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Eastbourne, Sussex [838]

Eastbourne Sussex [4]

Eastbourne, East Sussex [3]

Eastbourne, Sussex, England [3]

Arlington, Eastbourne, Sussex [2]

Christchurch, Eastbourne, Sussex [2]

Eastbourne,Sussex. [2]

Heathfield, Eastbourne, Sussex [2]

Old Town, Eastbourne, Sussex [2]

Pevensey, Eastbourne, Sussex [2]

Waldron, Eastbourne, Sussex [2]

Willingdon, Eastbourne, Sussex [2]

2 Lime Kiln Cottages. Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Christchurch Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

East Dean, Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Eastbourne Sussex [1]

Eastbourne District, Sussex [1]

Eastbourne Exmouth, Sussex [1]

Eastbourne Sussex England [1]

Eastbourne, Midhurst, Sussex [1]

Eastbourne,Sussex [1]

Friston near Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Langney, Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Meads, Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Tideswell Road Eastbourne Sussex [1]

West Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Westham, Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [54]

Able Seaman [21]

Lieutenant [17]

Captain [13]

Corporal [12]

Gunner [11]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Serjeant [7]

Major [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Sapper [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Sergeant [3]

Air Mechanic [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Driver [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Petty Officer 1st Class [2]

Rifleman [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

1st Writer [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Air mechanic Class 1 [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic I [1]

Aircraftman [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy II [1]

Boy Sailor [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Cadet [1]

Chaplain Rev [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Civilian [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [16]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Royal Engineers [8]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Army Service Corps [4]

HMS MALAYA [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Naval Air Service [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Dragoon Guards [3]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

London Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Sussex Yeomanry [3]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [2]

RNVR [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

1st (King's) Dragoon Guards [1]

1st Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

3rd Dragoon Guards [1]

4th Dragoon Guards [1]

Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Army Reserves [1]

Attached Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

British Women's Royal Air Force Service [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Drafting Unit [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [557]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [214]

British Army [116]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

H [122]

B [84]

W [83]

C [70]

M [64]

S [61]

G [58]

P [55]

R [42]

D [39]

T [36]

F [34]

A [22]

L [22]

J [18]

E [17]

K [16]

V [15]

O [7]

N [6]

U [3]

Y [3]

I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [858]

Country

United Kingdom [85]

India [3]

Canada [1]

Sudan [1]

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Place of birth

Eastbourne, Sussex [838] Eastbourne Sussex [4] Eastbourne, East Sussex [3] Eastbourne, Sussex, England [3] Arlington, Eastbourne, Sussex [2] Christchurch, Eastbourne, Sussex [2] Eastbourne,Sussex. [2] Heathfield, Eastbourne, Sussex [2] Old Town, Eastbourne, Sussex [2] Pevensey, Eastbourne, Sussex [2] Waldron, Eastbourne, Sussex [2] Willingdon, Eastbourne, Sussex [2] 2 Lime Kiln Cottages. Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Christchurch Eastbourne, Sussex [1] East Dean, Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Eastbourne Sussex [1] Eastbourne District, Sussex [1] Eastbourne Exmouth, Sussex [1] Eastbourne Sussex England [1] Eastbourne, Midhurst, Sussex [1] Eastbourne,Sussex [1] Friston near Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Langney, Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Meads, Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Tideswell Road Eastbourne Sussex [1] West Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Westham, Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [54] Able Seaman [21] Lieutenant [17] Captain [13] Corporal [12] Gunner [11] Second Lieutenant [10] Ordinary Seaman [7] Serjeant [7] Major [6] Lance Corporal [5] Sapper [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Sergeant [3] Air Mechanic [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Driver [2] Leading Seaman [2] Leading Signalman [2] Leading Stoker [2] Petty Officer [2] Petty Officer 1st Class [2] Rifleman [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 1st Writer [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Air mechanic Class 1 [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic I [1] Aircraftman [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy II [1] Boy Sailor [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brevet Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Cadet [1] Chaplain Rev [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Civilian [1] Colonel [1] Company Sergeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [16] Royal Field Artillery [12] Royal Engineers [8] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Army Service Corps [4] HMS MALAYA [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Naval Air Service [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Dragoon Guards [3] HMS BLACK PRINCE [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] London Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Sussex Yeomanry [3] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [2] RNVR [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards [1] 1st Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [1] 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] 3rd Dragoon Guards [1] 4th Dragoon Guards [1] Army Chaplain's Department [1] Army Reserves [1] Attached Monmouthshire Regiment [1] British Women's Royal Air Force Service [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Drafting Unit [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [557] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [214] British Army [116] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

H [122] B [84] W [83] C [70] M [64] S [61] G [58] P [55] R [42] D [39] T [36] F [34] A [22] L [22] J [18] E [17] K [16] V [15] O [7] N [6] U [3] Y [3] I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [858]

Country

United Kingdom [85] India [3] Canada [1] Sudan [1]

Humphry Thomas Tollemache Bart.

Born 1897

Died 1990

Royal Navy Second Lieutenant Royal Marines

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marines

Royal Navy Captain Royal Marines

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Albert Gordon Medhurst

Born 1884

Died 1960

British Army 328075 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William George Durrant

Born 1881

Died 1952

British Army 4285 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 2DG/4285 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 4285 Lance Corporal Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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Nelson Victor Carter

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 4 Company Sergeant Major Royal Sussex Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army 4 Acting Regimental Sergeant Major Royal Sussex Regiment 12th Battalion

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Wilfred Froome

Born 1892

Died 1922

British Army T327742 Private Army Service Corps Mechanical Transport Depot Bulford [Salisbury Plain]

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Benjamin Shadwell

Born 1875

Died 1949

British Army Army Reserves

British Army Private The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army G/26615 Private The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st (Home Service) Garrison Battalion

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Frank Victor Jacoby

Born 1887

Died 1965

British Army GS/19614 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

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Henry Anstey Cookson

Born 1886

Died 1949

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain RAMC

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Amos Hickmore

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 29019 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 40535 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Edmund West Wadey Dfm

Born 1896

Died 1920

Royal Navy Boy Sailor

Royal Navy J26800 Acting Air mechanic Class 1

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313941 Sergeant Royal Air Force 216th Squadron

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Albert French

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 40487 Gunner Royal Field Artillery C Battery

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John Eadred Tollemache

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 6th (Service) Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 6th (Service) Battalion attached 8th (Service) Battalion

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Sibell Agnes Mayhewe

Born 1896

Died 1954

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13131 Worker Women's Royal Air Force 78 Squadron RAF Hornchurch, Essex

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Sidney Ware Akehurst

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army SD/388 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion

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Reginald Graham Francis

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army SD/309 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Thomas Burch

Born 1884

Died 1951

British Army S4/094568 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 42838 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Alexander John Taylor

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 1458 Serjeant Sussex Yeomanry

British Army 320037 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

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Raymond G Brazier

Born 1897

Died 1977

British Army

British Army 90382 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 387 Driver Royal Engineers 1st Home Counties Field Company

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Frank Richards

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army SD/1614 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 12th Battalion

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Basil Kenrick Wing Bacon

Born 1872

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Captain Worcestershire Regiment

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