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Guernsey, Channel Islands [550]

Guernsey, Channel Islands, England [8]

St Peters Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands [8]

Saint Peter's Port Guernsey, Channel Islands [7]

St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands [7]

Saint Peter Port Guernsey, Channel Islands [5]

Saint Peters Port Guernsey, Channel Islands [5]

Guernsey Channel Islands [4]

St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands [4]

St Martins, Guernsey, Channel Islands [3]

St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands [3]

Saint Sampsons Guernsey, Channel Islands [2]

St Peter's Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands [2]

St. Martins, Guernsey, Channel Islands [2]

29 Paris Street, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

Castrell, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

Channel Isle, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

Channel, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

Guernsey Vale, Channel Islands [1]

Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

Guernsey, Channel Isles, Channel Islands [1]

Guernsey, Channel islands [1]

Guernsey, Pulias St Sampsons, Channel Islands [1]

LaBanquette, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

Saint Andrews Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

Saint Martin's Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

Saint Martins Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

Saint Peters in the Wood Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

St Martin's, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

St Peter Post, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

St Peters Fort, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

St Peters, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

St Sampson's, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

St Saviours, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

St Tompsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

St. Martin's, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

St. Peter Port, Island Of Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

St. Peters Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

St. Peters, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [13]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Private [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Captain [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

2 Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

CERA 2c [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Driver [1]

ERA 1c [1]

ERA 4c [1]

Gunner [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant General [1]

Major General [1]

Major General/Temporary Lieutenant General [1]

Nurse [1]

Officer's Cook 3rd Class [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Mate [1]

Shipwright Lieutenant [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurse [1]

Unit

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS Hindustan [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

HMS SUPERB [2]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2]

Mercantile Marine - S.S. "South Western" (Southampton) [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

British Red Cross [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Civilian War Death [1]

Commands and Staff [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

GOC 29th Division [1]

GOC XIII Corps [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment (Territorial Force) [1]

HM Submarine E7 [1]

HMS "Canterbury" [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Bellerophon [1]

HMS Blanche [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Daffodil (Victory X) [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Iron Duke [1]

HMS MAENAD [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Mischief [1]

HMS Monarch [1]

HMS Nottingham [1]

HMS ONSLOW [1]

HMS Resolution [1]

HMS Sappho [1]

HMS Superb [1]

HMS Viking [1]

HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

Mercantile Marine [1]

Royal Engineers Field Company [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Guernsey Light Infantry [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Naval Reserve: HM Trawler Fusilier [1]

Seaman Storming Party - "C" Company (Demolition) [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [308]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [46]

British Army [12]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Last name first letter

L [102]

B [67]

H [48]

M [43]

R [41]

P [40]

S [37]

W [37]

C [35]

D [33]

G [32]

F [25]

T [22]

N [19]

A [17]

O [11]

E [9]

J [5]

I [3]

U [3]

Q [2]

Y [2]

K [1]

V [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [369]

Merchant Navy [263]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Guernsey [5]

Jersey [1]

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Place of birth

Guernsey, Channel Islands [550] Guernsey, Channel Islands, England [8] St Peters Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands [8] Saint Peter's Port Guernsey, Channel Islands [7] St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands [7] Saint Peter Port Guernsey, Channel Islands [5] Saint Peters Port Guernsey, Channel Islands [5] Guernsey Channel Islands [4] St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands [4] St Martins, Guernsey, Channel Islands [3] St Sampsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands [3] Saint Sampsons Guernsey, Channel Islands [2] St Peter's Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands [2] St. Martins, Guernsey, Channel Islands [2] 29 Paris Street, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] Castrell, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] Channel Isle, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] Channel, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] Guernsey Vale, Channel Islands [1] Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] Guernsey, Channel Isles, Channel Islands [1] Guernsey, Channel islands [1] Guernsey, Pulias St Sampsons, Channel Islands [1] LaBanquette, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] Saint Andrews Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] Saint Martin's Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] Saint Martins Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] Saint Peters in the Wood Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] St Martin's, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] St Peter Post, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] St Peters Fort, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] St Peters, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] St Sampson's, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] St Saviours, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] St Tompsons, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] St. Martin's, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] St. Peter Port, Island Of Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] St. Peters Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] St. Peters, Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [13] Ordinary Seaman [4] Private [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Boy 1st Class [2] Captain [2] Deck Hand [2] Petty Officer [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 2 Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] CERA 2c [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Driver [1] ERA 1c [1] ERA 4c [1] Gunner [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant General [1] Major General [1] Major General/Temporary Lieutenant General [1] Nurse [1] Officer's Cook 3rd Class [1] Sapper [1] Second Mate [1] Shipwright Lieutenant [1] Telegraphist [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurse [1]

Unit

HMS BULWARK [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS Hindustan [2] HMS Monmouth [2] HMS SUPERB [2] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2] Mercantile Marine - S.S. "South Western" (Southampton) [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] British Red Cross [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Civilian War Death [1] Commands and Staff [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] GOC 29th Division [1] GOC XIII Corps [1] Gloucestershire Regiment (Territorial Force) [1] HM Submarine E7 [1] HMS "Canterbury" [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Bellerophon [1] HMS Blanche [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Daffodil (Victory X) [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Iron Duke [1] HMS MAENAD [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Mischief [1] HMS Monarch [1] HMS Nottingham [1] HMS ONSLOW [1] HMS Resolution [1] HMS Sappho [1] HMS Superb [1] HMS Viking [1] HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party [1] HMS Vivid I [1] Mercantile Marine [1] Royal Engineers Field Company [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Guernsey Light Infantry [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Naval Reserve: HM Trawler Fusilier [1] Seaman Storming Party - "C" Company (Demolition) [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [308] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [46] British Army [12] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [2]

Last name first letter

L [102] B [67] H [48] M [43] R [41] P [40] S [37] W [37] C [35] D [33] G [32] F [25] T [22] N [19] A [17] O [11] E [9] J [5] I [3] U [3] Q [2] Y [2] K [1] V [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [369] Merchant Navy [263]

Country

United Kingdom [13] Guernsey [5] Jersey [1]

Julius William Newberry

Born 1860

Died 1918

Royal Navy Shipwright Lieutenant

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Charles Henry Chayter

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army 66518 Company Serjeant Major Royal Garrison Artillery Cornwall (T)

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Thomas Elisha Lihou

Born 1887

Died 1914

Royal Navy 226505 Able Seaman HMS Good Hope

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Cecil John Falla

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 91287 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Alfred G. Sheil

Born 1874

Died 1914

British Army 3992 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Peter Benson Maxwell

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army Captain East Yorkshire Regiment

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Edward Le Page

Born 1877

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Able Seaman Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Able Seaman Mercantile Marine - S.S. "South Western" (Southampton)

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Henry De Beauvoir De Lisle, K

Born 1864

Died 1955

British Army 2 Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

British Army Major General/Temporary Lieutenant General Commands and Staff

British Army Major General GOC 29th Division

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William Alfred Froome

Born 1889

British Army 91716 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 49th Reserve Battery

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William St Clair Taylor

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311730

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Richard Fitzpatrick Worthington

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army Captain Gloucestershire Regiment (Territorial Force) 2nd/5th Battalion

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Joseph Thomas Guilbert

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25711

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Dorothy Madeleine Carey

Born 1884

Died 1962

British Army Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurse British Red Cross No 2 General Hospital Le Havre

British Army Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment Guilford

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William Newman

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73662

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Thomas Edwin Pleace

Born 1870

Died 1918

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William George Lewin

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30184

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John Charles Platt

Born 1863

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Able Seaman Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Able Seaman Mercantile Marine - S.S. "South Western" (Southampton)

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William John Ames

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282628

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Frederick Henry Bevan

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236510

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Hector Stranger

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209526

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