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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]

Richard Mark Kennedy

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227026

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Albert Vincent Grant

Born 1888

Died 1967

British Army 19115 Driver Royal Engineers 4th Company

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Alfred Roy Butt Stretch

Born 1897

Died 1968

Royal Navy J24721

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Herbert Heffield Thomas Nias

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1117

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Frank Stone

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200411

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Bruce Charles Steele Mundy

Born 1903

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 338166

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Edmund Henry Hall

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268197

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Lionel Godfrey James Heal

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178532

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Albert Edward Victor Knight

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14695

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Hector William Pratt

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 314334

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Arthur John Wing

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3433

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Frederick Doe

Born 1894

Died 1917

Royal Navy K15739

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Charles Goble

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy 233323 Able Seaman HMS INVINCIBLE

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Leonard Chalmers Skerratt

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8308

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Albert Thomas Newland

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222767

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Charles Wareham

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231073

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George Hamilton Holdaway

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 248340

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Albert Edward Nicholson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 248902

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Frederick Beal

Born 1878

Died 1919

Royal Navy 178228

Royal Navy 178228(PO) Petty Officer HMS Castor

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Edward Daniels

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy PO/14431 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/14431 Private RMLI HMS Swiftsure

Royal Navy PO/14431 Private RMLI HMS Hampshire

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