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Horsham, Sussex [441]

West Horsham, Sussex [4]

Horsham Sussex [3]

Cowfold, Horsham, Sussex [2]

Crawley, Horsham, Sussex [2]

Kirdford, Horsham, Sussex [2]

Roffey, Horsham, Sussex [2]

Rudgwick, Horsham, Sussex [2]

Shipley, Horsham, Sussex [2]

Wisborough Green, Horsham, Sussex [2]

Balcombe, Horsham, Sussex [1]

Billingshurst, Horsham, Sussex [1]

Cowfold, near Horsham, Sussex [1]

Faygate, Horsham, Sussex [1]

Horsham West Sussex [1]

Horsham, Sussex, England [1]

Horsham, West Sussex [1]

Horsham,Sussex [1]

Itchingfield, Horsham, Sussex [1]

Lower Beeding, Horsham, Sussex [1]

Loxwood, Horsham, Sussex [1]

Manning's Heath, near Horsham, West Sussex [1]

Near Horsham, Sussex [1]

Nuthurst, Horsham, West Sussex [1]

Partridge Green, Horsham, Sussex [1]

Pulborough, Horsham, Sussex [1]

Rudgwick Horsham, Sussex [1]

Rusper, Horsham, Sussex [1]

Slaugham, Horsham, Sussex [1]

Slinfold, Horsham, Sussex [1]

Southwater, Horsham, Sussex [1]

Tenchford, Horsham, Sussex [1]

The Carfax, Horsham, Sussex [1]

Warnham, Horsham, Sussex [1]

West Grinstead, Horsham, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [29]

Stoker 1st Class [10]

Able Seaman [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Serjeant [5]

Corporal [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Gunner [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Rifleman [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Driver [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Bugler [1]

Bugler (Pte) [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Lance Segeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Ordinary Signaller [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [1]

Private (Bugler) [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Sick Berth Attendant [1]

Signalman [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces, 1st Class [1]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, The Reverend [1]

Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [14]

London Regiment [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

HMS IRON DUKE [3]

Labour Corps [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS Nestor [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

(RFR/CH/B/3534). H.M. Trawler "Princess Beatrice." [1]

17th (Ahmednagar) Brigade [1]

1st Ox and Bucks Light Infantry [1]

Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Lancers [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

H.M.S. "Victory" [1]

H.M.S. 'Goliath' [1]

HM Submarine E20 [1]

HMS Aboukir [1]

HMS Acasta [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Blake [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Excellent [1]

HMS Genista [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Iris II - Seaman Storming Party ("D" Company) [1]

HMS Powerful [1]

HMS Prince of Wales [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

HMS SOUTHAMPTON [1]

HMS Southampton [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS Velox [1]

Service

Royal Navy [329]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [112]

British Army [46]

Last name first letter

B [54]

S [48]

C [37]

W [37]

H [35]

L [30]

P [29]

D [25]

M [24]

T [24]

G [23]

R [21]

F [19]

E [15]

J [13]

N [12]

A [11]

K [11]

Q [6]

I [4]

Y [4]

O [3]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [481]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Horsham, Sussex [441] West Horsham, Sussex [4] Horsham Sussex [3] Cowfold, Horsham, Sussex [2] Crawley, Horsham, Sussex [2] Kirdford, Horsham, Sussex [2] Roffey, Horsham, Sussex [2] Rudgwick, Horsham, Sussex [2] Shipley, Horsham, Sussex [2] Wisborough Green, Horsham, Sussex [2] Balcombe, Horsham, Sussex [1] Billingshurst, Horsham, Sussex [1] Cowfold, near Horsham, Sussex [1] Faygate, Horsham, Sussex [1] Horsham West Sussex [1] Horsham, Sussex, England [1] Horsham, West Sussex [1] Horsham,Sussex [1] Itchingfield, Horsham, Sussex [1] Lower Beeding, Horsham, Sussex [1] Loxwood, Horsham, Sussex [1] Manning's Heath, near Horsham, West Sussex [1] Near Horsham, Sussex [1] Nuthurst, Horsham, West Sussex [1] Partridge Green, Horsham, Sussex [1] Pulborough, Horsham, Sussex [1] Rudgwick Horsham, Sussex [1] Rusper, Horsham, Sussex [1] Slaugham, Horsham, Sussex [1] Slinfold, Horsham, Sussex [1] Southwater, Horsham, Sussex [1] Tenchford, Horsham, Sussex [1] The Carfax, Horsham, Sussex [1] Warnham, Horsham, Sussex [1] West Grinstead, Horsham, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [29] Stoker 1st Class [10] Able Seaman [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Lieutenant [5] Serjeant [5] Corporal [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Gunner [3] Lance Corporal [3] Rifleman [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Boy 2nd Class [2] Driver [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Bugler [1] Bugler (Pte) [1] Captain [1] Chief Stoker [1] Colonel [1] Commander [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Lance Segeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Naval Cadet [1] Ordinary Signaller [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer 2nd Class [1] Private (Bugler) [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Sick Berth Attendant [1] Signalman [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces, 1st Class [1] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, The Reverend [1] Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [14] London Regiment [5] Army Service Corps [4] HMS IRON DUKE [3] Labour Corps [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS Nestor [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] (RFR/CH/B/3534). H.M. Trawler "Princess Beatrice." [1] 17th (Ahmednagar) Brigade [1] 1st Ox and Bucks Light Infantry [1] Army Chaplain's Department [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Lancers [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] H.M.S. "Victory" [1] H.M.S. 'Goliath' [1] HM Submarine E20 [1] HMS Aboukir [1] HMS Acasta [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Blake [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Excellent [1] HMS Genista [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Iris II - Seaman Storming Party ("D" Company) [1] HMS Powerful [1] HMS Prince of Wales [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] HMS SOUTHAMPTON [1] HMS Southampton [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS Velox [1]

Service

Royal Navy [329] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [112] British Army [46]

Last name first letter

B [54] S [48] C [37] W [37] H [35] L [30] P [29] D [25] M [24] T [24] G [23] R [21] F [19] E [15] J [13] N [12] A [11] K [11] Q [6] I [4] Y [4] O [3] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [481] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [28] India [1]

James Henry Leppard

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236336

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Alfred Greenfield

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 1530 Lance Corporal London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 1530 Serjeant London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 1530 Serjeant London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Seth William George Spooner

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army L/9185 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army L/9185 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Sidney Richard Vellacott Thorne

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 10660 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 10660 Lance Corporal Coldstream Guards

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John Frederick Attwater

Died 1916

British Army 11009 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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John Laraway

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13173

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Herbert James Bailey

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy M1019

Royal Navy M1019 Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class HMS Acasta

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Thomas Gratwick

Born 1884

Royal Navy RFR/B/4136 Stoker 1st Class Royal Fleet Reserve - Portsmouth

Royal Navy SS102609 Stoker 1st Class Royal Naval Division - Benbow Battalion

Royal Navy SS102609 Stoker 1st Class Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)

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Thomas Tusler

Born 1897

Died 1922

Royal Navy J/24729 Able Seaman HMS Hindustan

Royal Navy J24729 Able Seaman

Royal Navy J24729 Able Seaman HMS Erin

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Jack Muggeridge

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43562

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John Bridger Steer

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68569

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Ewart William Gladstone King

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60108

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William Duke

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 409052

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Reginald Leslie Worcester

Born 1898

Died 1963

British Army 172242 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 172242 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 126 Brigade

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Thomas Hunt

Born 1891

Died 1915

Royal Navy 237755 Boy 2nd Class

Royal Navy 237755 Boy 1st Class

Royal Navy 237755 Ordinary Signalman

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Thomas Edwin Tidey

Born 1869

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304150 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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Sydney Arthur Worcester

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army G/1813 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/1813 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 8th Battalion

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Thomas Rowland Or Roland Juckes

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

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Frank Palmer

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army S/13014 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 6244 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 292402 Private Royal Highlanders

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George Edgerley

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402950

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