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Hove, Sussex [319]

Hove, Brighton, Sussex [39]

Hove, Sussex, England [22]

Hove Brighton, Sussex [4]

Steyning, Hove, Sussex [2]

10 Albert Mews, Hove, East Sussex [1]

30 Osborne Villas, Hove, Sussex, England [1]

Aldrington, Hove, Sussex [1]

Brighton and Hove, Sussex [1]

Hove Sussex [1]

Hove sussex [1]

Hove, East Sussex [1]

Hove, Steyning, Sussex [1]

Hove, West Brighton, Sussex [1]

Hove,Steyning,Sussex. [1]

Hove,Sussex [1]

Portslade, Hove, Sussex [1]

Sussex Hove [1]

Rank

Private [28]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Able Seaman [7]

Captain [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Corporal [4]

Gunner [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Serjeant [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Telegraphist [1]

Aircraft Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Commander [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Major [1]

Member [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shipwright 1st Class [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temp. Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Wireman 1st Class [1]

private [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [11]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

HMS IRON DUKE [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

HMS Castor [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

11th Battery Royal Horse Artillery [1]

2/1 Sussex Yeomanry [1]

2/2nd Lovat Scouts [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

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

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

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Alert [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS BROKE [1]

HMS CASTOR [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS Hercules [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS Vivid [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [245]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [86]

British Army [50]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [47]

B [42]

W [40]

C [31]

G [31]

H [31]

P [28]

M [22]

R [20]

T [17]

L [15]

A [14]

D [12]

F [11]

N [9]

E [7]

J [7]

K [6]

V [4]

I [2]

O [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [374]

Merchant Navy [22]

Country

United Kingdom [35]

India [1]

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People [399] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Hove, Sussex [319] Hove, Brighton, Sussex [39] Hove, Sussex, England [22] Hove Brighton, Sussex [4] Steyning, Hove, Sussex [2] 10 Albert Mews, Hove, East Sussex [1] 30 Osborne Villas, Hove, Sussex, England [1] Aldrington, Hove, Sussex [1] Brighton and Hove, Sussex [1] Hove Sussex [1] Hove sussex [1] Hove, East Sussex [1] Hove, Steyning, Sussex [1] Hove, West Brighton, Sussex [1] Hove,Steyning,Sussex. [1] Hove,Sussex [1] Portslade, Hove, Sussex [1] Sussex Hove [1]

Rank

Private [28] Second Lieutenant [9] Able Seaman [7] Captain [6] Lieutenant [6] Corporal [4] Gunner [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Ordinary Seaman [2] Petty Officer [2] Serjeant [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Telegraphist [1] Aircraft Mechanic 1st Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brevet Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Stoker [1] Commander [1] Deck Hand [1] Flight Officer [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Major [1] Member [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Petty Officer Telegraphist [1] Sergeant [1] Shipwright 1st Class [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temp. Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Wireman 1st Class [1] private [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [11] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [4] HMS IRON DUKE [3] Labour Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] HMS Castor [2] HMS Good Hope [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Naval Division [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 11th Battery Royal Horse Artillery [1] 2/1 Sussex Yeomanry [1] 2/2nd Lovat Scouts [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Achilles." [1] H.M.S. "Victory I" [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Alert [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS BROKE [1] HMS CASTOR [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS Hercules [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS Vivid [1] Hampshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [245] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [86] British Army [50] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

S [47] B [42] W [40] C [31] G [31] H [31] P [28] M [22] R [20] T [17] L [15] A [14] D [12] F [11] N [9] E [7] J [7] K [6] V [4] I [2] O [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [374] Merchant Navy [22]

Country

United Kingdom [35] India [1]

Raymond De Lusignan

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Henry Albert Austin

Born 1872

Died 1916

Royal Navy 140709 Able Seaman HMS Alert

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Edward Henry Keith Smithers

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 11th Battalion att 16th Battalion

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Henry George Terry

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 9078 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 3rd Battalion

British Army 9078 Private Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

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Leonard Townsend

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 11664 Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 11664 Lance Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment 6th (Service) Battalion

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Robert Lade Scarratt

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army G/13301 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

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Lewis Harry Elliott

Born 1895

Died 1969

British Army 1359 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Albert Thomas Richardson

Born 1888

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 123782

Canadian Expeditionary Force 123782 Private Canadian Infantry 4th Battalion

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Albert Edwin Kellond

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216675

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Ernest Cook Ford

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77176

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Reginald Courtice Johns

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10313

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Arthur John Field

Born 1880

Died 1958

British Army 157047 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Basil Herbert Barrington-Kennett

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army Major Royal Flying Corps

British Army Major Grenadier Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

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Thomas James Burchell

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281051

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John Hugh Davidson

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4863

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Edwin Richard Isted

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209159

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Ernest Robert Coomber

Born 1901

Died 1975

British Army 52420 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 36357 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army L/10859 private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Cyril Frank Mutton

Born 1891

Died 1979

Royal Navy F925

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George Blayney

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army SR/1820 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 1820 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

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Trevor Wheler

Born 1889

British Army Captain East Kent Regiment

British Army Captain and Adjutant East Kent Regiment

British Army East Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

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