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Worthing, Sussex [508]

Worthing [39]

Worthing England [32]

Broadwater, Worthing, Sussex [11]

Worthing, Surrey [7]

Worthing, Sussex, England [5]

West Worthing, Sussex [4]

Worthing, Essex [3]

Worthing, West Sussex [3]

West Tarring, Worthing, Sussex [2]

Worthing Norfolk [2]

Worthing Sussex [2]

Worthing, Norfolk [2]

Angmering near Worthing [1]

Angmering, Worthing, Sussex [1]

Broadwater, Worthing [1]

Clapham, Worthing, Sussex [1]

Coate, Durrington, near Worthing, Sussex [1]

Durrington, Worthing, Sussex [1]

East Preston, Worthing, Sussex [1]

East Worthing, Sussex, England [1]

Findon, Worthing, Sussex [1]

Holy Trinity, Worthing [1]

Littlehampton,Worthing,Sussex. [1]

Salvington, Worthing [1]

Sompting, Worthing, Sussex [1]

Storrington, Worthing, Sussex [1]

Tarring Worthing, Sussex [1]

Tarring, Worthing, Sussex [1]

Washington, Worthing, Sussex [1]

West Perring Worthing, Sussex [1]

West Tarring, Worthing [1]

Worthing, Brighton, Sussex [1]

Worthing, East Sussex [1]

Worthing, England [1]

Worthing, Kent [1]

Worthing,Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [38]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Able Seaman [6]

Gunner [6]

Corporal [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Serjeant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Captain [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Bombardier [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Driver [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Major [2]

Signalman [2]

Sister [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman (Rigger) [1]

Acting Carpenter [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain and Assistant Quartermaster General [1]

Captain and General Staff Officer [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Mechanician [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shipwright 1st Class [1]

Sick Berth Steward [1]

Signaller [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [27]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [9]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

HMS BULWARK [3]

HMS INVINCIBLE [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS FORTUNE [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lancers [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

Advanced Supply Depot Cologne [1]

Attached Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Battalion Training Division [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Achilles" [1]

H.M.S. "Victory" [1]

HM Yacht Victoria and Albert [1]

HMS Albion [1]

HMS Boscawen III [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Caroline [1]

HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1]

HMS Ganges I [1]

HMS Glasgow [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Hercules [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS Iron Duke [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS Marlborough [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

Service

Royal Navy [433]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [96]

British Army [78]

Australian Imperial Force [32]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [82]

S [73]

C [63]

M [46]

L [44]

P [44]

H [43]

W [43]

G [39]

R [24]

F [23]

T [22]

D [21]

A [20]

N [15]

J [10]

K [10]

E [8]

O [8]

I [2]

V [2]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [631]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

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Place of birth

Worthing, Sussex [508] Worthing [39] Worthing England [32] Broadwater, Worthing, Sussex [11] Worthing, Surrey [7] Worthing, Sussex, England [5] West Worthing, Sussex [4] Worthing, Essex [3] Worthing, West Sussex [3] West Tarring, Worthing, Sussex [2] Worthing Norfolk [2] Worthing Sussex [2] Worthing, Norfolk [2] Angmering near Worthing [1] Angmering, Worthing, Sussex [1] Broadwater, Worthing [1] Clapham, Worthing, Sussex [1] Coate, Durrington, near Worthing, Sussex [1] Durrington, Worthing, Sussex [1] East Preston, Worthing, Sussex [1] East Worthing, Sussex, England [1] Findon, Worthing, Sussex [1] Holy Trinity, Worthing [1] Littlehampton,Worthing,Sussex. [1] Salvington, Worthing [1] Sompting, Worthing, Sussex [1] Storrington, Worthing, Sussex [1] Tarring Worthing, Sussex [1] Tarring, Worthing, Sussex [1] Washington, Worthing, Sussex [1] West Perring Worthing, Sussex [1] West Tarring, Worthing [1] Worthing, Brighton, Sussex [1] Worthing, East Sussex [1] Worthing, England [1] Worthing, Kent [1] Worthing,Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [38] Second Lieutenant [9] Lieutenant [8] Able Seaman [6] Gunner [6] Corporal [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Serjeant [5] Stoker 1st Class [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Captain [3] Deck Hand [3] Lance Corporal [3] Bombardier [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Driver [2] Leading Seaman [2] Leading Signalman [2] Leading Stoker [2] Major [2] Signalman [2] Sister [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman (Rigger) [1] Acting Carpenter [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Cadet [1] Captain and Assistant Quartermaster General [1] Captain and General Staff Officer [1] Colonel [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Drummer [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Mechanician [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Shipwright 1st Class [1] Sick Berth Steward [1] Signaller [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [27] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [9] Royal Field Artillery [6] Army Service Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [4] HMS BULWARK [3] HMS INVINCIBLE [3] Labour Corps [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS FORTUNE [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lancers [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Royal Engineers [2] 16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] Advanced Supply Depot Cologne [1] Attached Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Battalion Training Division [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Achilles" [1] H.M.S. "Victory" [1] HM Yacht Victoria and Albert [1] HMS Albion [1] HMS Boscawen III [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Caroline [1] HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1] HMS Ganges I [1] HMS Glasgow [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Hercules [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS Iron Duke [1] HMS LION [1] HMS Marlborough [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS New Zealand [1]

Service

Royal Navy [433] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [96] British Army [78] Australian Imperial Force [32] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [82] S [73] C [63] M [46] L [44] P [44] H [43] W [43] G [39] R [24] F [23] T [22] D [21] A [20] N [15] J [10] K [10] E [8] O [8] I [2] V [2] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [631] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

Nevill Lindsay Young

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Alfred Tadd

Born 1882

Died 1947

British Army 36352 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 106566 Private Labour Corps

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Ernest W Giles

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406879

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Lucy Nellie Gertrude Harris

Born 1899

Died 1974

Royal Navy G2480

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Norman Barford

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24046

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William Frank Reynolds

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309515

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Percy Albert Wicks

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 895

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Ronald James Poland

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242128

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William George Puttick

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28757

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Edward Ernest Tadd

Born 1881

Died 1977

British Army S4/055504 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 44881 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army S4/055504 Private Army Service Corps

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Walter Brown

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148518

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Alfred William Holland

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299381

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Ernest William Sparks

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224735

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Walter Dale

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 1142 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Albert Edgar Linnell

Born 1893

Australian Imperial Force 6539 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 21st Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 6539 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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Edwin Guy Parsons

Died 1915

British Army L/5926 Corporal Lancers

British Army Lance Corporal 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

British Army 5926 Lance Corporal 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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Robert Cooper

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196561

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Arthur Moore Lyne

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281493

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Arthur Willoughby Greenfield

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200927

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Hubert Cuckney

Born 1885

British Army 104685 Private Machine Gun Corps

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