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Hailsham [223]

Eastbourne [97]

Herstmonceux [74]

Hellingly [71]

Hailsham, Sussex [66]

Warbleton, Sussex [58]

Willingdon [44]

Alfriston [42]

East Hoathly [42]

Pevensey, Sussex [41]

Polegate [41]

Brighton [36]

Chiddingly [34]

Laughton [33]

Westham, Sussex [32]

Arlington [29]

Westham [29]

Ripe [26]

Eastbourne, Sussex [24]

Ninfield [23]

Hooe [21]

Ashburnham [19]

Ashburnham, Sussex [19]

Heathfield, Sussex [18]

Polegate, Sussex [18]

Warbleton [18]

Hellingly, Sussex [17]

Wilmington [16]

Herstmonceux, Sussex [14]

Lewes [14]

Pevensey [14]

Wartling [14]

Bexhill [13]

Heathfield [13]

Laughton, Sussex [13]

Waldron [12]

Alfriston, Sussex [11]

Chalvington [10]

Mayfield [10]

Wartling, Sussex [10]

Hastings [9]

Jevington [9]

London [9]

Newhaven [9]

Selmeston [9]

Alciston [8]

Catsfield [8]

Chiddingly, Sussex [8]

East Dean, near Eastbourne [8]

Framfield [8]

Rank

Private [1428]

Gunner [255]

Driver [138]

Corporal [131]

Sapper [125]

Lance Corporal [105]

Serjeant [86]

Able Seaman [53]

Second Lieutenant [53]

Lieutenant [47]

Sergeant [44]

Boy Sailor [37]

Bombardier [33]

Captain [28]

Pioneer [28]

Rifleman [25]

Acting Corporal [22]

Stoker [17]

Ordinary Seaman [16]

Petty Officer [16]

Trooper [16]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [15]

Acting Serjeant [14]

Major [13]

Leading Stoker [10]

Acting Bombardier [9]

Leading Seaman [9]

Guardsman [8]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [7]

Battery Serjeant Major [7]

Stoker Petty Officer [7]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Air Mechanic [5]

Boy [5]

Company Sergeant Major [5]

Lance Sergeant [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Acting Sergeant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Drummer [4]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Stoker Class 1 [4]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [632]

Royal Field Artillery [300]

Royal Engineers [159]

Labour Corps [120]

Army Service Corps [118]

Royal Garrison Artillery [113]

Canadian Infantry [87]

Royal Fusiliers [79]

Middlesex Regiment [72]

Army Reserve [55]

London Regiment [50]

Royal Artillery [43]

Canadian Engineers [42]

Machine Gun Corps [39]

Royal West Kent Regiment [39]

Royal Army Service Corps [37]

Royal Army Medical Corps [35]

East Surrey Regiment [34]

Royal Naval Division [32]

Bedfordshire Regiment [28]

Suffolk Regiment [28]

Army Veterinary Corps [24]

East Kent Regiment [24]

The Queen's Regiment [23]

Sussex Yeomanry [22]

British West Indies Regiment [18]

Training Reserve [18]

Hampshire Regiment [17]

Rifle Brigade [17]

Royal Horse Artillery [17]

Coldstream Guards [16]

Essex Regiment [16]

Grenadier Guards [16]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [16]

Lancashire Fusiliers [16]

Northamptonshire Regiment [16]

Royal Naval Air Service [16]

Royal Defence Corps [14]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [14]

Durham Light Infantry [13]

Lincolnshire Regiment [12]

Royal Horse & Field Artillery [12]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [11]

Manchester Regiment [11]

Tank Corps [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Royal Air Force [9]

Scots Guards [9]

Army Ordnance Corps [8]

Canadian Forestry Corps [8]

Service

British Army [2112]

Royal Navy [270]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [244]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [118]

Australian Imperial Force [31]

Other Empire Force [11]

Indian Army [4]

South African Services [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [337]

H [300]

C [250]

S [219]

M [202]

W [187]

P [181]

F [142]

G [142]

D [129]

R [116]

L [106]

T [91]

A [65]

E [65]

K [47]

V [40]

J [39]

N [32]

I [14]

O [12]

Y [9]

U [6]

Contribution

Military Service [2447]

Merchant Navy [17]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [2234]

India [36]

Canada [29]

Ireland [7]

Australia [4]

Gibraltar [3]

Egypt [2]

Germany [2]

Hong Kong [2]

Malta [2]

South Africa [2]

Belgium [1]

France [1]

Iraq [1]

Jamaica [1]

Pakistan [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Hailsham [223] Eastbourne [97] Herstmonceux [74] Hellingly [71] Hailsham, Sussex [66] Warbleton, Sussex [58] Willingdon [44] Alfriston [42] East Hoathly [42] Pevensey, Sussex [41] Polegate [41] Brighton [36] Chiddingly [34] Laughton [33] Westham, Sussex [32] Arlington [29] Westham [29] Ripe [26] Eastbourne, Sussex [24] Ninfield [23] Hooe [21] Ashburnham [19] Ashburnham, Sussex [19] Heathfield, Sussex [18] Polegate, Sussex [18] Warbleton [18] Hellingly, Sussex [17] Wilmington [16] Herstmonceux, Sussex [14] Lewes [14] Pevensey [14] Wartling [14] Bexhill [13] Heathfield [13] Laughton, Sussex [13] Waldron [12] Alfriston, Sussex [11] Chalvington [10] Mayfield [10] Wartling, Sussex [10] Hastings [9] Jevington [9] London [9] Newhaven [9] Selmeston [9] Alciston [8] Catsfield [8] Chiddingly, Sussex [8] East Dean, near Eastbourne [8] Framfield [8]

Rank

Private [1428] Gunner [255] Driver [138] Corporal [131] Sapper [125] Lance Corporal [105] Serjeant [86] Able Seaman [53] Second Lieutenant [53] Lieutenant [47] Sergeant [44] Boy Sailor [37] Bombardier [33] Captain [28] Pioneer [28] Rifleman [25] Acting Corporal [22] Stoker [17] Ordinary Seaman [16] Petty Officer [16] Trooper [16] Warrant Officer Class 2 [15] Acting Serjeant [14] Major [13] Leading Stoker [10] Acting Bombardier [9] Leading Seaman [9] Guardsman [8] Lance Serjeant [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [7] Battery Serjeant Major [7] Stoker Petty Officer [7] Boy 1st Class [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Air Mechanic [5] Boy [5] Company Sergeant Major [5] Lance Sergeant [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Acting Sergeant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Boy 2nd Class [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [4] Deck Hand [4] Drummer [4] Shoeing Smith [4] Stoker Class 1 [4]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [632] Royal Field Artillery [300] Royal Engineers [159] Labour Corps [120] Army Service Corps [118] Royal Garrison Artillery [113] Canadian Infantry [87] Royal Fusiliers [79] Middlesex Regiment [72] Army Reserve [55] London Regiment [50] Royal Artillery [43] Canadian Engineers [42] Machine Gun Corps [39] Royal West Kent Regiment [39] Royal Army Service Corps [37] Royal Army Medical Corps [35] East Surrey Regiment [34] Royal Naval Division [32] Bedfordshire Regiment [28] Suffolk Regiment [28] Army Veterinary Corps [24] East Kent Regiment [24] The Queen's Regiment [23] Sussex Yeomanry [22] British West Indies Regiment [18] Training Reserve [18] Hampshire Regiment [17] Rifle Brigade [17] Royal Horse Artillery [17] Coldstream Guards [16] Essex Regiment [16] Grenadier Guards [16] King's Royal Rifle Corps [16] Lancashire Fusiliers [16] Northamptonshire Regiment [16] Royal Naval Air Service [16] Royal Defence Corps [14] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [14] Durham Light Infantry [13] Lincolnshire Regiment [12] Royal Horse & Field Artillery [12] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [11] Manchester Regiment [11] Tank Corps [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Royal Air Force [9] Scots Guards [9] Army Ordnance Corps [8] Canadian Forestry Corps [8]

Service

British Army [2112] Royal Navy [270] Canadian Expeditionary Force [244] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [118] Australian Imperial Force [31] Other Empire Force [11] Indian Army [4] South African Services [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [337] H [300] C [250] S [219] M [202] W [187] P [181] F [142] G [142] D [129] R [116] L [106] T [91] A [65] E [65] K [47] V [40] J [39] N [32] I [14] O [12] Y [9] U [6]

Contribution

Military Service [2447] Merchant Navy [17] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [2234] India [36] Canada [29] Ireland [7] Australia [4] Gibraltar [3] Egypt [2] Germany [2] Hong Kong [2] Malta [2] South Africa [2] Belgium [1] France [1] Iraq [1] Jamaica [1] Pakistan [1] United States [1]

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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Percy James Hammond

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 10883 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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George Charles Levitt

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army GS/8569 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal West Kent Regiment 11th Battalion

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Walter Jesse Levett

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 8305 L/Cpl Grenadier Guards 2nd Bn.

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Ernest Alfred Page

Born 1871

Died 1917

British Army 8159 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd Battalion

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William Barber

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army 38 Royal Garrison Artillery Cinque Ports (Volunteers)

British Army 33 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Field Artillery 2nd Home Counties Brigade

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Cecil Gordon Bignell

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army A/3049 Staff Serjeant Army Ordnance Corps 36th Comoany (Weedon)

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Albert Baldwin

Born 1873

Died 1919

British Army 22542 Serjeant Essex Regiment

British Army 3603 Sergeant Royal Sussex Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 329 Sergeant Royal Sussex Regiment

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Jack Stanley Waters

Born 1896

British Army G/3409 Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 9th Bn.

British Army G/3409 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Bn.

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Albert Stevens

Born 1883

British Army Army Reserve

British Army 7861 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 7861 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Phyllis Annie Skinner

Born 1894

Died 1918

Royal Navy G6776 Chief Section Leader Steward Women's Royal Naval Service

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Robert Slipper Barnes

Born 1894

Died 1918

Royal Navy F1047 Leading Mechanic RNAS

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 201047 Corporal

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Harry Whitehead

Born 1885

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44469 Air Mechanic 2nd Class

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William Frederick Finch

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army G/37900 Lance Corporal The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Edward Louis Lee

Born 1881

British Army 156862 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 160th Siege Battery

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Albert Edward Drewell

Born 1902

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119909 Air Mechanic 3rd Class

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Edward Albert Stedman

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army T/289896 Driver Royal Army Service Corps 668th Coy

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William George Simmons

Born 1890

Died 1921

British Army 45802 Warrant Officer Class 2 Machine Gun Corps

British Army 7809059 Bombardier Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 7809059 Company Sergeant Major Royal Sussex Regiment

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Alfred Charles Fears

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 12754 Private Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

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James Winter

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army SR/1207 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion

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