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Lewes, Sussex [317]

Lewes, Sussex, England [37]

East Chiltington, Lewes, Sussex [6]

Lewes Sussex [5]

Plumpton, Lewes, Sussex [4]

Southover, Lewes, Sussex [4]

Barcombe, Lewes, Sussex [3]

Laughton, Lewes, Sussex [3]

Lewes District, Sussex [3]

Lewes, East Sussex [3]

Ditchling,Lewes,Sussex [2]

Lewes,Sussex [2]

Ringmer, Lewes, Sussex [2]

Uckfield, Lewes, Sussex [2]

Bevendean, Lewes, Sussex [1]

Chailey Lewes, Sussex [1]

Chailey Lewes,Sussex. [1]

Crowborough, Lewes, Sussex [1]

Ditchling, Lewes, Sussex [1]

Glynde, Lewes, Sussex [1]

Hadlow Down, Lewes, Sussex [1]

Hill Lodge, Lewes, Sussex [1]

Isfield,Lewes,Sussex. [1]

Lewes . Sussex [1]

Lewes Sussex ENGLAND [1]

Lewes Sussex England [1]

Lewes, Brighton, Sussex [1]

Lewes, Newick, Sussex [1]

Newhaven, Lewes,Sussex. [1]

Newick, Lewes, Sussex [1]

Nutley, Lewes, Sussex [1]

Offham, near Lewes, Sussex [1]

Plumpton,Lewes,Sussex [1]

Ripe, Lewes, Sussex [1]

Rodmell Near Lewes, Sussex [1]

Saint Johns Lewes, Sussex [1]

Saint Michaels Lewes, Sussex [1]

Selmeston, Lewes, Sussex [1]

South Malling, Lewes, Sussex [1]

St Anne's ,Lewes,Sussex [1]

St Johns, Lewes, Sussex [1]

St. John's, Lewes, Sussex [1]

Wivelsfield, Lewes, Sussex [1]

near Lewes, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [35]

Serjeant [8]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Corporal [6]

Lance Corporal [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Captain [4]

Gunner [4]

Rifleman [3]

Leading Stoker [2]

Musician [2]

Sapper [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Cadet Serjeant [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner 2nd Class [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Midshipman [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer Second Class [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Seaman [1]

Second Engineer [1]

Second Lieutenant Sir [1]

Stoker - 1st Class [1]

Stoker - 2nd Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Wheeler [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [17]

London Regiment [6]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Labour Corps [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

HMS Monarch [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

HMS Victory [2]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

119th Indian Infantry (Mooltan Regiment) [1]

119th Infantry [1]

1st Royal Scots [1]

Australian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Canadian Labour Corps [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

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

HM Submarine H6 [1]

HMS 'Jupiter' [1]

HMS Aboukir [1]

HMS Alert [1]

HMS Attentive 2 [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Brisk [1]

HMS Duke of Wellington [1]

HMS Duke of Wellington 2 [1]

HMS Excellent [1]

HMS Genista [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Halcyon [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS Inflexible [1]

HMS Iris [1]

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

Service

Royal Navy [235]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [81]

British Army [66]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [53]

H [39]

S [36]

W [33]

P [32]

C [30]

G [24]

M [23]

F [22]

R [22]

T [19]

D [16]

E [16]

L [15]

K [11]

A [7]

J [7]

O [5]

U [4]

V [4]

I [3]

N [2]

Contribution

Military Service [377]

Merchant Navy [36]

Country

United Kingdom [38]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Lewes, Sussex [317] Lewes, Sussex, England [37] East Chiltington, Lewes, Sussex [6] Lewes Sussex [5] Plumpton, Lewes, Sussex [4] Southover, Lewes, Sussex [4] Barcombe, Lewes, Sussex [3] Laughton, Lewes, Sussex [3] Lewes District, Sussex [3] Lewes, East Sussex [3] Ditchling,Lewes,Sussex [2] Lewes,Sussex [2] Ringmer, Lewes, Sussex [2] Uckfield, Lewes, Sussex [2] Bevendean, Lewes, Sussex [1] Chailey Lewes, Sussex [1] Chailey Lewes,Sussex. [1] Crowborough, Lewes, Sussex [1] Ditchling, Lewes, Sussex [1] Glynde, Lewes, Sussex [1] Hadlow Down, Lewes, Sussex [1] Hill Lodge, Lewes, Sussex [1] Isfield,Lewes,Sussex. [1] Lewes . Sussex [1] Lewes Sussex ENGLAND [1] Lewes Sussex England [1] Lewes, Brighton, Sussex [1] Lewes, Newick, Sussex [1] Newhaven, Lewes,Sussex. [1] Newick, Lewes, Sussex [1] Nutley, Lewes, Sussex [1] Offham, near Lewes, Sussex [1] Plumpton,Lewes,Sussex [1] Ripe, Lewes, Sussex [1] Rodmell Near Lewes, Sussex [1] Saint Johns Lewes, Sussex [1] Saint Michaels Lewes, Sussex [1] Selmeston, Lewes, Sussex [1] South Malling, Lewes, Sussex [1] St Anne's ,Lewes,Sussex [1] St Johns, Lewes, Sussex [1] St. John's, Lewes, Sussex [1] Wivelsfield, Lewes, Sussex [1] near Lewes, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [35] Serjeant [8] Second Lieutenant [7] Corporal [6] Lance Corporal [6] Lieutenant [5] Able Seaman [4] Captain [4] Gunner [4] Rifleman [3] Leading Stoker [2] Musician [2] Sapper [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist [1] Acting Corporal [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Cadet Serjeant [1] Chief Stoker [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner 2nd Class [1] Leading Seaman [1] Midshipman [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer Second Class [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Seaman [1] Second Engineer [1] Second Lieutenant Sir [1] Stoker - 1st Class [1] Stoker - 2nd Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Wheeler [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [17] London Regiment [6] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Royal Field Artillery [4] Labour Corps [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] HMS Monarch [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] HMS Victory [2] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 119th Indian Infantry (Mooltan Regiment) [1] 119th Infantry [1] 1st Royal Scots [1] Australian Machine Gun Corps [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Canadian Labour Corps [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Monarch" [1] HM Submarine H6 [1] HMS 'Jupiter' [1] HMS Aboukir [1] HMS Alert [1] HMS Attentive 2 [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Brisk [1] HMS Duke of Wellington [1] HMS Duke of Wellington 2 [1] HMS Excellent [1] HMS Genista [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Halcyon [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS Inflexible [1] HMS Iris [1] HMS Iris II - Seaman Storming Party ("D" Company) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [235] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [81] British Army [66] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [53] H [39] S [36] W [33] P [32] C [30] G [24] M [23] F [22] R [22] T [19] D [16] E [16] L [15] K [11] A [7] J [7] O [5] U [4] V [4] I [3] N [2]

Contribution

Military Service [377] Merchant Navy [36]

Country

United Kingdom [38] Canada [1] India [1]

Frederick Heasman

Born 1890

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 291 Private Australian Machine Gun Corps 13th Coy

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Albert Poole

Born 1892

Died 1970

Royal Navy 12455 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 1533 Royal Marines Band

Royal Navy RMB/1533 Musician HMS Monarch Royal Marine Band

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James Richard Gates

Born 1893

Died 1947

British Army 9953 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 76440 Private Tank Corps

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George Kenward

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284813

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William Stanley Hillman

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24703

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Edwin Turner

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408624

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Reginald Wood King

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212886

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Richard Clarke

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118598

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Edwin Anscombe Pearse

Born 1892

Died 1958

British Army 1435 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

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Fred George Ethington

Born 1893

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2009961

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2009961 Sapper Canadian Engineers

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Ernest Frank Sharp

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277090

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John Cottington

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299110

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Frederick Pollard

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 42580 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 42580 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Edward Thomas Coppard

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265516

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Henri James Skinner

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283419

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George William Sandalls

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289324

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George Henry Gillham

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102259

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Albert George Weaver

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army G/18206 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/18206 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th (Service) Battalion

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Wallace Reed

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 887 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370072 Rifleman London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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James William Cornford

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 8399 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army L/8399 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion

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