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Rye, Sussex [159]

Rye, Sussex, England [87]

Rye, East Sussex [22]

Rye Park New South Wales [14]

Peckham Rye, London [10]

Rye England [10]

Rye, East Sussex, [9]

Rye [7]

Rye Victoria [7]

Rye Harbour, Sussex, England [4]

Rye. East Sussex [3]

Iden, Rye, Sussex [2]

Peasmarsh, Rye, Sussex [2]

Beckley Rye, Sussex [1]

Beckley, Rye, Sussex [1]

Bickley Rye, Sussex [1]

Brede, Rye, East Sussex [1]

Brede, Rye, Sussex [1]

Icklesham, (Rye) East Sussex [1]

Icklesham, Rye, Sussex [1]

Iden,Rye, Sussex, [1]

Peckham Rye [1]

Peckham Rye, Camberwell [1]

Peckham Rye, Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Peckham Rye, Surrey [1]

RYE. East Sussex [1]

Rye Bridge, Derbyshire, England [1]

Rye East sussex [1]

Rye Harbour, Sussex [1]

Rye House, Hertfordshire [1]

Rye Scotland [1]

Rye Sussex [1]

Rye, [1]

Rye, East Ssussex [1]

Rye, East Sussex England [1]

Rye, East Sussex. [1]

Rye, Hastings, Sussex [1]

Rye, Kent [1]

Rye, Rye Harbour, Sussex [1]

The Rye, Stirlingshire [1]

Winchelsea, Rye, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [45]

Lance Corporal [7]

Pte [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Corporal [5]

Gunner [4]

Sapper [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Rifleman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Captain [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

2nd Writer [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Chief Section Leader Porter [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engineman [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Major [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Petty Officer [1]

SERGT [1]

Second Lietenant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Sgt [1]

Shipwright 2nd class [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

able seaman [1]

corporal [1]

lance corporal [1]

leading stoker [1]

private [1]

sapper [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [20]

Royal Sussex Reg't [6]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment, [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Hampshire Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

14th Australian Field Artillery [1]

1st Provisional Coy [1]

3rd Brigade [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Reg overseas volunteers [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Canadian Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

East Sussey Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

General List [1]

HMS Attack [1]

HMS Bayano [1]

HMS Derwent [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Lion [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Majestic [1]

HMS Northampton [1]

HMS Royal Sovereign [1]

HMS Volage [1]

Inns of Court Regiment [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Kings Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [141]

British Army [57]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37]

Australian Imperial Force [33]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [45]

C [38]

S [38]

P [37]

F [26]

M [25]

W [24]

T [23]

H [21]

G [16]

A [11]

E [10]

J [9]

L [9]

R [9]

D [7]

K [5]

N [5]

V [3]

I [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [262]

Merchant Navy [93]

Country

United Kingdom [47]

Canada [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Rye, Sussex [159] Rye, Sussex, England [87] Rye, East Sussex [22] Rye Park New South Wales [14] Peckham Rye, London [10] Rye England [10] Rye, East Sussex, [9] Rye [7] Rye Victoria [7] Rye Harbour, Sussex, England [4] Rye. East Sussex [3] Iden, Rye, Sussex [2] Peasmarsh, Rye, Sussex [2] Beckley Rye, Sussex [1] Beckley, Rye, Sussex [1] Bickley Rye, Sussex [1] Brede, Rye, East Sussex [1] Brede, Rye, Sussex [1] Icklesham, (Rye) East Sussex [1] Icklesham, Rye, Sussex [1] Iden,Rye, Sussex, [1] Peckham Rye [1] Peckham Rye, Camberwell [1] Peckham Rye, Camberwell, Surrey [1] Peckham Rye, Surrey [1] RYE. East Sussex [1] Rye Bridge, Derbyshire, England [1] Rye East sussex [1] Rye Harbour, Sussex [1] Rye House, Hertfordshire [1] Rye Scotland [1] Rye Sussex [1] Rye, [1] Rye, East Ssussex [1] Rye, East Sussex England [1] Rye, East Sussex. [1] Rye, Hastings, Sussex [1] Rye, Kent [1] Rye, Rye Harbour, Sussex [1] The Rye, Stirlingshire [1] Winchelsea, Rye, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [45] Lance Corporal [7] Pte [6] Able Seaman [5] Corporal [5] Gunner [4] Sapper [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Rifleman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Captain [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] 2nd Writer [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Chief Section Leader Porter [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engineman [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant [1] Major [1] Nursing Sister [1] Petty Officer [1] SERGT [1] Second Lietenant [1] Serjeant [1] Sgt [1] Shipwright 2nd class [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] able seaman [1] corporal [1] lance corporal [1] leading stoker [1] private [1] sapper [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [20] Royal Sussex Reg't [6] East Kent Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Hampshire Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Sussex Regiment, [3] Army Service Corps [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS Vivid [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Hampshire Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] 14th Australian Field Artillery [1] 1st Provisional Coy [1] 3rd Brigade [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Reg overseas volunteers [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Canadian Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Canadian Infantry [1] East Sussey Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] General List [1] HMS Attack [1] HMS Bayano [1] HMS Derwent [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Lion [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Majestic [1] HMS Northampton [1] HMS Royal Sovereign [1] HMS Volage [1] Inns of Court Regiment [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Kings Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [141] British Army [57] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37] Australian Imperial Force [33] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [45] C [38] S [38] P [37] F [26] M [25] W [24] T [23] H [21] G [16] A [11] E [10] J [9] L [9] R [9] D [7] K [5] N [5] V [3] I [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [262] Merchant Navy [93]

Country

United Kingdom [47] Canada [1] India [1] Ireland [1]

Harold Allan Tiltman

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 65421 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 65421 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 65421 Pte RAMC 36th Field Ambulance

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Thomas Hallaway Stocks

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 49978 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 146580 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 130013 RGA

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Willie Henry Page

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 5/3196 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 1/5th Battalion

British Army 3196 Private Royal Sussex Regiment, 1/5th Bat

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Herbert Harry Laurence

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 27400 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 27400 Private Somerset Light Infantry 6th Batt

British Army G/50893 Royal Fusilliers

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George Thomas Pope

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 44089 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 44089 Pte Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 9th Bat

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Allan Stoakes Jones

Born 1889

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1970 Private 3rd Brigade 9th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 1970 Lance Corporal 3rd Brigade 9th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 1970 Private 3rd Brigade 9th Battalion

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William Fairhall Curd

Born 1894

Died 1918

Royal Navy K17857

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Frank Mushett

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 5/1730 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 1730 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 5th Battalion

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Albert Victor Sellens

Born 1894

Died 1941

British Army 23814 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 343991 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 1855505 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Horace Curd

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army L/8500 Staff Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 8500 Royal Sussex Regiment 36th Signal Company

British Army L/8500 SERGT Royal Sussex Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frederick George Stocks

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283373

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Walter Harry Baker

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88186

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George Livermore

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210096

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Thomas Gannon

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28887

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William John Neve

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 5/344 Sgt Royal Sussex Regiment 5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion

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Bert Rhodes

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 5549 Acting Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 682742 Acting Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 682742 Lance Corporal London Regiment

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Herbert James Riddle

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 3627 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 3627 Private Royal Sussex Reg't 2nd 5th Batt Pioneers

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Eric Morley Smith

Born 1892

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3112

Australian Imperial Force 3112 Gunner 14th Australian Field Artillery 5th Australian Division

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Frank Albert Walker

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 43801 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 43801 Rifleman Kings Royal Rifle Corps 16th Batt, County of London Reg't

British Army G/28189 Queen's RW Surrey Reg't

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William George Phillips

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 2847 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 240718 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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