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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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People [1142] Stories Communities

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]

Wilfred Bennett

Born 1898

Royal Navy J31197 Boy 1st Class HMS THUNDERER

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William John Beames

Born 1894

Royal Navy M7562 Cook's Mate HMS CANADA

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Harry George Edward Jessey

Born 1894

Royal Navy K18722 Stoker 1st Class HMS NEPTUNE

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Charlie Ronald Percival Bundey

Born 1898

Royal Navy J27466 Telegraphist HMS BENBOW

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James David Cousins

Born 1879

Royal Navy 355819 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Princess Royal

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James Neil Moran

Born 1885

Royal Navy 216974 Leading Seaman HMS KING GEORGE V

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Walter Henry Barker

Born 1889

Royal Navy K17754 Stoker 2nd Class HMS VICTORY II

Royal Navy K17754 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fearless

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Arthur Davis

Born 1888

Royal Navy 310972 Stoker 1st Class HMS PRINCESS ROYAL

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James William Charles Batterson

Born 1886

Royal Navy 215068 Able Seaman HMS Hydra

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Herbert William Somerton

Born 1882

Royal Navy 356358 Able Seaman HMS Cochrane

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Frank Henry Hayward

Born 1877

Royal Navy 340938 Chief Ship's Cook HMS Duke of Edinburgh

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Thomas George Sweetenham

Born 1884

Royal Navy 346223 Shipwright 1st Class HMS NEPTUNE

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Henry Edward Howard

Born 1894

Royal Navy K18758 Stoker 1st Class HMS Caroline

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Albert Avery

Born 1897

Royal Navy J24730 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J24730 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J24730 Ordinary Seaman HMS Agincourt

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George Edward Killham

Born 1891

Royal Navy Warrant Shipwright

Royal Navy M5009

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Edmund Wilson

Born 1896

Royal Navy J12589 Leading Signalman HMS INDOMITABLE

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Frederick James Sutton

Born 1884

Royal Navy 343127 Chief Writer HMS SUPERB

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Charles Thomas Oakes

Born 1882

Royal Navy 343989 Ship's Cook HMS Calliope

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Ernest Edward Fletcher

Born 1894

Royal Navy M5864 Cook's Mate HMS IRON DUKE

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Charles Frederick Barker

Born 1893

Royal Navy J3261 Able Seaman HMS IRON DUKE

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