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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]

Charles Carter

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198066

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Leigh Richman Hill

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197652

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Harry Elton

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107977

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Charles Cecil Doman

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95324

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Hezekiah Frankham

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280893

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William James Mitchell

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280715

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William John Simpson

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264215

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William Charles Goodyear

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264220

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Frederick Taplin

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281414

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William Ilsley

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 25733 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 25733 Lance Corporal Devonshire Regiment

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Frederick Powell

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281304

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William George Prior

Born 1893

Died 1969

Royal Navy J75713

Royal Navy J 75713 H.M.S Victory 1

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Bernard Bellinger

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 71949 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 72257 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 72257 Lance Corporal Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Arthur Cooper

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 13910 Private Wiltshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Percy S New

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 2010 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 241971 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 11th Battalion.

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Arthur William Monger

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 6407 Private Somerset Light Infantry 1st Btn

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Frank Wortley Simmons

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment 4th Battalion (Territorial)

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William Alfred Winter

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 11113 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Charles Justice

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269921

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Edwin John Smith

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196557

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