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Crawley, Sussex [90]

Crawley Down, Sussex [4]

Crawley, Sussex, England [3]

Ifield, Crawley, Sussex [3]

Worth, Crawley, Sussex [3]

Crawley, Horsham, Sussex [2]

Slaugham, Crawley, Sussex [2]

Copthorne, Crawley, Sussex [1]

County Oak Crawley, Sussex [1]

Crawley Down, Crawley, Sussex [1]

Handcross, Crawley, Sussex [1]

Rowfant, near Crawley, Sussex [1]

Slaughan, Crawley, Sussex [1]

Staplefield, Crawley, Sussex [1]

Three Bridges, Crawley, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [8]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Corporal [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Army Service Corps [1]

H.M. Submarine E.13. [1]

HMS AMBUSCADE [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS Superb [1]

HMS Tartar [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

HMS Vindictive [1]

Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) [1]

Infantry Training Reserve [1]

London Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory) [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [63]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37]

British Army [12]

Last name first letter

P [13]

H [11]

S [11]

B [10]

M [8]

T [8]

C [7]

L [7]

D [6]

G [4]

K [4]

R [4]

E [3]

F [3]

A [2]

J [2]

N [2]

O [2]

W [2]

Y [2]

I [1]

Q [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [108]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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People [115] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Crawley, Sussex [90] Crawley Down, Sussex [4] Crawley, Sussex, England [3] Ifield, Crawley, Sussex [3] Worth, Crawley, Sussex [3] Crawley, Horsham, Sussex [2] Slaugham, Crawley, Sussex [2] Copthorne, Crawley, Sussex [1] County Oak Crawley, Sussex [1] Crawley Down, Crawley, Sussex [1] Handcross, Crawley, Sussex [1] Rowfant, near Crawley, Sussex [1] Slaughan, Crawley, Sussex [1] Staplefield, Crawley, Sussex [1] Three Bridges, Crawley, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [8] Stoker 1st Class [4] Corporal [2] Lance Corporal [2] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Deck Hand [1] Leading Seaman [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Army Service Corps [1] H.M. Submarine E.13. [1] HMS AMBUSCADE [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS Superb [1] HMS Tartar [1] HMS Victory I [1] HMS Vindictive [1] Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) [1] Infantry Training Reserve [1] London Regiment [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory) [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] South Wales Borderers [1] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [63] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37] British Army [12]

Last name first letter

P [13] H [11] S [11] B [10] M [8] T [8] C [7] L [7] D [6] G [4] K [4] R [4] E [3] F [3] A [2] J [2] N [2] O [2] W [2] Y [2] I [1] Q [1] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [108] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Albert Eastes

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9825

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Walter Cummins

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84728

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William Ernest Rowland

Born 1895

Royal Navy J17029

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Frederick James Ledger

Born 1899

Died 1916

Royal Navy J31829 Boy 1st Class HMS INDEFATIGABLE

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Samuel James Lyon

Born 1889

Died 1970

Royal Navy K5915

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Edward Gallagher

Born 1865

Died 1916

Royal Navy 145339 Stoker Petty Officer HMS INVINCIBLE

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Harry Pane

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211979

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Alfred George Burnett

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285122

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Harry Bacon

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6353

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Donald Walter Jakes

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8520

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Bert Huggett

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225463

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Grace Catherine King

Born 1897

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Maxwell Philip Head

Born 1900

Royal Navy J42763

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Alfred Thomas Howard

Born 1900

Royal Navy J57365

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George James Quickenden

Born 1882

Royal Navy F13627

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Sydney Henry Brooks

Born 1898

Royal Navy F23523

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George Thomas Peter Parsons

Born 1884

Royal Navy F38907

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Gilbert Dennis Leo Roberts

Born 1899

Royal Navy F45439

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Charles Henry Ellis

Born 1891

Royal Navy J774

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Frederick Lucas

Born 1892

Royal Navy J1592

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