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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [305]

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 [2062]

Lance Corporal [190]

Corporal [145]

Serjeant [119]

Second Lieutenant [44]

Acting Corporal [35]

Acting Serjeant [31]

Lieutenant [29]

Captain [25]

Company Serjeant Major [21]

Lance Serjeant [20]

Sergeant [16]

Driver [15]

Rifleman [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]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Drummer [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Captain [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 [72]

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 [22]

Middlesex Regiment [21]

Northumberland Fusiliers [21]

Suffolk Regiment [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

Rifle Brigade [17]

Essex Regiment [16]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Royal Defence Corps [15]

East Kent Regiment [14]

Durham Light Infantry [13]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [13]

The Queen's Regiment [11]

Border Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Training Reserve [9]

National Reserve Guard [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

Norfolk Regiment [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

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

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [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]

Lancers [4]

Military Foot Police [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

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

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Service

British Army [2269]

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 [293]

C [221]

H [219]

S [211]

W [185]

M [142]

P [135]

D [101]

G [97]

L [97]

R [96]

A [87]

F [86]

T [69]

E [51]

J [48]

K [46]

N [29]

V [17]

Y [13]

I [10]

O [7]

U [7]

Q [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2226]

Country

United Kingdom [866]

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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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [305] 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 [2062] Lance Corporal [190] Corporal [145] Serjeant [119] Second Lieutenant [44] Acting Corporal [35] Acting Serjeant [31] Lieutenant [29] Captain [25] Company Serjeant Major [21] Lance Serjeant [20] Sergeant [16] Driver [15] Rifleman [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] Boy 2nd Class [4] Drummer [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Captain [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 [72] 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 [22] Middlesex Regiment [21] Northumberland Fusiliers [21] Suffolk Regiment [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] Rifle Brigade [17] Essex Regiment [16] Machine Gun Corps [16] Royal Defence Corps [15] East Kent Regiment [14] Durham Light Infantry [13] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [13] The Queen's Regiment [11] Border Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Royal Field Artillery [9] Training Reserve [9] National Reserve Guard [8] Royal Air Force [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] Norfolk Regiment [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] East Surrey Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [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] Lancers [4] Military Foot Police [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Service

British Army [2269] 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 [293] C [221] H [219] S [211] W [185] M [142] P [135] D [101] G [97] L [97] R [96] A [87] F [86] T [69] E [51] J [48] K [46] N [29] V [17] Y [13] I [10] O [7] U [7] Q [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2226]

Country

United Kingdom [866] India [31] Canada [4] South Africa [2] France [1] Iraq [1] Ireland [1] Singapore [1] Sri Lanka [1] United States [1]

Arthur Percy Baker

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army G/10573 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/10573 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/10573 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Thomas James Highgate

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army L/10061 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 1 Bn.

British Army 6045 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army L/10061 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Charles Bignell

Born 1889

Died 1926

British Army TF/241961 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1/5th Battalion

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Leslie George Deuce

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army G/27804 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 2nd/4th Battalion

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William George Sheldrake

Born 1869

Died 1914

British Army TF/2134 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Arthur George Clarke

Born 1899

British Army G/29661 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 10th Battalion

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George Thomas Verrall

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army S/923 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army S/923 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Company Quarter Master Sergeant Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment

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Charles Baynes

Born 1871

Died 1915

British Army 645 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st

British Army Reserve

British Army 645 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 7th

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Walter George Challis

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

British Army S/628 Serjeant The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 8th Battalion

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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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Alfred Greenslade

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army G/12895 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/12895 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Charles Albert Bateman

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 200389 Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 200389 Serjeant Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Frederick George Hammond

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army G/28525 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/28525 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 8th Battalion

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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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