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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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People [1284] Stories Communities

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]

William Andrew Collyer

Born 1896

Royal Navy J27786 Able Seaman HMS VALIANT

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Edward Pelling

Born 1894

Royal Navy SS114421 Stoker 1st Class HMS IRON DUKE

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Frederick Charles Foreman

Born 1887

British Army 07520 (incomplete) Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 07520 Private Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 07520 Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps Depot Details Store Section, Woolwich

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Albert Henry Stenning

Born 1884

Royal Navy 310549 Stoker Petty Officer HMS MALAYA

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Douglas William Wittleton

Born 1899

Royal Navy J37552 Boy 1st Class HMS BENBOW

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Albert John Baker

Born 1887

Royal Navy K24280 Stoker 1st Class HMS SOUTHAMPTON

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Percy William Walder

Born 1897

Royal Navy J34565 Ordinary Seaman HMS IRON DUKE

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Edwin Munnery

Born 1891

Royal Navy K10218 Stoker 1st Class HMS Nestor

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John Frederick Mott

Australian Imperial Force

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Charles Percival Ankerson

Born 1881

Died 1961

British Army M2/134537 Private Army Service Corps

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Charles Laker

Born 1889

Royal Navy 15333 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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Ernest Simpson

Australian Imperial Force

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Michael Lynch

Australian Imperial Force 3601

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Harry Ross Davis

Australian Imperial Force

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Leslie Clarence Mcginn

Australian Imperial Force

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Arthur Charles Knights

Born 1901

Royal Navy J67314

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Ernest Richard Watts

Born 1884

Royal Navy F6606

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Leonard Henry Booker

Born 1891

Royal Navy K10155

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Alfred Edward Holland

Born 1899

Royal Navy J42315 Boy 1st Class HMS INDOMITABLE

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Percy Edward Chantler

Born 1900

Royal Navy F49928

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