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Cowes, Isle of Wight [187]

Cowes Isle of Wight [107]

Cowes, Isle of Wight, England [51]

East Cowes, Isle of Wight [31]

East Cowes Isle of Wight [24]

West Cowes Isle of Wight [13]

West Cowes, Isle of Wight, England [6]

East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England [5]

West Cowes, Isle of Wight [4]

Cowes, Isle Of Wight [3]

Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [3]

Cowes Isle of Wight, Hampshire [2]

Cowes Isle Of Wight [1]

Cowes Isle Of Wight England [1]

Cowes Isle of Wight England [1]

Cowes Isle of Wight Hants [1]

East Cowes, Isle Of Wight [1]

East Cowes, Isle of WIght [1]

East Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Northwood, Cowes, Isle of Wight [1]

Northwood, Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Spring Hill, East Cowes, Isle of Wight [1]

West Cowes Cowes Isle of Wight [1]

West Cowes Isle Of Wight [1]

West Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Whippingham, East Cowes, Isle of Wight [1]

Rank

Private [70]

Rifleman [17]

Gunner [12]

Serjeant [12]

Corporal [11]

Captain [9]

Lieutenant [9]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Able Seaman [5]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [5]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [4]

Major [4]

Sapper [4]

Driver [3]

Artificer Engineer [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Chief Shipwright [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

1st Writer [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd class [1]

Air Mechanic Second Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Cattleman [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Clerk [1]

Commander [1]

Cook [1]

Engine Room Artificer Apprentice [1]

Engineer [1]

Fireman [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Midshipman [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [64]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Dorsetshire Regiment [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

London Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

HMS Agincourt [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

HM Submarine D2 [2]

HMS Castor [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS Queen Mary [2]

HMS SHARK [2]

HMS Victory II [2]

Mercantile Marine [2]

Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M. Yacht "Aries" [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

107 Sqn. [1]

152nd Infantry [1]

15th Punjab Regiment [1]

25th Punjabis [1]

26th Bn., Canadian Infantry [1]

28th Punjabis [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Expeditionary Force [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

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

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

H.M.S. "King George V." [1]

H.M.S. Princess Irene [1]

H.M.S. Safeguard [1]

H.M.S.P.S. Erin's Isle [1]

Service

Royal Navy [245]

British Army [127]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Other Empire Force [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [54]

B [50]

S [39]

C [38]

H [35]

M [33]

R [30]

L [27]

P [27]

D [25]

T [21]

F [16]

J [16]

G [14]

A [7]

N [4]

K [3]

O [3]

U [3]

V [2]

E [1]

I [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [370]

Merchant Navy [64]

Country

United Kingdom [63]

Canada [1]

India [1]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

Cowes, Isle of Wight [187] Cowes Isle of Wight [107] Cowes, Isle of Wight, England [51] East Cowes, Isle of Wight [31] East Cowes Isle of Wight [24] West Cowes Isle of Wight [13] West Cowes, Isle of Wight, England [6] East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England [5] West Cowes, Isle of Wight [4] Cowes, Isle Of Wight [3] Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [3] Cowes Isle of Wight, Hampshire [2] Cowes Isle Of Wight [1] Cowes Isle Of Wight England [1] Cowes Isle of Wight England [1] Cowes Isle of Wight Hants [1] East Cowes, Isle Of Wight [1] East Cowes, Isle of WIght [1] East Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] Northwood, Cowes, Isle of Wight [1] Northwood, Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] Spring Hill, East Cowes, Isle of Wight [1] West Cowes Cowes Isle of Wight [1] West Cowes Isle Of Wight [1] West Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] Whippingham, East Cowes, Isle of Wight [1]

Rank

Private [70] Rifleman [17] Gunner [12] Serjeant [12] Corporal [11] Captain [9] Lieutenant [9] Second Lieutenant [9] Lance Corporal [8] Able Seaman [5] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [5] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [4] Major [4] Sapper [4] Driver [3] Artificer Engineer [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Chief Shipwright [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Petty Officer [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 1st Writer [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd class [1] Air Mechanic Second Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Cattleman [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer [1] Clerk [1] Commander [1] Cook [1] Engine Room Artificer Apprentice [1] Engineer [1] Fireman [1] Flying Officer [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Midshipman [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [64] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Royal Field Artillery [6] Dorsetshire Regiment [5] Royal Engineers [5] London Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] HMS Agincourt [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] HM Submarine D2 [2] HMS Castor [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS Queen Mary [2] HMS SHARK [2] HMS Victory II [2] Mercantile Marine [2] Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M. Yacht "Aries" [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] 107 Sqn. [1] 152nd Infantry [1] 15th Punjab Regiment [1] 25th Punjabis [1] 26th Bn., Canadian Infantry [1] 28th Punjabis [1] Army Service Corps [1] Australian Expeditionary Force [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Achilles." [1] H.M.S. "Fisgard." [1] H.M.S. "King George V." [1] H.M.S. Princess Irene [1] H.M.S. Safeguard [1] H.M.S.P.S. Erin's Isle [1]

Service

Royal Navy [245] British Army [127] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Other Empire Force [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [2] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [54] B [50] S [39] C [38] H [35] M [33] R [30] L [27] P [27] D [25] T [21] F [16] J [16] G [14] A [7] N [4] K [3] O [3] U [3] V [2] E [1] I [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [370] Merchant Navy [64]

Country

United Kingdom [63] Canada [1] India [1] Malta [1]

Maurice William James Boxall

Born 1899

Died 1940

British Army Captain 28th Punjabis

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 25th Punjabis

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flying Officer

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Benjamin Frank Morey

Born 1879

Died 1920

British Army 27561 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Basil Gilbert Jolliffe

Born 1893

Died 1971

Royal Navy M8233

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Edward Albert Frost

Born 1884

Died 1947

Royal Navy 272343

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Albert Charles Day

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 111546 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 156th Siege Battery

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William George Burge

Born 1858

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Engineer Mercantile Marine (Mercant Navy)

Other Empire Force Engineer Mercantile Marine - SS 'Aigburth' (Liverpool)

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Donald White Ratsey

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment

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John Samuel Bell

Born 1876

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53308 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps Aeroplane Repair Park (Aldershot)

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Harry Joseph Francis

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 25762 Private Hampshire Regiment 15th Battalion

British Army 25762 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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George Ruffin Noyce

Born 1872

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Second Engineer Mercantile Marine

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Andrew William Hitches

Born 1894

Died 1941

Royal Navy M12471 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Agincourt

Royal Navy P/MX54426 Chief Engine Room Artificer HMS Greyhound

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Harold Edward Long

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy M31587

Royal Navy M/31587 Shipwright 2nd Class H.M.S. "Achilles."

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Richard John Crook

Born 1891

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 799322

Canadian Expeditionary Force 799322 Private Canadian Infantry

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Uffa Fox

Born 1898

Died 1972

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167350 Air Mechanic 3rd class

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Charles John Robert Deacon

Born 1905

Died 1921

Royal Navy M36122

Royal Navy M/36122 Engine Room Artificer Apprentice H.M.S. "Fisgard."

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Richard Douglas Cooper

Born 1892

Died 1970

Canadian Expeditionary Force 602024

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Marie Leonarah Love

Born 1900

Died 1984

Royal Navy G3440 Clerk

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Charles Frederic Whitticom

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 400 Private Acting Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army 403626 Private Acting Corporal Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403626 Corporal

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Walter Barrington Silver

Born 1866

Died 1914

British Army Major Reserve of Officers

British Army Major Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Otto William Henry Cass

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 21232 Private Hampshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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