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Place of birth

Fareham, Hampshire [437]

Fareham, Hampshire, England [21]

Southwick, Fareham, Hampshire [5]

Fareham Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Fareham, Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire [3]

Wickham, Fareham, Hampshire [3]

Fareham Hampshire [2]

Botley Fareham Hampshire [1]

Catherington, Fareham, Hampshire [1]

Fareham, Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Fareham, Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Fareham, Stubbington, Hampshire [1]

Hambledon, Fareham, Hampshire [1]

Litchfield Common near Fareham, Hampshire [1]

Litchfield, Fareham, Hampshire [1]

Newtown, Fareham, Hampshire [1]

Rooksbury Park,Wickham,Fareham,Hampshire [1]

SWANWICK, FAREHAM, HAMPSHIRE [1]

Southwick Fareham, Hampshire [1]

Titchfield Fareham, Hampshire [1]

Totton, Fareham, Hampshire [1]

Warsash Fareham, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [17]

Able Seaman [10]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Leading Stoker [5]

Captain [4]

Major [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Corporal [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Warrant Writer [1]

Armourer [1]

Assistant Paymaster Sub Lieutenant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Chief Ship's Cook [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Chief Writer [1]

Cook [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Domestic 2nd Class [1]

Driver [1]

Driver Acting Bombardier [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Flight Serjeant [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Officer's cook Second Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Private RMLI [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sergeant, acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Pilot [1]

Sick Berth Steward [1]

Signalman [1]

Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [6]

HMS INVINCIBLE [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

HMS Agincourt [3]

HMS QUEEN MARY [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS Nelson [2]

HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [2]

HMS Queen Mary [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

19th Hussars attached South Nottinghamshire Hussars [1]

34th Royal Sikh Pioneers [1]

7th Dragoon Guards attd 34 Div Signal Squadron RE [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Canadian Cavalry Machine Gun Sqn. [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

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

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Britomart, Royal Marine Light Infantry [1]

HMS Caroline [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Cumberland [1]

HMS Dreadnought [1]

HMS FORTUNE [1]

HMS Forward [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Good Hope, Royal Marine Light Infantry [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS Invincible [1]

HMS King Alfred [1]

HMS King George V [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS Nestor [1]

HMS Ocean [1]

HMS Philomel [1]

HMS Porpoise [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS Spanker [1]

HMS St Vincent [1]

HMS Swiftsure [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

Service

Royal Navy [381]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [59]

British Army [29]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [55]

B [47]

H [44]

W [41]

M [36]

S [32]

D [27]

G [26]

K [25]

P [25]

F [21]

L [21]

R [16]

T [16]

A [15]

E [11]

N [10]

O [8]

J [7]

V [5]

Y [2]

I [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [463]

Merchant Navy [20]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

Canada [1]

Egypt [1]

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People [492] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Fareham, Hampshire [437] Fareham, Hampshire, England [21] Southwick, Fareham, Hampshire [5] Fareham Southampton, Hampshire [3] Fareham, Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire [3] Wickham, Fareham, Hampshire [3] Fareham Hampshire [2] Botley Fareham Hampshire [1] Catherington, Fareham, Hampshire [1] Fareham, Gosport, Hampshire [1] Fareham, Southampton, Hampshire [1] Fareham, Stubbington, Hampshire [1] Hambledon, Fareham, Hampshire [1] Litchfield Common near Fareham, Hampshire [1] Litchfield, Fareham, Hampshire [1] Newtown, Fareham, Hampshire [1] Rooksbury Park,Wickham,Fareham,Hampshire [1] SWANWICK, FAREHAM, HAMPSHIRE [1] Southwick Fareham, Hampshire [1] Titchfield Fareham, Hampshire [1] Totton, Fareham, Hampshire [1] Warsash Fareham, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [17] Able Seaman [10] Stoker 1st Class [9] Leading Stoker [5] Captain [4] Major [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant [3] Corporal [2] Leading Seaman [2] Petty Officer [2] Rifleman [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Warrant Writer [1] Armourer [1] Assistant Paymaster Sub Lieutenant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Chief Ship's Cook [1] Chief Stoker [1] Chief Writer [1] Cook [1] Cook's Mate [1] Domestic 2nd Class [1] Driver [1] Driver Acting Bombardier [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Flight Serjeant [1] Gunner [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Officer's cook Second Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Private RMLI [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Sergeant, acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Serjeant [1] Serjeant Pilot [1] Sick Berth Steward [1] Signalman [1] Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [7] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [6] HMS INVINCIBLE [4] Royal Air Force [4] HMS Agincourt [3] HMS QUEEN MARY [3] Royal Engineers [3] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS Fearless [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS Nelson [2] HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [2] HMS Queen Mary [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 19th Hussars attached South Nottinghamshire Hussars [1] 34th Royal Sikh Pioneers [1] 7th Dragoon Guards attd 34 Div Signal Squadron RE [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Canadian Cavalry Machine Gun Sqn. [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] H.M.S. "Victory" [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Britomart, Royal Marine Light Infantry [1] HMS Caroline [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Cumberland [1] HMS Dreadnought [1] HMS FORTUNE [1] HMS Forward [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Good Hope, Royal Marine Light Infantry [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS Invincible [1] HMS King Alfred [1] HMS King George V [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS Nestor [1] HMS Ocean [1] HMS Philomel [1] HMS Porpoise [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS Spanker [1] HMS St Vincent [1] HMS Swiftsure [1] HMS THUNDERER [1]

Service

Royal Navy [381] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [59] British Army [29] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [55] B [47] H [44] W [41] M [36] S [32] D [27] G [26] K [25] P [25] F [21] L [21] R [16] T [16] A [15] E [11] N [10] O [8] J [7] V [5] Y [2] I [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [463] Merchant Navy [20]

Country

United Kingdom [33] Canada [1] Egypt [1]

William Harry Richard Edney

Born 1879

Royal Navy 309996 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Nelson

Royal Navy 309996 Stoker 1st Class HMS King Alfred

Royal Navy 309996 Stoker 1st Class HMS Agincourt

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William Henry Beal

Born 1885

Royal Navy 211264 Able Seaman HMS IRON DUKE

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Edward Churcher

Born 1888

Royal Navy K24521 Stoker 1st Class HMS PRINCESS ROYAL

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Henry Thomas Bishop

Born 1886

Royal Navy 220841 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Caroline

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Sidney John Willcox

Born 1887

Royal Navy M1243 Leading Cook's Mate HMS Unity

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Albert Victor Monck

Born 1878

Royal Navy 355295

Royal Navy 355295 Domestic 2nd Class HMS Ocean

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John Olding

Born 1880

Royal Navy 186608 Petty Officer HMS Tipperary

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William John Leslie Cope

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 176864

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William James Distin

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 202336

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Thomas Gordon Tee

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4190

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Lawrence Hawkins Mitchell

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218692

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Wilfred Macey

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228400

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Reginald Leslie Cardon

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239193

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Gilbert Bull

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301344

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Reginald Albert Miles

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245098

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Hugh Stanley Whitlock

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247063

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Frank Carpenter

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 251894

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Frederick Charles Henry Childs

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278192

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William Jesse Brown

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 314132

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Horace Joseph Faithfull

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211688

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