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Maidstone, Kent [37]

Tunbridge Wells [10]

London [5]

Hollingbourne, Kent [4]

Loose, Kent [3]

Bromley, Kent [2]

Harrietsham, Kent [2]

Lenham, Kent [2]

Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Aldeburgh, Suffolk [1]

Allerford, Somerset [1]

Arpinge, Newington, Kent [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Barming, Kent [1]

Bearsted, Kent [1]

Beckenham Kent [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bexleyheath [1]

Bobbing, Kent [1]

Brenchley [1]

Brighton [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Charing, Kent [1]

Cranbrook, Kent [1]

Deptford, Kent [1]

East Sutton, Kent [1]

Eaton Square, London [1]

Eccles, Kent [1]

Edmonton [1]

Forest Gate, Essex [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Grantchester, Cambridgeshire [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hailsham [1]

Hampshire [1]

Hellingly [1]

Hornsey [1]

Huish Episcopi, Somerset [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kent [1]

Lewisham, London [1]

Linslade [1]

Llanfyllin, Wales [1]

Lydd, Kent [1]

Maidstone [1]

Milcombe, Oxfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [897]

Second Lieutenant [214]

Serjeant [124]

Corporal [107]

Lieutenant [106]

Lance Corporal [79]

Captain [47]

Sapper [19]

Acting Corporal [13]

Major [13]

Trooper [13]

Pioneer [11]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Farrier Serjeant [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant Major [4]

Trumpeter [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Driver [3]

Sergeant [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Brigade Major [2]

Cadet [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Gunner [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Squadron Serjeant Major [2]

Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Surgeon Major [2]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Adjutant Acting Captain [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Chief Mechanic [1]

Unit

West Kent Yeomanry [1064]

East Kent Regiment [317]

Royal West Kent Regiment [130]

Middlesex Regiment [105]

Corps of Hussars [104]

West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [82]

Royal Engineers [79]

Machine Gun Corps [64]

Royal Field Artillery [58]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [44]

Labour Corps [32]

Royal Air Force [30]

Army Service Corps [25]

Royal East Kent Yeomanry [23]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [21]

Sussex Yeomanry [18]

Royal West Kent Yeomanry [16]

Royal Flying Corps [14]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

London Regiment [13]

Royal Sussex Regiment [13]

Suffolk Yeomanry [13]

Rifle Brigade [10]

The Queen's Regiment [10]

East Kent Yeomanry [8]

Imperial Camel Corps [8]

Surrey Yeomanry [8]

Tank Corps [8]

Highland Light Infantry [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [6]

County of London Yeomanry [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Border Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Military Mounted Police [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Kent Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [1263]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27]

Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

S [138]

H [131]

B [122]

W [107]

C [104]

M [90]

P [87]

T [73]

D [60]

R [58]

G [53]

L [44]

J [37]

F [34]

A [30]

E [28]

N [18]

K [17]

O [15]

I [5]

Y [5]

Q [3]

V [3]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1261]

Country

United Kingdom [128]

France [2]

Canada [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [37] Tunbridge Wells [10] London [5] Hollingbourne, Kent [4] Loose, Kent [3] Bromley, Kent [2] Harrietsham, Kent [2] Lenham, Kent [2] Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Aldeburgh, Suffolk [1] Allerford, Somerset [1] Arpinge, Newington, Kent [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Barming, Kent [1] Bearsted, Kent [1] Beckenham Kent [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bexleyheath [1] Bobbing, Kent [1] Brenchley [1] Brighton [1] Camberwell, London [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Charing, Kent [1] Cranbrook, Kent [1] Deptford, Kent [1] East Sutton, Kent [1] Eaton Square, London [1] Eccles, Kent [1] Edmonton [1] Forest Gate, Essex [1] Fulham, London [1] Grantchester, Cambridgeshire [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Greenwich, London [1] Hackney, London [1] Hailsham [1] Hampshire [1] Hellingly [1] Hornsey [1] Huish Episcopi, Somerset [1] Islington, London [1] Kensington, London [1] Kent [1] Lewisham, London [1] Linslade [1] Llanfyllin, Wales [1] Lydd, Kent [1] Maidstone [1] Milcombe, Oxfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [897] Second Lieutenant [214] Serjeant [124] Corporal [107] Lieutenant [106] Lance Corporal [79] Captain [47] Sapper [19] Acting Corporal [13] Major [13] Trooper [13] Pioneer [11] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Company Serjeant Major [8] Lance Serjeant [7] Farrier Serjeant [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant Major [4] Trumpeter [4] Acting Captain [3] Driver [3] Sergeant [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Brigade Major [2] Cadet [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Gunner [2] Serjeant Major [2] Squadron Serjeant Major [2] Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Surgeon Major [2] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Adjutant Acting Captain [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Chief Mechanic [1]

Unit

West Kent Yeomanry [1064] East Kent Regiment [317] Royal West Kent Regiment [130] Middlesex Regiment [105] Corps of Hussars [104] West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [82] Royal Engineers [79] Machine Gun Corps [64] Royal Field Artillery [58] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [44] Labour Corps [32] Royal Air Force [30] Army Service Corps [25] Royal East Kent Yeomanry [23] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [21] Sussex Yeomanry [18] Royal West Kent Yeomanry [16] Royal Flying Corps [14] Royal Fusiliers [14] London Regiment [13] Royal Sussex Regiment [13] Suffolk Yeomanry [13] Rifle Brigade [10] The Queen's Regiment [10] East Kent Yeomanry [8] Imperial Camel Corps [8] Surrey Yeomanry [8] Tank Corps [8] Highland Light Infantry [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] Royal West Surrey Regiment [6] County of London Yeomanry [5] Essex Regiment [5] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Border Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Military Mounted Police [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Kent Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [1263] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27] Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

S [138] H [131] B [122] W [107] C [104] M [90] P [87] T [73] D [60] R [58] G [53] L [44] J [37] F [34] A [30] E [28] N [18] K [17] O [15] I [5] Y [5] Q [3] V [3] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1261]

Country

United Kingdom [128] France [2] Canada [1] India [1] Ireland [1] United States [1]

Arthur Edmund Fermor

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 2418 Private West Kent Yeomanry

British Army 243399 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 245399 Private West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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Gilbert Lester Day

Born 1891

British Army 798 Lance Corporal West Kent Yeomanry

British Army 270565 Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army 798 Sergeant West Kent Yeomanry

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Stanley Frederick Bagshaw

Born 1897

British Army 2548 Private West Kent (Queen's Own) Yeomanry

British Army 271007 Private East Kent Regiment (Buffs) 10th Battalion

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Cyril Adlington Boorman

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 801 Private West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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Leslie Goldwell Ambrose

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 1088 Private West Kent Yeomanry

British Army 208722 Private Royal Engineers

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Harold Thomas Benjamin Barnard

Born 1886

Died 1971

British Army Second Lieutenant West Kent Yeomanry

British Army Captain West Kent Yeomanry attached East Kents

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Herbert William Carter

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 3042 Yeomanry Cyclists

British Army G/30210 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) "D" Company, 7th Battalion

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Ernest George Hickman

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 2269 Private Queen's Own Royal West Kent Yeomanry

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Victor William Hollis

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 507 Serjeant West Kent Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Herbert Charles Gilliam

Born 1895

Died 1954

British Army 655 Private West Kent Yeomanry

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Walter Horace Samuel

Born 1882

Died 1948

British Army Second Lieutenant West Kent Yeomanry

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John Henry Austen

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 7677 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 1478 Private West Kent Yeomanry

British Army 543929 Private Royal Engineers 4th Survey Battalion

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William Jesse Bird

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 1369 West Kent Yeomanry

British Army GS/7701 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 7 Battalion

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Clive Halliburton Thorpe

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 76 Staff Quarter Master Serjeant West Kent Yeomanry

British Army 270505 Company Quarter Master Serjeant East Kent Regiment

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Frederic J Chambers

Born 1897

British Army 1830 Private West Kent Yeomanry 1/1st Battalion

British Army 270860 Private East Kent Regiment 10th Battalion

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Maurice Raymond Lemon

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 2192 Private West Kent Yeomanry

British Army G/43188 Private Middlesex Regiment 13th Battalion

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James Hurst Greenwood

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 5496 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment attached 2nd Royal Marine Battalion

British Army 3340 Private City of London Yeomanry

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Henry A Davies

Died 1915

British Army 812 Private West Kent Yeomanry

British Army 812 Private West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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John Robert Payne

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 1261 Lance Corporal West Kent Yeomanry

British Army 245125 Lance Corporal West Kent Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Lionel Edward Sackville-West

Died 1928

British Army Major West Kent Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Colonel East Kent Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel West Kent Yeomanry

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