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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [141]

Ramsgate, Kent [65]

Ashford, Kent [14]

Boxley, Kent [11]

Dover, Kent [11]

Canterbury, Kent [9]

Loose, Kent [9]

Hollingbourne, Kent [8]

Thanet, Kent [8]

Folkestone [7]

Barming, Kent [6]

Deptford, Kent [6]

Margate, Kent [6]

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [5]

East Farleigh, Kent [5]

Langley, Kent [5]

Lenham, Kent [5]

Bearsted, Kent [4]

Camberwell, Surrey [4]

Faversham, Kent [4]

Hythe, Kent [4]

Lambeth, London [4]

Ramsgate, Kent. [4]

Sandwich, Kent [4]

Tovil, Kent [4]

Bedford [3]

Bridge, Kent [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Chatham, Kent [3]

East Malling, Kent [3]

Eccles, Kent [3]

Folkestone, Kent [3]

Hawkhurst, Kent [3]

Lydd, Kent [3]

Thanet, Kent. [3]

All Saints, Maidstone, Kent [2]

Battersea, Surrey [2]

Birling, Kent [2]

Burham Kent [2]

Charing, Kent [2]

Chart Sutton, Kent [2]

Chatham Kent [2]

Chislet, Kent [2]

Chorley, Lancashire [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Desborough, Northants [2]

Detling, Kent [2]

East Sutton, Kent [2]

Eastry, Kent [2]

Edmonton, Middlesex [2]

Rank

Private [2881]

Lance Corporal [225]

Corporal [180]

Serjeant [159]

Second Lieutenant [49]

Lieutenant [42]

Captain [29]

Acting Corporal [25]

Acting Serjeant [23]

Lance Serjeant [18]

Sergeant [14]

Driver [13]

Sapper [12]

Drummer [10]

Company Serjeant Major [9]

Gunner [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Pioneer [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

2nd Lieutenant [5]

Major [5]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Bandsman [3]

Boy [3]

Colour Sergeant [3]

L/Cpl [3]

Private. [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Bombardier [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lance-Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

2/LT [1]

2nd Captain [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

ALIAS 2nd Lieutenant [1]

ALIAS Private [1]

AM II (Ch) [1]

Act M I [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Bombardier (Paid) [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Unit

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [3040]

East Kent Regiment [2569]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [74]

Labour Corps [59]

Royal Fusiliers [43]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [35]

Royal Engineers [30]

London Regiment [29]

Royal West Kent Regiment [26]

The Queen's Regiment [26]

Middlesex Regiment [23]

Royal East Kent Yeomanry [23]

West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [23]

East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) [20]

Royal Defence Corps [19]

West Kent Yeomanry [19]

Army Service Corps [15]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [15]

East Surrey Regiment [13]

Royal Sussex Regiment [13]

Yorkshire Regiment [13]

The Buffs (East Kent) Regiment [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Training Reserve [10]

East Kent Regiment (Buffs) [9]

Essex Regiment [9]

Kent Regiment [9]

Royal Air Force [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

North Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

National Reserve Guard [6]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [6]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

The Buffs East Kent Regiment [5]

Army Reserve [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Buffs East Kent Regiment [3]

Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [3183]

Royal Navy [19]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [389]

S [314]

C [289]

H [275]

W [261]

M [212]

P [182]

R [160]

G [152]

T [152]

D [126]

L [113]

F [107]

A [101]

J [88]

E [77]

K [65]

N [45]

V [19]

O [16]

I [15]

Y [14]

Q [6]

U [5]

Contribution

Military Service [3105]

Country

United Kingdom [688]

Singapore [19]

India [9]

Ireland [5]

Canada [4]

Malta [3]

South Africa [2]

United States [2]

Australia [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Greece [1]

Iran, Islamic Republic of [1]

Malaysia [1]

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People [3183] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [141] Ramsgate, Kent [65] Ashford, Kent [14] Boxley, Kent [11] Dover, Kent [11] Canterbury, Kent [9] Loose, Kent [9] Hollingbourne, Kent [8] Thanet, Kent [8] Folkestone [7] Barming, Kent [6] Deptford, Kent [6] Margate, Kent [6] Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [5] East Farleigh, Kent [5] Langley, Kent [5] Lenham, Kent [5] Bearsted, Kent [4] Camberwell, Surrey [4] Faversham, Kent [4] Hythe, Kent [4] Lambeth, London [4] Ramsgate, Kent. [4] Sandwich, Kent [4] Tovil, Kent [4] Bedford [3] Bridge, Kent [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Chatham, Kent [3] East Malling, Kent [3] Eccles, Kent [3] Folkestone, Kent [3] Hawkhurst, Kent [3] Lydd, Kent [3] Thanet, Kent. [3] All Saints, Maidstone, Kent [2] Battersea, Surrey [2] Birling, Kent [2] Burham Kent [2] Charing, Kent [2] Chart Sutton, Kent [2] Chatham Kent [2] Chislet, Kent [2] Chorley, Lancashire [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Desborough, Northants [2] Detling, Kent [2] East Sutton, Kent [2] Eastry, Kent [2] Edmonton, Middlesex [2]

Rank

Private [2881] Lance Corporal [225] Corporal [180] Serjeant [159] Second Lieutenant [49] Lieutenant [42] Captain [29] Acting Corporal [25] Acting Serjeant [23] Lance Serjeant [18] Sergeant [14] Driver [13] Sapper [12] Drummer [10] Company Serjeant Major [9] Gunner [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Pioneer [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] 2nd Lieutenant [5] Major [5] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Bandsman [3] Boy [3] Colour Sergeant [3] L/Cpl [3] Private. [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Bombardier [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Deck Hand [2] Lance-Corporal [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 2/LT [1] 2nd Captain [1] 2nd Corporal [1] ALIAS 2nd Lieutenant [1] ALIAS Private [1] AM II (Ch) [1] Act M I [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Bombardier (Paid) [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Unit

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [3040] East Kent Regiment [2569] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [74] Labour Corps [59] Royal Fusiliers [43] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [35] Royal Engineers [30] London Regiment [29] Royal West Kent Regiment [26] The Queen's Regiment [26] Middlesex Regiment [23] Royal East Kent Yeomanry [23] West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [23] East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) [20] Royal Defence Corps [19] West Kent Yeomanry [19] Army Service Corps [15] Royal Berkshire Regiment [15] East Surrey Regiment [13] Royal Sussex Regiment [13] Yorkshire Regiment [13] The Buffs (East Kent) Regiment [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Training Reserve [10] East Kent Regiment (Buffs) [9] Essex Regiment [9] Kent Regiment [9] Royal Air Force [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] North Staffordshire Regiment [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [6] National Reserve Guard [6] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [6] Kent Cyclist Battalion [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] The Buffs East Kent Regiment [5] Army Reserve [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Buffs East Kent Regiment [3] Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [3183] Royal Navy [19] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [2] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [389] S [314] C [289] H [275] W [261] M [212] P [182] R [160] G [152] T [152] D [126] L [113] F [107] A [101] J [88] E [77] K [65] N [45] V [19] O [16] I [15] Y [14] Q [6] U [5]

Contribution

Military Service [3105]

Country

United Kingdom [688] Singapore [19] India [9] Ireland [5] Canada [4] Malta [3] South Africa [2] United States [2] Australia [1] Gibraltar [1] Greece [1] Iran, Islamic Republic of [1] Malaysia [1]

Frederick Morgan

Died 1916

British Army G/8767 Lance Corporal Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

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William Edward Philpott Hawkins Handcock

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army TF/2010 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 5th Battalion

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Frank Holland

British Army L/5577 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army L/5577 Corporal East Kent Regiment

British Army G/11456 Corporal East Kent Regiment

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Leonard Alfred Corney

Died 1917

British Army G/21042 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion.

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Lionel Devaux

Born 1896

British Army 2692 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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John William Mann

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 305471 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant East Kent Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Arthur James Holloway

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army L/5990 Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army L/5990 Serjeant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army Sergeant East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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Roland Ruffer

Born 1895

Died 1942

British Army 995 Private The Honourable Artillery Company Reserve Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1/4th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1/4th Battalion

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Reginald Wilfred Smith

Born 1884

British Army 5078 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2/5th Battalion

British Army 5078 Lance Corporal Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army 242194 Corporal Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Archie James Barrett

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 340 Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army 340 Serjeant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army G/340 Sergeant The Buffs (East Kent)Regiment 6th battalion

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George Rivett

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army G/7208 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/7208 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Aubrey Julian Pearce

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army G-19182 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/19182 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

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William Quested Harvey

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army

British Army L/10235 Private East Kent Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army L/10235 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Leonard William Arnell

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army L/7007 Private East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army L/7007 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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John Elston Lane

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th Battalion attached to 7th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant East Kent Regiment 4th Battalion

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Edward John Duke

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army G/11890 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/11890 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Richard William Abbott

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army G/4189 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/4189 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Henry John Taylor

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army G/2537 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

British Army G/2537 Private East Kent Regiment

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Ernest George Terry

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army L/10360 Private East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army L/10360 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Richard Henry Oclee

Born 1873

Died 1940

British Army GR/665 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army S/665 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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