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Alverstoke, Hampshire [306]

Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire [23]

Alverstoke, Hampshire, England [11]

Gosport, Alverstoke, Hampshire [3]

Alverstoke Gosport, Hampshire [2]

Alverstoke Gosport Hampshire [1]

Alverstoke Hampshire [1]

Alverstoke, County of Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire, England [1]

Alverstoke, South Hampshire [1]

Alverstoke,Gosport,Hampshire. [1]

Alverstoke,Hampshire [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [11]

Private [11]

Lieutenant [7]

Captain [6]

Major [4]

Petty Officer [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Serjeant [4]

Ship's Steward [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Bugler [3]

Chief Petty Officer [3]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Petty Officer 1st Class [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Cooper [2]

Corporal [2]

Gunner [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Master At Arms [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

Able Seaman (Rigger) [1]

Acting Chief Petty Officer [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Temporary Chief Master at Arms [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Blacksmith [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Chief Shipwright [1]

Chief Writer [1]

Chief Yeoman of Signals [1]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Colonel /Temporary Major General [1]

Commander [1]

Commander (Retd) [1]

Commanding Officer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

HMS Good Hope [9]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [9]

HMS IRON DUKE [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

HMS Agincourt [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS Monarch [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

HMS Neptune [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

HMS Queen Mary [2]

HMS St Vincent (Haslar) [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Staff [2]

3rd Labour Battalion [1]

Australian Army Medical Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Dorset Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gold Coast Regiment [1]

Gold Coast Regiment West African Force [1]

H. M. Submarine B6 [1]

H.M.S. "Victory" [1]

H.M.S. "Victory" formerly H.M.S. "Colombo" [1]

H.M.S. "Vivien." [1]

HM Submarine E10 [1]

HMS Abdiel [1]

HMS Acasta [1]

HMS Alert [1]

HMS Amethyst [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Benbow [1]

HMS Canada [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Flirt [1]

HMS Glory [1]

HMS Hercules [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS Implacable [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Majestic [1]

HMS Mercury [1]

HMS Minotaur [1]

HMS Myosotis [1]

Service

Royal Navy [290]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34]

British Army [24]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [43]

H [36]

C [33]

W [27]

S [26]

D [25]

M [22]

R [18]

L [15]

P [15]

F [14]

G [13]

T [13]

A [12]

E [10]

J [9]

O [8]

K [5]

V [3]

N [2]

I [1]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [315]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

South Africa [2]

France [1]

India [1]

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People [352] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Alverstoke, Hampshire [306] Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire [23] Alverstoke, Hampshire, England [11] Gosport, Alverstoke, Hampshire [3] Alverstoke Gosport, Hampshire [2] Alverstoke Gosport Hampshire [1] Alverstoke Hampshire [1] Alverstoke, County of Southampton, Hampshire [1] Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire, England [1] Alverstoke, South Hampshire [1] Alverstoke,Gosport,Hampshire. [1] Alverstoke,Hampshire [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [11] Private [11] Lieutenant [7] Captain [6] Major [4] Petty Officer [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Serjeant [4] Ship's Steward [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Boy 2nd Class [3] Bugler [3] Chief Petty Officer [3] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Petty Officer 1st Class [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Chief Stoker [2] Cooper [2] Corporal [2] Gunner [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Master At Arms [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] Able Seaman (Rigger) [1] Acting Chief Petty Officer [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Temporary Chief Master at Arms [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Blacksmith [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Chief Shipwright [1] Chief Writer [1] Chief Yeoman of Signals [1] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Colonel /Temporary Major General [1] Commander [1] Commander (Retd) [1] Commanding Officer [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

HMS Good Hope [9] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [9] HMS IRON DUKE [4] Royal Engineers [4] HMS Agincourt [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] HMS BULWARK [2] HMS Monarch [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] HMS Neptune [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] HMS Queen Mary [2] HMS St Vincent (Haslar) [2] HMS Victory I [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Staff [2] 3rd Labour Battalion [1] Australian Army Medical Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Dorset Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gold Coast Regiment [1] Gold Coast Regiment West African Force [1] H. M. Submarine B6 [1] H.M.S. "Victory" [1] H.M.S. "Victory" formerly H.M.S. "Colombo" [1] H.M.S. "Vivien." [1] HM Submarine E10 [1] HMS Abdiel [1] HMS Acasta [1] HMS Alert [1] HMS Amethyst [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Benbow [1] HMS Canada [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Flirt [1] HMS Glory [1] HMS Hercules [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS Implacable [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Majestic [1] HMS Mercury [1] HMS Minotaur [1] HMS Myosotis [1]

Service

Royal Navy [290] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34] British Army [24] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [43] H [36] C [33] W [27] S [26] D [25] M [22] R [18] L [15] P [15] F [14] G [13] T [13] A [12] E [10] J [9] O [8] K [5] V [3] N [2] I [1] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [315] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [19] South Africa [2] France [1] India [1]

Henry Edward Bryant

Born 1887

Died 1914

Royal Navy SS102908 Stoker 1st Class HMS Good Hope

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William Constantine Hales

Born 1896

Died 1985

Royal Navy J17526 Able Seaman HMS IRON DUKE

Royal Navy J17526 Able Seaman

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Murray James Blackman

Born 1883

Died 1967

Royal Navy 204754 Ordinary Seaman HMS Implacable

Royal Navy 204754 Able Seaman HMS Implacable

Royal Navy 204754 Boy 2nd Class HMS St Vincent (Haslar) Training Vessel

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Alfred Pearson

Born 1878

Royal Navy 190705 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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Henry Thomas Masters

Born 1894

Royal Navy 15002 Bugler Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 15002 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy 15002 Private HMS Fearless

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Ernest Hayter

Born 1893

Royal Navy J5549 Leading Seaman HMS IRON DUKE

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George James Dyer

Born 1896

Royal Navy 12740 Bugler Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 12740 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 12740 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery; HMS Erin

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Frank Osman

Born 1884

Royal Navy 209451 Able Seaman HMS Benbow

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Albert Edward Cleife

Born 1875

Died 1950

Royal Navy 160883 Chief Petty Officer HMS Onslow

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Frederick William Sellick

Born 1883

Died 1950

Royal Navy 204432 Ordinary Seaman HMS Glory

Royal Navy 204432 Able Seaman HMS Glory

Royal Navy 204432 Boy 2nd Class HMS St Vincent (Haslar) Training Vessel

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Josiah James Vaux

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227077

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Leonard John Leader

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 11522 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division HMS Hampshire

Royal Navy PO/11522 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy 11522 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Hampshire

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Harry Frederic Lovett

Born 1888

Died 1918

Royal Navy 14482 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/14482 Serjeant RMLI HMS Minotaur

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Gilbert Watson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 83429

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Steuart Welwood Hare

Born 1867

British Army Colonel /Temporary Major General Staff

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Albert James Smith

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181601

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Percy Hugh Germain

Born 1888

Royal Navy 231578

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William James Hallat Woodward

Born 1889

Royal Navy 233472

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Charles William Chapman

Born 1891

Royal Navy 236737

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Thomas Henry Gouge

Born 1891

Royal Navy 237722

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