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Battle of Hanna, Mesopotamia 21 January 1916
Battle of Hanna, Mesopotamia 21 January 1916
112 men from the 1st/4th Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment were killed at the Battle of Hanna in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq). In some contemporary sources the battle is called 'Orah Creek'. Included in those killed was Lt Col F J Bowker, their Commanding Officer. A Yateley man, Major William Stilwell then took command of the battalion. "The Hampshires started the day with 16 officers and 339 other ranks. Six officers were killed, six were wounded and one Lieutenant Jack Stilwell [of Yateley] was taken prisoner [by the Turks]. 106 other ranks were killed and 114 were wounded. The battallion was now only fit for 'camp duties and guards'.... After the debacle at el Hanna the 1/4th Hampshire received 410 new men from England" |Graham Fleuty; 2011 Yateley Men at War, Heartbeats of Remembrance, Phillimore, Andover
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Born 1892
Died 1916
British Army 200638 Private Hampshire Regiment
British Army 4/2659 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion.
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Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army 4/1875 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion
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Born 1893
Died 1916
British Army 4/1686 Corporal Hampshire Regiment
British Army 200116 Lance Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion.
British Army 4/1686 Lance Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion
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Died 1916
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British Army 6/2207 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion.
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Born 1898
Died 1916
British Army 4/2323 Private Hampshire Regiment Territorial Force
British Army 4/2323 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion.
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Born 1897
Died 1916
British Army 4/2799 Private Hampshire Regiment
British Army 200734 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1898
Died 1916
British Army 4/3496 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion.
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British Army 4/2756 Private Hampshire Regiment Territorial Force
British Army 200696 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion.
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Died 1916
British Army 5/2036 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion
British Army 240573 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion
British Army 240573 Private Hampshire Regiment
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British Army 5/372 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment
British Army 4/372 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion
More about Walter Dawkins -
Born 1892
Died 1916
British Army 7/2176 Private Hampshire Regiment
British Army 305852 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1879
Died 1916
British Army 4/786 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment
British Army 200042 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 4th Battalion
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Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army 201183 Private Hampshire Regiment
British Army 4/3400 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion.
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Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army 201188 Private Hampshire Regiment
British Army 4/3405 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion.
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Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army 200231 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion
British Army 200231 Private Hampshire Regiment
British Army 4/1950 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion.
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Born 1889
Died 1916
British Army 4/701 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion
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Born 1898
Died 1916
British Army 4/2853 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion.
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Born 1889
Died 1916
British Army 4/2873 Private Hampshire Regiment
British Army 200796 Private Hampshire Regiment
More about Charles Silver -
Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army 4/2825 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion
British Army 200755 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion.
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Born 1896
Died 1992
British Army 201116 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion
British Army 4/3313 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th
British Army 4/3313 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion
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