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Hastings, Sussex [1131]

Hastings Sussex [8]

Battle, Hastings, Sussex [6]

Hastings,Sussex [6]

St Leonards, Hastings, Sussex [6]

Hastings, East Sussex [5]

Hollington, Hastings, Sussex [5]

Blacklands, Hastings, Sussex [3]

Burwash, Hastings, Sussex [3]

Hastings, Sussex, England [3]

Northiam, Hastings, Sussex [3]

Ore Hastings, Sussex [3]

All Saints, Hastings, Sussex [2]

Etchingham, Hastings, Sussex [2]

Hastings Sussex [2]

Hastings,Sussex. [2]

Saint Mary in the Castle Hastings, Sussex [2]

Silverhill, Hastings, Sussex [2]

St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, Sussex [2]

47 Albion Street, Halton, Hastings, Sussex [1]

All Saints, Hastings , East Sussex [1]

Beckley, Hastings, Sussex [1]

Brightling, Hastings, Sussex [1]

Fairlight Hastings, Sussex [1]

Halton, Hastings, Sussex [1]

Hastings , Sussex [1]

Hastings Sussex England [1]

Hastings, East Sussex, England [1]

Hastings, St Leonards, Sussex [1]

Hastings, Sussex. [1]

Hollngton, Nr Hastings, Sussex [1]

Hurst Green, Hastings, Sussex [1]

Langley, Hastings, Sussex [1]

Ore, Hastings, Sussex [1]

Robertsbridge, Hastings, Sussex [1]

Rye, Hastings, Sussex [1]

Saint Leonards Hastings, Sussex [1]

Saint Leonards,Hastings, Sussex [1]

Saint Michael's, Seven Oaks, Hastings, Sussex [1]

St Clement's Hastings Sussex [1]

St Leonard's, Hastings, Sussex [1]

St Leonards, Hastings, Sussex, England [1]

St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, Sussex [1]

St Mary's in the Castle, Hastings, Sussex [1]

St. Clements, Hastings, Sussex [1]

hastings sussex [1]

hastings,sussex [1]

Rank

Private [66]

Able Seaman [21]

Boy 1st Class [13]

Captain [13]

Lieutenant [12]

Seaman [12]

Gunner [10]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Corporal [7]

Lance Corporal [7]

Leading Seaman [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Petty Officer [7]

Major [6]

Sapper [6]

Serjeant [6]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Deck Hand [5]

Driver [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Sergeant [4]

Leading Stoker [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Cadet [2]

Carpenter's Crew [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Cook's Mate [2]

Drummer [2]

Musician [2]

Rifleman [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Telegraphist [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

9935 [1]

???? [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Armourers Crew [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 2nd class [1]

Boy II [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [22]

Royal Naval Reserve [16]

Royal Naval Division [11]

Royal Engineers [9]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

HMS IRON DUKE [7]

London Regiment [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

East Kent Regiment [5]

HMS Castor [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

HMS BULWARK [4]

Labour Corps [4]

HMS Ganges [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

HMS Victory I [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [2]

HM Submarine E10 [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS Caroline [2]

HMS Chester [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

HMS VALIANT [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

HMS Warrior [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Naval Division - Collingwood Battalion [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

10th Home Service Garrison Battalion [1]

13th Hussars [1]

186th Prisoner of War Camp [1]

22nd Battalion Section Royal Flying Corps [1]

5th Division, Irish Command (on secondment from KRRC) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [794]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [296]

British Army [125]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [157]

H [111]

W [108]

S [103]

C [100]

M [82]

P [70]

F [59]

T [57]

D [54]

G [53]

R [52]

A [45]

L [39]

E [30]

J [26]

K [26]

V [19]

N [14]

O [9]

U [5]

Y [4]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1199]

Merchant Navy [3]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [80]

India [4]

Canada [2]

Australia [1]

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Hastings, Sussex [1131] Hastings Sussex [8] Battle, Hastings, Sussex [6] Hastings,Sussex [6] St Leonards, Hastings, Sussex [6] Hastings, East Sussex [5] Hollington, Hastings, Sussex [5] Blacklands, Hastings, Sussex [3] Burwash, Hastings, Sussex [3] Hastings, Sussex, England [3] Northiam, Hastings, Sussex [3] Ore Hastings, Sussex [3] All Saints, Hastings, Sussex [2] Etchingham, Hastings, Sussex [2] Hastings Sussex [2] Hastings,Sussex. [2] Saint Mary in the Castle Hastings, Sussex [2] Silverhill, Hastings, Sussex [2] St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, Sussex [2] 47 Albion Street, Halton, Hastings, Sussex [1] All Saints, Hastings , East Sussex [1] Beckley, Hastings, Sussex [1] Brightling, Hastings, Sussex [1] Fairlight Hastings, Sussex [1] Halton, Hastings, Sussex [1] Hastings , Sussex [1] Hastings Sussex England [1] Hastings, East Sussex, England [1] Hastings, St Leonards, Sussex [1] Hastings, Sussex. [1] Hollngton, Nr Hastings, Sussex [1] Hurst Green, Hastings, Sussex [1] Langley, Hastings, Sussex [1] Ore, Hastings, Sussex [1] Robertsbridge, Hastings, Sussex [1] Rye, Hastings, Sussex [1] Saint Leonards Hastings, Sussex [1] Saint Leonards,Hastings, Sussex [1] Saint Michael's, Seven Oaks, Hastings, Sussex [1] St Clement's Hastings Sussex [1] St Leonard's, Hastings, Sussex [1] St Leonards, Hastings, Sussex, England [1] St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, Sussex [1] St Mary's in the Castle, Hastings, Sussex [1] St. Clements, Hastings, Sussex [1] hastings sussex [1] hastings,sussex [1]

Rank

Private [66] Able Seaman [21] Boy 1st Class [13] Captain [13] Lieutenant [12] Seaman [12] Gunner [10] Second Lieutenant [10] Stoker 1st Class [8] Corporal [7] Lance Corporal [7] Leading Seaman [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Petty Officer [7] Major [6] Sapper [6] Serjeant [6] Boy 2nd Class [5] Deck Hand [5] Driver [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Sergeant [4] Leading Stoker [3] Acting Captain [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Cadet [2] Carpenter's Crew [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Cook's Mate [2] Drummer [2] Musician [2] Rifleman [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Telegraphist [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 9935 [1] ???? [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Armourers Crew [1] Boy [1] Boy 2nd class [1] Boy II [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [22] Royal Naval Reserve [16] Royal Naval Division [11] Royal Engineers [9] Royal Field Artillery [9] HMS IRON DUKE [7] London Regiment [6] Army Service Corps [5] East Kent Regiment [5] HMS Castor [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] HMS BULWARK [4] Labour Corps [4] HMS Ganges [3] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS NEPTUNE [3] HMS Victory I [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Mercantile Marine Reserve [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] H.M.S. "Formidable." [2] HM Submarine E10 [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS Caroline [2] HMS Chester [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] HMS VALIANT [2] HMS Vivid II [2] HMS Warrior [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Naval Division - Collingwood Battalion [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] 10th Home Service Garrison Battalion [1] 13th Hussars [1] 186th Prisoner of War Camp [1] 22nd Battalion Section Royal Flying Corps [1] 5th Division, Irish Command (on secondment from KRRC) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [794] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [296] British Army [125] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [2] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [157] H [111] W [108] S [103] C [100] M [82] P [70] F [59] T [57] D [54] G [53] R [52] A [45] L [39] E [30] J [26] K [26] V [19] N [14] O [9] U [5] Y [4] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1199] Merchant Navy [3] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [80] India [4] Canada [2] Australia [1]

David Cleverly

Born 1887

British Army 8016 Private Royal Sussex Regiment Depot

British Army 8016 Private Royal Sussex Regiment Reserve

British Army 8016 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Archibald Harry Tollemache

Born 1895

Died 1930

British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

British Army Captain King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Frederick John Bishop

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 15318 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 11th Battalion.

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Frederick George Cruttenden

Born 1888

Died 1978

British Army 019930 Private Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 019930 Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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Frederick Thomas Nunn

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 13312 Private Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal Berkshire) Regiment 2nd Battalion

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James John Bartlett

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army 20354 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Gerald Montague Gray

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Albert Delves

Born 1870

Died 1916

Royal Navy 137158 Petty Officer H.M. Coastguard H.M. Coast Guard Station (St. Mary's)

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James Edward Lusted

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 169120 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Robert William Balchin

Born 1898

Died 1978

British Army 113939 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Frederick Burbridge

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283590

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Frank Altree Rundle

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278083

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Archie Henry Mitchell

Born 1901

Died 1941

Royal Navy K56123 Stoker II H.M.S. Victory II

Royal Navy P/K 56123 Petty Officer Stoker H.M.S. Barham

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Alfred Joseph Tutt

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269711

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William White

Born 1866

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407668

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Charles Brook

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262660

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Edward Thomas George Lack

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52080

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William Roberts

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299732

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William Thomas Allen

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267043

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Charles Henry Gutsell

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199650

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