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Bere Regis, Dorset [20]

Bere Regis, Wareham, Dorset [6]

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United Kingdom [15]

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Place of birth

Bere Regis, Dorset [20] Bere Regis, Wareham, Dorset [6] Bere Regis Dorset [1] Bere Regis, Dorset, England [1] Bere-Regis, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [13] Able Seaman [1] Lance Corporal [1] Sapper [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [8] Hampshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [1] Commissariat & Transport Corps [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS Revenge [1] HMS Victory [1] HMS Victory II [1] Labour Corps [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Engineers [1] Welsh Guards [1]

Service

British Army [14] Royal Navy [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Last name first letter

B [6] H [5] S [5] L [4] C [3] M [3] A [2] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [27] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

William James Hewitt

Born 1885

British Army 233984 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/23856 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Frederick John Langdown

Born 1899

Royal Navy K51616

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Francis Charles Cobb

Born 1875

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Charlton Holland

Born 1901

Royal Navy J81779

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Charles Frederick Cornish

Born 1900

Royal Navy J49960

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Bertie William Saunders

Born 1897

Royal Navy K36940

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Sidney James Baker

Born 1889

Royal Navy K43628

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Maurice George Jefferies

Born 1899

Royal Navy SS123450

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John Hansford

Born 1888

Royal Navy 231136 Able Seaman HMS NEPTUNE

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