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Freshwater, Isle of Wight [85]

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Private [28]

Gunner [15]

Driver [7]

Serjeant [6]

Captain [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Bombardier [4]

Corporal [4]

Petty Officer [4]

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Stoker 1st Class [3]

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Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

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Royal Field Artillery [21]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Labour Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

1/103rd Mahratta Light Infantry [1]

103rd Mahratta Light Infantry [1]

153th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

193 Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

1st/124th Baluchis [1]

6th Dragoon Guards [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

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

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

HM Coast Guard Service [1]

HM Coastguard [1]

HMS Barham [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

HMS Vernon [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [1]

Mercantile Marine Reserve - H.M. Yacht "Aries." [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Horse Artillery And Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1]

Service

British Army [67]

Royal Navy [57]

Indian Army [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

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M [13]

B [12]

S [12]

D [11]

R [11]

T [11]

C [10]

H [10]

G [9]

W [8]

A [7]

L [5]

N [4]

P [4]

E [3]

K [3]

Y [2]

F [1]

O [1]

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Military Service [123]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

Australia [2]

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People [137] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Freshwater, Isle of Wight [85] Freshwater Isle of Wight [39] Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England [6] Compton, Freshwater, Isle of Wight [1] Farringdon House, Freshwater, Isle of Wight [1] Farringford House, Freshwater, Isle of Wight [1] Freshwater, Isle Of Wight [1] Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. [1] Freshwater, isle of Wight [1]

Rank

Private [28] Gunner [15] Driver [7] Serjeant [6] Captain [5] Lieutenant [5] Bombardier [4] Corporal [4] Petty Officer [4] Sapper [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Rifleman [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Coastguard (Grade II) [1] Coastguardsman [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Greaser [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1] Trumpeter [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [21] Hampshire Regiment [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Devonshire Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Labour Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 1/103rd Mahratta Light Infantry [1] 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry [1] 153th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 193 Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 1st/124th Baluchis [1] 6th Dragoon Guards [1] Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Monarch" [1] H.M.S. "Viking" [1] HM Coast Guard Service [1] HM Coastguard [1] HMS Barham [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS Vanguard [1] HMS Vernon [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine Reserve [1] Mercantile Marine Reserve - H.M. Yacht "Aries." [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Horse Artillery And Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1]

Service

British Army [67] Royal Navy [57] Indian Army [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [13] B [12] S [12] D [11] R [11] T [11] C [10] H [10] G [9] W [8] A [7] L [5] N [4] P [4] E [3] K [3] Y [2] F [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [123] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [32] Australia [2]

Arthur Joseph Vivian Merwood

Born 1898

Died 1974

British Army 8/1597 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 330319 Private Hampshire Regiment 8th Battalion Princess Beatrice's Isle of Wight Rifles

British Army 330319 Private Hampshire Regiment 8th Battalion Isle of Wight Rifles

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Herbert Edward Denham

Born 1877

Died 1916

Royal Navy Artificer Engineer H.M.S. "Monarch"

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Frederick Charles Calloway

Born 1896

Died 1977

British Army 1849 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 846493 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army Private Hampshire Regiment 2/1 Wessex Brigade

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George H Ansell

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 27226 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 33412 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Charles Alfred Reason

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 56619 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 245836 Private Labour Corps 448th Agricultural Coy.

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Harry Orchard

Born 1879

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 436835 Private

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Harry Lionel Godwin Rogers

Born 1887

Died 1920

Royal Navy 230176 Petty Officer HMS Vernon

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Colin Stephen Bond

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 21511 Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army SS/18888 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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George Edward James Toogood

Born 1893

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204662

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Gerald Albert Gosden

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 4390 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 855312 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Herbert T Andrews

Born 1897

Died 1973

British Army 46963 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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Albert Harry Bastiani

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 21792 Private Devonshire Regiment

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John White Hayter

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 23157 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Thomas Sparshott Gallop

Born 1890

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 151103

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Christopher William Treacher

Born 1894

Died 1915

Royal Navy RMA/13534 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery

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Frederick James Adams

Born 1878

Died 1919

British Army 35606 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Reginald Robert Drake

Born 1883

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 45269

Canadian Expeditionary Force 45269 Sapper Canadian Engineers

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Sidney Grimes

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 32669 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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Robert Charles Hills Rolfe

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 4428 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Charles John Gregory

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 830 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 830 Driver Royal Field Artillery 1/5th Hants Bty.

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