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Yateley, Hampshire
Yateley, Hampshire
Modern Yateley has 20,000 inhabitants but in WW1 had fewer than 2,000 residents. Over 400 men and women served in uniform of whom more than 70 were killed. Of these 42 were inscribed on the war memorial. There were 3 auxiliary military hospitals in and around Yateley run by a VAD unit of about 100 women. This community covers the Civil Parish of Yateley as it was in the Great War.
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Born 1887
Died 1966
British Army 69720 Sapper Royal Engineers
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Born 1897
Died 1974
British Army 34214 Private Hampshire Regiment
British Army 34214 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1899
Died 1973
British Army 57535 Private Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion
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Born 1892
Died 1916
Royal Navy 15563 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division
Royal Navy PO/15563 Private HMS Invincible
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Born 1879
British Army 39852 Private Devonshire Regiment 14th Battalion
British Army 92197 Private Labour Corps
British Army 4337 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment
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Born 1896
British Army Second Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
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Born 1889
British Army L/301 Lance Corporal Lancers
British Army L/301 Corporal 16th Lancers 16th Battalion
British Army L/301 Private 16th Lancers 16th Battalion
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Born 1893
British Army 20650 Private Machine Gun Corps
British Army 11013 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion
British Army 673716 Private Labour Corps 418th Agricultural Company
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Born 1896
British Army 243316 Private East Kent Regiment
British Army 2028 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion
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Born 1894
Died 1970
Royal Navy J6533 Leading Seaman HMS Maidstone
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Born 1895
Died 1942
British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion.
British Army Captain Yorkshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion
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Born 1890
Died 1975
Other Empire Force VAD British Red Cross Netley Military Hospital
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Born 1900
Royal Navy J51898 Ordinary Seaman HMS Africa
Royal Navy J51898 Able Seaman HMS Africa
Royal Navy J51898 Boy HMS Africa
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Born 1868
Died 1945
British Army 456932 Private Labour Corps
British Army 15276 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment
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Born 1894
Royal Navy L2624 Officer's Steward HMS Alsatian
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Born 1874
Died 1928
Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Division 4th Battalion
Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
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