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Maidstone, Kent [6]

Rainham, Kent [2]

Sittingbourne, Kent [2]

Thanet, Kent [2]

Aldeburgh, Suffolk [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Avenue de Marigny, Paris. [1]

Aylesford, Kent [1]

Bobbing, Kent [1]

Boughton Lees, Kent [1]

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1]

Boxley [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chesterton Cambridge [1]

Easterton, Westmorland [1]

Elham, Kent [1]

Folkestone [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Herne Bay, Kent [1]

Hoath, Kent [1]

Hollingbourne, Kent [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Kensington [1]

Kent [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lenham, Kent [1]

Margate [1]

Montagne Square London [1]

Paulton, Somerset [1]

Ramsgate, Kent. [1]

Ripple, near Deal [1]

Rochester, Kent [1]

Rye, Sussex [1]

Snodland, near Maidstone, Kent [1]

St Thomas, Monmouthshire [1]

Stoke Wake,Sturminster district,Devon [1]

Towcester, Northamptonshire [1]

Tunbridge Wells [1]

Uphill, near Folkestone [1]

West Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [608]

Second Lieutenant [102]

Serjeant [98]

Corporal [82]

Lance Corporal [53]

Lieutenant [48]

Sapper [26]

Captain [22]

Pioneer [14]

Acting Corporal [9]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Major [9]

Trooper [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Farrier Serjeant [5]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Flight Officer [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Trumpeter [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Cadet [2]

Colonel [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant Trumpeter [2]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Battery Major [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Commissary [1]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Lieutenant and Temporary Quarter Master [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Saddler Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Signalman [1]

Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal East Kent Yeomanry [728]

East Kent Regiment [426]

Royal Sussex Regiment [86]

Royal Engineers [80]

West Kent Yeomanry [47]

Machine Gun Corps [44]

Royal Air Force [40]

Corps of Hussars [35]

East Kent Yeomanry [32]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [31]

Royal West Kent Regiment [28]

Labour Corps [24]

Royal Field Artillery [22]

Army Service Corps [14]

Royal Flying Corps [10]

Tank Corps [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [7]

Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Corps of Dragoons [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Egyptian Labour Corps [4]

London Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Sussex Yeomanry [4]

Army Pay Corps [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [3]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers Kent Yeomanry [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

City of London Yeomanry [2]

County of London Yeomanry [2]

Derby Yeomanry [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Household Battalion [2]

King Edward's Horse [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Royal East Kent Yeomanry attached East Kent Regiment [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2]

Service

British Army [838]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16]

Last name first letter

B [91]

S [87]

H [86]

W [76]

P [72]

M [67]

C [51]

T [41]

R [37]

G [36]

D [32]

L [30]

F [28]

K [24]

J [21]

E [19]

N [12]

A [9]

O [5]

V [5]

U [3]

Y [3]

I [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [837]

Country

United Kingdom [40]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [6] Rainham, Kent [2] Sittingbourne, Kent [2] Thanet, Kent [2] Aldeburgh, Suffolk [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Avenue de Marigny, Paris. [1] Aylesford, Kent [1] Bobbing, Kent [1] Boughton Lees, Kent [1] Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1] Boxley [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chesterton Cambridge [1] Easterton, Westmorland [1] Elham, Kent [1] Folkestone [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Herne Bay, Kent [1] Hoath, Kent [1] Hollingbourne, Kent [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Kensington [1] Kent [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lenham, Kent [1] Margate [1] Montagne Square London [1] Paulton, Somerset [1] Ramsgate, Kent. [1] Ripple, near Deal [1] Rochester, Kent [1] Rye, Sussex [1] Snodland, near Maidstone, Kent [1] St Thomas, Monmouthshire [1] Stoke Wake,Sturminster district,Devon [1] Towcester, Northamptonshire [1] Tunbridge Wells [1] Uphill, near Folkestone [1] West Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [608] Second Lieutenant [102] Serjeant [98] Corporal [82] Lance Corporal [53] Lieutenant [48] Sapper [26] Captain [22] Pioneer [14] Acting Corporal [9] Lance Serjeant [9] Major [9] Trooper [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Farrier Serjeant [5] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Flight Officer [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Trumpeter [3] Acting Captain [2] Cadet [2] Colonel [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant Trumpeter [2] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Battery Major [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Commissary [1] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Lieutenant and Temporary Quarter Master [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Saddler Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant Temporary Lieutenant [1] Signalman [1] Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal East Kent Yeomanry [728] East Kent Regiment [426] Royal Sussex Regiment [86] Royal Engineers [80] West Kent Yeomanry [47] Machine Gun Corps [44] Royal Air Force [40] Corps of Hussars [35] East Kent Yeomanry [32] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [31] Royal West Kent Regiment [28] Labour Corps [24] Royal Field Artillery [22] Army Service Corps [14] Royal Flying Corps [10] Tank Corps [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [7] Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Corps of Dragoons [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Egyptian Labour Corps [4] London Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Sussex Yeomanry [4] Army Pay Corps [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [3] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Engineers Kent Yeomanry [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] City of London Yeomanry [2] County of London Yeomanry [2] Derby Yeomanry [2] Dragoon Guards [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Household Battalion [2] King Edward's Horse [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Royal East Kent Yeomanry attached East Kent Regiment [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2]

Service

British Army [838] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16]

Last name first letter

B [91] S [87] H [86] W [76] P [72] M [67] C [51] T [41] R [37] G [36] D [32] L [30] F [28] K [24] J [21] E [19] N [12] A [9] O [5] V [5] U [3] Y [3] I [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [837]

Country

United Kingdom [40] Canada [1]

William Charles Hardiman

Died 1916

British Army 2400 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army G/17583 Sergeant Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Cyril Arthur Martin

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1678 Private Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles

British Army 1678 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

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Reginald Douglas Warren

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2058 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 2058 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

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William Jefferson Wilkinson

Died 1915

British Army 1832 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment

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Stephen Alfred Attwell

Born 1888

British Army 2067 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 270228 Private East Kent Regiment

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William Wellard

Born 1894

British Army 1546 Lance Serjeant Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 270068 Company Serjeant Major East Kent Regiment

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E F Drayson

British Army 2756 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 270376 Serjeant East Kent Regiment

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Thomas H Grover

British Army 1377 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 1377 Private East Kent Regiment

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Amos Harry Percival Avery

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2686 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 270358 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 270358 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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William Martin Clark

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 2290 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 270281 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 270281 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Edmund William Johnson

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 2955 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 270422 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 270422 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Sydney George Marsh

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 3118 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 270477 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 270477 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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James Richard Tylden

Born 1889

British Army Lieutenant Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army Captain Royal East Kent Yeomanry

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Arthur H Saxby

British Army 1187 Saddler Serjeant Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 1187 Serjeant Royal East Kent Yeomanry

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Hubert Richard David Badham

Born 1887

British Army 2552 Trooper West Kent Yeomanry

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319256 Cadet Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319256 Royal Air Force

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Percy Mansfield Thesiger

Born 1869

Died 1959

British Army 1201 Lance Corporal West Kent Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant West Kent Yeomanry

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps

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Thomas William Beer

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 3248 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army G/17605 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Richard Wilson

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 2817 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army G/17572 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Percy Butcher

Died 1918

British Army 3101 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army G/17591 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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George Herbert Packer

Born 1897

Died 1968

British Army 2511 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 39406 Private Royal Air Force

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