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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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People [136] Stories Communities

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]

Charles Clifford Mercer

Born 1888

Died 1919

Royal Navy 232321 Able Seaman

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Meshach Henry Mercer

Born 1884

Died 1920

British Army SD/1405 Royal Sussex Regiment 12th (2nd Southdowns) Battalion

British Army 44965 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Alfred J Harman

British Army 48750 Private Rifle Brigade

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Arthur H C Gladwish

Died 1918

British Army 1586 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 534247 Driver Royal Engineers

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Basil Victor Jones

Born 1887

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 190

Canadian Expeditionary Force 190 Private Canadian Army Service Corps

Canadian Expeditionary Force

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William Piercy

Born 1870

Died 1917

British Army 116797 Pioneer Royal Engineers 5th Labour Battalion

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Ward Britt

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 783 Sapper Royal Engineers 2nd Home Counties

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Frederick Spencer Wellesley Bagot

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 4138 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/18180 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion

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William Bennett

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 5/2183 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 240402 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 240402 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

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Albert John Baldwin

Born 1900

Died 1921

Royal Navy J55663 Boy Sailor

Royal Navy J55663 Able Seaman HMS "Valentine"

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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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Maurice Charles Humphrey Lloyd

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant HMS Iphigenia

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

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William Fairhall Curd

Born 1894

Died 1918

Royal Navy K17857

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William Henry Axell

Died 1917

British Army 5/2692 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 240646 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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George Fellows

British Army 44035 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Gilbert C Axell

British Army 41489 Private Norfolk Regiment Depot

British Army 49326 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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