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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]

William James H Gardener

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94331

British Army Private Wiltshire Regiment 3rd (Militia) Battalion

British Army 11989 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Bernard Hugh Penfold

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 11083 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) 3rd Battalion

British Army Private Royal Fusiliers

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Robert Lennox Rogers

Born 1874

Died 1943

Canadian Expeditionary Force 210752 Private 98th Overseas Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 210752 Acting Corporal 98th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 210752 Acting Corporal 12th Battalion

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Arthur Mant

Born 1876

Died 1939

45611 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment

British Army Suffolk Regiment 1st Reserve Batallion

British Army 45611 Private Essex Regiment 2nd Garrison Batallion

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Henry Edward Clarke

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 18660 Acting Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 18660 Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Douglas Walter Broadbridge

Born 1894

Died 1985

British Army 212606 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 212606 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 172nd Brigade

British Army 212606 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 172nd Brigade

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Frank Robinson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 80000 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery Depot

British Army 80000 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery R Battery

British Army 80000 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery 15th Brigade

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Frank William Bacon

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 25362 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Lutman Vernon Broadbridge

Born 1888

Died 1942

British Army 160293 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery No 1 Depot

British Army 160293 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 1 Reserve Battery

British Army 160293 Acting Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery 1 Reserve Battery

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Frederick George Tribe

Born 1877

Died 1919

British Army 11091 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 35106 Gunner Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 35106 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Reginald Arthur Aylmore

Born 1898

Died 1959

British Army 29529 Private Grenadier Guards 5th Battalion

British Army 29529 Private Grenadier Guards Depot

British Army 29529 Private Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

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Charles William Waller

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army G/5033 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion

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Tom Cheetham

Born 1901

Died 1919

Royal Navy J80425 Boy 2nd Class Boy 2nd CLass

Royal Navy J80425 Boy 1st Class H.M.S. "Impregnable"

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Harold Vine Aylmore

Born 1894

Died 1965

Royal Navy KT17142 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Crocus

Royal Navy KT17142 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Victory II

Royal Navy KT17142 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Osprey (Rowena)

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Reginald Thomas Knight

Born 1897

Died 1919

Royal Navy J24071 Able Seaman H.M.S. "Caradoc"

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Francis William Ashton Buckell

Born 1875

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment 3/4th royal west Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 4th Battalion

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Algie Atwick Smith

Born 1886

Died 1920

Royal Navy 308836 Stoker Petty Officer H.M.S. "Cleopatra"

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Christopher Reginald Buckle

Born 1862

Died 1952

British Army Major General Commander Royal Artillery, 2nd Army

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Harry Allen

Born 1880

Died 1916

Royal Navy 188226 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS Invincible

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Percy George Redman

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 4006 Private Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

British Army 4006 Lance Corporal Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 2nd Battalion

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