Brighton – Downs/Woodvale Cemeteries
The cemetery, in Hartington Road, belongs to the Brighton and Preston Cemetery Company, Ltd. It was opened in 1886, and covers 30 acres. It contains 118 scattered War Graves; and a War Cross is erected on the main drive, at the top end of the Cemetery. The medical units stationed at Brighton included the 2nd Eastern General Hospital, the Kitchener Military Hospital (which became the 10th Canadian General), an Indian Hospital and New Zealand Convalescent Homes.
| Name | Rank & Number | Battalion | Age | Died | Grave Ref | Cemetery | Notes |
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| C F BONUS | Lance Corporal G/21467 | 12/04/1917 | G. 786. | BRIGHTON (THE DOWNS) CEMETERY | |||
| O S Bridle | Pte 21543 | Depot | 04/01/1919 | S. 497 | BRIGHTON (THE DOWNS) CEMETERY |  |
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| C J DAVIS | Pte 170400 | Sussex Yeomanry | 20/10/1918 | T. 1260 | BRIGHTON (THE DOWNS) CEMETERY |  |
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| George Herbert DAWES | Sjt 20339 | 4th Bn | 39 | 01/10/1915 | N. 407 | BRIGHTON (THE DOWNS) CEMETERY | Son of Frederick and Harriett Dawes; husband of Rosalind Elizabeth Dawes, of 26, Artillery St., Brighton. |
| A J DRAKE | Pte 20997 | 2nd/4th Bn | 48 | 18/04/1918 | ZA. 364 | BRIGHTON (THE DOWNS) CEMETERY | Son of James and Elizabeth Drake.  |
| G E ELLIS | Pte 1439 | Sussex Yeomanry | 18/10/1914 | I. 258. | BRIGHTON (THE DOWNS) CEMETERY | ||
| Harold James FEIST | Pte G/11539 | 11th Bn | 20 | 08/09/1917 | BRIGHTON (THE DOWNS) CEMETERY | Son of Louise Ada Feist, of 34, Viaduct Rd., Brighton, and the late James Ambrose Feist.  |
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| Albert Charles GALE | Pte 265811 | “B” Coy. 2nd/6th Bn. | 34 | 04/04/1920 | D. 858. | BRIGHTON (THE DOWNS) CEMETERY | Husband of Jessie Gale, of 53, Whippingham Rd., Brighton. |
| Leonard GOODE | L/Sjt 265451 | 2nd/6th Bn. | 36 | 28/06/1920 | QB. 16. | BRIGHTON (THE DOWNS) CEMETERY | Son of John Gregory Goode and Caroline Goode.  |
| Alfred Henry HAYLER | L/Cpl L/10573 | 9th Bn. | 27 | 15/08/1917 | Q. 291. | BRIGHTON (THE DOWNS) CEMETERY | Son of G. and A. Hayler, of Pulborough.  |
| A E HOLLAND | Pte T/2259 | 1st/6th Bn. | 21 | 16/02/1916 | H. 801. | BRIGHTON (THE DOWNS) CEMETERY | Son of William Thomas Holland, of 2, Whichelo Place, Brighton.  |
| Herbert Charles LITTLE | Pte 7625 | “B” Coy. 9th Bn. | 22 | 17/07/1918 | A. 1110. | BRIGHTON (THE DOWNS) CEMETERY | Son of George James and Charlotte Jane Little, of 5, Oak Cottages, Mill Rd., Burgess Hill, Sussex. |
| A MARCHANT | Pte 265387 | 2nd/6th Bn. | 10/04/1920 | P.1003. | BRIGHTON (THE DOWNS) CEMETERY |  |
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| Frank Leslie OSBORNE | Pte G/16766 | 2nd Bn. | 20 | 12/02/1919 | Q. 309. | BRIGHTON (THE DOWNS) CEMETERY | Son of Alfred Jarratt Osborne and Annie K. Osborne, of 35, Cheltenham Place, Brighton. |
| William George OWENS | Pte G/5391 | 2nd Bn. | 21 | 08/10/1918 | O. IA. | BRIGHTON (THE DOWNS) CEMETERY | Son of Charles Frederick and Alice Clara Owens, of 48, Robertson Rd., Preston Park, Brighton.  |
| T F H ROGERS | Pte SR/315 | 8th Bn. | 50 | 14/04/1918 | P. 793. | BRIGHTON (THE DOWNS) CEMETERY | Husband of Florence Rogers, of 26, Guildford Rd., Brighton.  |
| G E SIMMONS | Pte 3189 | 9th Bn. Secondary Regiment Labour Corps transf. to (139446) |
10/11/1918 | E. 847. | BRIGHTON (THE DOWNS) CEMETERY |  |
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| A H TULLETT | Pte 894 | 6th Bn | 07/09/1916 | Z. 672. | BRIGHTON (THE DOWNS) CEMETERY |  |
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| Richard Thomas GRINYER | Pte | 15th Sussex (Brighton) Bn. (Home Guard) | 49 | 01/08/1944 | X.C. Grave 245. | BRIGHTON (THE DOWNS) CEMETERY | Husband of Bessie A. M. Grinyer, of North Moulsecoomb, Brighton. |
| George Albert JARROLD | Pte D/21660 | 30th Bn | 54 | 09/05/1942 | BRIGHTON (THE DOWNS) CEMETERY | Son of George and Ethel Jarrold; husband of Maud Emily Jarrold, of Brighton.  |
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| H WELLER | Volunteer | 15th Sussex (Brighton) Bn. (Home Guard) | 07/02/1942 | Sec. J. Grave 362. | BRIGHTON (THE DOWNS) CEMETERY | ||