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Brighton, Sussex [3224]

Hove, Brighton, Sussex [39]

Brighton Sussex [28]

Brighton,Sussex [22]

Preston, Brighton, Sussex [20]

Brighton, Sussex, England [10]

Brighton, Sussex. [8]

Brighton, East Sussex [6]

Steyning, Brighton, Sussex [6]

Brighton,Sussex. [5]

Hurstpierpoint, Brighton, Sussex [5]

Burgess Hill, Brighton, Sussex [4]

East Brighton, Sussex [4]

Hove Brighton, Sussex [4]

Patcham, Brighton, Sussex [4]

Southwick, Brighton, Sussex [4]

West Brighton, Sussex [4]

Brighton Sussex England [3]

Brighton district,Sussex [2]

Haywards Heath, Brighton, Sussex [2]

Kemp Town, Brighton, Sussex [2]

Lindfield, Brighton, Sussex [2]

Newhaven, Brighton, Sussex [2]

St Peter's, Brighton, Sussex [2]

21 Regency Square, Brighton, Sussex [1]

Allegedly Brighton or Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex [1]

Balcombe, Brighton, Sussex [1]

Blackrock Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bolney, Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brighton Sussex. [1]

Brighton and Hove, Sussex [1]

Brighton, Steyning district, Sussex [1]

Brighton, Sussex England [1]

Brighton, Sussex, England [1]

Brighton, Sussex, England. [1]

Brighton,Steyning,Sussex. [1]

Burgess Hill, near Brighton, Sussex [1]

Chailey, Brighton, Sussex [1]

Clapham, Brighton, Sussex [1]

Clayton, Brighton, Sussex [1]

Falmer, Brighton, Sussex [1]

Fishersgate Brighton, Sussex [1]

Fishersgate, Brighton, Sussex [1]

Hassocks, Brighton, Sussex [1]

Henfield, Brighton, Sussex [1]

Hooe Brighton, Sussex [1]

Hooe, Brighton, Sussex [1]

Horsted Keynes, Brighton, Sussex [1]

Hove, West Brighton, Sussex [1]

Lewes, Brighton, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [159]

Able Seaman [56]

Stoker 1st Class [49]

Captain [35]

Ordinary Seaman [33]

Second Lieutenant [31]

Lieutenant [29]

Corporal [22]

Lance Corporal [21]

Gunner [20]

Serjeant [20]

Boy 1st Class [16]

Sapper [15]

Leading Seaman [14]

Leading Stoker [14]

Major [14]

Rifleman [13]

Deck Hand [12]

Petty Officer [12]

Boy 2nd Class [8]

Driver [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Signalman [8]

Stoker 2nd Class [8]

Stoker Petty Officer [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [3]

Private 2nd Class [3]

Sergeant [3]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy [2]

Boy Servant [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Carpenter's Crew [2]

Chaplain [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Flight Lieutenant [2]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Flying Officer [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Leading Telegraphist [2]

Officers Steward 3rd Class [2]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [2]

Pioneer [2]

Seaman [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [45]

Royal Engineers [29]

London Regiment [21]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

Royal Naval Reserve [18]

HMS Agincourt [16]

HMS IRON DUKE [16]

HMS Good Hope [15]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [14]

Royal Air Force [13]

Army Service Corps [12]

HMS BULWARK [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [11]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

HMS MALAYA [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Royal Naval Air Service [8]

Sussex Yeomanry [8]

HMS INVINCIBLE [7]

HMS Victory I [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

HMS Hampshire [6]

HMS NEPTUNE [6]

HMS Princess Royal [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [5]

HMS CANADA [5]

HMS Castor [5]

HMS St Vincent (Haslar) [5]

HMS Victory [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Engineers Transport [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

HMS INDOMITABLE [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Essex Regiment [3]

HMS Barham [3]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Service

Royal Navy [2306]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [821]

British Army [320]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [17]

Other Empire Force [8]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [392]

S [344]

H [323]

W [301]

C [265]

P [252]

M [218]

G [204]

T [169]

R [135]

D [130]

F [125]

L [121]

A [102]

J [81]

K [74]

E [65]

N [64]

V [33]

O [31]

Y [13]

U [10]

I [9]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3387]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [178]

Canada [5]

India [4]

Germany [2]

Australia [1]

Bermuda [1]

China [1]

Egypt [1]

Ireland [1]

Jamaica [1]

New Zealand [1]

Sierra Leone [1]

South Africa [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Brighton, Sussex [3224] Hove, Brighton, Sussex [39] Brighton Sussex [28] Brighton,Sussex [22] Preston, Brighton, Sussex [20] Brighton, Sussex, England [10] Brighton, Sussex. [8] Brighton, East Sussex [6] Steyning, Brighton, Sussex [6] Brighton,Sussex. [5] Hurstpierpoint, Brighton, Sussex [5] Burgess Hill, Brighton, Sussex [4] East Brighton, Sussex [4] Hove Brighton, Sussex [4] Patcham, Brighton, Sussex [4] Southwick, Brighton, Sussex [4] West Brighton, Sussex [4] Brighton Sussex England [3] Brighton district,Sussex [2] Haywards Heath, Brighton, Sussex [2] Kemp Town, Brighton, Sussex [2] Lindfield, Brighton, Sussex [2] Newhaven, Brighton, Sussex [2] St Peter's, Brighton, Sussex [2] 21 Regency Square, Brighton, Sussex [1] Allegedly Brighton or Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex [1] Balcombe, Brighton, Sussex [1] Blackrock Brighton, Sussex [1] Bolney, Brighton, Sussex [1] Brighton Sussex. [1] Brighton and Hove, Sussex [1] Brighton, Steyning district, Sussex [1] Brighton, Sussex England [1] Brighton, Sussex, England [1] Brighton, Sussex, England. [1] Brighton,Steyning,Sussex. [1] Burgess Hill, near Brighton, Sussex [1] Chailey, Brighton, Sussex [1] Clapham, Brighton, Sussex [1] Clayton, Brighton, Sussex [1] Falmer, Brighton, Sussex [1] Fishersgate Brighton, Sussex [1] Fishersgate, Brighton, Sussex [1] Hassocks, Brighton, Sussex [1] Henfield, Brighton, Sussex [1] Hooe Brighton, Sussex [1] Hooe, Brighton, Sussex [1] Horsted Keynes, Brighton, Sussex [1] Hove, West Brighton, Sussex [1] Lewes, Brighton, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [159] Able Seaman [56] Stoker 1st Class [49] Captain [35] Ordinary Seaman [33] Second Lieutenant [31] Lieutenant [29] Corporal [22] Lance Corporal [21] Gunner [20] Serjeant [20] Boy 1st Class [16] Sapper [15] Leading Seaman [14] Leading Stoker [14] Major [14] Rifleman [13] Deck Hand [12] Petty Officer [12] Boy 2nd Class [8] Driver [8] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Signalman [8] Stoker 2nd Class [8] Stoker Petty Officer [5] Acting Corporal [3] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [3] Private 2nd Class [3] Sergeant [3] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Boy [2] Boy Servant [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Carpenter's Crew [2] Chaplain [2] Chief Stoker [2] Colonel [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Flight Lieutenant [2] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [2] Flying Officer [2] Leading Signalman [2] Leading Telegraphist [2] Officers Steward 3rd Class [2] Petty Officer Telegraphist [2] Pioneer [2] Seaman [2] Staff Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [45] Royal Engineers [29] London Regiment [21] Royal Field Artillery [20] Royal Naval Reserve [18] HMS Agincourt [16] HMS IRON DUKE [16] HMS Good Hope [15] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [14] Royal Air Force [13] Army Service Corps [12] HMS BULWARK [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [11] Machine Gun Corps [10] HMS MALAYA [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Royal Naval Air Service [8] Sussex Yeomanry [8] HMS INVINCIBLE [7] HMS Victory I [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] HMS Hampshire [6] HMS NEPTUNE [6] HMS Princess Royal [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] HMS BLACK PRINCE [5] HMS CANADA [5] HMS Castor [5] HMS St Vincent (Haslar) [5] HMS Victory [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Labour Corps [5] Royal Engineers Transport [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] East Kent Regiment [4] HMS INDOMITABLE [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Essex Regiment [3] HMS Barham [3] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Service

Royal Navy [2306] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [821] British Army [320] Canadian Expeditionary Force [17] Other Empire Force [8] Australian Imperial Force [5] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [392] S [344] H [323] W [301] C [265] P [252] M [218] G [204] T [169] R [135] D [130] F [125] L [121] A [102] J [81] K [74] E [65] N [64] V [33] O [31] Y [13] U [10] I [9] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3387] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [178] Canada [5] India [4] Germany [2] Australia [1] Bermuda [1] China [1] Egypt [1] Ireland [1] Jamaica [1] New Zealand [1] Sierra Leone [1] South Africa [1] Turkey [1]

Frederick James Laycock

Born 1882

Died 1961

British Army 3068 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 46480 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Ernest Bernard Evershed

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Stk/82 Private Royal Fusiliers 10th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant King's African Rifles

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Philip Douglas Evershed

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 7th lond Battalion

British Army Captain London Regiment 7th lond Battalion

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Henry Edward Measor

Born 1891

Died 1919

British Army 8743 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 8743 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment

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Norman Brabazon Dick

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army PS/1275 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 6th Battalion (Att 17th Battalion)

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 6th Battalion attd. 17th Battalion

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Hector Mcdonald Hooper

Born 1899

Died 1920

Royal Navy F46033 Air Craftman Royal Naval Air Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246033 Air Mechanic, 1st Class Royal Air Force Crystal Palace

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Joseph Walter Clout

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army G/9271 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army G/9271 Private General Service 3rd Royal Sussex Regiment

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Arthur Elijah Lewery

Born 1886

Died 1961

British Army 104339 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Cuthbert Collingwood Denny

Born 1877

Died 1949

British Army 10659 Serjeant Essex Regiment

British Army 10659 Warrant Officer Class 2 Essex Regiment attached British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion

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Frank Herbert Humberstone

Born 1896

Died 1964

British Army SD/5889 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th (Service) Battalion (3rd South Down)

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George Walter Ricketts

Born 1894

Died 1974

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6090

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William Allen

Born 1886

British Army 31348 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 7th Bn.

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Lawrence Edward Collier

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army G/3496 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Frank Bertie Ward Hollands

Born 1890

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1234 Private Australian Infantry 5th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 1234

Australian Imperial Force 1355 Private 2nd Brigade, 1st Australian Division 5th Battalion

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George A Coppard

Born 1898

Died 1984

British Army 19012 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 701 Corporal The Queen's Regiment

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Leslie Arthur George Butcher

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy F/675 Aircraft Mechanic 1st Class Royal Naval Air Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200675 Serjeant Royal Air Force

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Cecil Ernest Gaspar Gill

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) RFC 1 S of A G

Air Force (RAF/RFC) RAF 34 Squadron (B.E.F.)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) RAF 139 Squadron

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Edward Albert Clout

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 3547 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th

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Gordon Belden Belcher

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Captain The Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal Berkshire) Regiment 3rd Battalion attached to “B” Coy 1st Battalion

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Arthur Picton-Warlow

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 3539 Private East African Regiment

British Army 5933 Private East African Labour Corps Military Labour Corps

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