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Hastings [3]

Hastings, Sussex [3]

Battle [1]

Devon [1]

Dulwich [1]

Kensington London [1]

Reigate, Surrey [1]

Saint Leonards, Sussex [1]

Skeffington, Leicestershire [1]

St Leonards, Sussex [1]

Staines, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [29]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Gunner [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Serjeant [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Flight Lieutenant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Midshipman [1]

Nurse [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Seaman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Trimmer [1]

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Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

London Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Army Service Corps [1]

Buckinghamshire Hussars [1]

Canadian Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

HMS Falcon [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lancers [1]

London Regiment (The Rangers) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [1]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

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

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Clan McNaughton [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

South African Native Labour Corps [1]

South Lancashire Regiment [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Service

British Army [40]

Royal Navy [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [14]

T [9]

M [5]

L [4]

R [4]

B [3]

D [3]

P [3]

W [3]

F [2]

V [2]

A [1]

H [1]

J [1]

N [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [50]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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People [57] Stories Communities

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Hastings [3] Hastings, Sussex [3] Battle [1] Devon [1] Dulwich [1] Kensington London [1] Reigate, Surrey [1] Saint Leonards, Sussex [1] Skeffington, Leicestershire [1] St Leonards, Sussex [1] Staines, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [29] Second Lieutenant [6] Gunner [5] Lieutenant [5] Serjeant [3] Lance Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Flight Lieutenant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Major [1] Midshipman [1] Nurse [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Seaman [1] Sergeant [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Trimmer [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] London Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [3] East Surrey Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Army Service Corps [1] Buckinghamshire Hussars [1] Canadian Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] HMS Falcon [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lancers [1] London Regiment (The Rangers) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Mercantile Marine Reserve [1] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Clan McNaughton [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Shropshire Light Infantry [1] South African Native Labour Corps [1] South Lancashire Regiment [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Service

British Army [40] Royal Navy [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [14] T [9] M [5] L [4] R [4] B [3] D [3] P [3] W [3] F [2] V [2] A [1] H [1] J [1] N [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [50]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Charles Frank Toogood

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army L/10708 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Francis George Truscott

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant

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Claude F Lovack-Land

Died 1917

British Army 1562 Private Buckinghamshire Hussars

British Army 205353 Private Corps of Hussars

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Walter James Farrier

Born 1886

Died 1915

Royal Navy 801188 Trimmer Mercantile Marine Reserve

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Edward Arnold Dyer

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Canadian Expeditionary Force

British Army Lieutenant Shropshire Light Infantry

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Edward Riddle

Died 1917

British Army G/19321 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/19321 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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James Alfred Slow

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 83195 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Arthur Slow

Born 1891

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 164484

Canadian Expeditionary Force 164484 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Samuel Meech

British Army S/8962 Private Royal Highlanders

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Frederick Victor Strutt

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 291564

Canadian Expeditionary Force 291564

Canadian Expeditionary Force 291564 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 222nd Overseas Battalion

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John Wisdom Paige Sutton

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army G/1528 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/1528 Acting Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

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Victor Maslin Yeates

Born 1897

Died 1934

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Acting Flight Lieutenant

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William George Smith

Born 1881

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 187712

Canadian Expeditionary Force 187712 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry

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Richard Caleb George Moon

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 203280 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Thomas Frederick Farrier

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 5/2586 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Charles Arthur Beaney

Born 1876

Died 1914

Royal Navy 282405 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Falcon

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Robert J Riley

British Army 53227 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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