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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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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]

William James Collins

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 2833 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370900 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Bertram Jempson

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army SD/2717 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion

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Charlie Sturgess

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 23452 Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 5850 Private London Regiment

British Army 7940 Private London Regiment

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Victor Charles Arscott

Died 1916

British Army 3/1558 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/18169 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion

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Geoffrey Herbert Malins

Born 1886

Died 1940

Canadian Expeditionary Force Cinematographer

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William Julius Herrmann

Born 1869

Died 1915

Royal Navy 129891 Leading Boatman (A.B.)

Royal Navy Boy Sailor

Royal Navy Ordinary Seaman

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Frederick Stanton Godfrey Gildersleeve

Born 1894

Died 1953

British Army 3870 Rifleman London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

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Arthur Henry Lambert Cramer

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 8960 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 8960 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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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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Frank Nuttall

Born 1887

Died 1920

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1407

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William Hooton Field

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 105623 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "A" Bty. 82nd Bde.

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Arthur James Bridgeland Carrott

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 12752 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 12752 Lance Corporal Coldstream Guards 2nd Battalion

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Ernest Webb

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 7403 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Ernest Clifford Harcus

Born 1896

Died 1983

British Army 18146 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Frederick Stevens

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 12295 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd Bn.

British Army 40422 Private Middlesex Regiment 8th Bn.

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Hadyn Bert Thomas

Born 1893

Died 1918

Royal Navy 18127 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/18127 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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Frederick William Hatton

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 203403 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 203403 Corporal South Lancashire Regiment 1st/4th Btn

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Edmund Harman

Born 1873

Died 1920

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263579 Private Royal Air Force Dispersal Centre (Purfleet)

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Cecil Schwabe

Born 1897

Died 1971

British Army SD/117 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment 13th (Service) Battalion (3rd South Downs)

British Army 117 Sergeant Royal Sussex Regiment 11th (Service) Battalion (1st South Downs)

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Service Battalion

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