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Brighton, Sussex [7]

Edenbridge, Kent [4]

Geelong Victoria [4]

London England [4]

Maidstone, Kent [4]

Brighton [3]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [3]

Croydon, Surrey [3]

Hammersmith, London [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Alfriston [2]

Alfriston, Sussex [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Dartford, Kent [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Kentish Town, London [2]

Litlington, Sussex [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Moss Vale New South Wales [2]

Mundooran New South Wales [2]

Newton Abbott, Devon [2]

Poole, Dorset [2]

Redhill, Surrey [2]

Saint Leonards, Sussex [2]

Somerset [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Taunton, Somerset [2]

59 Morville St Bow E [1]

Albury Western Australia [1]

Antwerp [1]

Arlington [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Aston England [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Balcombe, Sussex [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battle, Sussex [1]

Berkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Bishops Stortford, Essex [1]

Bloomsbury, London [1]

Bowmans Forest Victoria [1]

Bramley, Guildford, Surrey [1]

Brasted, Kent [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset [1]

Bristol [1]

Rank

Private [645]

Gunner [96]

Serjeant [69]

Corporal [68]

Driver [62]

Lance Corporal [38]

Sapper [37]

Second Lieutenant [28]

Lieutenant [16]

Captain [15]

Acting Corporal [14]

Bombardier [10]

Pioneer [10]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Major [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Acting Bombardier [5]

2nd Class Assistant Surgeon [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Petty Officer [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Boy Sailor [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Musician [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

Acitng Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Bandmaster [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [96]

Royal Engineers [76]

Army Service Corps [75]

Royal Garrison Artillery [71]

Labour Corps [63]

London Regiment [58]

Royal Sussex Regiment [51]

Royal Army Medical Corps [41]

Machine Gun Corps [34]

Royal Fusiliers [33]

Royal West Kent Regiment [31]

Middlesex Regiment [24]

Essex Regiment [23]

Hampshire Regiment [21]

East Kent Regiment [20]

The Queen's Regiment [20]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [19]

Rifle Brigade [17]

Devonshire Regiment [16]

East Surrey Regiment [16]

Wiltshire Regiment [15]

Army Veterinary Corps [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Somerset Light Infantry [12]

Suffolk Regiment [12]

South Staffordshire Regiment [11]

Bedfordshire Regiment [10]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

Welsh Regiment [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

Royal Flying Corps [8]

South Lancashire Regiment [8]

Hussars [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Coldstream Guards [6]

Dorset Regiment [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Royal Horse Artillery [6]

Service

British Army [1089]

Royal Navy [133]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [78]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [62]

Australian Imperial Force [55]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [1436]

L [13]

Contribution

Military Service [1414]

Merchant Navy [19]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [53]

Gibraltar [1]

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Place of birth

Brighton, Sussex [7] Edenbridge, Kent [4] Geelong Victoria [4] London England [4] Maidstone, Kent [4] Brighton [3] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [3] Croydon, Surrey [3] Hammersmith, London [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Alfriston [2] Alfriston, Sussex [2] Chelsea, London [2] Dartford, Kent [2] Hackney, London [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Kentish Town, London [2] Litlington, Sussex [2] London, Middlesex [2] Moss Vale New South Wales [2] Mundooran New South Wales [2] Newton Abbott, Devon [2] Poole, Dorset [2] Redhill, Surrey [2] Saint Leonards, Sussex [2] Somerset [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Taunton, Somerset [2] 59 Morville St Bow E [1] Albury Western Australia [1] Antwerp [1] Arlington [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Aston England [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Balcombe, Sussex [1] Battersea, London [1] Battle, Sussex [1] Berkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Bishops Stortford, Essex [1] Bloomsbury, London [1] Bowmans Forest Victoria [1] Bramley, Guildford, Surrey [1] Brasted, Kent [1] Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Bristol [1]

Rank

Private [645] Gunner [96] Serjeant [69] Corporal [68] Driver [62] Lance Corporal [38] Sapper [37] Second Lieutenant [28] Lieutenant [16] Captain [15] Acting Corporal [14] Bombardier [10] Pioneer [10] Acting Serjeant [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Major [6] Able Seaman [5] Acting Bombardier [5] 2nd Class Assistant Surgeon [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Petty Officer [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Rifleman [3] Sergeant [3] Trooper [3] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Boy Sailor [2] Brigadier General [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Musician [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Signal Boy [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Worker [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [1] Acitng Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Bandmaster [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [96] Royal Engineers [76] Army Service Corps [75] Royal Garrison Artillery [71] Labour Corps [63] London Regiment [58] Royal Sussex Regiment [51] Royal Army Medical Corps [41] Machine Gun Corps [34] Royal Fusiliers [33] Royal West Kent Regiment [31] Middlesex Regiment [24] Essex Regiment [23] Hampshire Regiment [21] East Kent Regiment [20] The Queen's Regiment [20] King's Royal Rifle Corps [19] Rifle Brigade [17] Devonshire Regiment [16] East Surrey Regiment [16] Wiltshire Regiment [15] Army Veterinary Corps [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Somerset Light Infantry [12] Suffolk Regiment [12] South Staffordshire Regiment [11] Bedfordshire Regiment [10] Royal Berkshire Regiment [10] Royal Naval Division [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] Welsh Regiment [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] Royal Flying Corps [8] South Lancashire Regiment [8] Hussars [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] Coldstream Guards [6] Dorset Regiment [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Royal Horse Artillery [6]

Service

British Army [1089] Royal Navy [133] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [78] Canadian Expeditionary Force [62] Australian Imperial Force [55] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [1436] L [13]

Contribution

Military Service [1414] Merchant Navy [19] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [53] Gibraltar [1]

Francis Scott Marchant

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army Borders Regiment 3/5 Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 20048 Private 3rd Brigade 10th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant The Border Regiment

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George Marchant

Born 1896

Died 1972

British Army S4/140398 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 140398 Baker ASC

British Army Private

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James Marchant

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army G/3345 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 9th Battalion

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Clarence Henry Marchant

Born 1893

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10062 Lieutenant No. 5 Fighting School

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Ronald Robert Marchant

Born 1885

Died 1952

British Army M2/139346 Private Army Service Corps (Motor Transport)

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W Marchant

Died 1916

British Army 1925 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 1925 Private R.A.M.C

British Army 1925 Private Royal Army Medical Corps Lahore Division, Indian Expeditionary Force in France

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William Beattie Owers Marchant

Born 1887

British Army 2785 Private Honourable Artillery Company 1st Battalion

British Army 2785 Corporal Honourable Artillery Company 1st Battalion

British Army 2785 Lance Sergeant Honourable Artillery Company 1st Battalion

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Horace Anthony Edward Marchant

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 4199 Private Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 9th Battalion

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William Cecil Adonis Marchant

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 228807 Able Seaman HMS Flirt

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Charles Herbert Hyde Marchant

Born 1893

Died 1981

British Army 7638 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 16584 Private West Riding Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104049 Private Royal Flying Corps

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George Frederick Marchant

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300437

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Neville Albert Marchant

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224473

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Alfred Marchant

Born 1897

Died 1982

British Army Private Army Reserve

British Army 230998 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 10294 Private Training Reserve 18th Bn

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George Marchant

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41172

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James Bertram Marchant

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147038

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George Marchant

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116152

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Henry William Marchant

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48923

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Clifford Marchant

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187052

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William Thomas Marchant

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162389

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George Richmond Marchant

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263317

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