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Chichester, Sussex [741]

Chichester England [29]

Chichester [24]

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]

Chichester, Hampshire [4]

Oving, Chichester, Sussex [4]

Funtington, Chichester, Sussex [3]

Hunston, Chichester, Sussex [3]

Chichester Sussex [2]

Chichester, Surrey [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 New South Wales [1]

Chichester, Kent [1]

Chichester,Sussex [1]

Chichester,Sussex. [1]

Chichester. [1]

Compton, Chichester, Sussex [1]

Donnington, Chichester, Sussex [1]

Earnley, Chichester [1]

Earnley, near Chichester, Sussex [1]

East Dean Chichester, Sussex [1]

East Dean, Chichester, Sussex [1]

East Dean, near Chichester [1]

Fishbourne Chichester [1]

Fishbourne, Chichester, Hants [1]

Funtington, Chichester [1]

Merston, Chichester [1]

Merston, Chichester, Sussex [1]

North Bested Chichester [1]

Parkfield, Chichester [1]

Portfield, Chichester, Sussex [1]

Selsey Chichester, Sussex [1]

Sidlesham, Chichester [1]

Singleton, Chichester, Sussex [1]

St Pancras, Chichester [1]

St Richard's, Chichester, Sussex [1]

Subdeanery, Chichester [1]

Rank

Private [102]

Stoker 1st Class [34]

Lance Corporal [15]

Corporal [14]

Able Seaman [13]

Gunner [11]

Stoker 2nd Class [9]

Stoker Petty Officer [9]

Boy 1st Class [7]

Leading Stoker [7]

Driver [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Sergeant [6]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Major [4]

Rifleman [4]

Serjeant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Sergeant [3]

Captain [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Sapper [3]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Shipwright 2nd Class [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Signalman [2]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

Actig Leading Signalman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Cooks Mate 2nd Class [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Signalman [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Acting Warrant Officer 2nd Class [1]

Boatman Leading Stoker (Coast Guard) [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Carpenter [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Ship's Cook [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [44]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

East Kent Regiment [6]

HMS BULWARK [6]

HMS Hampshire [6]

HMS NEPTUNE [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

Royal Engineers [5]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [5]

HMS INVINCIBLE [4]

HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Essex Regiment [3]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [3]

HMS Fearless [3]

HMS Princess Royal [3]

HMS Queen Mary [3]

HMS Victory [3]

HMS Victory I [3]

HMS Victory II [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]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

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

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS Argus [2]

HMS CANADA [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS Hercules [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS Invincible [2]

HMS OPAL [2]

HMS Superb [2]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Service

Royal Navy [658]

British Army [148]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [103]

Australian Imperial Force [29]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [104]

H [99]

S [89]

C [79]

M [65]

R [60]

W [58]

L [52]

T [47]

G [45]

A [44]

P [44]

F [34]

D [28]

E [26]

J [25]

K [22]

N [15]

O [9]

V [5]

I [4]

Y [4]

Q [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [920]

Merchant Navy [23]

Country

United Kingdom [108]

India [3]

France [2]

Canada [1]

Jersey [1]

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Place of birth

Chichester, Sussex [741] Chichester England [29] Chichester [24] 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] Chichester, Hampshire [4] Oving, Chichester, Sussex [4] Funtington, Chichester, Sussex [3] Hunston, Chichester, Sussex [3] Chichester Sussex [2] Chichester, Surrey [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 New South Wales [1] Chichester, Kent [1] Chichester,Sussex [1] Chichester,Sussex. [1] Chichester. [1] Compton, Chichester, Sussex [1] Donnington, Chichester, Sussex [1] Earnley, Chichester [1] Earnley, near Chichester, Sussex [1] East Dean Chichester, Sussex [1] East Dean, Chichester, Sussex [1] East Dean, near Chichester [1] Fishbourne Chichester [1] Fishbourne, Chichester, Hants [1] Funtington, Chichester [1] Merston, Chichester [1] Merston, Chichester, Sussex [1] North Bested Chichester [1] Parkfield, Chichester [1] Portfield, Chichester, Sussex [1] Selsey Chichester, Sussex [1] Sidlesham, Chichester [1] Singleton, Chichester, Sussex [1] St Pancras, Chichester [1] St Richard's, Chichester, Sussex [1] Subdeanery, Chichester [1]

Rank

Private [102] Stoker 1st Class [34] Lance Corporal [15] Corporal [14] Able Seaman [13] Gunner [11] Stoker 2nd Class [9] Stoker Petty Officer [9] Boy 1st Class [7] Leading Stoker [7] Driver [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Sergeant [6] Boy 2nd Class [4] Major [4] Rifleman [4] Serjeant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Sergeant [3] Captain [3] Leading Seaman [3] Sapper [3] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Bombardier [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Deck Hand [2] Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Petty Officer [2] Shipwright 2nd Class [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Signalman [2] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Actig Leading Signalman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Acting Cooks Mate 2nd Class [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Leading Signalman [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Acting Warrant Officer 2nd Class [1] Boatman Leading Stoker (Coast Guard) [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brigadier General [1] Carpenter [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Ship's Cook [1] Chief Stoker [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [44] Hampshire Regiment [8] Army Service Corps [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] East Kent Regiment [6] HMS BULWARK [6] HMS Hampshire [6] HMS NEPTUNE [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] Royal Engineers [5] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [5] HMS INVINCIBLE [4] HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Essex Regiment [3] HMS BLACK PRINCE [3] HMS Fearless [3] HMS Princess Royal [3] HMS Queen Mary [3] HMS Victory [3] HMS Victory I [3] HMS Victory II [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] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] H.M.S. "Victory I" [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS Argus [2] HMS CANADA [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS Hercules [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS Invincible [2] HMS OPAL [2] HMS Superb [2] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Service

Royal Navy [658] British Army [148] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [103] Australian Imperial Force [29] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [104] H [99] S [89] C [79] M [65] R [60] W [58] L [52] T [47] G [45] A [44] P [44] F [34] D [28] E [26] J [25] K [22] N [15] O [9] V [5] I [4] Y [4] Q [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [920] Merchant Navy [23]

Country

United Kingdom [108] India [3] France [2] Canada [1] Jersey [1]

Herbert Percy Sydney Lyddall

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army L/8635 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army L/8635 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion

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Charles Herbert Stone

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 3504 Private Sussex Yeomanry

British Army G/16594 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 9th Battalion

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Alfred Charles Chitty

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 765923 Private London Regiment 28th battalion london regiment (artist Battalion

British Army 765923 Private London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) 1st/28th Battalion

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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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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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Walter Wellcome

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army SD/5035 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 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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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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William Arthur Applin

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army S4/035661 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 29249 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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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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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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