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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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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]

Henry 'harry' Marchant

Born 1880

Died 1919

British Army 35783 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 82230 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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Sidney Frederick Marchant

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 147068 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Henry John Marchant

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 3237 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/7th Battalion

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Alexander Marchant

Born 1898

Died 1920

British Army 163495 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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George Henry Marchant

Born 1877

Died 1916

Royal Navy 176384 Petty Officer HMS BLACK PRINCE

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Charles Marchant

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211167

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John Edward Marchant

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230174

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Percival George Marchant

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239247

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Charles Marchant

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52611

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Albert Marchant

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265408

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Frederick Marchant

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army G/8976 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion

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Herbert John Marchant

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281312

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Howard Holt Marchant

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303078

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Richard Frederick John Marchant

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army GS/9309 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 9309 Lance Corporal The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 10th Bn

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Thomas Marchant

Born 1901

Died 1919

Royal Navy J60737 Signal Boy H.M.S. "Emperor of India"

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Tom Marchant

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 184360 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Richard Henry Marchant

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 45449 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment 9th Battalion

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John A Marchant

Died 1915

British Army 41329 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 41329 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Charles Victor Marchant

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Charles Marchant

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 35007 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 56213 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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