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Hastings, Sussex [1131]

Hastings [153]

Hastings England [121]

Hastings Victoria [46]

Hastings Tasmania [18]

Hastings River New South Wales [8]

Hastings Sussex [8]

Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire [8]

Battle, Hastings, Sussex [6]

Hastings,Sussex [6]

St Leonards, Hastings, Sussex [6]

Hastings Tas Tasmania [5]

Hastings, East Sussex [5]

Hastings, Ontario [5]

Hollington, Hastings, Sussex [5]

Hastings NZ [4]

Hastings, Kent [4]

Blacklands, Hastings, Sussex [3]

Burwash, Hastings, Sussex [3]

Hastings, Essex [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 New South Wales [2]

Hastings, England [2]

Hastings, ON [2]

Hastings,Sussex. [2]

Hollington, Hastings [2]

Leamington Hastings, Warwickshire [2]

Saint Mary in the Castle Hastings, Sussex [2]

Silverhill, Hastings, Sussex [2]

St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, Sussex [2]

3 East Hill, Hastings [1]

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

Addington Township, Hastings County, Ontario [1]

All Saints, Hastings , East Sussex [1]

Battle, Hastings [1]

Beckley, Hastings, Sussex [1]

Brightling, Hastings, Sussex [1]

Burton Hastings, Warwickshire [1]

Eaton Hastings, Berkshire [1]

Fairlight Hastings [1]

Fairlight Hastings, Sussex [1]

Flaxmere, Hastings [1]

Halton, Hastings, Sussex [1]

Hastings , Sussex [1]

Hastings Hawks Bay [1]

Rank

Private [142]

Able Seaman [24]

Captain [21]

Lieutenant [17]

Corporal [16]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Boy 1st Class [14]

Gunner [14]

Lance Corporal [14]

Seaman [14]

Serjeant [14]

Sapper [10]

Petty Officer [9]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Major [8]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Boy 2nd Class [7]

Deck Hand [7]

Leading Seaman [7]

Sergeant [7]

Driver [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Rifleman [4]

Trooper [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Able Seaman Driver [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Cadet [2]

Carpenter's Crew [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Cook's Mate [2]

Drummer [2]

Musician [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Telegraphist [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

9935 [1]

???? [1]

A.M. 2 [1]

AB [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [43]

Royal Naval Reserve [21]

Royal Engineers [16]

Royal Field Artillery [16]

London Regiment [13]

Royal Naval Division [13]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [9]

East Kent Regiment [8]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

HMS IRON DUKE [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Labour Corps [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

HMS Castor [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

HMS BULWARK [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

HMS Ganges [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

1st Life Guards [2]

52nd Battalion [2]

93rd Battalion [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Reserve [2]

Australian Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

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

HM Submarine E10 [2]

HMS Caroline [2]

HMS Chester [2]

HMS Lion [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [847]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [304]

Australian Imperial Force [228]

British Army [226]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [28]

Other Empire Force [7]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Indian Army [2]

Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [210]

C [146]

H [143]

S [135]

W [134]

M [115]

P [91]

D [79]

R [78]

F [77]

G [74]

T [68]

A [58]

L [47]

K [43]

E [38]

J [36]

V [21]

N [19]

O [12]

U [8]

Y [7]

I [4]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1607]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [116]

Canada [6]

India [4]

New Zealand [3]

Australia [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Hastings, Sussex [1131] Hastings [153] Hastings England [121] Hastings Victoria [46] Hastings Tasmania [18] Hastings River New South Wales [8] Hastings Sussex [8] Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire [8] Battle, Hastings, Sussex [6] Hastings,Sussex [6] St Leonards, Hastings, Sussex [6] Hastings Tas Tasmania [5] Hastings, East Sussex [5] Hastings, Ontario [5] Hollington, Hastings, Sussex [5] Hastings NZ [4] Hastings, Kent [4] Blacklands, Hastings, Sussex [3] Burwash, Hastings, Sussex [3] Hastings, Essex [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 New South Wales [2] Hastings, England [2] Hastings, ON [2] Hastings,Sussex. [2] Hollington, Hastings [2] Leamington Hastings, Warwickshire [2] Saint Mary in the Castle Hastings, Sussex [2] Silverhill, Hastings, Sussex [2] St Leonards on Sea, Hastings, Sussex [2] 3 East Hill, Hastings [1] 47 Albion Street, Halton, Hastings, Sussex [1] Addington Township, Hastings County, Ontario [1] All Saints, Hastings , East Sussex [1] Battle, Hastings [1] Beckley, Hastings, Sussex [1] Brightling, Hastings, Sussex [1] Burton Hastings, Warwickshire [1] Eaton Hastings, Berkshire [1] Fairlight Hastings [1] Fairlight Hastings, Sussex [1] Flaxmere, Hastings [1] Halton, Hastings, Sussex [1] Hastings , Sussex [1] Hastings Hawks Bay [1]

Rank

Private [142] Able Seaman [24] Captain [21] Lieutenant [17] Corporal [16] Second Lieutenant [15] Boy 1st Class [14] Gunner [14] Lance Corporal [14] Seaman [14] Serjeant [14] Sapper [10] Petty Officer [9] Stoker 1st Class [9] Major [8] Ordinary Seaman [8] Boy 2nd Class [7] Deck Hand [7] Leading Seaman [7] Sergeant [7] Driver [6] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Rifleman [4] Trooper [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Leading Stoker [3] Able Seaman Driver [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Cadet [2] Carpenter's Crew [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Cook's Mate [2] Drummer [2] Musician [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Telegraphist [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 9935 [1] ???? [1] A.M. 2 [1] AB [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Acting Stoker 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [43] Royal Naval Reserve [21] Royal Engineers [16] Royal Field Artillery [16] London Regiment [13] Royal Naval Division [13] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [9] East Kent Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] HMS IRON DUKE [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Labour Corps [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Army Service Corps [6] HMS Castor [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] HMS BULWARK [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [3] HMS Ganges [3] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS NEPTUNE [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Welsh Regiment [3] 1st Life Guards [2] 52nd Battalion [2] 93rd Battalion [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Reserve [2] Australian Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] H.M.S. "Formidable." [2] HM Submarine E10 [2] HMS Caroline [2] HMS Chester [2] HMS Lion [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] HMS Victory I [2] HMS Vivid II [2] Hampshire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [847] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [304] Australian Imperial Force [228] British Army [226] Canadian Expeditionary Force [28] Other Empire Force [7] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Indian Army [2] Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [210] C [146] H [143] S [135] W [134] M [115] P [91] D [79] R [78] F [77] G [74] T [68] A [58] L [47] K [43] E [38] J [36] V [21] N [19] O [12] U [8] Y [7] I [4] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1607] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [116] Canada [6] India [4] New Zealand [3] Australia [1] Turkey [1]

Charles Gordon Blackford

Born 1884

Died 1935

British Army M/287111 Private Army Service Corps 384th Mechanical Transport Company

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Percy Charles Davis

Born 1892

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/3235 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frederick James Walden

Born 1895

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 32265 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Claude Custins Crowhurst

Born 1897

Died 1979

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45204

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45204 A.M. 2 RFC No 42 Squardron and No 4 Squardron

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Joseph Bertram Catt

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army G/11284 Private East Kent Regiment

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Ellen Leonora Potter

Born 1875

Died 1953

Other Empire Force Munitions Worker

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Phillippe George Baudains-Dit La Gerche

Born 1888

Died 1920

British Army Cadet Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 1185 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

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Herbert Bounds

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 3964 Private London Regiment 16th battalion london regiment (queen's west Battalion

British Army 551340 Private London Regiment 16th battalion london regiment (queen's west Battalion

British Army 551340 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) 16th (County of London) Battalion

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John Cruttenden Lingham

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army G/34011 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Wallace Butler

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army G/5148 Lance Corporal East Kent Regiment

British Army G/5148 Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army G/5148 Serjeant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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James Robert Lowery

Born 1884

Died 1956

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major 49th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major 151st Overseas Battalion

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Albert Phillips

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 10079 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10079 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10079 Lance Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Percy George Foster

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 5/3221 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

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Gilbert Horsman Soames

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army Captain West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Major Temporary Colonel West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Major West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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James Frank Ballard

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 8245 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 8245 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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George Sutherland Guyon

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army Major Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Fusiliers 2 Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers 2 Battalion

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Hugh Courtney Bailey

Born 1894

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 410960 Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 38th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Cadet

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William Henry Jempson

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 168846 Gunner Royal Field Artillery D Battery

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William Thomas Cumberlidge

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 17226 Private King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 8th (Service) Battalion

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Thomas Goodsell

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army S/1768 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 5th Battalion

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