

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]

Charles Hubert Waters

Born 1882

Died 1973

British Army 3562 Trooper Life Guards

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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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James Waters

Born 1875

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 141571

Canadian Expeditionary Force 141571 Private Canadian Infantry

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Alfred Ernest Waters

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77344

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Walter Waters

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87777

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Henry Waters

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309621

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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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Harry Waters

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 200179 Lance Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment

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Henry Waters

Died 1917

British Army 17024 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Ernest Waters

Died 1918

British Army 50314 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 35732 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Norman Edward Waters

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406620

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Arthur Waters

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 18036

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James Waters

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212304

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John Waters

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237760

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Charles Waters

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135295

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Charles Waters

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77110

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John Waters

Died 1916

British Army 12679 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 12679 Corporal Yorkshire Regiment

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Ernest William Waters

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45074

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Sibert James Waters

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 252620

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