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Maidstone, Kent [3]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Kensington, London [2]

18 River Road, Littlehampton, Sussex [1]

Accrington, Lancs [1]

Aldershot, Surrey [1]

Annington,Steyning, Sussex [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Berwick, Sussex [1]

Beverley, Yorkshire [1]

Billingshurst [1]

Bow, London [1]

Brighton [1]

Charlwood, Surrey [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Docking Norfolk [1]

East Grinstead [1]

East Ham, London [1]

East Malling, Kent [1]

Folkestone [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Fulham [1]

Hackney [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hailsham [1]

Hellingly [1]

Hoath, Kent [1]

Hockley, Birmingham [1]

Horton-Cum-Studley, Oxfordshire [1]

London [1]

Lydd, Kent [1]

Maresfield, East Sussex [1]

Peckham, Camberwell, London [1]

Peterborough [1]

Pevensey, Sussex [1]

Pluckley, Kent [1]

Portslade, Sussex [1]

Rainham, Kent [1]

Rawtenstall, Lancs [1]

Ripple, near Deal [1]

St Andrews, Fife [1]

Stagsden, Bedfordshire [1]

Stifford, Essex [1]

Sussex [1]

Tickhill, Yorkshire [1]

Tunbridge Wells [1]

Uphill, near Folkestone [1]

Wartling [1]

Welling, Kent [1]

Westmeston,Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [1028]

Corporal [55]

Second Lieutenant [53]

Serjeant [42]

Lance Corporal [36]

Lieutenant [19]

Sapper [19]

Captain [13]

Acting Corporal [11]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Pioneer [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Gunner [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Driver [3]

Major [3]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Pri [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Bandsman [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Garrison Serjeant Major [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Priv [1]

Privat [1]

Second Lieutenant acting Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Signalman [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel and Honorary Colonel [1]

Temporary Major (Acting Lieutenant Colonel) [1]

Temporary Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

temp. Lieutenant [1]

temp. Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [1130]

East Surrey Regiment [549]

East Kent Regiment [452]

Royal East Kent Yeomanry [82]

Royal Engineers [60]

Labour Corps [57]

East Lancashire Regiment [41]

Royal Fusiliers [40]

Sussex Yeomanry [29]

East Yorkshire Regiment [28]

Army Service Corps [23]

Middlesex Regiment [23]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

Royal West Kent Regiment [18]

The Queen's Regiment [13]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [12]

London Regiment [11]

Manchester Regiment [11]

Training Reserve Battalion [9]

Bedfordshire Regiment [8]

Suffolk Regiment [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

East Sussex Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Tank Corps [4]

Army Pay Corps [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Hertfordshire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Sussex Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [2]

East Surrey Regiment attached Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles [2]

Service

British Army [1174]

Last name first letter

B [122]

S [120]

C [110]

W [100]

H [81]

P [79]

M [71]

R [65]

G [57]

T [51]

F [46]

L [44]

D [43]

K [35]

A [32]

J [28]

E [26]

N [24]

O [15]

U [8]

Y [6]

I [5]

V [5]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1172]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

India [2]

Singapore [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [3] Brighton, Sussex [2] Kensington, London [2] 18 River Road, Littlehampton, Sussex [1] Accrington, Lancs [1] Aldershot, Surrey [1] Annington,Steyning, Sussex [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Berwick, Sussex [1] Beverley, Yorkshire [1] Billingshurst [1] Bow, London [1] Brighton [1] Charlwood, Surrey [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Docking Norfolk [1] East Grinstead [1] East Ham, London [1] East Malling, Kent [1] Folkestone [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Fulham [1] Hackney [1] Hackney, London [1] Hailsham [1] Hellingly [1] Hoath, Kent [1] Hockley, Birmingham [1] Horton-Cum-Studley, Oxfordshire [1] London [1] Lydd, Kent [1] Maresfield, East Sussex [1] Peckham, Camberwell, London [1] Peterborough [1] Pevensey, Sussex [1] Pluckley, Kent [1] Portslade, Sussex [1] Rainham, Kent [1] Rawtenstall, Lancs [1] Ripple, near Deal [1] St Andrews, Fife [1] Stagsden, Bedfordshire [1] Stifford, Essex [1] Sussex [1] Tickhill, Yorkshire [1] Tunbridge Wells [1] Uphill, near Folkestone [1] Wartling [1] Welling, Kent [1] Westmeston,Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [1028] Corporal [55] Second Lieutenant [53] Serjeant [42] Lance Corporal [36] Lieutenant [19] Sapper [19] Captain [13] Acting Corporal [11] Acting Serjeant [9] Pioneer [5] Acting Captain [4] Gunner [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Driver [3] Major [3] Corporal 2nd [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Pri [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Bandsman [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Garrison Serjeant Major [1] Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Priv [1] Privat [1] Second Lieutenant acting Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Signalman [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel and Honorary Colonel [1] Temporary Major (Acting Lieutenant Colonel) [1] Temporary Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Transport Corporal [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] temp. Lieutenant [1] temp. Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Sussex Regiment [1130] East Surrey Regiment [549] East Kent Regiment [452] Royal East Kent Yeomanry [82] Royal Engineers [60] Labour Corps [57] East Lancashire Regiment [41] Royal Fusiliers [40] Sussex Yeomanry [29] East Yorkshire Regiment [28] Army Service Corps [23] Middlesex Regiment [23] Machine Gun Corps [20] Royal West Kent Regiment [18] The Queen's Regiment [13] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [12] London Regiment [11] Manchester Regiment [11] Training Reserve Battalion [9] Bedfordshire Regiment [8] Suffolk Regiment [8] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Norfolk Regiment [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] East Sussex Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] Tank Corps [4] Army Pay Corps [3] Essex Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Hertfordshire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Scots [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Sussex Regiment [3] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [2] East Surrey Regiment attached Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles [2]

Service

British Army [1174]

Last name first letter

B [122] S [120] C [110] W [100] H [81] P [79] M [71] R [65] G [57] T [51] F [46] L [44] D [43] K [35] A [32] J [28] E [26] N [24] O [15] U [8] Y [6] I [5] V [5] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1172]

Country

United Kingdom [36] India [2] Singapore [1] South Africa [1]

Arthur Thomas Hards

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2271 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army G 12950 Private East Kent Regiment 7th Battalion

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George Mancer Broughton Barratt

Born 1892

Died 1941

British Army G/12811 Private East Kent Regiment east Battalion

British Army 2749 Royal Sussex Regiment 6th (Cyclist) Battalion

British Army G/12811 Private East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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Herbert Goble

Born 1884

British Army 6474 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 25733 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 6474 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 14th (R)

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Donald Stewart Pettigrew

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 3861 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 241498 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion

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Fred Deacon

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 1690 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 5th Bn.(Cinque Ports)

British Army G/12820 Private East Kent Regiment 6th Bn.

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Henry C Leeds George

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 9240 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 28127 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 28127 Private Royal Sussex attached to East Surrey Regiment

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Leo Bernard Parsons

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army G/1946 Lance Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant East Kent Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 8th Battalion

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Alfred Thomas Bassett

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 455 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 260093 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 9th Battalion

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Albert Frank Strevens

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 28199 Private East Surrey Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 5476 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 14th Battalion

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William Thomas Hadlow

Died 1918

British Army 260161 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 9th Bn.

British Army 201053 Private East Kent Regiment 2/4th Btn.

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Mawdley Herapath Aka Roy Sambourne

Born 1878

Died 1946

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Volunteer Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Volunteer Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant acting Lieutenant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th Battalion

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Arthur Frederick Tondeur

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 2952 Private Sussex Yeomanry

British Army 25603 Private East Surrey Regiment

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James Samuel Taylor

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army G/12890 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/12890 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army 3509/12890 Private Royal Sussex 5th

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Solomon Grinstead

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 3240 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army G/17607 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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William Jotcham

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 5853 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 26447 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 26447 Lance Corporal East Surrey Regiment

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Geoffrey Lillywhite

Born 1894

Died 1948

British Army East Surrey Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Sussex Regiment

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Stanley James Ryder

Born 1891

Died 1940

British Army 4927 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army G/18344 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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George John Barnsby

Born 1880

Died 1922

British Army L/7705 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 108097 Corporal 2nd Royal Sussex Regiment 53rd Battalion

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Charles Frederick Dack

Born 1886

Died 1968

British Army 9288 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 28146 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Sydney Ernest Reeves

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2161 Private Sussex Yeomanry

British Army 34114 Private East Surrey Regiment

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