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Place of birth

Slinfold, Sussex [16]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [7]

Itchingfield, Sussex [3]

Barnes, Surrey [2]

Greenwich [2]

Hendon, Middlesex [2]

Islington, London [2]

Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [2]

St.Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex [2]

Billingshurst [1]

Billingshurst, Sussex [1]

Blackwool, Northchapel, Sussex [1]

Brackley, Northamptonshire [1]

Burgess Hill, Sussex [1]

Burwash, Sussex [1]

Camden Town, London [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Down Ampney, Gloucestershire [1]

Earlsfield, Surrey [1]

Easebourne, Sussex [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Eltham, Kent [1]

Evesham, Worcestershire [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Farnham, Surrey [1]

Forest Row, Sussex [1]

Fulham, Middlesex [1]

Gloucester [1]

Godalming, Surrey [1]

Hampstead, Middlesex [1]

Hendon [1]

Hereford [1]

Horbury, Wakefield, Yorkshire [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kentish Town, Middlesex [1]

Lee Common, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Lewisham London [1]

London [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire [1]

Middleton Cheney, Northants [1]

Neithrop, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Neithrop, Oxfordshire [1]

Norbiton, Surrey [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Portslade, Sussex [1]

Reading, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [60]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Lance Corporal [8]

Lieutenant [8]

Captain [6]

Serjeant [6]

Corporal [5]

Rifleman [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Gunner [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Driver [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant and Captain [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Pioneer [1]

Sailor [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Ship's Musician [1]

Ship’s Musician [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker (1st class) [1]

Stoker, 1st class [1]

Stoker, 2nd class [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [15]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

London Regiment [9]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

89th Punjabis [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

City of London Yeomanry [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hector / SS Beagle [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Kent Regiment [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Motors) [1]

Service

British Army [95]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Royal Navy [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [29]

R [9]

H [8]

C [7]

F [7]

S [7]

W [7]

G [6]

M [6]

P [5]

K [3]

L [3]

T [3]

E [2]

J [2]

N [2]

A [1]

D [1]

I [1]

O [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [108]

Country

United Kingdom [44]

Canada [1]

Guyana [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [111] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Slinfold, Sussex [16] Banbury, Oxfordshire [7] Itchingfield, Sussex [3] Barnes, Surrey [2] Greenwich [2] Hendon, Middlesex [2] Islington, London [2] Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [2] St.Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex [2] Billingshurst [1] Billingshurst, Sussex [1] Blackwool, Northchapel, Sussex [1] Brackley, Northamptonshire [1] Burgess Hill, Sussex [1] Burwash, Sussex [1] Camden Town, London [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Down Ampney, Gloucestershire [1] Earlsfield, Surrey [1] Easebourne, Sussex [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Eltham, Kent [1] Evesham, Worcestershire [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Farnham, Surrey [1] Forest Row, Sussex [1] Fulham, Middlesex [1] Gloucester [1] Godalming, Surrey [1] Hampstead, Middlesex [1] Hendon [1] Hereford [1] Horbury, Wakefield, Yorkshire [1] Kensington, London [1] Kentish Town, Middlesex [1] Lee Common, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Lewisham London [1] London [1] Marylebone, London [1] Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire [1] Middleton Cheney, Northants [1] Neithrop, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Neithrop, Oxfordshire [1] Norbiton, Surrey [1] Paddington, London [1] Portslade, Sussex [1] Reading, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [60] Second Lieutenant [22] Lance Corporal [8] Lieutenant [8] Captain [6] Serjeant [6] Corporal [5] Rifleman [3] Acting Corporal [2] Gunner [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Driver [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant and Captain [1] Petty Officer [1] Pioneer [1] Sailor [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Ship's Musician [1] Ship’s Musician [1] Stoker [1] Stoker (1st class) [1] Stoker, 1st class [1] Stoker, 2nd class [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Transport Corporal [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [15] Royal Fusiliers [13] London Regiment [9] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Army Service Corps [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Coldstream Guards [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Labour Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Gordon Highlanders [2] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 89th Punjabis [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Canadian Infantry [1] City of London Yeomanry [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HMS Agincourt [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hector / SS Beagle [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Kent Regiment [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Machine Gun Corps (Motors) [1]

Service

British Army [95] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Royal Navy [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [29] R [9] H [8] C [7] F [7] S [7] W [7] G [6] M [6] P [5] K [3] L [3] T [3] E [2] J [2] N [2] A [1] D [1] I [1] O [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [108]

Country

United Kingdom [44] Canada [1] Guyana [1] Ireland [1]

Reginald John Gander

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy J1747

Royal Navy J/1747 Able Seaman

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Eldred Lee

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 116219 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Henry Sacheverel Sanders

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 2863 London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Territorial Force 81st Provisional Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Frank Murray Braggins

Born 1882

Died 1952

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213126

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George Holt Tribe

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 43694 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Arthur Relfe

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 526 Private London Regiment

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Joseph Knowles Ireland

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

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William Garton

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army G/66 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/66 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Albert William Farley

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army E/2491 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Albert Morgan

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 35214 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 35089 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 93349 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Ernest Frank Grinsted

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army TF/200140 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment

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Wallace Franklyn Waller

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 12953 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/40376 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/40376 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment

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William Henry Duncan Knight

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant 65th Squadron

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Percival George Lyne

Born 1884

Royal Navy 362557 Ship’s Musician HMS Agincourt

Royal Navy Ship's Musician

Royal Navy

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William Pettitt

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 12054 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Phineas Harold Phillimore

Born 1879

Died 1951

British Army 88272 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Leonard Stephen Sadgrove

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army GS/87275 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army G/87275 Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

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John Freeman

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 4/3288 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 200946 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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William Baines

Born 1899

Died 1922

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304176

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Labour Battalion

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Leonard Heasman

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army SD/686 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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