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Basingstoke, Hampshire [543]

Basingstoke England [28]

Basingstoke, Hampshire, England [18]

Basingstoke [14]

Basingstoke Hampshire [10]

Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire [10]

Hartley Wintney, Basingstoke, Hampshire [7]

Tadley, Basingstoke, Hampshire [6]

Basingstoke Hampshire [5]

Basingstoke, Hants [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]

Tadley, Basingstoke, Hants [2]

Winchfield, Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Worting, Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Audley Wood, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Basing Union, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Basingstoke Registration District [1]

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

Basingstoke, Hampshire. [1]

Basingstoke, London [1]

Basingstoke, Southampton [1]

Basingstoke, Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Basingstoke, Sussex [1]

Basingstoke,Hampshire [1]

Basingstoke,Hants [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]

Herriard, Basingstoke, Hants [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 Basing, Basingstoke, Hants [1]

Old Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [77]

Lance Corporal [9]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Corporal [7]

Gunner [7]

Serjeant [6]

Captain [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Driver [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Sapper [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Major [2]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [2]

Sergeant [2]

Yeoman of Signals [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

3rd Writer [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]

Assistant Engineer [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]

Engineer Commander [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1]

Engineer Sub Lieutenant [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]

Probationary Assistant Engineer [1]

Rifleman [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [41]

Devonshire Regiment [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

The Hampshire Regiment [6]

HMS BULWARK [5]

HMS Good Hope [5]

Royal Marine Artillery [5]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

HMS INVINCIBLE [3]

HMS MALAYA [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Border Regiment [2]

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]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

The Canadian Infantry [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

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

Canterbury Regiment New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Devon Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [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]

Service

Royal Navy [427]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [150]

British Army [102]

Australian Imperial Force [28]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [80]

H [74]

W [69]

P [64]

S [61]

M [55]

C [42]

D [33]

G [33]

R [32]

F [28]

T [28]

K [23]

L [20]

N [18]

E [17]

O [13]

A [10]

J [8]

V [8]

I [6]

Y [5]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [704]

Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [50]

Canada [1]

United States [1]

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People [729] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Basingstoke, Hampshire [543] Basingstoke England [28] Basingstoke, Hampshire, England [18] Basingstoke [14] Basingstoke Hampshire [10] Odiham, Basingstoke, Hampshire [10] Hartley Wintney, Basingstoke, Hampshire [7] Tadley, Basingstoke, Hampshire [6] Basingstoke Hampshire [5] Basingstoke, Hants [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] Tadley, Basingstoke, Hants [2] Winchfield, Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Worting, Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Audley Wood, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Basing Union, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Basingstoke Registration District [1] Basingstoke Union Workhouse, Basing Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire. [1] Basingstoke, London [1] Basingstoke, Southampton [1] Basingstoke, Southampton, Hampshire [1] Basingstoke, Sussex [1] Basingstoke,Hampshire [1] Basingstoke,Hants [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] Herriard, Basingstoke, Hants [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 Basing, Basingstoke, Hants [1] Old Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [77] Lance Corporal [9] Stoker 1st Class [9] Able Seaman [8] Corporal [7] Gunner [7] Serjeant [6] Captain [4] Leading Stoker [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Driver [3] Leading Seaman [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Sapper [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Major [2] Officer's Steward 1st Class [2] Sergeant [2] Yeoman of Signals [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] 3rd Writer [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] Assistant Engineer [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] Engineer Commander [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1] Engineer Sub Lieutenant [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] Probationary Assistant Engineer [1] Rifleman [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [41] Devonshire Regiment [8] Army Service Corps [7] The Hampshire Regiment [6] HMS BULWARK [5] HMS Good Hope [5] Royal Marine Artillery [5] Royal Field Artillery [4] Canadian Infantry [3] HMS INVINCIBLE [3] HMS MALAYA [3] Labour Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Border Regiment [2] 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] Machine Gun Corps [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] The Canadian Infantry [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Canterbury Regiment New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Devon Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [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]

Service

Royal Navy [427] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [150] British Army [102] Australian Imperial Force [28] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [80] H [74] W [69] P [64] S [61] M [55] C [42] D [33] G [33] R [32] F [28] T [28] K [23] L [20] N [18] E [17] O [13] A [10] J [8] V [8] I [6] Y [5] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [704] Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [50] Canada [1] United States [1]

Charles Richard Smith

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 3/3611 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army

British Army 3/3611 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alfred George Kerridge

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 32271 Private Somerset Light Infantry 8th Btn

British Army 32271 Private The Somerset Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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William Giles

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy M14876 Cook's Mate HMS MALAYA

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Harold J Collins

Born 1896

Died 1966

British Army 4/3330 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 311035 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Frank Robert Vince

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 4/2464 Private Hampshire Regiment

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William Frank Dolton

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy 16710 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS INVINCIBLE

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Harry John Aitchison White

Born 1879

Died 1958

Royal Navy Probationary Assistant Engineer

Royal Navy Assistant Engineer

Royal Navy Engineer Sub Lieutenant

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William Thomas Nicholson

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 201461 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 201461 Private The Hampshire Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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William Dimes

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 8079 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Basil Austridge

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy 222915 Yeoman of Signals HMS Queen Mary

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Reginald Sidney Goodman

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army TF/1376 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army TF/265596 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

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James Merry

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267000

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Albert Edward Nicholson

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27679

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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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