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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]

Donald Leslie Lucas

Born 1900

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86646 Boy

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James Thomas Malpass

Born 1885

Died 1920

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14598

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Charles Nailard Burstow

Born 1897

Died 1916

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22642

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George Edward Smith

Born 1891

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 314375

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Edward Divall

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army G/21713 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 3463 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army G/21713 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Thomas Allan Park

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2897 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army TF/240738 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 1/5 Battalion

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Ernest James Brown

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army SD/1157 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army SD/1157 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion

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Frederick Charles Eves

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army A/1307 Staff Serjeant Royal Army Ordnance Corps

British Army A/1307 Staff Serjeant Army Ordnance Corps

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Ernest William Martin

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Sergeant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 5/2348 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 5/2348 Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 5th Battalion

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John Cruttenden Lingham

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army G/34011 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Charles William Oakman

Born 1877

Died 1920

British Army G/7302 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/7302 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion

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Albert George Hicks

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 5/1481 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 202128 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army TF202128 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 5th Battalion

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Albert Thomas Hepden

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 16988 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 58032 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edward Mears

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 1264 Royal Fusiliers

British Army 50657 Lance Serjeant Royal Defence Corps 13th Observer Company

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Horace Henry Davey

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 4/2429 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 1/4 Battalion

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Rennie Hall

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army S/15302 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 15th Battalion

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Albert John Noakes

Born 1892

Died 1919

British Army 39638 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 211394 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lance Bombardier RGA

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Robert William Ernest Deacon

Born 1884

Died 1919

British Army 208936 Private Labour Corps

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Reginald Albert Edward Read

Born 1900

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88949

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88949 Lance Corporal

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Henry Smith

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army SD/4872 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion

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