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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]

Horace S Taylor

British Army 205590 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 230237 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 1478 Private Training Reserve Battalion

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Francis J Way

British Army T4/263528 Army Service Corps

British Army 28130 Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 23637 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Edwin G Norman

British Army 265642 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 29776 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army S/445339 Private Army Service Corps

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Rupert C Ling

British Army 24265 Private Hertfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 72575 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army T-457496 Private Army Service Corps

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Samuel P Harris

British Army T/31851 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army L/11894 Driver London Regiment

British Army L/11894 Driver Machine Gun Battalion

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Martin A Quigley

British Army 22042 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 31058 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 18170 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

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Henry Hutchins

British Army 642652 Private Labour Corps

British Army Royal

British Army 38874 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Frank Buckle Clark

British Army 547 Private Army Service Corps Expeditionary Force Canteens

British Army 367479 Private Army Service Corps Expeditionary Force Canteens

British Army 42330 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Alfred E Barker

British Army 6032 Private Camel Corps

British Army NAE/450975 Private Army Service Corps

British Army T2873 Private East Kent Regiment

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Victor L Hardy

British Army 252500 Durham Light Infantry

British Army 602091 Labour Corps

British Army 7114 Royal Army Service Corps Expeditionary Force Canteens

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Albert Parkes

British Army 15923 Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 15923 Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 48818 The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Horace Carlyon Evans

Born 1866

Died 1950

Royal Navy Lieutenant Colonel Royal Naval Reserve Shetland Section

British Army Adjutant (Captain R.M.L.I.) attached to the Manchester Regiment 4th Volunteer Battalion

British Army Lieutenant attached to the Army Service Corps

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Alexander Howard

British Army T4/061690 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

British Army WR40615 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 234406 Royal Engineers

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Harold C Hicks

British Army British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem

British Army 18896 The Essex Regiment

British Army M/2-274189 Royal Army Service Corps

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