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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]

Harold Alan Stanley Coleman

Born 1894

Died 1979

British Army G/722 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army G/722 Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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Edgar Richardson

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army G/5872 Lance Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

British Army G/5872 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 8th Battalion

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George Reuben Sutton

Born 1898

Died 1982

British Army 200254 Drummer The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1/4th Battalion

British Army 1726 Drummer The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th Battalion

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Charles Taylor

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army L/8236 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

British Army 7920 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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William Thomas Osborne

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army G/13648 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

British Army 5034 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3/4th Reserve Battalion

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Claude Reginald Tapsfield

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 704 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 5th Battalion

British Army 704 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 5th Battalion

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John Poole

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army L/9834 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army L/9834 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Leonard Ingram

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army G/9021 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army G/9021 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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John Alfred Medhurst

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army G/10572 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army S/10572 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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Benjamin John Winch

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army L/10070 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army 2070 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Ernest Clarence Bodiam

Born 1893

Died 1965

British Army G/2110 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

British Army G/2110 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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Victor Gordon Henry Tatam

Born 1897

Died 1959

British Army Lieutenant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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

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George Rivett

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army G/7208 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/7208 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Aubrey Julian Pearce

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army G-19182 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/19182 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

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William Quested Harvey

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army

British Army L/10235 Private East Kent Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army L/10235 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Leonard William Arnell

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army L/7007 Private East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army L/7007 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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John Elston Lane

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th Battalion attached to 7th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant East Kent Regiment 4th Battalion

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Edward John Duke

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army G/11890 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/11890 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Richard William Abbott

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army G/4189 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/4189 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Henry John Taylor

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army G/2537 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

British Army G/2537 Private East Kent Regiment

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