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Hampton, Middlesex [131]

Hampton Hill, Middlesex [28]

Hampton Wick, Middlesex [23]

South Hampton England [16]

Little Hampton, Sussex [15]

Hampton, London [10]

Hampton Court, Middlesex [7]

Hampton England [7]

Hampton Victoria [7]

Little Hampton South Australia [6]

North Hampton England [6]

Hampton Court, Surrey [5]

Hampton New South Wales [5]

Hampton in Arden, Warwickshire [5]

Little Hampton England [5]

Hampton Court, Middlesex, England [4]

Little Hampton Victoria [4]

Great Hampton, Worcestershire [3]

Hampton Court, London [3]

Hampton Court, London, Middlesex [3]

Hampton Hill England [3]

Hampton Hill, London [3]

Hampton Lovett, Worcestershire [3]

Hampton Wick England [3]

Hampton Wick, London [3]

Hampton Wick, Middlesex, England [3]

Hampton, Surrey [3]

Little Hampton, Sussex, England [3]

New Hampton, Middlesex [3]

Hampton [2]

Hampton Hill, Hampton, Middlesex [2]

Hampton Loade, Bridgnorth, Shropshire [2]

Hampton Poyle, Oxfordshire [2]

Hampton, Middlesex, England [2]

Hampton, Worcestershire [2]

Minchin Hampton, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Beech Hampton, Buckinghamshire [1]

Hampton Bishop, Herefordshire [1]

Hampton Charles, Herefordshire [1]

Hampton Court England [1]

Hampton Court Palace [1]

Hampton Fields, Glos [1]

Hampton Gay, Oxon [1]

Hampton Hill [1]

Hampton Hill Kingston, Surrey [1]

Hampton Hill Middlesex [1]

Hampton Hill, London, Middlesex [1]

Hampton Hill, Middlesex, England [1]

Hampton Hill, Middlesex, London [1]

Hampton Hill, Middx [1]

Rank

Private [38]

Gunner [8]

Able Seaman [5]

Captain [4]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Deck Hand [2]

Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

AB [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain /Acting Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal [1]

Drummer [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Marine [1]

Probationary Second Lieutenant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sergeant (Coldstream Guards) and Captain in Royal Engineers [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Wiltshire Regiment [5]

HMS IRON DUKE [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Tank Corps [2]

1/1st Herefordshire Regiment [1]

21st Divisional Artillery 13th Staff Corps [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

British Army Coldstream Guards and Royal Engineers [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Devonshire Yeomanry [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

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

H.M.S. "St. Vincent" [1]

HM Trawler Agamemnon II [1]

HMS "Foxhound" [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS CAROLINE [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

Labour Corps [1]

London Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Canadian Regiment [1]

Royal Field Artillary [1]

Royal Field Artillery Transport [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS IRON DUKE [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS MALAYA [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS NEPTUNE [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [194]

Australian Imperial Force [68]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [63]

British Army [48]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [45]

C [44]

D [31]

M [30]

B [28]

H [27]

G [24]

W [24]

L [21]

R [19]

F [16]

T [15]

P [14]

A [12]

J [10]

K [8]

E [5]

N [4]

I [3]

O [3]

Q [3]

U [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [371]

Merchant Navy [16]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Hampton, Middlesex [131] Hampton Hill, Middlesex [28] Hampton Wick, Middlesex [23] South Hampton England [16] Little Hampton, Sussex [15] Hampton, London [10] Hampton Court, Middlesex [7] Hampton England [7] Hampton Victoria [7] Little Hampton South Australia [6] North Hampton England [6] Hampton Court, Surrey [5] Hampton New South Wales [5] Hampton in Arden, Warwickshire [5] Little Hampton England [5] Hampton Court, Middlesex, England [4] Little Hampton Victoria [4] Great Hampton, Worcestershire [3] Hampton Court, London [3] Hampton Court, London, Middlesex [3] Hampton Hill England [3] Hampton Hill, London [3] Hampton Lovett, Worcestershire [3] Hampton Wick England [3] Hampton Wick, London [3] Hampton Wick, Middlesex, England [3] Hampton, Surrey [3] Little Hampton, Sussex, England [3] New Hampton, Middlesex [3] Hampton [2] Hampton Hill, Hampton, Middlesex [2] Hampton Loade, Bridgnorth, Shropshire [2] Hampton Poyle, Oxfordshire [2] Hampton, Middlesex, England [2] Hampton, Worcestershire [2] Minchin Hampton, Gloucestershire, England [2] Beech Hampton, Buckinghamshire [1] Hampton Bishop, Herefordshire [1] Hampton Charles, Herefordshire [1] Hampton Court England [1] Hampton Court Palace [1] Hampton Fields, Glos [1] Hampton Gay, Oxon [1] Hampton Hill [1] Hampton Hill Kingston, Surrey [1] Hampton Hill Middlesex [1] Hampton Hill, London, Middlesex [1] Hampton Hill, Middlesex, England [1] Hampton Hill, Middlesex, London [1] Hampton Hill, Middx [1]

Rank

Private [38] Gunner [8] Able Seaman [5] Captain [4] Second Lieutenant [3] Deck Hand [2] Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] AB [1] Acting Captain [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain /Acting Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal [1] Drummer [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Marine [1] Probationary Second Lieutenant [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Sergeant (Coldstream Guards) and Captain in Royal Engineers [1] Signal Boy [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Wireman 2nd Class [1] Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Wiltshire Regiment [5] HMS IRON DUKE [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Service Corps [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Tank Corps [2] 1/1st Herefordshire Regiment [1] 21st Divisional Artillery 13th Staff Corps [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] British Army Coldstream Guards and Royal Engineers [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Devonshire Yeomanry [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Hogue." [1] H.M.S. "St. Vincent" [1] HM Trawler Agamemnon II [1] HMS "Foxhound" [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS CAROLINE [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS VALIANT [1] Labour Corps [1] London Regiment [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Canadian Regiment [1] Royal Field Artillary [1] Royal Field Artillery Transport [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS IRON DUKE [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS MALAYA [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS NEPTUNE [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [194] Australian Imperial Force [68] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [63] British Army [48] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [45] C [44] D [31] M [30] B [28] H [27] G [24] W [24] L [21] R [19] F [16] T [15] P [14] A [12] J [10] K [8] E [5] N [4] I [3] O [3] Q [3] U [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [371] Merchant Navy [16]

Country

United Kingdom [25] South Africa [1]

Frederick James Chaplin

Born 1890

Died 1952

British Army 2815 Private Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 45729 Private Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 515922 Private Royal Engineers

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George Gordon Chaplin

Born 1889

Died 1940

British Army 50 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 200428 Private Tank Corps 3rd Light Battalion

British Army 50 Gunner Royal Field Artillary 9th Bttn Motor Machine Gun Corp

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Arthur Henry Chaplin

Born 1892

Died 1962

British Army 044793 Private Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 200964 & 044793 Private Devonshire Regiment Army Ordnance Corps

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Brian Thomas Chaplin

Born 1898

Died 1958

British Army 30494 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 304941 Private London Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army Private Royal Engineers No 6 Observer Group

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Arthur G King

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 30719 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 27855 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Herbert Owen Chaplin

Born 1895

Died 1971

British Army 146092 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Robert Martin Greenhill

Born 1895

Died 1956

British Army 2774 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2/1st Battalion

British Army 242404 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1/8th Battalion

British Army 20359 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1/8th Battalion

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George Newton

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 73977 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 123rd Bde.

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Edward John Huskisson

Born 1882

Died 1943

Royal Navy Second Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy Captain Royal Marine Light Infantry

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Edward Albert Shail

Born 1891

Died 1978

British Army 11808 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 11808 Serjeant Coldstream Guards

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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Robert Cedric Sherriff

Born 1896

Died 1975

British Army Probationary Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion

British Army Temporary Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion

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Frederick Albert Blunsdon

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 3/583 Private Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 3/583 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st.Battalion.

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Harry Abbotts

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 16814 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 16814 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 5th Battalion

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Harry Paul Greenhill

Born 1898

Died 1978

British Army 238897 Private 1/1st Herefordshire Regiment

British Army SE/37106 Private Army Veterinary Corps

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Harold Frederick Singleton

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 7/2374 Private Hampshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 306037 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion

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William Buttle

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy R/4410 AB Royal Naval Division 3rd Reserve Battalion

Royal Navy R/4410 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Anson Battalion

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Walter Singleton

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224447

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Charles Henry Powell

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208472

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John Coles

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208386

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Albert Tolley

Born 1892

British Army 10306 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 10306 Serjeant South Wales Borderers

British Army 10306 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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