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Maidstone, Kent [20]

Loose, Kent [4]

Boxley, Kent [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

105 Magdelen Rd, Oxford [1]

Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Baughurst, Hampshire [1]

Bearsted, Kent [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bishop's Castle, Shropshire [1]

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1]

Bow Street, Lisburn, County Antrim. [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Bredhurst, Hartlip, Kent [1]

Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk [1]

Co. Tipperary [1]

Cottisford, Oxfordshire [1]

Crawshawbooth, Lancs [1]

Dulwich, London [1]

East Farleigh, Kent [1]

East Harling, Norfolk [1]

Finningham Suffolk [1]

Five Crosses, Frodsham, Cheshire [1]

Goudhurst, Kent [1]

Guiseley, Yorkshire [1]

Headley, Hampshire [1]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Kingston-upon-Thames [1]

Lenham, Kent [1]

Lewisham, London [1]

Leyton, Essex [1]

London [1]

Maesycwmmer, Monmouthshire, South Wales [1]

Maidstone England [1]

Maidstone Kent [1]

Matley [1]

Mutford, Suffolk [1]

Newmachar, Aberdeen [1]

PRESTON [1]

Peel, Isle of Man [1]

Pilton, Somerset [1]

Rochester, Kent [1]

Saltly, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Southampton, Hampshire [1]

St Thomas, Devon [1]

St. Germans, Cornwall [1]

Stoke Abbott, Dorset [1]

Teston, Kent [1]

Thames Ditton [1]

Rank

Private [1087]

Driver [100]

Corporal [44]

Second Lieutenant [28]

Lance Corporal [24]

Serjeant [22]

Lieutenant [14]

Acting Corporal [13]

Sapper [13]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Captain [6]

Rifleman [5]

Major [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Rough Rider [3]

Driver Farrier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

AM II (Ch) [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Act M I [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Acting Saddler Serjeant [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Adjutant (Captain R.M.L.I.) [1]

Appointed Acting Corporal [1]

Appointed Paid L/Cpl [1]

Appointed unpaid L/Cpl [1]

Balloon Officer [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Boy [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class Temporary Reverend [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporl [1]

Corporol [1]

Corproral [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [1122]

The Queen's Regiment [1114]

Labour Corps [261]

Royal Army Service Corps [139]

London Regiment [50]

Royal Engineers [38]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [31]

Royal Fusiliers [25]

Middlesex Regiment [24]

East Surrey Regiment [22]

East Kent Regiment [19]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [19]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [17]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12]

Royal West Kent Regiment [12]

Rifle Brigade [11]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Manchester Regiment [8]

Suffolk Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [7]

Training Reserve Battalion [7]

The King's (Liverpool) Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Dragoons of the Line [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

The Gordon Highlanders [3]

The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [3]

10th Hussars [2]

16th (The Queen's) Lancers [2]

9th Lancers [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Service

British Army [1254]

Royal Navy [7]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [141]

C [120]

H [112]

S [111]

W [108]

M [93]

P [70]

G [64]

R [58]

D [55]

L [49]

T [47]

A [44]

F [38]

E [36]

K [35]

N [22]

J [20]

O [12]

Y [8]

V [4]

I [3]

Q [3]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1252]

Country

United Kingdom [68]

Canada [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

Singapore [1]

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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [20] Loose, Kent [4] Boxley, Kent [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] 105 Magdelen Rd, Oxford [1] Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Baughurst, Hampshire [1] Bearsted, Kent [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bishop's Castle, Shropshire [1] Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1] Bow Street, Lisburn, County Antrim. [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Bredhurst, Hartlip, Kent [1] Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk [1] Co. Tipperary [1] Cottisford, Oxfordshire [1] Crawshawbooth, Lancs [1] Dulwich, London [1] East Farleigh, Kent [1] East Harling, Norfolk [1] Finningham Suffolk [1] Five Crosses, Frodsham, Cheshire [1] Goudhurst, Kent [1] Guiseley, Yorkshire [1] Headley, Hampshire [1] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Kingston-upon-Thames [1] Lenham, Kent [1] Lewisham, London [1] Leyton, Essex [1] London [1] Maesycwmmer, Monmouthshire, South Wales [1] Maidstone England [1] Maidstone Kent [1] Matley [1] Mutford, Suffolk [1] Newmachar, Aberdeen [1] PRESTON [1] Peel, Isle of Man [1] Pilton, Somerset [1] Rochester, Kent [1] Saltly, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] St Thomas, Devon [1] St. Germans, Cornwall [1] Stoke Abbott, Dorset [1] Teston, Kent [1] Thames Ditton [1]

Rank

Private [1087] Driver [100] Corporal [44] Second Lieutenant [28] Lance Corporal [24] Serjeant [22] Lieutenant [14] Acting Corporal [13] Sapper [13] Acting Serjeant [8] Captain [6] Rifleman [5] Major [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Rough Rider [3] Driver Farrier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] AM II (Ch) [1] Able Seaman [1] Act M I [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Acting Saddler Serjeant [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Adjutant (Captain R.M.L.I.) [1] Appointed Acting Corporal [1] Appointed Paid L/Cpl [1] Appointed unpaid L/Cpl [1] Balloon Officer [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Boy [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Chaplain [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class Temporary Reverend [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporl [1] Corporol [1] Corproral [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [1122] The Queen's Regiment [1114] Labour Corps [261] Royal Army Service Corps [139] London Regiment [50] Royal Engineers [38] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [31] Royal Fusiliers [25] Middlesex Regiment [24] East Surrey Regiment [22] East Kent Regiment [19] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [19] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [17] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12] Royal West Kent Regiment [12] Rifle Brigade [11] Hampshire Regiment [10] Liverpool Regiment [10] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] Manchester Regiment [8] Suffolk Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [7] Training Reserve Battalion [7] The King's (Liverpool) Regiment [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Norfolk Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Dragoons of the Line [3] Essex Regiment [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] The Gordon Highlanders [3] The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [3] 10th Hussars [2] 16th (The Queen's) Lancers [2] 9th Lancers [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Service

British Army [1254] Royal Navy [7] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [141] C [120] H [112] S [111] W [108] M [93] P [70] G [64] R [58] D [55] L [49] T [47] A [44] F [38] E [36] K [35] N [22] J [20] O [12] Y [8] V [4] I [3] Q [3] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1252]

Country

United Kingdom [68] Canada [1] India [1] Ireland [1] Singapore [1]

Thomas Henry Carran

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army S4/157546 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 27931 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 27931 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Fred Ernest Longley

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army T/4/038407 Private Army Service Corps

British Army G/21762 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/21762 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) "D" Coy. 10th (R. East Kent and West Kent Yeomanry) Bn.

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Frederick Carne

Died 1918

British Army S4/144948 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army B/201082 Private Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 2/10th London Regiment

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Bert Robinson

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army M2/033835 Private Army Service Corps

British Army B201456 Rifleman Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 1/28th Regiment.

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Albert Kay

Died 1917

British Army 12583 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 49849 Private King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army 49849 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Gethin Hopkins

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army M2/208478 Private Army Service Corps

British Army B/201497 Rifleman Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)

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Stephen Gibbons

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army R4-063258 Private Army Service Corps

British Army GS/18200 Private 16th Hussars

British Army L-10976 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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Thomas Earl

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army RX4/158221 Private Army Service Corps

British Army A/202434 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army A/202434 Rifleman The King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

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Henry Esmond Bellew

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant The Devonshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Attached Nigeria Regiment

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James Mannering

Born 1869

Died 1943

British Army M/7856 Private Indian Cavalry Supply Column

British Army 7856 Driver Commisariat and Transport Corps

British Army 7856 Driver Army Service Corps Reserve

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Frederick George Ollerenshaw

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army S/2/1789 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 39053 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 79524 Private Labour Corps

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Harry R Wood

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army S/4/157392 Private Army Service Corps

British Army S/26269 Private The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-Shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)

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Tom Fry

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 056062 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army 205007 Private London Regiment 1/15th lond Battalion

British Army 78945 Private London Regiment 1/24th lond Battalion

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William Leonard Seymour

Born 1899

British Army 68372 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army M/404951 Private Army Service Corps

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Harry Palmer

Born 1892

British Army G/13261 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army R/452119 Private Army Service Corps

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Thomas G A Wickwar

Died 1917

British Army T4/185907 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 5214 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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Herbert Petitjean

Born 1876

Died 1959

British Army Captain The King's (Liverpool. Regiment) 7th Battalion

British Army Captain Army Service Corps East Anglian Divisional Train, Headquarters Company

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Joseph W Sprosen

Died 1918

British Army 39890 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 445982 Private Labour Corps

British Army M/332829 Private Army Service Corps

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Harry Evans

Born 1880

British Army 4876 Private Lancers of the Line 21st Lancers

British Army 4637 Private Lancers of the Line 16th Lancers

British Army 4637 Corporal Army Reserve

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Frederick Campbell

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army G/45045 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 70903 Private Labour Corps

British Army 42223 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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