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East Grinstead, Sussex [161]

East Grinstead [13]

East Grinstead England [12]

East Grinstead, Sussex, England [10]

East Grinstead, Surrey [5]

East Grinstead Sussex England [4]

East Grinstead Sussex England [3]

Forest Row, East Grinstead, Sussex [3]

West Hoathly, East Grinstead, Sussex [3]

East Grinstead Sussex [2]

Hartfield, East Grinstead, Sussex [2]

Ashurstwood, East Grinstead [1]

Ashwood, East Grinstead [1]

Dormans Park, East Grinstead, Surrey [1]

East Grinstead, England [1]

East Grinstead, Kent [1]

East Grinstead, Wiltshire [1]

East-Grinstead, Sussex [1]

Forest Row, East Grinstead, Sussex, England [1]

Hartfield East Grinstead England [1]

North End, East Grinstead, West Sussex [1]

Withyham, East Grinstead [1]

Worth, East Grinstead, Sussex [1]

east grinstead [1]

Rank

Private [32]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Lieutenant [6]

Captain [3]

Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Corporal [2]

Gunner [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Assistant Paymaster [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain /Acting Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Nurse [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [14]

Labour Corps [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

HMS Agincourt [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

Sussex Yeomanry [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

1st Battalion, 22nd Punjabis [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

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

H.M.T.B. "4." [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1]

HMS Victory [1]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1]

Kent Regiment [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps ex Army Service Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

North Somerset Yeomanry [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

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

Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment attached Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Sussex [1]

Service

Royal Navy [106]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52]

British Army [49]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [46]

S [23]

W [23]

H [22]

D [14]

C [12]

R [12]

G [11]

L [11]

M [11]

K [9]

P [9]

T [9]

A [8]

F [3]

E [2]

J [2]

V [2]

N [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [218]

Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

India [1]

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People [231] Stories Communities

Place of birth

East Grinstead, Sussex [161] East Grinstead [13] East Grinstead England [12] East Grinstead, Sussex, England [10] East Grinstead, Surrey [5] East Grinstead Sussex England [4] East Grinstead Sussex England [3] Forest Row, East Grinstead, Sussex [3] West Hoathly, East Grinstead, Sussex [3] East Grinstead Sussex [2] Hartfield, East Grinstead, Sussex [2] Ashurstwood, East Grinstead [1] Ashwood, East Grinstead [1] Dormans Park, East Grinstead, Surrey [1] East Grinstead, England [1] East Grinstead, Kent [1] East Grinstead, Wiltshire [1] East-Grinstead, Sussex [1] Forest Row, East Grinstead, Sussex, England [1] Hartfield East Grinstead England [1] North End, East Grinstead, West Sussex [1] Withyham, East Grinstead [1] Worth, East Grinstead, Sussex [1] east grinstead [1]

Rank

Private [32] Second Lieutenant [10] Lieutenant [6] Captain [3] Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Corporal [2] Gunner [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Assistant Paymaster [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain /Acting Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Signalman [1] Nurse [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Signalman [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [14] Labour Corps [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] London Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] HMS Agincourt [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] Sussex Yeomanry [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 1st Battalion, 22nd Punjabis [1] Army Service Corps [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Victory." [1] H.M.T.B. "4." [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1] HMS Victory [1] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1] Kent Regiment [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps ex Army Service Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] North Somerset Yeomanry [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment attached Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Sussex [1]

Service

Royal Navy [106] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52] British Army [49] Australian Imperial Force [12] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [46] S [23] W [23] H [22] D [14] C [12] R [12] G [11] L [11] M [11] K [9] P [9] T [9] A [8] F [3] E [2] J [2] V [2] N [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [218] Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [28] India [1]

Edward James Luxford

Born 1874

Died 1918

British Army SR/2542 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 277542 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army RA/9816

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James Curtis Jenner

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army SD/4029 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion

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William Arthur Clayton Bennett

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2218 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 2218 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Charles Ledword

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army G/8834 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Sidney Frank Godley

Born 1889

Died 1957

British Army 13814 Private Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion

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Edward George Anscombe

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army TF/1960 Lance Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 240454 Lance Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 240454 Lance Corporal Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Margaret Trevenen Arnold

Born 1884

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Nurse Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment Attached 16th General Hospital Le Tréport, near Dieppe.

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Sidney Burchett

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army G/5411 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 9th Battalion

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Edwin James Grainger

Born 1886

British Army 1267 Corporal Sussex Yeomanry

British Army 320016 Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment attached Imperial Camel Corps

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Gilbert Keith Dunning

Born 1894

Died 1967

British Army Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment

British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment

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Wilfrid Hosken

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Private Royal Sussex 2nd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

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Arthur Wren

Born 1879

Died 1963

British Army 197686 Private Labour Corps

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Cecil Frank Baldwin

Born 1895

Died 1967

British Army 2158 Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/2158 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

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Gerald Leslie Ambrose

Born 1900

Died 1919

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 1st Battalion, 22nd Punjabis

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Charles Murray Winstanley Shadwell

Born 1898

Died 1979

British Army Second Lieutenant The Prince of Wales’ Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

British Army Lieutenant The Prince of Wales’ Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

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John Alfred Caush

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army G/3496 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/3496 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Herbert Sidney Weller

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28434

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George Gilbert Sloman

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 21211 Private Hampshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Charles Henry Nicholls

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8119

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William Arnold

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84090

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