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Place of birth

Farnham, Surrey [493]

Hale, Farnham, Surrey [9]

Farnham Surrey [7]

Upper Hale, Farnham, Surrey [5]

Farnham, Surrey, England [4]

Tilford, Farnham, Surrey [4]

Frensham, Farnham, Surrey [3]

Aldershot,Farnham,Surrey. [2]

Farnham Surrey [2]

Seale, Farnham, Surrey [2]

Badshot Lea, Farnham, Surrey [1]

Bourne Farnham, Surrey [1]

Bourne, Farnham, Surrey [1]

Chart Farnham, Surrey [1]

Farnham, Ash, Surrey [1]

Farnham, Surrey. [1]

Farnham,Aldershot,Surrey. [1]

Farnham,Surrey. [1]

Frimley, Farnham, Surrey [1]

Hale Vicarage, Near Farnham, Surrey [1]

Hale-near-Farnham, Surrey [1]

Lower Bourne, Farnham, Surrey [1]

Middle Bourne, Farnham, Surrey [1]

Near Farnham, Surrey [1]

Weybourne, Farnham, Surrey [1]

York Town, Farnham, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [32]

Able Seaman [13]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Stoker 1st Class [11]

Lieutenant [10]

Captain [8]

Lance Corporal [5]

Corporal [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Leading Stoker [3]

Major [3]

Serjeant [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Driver [2]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Sapper [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

1st Air Mechanic [1]

2nd Air Mechanic [1]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

2nd Cooks Mate [1]

Acting Matron [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Battery Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Captain Lieutenant Major [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Cook [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Forewoman [1]

General [1]

Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Nurse [1]

Officer's Cook 3rd Class [1]

Officer's Steward [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

HMS Hindustan [4]

HMS IRON DUKE [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [4]

HMS BULWARK [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS GARLAND [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers [1]

3rd Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

3rd Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Aeroplane Supply [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Division Army Service Corps [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Gordon Highlanders attached Manchester Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

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

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

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

Service

Royal Navy [365]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [116]

British Army [61]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [70]

H [46]

P [45]

S [44]

C [40]

F [33]

M [32]

W [32]

G [28]

L [27]

R [27]

T [21]

K [20]

D [17]

A [16]

E [14]

N [13]

J [6]

O [6]

V [6]

U [2]

I [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [539]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [29]

New Zealand [1]

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People [547] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Farnham, Surrey [493] Hale, Farnham, Surrey [9] Farnham Surrey [7] Upper Hale, Farnham, Surrey [5] Farnham, Surrey, England [4] Tilford, Farnham, Surrey [4] Frensham, Farnham, Surrey [3] Aldershot,Farnham,Surrey. [2] Farnham Surrey [2] Seale, Farnham, Surrey [2] Badshot Lea, Farnham, Surrey [1] Bourne Farnham, Surrey [1] Bourne, Farnham, Surrey [1] Chart Farnham, Surrey [1] Farnham, Ash, Surrey [1] Farnham, Surrey. [1] Farnham,Aldershot,Surrey. [1] Farnham,Surrey. [1] Frimley, Farnham, Surrey [1] Hale Vicarage, Near Farnham, Surrey [1] Hale-near-Farnham, Surrey [1] Lower Bourne, Farnham, Surrey [1] Middle Bourne, Farnham, Surrey [1] Near Farnham, Surrey [1] Weybourne, Farnham, Surrey [1] York Town, Farnham, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [32] Able Seaman [13] Second Lieutenant [12] Stoker 1st Class [11] Lieutenant [10] Captain [8] Lance Corporal [5] Corporal [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Leading Stoker [3] Major [3] Serjeant [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Acting Corporal [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Driver [2] Gunner [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Sapper [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] 1st Air Mechanic [1] 2nd Air Mechanic [1] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] 2nd Cooks Mate [1] Acting Matron [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Battery Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Captain Lieutenant Major [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Cook [1] Cook's Mate [1] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flying Officer [1] Forewoman [1] General [1] Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Nurse [1] Officer's Cook 3rd Class [1] Officer's Steward [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Hampshire Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] HMS Hindustan [4] HMS IRON DUKE [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Engineers [4] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [4] HMS BULWARK [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Army Service Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS GARLAND [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers [1] 3rd Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 3rd Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Aeroplane Supply [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Border Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Division Army Service Corps [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Gordon Highlanders attached Manchester Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Hampshire" [1] H.M.S. "Hampshire." [1] H.M.S. "Orcadia" [1]

Service

Royal Navy [365] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [116] British Army [61] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [70] H [46] P [45] S [44] C [40] F [33] M [32] W [32] G [28] L [27] R [27] T [21] K [20] D [17] A [16] E [14] N [13] J [6] O [6] V [6] U [2] I [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [539] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [29] New Zealand [1]

Albert William Cooper

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46098

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Doris Adela Halcrow

Born 1890

Died 1957

British Army 196 Forewoman Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Harry Nicholls

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265418

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Percy Landolph Swan

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21508

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Henry Pullen

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194308

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Harvey Chuter

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284742

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Edwin Angelo Larby

Born 1894

Died 1985

Royal Navy SS115506 Stoker II Victory II

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George Reginald Heylin Clark

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

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Robert Bowman

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313335

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Albert Morgan

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 35214 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 35089 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 93349 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Rene Frankland Gosset

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment east Battalion

British Army Captain Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Captain East Yorkshire Regiment

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Frank Pharo

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army S/5485 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army S/5485 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Frederick James Worsfold

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1556 Private Welsh Guards 1st Battalion

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James Victor Voice

Born 1897

Died 1919

Royal Navy J28250 Able Seaman HMS Marksman

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Herbert Edward Pullinger

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208185

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Ernest Frederick Knott

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227132

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Edgar Baigent

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230958

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Arthur Baigent

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236589

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Christopher John Brook Harris

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 251869

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Charles Ernest Hansford

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 25974 Private Grenadier Guards

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