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Rye, East Sussex [20]

Rye, East Sussex, [9]

Rye, Sussex [4]

Brede, East Sussex [3]

Rye. East Sussex [3]

Ebony, Kent [2]

Rye, Sussex, England [2]

Westfield, East Sussex [2]

All Saints, Hastings , East Sussex [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Beckley East Sussex [1]

Beckley, East Sussex [1]

Beckley. Kent [1]

Benenden, nr Cranbrook, Kent [1]

Brede [1]

Brede, Rye, East Sussex [1]

Brede, Sussex [1]

Bridge, Kent [1]

Brighton, East Sussex [1]

Cambrwell, Surrey [1]

Catsfield, East Sussex [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chiddingly [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Ewhurst, Battle, East Sussex [1]

Ewhurst, E Sussex: registration in Battle, East Sussex [1]

Ewhurst, East Sussex [1]

Ewhurst, Sussex [1]

Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk [1]

Fletching, Sussex [1]

Fulham. Hammersmith, London [1]

Guestling, East Sussex [1]

Guestling, east Sussex [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Hawkhurst, Kent [1]

Heathfield [1]

Hellingly, Sussex [1]

Hollingbourne, Kent [1]

Horsham, Sussex [1]

Icklesham, (Rye) East Sussex [1]

Icklesham, East Sussex [1]

Iden,Rye, Sussex, [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Louth , Lincolnshire [1]

Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

Lydd, Kent [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Montevideo, [1]

Northampton, Northamptonshire. [1]

Rank

Private [89]

Lance Corporal [12]

Corporal [9]

Gunner [7]

Pte [7]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Sapper [5]

Serjeant [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Rifleman [4]

Lieutenant [3]

corporal [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

lance corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Boy Sailor [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Lance Segeant [1]

Lance corporal [1]

Leading Boatswain [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Pioneer [1]

Second Lietenant [1]

Shipwright 2nd class [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

able seaman [1]

lance serjeant [1]

leading stoker [1]

private [1]

pte [1]

sapper [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [54]

East Kent Regiment [10]

Royal Sussex Reg't [9]

Royal Engineers [7]

London Regiment [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment, [3]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [2]

Kings Royal Rifle Corps [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Hampshire Regiment [2]

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

14th Australian Field Artillery [1]

1st Provisional Coy [1]

2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Buffs,(East Kent) Regiment [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment, The Buffs [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Sussey Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

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

HM Coastguard - H.M.S. "India." [1]

HMS "Valentine" [1]

HMS Bayano [1]

HMS Derwent [1]

HMS Iphigenia [1]

HMS Vivtory [1]

Indian Army [1]

Inns of Court Regiment [1]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

Service

British Army [119]

Royal Navy [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [16]

P [12]

C [11]

H [11]

S [11]

T [11]

M [9]

W [9]

A [7]

J [7]

F [6]

D [5]

E [5]

G [5]

L [5]

R [4]

K [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [131]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [85]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Rye, East Sussex [20] Rye, East Sussex, [9] Rye, Sussex [4] Brede, East Sussex [3] Rye. East Sussex [3] Ebony, Kent [2] Rye, Sussex, England [2] Westfield, East Sussex [2] All Saints, Hastings , East Sussex [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Beckley East Sussex [1] Beckley, East Sussex [1] Beckley. Kent [1] Benenden, nr Cranbrook, Kent [1] Brede [1] Brede, Rye, East Sussex [1] Brede, Sussex [1] Bridge, Kent [1] Brighton, East Sussex [1] Cambrwell, Surrey [1] Catsfield, East Sussex [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chiddingly [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Ewhurst, Battle, East Sussex [1] Ewhurst, E Sussex: registration in Battle, East Sussex [1] Ewhurst, East Sussex [1] Ewhurst, Sussex [1] Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk [1] Fletching, Sussex [1] Fulham. Hammersmith, London [1] Guestling, East Sussex [1] Guestling, east Sussex [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Hawkhurst, Kent [1] Heathfield [1] Hellingly, Sussex [1] Hollingbourne, Kent [1] Horsham, Sussex [1] Icklesham, (Rye) East Sussex [1] Icklesham, East Sussex [1] Iden,Rye, Sussex, [1] Kensington, London [1] Louth , Lincolnshire [1] Luton, Bedfordshire [1] Lydd, Kent [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Montevideo, [1] Northampton, Northamptonshire. [1]

Rank

Private [89] Lance Corporal [12] Corporal [9] Gunner [7] Pte [7] Second Lieutenant [6] Sapper [5] Serjeant [5] Able Seaman [4] Rifleman [4] Lieutenant [3] corporal [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Corporal [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] lance corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Boy Sailor [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Lance Segeant [1] Lance corporal [1] Leading Boatswain [1] Leading Stoker [1] Naval Cadet [1] Pioneer [1] Second Lietenant [1] Shipwright 2nd class [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] able seaman [1] lance serjeant [1] leading stoker [1] private [1] pte [1] sapper [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [54] East Kent Regiment [10] Royal Sussex Reg't [9] Royal Engineers [7] London Regiment [5] Army Service Corps [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Sussex Regiment, [3] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [2] Kings Royal Rifle Corps [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Hampshire Regiment [2] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2] 14th Australian Field Artillery [1] 1st Provisional Coy [1] 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Buffs,(East Kent) Regiment [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Canadian Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment, The Buffs [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Sussey Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Victory" [1] HM Coastguard - H.M.S. "India." [1] HMS "Valentine" [1] HMS Bayano [1] HMS Derwent [1] HMS Iphigenia [1] HMS Vivtory [1] Indian Army [1] Inns of Court Regiment [1] Kent Cyclist Battalion [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

Service

British Army [119] Royal Navy [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Australian Imperial Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [16] P [12] C [11] H [11] S [11] T [11] M [9] W [9] A [7] J [7] F [6] D [5] E [5] G [5] L [5] R [4] K [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [131] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [85] Canada [1] Ireland [1]

George Elliott

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army GS/55331 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 55331 Private Royal Fusilliers, London Regiment 10th Bat

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Frederick Ford

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army G/5774 Lance Corporal East Kent Regiment

British Army G/5774 lance serjeant East Kent Regiment, The Buffs 8th Batt

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Harry George Albert Downey

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 20444 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army A/204114 formerly TR/13/50490 of 19th TR Batt Rifleman Kings Royal Rifle Corps 13th Batt

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Francis Albert Martin

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army L/9781 Lance Corporal East Kent Regiment

British Army L/9781 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army L/9781 Lance Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Thomas Cousins

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army G/26717 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/26717 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Richard F Page

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army S/2848 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 5/2848 Private Royal Sussex Regiment,

British Army 2848 Pte Royal Sussex Regiment, 1/5th Bat

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Eric Morley Smith

Born 1892

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3112

Australian Imperial Force 3112 Gunner 14th Australian Field Artillery 5th Australian Division

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James Ellis

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 4598 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 202217 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 202217 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st 4th Batt

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Albert Britt

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 5/1537 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army TF/1337 private Royal Sussex Reg't 1st 5th Batt

British Army TF/1337 Private Royal Sussex Reg't 1st/5th Batt

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Victor Albert Sims

Born 1997

Died 1916

British Army 1749 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army GS/7475 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/7475 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 8th Bn

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William Henry Jempson

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 168846 Gunner Royal Field Artillery D Battery

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Gabriel B Carmichael

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army S/26483 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Douglas Albert Smith

Died 1914

British Army 11252 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Rifleman 1st Bn

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Thomas Martin

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 135753 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 772003 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Robert Leatherby

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 330094 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 285078 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 156734 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Willie Henry Page

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 5/3196 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 1/5th Battalion

British Army 3196 Private Royal Sussex Regiment, 1/5th Bat

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John Thomas Swaine

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 6991 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army L/6991 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 2nd Batt

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Joseph Adams

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 5/2188 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army S/2188 Second Lietenant Royal Sussex Regiment, 3rd Batt

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Henry Pope

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 42434 Corporal Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 42434 Corporal Yorkshire Regiment 13th Bat

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Sydney Magrath

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army G/24402 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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