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Gosport, Hampshire [1068]

Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire [23]

Gosport, Portsmouth, Hampshire [13]

Gosport, Hampshire, England [12]

Gosport Hampshire [3]

Gosport, Alverstoke, Hampshire [3]

Alverstoke Gosport, Hampshire [2]

Christchurch, Gosport, Hampshire [2]

Elson, Gosport, Hampshire [2]

Forton, Gosport, Hampshire [2]

Alverstoke Gosport Hampshire [1]

Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire, England [1]

Alverstoke,Gosport,Hampshire. [1]

Alverstokes Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Alverston Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Brockhurst, Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Fareham, Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Forton Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Fortow, Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Gosport Hampshire [1]

Gosport Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Stubbington, Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [31]

Able Seaman [20]

Stoker 1st Class [20]

Boy 1st Class [10]

Leading Seaman [6]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Bugler [5]

Captain [5]

Cook's Mate [5]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Petty Officer [5]

Stoker Petty Officer [5]

Gunner [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Sapper [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Shipwright 1st Class [4]

Shipwright 2nd Class [4]

Boy Telegraphist [3]

Corporal [3]

Driver [3]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Serjeant [3]

Ship's Cook [3]

2nd Cook's Mate [2]

3rd Writer [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Chief Ship's Cook [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2]

Leading Cook's Mate [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Major [2]

Mechanician [2]

Officer's Cook 1st Class [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Petty Officer 1st Class [2]

Rifleman [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Stoker [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

1st Writer [1]

2nd Cooper [1]

2nd Ship's Steward [1]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

ALIAS Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Able Bodied Seaman [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [10]

HMS Good Hope [9]

HMS INVINCIBLE [7]

HMS IRON DUKE [7]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [7]

HMS Agincourt [6]

HMS NEPTUNE [6]

HMS Princess Royal [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

HMS Hampshire [5]

HMS QUEEN MARY [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

HMS BULWARK [3]

HMS CANADA [3]

HMS Impregnable [3]

HMS Queen Mary [3]

HMS Victory I [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

HMS AMBUSCADE [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS BROKE [2]

HMS Barham [2]

HMS Calliope [2]

HMS Castor [2]

HMS Cochrane [2]

HMS DEFENCE [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

HMS Hercules [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS Invincible [2]

HMS Iris II (Victory X) [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

HMS ONSLOW [2]

HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [2]

HMS Sparrowhawk [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory) [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

(Fox) M33 [1]

(R.F.R. P.O. B.5985). H.M.S. "Victory" [1]

1st Light Horse Brigade Train [1]

2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers [1]

2nd Division Train [1]

Service

Royal Navy [948]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [132]

British Army [49]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [132]

C [115]

H [108]

S [107]

M [90]

W [83]

P [75]

D [62]

G [49]

F [48]

T [44]

R [42]

A [34]

N [33]

L [32]

K [22]

E [15]

J [13]

O [12]

V [8]

U [6]

Y [6]

I [5]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1105]

Merchant Navy [9]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [45]

Australia [1]

China [1]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

India [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Gosport, Hampshire [1068] Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire [23] Gosport, Portsmouth, Hampshire [13] Gosport, Hampshire, England [12] Gosport Hampshire [3] Gosport, Alverstoke, Hampshire [3] Alverstoke Gosport, Hampshire [2] Christchurch, Gosport, Hampshire [2] Elson, Gosport, Hampshire [2] Forton, Gosport, Hampshire [2] Alverstoke Gosport Hampshire [1] Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire, England [1] Alverstoke,Gosport,Hampshire. [1] Alverstokes Gosport, Hampshire [1] Alverston Gosport, Hampshire [1] Brockhurst, Gosport, Hampshire [1] Fareham, Gosport, Hampshire [1] Forton Gosport, Hampshire [1] Fortow, Gosport, Hampshire [1] Gosport Hampshire [1] Gosport Southampton, Hampshire [1] Stubbington, Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [31] Able Seaman [20] Stoker 1st Class [20] Boy 1st Class [10] Leading Seaman [6] Boy 2nd Class [5] Bugler [5] Captain [5] Cook's Mate [5] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Petty Officer [5] Stoker Petty Officer [5] Gunner [4] Leading Stoker [4] Sapper [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Shipwright 1st Class [4] Shipwright 2nd Class [4] Boy Telegraphist [3] Corporal [3] Driver [3] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Lieutenant [3] Serjeant [3] Ship's Cook [3] 2nd Cook's Mate [2] 3rd Writer [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Chief Ship's Cook [2] Chief Stoker [2] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2] Leading Cook's Mate [2] Leading Signalman [2] Major [2] Mechanician [2] Officer's Cook 1st Class [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Petty Officer 1st Class [2] Rifleman [2] Signal Boy [2] Stoker [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] 1st Writer [1] 2nd Cooper [1] 2nd Ship's Steward [1] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] ALIAS Stoker 2nd Class [1] Able Bodied Seaman [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [10] HMS Good Hope [9] HMS INVINCIBLE [7] HMS IRON DUKE [7] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [7] HMS Agincourt [6] HMS NEPTUNE [6] HMS Princess Royal [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] HMS Hampshire [5] HMS QUEEN MARY [4] Army Service Corps [3] HMS BULWARK [3] HMS CANADA [3] HMS Impregnable [3] HMS Queen Mary [3] HMS Victory I [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] HMS AMBUSCADE [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS BROKE [2] HMS Barham [2] HMS Calliope [2] HMS Castor [2] HMS Cochrane [2] HMS DEFENCE [2] HMS Fearless [2] HMS Hercules [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS Invincible [2] HMS Iris II (Victory X) [2] HMS Monmouth [2] HMS ONSLOW [2] HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [2] HMS Sparrowhawk [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory) [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] (Fox) M33 [1] (R.F.R. P.O. B.5985). H.M.S. "Victory" [1] 1st Light Horse Brigade Train [1] 2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers [1] 2nd Division Train [1]

Service

Royal Navy [948] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [132] British Army [49] Australian Imperial Force [3] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [132] C [115] H [108] S [107] M [90] W [83] P [75] D [62] G [49] F [48] T [44] R [42] A [34] N [33] L [32] K [22] E [15] J [13] O [12] V [8] U [6] Y [6] I [5] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1105] Merchant Navy [9] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [45] Australia [1] China [1] Egypt [1] France [1] India [1] South Africa [1]

John Henry Stiles

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240359

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Charles Stuart O'brien

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 143 Trooper Household Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Irish Guards

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Richard Baston

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280454

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Robert Henry Whiting

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 203005

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George Merry Gundry

Born 1890

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 2/538 New Zealand Field Artillery

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John Wilkinson

Born 1884

Royal Navy 301404 Acting Chief Stoker HMS Princess Royal

Royal Navy 301404 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Princess Royal

Royal Navy 301404 Chief Stoker HMS Princess Royal

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Hubert Claude Proctor

Born 1897

Died 1928

Royal Navy 15762 Bugler Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 15762 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry

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Charles Henry Couch

Born 1865

Died 1916

Royal Navy 115631 Petty Officer 1st Class H.M.S. "Duke of Albany."

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James Fair

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3186

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Charles Murray De Launay

Born 1887

Died 1966

Other Empire Force 1st Lieutenant Bleu Rough Riders

Other Empire Force TM159 French Army

British Army Captain Army Cyclist Corps attached 6th Bn Wiltshire Regiment

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Ernest James Allington

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84237

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William Murray Suttie

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 15836

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Reginald John Tribbeck

Born 1891

Died 1983

Royal Navy M6544

Royal Navy M/6544 Shipwright 1st Class HMS Iris II (Victory X)

Royal Navy M/6544 Shipwright 1st Class Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)

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Percy Montague Trivess

Born 1891

Died 1940

Royal Navy 272257

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Arthur James Walter Yarde

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4930

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Edwin Maurice Bishop

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Dorset Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Dorset Regiment

British Army Lieutenant attached King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Henry Ellis Cresdee

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 18255 Private Somerset Light Infantry 1st

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Harold Flake Gale

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army G/11894 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/11894 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Richard Bryant

Born 1873

Died 1914

Royal Navy 168951 Chief Armourer HMS Good Hope

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Francis Newman

Born 1881

Died 1914

Royal Navy 201770 Able Seaman HMS Good Hope

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