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Newhaven, Sussex [208]

Newhaven, Sussex, England [18]

Newhaven [13]

Newhaven England [7]

Newhaven, Midlothian, Scotland [4]

Newhaven, Scotland [3]

Newhaven Scotland [2]

Newhaven, Brighton, Sussex [2]

Newhaven, Edinburgh [2]

Newhaven, Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Newhaven, Leith, Midlothian [2]

Newhaven, Midlothian [2]

Newhaven Street, Brighton [1]

Newhaven Sussex [1]

Newhaven USA South Australia [1]

Newhaven Victoria [1]

Newhaven, East Sussex [1]

Newhaven, Gloucestershire [1]

Newhaven, Leith [1]

Newhaven, Lewes,Sussex. [1]

Newhaven, United States of America [1]

Newhaven,Leith, Edinburgh [1]

North Leith Newhaven Edinburgh [1]

Rank

Private [15]

Deck Hand [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Leading Stoker [5]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Corporal [2]

Driver [2]

Gunner [2]

Leading Deck Hand [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Chief Petty Officer [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Engineman [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Pioneer [1]

Sapper [1]

Sick Berth Attendant [1]

Sister [1]

Skipper [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Trimmer [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [11]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

2nd Brigade [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Department [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

East African Forces [1]

East African Miscellaneous List [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

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

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

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS BROKE [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Drake [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Fisgard [1]

HMS Genista [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Mary Rose [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS Pembroke [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS SOUTHAMPTON [1]

HMS Terror [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS Victory II [1]

HMS Yarmouth [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1]

Red Cross [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Service

Royal Navy [180]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32]

British Army [26]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [28]

S [28]

H [27]

M [26]

W [26]

L [23]

R [18]

C [17]

P [14]

G [13]

F [10]

D [9]

T [9]

A [8]

J [6]

E [4]

K [4]

N [3]

I [1]

O [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [236]

Merchant Navy [28]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Newhaven, Sussex [208] Newhaven, Sussex, England [18] Newhaven [13] Newhaven England [7] Newhaven, Midlothian, Scotland [4] Newhaven, Scotland [3] Newhaven Scotland [2] Newhaven, Brighton, Sussex [2] Newhaven, Edinburgh [2] Newhaven, Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Newhaven, Leith, Midlothian [2] Newhaven, Midlothian [2] Newhaven Street, Brighton [1] Newhaven Sussex [1] Newhaven USA South Australia [1] Newhaven Victoria [1] Newhaven, East Sussex [1] Newhaven, Gloucestershire [1] Newhaven, Leith [1] Newhaven, Lewes,Sussex. [1] Newhaven, United States of America [1] Newhaven,Leith, Edinburgh [1] North Leith Newhaven Edinburgh [1]

Rank

Private [15] Deck Hand [6] Able Seaman [5] Leading Stoker [5] Stoker 1st Class [4] Lance Corporal [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Corporal [2] Driver [2] Gunner [2] Leading Deck Hand [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Chief Petty Officer [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Engineman [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Lieutenant [1] Nursing Sister [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Pioneer [1] Sapper [1] Sick Berth Attendant [1] Sister [1] Skipper [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Telegraphist [1] Trimmer [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [11] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] 2nd Brigade [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Department [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] East African Forces [1] East African Miscellaneous List [1] French Red Cross [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] H.M.S. "Opal." [1] H.M.S. "Victory" [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS BROKE [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Drake [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Fisgard [1] HMS Genista [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Mary Rose [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS Pembroke [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS SOUTHAMPTON [1] HMS Terror [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS Victory II [1] HMS Yarmouth [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1] Red Cross [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Service

Royal Navy [180] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32] British Army [26] Australian Imperial Force [11] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [28] S [28] H [27] M [26] W [26] L [23] R [18] C [17] P [14] G [13] F [10] D [9] T [9] A [8] J [6] E [4] K [4] N [3] I [1] O [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [236] Merchant Navy [28]

Country

United Kingdom [22] India [1]

Thomas Richard Barber

Born 1875

Died 1919

British Army 22282 Lance Corporal Royal Defence Corps 62 Protection Company

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Arthur Breeds

Born 1891

British Army

British Army 1006690 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 66390 Gunner 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery

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Walter Clement Harriott

Born 1890

Died 1917

Royal Navy 6/21 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Hood Battalion

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John Joseph Purcell

Born 1886

British Army 19203 Private Scots Guards

British Army 2688426 Guardsman Scots Guards

British Army 5206 Private Scots Guards

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Noah Stedman

Born 1874

British Army 205660 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR350665 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport Corps

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Albert Purcell

Born 1888

Royal Navy 4/120 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Howe Battalion

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Albert Purcell

Born 1888

Royal Navy 4/120 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy 4/120 Able Seaman 2nd Brigade Howe Bn.

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Harold Frederick Gurr

Born 1896

British Army 76179 Gunner 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 202089 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 1420321 Sergeant Royal Artillery

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William Tucker

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 8432 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Charles Stanley Amy

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 241477 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army TF/241477 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion

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Reginald Albert Edward Read

Born 1900

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88949

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88949 Lance Corporal

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John Thomas Thew

Born 1892

Died 1958

British Army 4/1763 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 260261 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Herbert George Wakeford

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army R/15516 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/15516 Lance Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Alfred George Robinson

Born 1886

Died 1917

Royal Navy 307831

Royal Navy Leading Stoker HMS Mary Rose

Royal Navy 307831 (Po)

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Neil Eustace Lower

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant East African Miscellaneous List

British Army Lieutenant East African Forces

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Albert Corden

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army G/1564 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 1564 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 16th Battalion

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Alfred John Scammells

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228955

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Frederick George Stedman

Born 1881

British Army 40866 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Peter Mccue

Born 1884

Died 1916

Royal Navy 12413 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 311473 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy 311473 Stoker 1st Class

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Albert Edward Terry

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy DA 14301 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 14301/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Miura"

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