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Hailsham [225]

Hailsham, Sussex [92]

Hailsham England [4]

Horsebridge, Hailsham [3]

Arlington, nr Hailsham [2]

Bodle Street, Hailsham, Sussex [2]

Hailsham, Sussex, England [2]

Magham Down, Hailsham [2]

Wartling, Hailsham, Sussex [2]

Amberstone, Hailsham [1]

Bodle Street, nr Hailsham [1]

Chiddingly, Hailsham, Sussex [1]

Hailsham, East Sussex [1]

Hailsham, Norfolk [1]

Harebeating, Hailsham [1]

Heathfield, Hailsham, Sussex [1]

Hellingly, Hailsham, Sussex [1]

Herstmonceaux, Hailsham, Sussex [1]

Ripe, nr Hailsham [1]

Wartling, nr Hailsham, Sussex [1]

Westham, Hailsham, Sussex [1]

Windmill Hill, near Hailsham [1]

Rank

Private [137]

Gunner [37]

Driver [24]

Corporal [19]

Lance Corporal [12]

Able Seaman [9]

Bombardier [8]

Boy Sailor [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Serjeant [6]

Stoker [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Rifleman [4]

Sapper [4]

Sergeant [4]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Boy [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Captain [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Signals Boy [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Chief Stoker [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Boy Second Class [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Drummer [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Guardsman [1]

Joiner [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [72]

Royal Field Artillery [50]

Army Service Corps [22]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

Royal Engineers [13]

Royal Artillery [12]

Labour Corps [11]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Sussex Yeomanry [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Hussars [2]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corp [2]

Royal Defence Corp [2]

Royal Horse & Field Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Training Reserve [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

11th Hussars [1]

14th Hussars [1]

16th Lancers [1]

2/3 Scottish Horse [1]

2nd Sussex Artillery Volunteers [1]

2nd Sussex Vol. Art. [1]

35th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

4th Divisional Train [1]

5th Cavalry [1]

6th Cape Command Signals Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Service

British Army [254]

Royal Navy [69]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

C [44]

B [34]

S [33]

P [31]

H [30]

M [29]

W [29]

G [17]

L [17]

D [16]

R [15]

F [14]

T [8]

K [6]

V [6]

E [5]

J [5]

A [4]

I [2]

N [2]

Contribution

Military Service [309]

Merchant Navy [3]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [306]

India [9]

Canada [2]

Australia [1]

Ireland [1]

Pakistan [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [347] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Hailsham [225] Hailsham, Sussex [92] Hailsham England [4] Horsebridge, Hailsham [3] Arlington, nr Hailsham [2] Bodle Street, Hailsham, Sussex [2] Hailsham, Sussex, England [2] Magham Down, Hailsham [2] Wartling, Hailsham, Sussex [2] Amberstone, Hailsham [1] Bodle Street, nr Hailsham [1] Chiddingly, Hailsham, Sussex [1] Hailsham, East Sussex [1] Hailsham, Norfolk [1] Harebeating, Hailsham [1] Heathfield, Hailsham, Sussex [1] Hellingly, Hailsham, Sussex [1] Herstmonceaux, Hailsham, Sussex [1] Ripe, nr Hailsham [1] Wartling, nr Hailsham, Sussex [1] Westham, Hailsham, Sussex [1] Windmill Hill, near Hailsham [1]

Rank

Private [137] Gunner [37] Driver [24] Corporal [19] Lance Corporal [12] Able Seaman [9] Bombardier [8] Boy Sailor [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Serjeant [6] Stoker [5] Acting Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Rifleman [4] Sapper [4] Sergeant [4] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Lieutenant [3] Pioneer [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Boy [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Captain [2] Deck Hand [2] Petty Officer [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Signals Boy [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Chief Stoker [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy Artificer [1] Boy Second Class [1] Chief Stoker [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Drummer [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Guardsman [1] Joiner [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [72] Royal Field Artillery [50] Army Service Corps [22] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] Royal Engineers [13] Royal Artillery [12] Labour Corps [11] Middlesex Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] London Regiment [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] East Kent Regiment [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Sussex Yeomanry [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] HMS Victory I [2] Hertfordshire Regiment [2] Hussars [2] Kent Cyclist Battalion [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corp [2] Royal Defence Corp [2] Royal Horse & Field Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Training Reserve [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 11th Hussars [1] 14th Hussars [1] 16th Lancers [1] 2/3 Scottish Horse [1] 2nd Sussex Artillery Volunteers [1] 2nd Sussex Vol. Art. [1] 35th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 4th Divisional Train [1] 5th Cavalry [1] 6th Cape Command Signals Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Service

British Army [254] Royal Navy [69] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] Australian Imperial Force [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

C [44] B [34] S [33] P [31] H [30] M [29] W [29] G [17] L [17] D [16] R [15] F [14] T [8] K [6] V [6] E [5] J [5] A [4] I [2] N [2]

Contribution

Military Service [309] Merchant Navy [3] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [306] India [9] Canada [2] Australia [1] Ireland [1] Pakistan [1] South Africa [1]

Benjamin Walter Carver

Born 1884

British Army 237576 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 15th Garrison Battery

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Martin John Boniface

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army SD/576 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Bn.

British Army SD/576 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th (1st Southdowns) Battalion

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Charles Henry Divall

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army G/7942 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 23867 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Garrison Battalion

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Albert Levett

Born 1898

British Army S/446433 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 13833 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Bn.

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William Matthew Firrell

Born 1879

Died 1951

British Army 184186 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Alfred Freeman Knight

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 371255 Private London Regiment

British Army 371255 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 3382 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Charles Henry Knight

Born 1883

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 7259 16th Infantry Bn.

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Ernest Maryan

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 7419 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Bn.

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David Matthews

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army SD/616 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army SD/616 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Bn.

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Charles Samuel Goad

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 697 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 905599 Driver Royal Field Artillery 62nd Bty

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Arthur George Waters

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army G/3408 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Louis H Boniface

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 40909 Private Suffolk Regiment 2nd Bn.

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Arthur William Kibblewhite

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 6374 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army GS/60651 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 60651 Private Royal Fusiliers 7th Bn.

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Eric Leslie Hillman

Born 1894

British Army 2194 Royal Army Medical Corp

British Army 534535 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 1st Bn.

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Arthur Henry Chilvers

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 38452 Rifle Brigade

British Army 27466 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Bn.

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Alfred Thomas Lusted

Born 1895

Died 1922

British Army 320496 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 320496 Sergeant Royal Sussex Regiment

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Horace Parks

Died 1916

British Army S/2547 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army S/2547 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 8th Bn.

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David Parsons

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army SD/1427 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 12th Bn.

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Ernest Alfred Pelling

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 7327 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army L/7327 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Bn.

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Frank Milward

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 17095 Private Essex Regiment 11th Bn.

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