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Aldershot, Hampshire [887]

Aldershot, Hampshire, England [63]

Farnborough, Aldershot, Hampshire [10]

Ash Aldershot, Hampshire [4]

North Camp, Aldershot, Hampshire [4]

Fleet, Aldershot, Hampshire [3]

Hawley, Aldershot, Hampshire [3]

Aldershot Hampshire [2]

Cove, Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Crondall, Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire, England [1]

Aldershot, Farnborough, Hampshire [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire, [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire. [1]

Aldershot, Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Aldershot, near Farnham, Hampshire [1]

Aldershot,Hampshire [1]

Blackwater, Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Church Crookham, Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Frimley Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Hale, Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Low Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

North Camp Barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Salamanca Barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

South Camp, Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

West End, Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Yateley, Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [39]

Able Seaman [20]

Stoker 1st Class [16]

Boy 1st Class [9]

Corporal [9]

Lance Corporal [9]

Captain [8]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Serjeant [8]

Driver [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Gunner [5]

Leading Stoker [5]

Rifleman [5]

Leading Seaman [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Major [4]

Boy [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Sergeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Drummer [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Baker [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

CSM [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Chief Armourer [1]

Chief Ship's Cook [1]

Chief Sick Berth Steward [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [14]

Army Service Corps [7]

HMS NEPTUNE [7]

South Wales Borderers [6]

HMS Good Hope [4]

HMS Princess Royal [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

HMS Agincourt [3]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

HMS St Vincent (Haslar) [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

HMS Tiger [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

London Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Irish Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

12th Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [1]

18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars [1]

8th Field Artillery Brigade [1]

? Coy 10 DB [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Australian Corps [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Australian Munition Worker [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Army Pay Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [631]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [215]

British Army [85]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [98]

H [95]

C [94]

S [78]

M [77]

W [66]

G [58]

R [53]

P [52]

L [51]

F [48]

D [39]

T [35]

E [28]

K [28]

J [27]

A [26]

N [11]

V [9]

O [7]

I [5]

Q [5]

U [4]

Y [3]

Contribution

Military Service [918]

Merchant Navy [63]

Country

United Kingdom [50]

Canada [2]

Egypt [2]

India [2]

Ireland [2]

Angola [1]

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Place of birth

Aldershot, Hampshire [887] Aldershot, Hampshire, England [63] Farnborough, Aldershot, Hampshire [10] Ash Aldershot, Hampshire [4] North Camp, Aldershot, Hampshire [4] Fleet, Aldershot, Hampshire [3] Hawley, Aldershot, Hampshire [3] Aldershot Hampshire [2] Cove, Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Crondall, Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Aldershot, Hampshire, England [1] Aldershot, Farnborough, Hampshire [1] Aldershot, Hampshire, [1] Aldershot, Hampshire. [1] Aldershot, Southampton, Hampshire [1] Aldershot, near Farnham, Hampshire [1] Aldershot,Hampshire [1] Blackwater, Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Church Crookham, Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Frimley Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Hale, Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Low Aldershot, Hampshire [1] North Camp Barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Salamanca Barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire [1] South Camp, Aldershot, Hampshire [1] West End, Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Yateley, Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [39] Able Seaman [20] Stoker 1st Class [16] Boy 1st Class [9] Corporal [9] Lance Corporal [9] Captain [8] Ordinary Seaman [8] Serjeant [8] Driver [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Boy 2nd Class [5] Gunner [5] Leading Stoker [5] Rifleman [5] Leading Seaman [4] Lieutenant [4] Major [4] Boy [3] Deck Hand [3] Sergeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Drummer [2] Petty Officer [2] Serjeant Major [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Baker [1] Bombardier [1] Boy Artificer [1] CSM [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Chief Armourer [1] Chief Ship's Cook [1] Chief Sick Berth Steward [1] Chief Stoker [1] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [14] Army Service Corps [7] HMS NEPTUNE [7] South Wales Borderers [6] HMS Good Hope [4] HMS Princess Royal [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Labour Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] HMS Agincourt [3] HMS BLACK PRINCE [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] HMS St Vincent (Haslar) [2] HMS TIGER [2] HMS Tiger [2] HMS Victory I [2] London Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Irish Regiment [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 12th Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [1] 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars [1] 8th Field Artillery Brigade [1] ? Coy 10 DB [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Australian Corps [1] Australian Infantry [1] Australian Munition Worker [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Army Pay Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [631] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [215] British Army [85] Australian Imperial Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [98] H [95] C [94] S [78] M [77] W [66] G [58] R [53] P [52] L [51] F [48] D [39] T [35] E [28] K [28] J [27] A [26] N [11] V [9] O [7] I [5] Q [5] U [4] Y [3]

Contribution

Military Service [918] Merchant Navy [63]

Country

United Kingdom [50] Canada [2] Egypt [2] India [2] Ireland [2] Angola [1]

William Cuthbert Crack

Born 1888

Died 1951

Canadian Expeditionary Force 25568 Private Royal Montreal Regiment 14th (Overseas) Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 25568 Private Canadian Discharge Depot, Permanent Cadre, Buxton

Canadian Expeditionary Force 25568 Private Canadian Army Pay Corps

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Norman Frederick Frome, K.t., C.i.e., D.f.c., M.i.e.e.

Born 1899

Died 1982

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 100464 Royal Flying Corps - Air Mechanic Class 3

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 100464 Royal Air Force - Private 2

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Royal Air Force - Second Lieutenant

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Frederick Carlton James Brake

Born 1894

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 521019 Private Imperial Army

Canadian Expeditionary Force 521019 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps

Canadian Expeditionary Force 521019 Corporal Canadian Army Medical Corps

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William H Harvey

Born 1869

Died 1941

British Army S/645 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 4750215 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 47502 Sgt East Kent Regiment Buffs

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John Edward Shirley

Born 1880

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217731

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John Lincoln Slark Pilley

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 12091 Private 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars

British Army 12091 Lance Corporal 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars

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Alice Dysart Evelyn Stewart Tollemache

Born 1872

Died 1941

Other Empire Force British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment

Other Empire Force British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment

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Ethelbert Samuel Gerald Elliott

Born 1889

Died 1937

British Army 48157 Private Northumberland Fusiliers Depot

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Jonathan Mulcaster

Born 1867

Died 1917

British Army T R/6/12018 Warrant Officer Class 2 Training Reserve Battalion

British Army 3007 Company Serjeant Major Manchester Regiment 12th Battalion

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Robert Moyle

Born 1895

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 6334 Driver Australian Infantry 44th Battalion

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Frederick James Edwards

Born 1890

Died 1969

British Army 75075 Lance Corporal Tank Corps

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Thomas Howarth

Born 1886

Died 1951

British Army 7292 LCPL Manchester Regiment and AOC

British Army 19181 Sergeant Yorkshire Regiment 10th Bn

British Army 19181 Company Sergeant Major (WO2) Yorkshire Regiment 10th Bn

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Joseph Edward Woodward

Born 1886

Died 1949

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227186

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Frederick William Widgery

Born 1868

Died 1919

British Army 57005 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Engineers

British Army 57005 Company Sergeant Major Royal Engineers "G" Depot Coy

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Walter Harry Withall

Died 1914

British Army 6339 Private Dragoon Guards (The Bays) 2nd

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Alfred Thomas Smith

Born 1887

Died 1976

Australian Imperial Force 20757 Gunner Field Artillery Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 20757 Driver Headquarters Staff 9th Field Artillery Brigade

Australian Imperial Force 20757 Driver 8th Field Artillery Brigade 29th Battery

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Frederick Edward Ashman

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 373690 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Harry W Loftus

Born 1876

Died 1919

British Army 88324 Warrant Officer Class 1 Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 88324 Master Gunner 2nd Class Royal Garrison Artillery

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Arthur Williams

Born 1893

British Army 200216 Sergenat Hampshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 4/1923 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion.

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Henry Douglas Elliott

Born 1884

Died 1918

Royal Navy F12675

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212675 Serjeant Royal Air Force No. 2 School of Observers (Manston)

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