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Horsham Victoria [734]

Horsham, Sussex [441]

Horsham England [28]

Horsham [12]

Horsham, Surrey [10]

West Horsham, Sussex [4]

Horsham Sussex [3]

Horsham, Essex [3]

Cowfold, Horsham, Sussex [2]

Crawley, Horsham, Sussex [2]

Kirdford, Horsham, Sussex [2]

Place of birth - Horsham Victoria [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 New England [1]

Horsham New South Wales [1]

Horsham Plains Victoria [1]

Horsham West Sussex [1]

Horsham, Dorset [1]

Horsham, Hampshire [1]

Horsham, Northamptonshire [1]

Horsham, Sussex, England [1]

Horsham, Victoria [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, Surrey [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 [49]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Able Seaman [8]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Corporal [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Serjeant [6]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Driver [3]

Gunner [3]

Rifleman [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Sapper [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 Sergeant [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]

Private, Acting Corporal [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]

Trooper [1]

Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [19]

Army Service Corps [6]

London Regiment [6]

HMS IRON DUKE [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [2]

Australian Infantry [2]

HMS Hindustan [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS Nestor [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Training Reserve [2]

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

10th Australian Light Horse Corps [1]

14th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1]

17th (Ahmednagar) Brigade [1]

1st Ox and Bucks Light Infantry [1]

Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Lancers [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

H M S "Hampshire" [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]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [768]

Royal Navy [346]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [112]

British Army [59]

Last name first letter

S [128]

M [121]

B [119]

C [108]

W [97]

H [90]

L [87]

F [63]

D [57]

R [57]

T [57]

P [56]

G [54]

E [34]

A [32]

J [28]

K [25]

N [22]

O [14]

I [10]

Y [9]

Q [6]

V [6]

U [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1277]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

Australia [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Horsham Victoria [734] Horsham, Sussex [441] Horsham England [28] Horsham [12] Horsham, Surrey [10] West Horsham, Sussex [4] Horsham Sussex [3] Horsham, Essex [3] Cowfold, Horsham, Sussex [2] Crawley, Horsham, Sussex [2] Kirdford, Horsham, Sussex [2] Place of birth - Horsham Victoria [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 New England [1] Horsham New South Wales [1] Horsham Plains Victoria [1] Horsham West Sussex [1] Horsham, Dorset [1] Horsham, Hampshire [1] Horsham, Northamptonshire [1] Horsham, Sussex, England [1] Horsham, Victoria [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, Surrey [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 [49] Stoker 1st Class [11] Able Seaman [8] Boy 1st Class [6] Corporal [6] Lieutenant [6] Serjeant [6] Ordinary Seaman [5] Lance Corporal [4] Driver [3] Gunner [3] Rifleman [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Boy 2nd Class [2] Sapper [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 Sergeant [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] Private, Acting Corporal [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] Trooper [1] Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [19] Army Service Corps [6] London Regiment [6] HMS IRON DUKE [3] Labour Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [2] Australian Infantry [2] HMS Hindustan [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS Nestor [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Air Force [2] Training Reserve [2] (RFR/CH/B/3534). H.M. Trawler "Princess Beatrice." [1] 10th Australian Light Horse Corps [1] 14th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1] 17th (Ahmednagar) Brigade [1] 1st Ox and Bucks Light Infantry [1] Army Chaplain's Department [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Lancers [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H M S "Hampshire" [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]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [768] Royal Navy [346] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [112] British Army [59]

Last name first letter

S [128] M [121] B [119] C [108] W [97] H [90] L [87] F [63] D [57] R [57] T [57] P [56] G [54] E [34] A [32] J [28] K [25] N [22] O [14] I [10] Y [9] Q [6] V [6] U [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1277] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [32] Australia [1] India [1]

Charles Arthur Whyatt

Born 1894

Died 1969

Australian Imperial Force 1429 Corporal 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Francis Arthur Joseph Oddie

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

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Charles Redman

Born 1885

Royal Navy 828 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 207463 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Edmond Andrew Parsons

Born 1891

Died 1963

Australian Imperial Force 4518 Private 28th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Henry Thomas Wickersham

Born 1868

Died 1915

British Army GSSR/599 Lance Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army GSSR/599 Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army GS/599 Lance Segeant Royal Sussex Regiment 9th Batt

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William Tull

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 14214 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John James Thornett

Born 1891

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 639 Trooper 10th Australian Light Horse Corps

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Ambrose Allan Whyatt

Born 1896

Died 1986

Australian Imperial Force 6201 Private 16th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Frederick Ernest Dancy

Born 1895

Died 1975

British Army G/3725 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Norman Aldridge

Died 1918

British Army G21007 Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 11540 Corporal Army Pay Corps

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Darcy Wersley Forrest

Born 1894

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 6017 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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Hubert Dancy

Born 1897

Died 1965

British Army SD/3330 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Frederick Cox

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 371982 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 4379 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Rupert Clarence Darby

Born 1899

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 7427 Private 28th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Ernest Courtenay Crosse

Born 1887

Died 1955

British Army Temporary Chaplain to the Forces, 1st Class Army Chaplain's Department Attached to the 8th and 9th Battalions of the Devonshire Regiment

British Army Temporary Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, The Reverend Army Chaplain's Department

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Richard Forrest

Born 1884

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 2845 Private 12th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Victor Lundy

Born 1890

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3291 Private 46th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Eric Horatio Boxall

Born 1901

Died 1997

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191498

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Edward Thomas Cosham

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army G/17448 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion

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Albert Greenfield

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 10124 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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