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Steyning, Sussex [93]

Steyning, Brighton, Sussex [6]

Steyning, Sussex, England [4]

Steyning Sussex [3]

Steyning District,Sussex [2]

Steyning district, Sussex [2]

Steyning, Hove, Sussex [2]

Steyning,Sussex [2]

Annington,Steyning, Sussex [1]

Brighton, Steyning district, Sussex [1]

Brighton,Steyning,Sussex. [1]

Hove, Steyning, Sussex [1]

Hove,Steyning,Sussex. [1]

Portslade, Steyning, Sussex [1]

Preston Park,Brighton,Steyning,Sussex. [1]

Southwick,Steyning,Sussex. [1]

Steyning District, Sussex [1]

Steyning, East Sussex [1]

Steyning,Brighton,Sussex [1]

Steyning,Brighton,Sussex. [1]

Washington, Steyning, Sussex [1]

Wiston, Steyning, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [17]

Lieutenant [11]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Captain [7]

Major [7]

Corporal [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Gunner [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Midshipman [3]

Commander [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraft Mechanic (Aero Rigger) [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Deputy Veterinary Captain [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Cadet [1]

Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Commander (Retd) [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Pioneer [1]

Sapper [1]

Serjeant [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Royal Engineers [4]

Essex Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Sussex Yeomanry [2]

13th Division Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1]

13th Division Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1]

16th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

4th Battalion, Egyptian Army [1]

4th Hussars [1]

63rd Protection Company Royal Defence Corps [1]

75 Squadron, Royal Air Force [1]

Army Chaplains' Department [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

H.M. Submarine 'VI'.'Alecto' [1]

HM Submarine E6 [1]

HMS Alert [1]

HMS GARLAND [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Indomitable [1]

HMS Maidstone for HM Submarine E24 [1]

HMSs Dolphin, Cormorant HM Submarine B7 [1]

HMSs Hibernia, Dido, Ness, Dreadnought, Formidable, Illustrious [1]

HMSs Lancaster, King George V, Blake for Fury, Dolphin [1]

Herefordshire Regiment [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lancers [1]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [1]

Leinster Regiment Attached Machine Gun Corps [1]

London Regiment [1]

M 33 [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [56]

British Army [49]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [21]

C [11]

G [11]

S [11]

F [8]

H [8]

M [7]

W [7]

D [6]

E [6]

L [6]

P [6]

T [5]

A [4]

R [4]

J [2]

N [2]

V [2]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [117]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [34]

France [1]

Germany [1]

India [1]

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Steyning, Sussex [93] Steyning, Brighton, Sussex [6] Steyning, Sussex, England [4] Steyning Sussex [3] Steyning District,Sussex [2] Steyning district, Sussex [2] Steyning, Hove, Sussex [2] Steyning,Sussex [2] Annington,Steyning, Sussex [1] Brighton, Steyning district, Sussex [1] Brighton,Steyning,Sussex. [1] Hove, Steyning, Sussex [1] Hove,Steyning,Sussex. [1] Portslade, Steyning, Sussex [1] Preston Park,Brighton,Steyning,Sussex. [1] Southwick,Steyning,Sussex. [1] Steyning District, Sussex [1] Steyning, East Sussex [1] Steyning,Brighton,Sussex [1] Steyning,Brighton,Sussex. [1] Washington, Steyning, Sussex [1] Wiston, Steyning, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [17] Lieutenant [11] Second Lieutenant [9] Able Seaman [8] Captain [7] Major [7] Corporal [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Gunner [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Midshipman [3] Commander [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraft Mechanic (Aero Rigger) [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Assistant Deputy Veterinary Captain [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brevet Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Cadet [1] Chaplain to the Forces [1] Commander (Retd) [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Pioneer [1] Sapper [1] Serjeant [1] Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [7] Royal Field Artillery [5] Royal Engineers [4] Essex Regiment [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS MALAYA [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Sussex Yeomanry [2] 13th Division Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1] 13th Division Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1] 16th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] 4th Battalion, Egyptian Army [1] 4th Hussars [1] 63rd Protection Company Royal Defence Corps [1] 75 Squadron, Royal Air Force [1] Army Chaplains' Department [1] Army Service Corps [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] H.M. Submarine 'VI'.'Alecto' [1] HM Submarine E6 [1] HMS Alert [1] HMS GARLAND [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Indomitable [1] HMS Maidstone for HM Submarine E24 [1] HMSs Dolphin, Cormorant HM Submarine B7 [1] HMSs Hibernia, Dido, Ness, Dreadnought, Formidable, Illustrious [1] HMSs Lancaster, King George V, Blake for Fury, Dolphin [1] Herefordshire Regiment [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps [1] Lancers [1] Leicestershire Yeomanry [1] Leinster Regiment Attached Machine Gun Corps [1] London Regiment [1] M 33 [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [56] British Army [49] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [21] C [11] G [11] S [11] F [8] H [8] M [7] W [7] D [6] E [6] L [6] P [6] T [5] A [4] R [4] J [2] N [2] V [2] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [117] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [34] France [1] Germany [1] India [1]

Basil Herbert Barrington-Kennett

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army Major Royal Flying Corps

British Army Major Grenadier Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

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Russell Ernest Birch

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy Cadet Training Establishments

Royal Navy Midshipman HMSs Hibernia, Dido, Ness, Dreadnought, Formidable, Illustrious

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant HMSs Lancaster, King George V, Blake for Fury, Dolphin

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Frank Frederick Turrell

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 164322 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 42488 Private Yorkshire Hussars Regiment (Alexandra, Princess of Wales Own) 9th Battalion

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Lewis James Etherington

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236843

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Ernest Slater

Born 1885

Died 1915

Royal Navy 311836 Acting Leading Stoker HM Submarine E6

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Frederick George Chalcroft

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29208

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Frederick Vyvyan Coupland-Smith

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 173rd Brigade

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Edgar Ernest W Bowen

Born 1898

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment 7th Battalion attached Trench Mortar Battery

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Reginald Arthur Charman

Born 1900

Died 1989

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308694 Aircraft Mechanic (Aero Rigger) 75 Squadron, Royal Air Force

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Harold Edgar Gaston

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2416

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Edwin Henry Archer

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13963

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Kenneth John Kincaid Smith

Born 1871

Died 1949

British Army Major Royal Artillery

British Army Brigadier General Royal Horse Artillery

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Wilfred Wyndham Welling

Born 1892

Died 1917

Royal Navy Sussex 2/280 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Anson Battalion R.N.Division

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Percy George Coomber

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army G/697 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army g/697 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 7th

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Frederick Athelstan Fanshawe Baines

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 4th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Jack Paul Newman

Born 1900

Died 1919

Royal Navy F43215 Boy

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243215 Aircraftman 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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Alfred Walter Noel Langrish

Born 1886

Died 1962

Royal Navy Z/123 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Sussex Z/123 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Donovan William Winkworth

Born 1895

Died 1962

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Edward Dumbrell

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army G/50009 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Harold Frank Downs

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145022

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