Full Name: Jack Taylor Nationality: British Rank: Private Service: East Kent Regiment (“The Buffs”) Regiment: 8th Battalion Age at Death: 22 Date of Death: 18 August 1916 Service Number: G/9192 Cemetery: Thiepval Memorial, France Reference: Pier and Face 5 D. CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/815073/TAYLOR,%20JACK EVERY MAN REMEMBERED: http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/815073/ Born in Dover, the fifth of six children born to Frederick and Anna Maria Taylor (nee Hopper), Jack was a tram driver before he enlisted in Dover as a Private on 08 Dec 1915, into…
Full Name: Thomas Sifleet Nationality: British Rank: Private Service: East Kent Regiment (“The Buffs”) Unit: 1st Battalion Age at Death: 27 Date of Death: 8 December 1917 Service Number: 203960 Cemetery: Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Memorial Reference: XXXII. D. 11. CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/291053/SIFLEET,%20THOMAS EVERY MAN REMEMBERED: http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/291053/ Son of Henry Sifleet; husband of Kate Sifleet, of IO, Gore Bank, Upchurch, Sittingbourne, Kent. Born at Lower Halstow, Kent. In the 1911 Census Thomas, aged 21, was still living at…
Full Name: George PILE Nationality: British Rank: Private Service: East Kent Regiment (“The Buffs”) Unit: 1st and 5th Battalions Age at Death: 30 Date of Death: 19 June 1917 Service Number: 240837 Cemetery: Amara War Cemetery, Iraq Pluckley Village War Memorial, Kent, UK [picture, above] Reference: XIII. H. 9. CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/629829/PILE,%20G EVERY MAN REMEMBERED: http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/629829/ George was born in Pluckley, Kent in 1887, the fourth child of Jessie and Frances Pile. George was one of two sons from the…
Full Name: Edwin Thomas PILE Nationality: British Rank: Private Service: East Kent Regiment (“The Buffs”) Unit: 5th Battalion Age at Death: 23 Date of Death: 7 January 1916 Service Number: T/1016 Memorials: Amara War Cemetery, Iraq and Pluckley Village War Memorial, Kent, UK Reference: XXXI. D. 5. CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/629828/PILE,%20EDWIN%20THOMAS EVERY MAN REMEMBERED: http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/629828/ Edwin was born in Pluckley, Kent in 1892, the sixth child of Jessie and Frances Pile. George was one of two sons from the family killed in World…
Full Name: Gilbert HOPPER Nationality: British Rank: Corporal Service: East Kent Regiment (“The Buffs”) Unit: 6th Battalion Age at Death: 30 Date of Death: 10 March 1916 Service Number: G/460 Cemetery: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium Memorial Reference: Panels 15-19 CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/732203/HOPPER,%20GILBERT 3 EVERY MAN REMEMBERED: http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/732203/ Before enlisting he worked for 12 years in the Goods Yard at the Priory Station, Dover. In the 1901 Census Gilbert was 15 years old and living at 22 Paul’s Place, Dover…
Full Name: William Quested HARVEY Nationality: British Rank: Private Service: East Kent Regiment (“The Buffs”) Unit: 2nd Battalion Age at Death: 19 Date of Death: 12 April 1915 Service Number: L/10235 Cemetery: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, France Memorial Reference: Panel 12 and 14 CWGC Certificate: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1613211/HARVEY,%20WILLIAM%20QUESTED EVERY MAN REMEMBERED: www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/1613211/ William was born in 1896 in the village of Martin in Kent, the third of 7 children born to Isaac and Louisa Harvey (nee Hopper). He enlisted on 30th November…