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Billingshurst, Sussex [5]

Brighton Sussex [3]

Ampthill, Bedfordshire [2]

Arundel, Sussex [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Chobham, Surrey [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Rock, Washington, Pulborough, Sussex, England [2]

Battersea, London [1]

Battle, Sussex [1]

Bega, New South Wales [1]

Billingshurst, West Sussex [1]

Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire [1]

East Greenstead, Sussex [1]

Harringay, London [1]

Herne Hill, Surrey [1]

Lambeth [1]

Penzance, Cornwall [1]

Richmond, Surrey [1]

Rock, Washington, Pulborough, Sussex [1]

Slinfold, Sussex [1]

Walworth, London [1]

Washington. [1]

Rank

Private [27]

Lieutenant [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Captain [6]

Sapper [5]

Serjeant [4]

Acting Corporal [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Paymaster [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain, Acting Major [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Lieutenant, Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant, Acting Major [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Reverend [1]

Reverend / Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Second Lieutenant (Paymaster) [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [10]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Labour Corps [4]

London Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Irish Guards [2]

Non-Combatant Corps [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [2]

Sussex Yeomanry [2]

1st Life Guards [1]

20th Battalion Australian Infantry [1]

3rd Bombay Sappers and Miners [1]

4th Battalion Australian Infantry [1]

4th Division [1]

5th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery [1]

7th Bn. Derbyshire Volunteer Regiment [1]

8th Light Horse Regiment [1]

Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Aust Corps Signal Coy [1]

Berkshire Yeomanry [1]

British Red Cross, Voluntary Aid Detachment, France [1]

Derbyshire Volunteer Regiment [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

General List [1]

H.M.S. Attentive II (Cruiser and Dover Patrol Depot Ship) [1]

H.M.S. Dido (cruiser, depot ship at Tipperary) [1]

H.M.S. King Alfred (cruiser) [1]

H.M.S. Mars (Battleship) [1]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers/ Sappers & Miners [1]

King's African Rifles [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Natal Mounted Infantry [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Service

British Army [55]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Royal Navy [7]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

E [74]

Contribution

Military Service [71]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Canada [1]

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People [74] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Billingshurst, Sussex [5] Brighton Sussex [3] Ampthill, Bedfordshire [2] Arundel, Sussex [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Chobham, Surrey [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Rock, Washington, Pulborough, Sussex, England [2] Battersea, London [1] Battle, Sussex [1] Bega, New South Wales [1] Billingshurst, West Sussex [1] Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire [1] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire [1] East Greenstead, Sussex [1] Harringay, London [1] Herne Hill, Surrey [1] Lambeth [1] Penzance, Cornwall [1] Richmond, Surrey [1] Rock, Washington, Pulborough, Sussex [1] Slinfold, Sussex [1] Walworth, London [1] Washington. [1]

Rank

Private [27] Lieutenant [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Captain [6] Sapper [5] Serjeant [4] Acting Corporal [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Paymaster [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Captain, Acting Major [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Lieutenant, Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant, Acting Major [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Reverend [1] Reverend / Chaplain 4th Class [1] Second Lieutenant (Paymaster) [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [10] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [5] Labour Corps [4] London Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Army Service Corps [2] Irish Guards [2] Non-Combatant Corps [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [2] Sussex Yeomanry [2] 1st Life Guards [1] 20th Battalion Australian Infantry [1] 3rd Bombay Sappers and Miners [1] 4th Battalion Australian Infantry [1] 4th Division [1] 5th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery [1] 7th Bn. Derbyshire Volunteer Regiment [1] 8th Light Horse Regiment [1] Army Chaplain's Department [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Aust Corps Signal Coy [1] Berkshire Yeomanry [1] British Red Cross, Voluntary Aid Detachment, France [1] Derbyshire Volunteer Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] General List [1] H.M.S. Attentive II (Cruiser and Dover Patrol Depot Ship) [1] H.M.S. Dido (cruiser, depot ship at Tipperary) [1] H.M.S. King Alfred (cruiser) [1] H.M.S. Mars (Battleship) [1] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1] Indian Army Reserve of Officers/ Sappers & Miners [1] King's African Rifles [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Natal Mounted Infantry [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Service

British Army [55] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Royal Navy [7] Australian Imperial Force [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

E [74]

Contribution

Military Service [71] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [12] Canada [1]

Arthur Potter Evershed

Born 1885

Died 1959

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant, Acting Captain Royal Field Artillery

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Douglas Victor Evershed

Born 1897

Died 1981

Australian Imperial Force 1264 Sapper 4th Division 12th Field Artilliary Brigade

Australian Imperial Force 1264 Aust Corps Signal Coy

Australian Imperial Force 1264 Private 8th Light Horse Regiment

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Ernest Bernard Evershed

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Stk/82 Private Royal Fusiliers 10th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant King's African Rifles

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Philip Douglas Evershed

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 7th lond Battalion

British Army Captain London Regiment 7th lond Battalion

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Dorothy Evershed

Born 1892

Died 1986

British Army 2/RES H/1566 Nursing Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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Herbert Vernon Evershed

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army PS/10276 Private Royal Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Thomas Charles Evershed

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 2808 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 291149 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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David Jonathan Evershed

Born 1880

Died 1963

South African Services Natal Mounted Infantry

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5774 Corporal Mechanic

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William Charles Evershed

Born 1887

Died 1974

Royal Navy Deal/1422/S Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

British Army 207531 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Francis Raymond Evershed

Born 1899

Died 1966

British Army Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Daniel Evershed

Born 1885

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 1532 Company Sergeant Major 20th Battalion Australian Infantry

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P Evershed

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 4673 Acting Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment

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Allen Evershed

Born 1882

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 1943 Corporal 4th Battalion Australian Infantry

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George William Evershed

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291015

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Reginald Avery Evershed

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28406

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George Allbuary Evershed

Born 1879

Died 1964

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120028

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Walter Evershed

Born 1892

Died 1987

British Army 192223 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Arthur Edward Evershed

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220942

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Arthur Clifford Evershed

Born 1883

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 7275 Bombardier 5th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery

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Frank Evershed

Born 1888

Died 1963

Royal Navy 234653 Able Seaman

Royal Navy 234653 Able Seaman H.M.S. King Alfred (cruiser)

Royal Navy 234653 Able Seaman H.M.S. Dido (cruiser, depot ship at Tipperary)

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