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Gillingham, Dorset [91]

Bourton, Gillingham, Dorset [3]

East Stour, Gillingham, Dorset [2]

Gillingham Dorset [2]

Silton, Gillingham, Dorset [2]

Gillingham , Shaftsbury , Dorset [1]

Gillingham Shaftesbury,Dorset. [1]

Gillingham, Dorset, England [1]

Gillingham, Shaftesbury, Dorset [1]

Gillingham,Dorset [1]

Milton-on stour, Gillingham , Dorset [1]

Stour Provost, Gillingham, Dorset [1]

Stour Row, Gillingham, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [15]

Able Seaman [3]

Corporal [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Able seaman [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Signaller [1]

Cadet [1]

Driver [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Mate [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Ordinary seaman [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Shoeing and Carriage Smith [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Hussars [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

H.M.S "Vivid" [1]

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

HM Submarine H6 [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Britannia [1]

HMS Caroline [1]

HMS Hilderbrand [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Theseus [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

Household Battalion [1]

Hussars [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [1]

Mercantile Marine Reserve - "Edita" [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Dragoon Guards [1]

Royal Dragoons [1]

Royal Dragoons (Reserve Cavalry Regiment) [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS NEPTUNE [1]

Royal Naval Division - Drake Battalion [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [60]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25]

British Army [22]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [15]

S [12]

B [11]

C [10]

M [10]

P [9]

R [7]

T [7]

A [4]

G [4]

L [4]

E [3]

F [3]

D [2]

K [2]

V [2]

W [2]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [103]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

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People [108] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Gillingham, Dorset [91] Bourton, Gillingham, Dorset [3] East Stour, Gillingham, Dorset [2] Gillingham Dorset [2] Silton, Gillingham, Dorset [2] Gillingham , Shaftsbury , Dorset [1] Gillingham Shaftesbury,Dorset. [1] Gillingham, Dorset, England [1] Gillingham, Shaftesbury, Dorset [1] Gillingham,Dorset [1] Milton-on stour, Gillingham , Dorset [1] Stour Provost, Gillingham, Dorset [1] Stour Row, Gillingham, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [15] Able Seaman [3] Corporal [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Lance Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Able seaman [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Signaller [1] Cadet [1] Driver [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Mate [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Ordinary seaman [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Shoeing and Carriage Smith [1] Signalman [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Royal Engineers [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] Corps of Hussars [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Hussars [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S "Vivid" [1] H.M.S. "Vivid" [1] HM Submarine H6 [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Britannia [1] HMS Caroline [1] HMS Hilderbrand [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Theseus [1] HMS Victory I [1] Household Battalion [1] Hussars [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Mercantile Marine Reserve [1] Mercantile Marine Reserve - "Edita" [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Dragoon Guards [1] Royal Dragoons [1] Royal Dragoons (Reserve Cavalry Regiment) [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS NEPTUNE [1] Royal Naval Division - Drake Battalion [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Wiltshire Regiment [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [60] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25] British Army [22] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [15] S [12] B [11] C [10] M [10] P [9] R [7] T [7] A [4] G [4] L [4] E [3] F [3] D [2] K [2] V [2] W [2] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [103] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Henry Sidney John Vincent

Born 1894

Died 1914

Royal Navy M4093 Armourer's Crew HMS BULWARK

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Harry Roland Flower

Born 1894

Royal Navy 16050 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS NEPTUNE

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Howard Henry Pike

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229902

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Arthur Thomas Stone

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262955

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Reginald Clarence Churchill

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army M/323833 Private Army Service Corps 42nd Motor Ambulance Convoy.

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Fred Martin

Born 1889

Royal Navy 237458

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Harry Mansfield

Born 1879

Royal Navy 292627

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John Maidment

Born 1881

Royal Navy 294524

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Percy Perrett

Born 1885

Royal Navy 305729

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Alban Edward Harris

Born 1896

Royal Navy F19909

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Hubert Charles Elliott

Born 1888

Royal Navy F24164

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Hugh Butt

Born 1881

Royal Navy F28696

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Geoffrey Reginald Silton Harris

Born 1894

Royal Navy F36441

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Frederick Flower

Born 1892

Royal Navy J1231

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Henry Charles Burgess

Born 1892

Royal Navy J6998

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Fred Josiah Strong

Born 1899

Royal Navy J32864

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Arthur John Cox

Born 1899

Royal Navy J42093

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Edgar George Hebyar

Born 1899

Royal Navy J45525

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Jack Tapper

Born 1900

Royal Navy J50119

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Tom Cox

Born 1900

Royal Navy J54670

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