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Maidstone, Kent [14]

Boxley, Kent [5]

Ramsgate, Kent. [5]

Thurnham, Kent [5]

Canterbury, Kent [4]

Ramsgate, Kent [4]

Bromley, Kent [3]

Thanet, Kent [3]

Tunbridge Wells [3]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent [3]

Dover, Kent [2]

Faversham, Kent [2]

Folkestone, Kent [2]

Hailsham [2]

Kent [2]

17. High Street. Broadstairs, Kent. [1]

Ash, Kent [1]

Barming, Kent [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Battersea [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Beckehnham, Kent [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Brabourne, Kent [1]

Brentford [1]

Broomfield, Kent [1]

Camberwell, Peckham [1]

Canterbury [1]

Canterbury, Kent. [1]

Caterham, Surrey [1]

Challock, Kent, England [1]

Charing, Kent [1]

Cheriton, Kent [1]

Chester Road, Erdington, Warwickshire [1]

East Barkwith, Lincolnshire [1]

East Farleigh, Kent [1]

East Peckham, Kent [1]

Feltwell, Norfolk [1]

Finningham Suffolk [1]

Folkestone [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Gosberton [1]

Herne, Kent [1]

Hollingbourne, Kent [1]

Hoxton, London [1]

Hutton Henry [1]

Hythe, Kent [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Rank

Private [1275]

Acting Serjeant [96]

Serjeant [91]

Acting Corporal [89]

Corporal [62]

Lieutenant [43]

Second Lieutenant [33]

Captain [26]

Lance Corporal [18]

Colour Serjeant [17]

Sapper [15]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Major [7]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [6]

Private /Lance Corporal [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Pioneer [4]

Sergeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Cyclist [2]

Driver [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting A M E [1]

Acting AME [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class2 [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Colour Serjeant Acting C Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Colour Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Kent Cyclist Battalion [1646]

Royal West Kent Regiment [900]

London Regiment [51]

Machine Gun Corps [50]

Royal Engineers [47]

East Kent Regiment [41]

Rifle Brigade [34]

Northumberland Fusiliers [27]

Somerset Light Infantry [24]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [19]

Labour Corps [15]

Royal Air Force [15]

Royal Sussex Regiment [15]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [11]

Indian Army [10]

Army Service Corps [8]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Kent Regiment [7]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [7]

Army Cyclist Corps [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [4]

The Kent Cyclist Battalion [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Kent Cyclist Battalion attached Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Cyclist Battalion [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [2]

Punjabis [2]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

1/6th Jat Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [1670]

Indian Army [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [179]

H [168]

S [153]

W [136]

C [135]

M [115]

G [96]

P [96]

D [70]

F [68]

L [68]

R [62]

T [61]

A [60]

E [42]

K [42]

J [38]

N [33]

O [16]

V [9]

I [8]

Y [7]

U [6]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1668]

Country

United Kingdom [78]

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Maidstone, Kent [14] Boxley, Kent [5] Ramsgate, Kent. [5] Thurnham, Kent [5] Canterbury, Kent [4] Ramsgate, Kent [4] Bromley, Kent [3] Thanet, Kent [3] Tunbridge Wells [3] Tunbridge Wells, Kent [3] Dover, Kent [2] Faversham, Kent [2] Folkestone, Kent [2] Hailsham [2] Kent [2] 17. High Street. Broadstairs, Kent. [1] Ash, Kent [1] Barming, Kent [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Battersea [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Beckehnham, Kent [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Brabourne, Kent [1] Brentford [1] Broomfield, Kent [1] Camberwell, Peckham [1] Canterbury [1] Canterbury, Kent. [1] Caterham, Surrey [1] Challock, Kent, England [1] Charing, Kent [1] Cheriton, Kent [1] Chester Road, Erdington, Warwickshire [1] East Barkwith, Lincolnshire [1] East Farleigh, Kent [1] East Peckham, Kent [1] Feltwell, Norfolk [1] Finningham Suffolk [1] Folkestone [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Gosberton [1] Herne, Kent [1] Hollingbourne, Kent [1] Hoxton, London [1] Hutton Henry [1] Hythe, Kent [1] Kensington, London [1]

Rank

Private [1275] Acting Serjeant [96] Serjeant [91] Acting Corporal [89] Corporal [62] Lieutenant [43] Second Lieutenant [33] Captain [26] Lance Corporal [18] Colour Serjeant [17] Sapper [15] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Major [7] Corporal Acting Serjeant [6] Private /Lance Corporal [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Acting Captain [5] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Pioneer [4] Sergeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Cyclist [2] Driver [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting A M E [1] Acting AME [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class2 [1] Air Mechanic [1] Chaplain to the Forces [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Colour Serjeant Acting C Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Colour Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Kent Cyclist Battalion [1646] Royal West Kent Regiment [900] London Regiment [51] Machine Gun Corps [50] Royal Engineers [47] East Kent Regiment [41] Rifle Brigade [34] Northumberland Fusiliers [27] Somerset Light Infantry [24] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [19] Labour Corps [15] Royal Air Force [15] Royal Sussex Regiment [15] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [11] Indian Army [10] Army Service Corps [8] Hampshire Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Kent Regiment [7] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [7] Army Cyclist Corps [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [4] The Kent Cyclist Battalion [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Kent Cyclist Battalion attached Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Border Regiment [2] Cyclist Battalion [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [2] Punjabis [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] 1/6th Jat Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [1670] Indian Army [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [179] H [168] S [153] W [136] C [135] M [115] G [96] P [96] D [70] F [68] L [68] R [62] T [61] A [60] E [42] K [42] J [38] N [33] O [16] V [9] I [8] Y [7] U [6] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1668]

Country

United Kingdom [78]

Harold William Merrall

Born 1895

Died 1961

British Army 630 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army 265092 Corporal Kent Cyclist Battalion 1/1st Battalion

British Army 630 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion 1/1st Battalion

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Frederick Edwin Dewell

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army TF/1969 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army TF/266085 Private Army Cyclist Corps 1/1st Kent Cyclist Battalion

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Albert Frederick Buckingham

Born 1887

Died 1960

British Army 265379 Serjeant Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army 265379 Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment

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Godfrey Lawrence Dunn

Born 1887

Died 1920

British Army Captain East Kent Regiment

British Army Captain Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Kent Cyclist Battalion

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Leslie Harry Capeling

Born 1898

Died 1972

British Army TF/1651 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army TF/265808 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army East Kent Regiment

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Edward Hilbert Burton

Born 1888

Died 1961

British Army 76 Serjeant Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army 265012 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 265012 Serjeant Major Kent Cyclist Battalion

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Cyril George Smith

Died 1918

British Army 842 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army 265219 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Norman Frank Dening

Born 1892

Died 1895

British Army TF/2050 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army 266154 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Harold Gilbert

Born 1894

Died 1981

British Army TF/1899 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion 3/1st Battalion

British Army TF/1899 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion 1/1st Battalion

British Army Lance Corporal Kent Cyclist Battalion 1/1st Battalion

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Albert Charles Farmer

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 266660 Private Kent Regiment royal west Battalion

British Army 266660 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

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John Henry Druett

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 409048

British Army 409048 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

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John William Etherington

Died 1917

British Army 266515 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

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Joseph Darlington

Died 1919

British Army TF/266507 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

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Douglas Marr

Born 1896

British Army TF/266269 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

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Ernest S Roberts

Died 1916

British Army TF/1317 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

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Leonard Argent

Born 1889

British Army TF/265763 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army TF/1604 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

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Harry Taylor

Born 1897

British Army TF/1350 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army TF/265573 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

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Frederick Clout

Born 1896

British Army TF/266013 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army TF/1889 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

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Frederick William Neeves

Born 1896

Died 1972

British Army TF/1681 Acting Corporal Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army 1681 Army Cyclist Corps. 2/1st Kent Cyclist (Reserve) Batallion

British Army 265837 Acting Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment 1/1st Kent Battalion

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Frederick Henry Boulter

British Army Second Lieutenant Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army Captain Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Kent Cyclist Battalion

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