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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]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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Military Service [80] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Clifford Walter Chandler

Born 1897

Died 1971

Royal Navy Sussex 1/301 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Sussex Z/206 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Sussex 1/301 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Howe Battalion

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Archibald Morris Stoner

Born 1896

Died 1922

Royal Navy J14922 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J14922 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J14922 Ordinary Seaman HMS Liverpool

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Arthur Lawrence Buckwell

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242908

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William Edward Hillman

Born 1888

Royal Navy 231109

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Frederick Brewer

Born 1877

Royal Navy 296039

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Frederick Harold Simmons

Born 1889

Royal Navy 366209

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John Thornton

Born 1884

Royal Navy F31686

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Charles George Dobson

Born 1895

Royal Navy J14400

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Alex Douglas Cornell

Born 1897

Royal Navy J18469

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Frank Leppard

Born 1895

Royal Navy J19011

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George Gower Wilson

Born 1897

Royal Navy J27567

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Alfred Amos Whapham

Born 1900

Royal Navy J47041

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Sidney Neal King

Born 1900

Royal Navy J51786

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Clifford Rolph Wheeler

Born 1901

Royal Navy J58648

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Ernest Leggatt

Born 1899

Royal Navy J76025

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William Francis Warwick

Born 1901

Royal Navy J84426

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Herbert James Newman

Born 1900

Royal Navy J89427

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Edward Tom Gerrish

Born 1903

Royal Navy J93417

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Reginald Arthur Simmonds

Born 1894

Royal Navy K14149

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Percival Lewis Dowlen

Born 1900

Royal Navy K53820

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