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Burwash, Sussex [6]

Horsham, Sussex [5]

Eyemouth, Berwickshire [4]

Steyning, Sussex [3]

Aberdeen [2]

Brighton, East Sussex [2]

Burwash, East Sussex [2]

Henfield, Sussex [2]

Hull [2]

Newhaven, Sussex [2]

10 Albert Mews, Hove, East Sussex [1]

17 Grosvenor Place, Chapel Street, Belgrave, London [1]

Ashburnham [1]

Blackrod, Lancashire [1]

Bolney, Sussex [1]

Brighton district,Sussex [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brixham [1]

Bromyard, Worcestershire [1]

Burwash, Hastings, Sussex [1]

Capel, Surrey [1]

Carloway, Stornoway [1]

Charlwood, Surrey [1]

Chiddingly [1]

Collingwood, Ontario [1]

Dorking, Surrey [1]

Dublin [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Everton, Lancashire [1]

Glasgow [1]

Godalming, Surrey [1]

Hadleigh, Suffolk [1]

Hamilton, Lanark [1]

Hastings [1]

Haywards Heath, West Sussex [1]

Heathfield, Sussex [1]

Hellingly England [1]

Horsham [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Leeds [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire [1]

Lochgiphead, Argyllshire [1]

London [1]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Mayfield, East Sussex [1]

Midhurst, Sussex [1]

New York, Near Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

North End House,Rottingdean, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [113]

Lance Corporal [21]

Gunner [14]

Lieutenant [14]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Captain [11]

Corporal [11]

Deck Hand [10]

Serjeant [10]

Driver [5]

Engineman [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [3]

Boy [3]

Rifleman [3]

Second Hand [3]

Sergeant [3]

Trimmer [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Guardsman [2]

Leading Deck Hand [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Pioneer [2]

Sapper [2]

Seaman [2]

Skipper [2]

1st Class Stoker [1]

Acting Commander [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Armourer Serjeant [1]

BD/Serjeant [1]

Band Serjeant [1]

Band corporal [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Colonel/Temporary Major General [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

First Mate [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [58]

Royal Naval Reserve [24]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Piscatorial II" [9]

Labour Corps [8]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Borneo" [7]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

London Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Balfour" [3]

Sussex Yeomanry [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [2]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2]

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

14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs [1]

14th Sikhs [1]

16th (Queen's) Lancers [1]

177977) Labour Corps [1]

20th Hussars [1]

21st Hussars [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Service

British Army [181]

Royal Navy [49]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Canadian Navy [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [28]

H [25]

W [23]

S [22]

M [18]

C [17]

P [17]

D [13]

K [12]

L [11]

G [10]

T [10]

A [9]

F [9]

R [6]

J [4]

N [4]

E [3]

I [3]

Y [3]

O [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [190]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [59]

Canada [1]

India [1]

Singapore [1]

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Place of birth

Burwash, Sussex [6] Horsham, Sussex [5] Eyemouth, Berwickshire [4] Steyning, Sussex [3] Aberdeen [2] Brighton, East Sussex [2] Burwash, East Sussex [2] Henfield, Sussex [2] Hull [2] Newhaven, Sussex [2] 10 Albert Mews, Hove, East Sussex [1] 17 Grosvenor Place, Chapel Street, Belgrave, London [1] Ashburnham [1] Blackrod, Lancashire [1] Bolney, Sussex [1] Brighton district,Sussex [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brixham [1] Bromyard, Worcestershire [1] Burwash, Hastings, Sussex [1] Capel, Surrey [1] Carloway, Stornoway [1] Charlwood, Surrey [1] Chiddingly [1] Collingwood, Ontario [1] Dorking, Surrey [1] Dublin [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Everton, Lancashire [1] Glasgow [1] Godalming, Surrey [1] Hadleigh, Suffolk [1] Hamilton, Lanark [1] Hastings [1] Haywards Heath, West Sussex [1] Heathfield, Sussex [1] Hellingly England [1] Horsham [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Leeds [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire [1] Lochgiphead, Argyllshire [1] London [1] Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Marylebone, London [1] Mayfield, East Sussex [1] Midhurst, Sussex [1] New York, Near Boston, Lincolnshire [1] North End House,Rottingdean, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [113] Lance Corporal [21] Gunner [14] Lieutenant [14] Second Lieutenant [13] Captain [11] Corporal [11] Deck Hand [10] Serjeant [10] Driver [5] Engineman [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Bombardier [3] Boy [3] Rifleman [3] Second Hand [3] Sergeant [3] Trimmer [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Guardsman [2] Leading Deck Hand [2] Petty Officer [2] Pioneer [2] Sapper [2] Seaman [2] Skipper [2] 1st Class Stoker [1] Acting Commander [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Armourer Serjeant [1] BD/Serjeant [1] Band Serjeant [1] Band corporal [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Colonel/Temporary Major General [1] Commander [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] First Mate [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lance Bombardier [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [58] Royal Naval Reserve [24] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Piscatorial II" [9] Labour Corps [8] Royal Field Artillery [8] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Borneo" [7] Royal Engineers [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [6] Army Service Corps [5] London Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Coldstream Guards [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal West Surrey Regiment [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Balfour" [3] Sussex Yeomanry [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Pay Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [2] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment [2] 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs [1] 14th Sikhs [1] 16th (Queen's) Lancers [1] 177977) Labour Corps [1] 20th Hussars [1] 21st Hussars [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Service

British Army [181] Royal Navy [49] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Canadian Navy [2] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [28] H [25] W [23] S [22] M [18] C [17] P [17] D [13] K [12] L [11] G [10] T [10] A [9] F [9] R [6] J [4] N [4] E [3] I [3] Y [3] O [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [190] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [59] Canada [1] India [1] Singapore [1]

Frederick John Archer

Born 1864

Died 1916

British Army NR/20170 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 5th Battalion

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George Henry Hall Scott

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army Captain The Queen's Regiment

British Army Captain The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Frank Killick

Born 1874

Died 1919

British Army 11032 Battery Serjeant Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army 11032 Warrant Officer Class 1 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 11032 Regimental Serjeant Major Royal Field Artillery

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John Robsart Walpole

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal West Surrey Regiment

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Albert Jack Downe Nessling

Born 1891

Died 1920

British Army M2/073898 Lieutenant Army Service Corps

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Archibald William Mcrae, Mid

Born 1879

Died 1915

Indian Army Captain Sikhs

Indian Army Captain

Indian Army Captain 14th Sikhs

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James Harriott

Born 1874

Died 1918

British Army 57830 Private Essex Regiment 17th Battalion

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Alexander Aylmer Curtis Garnons-Williams

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army Captain South Wales Borderers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers

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Frank Pierce

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army G/13875 Lance Corporal The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Lincoln William Boxall

Born 1899

Died 1917

Royal Navy J48316 Boy 2nd Class H.M.S. Impregnable

Royal Navy J48316 Boy 1st Class H.M.S. Impregnable

Royal Navy J48316 Boy 1st Class H.M.S. Hercules

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