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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 Hobbs

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army G/2268 Lance Corporal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) 7th Bn

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Frederick Arthur Terry

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army L/10361 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion, "B" Company

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Frederick Alfred Honey

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army G/20245 Sergeant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 8th Battalion

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Robert Johnathan Dixon

Born 1889

Died 1961

British Army G/8613 Serjeant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Ernest Court

Born 1866

Died 1916

British Army T/20213 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th Battalion

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Albert Dowsett

Born 1868

Died 1916

British Army T/20216 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th Battalion

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Walter John Prebble

Born 1884

Died 1948

British Army G/4869 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Fred Vivians Reeves

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army G/5117 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 8th

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Edward Samuel Thurstin

Born 1887

Died 1938

Royal Navy 362236

British Army 316 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Edward Harry Amos

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army G/2298 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/2298 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army G/2298 Private The Buffs (East Kent) Regiment 7th Battalion

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John Thomas Adams

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army L/6928 Private East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6928 Private East Kent Regiment. (The Buffs)

British Army L/6928 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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George Henry Hamilton

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 30887 Private Essex Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army G/18917 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

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Charles Frederick Slender

Born 1870

Died 1916

British Army S/497 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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

British Army SR/497 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

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Albert Mantle

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army L/7208 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

British Army The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) Special Reserve

British Army L/7208 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Edgar Chapman

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army L/10075 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army L/10075 Lance Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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James William Terry

Born 1880

Died 1951

British Army G/35676 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

British Army G/35676 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Frederick William Hayes

Born 1882

Died 1942

British Army G/11412 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

British Army G/11412 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 10th Battalion

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Isaac Alfred Wheeler

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army G/392 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

British Army G/392 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

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Edward William Mills

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army G8864 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 8th Battalion

British Army G8864 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Thomas Walter Pearson

Born 1897

Died 1918

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

British Army G/21055 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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