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Hailsham [40]

Hellingly [8]

Eastbourne [7]

Hailsham, Sussex [6]

Polegate [3]

Battle [2]

Brighton [2]

Willingdon [2]

Ashill, Norfolk [1]

Beddingham [1]

Berwick [1]

Brighton England [1]

Broadwater, Worthing [1]

Burgh [1]

Bury St Edmunds [1]

Chiddingly [1]

Christchurch, Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Cuckfield [1]

Cwmbran, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1]

East Hoathly [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Fairlight [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Goudhurst, Sussex [1]

Hammersmith, Middlesex [1]

Headcorn [1]

Herstmonceux [1]

Herstmonceux,Sussex. [1]

Hollington, Hastings [1]

Iden [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Lambeth [1]

Lewes [1]

Lindfield, Sussex [1]

Little Common, Bexhill [1]

London [1]

Mark, Somerset [1]

Mayfield [1]

Polegate, Sussex [1]

Portslade [1]

Salehurst [1]

Seaford [1]

Shoreham, Kent [1]

Stepney [1]

Sutton, Lancashire [1]

Upton, Devon [1]

Warbleton [1]

Westerham [1]

Rank

Private [79]

Gunner [9]

Corporal [7]

Lance Corporal [7]

Serjeant [6]

Captain [3]

Driver [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sapper [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Bombardier [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Chief Stoker [1]

Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker 1st Class [1]

Leading Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pte [1]

Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [48]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Engineers [5]

Essex Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Sussex Yeomanry [2]

1st Sussex Yeomanry [1]

36th Australian Heavy Artillery Group [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Canadian Infantry, Quebec Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Fort Garry Horse [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

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

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) [1]

London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

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

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Marines Light Infantry [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment (Cyclists Corp) [1]

Service

British Army [109]

Royal Navy [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [13]

S [13]

M [12]

C [11]

H [11]

R [11]

P [9]

W [8]

G [5]

K [5]

L [5]

D [3]

F [3]

J [3]

A [2]

N [2]

T [2]

V [2]

E [1]

Contribution

Military Service [110]

Country

United Kingdom [115]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

France [1]

Germany [1]

India [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [121] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Hailsham [40] Hellingly [8] Eastbourne [7] Hailsham, Sussex [6] Polegate [3] Battle [2] Brighton [2] Willingdon [2] Ashill, Norfolk [1] Beddingham [1] Berwick [1] Brighton England [1] Broadwater, Worthing [1] Burgh [1] Bury St Edmunds [1] Chiddingly [1] Christchurch, Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Cuckfield [1] Cwmbran, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1] East Hoathly [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Fairlight [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Goudhurst, Sussex [1] Hammersmith, Middlesex [1] Headcorn [1] Herstmonceux [1] Herstmonceux,Sussex. [1] Hollington, Hastings [1] Iden [1] Kensington, London [1] Lambeth [1] Lewes [1] Lindfield, Sussex [1] Little Common, Bexhill [1] London [1] Mark, Somerset [1] Mayfield [1] Polegate, Sussex [1] Portslade [1] Salehurst [1] Seaford [1] Shoreham, Kent [1] Stepney [1] Sutton, Lancashire [1] Upton, Devon [1] Warbleton [1] Westerham [1]

Rank

Private [79] Gunner [9] Corporal [7] Lance Corporal [7] Serjeant [6] Captain [3] Driver [3] Rifleman [3] Sapper [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Sergeant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Bombardier [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Pioneer [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Chief Stoker [1] Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Chief Stoker [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker 1st Class [1] Leading Stoker 2nd Class [1] Lieutenant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pte [1] Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Transport Corporal [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [48] Royal Field Artillery [11] Royal Fusiliers [7] London Regiment [6] Royal Engineers [5] Essex Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] HMS Good Hope [2] Labour Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Sussex Yeomanry [2] 1st Sussex Yeomanry [1] 36th Australian Heavy Artillery Group [1] Army Reserve [1] Army Service Corps [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Canadian Infantry, Quebec Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Fort Garry Horse [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Flirt." [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) [1] London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Marines Light Infantry [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [1] Royal Sussex Regiment (Cyclists Corp) [1]

Service

British Army [109] Royal Navy [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [13] S [13] M [12] C [11] H [11] R [11] P [9] W [8] G [5] K [5] L [5] D [3] F [3] J [3] A [2] N [2] T [2] V [2] E [1]

Contribution

Military Service [110]

Country

United Kingdom [115] Australia [1] Canada [1] France [1] Germany [1] India [1] South Africa [1]

Nelson Victor Carter

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 4 Company Sergeant Major Royal Sussex Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army 4 Acting Regimental Sergeant Major Royal Sussex Regiment 12th Battalion

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Arthur Barnard

Born 1894

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 805010

Canadian Expeditionary Force 805010 Private Canadian Infantry, Quebec Regiment 87th Bn.

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Abraham Ripley

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 13145 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/40970 Private Middlesex Regiment 4th Bn.

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Alfred Freeman Knight

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 371255 Private London Regiment

British Army 371255 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 3382 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Charles Henry Knight

Born 1883

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 7259 16th Infantry Bn.

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George Murrell

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 215 Acting Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 2nd Home Counties Bde.

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Thomas Coleman

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army SD/568 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army SD/568 Company Sergeant Major Royal Sussex Regiment 12th. Bn.

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William Edward Charles

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 651 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 2nd Home Counties Brigade (TF)

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William John Larkin

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 4808 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/16237 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/16237 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 12th Bn.

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Fred Deacon

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 1690 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 5th Bn.(Cinque Ports)

British Army G/12820 Private East Kent Regiment 6th Bn.

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James Thomas Brook

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 6057 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 60572 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 17th Bn.

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Arthur Pye

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 350808 Private London Regiment

British Army 2696 Private London Regiment 7th Bn.

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Frederick Butler

Born 1880

Died 1914

Royal Navy 198254 Able Seaman HMS Good Hope

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Harry Harding

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 92343 Pioneer Royal Engineers "A" Depot Company

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Henry Walter Hollibone

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 206 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 6th Provisional Brigade, 6th Provisional Battery

Royal Navy J57195 Ordinary Seaman

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Bert Vine

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 5/1323 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 4211 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 202989 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Edgar Rigelsford

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 5/2604 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army TF/2604 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Robert H Roberts

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army SD/271 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army SD/271 Sergeant Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Bn.

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James George Gadd

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army SD/4213 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Bn.

British Army SD/4213 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army SD/4213 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion

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Frederick Bonsey Burgess

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 27979 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army G/15206 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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