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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]

James Thomas Bull

Born 1890

British Army 243154 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1/5 Battalion (Territorial Force)

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William Braysbury Council

Born 1886

Died 1920

British Army 5807 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th Battalion

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Victor Spillett

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army L/7724 Lance Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Frederick Edward Williams

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army G/11177 Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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Frederick Holness Castle

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army G/8455 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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John Hughes Charles Griffiths

Died 1916

British Army T/2477 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 5th Battalion

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Percy Neale

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 5018 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Horace Albert Cook

Died 1918

British Army 58356 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 10th (R. East Kent and West Kent Yeomanry) Bn

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William Edward Jarvis

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army T/20169 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th Battalion

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Richard Roffe

Died 1917

British Army G/18866 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Ernest George Corrie

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army G/2084 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Robert George Kekewich

Born 1854

Died 1914

British Army Major General The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Charles Henry Marsh

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army G/376 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/376 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army G/376 Private The Buffs (East Kent) Regiment 6th Battalion

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James George Fuller

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army L/8163 Lance Corporal East Kent Regiment

British Army L/8163 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army L/8163 Lance Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) "B" Coy. 1st Battalion.

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Leonard Douglas Jennings

Born 1893

Died 1939

British Army 1879 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 6282475 Sergeant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army 200322 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1/4th Battalion

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Thomas George Boultwood

Born 1880

Died 1922

British Army S/494 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 494 Private East Kent Regiment The Buffs Special Reserve

British Army 6639 Private The Buffs East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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Leonard Harry Bowes

Born 1887

Died 1959

British Army 2273 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

British Army G/2273 Acting Serjeant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army G/2273 Lance Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Robert William Wood

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 9182 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

British Army L/9182 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3/1st Home Counties Field Ambulance

British Army 9182 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Robert William Woodhouse

Died 1915

British Army G/1086 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army G/1086 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

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William Norris

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army L/8705 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army L/8705 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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