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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [103]

East Farleigh, Kent [4]

Loose, Kent [4]

Barming, Kent [3]

Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, Kent [3]

Auckland [2]

Greenwich, London [2]

Loose, Maidstone, Kent [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Balham, Wandsworth [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bensham, Durham [1]

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1]

Bow, London [1]

Brighton [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Britford, Wiltshire [1]

Burham, Kent [1]

Camberwell [1]

Camden Town, London [1]

Carlisle [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Clapton, London [1]

Cubitt Town, London [1]

Detling, Maidstone, Kent [1]

Downham Market, Norfolk [1]

East Malling, Kent [1]

Eccles, Kent [1]

Flitwick, Bedfordshire [1]

Forest Hill, Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Gloucester [1]

Greenwich, Kent [1]

Harrietsham, Maidstone, Kent [1]

Highworth, Wiltshire [1]

Hilton, St Ives, Huntingdonshire, England [1]

Hollingbourne, Kent [1]

Isle of Wight [1]

Islington, London [1]

Johnstone, Renfrewshire [1]

Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1]

Kent [1]

Kentish Town, Middlesex [1]

Laughton, Sussex [1]

Leeds, Kent [1]

Rank

AC II [34]

AC I [23]

AM II [17]

AM I (E) [15]

AM I [14]

AM1(c) [14]

ACM II [13]

AM II(E) [12]

LM [11]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [10]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [10]

Lieutenant [10]

Acting AM I [7]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [6]

Petty Officer Mechanic [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Acting AM1(c) [5]

Captain [5]

AM1 [4]

Flight Lieutenant [4]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [4]

Private [4]

AC2 [3]

AM II(C) [3]

Leading Mechanic [3]

P O Mech [3]

ACM I [2]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Boy [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Boy Mec [2]

Corporal Mechanic [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Off Std 3 [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

AB [1]

AC II (Motor Cyclist) [1]

AC1 [1]

ACII [1]

ACMII [1]

AIr Mechanic [1]

AM 2 [1]

AM I (C) [1]

AM I (G) [1]

AM I(E) [1]

AM I(c) [1]

AM II (D) [1]

AM II (SD) [1]

AM II(EL) [1]

Unit

Royal Air Force [143]

RNAS HMS "President II" [140]

RNAS HMS "Daedalus" [48]

RNAS [28]

Royal Naval Air Service [19]

RNAS Armoured Car Division (Russia) [8]

HMS "Pembroke II" [5]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5]

20 Squadron RNAS [4]

RNAS Seaplane Base Dunkirk [4]

RAF [3]

RNAS HMS "Daedalous" [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2]

Dunsterforce Armoured Car Brigade [2]

HMS "President V" [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Motors) [2]

RNAS Dunkirk [2]

RNAS Roehampton [2]

RNAS Yarmouth (HMS President) [2]

RNVR [2]

12 Squadron RNAS [1]

16th Waikato Territorial Regiment [1]

178 Brigade [1]

230 Squadron, RAF Felixstowe [1]

3 Squadron RNAS [1]

5 Group Dover [1]

5 Group in the Field [1]

Air Service HMS President II [1]

Airship [1]

Airship Service [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Auckland Mounted Rifles [1]

Campania [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Canning [1]

Cranwell Airfield [1]

Fort Tregantle RNAS [1]

Ganges II [1]

HMS "Acheron" [1]

HMS "Albion" [1]

HMS "Dominion" [1]

HMS "Icarus" [1]

HMS "Impregnable" [1]

HMS "King Edward VII" [1]

HMS "Pathfinder" [1]

HMS "Pegasus" [1]

HMS "Pembroke I" [1]

Service

Royal Navy [207]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [177]

British Army [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [43]

B [34]

C [20]

H [15]

M [14]

A [13]

P [11]

S [11]

G [8]

D [7]

E [6]

T [6]

L [5]

F [4]

N [4]

J [3]

K [3]

R [3]

O [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [210]

Country

United Kingdom [159]

Canada [1]

France [1]

Malta [1]

Sierra Leone [1]

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People [215] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [103] East Farleigh, Kent [4] Loose, Kent [4] Barming, Kent [3] Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, Kent [3] Auckland [2] Greenwich, London [2] Loose, Maidstone, Kent [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire [2] Aberdeen [1] Balham, Wandsworth [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bensham, Durham [1] Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1] Bow, London [1] Brighton [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Britford, Wiltshire [1] Burham, Kent [1] Camberwell [1] Camden Town, London [1] Carlisle [1] Chelsea, London [1] Clapton, London [1] Cubitt Town, London [1] Detling, Maidstone, Kent [1] Downham Market, Norfolk [1] East Malling, Kent [1] Eccles, Kent [1] Flitwick, Bedfordshire [1] Forest Hill, Camberwell, Surrey [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Gloucester [1] Greenwich, Kent [1] Harrietsham, Maidstone, Kent [1] Highworth, Wiltshire [1] Hilton, St Ives, Huntingdonshire, England [1] Hollingbourne, Kent [1] Isle of Wight [1] Islington, London [1] Johnstone, Renfrewshire [1] Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1] Kent [1] Kentish Town, Middlesex [1] Laughton, Sussex [1] Leeds, Kent [1]

Rank

AC II [34] AC I [23] AM II [17] AM I (E) [15] AM I [14] AM1(c) [14] ACM II [13] AM II(E) [12] LM [11] Air Mechanic 1st Class [10] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [10] Lieutenant [10] Acting AM I [7] Flight Sub Lieutenant [6] Petty Officer Mechanic [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Acting AM1(c) [5] Captain [5] AM1 [4] Flight Lieutenant [4] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [4] Private [4] AC2 [3] AM II(C) [3] Leading Mechanic [3] P O Mech [3] ACM I [2] Able Seaman [2] Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Boy [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Boy Mec [2] Corporal Mechanic [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Off Std 3 [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] AB [1] AC II (Motor Cyclist) [1] AC1 [1] ACII [1] ACMII [1] AIr Mechanic [1] AM 2 [1] AM I (C) [1] AM I (G) [1] AM I(E) [1] AM I(c) [1] AM II (D) [1] AM II (SD) [1] AM II(EL) [1]

Unit

Royal Air Force [143] RNAS HMS "President II" [140] RNAS HMS "Daedalus" [48] RNAS [28] Royal Naval Air Service [19] RNAS Armoured Car Division (Russia) [8] HMS "Pembroke II" [5] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5] 20 Squadron RNAS [4] RNAS Seaplane Base Dunkirk [4] RAF [3] RNAS HMS "Daedalous" [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2] Dunsterforce Armoured Car Brigade [2] HMS "President V" [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps (Motors) [2] RNAS Dunkirk [2] RNAS Roehampton [2] RNAS Yarmouth (HMS President) [2] RNVR [2] 12 Squadron RNAS [1] 16th Waikato Territorial Regiment [1] 178 Brigade [1] 230 Squadron, RAF Felixstowe [1] 3 Squadron RNAS [1] 5 Group Dover [1] 5 Group in the Field [1] Air Service HMS President II [1] Airship [1] Airship Service [1] Army Service Corps [1] Auckland Mounted Rifles [1] Campania [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Canning [1] Cranwell Airfield [1] Fort Tregantle RNAS [1] Ganges II [1] HMS "Acheron" [1] HMS "Albion" [1] HMS "Dominion" [1] HMS "Icarus" [1] HMS "Impregnable" [1] HMS "King Edward VII" [1] HMS "Pathfinder" [1] HMS "Pegasus" [1] HMS "Pembroke I" [1]

Service

Royal Navy [207] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [177] British Army [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [43] B [34] C [20] H [15] M [14] A [13] P [11] S [11] G [8] D [7] E [6] T [6] L [5] F [4] N [4] J [3] K [3] R [3] O [1] U [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [210]

Country

United Kingdom [159] Canada [1] France [1] Malta [1] Sierra Leone [1]

Joseph Cuthbert Akester

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Royal Navy Flight Sub Lieutenant RNAS Naval 1 Squadron

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Charles Herbert Clarridge

Born 1900

Died 1980

Royal Navy F49661

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Airship

Royal Navy F49661 RNAS

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Albert Henry Bowman

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214528

Royal Navy Aircraftsman II RNAS

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Pte I

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Robert Slipper Barnes

Born 1894

Died 1918

Royal Navy F1047 Leading Mechanic RNAS

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 201047 Corporal

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Guy Rashleigh Ede

Born 1894

Died 1960

Royal Navy F26541 Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class RNAS

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226541 Air Mechanic 2nd Class

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Henry William Allingham

Born 1896

Died 2009

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208317 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RAF Dunkirk

Royal Navy F8317 Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class 12 Squadron RNAS

Royal Navy F8317 Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class RNAS Dunkirk

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Victor Nicholson

Born 1886

Died 1916

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Sub Lieutenant RNAS

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Charles William Fry

Born 1877

Royal Navy RNAS

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226447

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Charles Herbert Clarridge

Born 1900

Died 1980

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249661

Royal Navy F49661 RNAS Airships

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249661 Airships

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John De Camborne Paynter

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Acting Flight Commander RNAS 213 Squadron

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Sydney Melville Borton

Born 1900

Royal Navy F47717

Royal Navy 247717 Air Mech II RNAS

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247717 AM III

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Raymond Bernard East

Born 1899

Died 1986

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233984 Corporal Mechanic RNAS

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David Richard Summers

Born 1900

Died 1964

Royal Navy F46571 RNAS

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246571 Aircraftman

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246571 Aircraftman 215 Squadron

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Edwin Harris Dunning

Born 1892

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Squadron Commander RNAS, HMS Furious

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Jonathan Frank Elphick

Born 1900

Royal Navy F44905 RNAS

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244905

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Henry William Adam

Born 1896

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38060 Lieutenant RNAS

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Allan Switzer Todd

Born 1886

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Royal Navy Flight Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Navy Flight Lieutenant

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Harold Edward Mostyn Watkins

Born 1881

Died 1972

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Flight-Commander RNAS

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Frederick James Humphrys

Born 1888

Died 1915

Royal Navy Surgeon RNAS Armoured Car Division

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Edwin Rowland Moon

Born 1886

Died 1920

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Royal Navy Flight Lieutenant RNAS

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Squadron Leader 230 Squadron, RAF Felixstowe

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