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Basingstoke, Hampshire [543]

Basingstoke, Hampshire, England [18]

Basingstoke Hampshire [10]

Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire [10]

Hartley Wintney, Basingstoke, Hampshire [7]

Tadley, Basingstoke, Hampshire [6]

Basingstoke Hampshire [5]

Bramley, Basingstoke, Hampshire [4]

Old Basing, Basingstoke, Hampshire [4]

Preston Candover, Basingstoke, Hampshire [4]

Oakley, Basingstoke, Hampshire [3]

Wootton St. Lawrence Basingstoke Hampshire [3]

Basingstoke Hampshire [2]

Hook, Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Mattingley, Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Newnham Basingstoke Hampshire [2]

Overton, Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

South Warnborough, Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Winchfield, Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Worting, Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Audley Wood, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Basing Union, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Basingstoke Union Workhouse, Basing Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire. [1]

Basingstoke, Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Basingstoke,Hampshire [1]

Crondall, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Dummer Basingstoke Hampshire [1]

East Oakley Basingstoke Hampshire [1]

Eastrop, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Ellisfield , Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Greywell, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Hartley Wespall, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Longparish, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Monk Sherborne, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Mortimer West End, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Newfound, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Oakley Basingstoke Hampshire [1]

Old Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Pamber Green, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Pamber Heath, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Ramsdell, Nr Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Ramsdell, near Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Rotherwick, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Silchester, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

South Warnborough Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Southend Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

St. Michael's, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Tadley Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Upton Grey, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [62]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Gunner [6]

Lance Corporal [6]

Captain [4]

Corporal [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Serjeant [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Leading Seaman [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Driver [2]

Major [2]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [2]

Yeoman of Signals [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 3rd Grade [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Corporal / Acting Sergeant [1]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel [1]

Orderly [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sergt Mechanic [1]

Ship's Cook [1]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [33]

Army Service Corps [6]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

HMS BULWARK [5]

HMS Good Hope [5]

The Hampshire Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [3]

HMS INVINCIBLE [3]

HMS MALAYA [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HMS Hampshire [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

HMS Victory II [2]

Hampshire Regiment Territorial Force [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

The Canadian Infantry [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Canterbury Regiment New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

H.M.S Victory 1 [1]

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

H.M.S. Victory [1]

HM Submarine E37 [1]

HM Submarine K4 [1]

HMS "Victory" [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Barham [1]

HMS Bulwark [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS DUBLIN [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS INCONSTANT [1]

Service

Royal Navy [417]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [150]

British Army [80]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [71]

H [70]

W [64]

S [55]

M [53]

P [53]

C [39]

G [31]

D [30]

R [29]

F [27]

T [24]

K [22]

N [18]

E [17]

L [17]

O [13]

A [10]

J [7]

V [7]

Y [5]

I [4]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [645]

Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

Canada [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Basingstoke, Hampshire [543] Basingstoke, Hampshire, England [18] Basingstoke Hampshire [10] Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire [10] Hartley Wintney, Basingstoke, Hampshire [7] Tadley, Basingstoke, Hampshire [6] Basingstoke Hampshire [5] Bramley, Basingstoke, Hampshire [4] Old Basing, Basingstoke, Hampshire [4] Preston Candover, Basingstoke, Hampshire [4] Oakley, Basingstoke, Hampshire [3] Wootton St. Lawrence Basingstoke Hampshire [3] Basingstoke Hampshire [2] Hook, Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Mattingley, Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Newnham Basingstoke Hampshire [2] Overton, Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] South Warnborough, Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Winchfield, Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Worting, Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Audley Wood, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Basing Union, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Basingstoke Union Workhouse, Basing Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire. [1] Basingstoke, Southampton, Hampshire [1] Basingstoke,Hampshire [1] Crondall, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Dummer Basingstoke Hampshire [1] East Oakley Basingstoke Hampshire [1] Eastrop, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Ellisfield , Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Greywell, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Hartley Wespall, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Longparish, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Monk Sherborne, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Mortimer West End, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Newfound, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Oakley Basingstoke Hampshire [1] Old Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Pamber Green, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Pamber Heath, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Ramsdell, Nr Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Ramsdell, near Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Rotherwick, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Silchester, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] South Warnborough Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Southend Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] St. Michael's, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Tadley Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Upton Grey, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [62] Stoker 1st Class [9] Able Seaman [8] Gunner [6] Lance Corporal [6] Captain [4] Corporal [4] Leading Stoker [4] Serjeant [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Leading Seaman [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Driver [2] Major [2] Officer's Steward 1st Class [2] Yeoman of Signals [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3 [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 3rd Grade [1] Cook's Mate [1] Corporal / Acting Sergeant [1] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel [1] Orderly [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Petty Officer [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Sergt Mechanic [1] Ship's Cook [1] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1] Signal Boy [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [33] Army Service Corps [6] Devonshire Regiment [6] HMS BULWARK [5] HMS Good Hope [5] The Hampshire Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [3] HMS INVINCIBLE [3] HMS MALAYA [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HMS Hampshire [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] HMS Victory II [2] Hampshire Regiment Territorial Force [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] The Canadian Infantry [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Canterbury Regiment New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] H.M.S Victory 1 [1] H.M.S. "Narborough." [1] H.M.S. Victory [1] HM Submarine E37 [1] HM Submarine K4 [1] HMS "Victory" [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Barham [1] HMS Bulwark [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS DUBLIN [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS INCONSTANT [1]

Service

Royal Navy [417] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [150] British Army [80] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [71] H [70] W [64] S [55] M [53] P [53] C [39] G [31] D [30] R [29] F [27] T [24] K [22] N [18] E [17] L [17] O [13] A [10] J [7] V [7] Y [5] I [4] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [645] Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [37] Canada [1] United States [1]

William Charles Miles

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197517

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Alfred John Wells

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62973

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Arthur Chivers

Born 1892

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44

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James Poulter

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82583

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Alfred Richard Kingham

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295432

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Charles Gradden

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195448

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Cyril Percy Reynolds

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 201951

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Henry William Leavey

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278189

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Arthur Chivers

Born 1892

Died 1917

Royal Navy F/671 Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 3rd Grade Royal Naval Air Service H.M. Airship C.17.

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Ernest William Froome

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 9463 Private Border Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9463 Private Border Regiment 1st Battalion

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Joseph Frankum

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 7987 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7987 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Tom Lodder Griffin

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 200885 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 200885 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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Cyril Vincent Ilsley

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 2748 Private London Regiment

British Army 2748 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 2748 Lance Corporal London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 2nd (City of London) Battalion

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Frank Hamblin

Died 1916

British Army 201004 Private Hampshire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army 201004 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 4/3130 Private Hampshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Leonard Rampton

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 337 Corporal / Acting Sergeant Hampshire Regiment 2/9th (Cyclist) Battalion

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Albert Edward Davis

Born 1877

Royal Navy 166342

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Thomas George Lovegrove

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy M12241 HMS Hampshire

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Archibald Thomas Hibberd

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213463

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Herbert Walter Dray

Born 1897

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214424

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Robert Curtis

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225877

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