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Brighton Sussex [7]

Wivelsfield, Sussex [7]

Brighton, Sussex [6]

Ditchling,Sussex [6]

East Chiltington, Lewes, Sussex [6]

Cuckfield, Sussex [4]

Henfield, Sussex [4]

Chailey, Sussex [3]

Danehill, Sussex [3]

Lewes District, Sussex [3]

Lewes, Sussex [3]

Plumpton, Lewes, Sussex [3]

Plumpton,Sussex [3]

Steyning, Sussex [3]

Brighton district,Sussex [2]

Croydon,Surrey [2]

Ditchling Sussex [2]

Ditchling,Lewes,Sussex [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Kirdford, Sussex [2]

Plumpton, Sussex [2]

Steyning District,Sussex [2]

Steyning district, Sussex [2]

Stockland, Devonshire [2]

Westmeston,Sussex [2]

Acton Hill, Cannock, Staffordshire [1]

Ahnredangar [1]

Alfriston, Sussex [1]

Annington,Steyning, Sussex [1]

Balham,Surrey [1]

Banstead, Surrey [1]

Barcombe,Sussex [1]

Basing Union, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Battle, Sussex [1]

Beddingham, Sussex [1]

Blatchington near Seaford Sussex [1]

Bletchingly, Godstone, Surrey [1]

Breinton, Hereford, Herefordshire [1]

Bridport, Dorset [1]

Brompton London [1]

Burgess Hill Keymer, Sussex [1]

Burgess Hill,Sussex [1]

Bushey Heath Hertfordshire [1]

Cainscross, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Canning Town, West Ham, London [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Charlcombe, Bath, Somerset [1]

Chelsea [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chelwood Gate, Danehill, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [108]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Lieutenant [24]

Captain [15]

Corporal [13]

Gunner [13]

Lance Corporal [11]

Major [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Serjeant [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Rifleman [5]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Lance Sergeant [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Lieutenant. [2]

Sapper [2]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Air mechanic [1]

Air mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Airman 2nd Class [1]

Battery Commander [1]

Blacksmith S [1]

Blacksmith's Mate [1]

Bombardier [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Captain and Brevet Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Chief Gunner [1]

Clerk Grade 1 [1]

Colonel [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Acting Major [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Midshipman [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [66]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Sussex Yeomanry [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

British West Indies Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Australian Infantry [2]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

HMS 'Invincible' [2]

Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Horse Guards [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

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

'H.M.S.Tipperary' [1]

'HMS Formidable', Channel Fleet [1]

'M' Coy.,Training Depot (Broadmeadows) [1]

1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [1]

119th Indian Infantry (Mooltan Regiment) [1]

119th Infantry [1]

14th Infantry Brigade [1]

16th Lancers [1]

1st (King's) Dragoon Guards [1]

1st Central Ontario Regiment [1]

36th Sikhs Mesopotamian Force [1]

38th Brigade RFA [1]

63rd Royal Naval Division [1]

7th Hariana Lancers [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Australian Light Horse [1]

Service

British Army [168]

Royal Navy [27]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

Indian Army [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [27]

W [19]

H [18]

T [16]

M [15]

C [14]

F [14]

S [14]

G [13]

A [9]

D [9]

E [9]

J [8]

P [8]

L [7]

N [4]

K [2]

R [2]

V [2]

I [1]

O [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [212]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [167]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

India [1]

United States [1]

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People [213] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Brighton Sussex [7] Wivelsfield, Sussex [7] Brighton, Sussex [6] Ditchling,Sussex [6] East Chiltington, Lewes, Sussex [6] Cuckfield, Sussex [4] Henfield, Sussex [4] Chailey, Sussex [3] Danehill, Sussex [3] Lewes District, Sussex [3] Lewes, Sussex [3] Plumpton, Lewes, Sussex [3] Plumpton,Sussex [3] Steyning, Sussex [3] Brighton district,Sussex [2] Croydon,Surrey [2] Ditchling Sussex [2] Ditchling,Lewes,Sussex [2] Kensington, London [2] Kirdford, Sussex [2] Plumpton, Sussex [2] Steyning District,Sussex [2] Steyning district, Sussex [2] Stockland, Devonshire [2] Westmeston,Sussex [2] Acton Hill, Cannock, Staffordshire [1] Ahnredangar [1] Alfriston, Sussex [1] Annington,Steyning, Sussex [1] Balham,Surrey [1] Banstead, Surrey [1] Barcombe,Sussex [1] Basing Union, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Battle, Sussex [1] Beddingham, Sussex [1] Blatchington near Seaford Sussex [1] Bletchingly, Godstone, Surrey [1] Breinton, Hereford, Herefordshire [1] Bridport, Dorset [1] Brompton London [1] Burgess Hill Keymer, Sussex [1] Burgess Hill,Sussex [1] Bushey Heath Hertfordshire [1] Cainscross, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England [1] Canning Town, West Ham, London [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Charlcombe, Bath, Somerset [1] Chelsea [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chelwood Gate, Danehill, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [108] Second Lieutenant [26] Lieutenant [24] Captain [15] Corporal [13] Gunner [13] Lance Corporal [11] Major [7] Able Seaman [6] Serjeant [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Rifleman [5] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Lance Sergeant [3] Trooper [3] Acting Corporal [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Lieutenant. [2] Sapper [2] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Air mechanic [1] Air mechanic 2nd Class [1] Airman 2nd Class [1] Battery Commander [1] Blacksmith S [1] Blacksmith's Mate [1] Bombardier [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Captain and Brevet Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Chief Gunner [1] Clerk Grade 1 [1] Colonel [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Acting Major [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Midshipman [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Pioneer [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Sergeant [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [66] Royal Field Artillery [14] Royal Fusiliers [7] Army Service Corps [6] London Regiment [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Suffolk Regiment [5] Sussex Yeomanry [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Engineers [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] British West Indies Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [3] East Kent Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Labour Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Australian Infantry [2] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] HMS 'Invincible' [2] Hertfordshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Horse Guards [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] 'H.M.S.Tipperary' [1] 'HMS Formidable', Channel Fleet [1] 'M' Coy.,Training Depot (Broadmeadows) [1] 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [1] 119th Indian Infantry (Mooltan Regiment) [1] 119th Infantry [1] 14th Infantry Brigade [1] 16th Lancers [1] 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards [1] 1st Central Ontario Regiment [1] 36th Sikhs Mesopotamian Force [1] 38th Brigade RFA [1] 63rd Royal Naval Division [1] 7th Hariana Lancers [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Australian Light Horse [1]

Service

British Army [168] Royal Navy [27] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Australian Imperial Force [5] Indian Army [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [27] W [19] H [18] T [16] M [15] C [14] F [14] S [14] G [13] A [9] D [9] E [9] J [8] P [8] L [7] N [4] K [2] R [2] V [2] I [1] O [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [212] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [167] Australia [1] Canada [1] India [1] United States [1]

Thomas Aubrey Richard Edwards

Born 1894

British Army Lieutenant Surrey Yeomanry

British Army Captain Sussex Yeomanry

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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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Charles Arthur Blake

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army G/2725 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 315492 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 16th (Sussex Yeomanry) Battalion

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Maurice James Dease

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment 4th bn. royal fusiliers (city of lond Battalion

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Phillip Byles

Died 1917

Other Empire Force 10479 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 13576 Private British West Indies Regiment 10th Battalion

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George Harwood

Died 1918

British Army 3603 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/17846 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion

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D Cheeseman

Born 1890

British Army G/2235 Private Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

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Dennis Fevrier

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1149 Private British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Acting Sergeant British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion

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Albert Stanley Wooller

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army G/1078 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Alfred George Andrews

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army G/5639 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/5639 Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 4th Battalion

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Henry Charles Fairlem

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1030470 236th

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Ernest Attwater

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army G/5305 Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 58th Coy

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Walter William Gibson Turrell

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 72435 Private Labour Corps

British Army 35879 Private The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment 13th Labour Coy

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