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Seaford, Sussex [63]

Seaford, Sussex, England [15]

Seaford Sussex [2]

Alfriston Seaford, Sussex [1]

Blatchington near Seaford Sussex [1]

East Street Seaford Sussex [1]

Seaford,Sussex [1]

West Dean,Seaford, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [10]

Lieutenant [3]

Boy Sailor [2]

Captain [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanis Class 1 (Wireless Observer) [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Civil Surgeon Captain [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Drummer [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Midshipman [1]

Ordinary Signaller [1]

Stoker [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

private [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [9]

Army Service Corps [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

H.M. Submarine 'D2' [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS Repulse [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Division - Howe Battalion [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal SussexRegiment [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Sussex Yeomanry [1]

Sussex Yeomanry attached Lancers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [52]

British Army [19]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [13]

B [11]

W [11]

M [9]

E [6]

H [6]

G [5]

D [4]

S [4]

K [3]

L [3]

R [3]

F [2]

A [1]

J [1]

P [1]

T [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [71]

Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

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People [85] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Seaford, Sussex [63] Seaford, Sussex, England [15] Seaford Sussex [2] Alfriston Seaford, Sussex [1] Blatchington near Seaford Sussex [1] East Street Seaford Sussex [1] Seaford,Sussex [1] West Dean,Seaford, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [10] Lieutenant [3] Boy Sailor [2] Captain [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanis Class 1 (Wireless Observer) [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Civil Surgeon Captain [1] Deck Hand [1] Drummer [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Midshipman [1] Ordinary Signaller [1] Stoker [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] private [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [9] Army Service Corps [1] East Kent Regiment [1] H.M. Submarine 'D2' [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS Repulse [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Division - Howe Battalion [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal SussexRegiment [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Sussex Yeomanry [1] Sussex Yeomanry attached Lancers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [52] British Army [19] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [13] B [11] W [11] M [9] E [6] H [6] G [5] D [4] S [4] K [3] L [3] R [3] F [2] A [1] J [1] P [1] T [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [71] Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

John Leaney

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army SD/1392 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 12th (Service) Battalion. (2nd South Down)

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George Carter

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 45032 Serjeant Royal Engineers 82nd Field Coy

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Cyril Norman Cosstick

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army SD/302 Acting Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion

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John George Gunner

Died 1917

British Army 85423 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Maurice Theodore Lawrance

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army SD/2110 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 12th Battalion attached 116th Company Machine Gun Corps (Infantry

British Army SD/2110 Acting Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 12th (2nd South Downs) Battalion

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Joseph Leonard Earl

Born 1889

Royal Navy 231362

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Frank Winser

Born 1895

Died 1959

British Army SD/372 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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John Geoffrey Savage

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery 40th, attached 109th Siege Batttery

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Sidney Nelson Reed

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army GS/79003 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Ernest Davis

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army SD/1306 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army SD/1306 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army SD/1306 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

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Clement Gordon Wakefield Head

Born 1885

Died 1914

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Repulse

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander H.M. Submarine 'D2'

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Frederick Alexander West

Born 1898

Died 1920

British Army Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

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Herbert Burton

Born 1894

Died 1918

Royal Navy K23557

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Oswald Gayer Morgan

Born 1889

Died 1981

British Army Civil Surgeon Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps No. 9 British Red Cross (Duchess of Sutherland's) Hospital.

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Edward Charles Wynter

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Sussex Yeomanry

Royal Navy F4341 Air Mechanis Class 1 (Wireless Observer) Royal Naval Air Service

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Edward J Freelove

Born 1897

British Army L/10620 Private East Kent Regiment 8th Battalion

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Luther John Martin

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy M16404 Carpenter's Crew HMS Queen Mary

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John Thorpe

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 5/1455 Drummer Royal Sussex Regiment 5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion

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William John Cosstick

Born 1880

Died 1951

British Army 2872 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Ernest Frank Muggridge

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army L/9712 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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