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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]

Selden Herbert Long

Born 1896

Died 1952

British Army Durham Light Infantry

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Acting Major Royal Flying Corps No. 24 Squadron

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Alexander Greenwood

Born 1896

British Army 6774 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army Lance Corporal Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 43628 Corporal Scottish Rifles 10th Battalion

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Arthur Harry Rouse

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299927

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Arthur William Frazer

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50190

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James Henry Beech

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19788

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Cecil George Dawson

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208671

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William David Manley

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11410

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James Philip Dorling

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190494

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Ernest Cyril Johns

Born 1890

British Army 10484 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10484 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Sidney Francis Bannister

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 67988 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Walter Edward Francis Goodrich

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 4/2901 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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Basil Gwynne Griffiths

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 41567 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 44th Brigade

British Army 41567 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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James Joseph Brady

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 9715 Private Leinster Regiment

British Army 9715 Serjeant Leinster Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 9428 South Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Henry Hamilton

Born 1877

Died 1944

British Army 200031 Colour Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 2/4th Battalion

British Army 4/467 Colour Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Percy H. Clifton

Died 1915

British Army 8938 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army 8938 Lance Corporal Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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George Henry Miles

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 9672 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 9672 Corporal Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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William Abram Allen

Born 1882

Died 1930

British Army S4/215529 Staff Serjeant Army Service Corps

British Army S4/215529 Staff Sergeant Army Service Corps

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Francis Henry Gledhill

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 8396 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 8396 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Percy Duncan Abbott

Died 1915

British Army 1343 Corporal Army Pay Corps

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Henry Cyril Thatcher Barnes

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296480

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