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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [141]

Ramsgate, Kent [64]

Ashford, Kent [14]

Boxley, Kent [11]

Dover, Kent [9]

Loose, Kent [9]

Canterbury, Kent [8]

Hollingbourne, Kent [8]

Thanet, Kent [8]

Barming, Kent [6]

Margate, Kent [6]

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [5]

Deptford, Kent [5]

East Farleigh, Kent [5]

Folkestone [5]

Langley, Kent [5]

Lenham, Kent [5]

Bearsted, Kent [4]

Camberwell, Surrey [4]

Faversham, Kent [4]

Hythe, Kent [4]

Ramsgate, Kent. [4]

Sandwich, Kent [4]

Tovil, Kent [4]

Bedford [3]

Charing, Kent [3]

East Malling, Kent [3]

Eccles, Kent [3]

Hawkhurst, Kent [3]

Lydd, Kent [3]

Thanet, Kent. [3]

All Saints, Maidstone, Kent [2]

Battersea, Surrey [2]

Birling, Kent [2]

Boxley [2]

Bridge, Kent [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Burham Kent [2]

Chart Sutton, Kent [2]

Chatham Kent [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Chislet, Kent [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Desborough, Northants [2]

Detling, Kent [2]

East Sutton, Kent [2]

Eastry, Kent [2]

Edmonton, Middlesex [2]

Egerton, Kent [2]

Folkestone, Kent [2]

Rank

Private [2820]

Lance Corporal [218]

Corporal [176]

Serjeant [155]

Second Lieutenant [45]

Lieutenant [36]

Captain [26]

Acting Corporal [24]

Acting Serjeant [22]

Lance Serjeant [18]

Sergeant [13]

Driver [12]

Sapper [11]

Drummer [10]

Company Serjeant Major [9]

Gunner [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Pioneer [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Major [5]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Bandsman [3]

Boy [3]

Colour Sergeant [3]

Private. [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Bombardier [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Sargent [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

2/LT [1]

2nd Captain [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

ALIAS 2nd Lieutenant [1]

AM II (Ch) [1]

Act M I [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Bombardier (Paid) [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Unit

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [3040]

East Kent Regiment [2543]

Labour Corps [51]

Royal Fusiliers [42]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [35]

London Regiment [29]

Royal Engineers [27]

The Queen's Regiment [26]

West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [23]

Royal East Kent Yeomanry [22]

Royal West Kent Regiment [22]

East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) [20]

Middlesex Regiment [19]

West Kent Yeomanry [19]

Royal Defence Corps [18]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [16]

Army Service Corps [15]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [15]

Yorkshire Regiment [13]

East Surrey Regiment [12]

The Buffs (East Kent) Regiment [12]

Royal Sussex Regiment [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Training Reserve [10]

Essex Regiment [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

North Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Kent Regiment [6]

National Reserve Guard [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

The Buffs East Kent Regiment [5]

Army Reserve [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Indian Army [3]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [3]

Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

The Buffs East Kent [3]

Service

British Army [3107]

Royal Navy [18]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [378]

S [309]

C [280]

H [270]

W [255]

M [209]

P [179]

R [156]

G [148]

T [147]

D [124]

L [111]

F [104]

A [97]

J [86]

E [75]

K [64]

N [45]

V [17]

I [15]

O [15]

Y [13]

Q [6]

U [4]

Contribution

Military Service [3048]

Country

United Kingdom [651]

Singapore [19]

India [8]

Ireland [5]

Canada [4]

Malta [3]

South Africa [2]

United States [2]

Australia [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Greece [1]

Iran, Islamic Republic of [1]

Malaysia [1]

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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [141] Ramsgate, Kent [64] Ashford, Kent [14] Boxley, Kent [11] Dover, Kent [9] Loose, Kent [9] Canterbury, Kent [8] Hollingbourne, Kent [8] Thanet, Kent [8] Barming, Kent [6] Margate, Kent [6] Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [5] Deptford, Kent [5] East Farleigh, Kent [5] Folkestone [5] Langley, Kent [5] Lenham, Kent [5] Bearsted, Kent [4] Camberwell, Surrey [4] Faversham, Kent [4] Hythe, Kent [4] Ramsgate, Kent. [4] Sandwich, Kent [4] Tovil, Kent [4] Bedford [3] Charing, Kent [3] East Malling, Kent [3] Eccles, Kent [3] Hawkhurst, Kent [3] Lydd, Kent [3] Thanet, Kent. [3] All Saints, Maidstone, Kent [2] Battersea, Surrey [2] Birling, Kent [2] Boxley [2] Bridge, Kent [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Burham Kent [2] Chart Sutton, Kent [2] Chatham Kent [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Chislet, Kent [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Desborough, Northants [2] Detling, Kent [2] East Sutton, Kent [2] Eastry, Kent [2] Edmonton, Middlesex [2] Egerton, Kent [2] Folkestone, Kent [2]

Rank

Private [2820] Lance Corporal [218] Corporal [176] Serjeant [155] Second Lieutenant [45] Lieutenant [36] Captain [26] Acting Corporal [24] Acting Serjeant [22] Lance Serjeant [18] Sergeant [13] Driver [12] Sapper [11] Drummer [10] Company Serjeant Major [9] Gunner [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Pioneer [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Major [5] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Colour Serjeant [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Bandsman [3] Boy [3] Colour Sergeant [3] Private. [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Bombardier [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Deck Hand [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Sargent [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 2/LT [1] 2nd Captain [1] 2nd Corporal [1] ALIAS 2nd Lieutenant [1] AM II (Ch) [1] Act M I [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Bombardier (Paid) [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major [1]

Unit

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [3040] East Kent Regiment [2543] Labour Corps [51] Royal Fusiliers [42] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [35] London Regiment [29] Royal Engineers [27] The Queen's Regiment [26] West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [23] Royal East Kent Yeomanry [22] Royal West Kent Regiment [22] East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) [20] Middlesex Regiment [19] West Kent Yeomanry [19] Royal Defence Corps [18] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [16] Army Service Corps [15] Royal Berkshire Regiment [15] Yorkshire Regiment [13] East Surrey Regiment [12] The Buffs (East Kent) Regiment [12] Royal Sussex Regiment [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Training Reserve [10] Essex Regiment [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps [7] North Staffordshire Regiment [7] Royal Air Force [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] Kent Regiment [6] National Reserve Guard [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] The Buffs East Kent Regiment [5] Army Reserve [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Indian Army [3] Kent Cyclist Battalion [3] Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] The Buffs East Kent [3]

Service

British Army [3107] Royal Navy [18] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [2] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [378] S [309] C [280] H [270] W [255] M [209] P [179] R [156] G [148] T [147] D [124] L [111] F [104] A [97] J [86] E [75] K [64] N [45] V [17] I [15] O [15] Y [13] Q [6] U [4]

Contribution

Military Service [3048]

Country

United Kingdom [651] Singapore [19] India [8] Ireland [5] Canada [4] Malta [3] South Africa [2] United States [2] Australia [1] Gibraltar [1] Greece [1] Iran, Islamic Republic of [1] Malaysia [1]

William Edward Green

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army G/4001 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

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Cecil Cheeseman

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army G/22429 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 8th Battalion

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George Stanley Turner

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army G-8377 Private East Kent Regiment - The Buffs 6th Battalion

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Thomas Townsend

Born 1864

Died 1915

British Army T/20369 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th Battalion

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Albert Cordier

Born 1898

Died 1914

British Army L/10061 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Henry John Marshall

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army L/6851 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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William Reed

Born 1883

British Army G/4065 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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John Charles Cane Foster

Born 1895

British Army S/3365 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 3365 Private The Buffs

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Albert Charles Bligh

Born 1892

Died 1955

British Army G/4337 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

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Richard Henry James Adams

Born 1878

Died 1942

British Army G/4885 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Edward Poole

Born 1882

Died 1938

British Army 6487 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army 6487 Lance Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army 6487 Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Sidney East

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army L/10191 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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George Albert Henry East

Born 1880

Died 1940

British Army G/13731 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Frederick John Chapman

Born 1880

British Army 4926 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th Battalion

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James Taylor

British Army G 8951 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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William Walter Francis

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army L/7835 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Archie James Barrett

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 340 Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army 340 Serjeant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army G/340 Sergeant The Buffs (East Kent)Regiment 6th battalion

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David Bone

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army L/7608 Private East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7608 Lance Corporal The Buffs, East Kent Reg't 2nd batt

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Arthur Penfold

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

British Army L/8153 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army 7819 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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Ambrose Rossiter

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army G/4282 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

British Army G/4282 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

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