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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]

Norman John Thorpe

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 6494 Inns of Court Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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William Percy Sherwood

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 202147 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 228027 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 228027 Private London Regiment

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George Elliott

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army GS/55331 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 55331 Private Royal Fusilliers, London Regiment 10th Bat

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John Thomas Swaine

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 6991 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army L/6991 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 2nd Batt

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James Percival Trotter

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 3081 Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 290849 Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 260486 Private Border Regiment

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Joseph Adams

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 5/2188 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army S/2188 Second Lietenant Royal Sussex Regiment, 3rd Batt

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Charles Sargent

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 058474 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 476583 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 47658 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Batt

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Henry Pope

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 42434 Corporal Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 42434 Corporal Yorkshire Regiment 13th Bat

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Thomas Martin

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 135753 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 772003 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Herbert Gordon Gasson

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224250

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Joseph Robinson

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227345

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Stephen Stonestreet

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239379

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Walter Bray

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294749

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Gordon Gasson

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46353

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Horace Amon

Born 1893

Died 1944

British Army 1199 Private Royal Fusiliers 19th Battalion

British Army 1199 Second Lieutenant Rifles Sussex Regiment

British Army Captain Rifles Sussex Regiment

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George Millgate

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268087

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William Matthew Wilson

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304317

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Frederick Henry Skinner

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194680

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Henry Bourne

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220825

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Samuel Southerden

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229876

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