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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]

Herbert Stanley Hodges

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 3044 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 270448 Private East Kent Regiment 10th Battalion

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William Albert H Dunn

Born 1889

British Army 2061 Corporal Royal East Kent Yeomanry 1/1st

British Army 270227 Corporal East Kent Regiment 10th Battalion

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Frank Noel Tuff

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal East Kent Yeomanry

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Alan Herbert Hardy

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal East Kent Yeomanry

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William Claude Cecil Tower

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal East Kent Yeomanry 10th Battalion

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Howard Thomas Usher

Born 1892

Died 1963

British Army 2441 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 270323 Private East Kent Regiment

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Ernest Albert Maaz

Born 1882

British Army 1744 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry 1/1st

British Army 270121 Private East Kent Regiment 10th Battalion

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Harry Scott

Born 1893

British Army 2218 Lance Corporal Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 270269 Private East Kent Regiment

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Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon

Born 1888

Died 1939

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army Major Royal East Kent Yeomanry

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The Hon George St Vincent Harris

Born 1889

Died 1984

British Army Lieutenant /Temporary Captain Royal Engineers/ Royal East Kent Yeomanry/ Staff

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Charles Eric Hatfeild

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal East Kent Yeomanry

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Frederick Frank Castle

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2355 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

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Alfred Thomas Brisley

Born 1892

British Army 270125 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 1750 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 270125 Private East Kent Regiment

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William Rawlins Bowden

Born 1886

Died 1976

British Army 2215 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 2215 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry 1/1st Kent Mounted Rifles

British Army 270268 Acting Lance Corporal East Kent Regiment 10th (Royal East and West Kent Yeomanry) Battalion

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John Eric Murray Everett

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1773 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 1773 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry Rochester Squadron

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William Barnes

Died 1917

British Army 2358 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 270289 Private East Kent Regiment

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Norman Otto Frederick Gunther

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal East Kent Yeomanry Territorial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal East Kent Yeomanry

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Arthur O'brien Ffrench-Blake

Born 1879

Died 1973

British Army Major Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal East Kent Yeomanry

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James Edgar Feakins

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 3069 Private Royal East Kent Mouned Rifles

British Army 3069 Private East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 3069 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

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Solomon Grinstead

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 3240 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army G/17607 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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