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Brighton [1]

Ditchling Common,Sussex [1]

Hampshire England [1]

Harrietsham England [1]

Hellingly [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Milton New South Wales [1]

Plumpton, Sussex [1]

Rochester, Kent [1]

Seaford, Sussex [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Ticehurst, Sussex [1]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1]

Tunbridge Wells, Sussex [1]

Upnor, Kent [1]

Whitehaven [1]

Whitehaven England [1]

Rank

Private [62]

Corporal [10]

Serjeant [8]

Gunner [4]

Sapper [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Driver [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major /Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Captain [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Cyclist [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Acting Conductor [1]

Staff Serjeant/Acting Conductor [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

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Royal Sussex Regiment [15]

Royal Engineers [12]

Labour Corps [11]

Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Depot [1]

Bedford Yeomanry [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion Saskatchewan Regiment [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

HM Submarine E6 [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps Army Employment Company [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Medical Service and Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Non-Combatant Corps [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Horse Guards [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [104]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Royal Navy [8]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

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Contribution

Military Service [128]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Australia [1]

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Place of birth

Brighton [1] Ditchling Common,Sussex [1] Hampshire England [1] Harrietsham England [1] Hellingly [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Milton New South Wales [1] Plumpton, Sussex [1] Rochester, Kent [1] Seaford, Sussex [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Ticehurst, Sussex [1] Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1] Tunbridge Wells, Sussex [1] Upnor, Kent [1] Whitehaven [1] Whitehaven England [1]

Rank

Private [62] Corporal [10] Serjeant [8] Gunner [4] Sapper [4] Acting Corporal [3] Pioneer [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Driver [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major /Acting Serjeant Major [1] Captain [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Cyclist [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant Acting Conductor [1] Staff Serjeant/Acting Conductor [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] r [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [15] Royal Engineers [12] Labour Corps [11] Army Service Corps [9] Royal Field Artillery [9] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] The Queen's Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Depot [1] Bedford Yeomanry [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion Saskatchewan Regiment [1] Corps of Hussars [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] HM Submarine E6 [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps Army Employment Company [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Medical Service and Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Non-Combatant Corps [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Horse Guards [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [104] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Royal Navy [8] Australian Imperial Force [5] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Last name first letter

L [130]

Contribution

Military Service [128] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8] Australia [1]

John Leaney

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army SD/1392 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 12th (Service) Battalion. (2nd South Down)

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Henry Leaney

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 102356 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 131st Heavy Battery

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Fred Leaney

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 104673 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 230th Siege Battery

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William Leaney

Born 1893

Died 1971

British Army 1468 Corporal Royal Horse Guards

British Army 1468 Trooper Royal Horse Guards

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William James Harry Leaney

Born 1899

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2693

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George Leaney

Born 1882

Died 1960

British Army 6028 Corporal Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 333804 Private Labour Corps Army Employment Company

British Army 10509 Private Royal Fusiliers

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William Leaney

Born 1886

Died 1915

Royal Navy 223480 Able Seaman HM Submarine E6

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Horace Karl Leaney

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 1967 Private Bedford Yeomanry

British Army 30858 Private Bedford Yeomanry

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William Thomas Edmund Leaney

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 159707

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Thomas Leaney

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126834

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Charles Leaney

Born 1870

Died 1915

British Army 12630 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Sydney Leaney

Born 1890

Died 1969

British Army 510 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 1st Home Counties Field Ambulance

British Army 510 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps 2/1st Home Counties Field Ambulance

British Army 493011 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps 2/3 East Lancs Field Ambulance

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Jesse Leaney

Died 1918

British Army 2976 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 282648 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 204969 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Thomas Leaney

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army 227816 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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John Daniel Leaney

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 5693 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 242731 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Frederick Leaney

Died 1918

British Army 9832 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Frederick Leaney

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 8576 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 8576 Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment

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Clifford Powell Leaney

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 174043

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Alfred Francis Ambrose Leaney

Australian Imperial Force 2483

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Charles Francis Leaney

Australian Imperial Force

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