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Portslade, Sussex [95]

Portslade, Sussex, England [5]

Portslade Brighton [4]

Portslade by Sea, Sussex [3]

Portslade, Brighton [3]

Portslade [2]

Portslade Sussex [2]

Portslade Sussex England [1]

Portslade Village, East Sussex [1]

Portslade sussex [1]

Portslade, England [1]

Portslade, Hove, Sussex [1]

Portslade, Steyning, Sussex [1]

Portslade, Surrey [1]

Saint Peters Portslade, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [13]

Corporal [4]

Serjeant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Leading Seaman [2]

Sapper [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Driver [1]

Greaser [1]

Gunner [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Nurse [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [12]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

Army Service Corps [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

British Red Cross [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

HMS Aboukir [1]

HMS BARHAM [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

HMS SHARK [1]

HMS Superb [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [1]

Mercantile Marine Reserve - H.M.S. "Campania" [1]

R.F.R.Chatham [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Irish Rifles [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Good Hope [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [87]

British Army [29]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [14]

C [12]

W [12]

L [11]

M [10]

S [10]

B [9]

P [9]

A [5]

F [5]

R [5]

D [4]

H [4]

V [4]

E [3]

T [3]

K [2]

Contribution

Military Service [111]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

France [1]

Germany [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [122] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Portslade, Sussex [95] Portslade, Sussex, England [5] Portslade Brighton [4] Portslade by Sea, Sussex [3] Portslade, Brighton [3] Portslade [2] Portslade Sussex [2] Portslade Sussex England [1] Portslade Village, East Sussex [1] Portslade sussex [1] Portslade, England [1] Portslade, Hove, Sussex [1] Portslade, Steyning, Sussex [1] Portslade, Surrey [1] Saint Peters Portslade, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [13] Corporal [4] Serjeant [4] Able Seaman [3] Lance Corporal [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Leading Seaman [2] Sapper [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Chief Stoker [1] Driver [1] Greaser [1] Gunner [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant [1] Nurse [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Telegraphist [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [12] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] Army Service Corps [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] British Red Cross [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] HMS Aboukir [1] HMS BARHAM [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] HMS SHARK [1] HMS Superb [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine Reserve [1] Mercantile Marine Reserve - H.M.S. "Campania" [1] R.F.R.Chatham [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Irish Rifles [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Good Hope [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [87] British Army [29] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [14] C [12] W [12] L [11] M [10] S [10] B [9] P [9] A [5] F [5] R [5] D [4] H [4] V [4] E [3] T [3] K [2]

Contribution

Military Service [111] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [17] France [1] Germany [1] Ireland [1]

George Thomas Adams

Born 1883

Died 1914

Royal Navy B.9765 (Ch) Ordinary Seaman R.F.R.Chatham

Royal Navy 205993 Able Seaman HMS Aboukir

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William Baker

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army T4/041342 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army T4/041342 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

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Richard Haffenden

Born 1881

Died 1915

Royal Navy 294532 Stoker 1st Class

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Albert Bert Colbourne

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy K17775 Stoker 1st Class HMS QUEEN MARY

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George Greenfield

Born 1882

Died 1915

Royal Navy 295859

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Henry Marshall Patching

Born 1866

Died 1920

British Army 26156 Serjeant Royal Defence Corps

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Edward John French

Born 1883

Died 1914

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Good Hope

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Ernest Albert Steer

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 21329 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Robert Giddings

Born 1877

Died 1958

British Army 231749 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Arthur Corney

Born 1873

Died 1916

Royal Navy 166938 Chief Stoker HMS INVINCIBLE

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Walter Mark Patching

Born 1873

Died 1916

British Army SD/2993 Acting Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army SD/2993 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment

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Alice Mabel Barnett

Born 1895

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Percival Herbert Lade

Born 1898

Died 1959

British Army 40300 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Charles Thomas Tester

Born 1897

Royal Navy K26225 Stoker 1st Class HMS NEPTUNE

Royal Navy K26225 Stoker 2nd Class HMS NEPTUNE

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William Victor Lade

Born 1897

Died 1960

British Army G/11549 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Leonard Daughtrey

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy J46401 Ordinary Seaman HMS SHARK

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Nellie Margaret Archer

Born 1898

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Jack Sydney Austin

Born 1900

Royal Navy F51020

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Charles Oliver Longhurst

Born 1885

Royal Navy 214257 Leading Seaman HMS MALAYA

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Albert Edward Earwicker

Born 1887

Royal Navy 361554

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