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Bournemouth, Hampshire [925]

Bournemouth, Hampshire, England [90]

Bournemouth England [67]

Bournemouth [58]

Bournemouth, Dorset [20]

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]

Bournemouth, Hants [4]

Holdenhurst, Bournemouth, Hampshire [4]

Pokesdown, Bournemouth, Hampshire [4]

Christchurch Bournemouth, Hampshire [3]

Ringwood, Bournemouth, Hampshire [3]

bournemouth [3]

Bournemouth, Hertfordshire [2]

Christchurch, Bournemouth [2]

BOURNEMOUTH, HANTS [1]

Boscombe Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Bournemouth, Boscombe, Hampshire [1]

Bournemouth, England [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire. [1]

Bournemouth, Winton, Hampshire [1]

Branksome, Bournemouth [1]

Brockenhurst, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Christchurch Bournemouth Hampshire [1]

Christchurch,Bournemouth. [1]

Kinson Bournemouth [1]

Kinson, Bournemouth, Dorset [1]

Malmesbury Park, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Manor Road, Moordown, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Pokesdown, Bournemouth, Hants [1]

Saint Michaels Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Southbourne, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Springbourne, Bournemouth [1]

Springbourne, Bournemouth, Dorset [1]

St Michael, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

St Paul's, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

St. Clements, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

St. James's, Bournemouth [1]

St. James, Bournemouth [1]

St. John's, Bournemouth [1]

St. Michael's, Bournemouth [1]

Wallis Down, Bournemouth, Dorset [1]

Wallisdown, Bournemouth [1]

Wallisdown, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Westbourne, Bournemouth [1]

Rank

Private [58]

Able Seaman [27]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Lieutenant [12]

Captain [11]

Corporal [11]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Lance Corporal [7]

Rifleman [7]

Leading Stoker [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Gunner [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Leading Stoker [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Driver [3]

Serjeant [3]

Bugler [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Musician [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [2]

War Artist [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lieutenant, Flying Officer [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bombadier [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Cadet [1]

Captainand Battalion Major [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 3rd Grade [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic II [1]

Colonel [1]

Cook [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [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]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [25]

Dorsetshire Regiment [9]

London Regiment [9]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [7]

HMS NEPTUNE [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

HMS IRON DUKE [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [6]

HMS QUEEN MARY [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

HMS Princess Royal [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS CAROLINE [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

Hussars [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

13th Hussars [1]

14th Hussars [1]

19th Hussars [1]

2/67th Punjabis [1]

2nd Australian Field Ambulance [1]

3/9th Gurkha Rifles [1]

9th Royal Flying Corps [1]

Australian Flying Corps [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Army Pay Corps [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Commands and Staff [1]

Dorset Regiment [1]

Dragoons [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [725]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [299]

British Army [107]

Australian Imperial Force [68]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [5]

Last name first letter

B [168]

H [121]

S [114]

C [109]

P [78]

W [78]

M [71]

L [69]

G [63]

T [61]

D [58]

A [56]

R [56]

F [44]

J [31]

K [24]

E [22]

N [20]

O [19]

V [18]

Y [6]

I [5]

U [2]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1195]

Merchant Navy [90]

Country

United Kingdom [48]

Canada [2]

France [1]

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Bournemouth, Hampshire [925] Bournemouth, Hampshire, England [90] Bournemouth England [67] Bournemouth [58] Bournemouth, Dorset [20] 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] Bournemouth, Hants [4] Holdenhurst, Bournemouth, Hampshire [4] Pokesdown, Bournemouth, Hampshire [4] Christchurch Bournemouth, Hampshire [3] Ringwood, Bournemouth, Hampshire [3] bournemouth [3] Bournemouth, Hertfordshire [2] Christchurch, Bournemouth [2] BOURNEMOUTH, HANTS [1] Boscombe Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Bournemouth, Boscombe, Hampshire [1] Bournemouth, England [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire. [1] Bournemouth, Winton, Hampshire [1] Branksome, Bournemouth [1] Brockenhurst, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Christchurch Bournemouth Hampshire [1] Christchurch,Bournemouth. [1] Kinson Bournemouth [1] Kinson, Bournemouth, Dorset [1] Malmesbury Park, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Manor Road, Moordown, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Pokesdown, Bournemouth, Hants [1] Saint Michaels Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Southbourne, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Springbourne, Bournemouth [1] Springbourne, Bournemouth, Dorset [1] St Michael, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] St Paul's, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] St. Clements, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] St. James's, Bournemouth [1] St. James, Bournemouth [1] St. John's, Bournemouth [1] St. Michael's, Bournemouth [1] Wallis Down, Bournemouth, Dorset [1] Wallisdown, Bournemouth [1] Wallisdown, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Westbourne, Bournemouth [1]

Rank

Private [58] Able Seaman [27] Second Lieutenant [14] Lieutenant [12] Captain [11] Corporal [11] Stoker 1st Class [11] Lance Corporal [7] Rifleman [7] Leading Stoker [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Gunner [5] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Leading Stoker [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Driver [3] Serjeant [3] Bugler [2] Leading Seaman [2] Musician [2] Petty Officer [2] Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [2] War Artist [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lieutenant, Flying Officer [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bombadier [1] Boy [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Cadet [1] Captainand Battalion Major [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 3rd Grade [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic II [1] Colonel [1] Cook [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [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] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [25] Dorsetshire Regiment [9] London Regiment [9] HMS BLACK PRINCE [7] HMS NEPTUNE [7] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] HMS IRON DUKE [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [6] HMS QUEEN MARY [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] HMS Princess Royal [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] HMS BULWARK [2] HMS CAROLINE [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [2] HMS Vivid [2] Hussars [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 13th Hussars [1] 14th Hussars [1] 19th Hussars [1] 2/67th Punjabis [1] 2nd Australian Field Ambulance [1] 3/9th Gurkha Rifles [1] 9th Royal Flying Corps [1] Australian Flying Corps [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Army Pay Corps [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Commands and Staff [1] Dorset Regiment [1] Dragoons [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [725] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [299] British Army [107] Australian Imperial Force [68] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [5]

Last name first letter

B [168] H [121] S [114] C [109] P [78] W [78] M [71] L [69] G [63] T [61] D [58] A [56] R [56] F [44] J [31] K [24] E [22] N [20] O [19] V [18] Y [6] I [5] U [2] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1195] Merchant Navy [90]

Country

United Kingdom [48] Canada [2] 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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Alfred George Slaymaker

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army GS/10203 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 11th Battalion

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Montague Shadworth Seymour Moore

Born 1896

Died 1966

British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment

British Army Acting Captain Hampshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment

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Edward Bryer Goddard

Born 1897

Died 1980

British Army 132460 Acting Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 132460 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery No. 7 Company Coastal Defence Batteries

British Army 132460 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Philip Russell Meredith

Born 1895

Died 1964

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Mathias Henry Lansdown

Born 1893

Died 1952

British Army 2246 Private London Regiment

British Army Captain Royal West Surrey Regiment

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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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Ernest William Fleming

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 74122 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 13th Battalion

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William Marcham

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 31792 Private Hampshire Regiment

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John Alexander Dunnington-Jefferson

Born 1884

Died 1979

British Army Captainand Battalion Major Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captainand Battalion Major Commands and Staff

British Army Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Fusiliers

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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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Herbert George Squibb

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army S/32284 Private Rifle Brigade

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Francis Reginald Clement Corbin

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 400620 Corporal Canadian Infantry Battalion

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Alfred Henry Young

Died 1917

British Army 13010 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 10th Battalion.

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Francis Edward Oliver

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2839 Private London Regiment - 1/20th (City of London) Battalion (Blackheath & Woolwich)

British Army 2839 Corporal London Regiment - 1/20th (City of London) Battalion (Blackheath & Woolwich)

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Horace Harcourt-Dixon

Born 1876

Died 1931

Royal Navy Royal Naval Division

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William James Chinchen

Born 1891

Died 1975

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260305

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