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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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People [887] Stories Communities

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]

George Lambert

Died 1916

British Army SD/1387 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 12th Battalion

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Reginald George Chapman

Died 1915

British Army G/817 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion

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Frederick Charles Dummer

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army L/10612 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd Battalion

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John Richard Osborn

Born 1880

Died 1946

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164276

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Henry Smith

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy K721 Leading Stoker HMS Flirt

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Thomas Lewis

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 3335 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ernest Charles Harris

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army SD/4216 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion

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Ernest George Terry

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army L/10360 Private East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army L/10360 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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James William Chandler

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army G/1750 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/1750 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 8th Battalion

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James Alfred Hoare

Born 1886

Died 1967

British Army 225137 Driver Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 44888 Shoeing Smith Royal Artillery

British Army Driver Royal Artillery

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William Leach

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army SD/3163 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion

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Arthur Tapner

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army G/1701 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Barnes

Died 1915

British Army G/1700 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Richard George Reed

Born 1892

Died 1967

British Army 26616 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 26616 Private Machine Gun Corps 10th Company

British Army 26616 Private Machine Gun Corps Command Depot

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Stuart Burton Arnell

Born 1895

Died 1969

British Army 10971 Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

British Army Royal West Kent Regiment 20th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment 9th Battalion

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Albert Henry Reed

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army SD/3436 Sergeant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/6430 Sergeant Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Batallion

British Army G/6430 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion

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Leonard William Arnell

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army L/7007 Private East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army L/7007 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Maurice Maybee Harris

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 3618 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 241237 Private East Surrey Regiment 1/6th Batallion

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Edmund Frank Peters

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 21260 Private Norfolk Regiment 3rd Battalion

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John Haines

Died 1918

British Army 50151 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 11240 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 27101 Private Suffolk Regiment

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