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East Grinstead, Sussex [161]

East Grinstead [13]

East Grinstead England [12]

East Grinstead, Sussex, England [10]

East Grinstead, Surrey [5]

East Grinstead Sussex England [4]

East Grinstead Sussex England [3]

Forest Row, East Grinstead, Sussex [3]

West Hoathly, East Grinstead, Sussex [3]

East Grinstead Sussex [2]

Hartfield, East Grinstead, Sussex [2]

Ashurstwood, East Grinstead [1]

Ashwood, East Grinstead [1]

Dormans Park, East Grinstead, Surrey [1]

East Grinstead, England [1]

East Grinstead, Kent [1]

East Grinstead, Wiltshire [1]

East-Grinstead, Sussex [1]

Forest Row, East Grinstead, Sussex, England [1]

Hartfield East Grinstead England [1]

North End, East Grinstead, West Sussex [1]

Withyham, East Grinstead [1]

Worth, East Grinstead, Sussex [1]

east grinstead [1]

Rank

Private [32]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Lieutenant [6]

Captain [3]

Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Corporal [2]

Gunner [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Assistant Paymaster [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain /Acting Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Nurse [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [14]

Labour Corps [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

HMS Agincourt [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

Sussex Yeomanry [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

1st Battalion, 22nd Punjabis [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Victory." [1]

H.M.T.B. "4." [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1]

HMS Victory [1]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1]

Kent Regiment [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps ex Army Service Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

North Somerset Yeomanry [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment attached Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Sussex [1]

Service

Royal Navy [106]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52]

British Army [49]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [46]

S [23]

W [23]

H [22]

D [14]

C [12]

R [12]

G [11]

L [11]

M [11]

K [9]

P [9]

T [9]

A [8]

F [3]

E [2]

J [2]

V [2]

N [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [218]

Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

India [1]

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People [231] Stories Communities

Place of birth

East Grinstead, Sussex [161] East Grinstead [13] East Grinstead England [12] East Grinstead, Sussex, England [10] East Grinstead, Surrey [5] East Grinstead Sussex England [4] East Grinstead Sussex England [3] Forest Row, East Grinstead, Sussex [3] West Hoathly, East Grinstead, Sussex [3] East Grinstead Sussex [2] Hartfield, East Grinstead, Sussex [2] Ashurstwood, East Grinstead [1] Ashwood, East Grinstead [1] Dormans Park, East Grinstead, Surrey [1] East Grinstead, England [1] East Grinstead, Kent [1] East Grinstead, Wiltshire [1] East-Grinstead, Sussex [1] Forest Row, East Grinstead, Sussex, England [1] Hartfield East Grinstead England [1] North End, East Grinstead, West Sussex [1] Withyham, East Grinstead [1] Worth, East Grinstead, Sussex [1] east grinstead [1]

Rank

Private [32] Second Lieutenant [10] Lieutenant [6] Captain [3] Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Corporal [2] Gunner [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Assistant Paymaster [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain /Acting Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Signalman [1] Nurse [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Signalman [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [14] Labour Corps [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] London Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] HMS Agincourt [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] Sussex Yeomanry [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 1st Battalion, 22nd Punjabis [1] Army Service Corps [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Victory." [1] H.M.T.B. "4." [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1] HMS Victory [1] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1] Kent Regiment [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps ex Army Service Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] North Somerset Yeomanry [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment attached Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Sussex [1]

Service

Royal Navy [106] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52] British Army [49] Australian Imperial Force [12] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [46] S [23] W [23] H [22] D [14] C [12] R [12] G [11] L [11] M [11] K [9] P [9] T [9] A [8] F [3] E [2] J [2] V [2] N [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [218] Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [28] India [1]

Edward Percy Wallis

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Lancaster Regiment attached Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Captain King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) Attd. Royal Sussex Regiment

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Charles Henry Knight

Born 1894

Died 1915

Royal Navy K15736 Stoker 1st Class HMS Victory

Royal Navy K/15736 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Victory."

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Henry Charles Brooker

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14484

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William Albert John Rist

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265642

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Reginald Frank Skinner

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233383

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Frederick William Weller

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28435

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Harry Simmonds

Born 1874

British Army 39039 Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 1641 Corporal Sussex Yeomanry

British Army 86169 Corporal Labour Corps

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Ralph Thomas Slocombe

Born 1891

Canadian Expeditionary Force 200180

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Charles Walter Massy

Born 1887

Died 1973

British Army Captain /Acting Major Royal Field Artillery

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Harold Stanley Smith

Born 1897

British Army 59652 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

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Cecil Henry Ward

Born 1896

Royal Navy 18326 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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Arthur Vivian Healey

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209601

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Laurence Linklater Strange

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 2179 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 34253 Private Somerset Light Infantry 1st Btn

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Fred Armstrong

Born 1895

Died 1972

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5890

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Harry Pannell

Born 1879

Died 1935

British Army 260326 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army S/405832 Private Army Service Corps

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Clement Arthur Woodland

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 2760 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 240241 Private West Riding Regiment

Royal Navy Acting Assistant Paymaster Royal Naval Reserve

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Sydney Charles Huntley

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29844

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George Richard Cheale

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28232

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Frank Charles Blanchard

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5892

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Herbert Tingley

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33590

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