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Maidstone, Kent [5]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Tovil, Kent [2]

Barming, Kent [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bow, Middlesex [1]

Broadstairs, Kent [1]

Burham, Kent [1]

Camberwell Surrey [1]

Chipping Norton [1]

Diss Norfolk [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Harrietsham, Kent [1]

Harwich, Essex [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Loose, Kent [1]

Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Northrepps Norfolk [1]

Poplar [1]

Romford, Essex [1]

Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Snodland, Kent [1]

West Bergholt, Essex [1]

West Ham [1]

Winchester, Hampshire [1]

Windlesham Surrey [1]

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Private [277]

Lance Corporal [15]

Corporal [11]

Serjeant [11]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Captain [8]

Lieutenant [6]

Sapper [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Pioneer [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Sergeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Drummer [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Sargent [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Major (Brevet Lieutenant Colonel) [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Privat [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sargent [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Serjeant Private [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

private [1]

Unit

Essex Regiment [289]

The Queen's Regiment [249]

Labour Corps [46]

The Essex Regiment [44]

Royal Engineers [25]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [13]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

London Regiment [8]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [8]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Essex Yeomanry [2]

HMS "Impregnable" [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [2]

17th Bn Kings Liverpool Regiment [1]

20th Regiment [1]

5th Regiment [1]

Army Field Artillery [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corp [1]

BEF 38th Brigade, 6 Division [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Calcutta Police [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [326]

Royal Navy [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [37]

B [33]

S [33]

C [26]

W [26]

M [23]

P [23]

D [20]

R [20]

G [15]

F [14]

L [13]

A [11]

T [11]

E [4]

K [4]

O [4]

J [3]

N [3]

I [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [326]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

Malta [1]

Singapore [1]

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People [326] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [5] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Tovil, Kent [2] Barming, Kent [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bow, Middlesex [1] Broadstairs, Kent [1] Burham, Kent [1] Camberwell Surrey [1] Chipping Norton [1] Diss Norfolk [1] Greenwich, London [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Harrietsham, Kent [1] Harwich, Essex [1] Kensington, London [1] Lambeth, London [1] Loose, Kent [1] Newbury, Berkshire [1] Northrepps Norfolk [1] Poplar [1] Romford, Essex [1] Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Snodland, Kent [1] West Bergholt, Essex [1] West Ham [1] Winchester, Hampshire [1] Windlesham Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [277] Lance Corporal [15] Corporal [11] Serjeant [11] Second Lieutenant [9] Captain [8] Lieutenant [6] Sapper [5] Acting Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Able Seaman [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Pioneer [2] Temporary Captain [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Sergeant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Drummer [1] Gunner [1] Lance Sargent [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Major [1] Major (Brevet Lieutenant Colonel) [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Privat [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Rifleman [1] Sargent [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Serjeant Private [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] private [1]

Unit

Essex Regiment [289] The Queen's Regiment [249] Labour Corps [46] The Essex Regiment [44] Royal Engineers [25] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [13] Royal Fusiliers [9] London Regiment [8] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [8] Middlesex Regiment [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Liverpool Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3] Army Service Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Essex Yeomanry [2] HMS "Impregnable" [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Military Foot Police [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [2] 17th Bn Kings Liverpool Regiment [1] 20th Regiment [1] 5th Regiment [1] Army Field Artillery [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corp [1] BEF 38th Brigade, 6 Division [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Calcutta Police [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [326] Royal Navy [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [37] B [33] S [33] C [26] W [26] M [23] P [23] D [20] R [20] G [15] F [14] L [13] A [11] T [11] E [4] K [4] O [4] J [3] N [3] I [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [326]

Country

United Kingdom [28] Malta [1] Singapore [1]

N H Rand

British Army 1138 Serjeant The Essex Regiment

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A J Ford

British Army 15391 Private The Essex Regiment

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A V Redpath

British Army 250173 Private The Essex Regiment

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John Marriott

British Army 3/2820 Serjeant The Essex Regiment

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H Baxter

British Army 2176 Colour Serjeant The Essex Regiment

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Reginald A George

British Army 24118 Private The Essex Regiment

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J Stringer

British Army 275077 Private The Essex Regiment

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James Halls

British Army 12238 Private The Essex Regiment

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Frederick William Smith

British Army 12227 Private The Essex Regiment

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F King

British Army 3462 Serjeant The Essex Regiment

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G C Root

British Army 42734 Private The Essex Regiment

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J Duke

British Army Temporary Captain The Essex Regiment

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Herbert Frank Russell

British Army 8339 Private The Essex Regiment

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Joseph E Potten

British Army 400403 Private The Essex Regiment

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Arthur Donaldson

Born 1882

Died 1925

British Army 691191 Private Labour Corps Eastern Command Labour Centre

British Army 22764 Private Essex Regiment 1st Garrison Battalion

British Army 4945 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 2/4 Battalion

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George Pepper

British Army 4058 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 201805 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 204173 Private Essex Regiment

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Charles Pack

Born 1888

British Army 31348 Private Essex Regiment

British Army L/8653 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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John Leah

British Army L/6017 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 6617 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 350735 Private Essex Regiment

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John Bonner

British Army L/7917 Private The Queen's Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6619 Private Essex Regiment 15th Battalion

British Army 350737 Private Essex Regiment 15th Battalion

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G Turl

British Army 8307 Serjeant Essex Regiment

British Army L/11425 Acting Regimental Serjeant Major The Queen's Regiment

British Army 61135 Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 Essex Regiment

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