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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]

Alfred John Henry Pragnell

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army SR-8318 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 283318 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Harry Ernest Sheath

Born 1871

Died 1953

British Army 8/15 Colour Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

British Army 8/15 Warrant Officer Class 2 Hampshire Regiment

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William Thomas Richard Beale

Born 1883

Died 1916

Royal Navy 203457

Royal Navy 203457 Leading Seaman HMS Queen Mary

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Horace Percy Jolliffe

Born 1888

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 645055

Canadian Expeditionary Force 645055 Private Canadian Infantry

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Cecil Markham Annesby Samuda

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army Major Somerset Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant The Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)

British Army Lieutenant The Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)

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Hedley Draper

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 212993 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Cecil Charles Meager

Born 1894

Died 1986

British Army 1097 Rifleman Hampshire Regiment 1/8th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406147 Air Mechanic Second Class

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Joseph Richard Barton

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 324 Private Scottish Horse

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Frederick Charles Cooper

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 7/7199 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 6/7572 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 267525 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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George Henry Jackson

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 3469 Corporal Rifle Brigade

British Army 3469 Warrant Officer Class 2 Rifle Brigade

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

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Arthur Warren

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 8243 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Arthur Samuel Weeding

Born 1882

Died 1934

British Army 8/72 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 1/8th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain

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Reginald Charles Marvin

Born 1875

Died 1924

British Army Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment

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John Meek

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 8194 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Reginald Harold Cottell

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 30858 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 242688 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Charles Harold Gustar

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 9606 Private Hampshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 9606 Private Hampshire Regiment

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George Richard Angell

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army O/9732 Private Army Ordnance Corps Clothing Salvage Depot

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Allan James Hurst

Born 1873

Died 1916

Royal Navy Artificer Engineer HMS SHARK

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Angus George Brown

Born 1885

Died 1972

Royal Navy Acting Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

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Thomas Christopher Ratsey

Born 1886

Died 1958

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Acting Captain Royal Field Artillery

Royal Navy London Z/1354 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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