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Portrait of Lance Corporal Frederick William Kingsland in his British Army uniform.

Lance Corporal Frederick William Kingsland


Born in Uckfield in 1895, Frederick William Kingsland was an assistant grocer before volunteering for the British Army during World War I. Serving as a Lance Corporal with the Royal Fusiliers, he endured trench warfare on the Western Front, including the Somme campaign. He was killed in action in French Flanders on February 2, 1917, aged 21, and is buried in Courcelette British Cemetery. His legacy is honored at home via a plaque at Rose Cottage.
Studio portrait of Corporal Frank Finden posing in full military uniform.

Corporal Frank Finden


Born in 1879, Frank Finden lived in Portsmouth and married Eleanor Ventham in 1907, becoming a stepfather. During World War I, he enlisted in the Hampshire Regiment's 15th (Service) Battalion, a "Portsmouth Pals" unit, and rose to Corporal. He deployed to the Western Front in 1916 and was killed in action on October 7, 1916, during the Battle of the Somme near Le Sars. He is buried at Warlencourt British Cemetery in France.
Colored portrait of Lance Corporal John Francis Budd in uniform.

Lance Corporal John Francis Budd


John Francis Budd (1894–1979) was a British soldier during World War I. Enlisting in Eastbourne in 1915, he initially served in the 6th (Cyclist) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, patrolling UK coastlines. He later transferred to the Machine Gun Corps and deployed to France in 1917. Captured by German forces during the 1918 Spring Offensive, he survived as a prisoner of war before being repatriated and awarded the British War and Victory medals.
Royal Sussex Regiment military memorial monument

Private William George Budd


Born in 1903, William George Budd was a laborer from East Grinstead who enlisted in the Royal Sussex Regiment Militia at age nineteen. He later transferred to the Regular Army as a Private in the 2nd Battalion. In 1905, his battalion deployed to Crete as part of an international peacekeeping force during the Theriso Revolt. Sadly, Private Budd died on active duty on July 8, 1905, aged just 21.
Colorful illustration detail depicting 19th Foot Regiment.

Sergeant James Bunnell


James Bunnell was an Irish-born career soldier who served nearly twenty years in the British Army’s 19th Regiment of Foot. Rising from private to sergeant, his deployments spanned the Ionian Islands, the West Indies, Canada, and the Crimean War. Due to his exemplary conduct, his wife Ann accompanied him overseas, their eight children's birthplaces tracing the regiment's movements. Discharged in 1859 for chronic rheumatism.

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