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Place of birth

Bournemouth, Hampshire [925]

Bournemouth, Hampshire, England [90]

Christchurch, Bournemouth, Hampshire [20]

Winton, Bournemouth, Hampshire [18]

Boscombe, Bournemouth, Hampshire [15]

Springbourne, Bournemouth, Hampshire [9]

Westbourne, Bournemouth, Hampshire [7]

Moordown, Bournemouth, Hampshire [5]

Bournemouth Hampshire [4]

Holdenhurst, Bournemouth, Hampshire [4]

Pokesdown, Bournemouth, Hampshire [4]

Christchurch Bournemouth, Hampshire [3]

Ringwood, Bournemouth, Hampshire [3]

Boscombe Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Bournemouth, Boscombe, Hampshire [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire. [1]

Bournemouth, Winton, Hampshire [1]

Brockenhurst, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Christchurch Bournemouth Hampshire [1]

Malmesbury Park, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Manor Road, Moordown, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Saint Michaels Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Southbourne, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

St Michael, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

St Paul's, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

St. Clements, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Wallisdown, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [26]

Private [21]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Captain [6]

Leading Stoker [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Rifleman [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Leading Stoker [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Driver [2]

Gunner [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [2]

War Artist [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lieutenant, Flying Officer [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Bugler [1]

Cadet [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 3rd Grade [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic II [1]

Cook [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1]

Engineer [1]

Guardsman [1]

L/Corporal [1]

Lance Corporal (NCO) [1]

Major [1]

Mechanician [1]

Member [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Pioneer [1]

Plumber's Mate [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [10]

HMS NEPTUNE [7]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [6]

HMS IRON DUKE [6]

HMS QUEEN MARY [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

HMS Princess Royal [4]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS CAROLINE [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

2/67th Punjabis [1]

2nd Australian Field Ambulance [1]

3/9th Gurkha Rifles [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

General List [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

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

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

HM Submarine E16 [1]

HM Submarine H3 [1]

HMS Achilles [1]

HMS BEGONIA (Q10) [1]

HMS Boscawen [1]

HMS Boscawen I [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Caroline [1]

HMS ENGADINE [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Fisgard [1]

HMS Glatton [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS HAMPSHIRE [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS Hercules [1]

HMS Hyderabad [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS Invincible [1]

Service

Royal Navy [694]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [297]

British Army [37]

Other Empire Force [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [145]

H [111]

S [95]

C [93]

P [72]

W [67]

M [62]

L [61]

T [53]

A [52]

R [52]

D [49]

G [49]

F [40]

J [25]

E [20]

K [17]

N [16]

O [16]

V [14]

Y [5]

I [4]

U [2]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1025]

Merchant Navy [90]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

France [1]

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Place of birth

Bournemouth, Hampshire [925] Bournemouth, Hampshire, England [90] Christchurch, Bournemouth, Hampshire [20] Winton, Bournemouth, Hampshire [18] Boscombe, Bournemouth, Hampshire [15] Springbourne, Bournemouth, Hampshire [9] Westbourne, Bournemouth, Hampshire [7] Moordown, Bournemouth, Hampshire [5] Bournemouth Hampshire [4] Holdenhurst, Bournemouth, Hampshire [4] Pokesdown, Bournemouth, Hampshire [4] Christchurch Bournemouth, Hampshire [3] Ringwood, Bournemouth, Hampshire [3] Boscombe Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Bournemouth, Boscombe, Hampshire [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire. [1] Bournemouth, Winton, Hampshire [1] Brockenhurst, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Christchurch Bournemouth Hampshire [1] Malmesbury Park, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Manor Road, Moordown, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Saint Michaels Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Southbourne, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] St Michael, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] St Paul's, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] St. Clements, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Wallisdown, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [26] Private [21] Stoker 1st Class [11] Captain [6] Leading Stoker [6] Lieutenant [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Lance Corporal [4] Rifleman [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Leading Stoker [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Driver [2] Gunner [2] Leading Seaman [2] Petty Officer [2] Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [2] War Artist [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lieutenant, Flying Officer [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Bugler [1] Cadet [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 3rd Grade [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic II [1] Cook [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1] Engineer [1] Guardsman [1] L/Corporal [1] Lance Corporal (NCO) [1] Major [1] Mechanician [1] Member [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Petty Officer Telegraphist [1] Pioneer [1] Plumber's Mate [1] Private 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [10] HMS NEPTUNE [7] HMS BLACK PRINCE [6] HMS IRON DUKE [6] HMS QUEEN MARY [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] HMS Princess Royal [4] London Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] HMS BULWARK [2] HMS CAROLINE [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [2] HMS Vivid [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] 2/67th Punjabis [1] 2nd Australian Field Ambulance [1] 3/9th Gurkha Rifles [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] General List [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Agincourt." [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] HM Submarine E16 [1] HM Submarine H3 [1] HMS Achilles [1] HMS BEGONIA (Q10) [1] HMS Boscawen [1] HMS Boscawen I [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Caroline [1] HMS ENGADINE [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Fisgard [1] HMS Glatton [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS HAMPSHIRE [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS Hercules [1] HMS Hyderabad [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS Invincible [1]

Service

Royal Navy [694] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [297] British Army [37] Other Empire Force [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [145] H [111] S [95] C [93] P [72] W [67] M [62] L [61] T [53] A [52] R [52] D [49] G [49] F [40] J [25] E [20] K [17] N [16] O [16] V [14] Y [5] I [4] U [2] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1025] Merchant Navy [90]

Country

United Kingdom [33] France [1]

Cyril Dunman Lacey

Born 1884

Died 1941

British Army Temporary Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps 9th Battalion

British Army Temporary Captain / Acting Major (whilst 2nd in command of Battn) King's Royal Rifle Army 9th Battalion

British Army Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion

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Blanche May Brake

Born 1895

Died 1975

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 16512 Member Women's Royal Air Force

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Frank Ernest Shadwell

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 4598 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 29859 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 157954 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Hon. Richard Eustace Grosvenor

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

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Bernard Scott

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment 1/15

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Sydney Frederick Parsons

Born 1894

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5343 Private 2nd Australian Field Ambulance

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William James Chinchen

Born 1891

Died 1975

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260305

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John Angell

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 10712 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 10712 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Reginald John Thomas Fancy

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 375842 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Leslie John Spencer Allen

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment 1/7th Battalion

British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment

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Alan Victor Hobbs

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant General List

British Army Temporary 2nd Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 10th Battalion

Other Empire Force Lance Corporal (NCO) Officer Training Corps Tonbridge School

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Samuel Pinkett

Born 1900

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279891 Private 2nd Class

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Rowland William Collins

Born 1891

Died 1968

Royal Navy SS3156

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Terence Ewart Bonfield

Born 1893

Died 1991

British Army M/346902 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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Albert Edward Barnes

Born 1880

Died 1926

British Army 202047 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 55222 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Stewart Frank Cole

Born 1891

Died 1965

Royal Navy M3693 Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 3rd Grade Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Navy M3693 Chief Petty Officer Mechanic II HMS ENGADINE

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Albert George Beckingham

Born 1898

Died 1956

British Army 306611 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/7th

British Army 3045 Private Hampshire Regiment

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George Broomfield

Born 1890

Died 1918

Royal Navy 237502 Leading Seaman HMS Hyderabad

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Harry Haviland White

Born 1877

Died 1918

Royal Navy 283351 (RFR Po B4649) Leading Stoker

Royal Navy 283351 Leading Stoker HMS Victory

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Sidney James Ford

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219190

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