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Aldershot, Hampshire [887]

Aldershot [92]

Aldershot England [83]

Aldershot, Hampshire, England [63]

Aldershot, Surrey [37]

Aldershot, Hants [19]

Farnborough, Aldershot, Hampshire [10]

Aldershot, England [5]

Ash Aldershot, Hampshire [4]

North Camp, Aldershot, Hampshire [4]

Fleet, Aldershot, Hampshire [3]

Hawley, Aldershot, Hampshire [3]

Aldershot Hampshire [2]

Aldershot Queensland [2]

Aldershot, Berkshire [2]

Aldershot,Farnham,Surrey. [2]

Cove, Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Crondall, Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Aldershot ENGLAND [1]

Aldershot Farnham [1]

Aldershot Hants [1]

Aldershot North England [1]

Aldershot ON [1]

Aldershot barracks - 27 Pleck Terrace Park Road Birmingham [1]

Aldershot, [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire, England [1]

Aldershot, Farnborough, Hampshire [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire, [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire. [1]

Aldershot, Hampsire [1]

Aldershot, Hertfordshire [1]

Aldershot, Huntingdonshire [1]

Aldershot, London [1]

Aldershot, Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Aldershot, near Farnham, Hampshire [1]

Aldershot,Hampshire [1]

Aldershot,Hants [1]

Ash Vale, Aldershot [1]

Blackwater (Aldershot ?) [1]

Blackwater, Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Church Crookham, Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Farnborough, Aldershot, Hants [1]

Farnborough, Aldershot, Surrey [1]

Farnham, Aldershot [1]

Farnham,Aldershot,Surrey. [1]

Frimley Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Frimley, Aldershot, Hants [1]

Hale, Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Low Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Newtown, Aldershot, Hants [1]

Rank

Private [83]

Corporal [22]

Able Seaman [21]

Lance Corporal [20]

Captain [17]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Serjeant [16]

Stoker 1st Class [16]

Major [13]

Boy 1st Class [11]

Lieutenant [11]

Driver [10]

Ordinary Seaman [9]

Gunner [8]

Boy [6]

Drummer [6]

Rifleman [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Leading Stoker [5]

Sapper [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Sergeant [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Major General [2]

Musician [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [20]

South Wales Borderers [19]

Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Engineers [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [10]

HMS NEPTUNE [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [4]

HMS Good Hope [4]

HMS Princess Royal [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

HMS Agincourt [3]

London Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS Chester [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [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]

Service

Royal Navy [699]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [218]

British Army [191]

Australian Imperial Force [93]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [130]

H [121]

C [112]

M [99]

S [99]

W [89]

P [69]

R [69]

G [67]

L [60]

F [59]

D [52]

T [45]

A [36]

J [36]

E [34]

K [33]

N [14]

O [10]

V [10]

Y [6]

I [5]

Q [5]

U [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1175]

Merchant Navy [63]

Country

United Kingdom [79]

India [5]

Canada [3]

Egypt [2]

Ireland [2]

Angola [1]

Australia [1]

Belgium [1]

China [1]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

Aldershot, Hampshire [887] Aldershot [92] Aldershot England [83] Aldershot, Hampshire, England [63] Aldershot, Surrey [37] Aldershot, Hants [19] Farnborough, Aldershot, Hampshire [10] Aldershot, England [5] Ash Aldershot, Hampshire [4] North Camp, Aldershot, Hampshire [4] Fleet, Aldershot, Hampshire [3] Hawley, Aldershot, Hampshire [3] Aldershot Hampshire [2] Aldershot Queensland [2] Aldershot, Berkshire [2] Aldershot,Farnham,Surrey. [2] Cove, Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Crondall, Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Aldershot ENGLAND [1] Aldershot Farnham [1] Aldershot Hants [1] Aldershot North England [1] Aldershot ON [1] Aldershot barracks - 27 Pleck Terrace Park Road Birmingham [1] Aldershot, [1] Aldershot, Hampshire, England [1] Aldershot, Farnborough, Hampshire [1] Aldershot, Hampshire, [1] Aldershot, Hampshire. [1] Aldershot, Hampsire [1] Aldershot, Hertfordshire [1] Aldershot, Huntingdonshire [1] Aldershot, London [1] Aldershot, Southampton, Hampshire [1] Aldershot, near Farnham, Hampshire [1] Aldershot,Hampshire [1] Aldershot,Hants [1] Ash Vale, Aldershot [1] Blackwater (Aldershot ?) [1] Blackwater, Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Church Crookham, Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Farnborough, Aldershot, Hants [1] Farnborough, Aldershot, Surrey [1] Farnham, Aldershot [1] Farnham,Aldershot,Surrey. [1] Frimley Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Frimley, Aldershot, Hants [1] Hale, Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Low Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Newtown, Aldershot, Hants [1]

Rank

Private [83] Corporal [22] Able Seaman [21] Lance Corporal [20] Captain [17] Second Lieutenant [16] Serjeant [16] Stoker 1st Class [16] Major [13] Boy 1st Class [11] Lieutenant [11] Driver [10] Ordinary Seaman [9] Gunner [8] Boy [6] Drummer [6] Rifleman [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Boy 2nd Class [5] Leading Stoker [5] Sapper [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Leading Seaman [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Sergeant [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Deck Hand [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Chief Stoker [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Major General [2] Musician [2] Petty Officer [2] Serjeant Major [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [20] South Wales Borderers [19] Army Service Corps [13] Royal Engineers [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [10] HMS NEPTUNE [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Labour Corps [5] Royal Air Force [5] HMS BLACK PRINCE [4] HMS Good Hope [4] HMS Princess Royal [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] HMS Agincourt [3] London Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] HMS BULWARK [2] HMS Chester [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS TIGER [2] HMS Victory I [2] Military Foot Police [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [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]

Service

Royal Navy [699] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [218] British Army [191] Australian Imperial Force [93] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [130] H [121] C [112] M [99] S [99] W [89] P [69] R [69] G [67] L [60] F [59] D [52] T [45] A [36] J [36] E [34] K [33] N [14] O [10] V [10] Y [6] I [5] Q [5] U [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1175] Merchant Navy [63]

Country

United Kingdom [79] India [5] Canada [3] Egypt [2] Ireland [2] Angola [1] Australia [1] Belgium [1] China [1] Malta [1]

Ivor D Rees

Born 1897

Died 1974

British Army 10494 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Frederick Alden

Died 1916

British Army 9862 Serjeant Liverpool Regiment

British Army 9862 Warrant Officer Class 2 Liverpool Regiment

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Robert Alfred Dornan

Born 1879

British Army T/11996 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Army Service Corps

British Army T/11996 Warrant Officer Class 2 Army Service Corps

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Gilbert Barker

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 25078 Private Royal Scots 16th Battalion.

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Frederick Biscoe

Died 1917

British Army 37375 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 8th (service) battalion, gloucest Battalion

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Ernest Robert Moreton

Born 1874

British Army 207445 Royal Engineers

Royal Navy 682 Acting Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Charles William Scott

Born 1893

British Army T/2923 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army T/206491 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 206491 Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 2/4th Battalion

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Thomas Edward Hawker

Born 1891

British Army 3902500 Company Quarter Master Serjeant South Wales Borderers

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William Patrick French

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 4558 Private 19th Hussars

British Army 4558 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 4558 Private 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars

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Hector Richardson

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 6683 Corporal Hussars

British Army 6683 Corporal 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars

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Clement Lawrence S Seton-Browne

Born 1870

Died 1949

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel 1/55th Cokes's Rifles (Frontier Force)

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William Patrick Clarke

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 20883 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 28627 Corporal Border Regiment 11th Battalion

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Edward George Charter

Born 1882

Canadian Expeditionary Force 529538

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Sidney Robert Callingham

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 477

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Frederick Arthur Pinkie Miles

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 4/1875 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion

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Denis Quin Macswiney

Died 1916

British Army 50762 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 50762 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 81st Bty, 5th Bde

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Edmund G Josephson

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army 8247 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 31748 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 32154 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Nelson Higginson

Born 1896

Died 1919

Royal Navy J/17064 Able Seaman H.M. Submarine E.42.

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William George Victor Hambidge

Born 1894

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3171 50th Infantry Battalion

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Patrick Howard Joseph Northcote

Born 1898

Died 1967

Royal Navy 18971 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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