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Chichester, Sussex [741]

Chichester, Sussex, England [23]

Sidlesham, Chichester, Sussex [18]

Selsey, Chichester, Sussex [16]

West Wittering, Chichester, Sussex [15]

Birdham, Chichester, Sussex [14]

Earnley, Chichester, Sussex [8]

Bosham, Chichester, Sussex [6]

Oving, Chichester, Sussex [4]

Funtington, Chichester, Sussex [3]

Hunston, Chichester, Sussex [3]

Chichester Sussex [2]

East Wittering, Chichester, Sussex [2]

Fishbourne, Chichester, Sussex [2]

Midhurst, Chichester, Sussex [2]

Oving Chichester, Sussex [2]

West Dean, Chichester, Sussex [2]

Westbourne, Chichester, Sussex [2]

the Portfield district of Chichester, Sussex [2]

Appledram, Chichester, Sussex [1]

Chichester,Sussex [1]

Chichester,Sussex. [1]

Compton, Chichester, Sussex [1]

Donnington, Chichester, Sussex [1]

Earnley, near Chichester, Sussex [1]

East Dean Chichester, Sussex [1]

East Dean, Chichester, Sussex [1]

Merston, Chichester, Sussex [1]

Portfield, Chichester, Sussex [1]

Selsey Chichester, Sussex [1]

Singleton, Chichester, Sussex [1]

St Richard's, Chichester, Sussex [1]

Summersdale, Chichester, Sussex [1]

Up Marden, Chichester, Sussex [1]

West Dean near Chichester, Sussex [1]

West Hampnett, Chichester, Sussex [1]

West Itchenor, near Chichester, Sussex [1]

Wickham, Chichester, West Sussex [1]

chichester west sussex england [1]

Rank

Private [87]

Stoker 1st Class [33]

Able Seaman [13]

Lance Corporal [13]

Corporal [11]

Gunner [10]

Stoker 2nd Class [9]

Stoker Petty Officer [8]

Boy 1st Class [7]

Leading Stoker [7]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Sergeant [6]

Driver [4]

Rifleman [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Major [3]

Sapper [3]

Serjeant [3]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Captain [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Shipwright 2nd Class [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Cooks Mate 2nd Class [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Acting Warrant Officer 2nd Class [1]

Boatman Leading Stoker (Coast Guard) [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Carpenter [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Ship's Cook [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Cooks Mate 2nd Class [1]

Cyclist [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [38]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

East Kent Regiment [6]

HMS BULWARK [6]

HMS Hampshire [6]

HMS NEPTUNE [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [5]

HMS INVINCIBLE [4]

HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [4]

HMS Victory II [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Essex Regiment [3]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [3]

HMS Fearless [3]

HMS Princess Royal [3]

HMS Queen Mary [3]

HMS Victory [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

H.M.S. "Victory I" [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS CANADA [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS Hercules [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS Invincible [2]

HMS OPAL [2]

HMS Superb [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

London Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2]

Service

Royal Navy [640]

British Army [124]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [102]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [99]

H [92]

S [78]

C [75]

M [62]

R [55]

W [49]

L [48]

P [43]

A [41]

G [41]

T [41]

F [28]

D [27]

E [25]

J [25]

K [20]

N [14]

O [9]

V [5]

I [4]

Y [4]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [849]

Merchant Navy [23]

Country

United Kingdom [98]

France [2]

India [2]

Canada [1]

Jersey [1]

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Place of birth

Chichester, Sussex [741] Chichester, Sussex, England [23] Sidlesham, Chichester, Sussex [18] Selsey, Chichester, Sussex [16] West Wittering, Chichester, Sussex [15] Birdham, Chichester, Sussex [14] Earnley, Chichester, Sussex [8] Bosham, Chichester, Sussex [6] Oving, Chichester, Sussex [4] Funtington, Chichester, Sussex [3] Hunston, Chichester, Sussex [3] Chichester Sussex [2] East Wittering, Chichester, Sussex [2] Fishbourne, Chichester, Sussex [2] Midhurst, Chichester, Sussex [2] Oving Chichester, Sussex [2] West Dean, Chichester, Sussex [2] Westbourne, Chichester, Sussex [2] the Portfield district of Chichester, Sussex [2] Appledram, Chichester, Sussex [1] Chichester,Sussex [1] Chichester,Sussex. [1] Compton, Chichester, Sussex [1] Donnington, Chichester, Sussex [1] Earnley, near Chichester, Sussex [1] East Dean Chichester, Sussex [1] East Dean, Chichester, Sussex [1] Merston, Chichester, Sussex [1] Portfield, Chichester, Sussex [1] Selsey Chichester, Sussex [1] Singleton, Chichester, Sussex [1] St Richard's, Chichester, Sussex [1] Summersdale, Chichester, Sussex [1] Up Marden, Chichester, Sussex [1] West Dean near Chichester, Sussex [1] West Hampnett, Chichester, Sussex [1] West Itchenor, near Chichester, Sussex [1] Wickham, Chichester, West Sussex [1] chichester west sussex england [1]

Rank

Private [87] Stoker 1st Class [33] Able Seaman [13] Lance Corporal [13] Corporal [11] Gunner [10] Stoker 2nd Class [9] Stoker Petty Officer [8] Boy 1st Class [7] Leading Stoker [7] Ordinary Seaman [6] Sergeant [6] Driver [4] Rifleman [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Leading Seaman [3] Major [3] Sapper [3] Serjeant [3] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Captain [2] Deck Hand [2] Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Petty Officer [2] Shipwright 2nd Class [2] Shoeing Smith [2] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Acting Cooks Mate 2nd Class [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Acting Warrant Officer 2nd Class [1] Boatman Leading Stoker (Coast Guard) [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brigadier General [1] Carpenter [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Ship's Cook [1] Chief Stoker [1] Cook's Mate [1] Cooks Mate 2nd Class [1] Cyclist [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [38] Hampshire Regiment [7] East Kent Regiment [6] HMS BULWARK [6] HMS Hampshire [6] HMS NEPTUNE [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Army Service Corps [5] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [5] HMS INVINCIBLE [4] HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [4] HMS Victory II [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Essex Regiment [3] HMS BLACK PRINCE [3] HMS Fearless [3] HMS Princess Royal [3] HMS Queen Mary [3] HMS Victory [3] Labour Corps [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] H.M.S. "Victory I" [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS CANADA [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS Hercules [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS Invincible [2] HMS OPAL [2] HMS Superb [2] HMS Victory I [2] London Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2]

Service

Royal Navy [640] British Army [124] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [102] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [99] H [92] S [78] C [75] M [62] R [55] W [49] L [48] P [43] A [41] G [41] T [41] F [28] D [27] E [25] J [25] K [20] N [14] O [9] V [5] I [4] Y [4] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [849] Merchant Navy [23]

Country

United Kingdom [98] France [2] India [2] Canada [1] Jersey [1]

Wilfrith Elstob

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion

British Army Temporary Captain Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion

British Army Temporary Major Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion

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James Balchin

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army GS/37571 Private Royal Fusiliers 13th Battalion

British Army Private

British Army 37571 Private Royal Fusiliers 13th Battalion

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Geoffrey Gerald Adames

Born 1897

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 114416

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 1st Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 114416 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 1st Battalion

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Edward Daniel Milton

Born 1891

Died 1947

British Army 3369 Private Rifle Brigade Depot

British Army 3369 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 3rd Batallion

British Army 3369 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 4th Batallion

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Harry Combes

Born 1896

Died 1918

Royal Navy J28776 Boy 2nd Class HMS Carnarvon

Royal Navy J28776 Boy 1st Class HMS Carnarvon

Royal Navy J28776 Ordinary Seaman HMS Carnarvon

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William Michael Fowler

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 43549 Driver Royal Horse Artillery "N" Battery

British Army 43549 Driver Royal Field Artillery "B" Battery

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Henry Stubbs

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 3661 Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

British Army 3661 Private Rifle Brigade Depot

British Army 3661 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

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Thomas George Smith

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 19238 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 30348 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 19238 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Cecil Heather

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 164443 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 456th Siege Battery

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William Edmund Hellyer

Born 1884

Died 1961

British Army 61973 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Jasper William Cooper

Born 1892

Died 1965

British Army G/24906 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/24906 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army G/24906 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

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Reginald Thomas Blackman

Born 1892

Died 1920

British Army G/7235 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army G/7235 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 9th Battalion

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Gilbert Hearn Breach

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army GS/8107 Acting Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army GS/8107 Corporal Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 9th Battalion

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William Edward Hawkins

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy K23717 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K23717 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K23717 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Black Prince

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Frederick Thomas Hawkins

Born 1896

Died 1915

Royal Navy M7570 Cooks Mate 2nd Class HMS Victory I

Royal Navy M7570 Acting Cooks Mate 2nd Class HMS Victory I

Royal Navy M7570 Cooks Mate 2nd Class HMS Inflexible

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Charles John Cadwell

Born 1872

Died 1950

British Army 108450 Regimental Sergeant Major Royal Engineers

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Wilfred George Ayling

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy K13466 Stoker 1st Class HMS INVINCIBLE

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Frederick Henry Wyatt

Born 1899

Died 1918

381238 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 132655 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 5th Battalion

British Army 132655 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 8th Battalion

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George Leach

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 8/2151 Rifleman Hampshire Regiment 1/8th Battalion

British Army 330661 Rifleman Hampshire Regiment 1/8th Battalion

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Albert W Baker

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army GSSR/386 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army SR/386 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion

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