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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]

Albert James Holcombe

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215960

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Stephen Thomas Brackpool

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227145

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Levi Day

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228526

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Charles Todman

Born 1887

Died 1967

British Army S/121 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Daniel Todman

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army G/5738 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Joshua Harry Bish

Born 1886

Died 1917

Royal Navy 228411

Royal Navy 228411 Leading Signalman H.M.T.B. "4."

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Ernest Benjamin Jesse Divall

Born 1894

Died 1983

British Army 5/3025 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 240790 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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William Todman

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 150709 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William Thorpe

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284881

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Charles Benjamin Brooker

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14321

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Albert George Bennett

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222887

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Charles William Betchley

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163610

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Ambrose Glover

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216145

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Herberr Frank Baldwin

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245452

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Emily Daisy Everest

Born 1897

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Herbert Alexander Kilner

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2906

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Albert Henry Butcher

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220132

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Thomas Fowle

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225803

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Edgar Cecil Macey

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8482

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Frederick Tysoe Smith

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242793

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