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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [306]

Loose, Kent [24]

Bromley, Kent [19]

East Farleigh, Kent [18]

Boxley, Kent [11]

Tovil, Kent [11]

Barming, Kent [10]

Bromley Kent [9]

Hollingbourne, Kent [8]

Bearsted, Kent [7]

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [7]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent [7]

Chart Sutton, Kent [6]

East Malling, Kent [6]

Thurnham, Kent [6]

Canterbury, Kent [5]

Ditton, Kent [5]

Hunton, Kent [5]

Linton, Kent [5]

Sevenoaks, Kent [5]

Aylesford, Kent [4]

Birling, Kent [4]

East Sutton, Kent [4]

Eccles, Kent [4]

Folkestone, Kent [4]

Marylebone, London [4]

Otham, Kent [4]

Penge [4]

Ulcombe, Kent [4]

Yalding, Kent [4]

Ashford, Kent [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Burham, Kent [3]

Chatham, Kent [3]

Deptford, Kent [3]

Detling, Kent [3]

Gravesend, Kent [3]

Greenwich, London [3]

Leeds Kent [3]

Leeds, Kent [3]

London [3]

Marden, Kent [3]

Tonbridge, Kent [3]

West Malling, Kent [3]

Battersea, London [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Deptford, London [2]

East Peckham, Kent [2]

Faversham, Kent [2]

Folkestone [2]

Rank

Private [2075]

Lance Corporal [190]

Corporal [146]

Serjeant [121]

Second Lieutenant [46]

Acting Corporal [35]

Acting Serjeant [31]

Lieutenant [30]

Captain [27]

Company Serjeant Major [21]

Lance Serjeant [20]

Rifleman [16]

Sergeant [16]

Driver [15]

Sapper [15]

Colour Serjeant [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Boy [9]

Gunner [8]

Major [7]

Pioneer [7]

Acting Lance Corporal [6]

Acting Lance Serjeant [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Drummer [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Bandsman [3]

Bombardier [3]

Lance Sergeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Musician [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Corporal [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Unit

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1509]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1409]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [683]

Kent Regiment [195]

Labour Corps [75]

London Regiment [47]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [42]

Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment [36]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [27]

Royal Engineers [26]

West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [26]

Army Service Corps [24]

Royal Fusiliers [23]

Middlesex Regiment [22]

Suffolk Regiment [22]

Northumberland Fusiliers [21]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [20]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

Rifle Brigade [17]

The Queen's Regiment [17]

Essex Regiment [16]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Royal Defence Corps [16]

East Kent Regiment [14]

Durham Light Infantry [13]

Royal Sussex Regiment [10]

Border Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Training Reserve [9]

National Reserve Guard [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

Norfolk Regiment [7]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

'Queen's Own' Royal West Kent Regiment. [4]

(Queen's Own) Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Corps of Hussars [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Lancers [4]

Military Foot Police [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [2286]

Royal Navy [12]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [297]

C [222]

H [219]

S [213]

W [188]

M [143]

P [135]

D [102]

G [97]

L [97]

R [97]

A [88]

F [86]

T [70]

E [51]

J [48]

K [46]

N [29]

V [17]

Y [13]

I [10]

O [9]

U [7]

Q [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2242]

Country

United Kingdom [868]

India [31]

Canada [4]

South Africa [2]

France [1]

Iraq [1]

Ireland [1]

Singapore [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

United States [1]

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People [2287] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [306] Loose, Kent [24] Bromley, Kent [19] East Farleigh, Kent [18] Boxley, Kent [11] Tovil, Kent [11] Barming, Kent [10] Bromley Kent [9] Hollingbourne, Kent [8] Bearsted, Kent [7] Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [7] Tunbridge Wells, Kent [7] Chart Sutton, Kent [6] East Malling, Kent [6] Thurnham, Kent [6] Canterbury, Kent [5] Ditton, Kent [5] Hunton, Kent [5] Linton, Kent [5] Sevenoaks, Kent [5] Aylesford, Kent [4] Birling, Kent [4] East Sutton, Kent [4] Eccles, Kent [4] Folkestone, Kent [4] Marylebone, London [4] Otham, Kent [4] Penge [4] Ulcombe, Kent [4] Yalding, Kent [4] Ashford, Kent [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Burham, Kent [3] Chatham, Kent [3] Deptford, Kent [3] Detling, Kent [3] Gravesend, Kent [3] Greenwich, London [3] Leeds Kent [3] Leeds, Kent [3] London [3] Marden, Kent [3] Tonbridge, Kent [3] West Malling, Kent [3] Battersea, London [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Deptford, London [2] East Peckham, Kent [2] Faversham, Kent [2] Folkestone [2]

Rank

Private [2075] Lance Corporal [190] Corporal [146] Serjeant [121] Second Lieutenant [46] Acting Corporal [35] Acting Serjeant [31] Lieutenant [30] Captain [27] Company Serjeant Major [21] Lance Serjeant [20] Rifleman [16] Sergeant [16] Driver [15] Sapper [15] Colour Serjeant [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Boy [9] Gunner [8] Major [7] Pioneer [7] Acting Lance Corporal [6] Acting Lance Serjeant [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Acting Captain [4] Boy 2nd Class [4] Drummer [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Company Serjeant Major [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Bandsman [3] Bombardier [3] Lance Sergeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Colonel [2] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Musician [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Corporal [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Unit

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1509] Royal West Kent Regiment [1409] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [683] Kent Regiment [195] Labour Corps [75] London Regiment [47] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [42] Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment [36] Kent Cyclist Battalion [27] Royal Engineers [26] West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [26] Army Service Corps [24] Royal Fusiliers [23] Middlesex Regiment [22] Suffolk Regiment [22] Northumberland Fusiliers [21] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [20] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] Rifle Brigade [17] The Queen's Regiment [17] Essex Regiment [16] Machine Gun Corps [16] Royal Defence Corps [16] East Kent Regiment [14] Durham Light Infantry [13] Royal Sussex Regiment [10] Border Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Royal Field Artillery [9] Training Reserve [9] National Reserve Guard [8] Royal Air Force [8] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] Norfolk Regiment [7] King's Own Scottish Borderers [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Hampshire Regiment [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] 'Queen's Own' Royal West Kent Regiment. [4] (Queen's Own) Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Corps of Hussars [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Lancers [4] Military Foot Police [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [2286] Royal Navy [12] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [297] C [222] H [219] S [213] W [188] M [143] P [135] D [102] G [97] L [97] R [97] A [88] F [86] T [70] E [51] J [48] K [46] N [29] V [17] Y [13] I [10] O [9] U [7] Q [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2242]

Country

United Kingdom [868] India [31] Canada [4] South Africa [2] France [1] Iraq [1] Ireland [1] Singapore [1] Sri Lanka [1] United States [1]

Arthur Corbin

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army G/17607 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/17607 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Henry Frederick Hollman

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army GS/5129 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army G/5129 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Ernest Turner

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army G/23335 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/23335 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

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Charles Lilley

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army G/11723 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/11723 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Jesse Hawkes

Born 1879

Died 1920

British Army G/11467 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/11467 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 10th Battalion

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Claudian Alfred Bewshea

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army G/16609 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/10069 Lance Corporal Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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John Edwin Cunliffe

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army G/4408 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army GS/4408 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 8th Battalion

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William George Clibbon

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army G/6393 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army G/6393 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 1st

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John Norman Seal

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army GS/1025 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/1025 Corporal Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Harry Roffey

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army G/17325 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

British Army G/17325 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 3rd Battaion

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Henry James Shaw

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army G/9633 Lance Corporal Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 11th Battalion

British Army GS/9633 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Albert John Blaiklock

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army G/2510 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/2510 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 8th Battalion

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Frank John Hider

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army GS/4948 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/4948 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army G/4948 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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Frederick Lewis Diver

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army GS/7829 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/7829 Private Queen's Own [Royal West Kent Regiment] 6th

British Army 46630 R.Fus.

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Horace Ralph Welch

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 266824 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army TF/266824 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army 266824 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

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George Collier

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army S/822 Lance Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army S/822 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army S/822 Lance Corporal Queen's Own (Royal west Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Philip Henry Burles

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army G/12901 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Percy Edward Velvick

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army G/25218 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 3rd Royal West Keent

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Reuben Henry Croucher

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army TF/1976 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) "D" Coy. 3rd/4th Battalion

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Alfred Mitchell

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army S/106 Sergeant Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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