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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]

Frederick George Bates

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Training Reserve 30th Battalion

British Army G/24400 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army G/20623 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 8th Battalion

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James Budgen

Born 1896

Died 1954

British Army M2/133477 Private Army Service Corps

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Ernest Edward Chambers

Born 1899

Died 1938

British Army GS/7154 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Herbert Edward Hammond

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 1404 Serjeant Sussex Yeomanry

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William Clarence Shearwood

Born 1892

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1002 Private 36th Battalion

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Robert Percival Young

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 2467 Private London Regiment 23rd lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 4th Battalion

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Isaac Thomas Loader Gratwick

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 3543 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd/4th Battalion

British Army 356064 Private Labour Corps

Royal Navy SS102852

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Herbert Henry Chalton

Died 1917

British Army G/5529 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army G/5529 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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James Edward Pickett

Born 1876

British Army M/296028 Private Army Service Corps

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Fred Muggeridge

Born 1886

Died 1958

British Army 53962 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 83423 Corporal Labour Corps

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Richard Lintott

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army Rifleman London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 1147 Private London Regiment

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Victor Harold Avery Wheeler

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army S/11794 Private Rifle Brigade

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Walter Charles Rovery

Died 1916

British Army 1786 Lance Corporal London Regiment

British Army 1786 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 1786 Serjeant London Regiment (The Rangers) 12th (County of London) Battalion

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Cecil John Lawes Harrison

Born 1895

Died 1966

British Army 2326 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 240435 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Picton Edwin Highgate

Born 1897

Died 1965

British Army G/3833 Private, Acting Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion

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Albert Hoare

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 101513 Sapper Royal Engineers

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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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William John Potter

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12495

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Alfred Victor Burnett Mitchell

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2236 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd/4th Battalion

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Ernest Comper

Born 1879

Died 1914

Royal Navy 184365 Petty Officer 2nd Class (RFR/CH/B/3534). H.M. Trawler "Princess Beatrice."

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