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Isle of Wight, Hampshire [39]

Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [14]

Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [8]

Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [3]

Cowes Isle of Wight, Hampshire [2]

Shanklin, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [2]

Arreton, Isle of Wight. Hampshire. [1]

Ashey, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Blackwater Road, Arreton, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Brading Isle Of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Brightstone Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Brightstone, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

East Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. [1]

Isle of Wight, Newport, Hampshire [1]

Newport Isle Of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England [1]

Northwood, Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Oakfield, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Ryde Isle Of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Ryde Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Ryde, isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Saint Helens Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Sandford, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Sandown Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

St Helens, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Ventnor Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

West Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Wroxall, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

isle of wight hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [20]

Captain [6]

Lance Corporal [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Corporal [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Rifleman [4]

Gunner [3]

Driver [2]

Steward [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Air Mechanic 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3 [1]

Air Mechanic II (E) [1]

Air Mechanic Second Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Bugler [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colour-Sergeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

L/cpl [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Colonel (Chief Royal Engineer, Curragh District) [1]

Major [1]

Officer's Cook 3rd Class [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Reverend Chaplain [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Stoker I [1]

Stoker II [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

London Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own) [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Dorset Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Capetown [1]

HMS Cornwall [1]

HMS Dido [1]

HMS Dryad [1]

HMS Excellent [1]

HMS Fisgard [1]

HMS Flirt [1]

HMS Gloucester [1]

HMS Hercules [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Iron Duke [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS Lanka [1]

HMS Neptune [1]

HMS PORPOISE [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS Rob Roy [1]

HMS Suffolk [1]

HMS Truculent [1]

HMS Victory II [1]

HMS Vivid [1]

HMS Warspite [1]

Hussars [1]

Hussars (King's) [1]

Irish Guards [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

Reserve Training Officers [1]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal East Kent Yeomanry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [47]

British Army [43]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [11]

B [9]

P [9]

G [8]

S [8]

C [6]

H [6]

M [6]

D [5]

F [5]

A [4]

K [4]

L [4]

R [3]

T [3]

E [2]

J [1]

N [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [90]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

Australia [1]

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Place of birth

Isle of Wight, Hampshire [39] Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [14] Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [8] Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [3] Cowes Isle of Wight, Hampshire [2] Shanklin, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [2] Arreton, Isle of Wight. Hampshire. [1] Ashey, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] Blackwater Road, Arreton, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] Brading Isle Of Wight, Hampshire [1] Brightstone Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] Brightstone, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] East Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. [1] Isle of Wight, Newport, Hampshire [1] Newport Isle Of Wight, Hampshire [1] Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England [1] Northwood, Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] Oakfield, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] Ryde Isle Of Wight, Hampshire [1] Ryde Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] Ryde, isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] Saint Helens Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] Sandford, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] Sandown Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] St Helens, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] Ventnor Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] West Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] Wroxall, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] isle of wight hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [20] Captain [6] Lance Corporal [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Corporal [5] Able Seaman [4] Lieutenant [4] Rifleman [4] Gunner [3] Driver [2] Steward [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Air Mechanic 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3 [1] Air Mechanic II (E) [1] Air Mechanic Second Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Bugler [1] Chaplain [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colour-Sergeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] L/cpl [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Colonel (Chief Royal Engineer, Curragh District) [1] Major [1] Officer's Cook 3rd Class [1] Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Reverend Chaplain [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Squadron Serjeant Major [1] Stoker I [1] Stoker II [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [10] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Field Artillery [5] London Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own) [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Dorset Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Capetown [1] HMS Cornwall [1] HMS Dido [1] HMS Dryad [1] HMS Excellent [1] HMS Fisgard [1] HMS Flirt [1] HMS Gloucester [1] HMS Hercules [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Iron Duke [1] HMS LION [1] HMS Lanka [1] HMS Neptune [1] HMS PORPOISE [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS Rob Roy [1] HMS Suffolk [1] HMS Truculent [1] HMS Victory II [1] HMS Vivid [1] HMS Warspite [1] Hussars [1] Hussars (King's) [1] Irish Guards [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] Reserve Training Officers [1] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal East Kent Yeomanry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [47] British Army [43] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [11] B [9] P [9] G [8] S [8] C [6] H [6] M [6] D [5] F [5] A [4] K [4] L [4] R [3] T [3] E [2] J [1] N [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [90]

Country

United Kingdom [37] Australia [1]

Frank Henry James Cass

Born 1890

Died 1976

British Army 1847 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 330468 Rifleman Hampshire Regiment

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Arthur Victor Salmon

Born 1897

Died 1989

British Army 330587 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 330587 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/8th (T.F.) Battalion

British Army 330587 Lance-Corporal Hampshire Regiment

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Edward James Smith

Born 1887

Died 1950

Royal Navy F26786 Air Mechanic II (E) Royal Naval Air Service President II (Cranwell)

Royal Navy F26786 Air Mechanic II (E) Royal Naval Air Service President II (Crystal Palace)

Royal Navy F26786 Air Mechanic II (E) Royal Naval Air Service Howden Airship Station

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Reginald James Woodmore

Born 1899

Died 1948

Royal Navy K26460 Stoker II HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K26460 Stoker II HMS Neptune

Royal Navy K26460 Stoker I HMS Neptune

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Frederick Charles Hatton

Born 1878

Died 1914

British Army 3620 Serjeant Major Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

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Alfred Victor George Woodford

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 8/1632 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st/8th Battalion

British Army 1632 Rifleman Hampshire Regiment 1/8th (T.F.) Battalion

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Harry John Lowe

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 2059 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Edward Arthur Kersey

Born 1895

Died 1942

British Army 971067 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 971067 Driver Royal Field Artillery 5 London Brigade

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William Graveley Morritt

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment

British Army Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment

British Army Captain East Surrey Regiment

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Dudley George Hills

Born 1883

Died 1919

British Army M2/081028 Corporal Army Service Corps

British Army M2/081028 Private Army Service Corps

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William Rundall Ponsonby

Born 1876

Died 1919

British Army Captain 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own)

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Albert Henry Locke

Born 1902

Died 1920

British Army 294009 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 71st Bty. 36th Bde.

British Army 1028092 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 71st Battery

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Robert Charles Dutch

Born 1883

Died 1923

British Army 47449 Warrant Officer Class 1 Hussars 14th

British Army 47449 Warrant Officer Class 1 Corps of Hussars 14th

British Army 47449 Squadron Serjeant Major Hussars 14th Battalion

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Arthur Baillie Lumsdaine Karney

Born 1874

Died 1963

British Army Reverend Chaplain Royal Navy

British Army Chaplain Royal Army Chaplain's Department

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Albert Edward Hall

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy J7338 Able Seaman HMS Flirt

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Frederick Mostyn Piper

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1199 L/cpl London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Albert Francis Richards

Born 1897

Died 1920

Royal Navy 15949 Bugler Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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Richard Clement Lale

Born 1879

British Army WR / 507338 Private Royal Engineers

British Army L/7020 Private Royal Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army WR/507338 Private Royal Engineers

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Hubert Richard William Meager

Born 1883

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 481 Colour-Sergeant 3rd Infantry Battalion

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 3rd Infantry Battalion

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Charles Henry Blackford

Born 1847

Died 1917

Royal Navy 65434 Chief Petty Officer HMS Vivid

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