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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [16]

Hollingbourne, Kent [3]

Ashford, Kent [2]

Bromley, Kent [2]

Rainham, Kent [2]

Sittingbourne, Kent [2]

Thanet, Kent [2]

Tunbridge Wells [2]

Aldeburgh, Suffolk [1]

Allerford, Somerset [1]

Avenue de Marigny, Paris. [1]

Aylesford, Kent [1]

Bearsted, Kent [1]

Bobbing, Kent [1]

Boughton Lees, Kent [1]

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1]

Boxley [1]

Brenchley [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chesterton Cambridge [1]

Cranbrook, Kent [1]

Deptford, Kent [1]

East Sutton, Kent [1]

Easterton, Westmorland [1]

Elham, Kent [1]

Folkestone [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Hampshire [1]

Herne Bay, Kent [1]

Hoath, Kent [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kensington [1]

Kent [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lenham, Kent [1]

Margate [1]

Milcombe, Oxfordshire [1]

Montagne Square London [1]

Paulton, Somerset [1]

Peckham, Surrey [1]

Ramsgate, Kent. [1]

Ripple, near Deal [1]

Rochester, Kent [1]

Rye, Sussex [1]

Snodland, near Maidstone, Kent [1]

St Leonards, Sussex [1]

St Thomas, Monmouthshire [1]

St. Leonards-On-Sea, Sussex [1]

Staplehurst, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [964]

Serjeant [146]

Second Lieutenant [132]

Corporal [128]

Lance Corporal [96]

Lieutenant [72]

Captain [37]

Sapper [28]

Acting Corporal [15]

Pioneer [14]

Major [12]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [9]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Trooper [8]

Acting Captain [7]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Farrier Serjeant [6]

Trumpeter [5]

Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Regimental Serjeant Major [4]

Flight Officer [3]

Serjeant Trumpeter [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Cadet [2]

Captain and Quarter Master [2]

Colonel [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Gunner [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Squadron Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Battery Major [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Captain/ Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commissary [1]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal/Shoeing Smith [1]

Unit

Royal East Kent Yeomanry [728]

East Kent Regiment [727]

West Kent Yeomanry [320]

East Kent Yeomanry [185]

Royal Sussex Regiment [86]

Royal Engineers [80]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [66]

Corps of Hussars [53]

Machine Gun Corps [53]

Royal Air Force [40]

Royal West Kent Regiment [28]

Labour Corps [27]

West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [25]

Army Service Corps [24]

Royal Field Artillery [22]

Tank Corps [11]

Royal Flying Corps [10]

Sussex Yeomanry [9]

Rifle Brigade [8]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Corps of Dragoons [5]

County of London Yeomanry [5]

East Kent Regiment Yeomanry [5]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [5]

London Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Egyptian Labour Corps [4]

Army Pay Corps [3]

City of London Yeomanry [3]

East Kent Yeomanry attached East Kent Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [3]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Derby Yeomanry [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

East and West Kent Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [1315]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16]

Last name first letter

S [147]

H [142]

B [117]

W [115]

P [110]

M [107]

C [90]

R [64]

T [64]

D [56]

G [51]

L [47]

F [44]

J [33]

E [32]

K [30]

A [21]

N [18]

O [8]

U [5]

V [5]

Y [4]

Q [3]

I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1314]

Country

United Kingdom [70]

Canada [1]

India [1]

United States [1]

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People [1315] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [16] Hollingbourne, Kent [3] Ashford, Kent [2] Bromley, Kent [2] Rainham, Kent [2] Sittingbourne, Kent [2] Thanet, Kent [2] Tunbridge Wells [2] Aldeburgh, Suffolk [1] Allerford, Somerset [1] Avenue de Marigny, Paris. [1] Aylesford, Kent [1] Bearsted, Kent [1] Bobbing, Kent [1] Boughton Lees, Kent [1] Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1] Boxley [1] Brenchley [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chesterton Cambridge [1] Cranbrook, Kent [1] Deptford, Kent [1] East Sutton, Kent [1] Easterton, Westmorland [1] Elham, Kent [1] Folkestone [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Hampshire [1] Herne Bay, Kent [1] Hoath, Kent [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Islington, London [1] Kensington [1] Kent [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lenham, Kent [1] Margate [1] Milcombe, Oxfordshire [1] Montagne Square London [1] Paulton, Somerset [1] Peckham, Surrey [1] Ramsgate, Kent. [1] Ripple, near Deal [1] Rochester, Kent [1] Rye, Sussex [1] Snodland, near Maidstone, Kent [1] St Leonards, Sussex [1] St Thomas, Monmouthshire [1] St. Leonards-On-Sea, Sussex [1] Staplehurst, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [964] Serjeant [146] Second Lieutenant [132] Corporal [128] Lance Corporal [96] Lieutenant [72] Captain [37] Sapper [28] Acting Corporal [15] Pioneer [14] Major [12] Lance Serjeant [11] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [9] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Trooper [8] Acting Captain [7] Acting Serjeant [7] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Company Serjeant Major [6] Farrier Serjeant [6] Trumpeter [5] Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Regimental Serjeant Major [4] Flight Officer [3] Serjeant Trumpeter [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Cadet [2] Captain and Quarter Master [2] Colonel [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Gunner [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Squadron Serjeant Major [2] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Battery Major [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Captain/ Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commissary [1] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal/Shoeing Smith [1]

Unit

Royal East Kent Yeomanry [728] East Kent Regiment [727] West Kent Yeomanry [320] East Kent Yeomanry [185] Royal Sussex Regiment [86] Royal Engineers [80] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [66] Corps of Hussars [53] Machine Gun Corps [53] Royal Air Force [40] Royal West Kent Regiment [28] Labour Corps [27] West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [25] Army Service Corps [24] Royal Field Artillery [22] Tank Corps [11] Royal Flying Corps [10] Sussex Yeomanry [9] Rifle Brigade [8] East Surrey Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Hampshire Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Corps of Dragoons [5] County of London Yeomanry [5] East Kent Regiment Yeomanry [5] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [5] London Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Devonshire Regiment [4] Egyptian Labour Corps [4] Army Pay Corps [3] City of London Yeomanry [3] East Kent Yeomanry attached East Kent Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [3] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] British West Indies Regiment [2] Derby Yeomanry [2] Dragoon Guards [2] East and West Kent Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [1315] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16]

Last name first letter

S [147] H [142] B [117] W [115] P [110] M [107] C [90] R [64] T [64] D [56] G [51] L [47] F [44] J [33] E [32] K [30] A [21] N [18] O [8] U [5] V [5] Y [4] Q [3] I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1314]

Country

United Kingdom [70] Canada [1] India [1] United States [1]

Seymour Francis Frederick Skiff

British Army 1567 Corporal Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 270072 Company Quarter Master Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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Harold Edwin Girdlestone

British Army 40526 Private London Yeomanry and Cavalry Regimet

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant East Kent Yeomanry

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Herbert Merry

British Army 1118 Private West Kent Yeomanry

British Army 270696 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 241526 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Frederick Salmon

British Army 1103 Private West Kent Yeomanry

British Army 270687 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers

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Albert Ernest Pearson

British Army 1951 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 240110 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 117063 Cadet Royal Air Force

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Frank H Higgins

British Army 2841 Corporal Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 2638 Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 17520 Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

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Arthur Wilson

British Army 2837 Private West Kent Yeomanry

British Army 31862 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 204241 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Arthur G Reeves

British Army 282758 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 5205 Sapper East Kent Regiment

British Army 3553 Sapper Derby Yeomanry

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William A Lees

British Army WR/42684 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 38798 Pioneer South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 205264 Pioneer Yorkshire Regiment

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George S Cadman

British Army 2664 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 13375 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 13375 Private Dragoon Guards

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Ernest J Piper

British Army 1719 Trooper Household Battalion

British Army 2917 Trooper Royal Field Artillery

British Army 3344 Trooper Royal East Kent Yeomanry

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William Doughty

British Army 1910 Private East Kent Yeomanry

British Army WR 308219 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

British Army 205940 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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Tom C Hubbell

British Army 3242 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 17598 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 54963 Private Welsh Regiment

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Robert B Rand

British Army 3144 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 17528 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 271397 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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Arthur F Rowe

British Army 20482 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 36453 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 54132 Private Training Reserve Battalion

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