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Cuckfield, Sussex [73]

Cuckfield, Sussex, England [3]

Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, Sussex [2]

Balcombe, Cuckfield district, Sussex, England [1]

Cuckfield Sussex [1]

Cuckfield, Burgess Hill, Sussex [1]

Cuckfield. Sussex [1]

Hayward Heath Cuckfield, Sussex [1]

Horsted Keynes, Cuckfield, Sussex [1]

Hurstpierpoint, Cuckfield, Sussex [1]

Staplefield, Cuckfield, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [13]

Able Seaman [6]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Corporal [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Gunner [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [9]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

43rd Brigade Operating Company Reserve [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

HMS 'Black Prince' [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS GALATEA [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Liverpool [1]

HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS Southampton [1]

HMS Stephen Furness [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [55]

British Army [19]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [10]

S [10]

W [8]

G [7]

H [7]

C [6]

D [6]

T [5]

A [4]

R [4]

F [3]

K [3]

L [3]

M [3]

N [3]

P [2]

V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [80]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

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People [86] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Cuckfield, Sussex [73] Cuckfield, Sussex, England [3] Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, Sussex [2] Balcombe, Cuckfield district, Sussex, England [1] Cuckfield Sussex [1] Cuckfield, Burgess Hill, Sussex [1] Cuckfield. Sussex [1] Hayward Heath Cuckfield, Sussex [1] Horsted Keynes, Cuckfield, Sussex [1] Hurstpierpoint, Cuckfield, Sussex [1] Staplefield, Cuckfield, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [13] Able Seaman [6] Boy 1st Class [2] Corporal [2] Lance Corporal [2] Leading Seaman [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Deck Hand [1] Gunner [1] Lieutenant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [9] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] 43rd Brigade Operating Company Reserve [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] HMS 'Black Prince' [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS GALATEA [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Liverpool [1] HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS Southampton [1] HMS Stephen Furness [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [55] British Army [19] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [10] S [10] W [8] G [7] H [7] C [6] D [6] T [5] A [4] R [4] F [3] K [3] L [3] M [3] N [3] P [2] V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [80] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Ernest Attwater

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army G/5305 Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 58th Coy

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Cecil Alfred Bowell

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 26402 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 26402 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 71st Field Company

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Albert Edward Victor Stoner

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 14849 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 14849 Gunner Royal Field Artillery D Battery

British Army 14849 Gunner Royal Field Artillery D Battery

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Frederick Charles Anscombe

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1385 Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 241769 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Calder

Born 1890

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 72160

Canadian Expeditionary Force 72160 Private Canadian Infantry 27th Battalion

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Charles Frank Doick

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy J9484 Able Seaman HMS 'Black Prince'

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Frank Bates

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army T/2020 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 4th Battalion

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James Matthews

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army G/3587 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 9th Battalion

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Charlie James Hole

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288334

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John Thornton

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231686

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Robert Gibson

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47058

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Robert Douglas Davidson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 265432 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Leslie S Virgo

Born 1895

Died 1962

British Army 5232 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army TR/54717 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Robert Withers Jacob Gibbon

Born 1897

Died 1956

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Horse Artillery

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John Thomas Fenton

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 11087 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Frank Sidney Rowland

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 1490 Private Rifle Brigade

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Herbert Virgo

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 4860 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Harold Alfred Hobbs

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249071

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Frank Downer

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army G/4294 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Sydney Victor Marchant

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy J21209 Able Seaman HMS BLACK PRINCE

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