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Place of birth

Landport, Hampshire [175]

Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire [60]

Landport Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

16 Gunner Street, Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

7 Cairo Terrace, Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Landport Ports, Hampshire [1]

Landport, Emsworth, Hampshire [1]

Landport, Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Landport, hampshire [1]

Manchester Road, Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [8]

Able Seaman [6]

Ship's Steward [6]

Petty Officer [5]

Leading Seaman [4]

Cook's Mate [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Chief Ship's Cook [2]

Chief Writer [2]

Gunner [2]

Officer's Cook 2nd Class [2]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Sapper [2]

Serjeant [2]

Sick Berth Steward [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Acting 2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Armourer [1]

Boy 1 c [1]

Boy 1c [1]

Boy 2 c [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief Armourer [1]

Chief Cook [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Domestic 3rd Class [1]

Flight Sergeant [1]

Gunner (T) [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Mechanician [1]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Plumber [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Sapper RE Railway Operating Train Division [1]

Sergeant [1]

Ship's Cook [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS Victory [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS Hercules [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS Minotaur [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Boscawen [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Excellent [1]

Garnet [1]

Gibraltar [1]

H.M.S. "Emperor of India." [1]

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

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

HMS AMBUSCADE [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS Bayano [1]

HMS Birmingham [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Caesar [1]

HMS Caroline [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Cormorant [1]

HMS Duke of Wellington [1]

HMS Edgar [1]

HMS Excellent [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Flirt [1]

HMS Garnet [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Iris [1]

HMS Majestic [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS Pembroke I [1]

HMS Price of Wales [1]

HMS Psyche [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS Revenge [1]

HMS Royal Oak [1]

HMS Southampton [1]

HMS St George [1]

Service

Royal Navy [180]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [57]

British Army [12]

Last name first letter

B [34]

H [26]

C [22]

S [20]

R [18]

A [15]

M [14]

P [13]

W [13]

G [12]

T [10]

D [9]

L [9]

F [8]

J [7]

O [7]

E [3]

N [2]

Z [2]

K [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [219]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

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Place of birth

Landport, Hampshire [175] Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire [60] Landport Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] 16 Gunner Street, Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] 7 Cairo Terrace, Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Landport Ports, Hampshire [1] Landport, Emsworth, Hampshire [1] Landport, Southampton, Hampshire [1] Landport, hampshire [1] Manchester Road, Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [8] Able Seaman [6] Ship's Steward [6] Petty Officer [5] Leading Seaman [4] Cook's Mate [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Chief Ship's Cook [2] Chief Writer [2] Gunner [2] Officer's Cook 2nd Class [2] Petty Officer 2nd Class [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Sapper [2] Serjeant [2] Sick Berth Steward [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Acting 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Gunner [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Armourer [1] Boy 1 c [1] Boy 1c [1] Boy 2 c [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief Armourer [1] Chief Cook [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Chief Stoker [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Domestic 3rd Class [1] Flight Sergeant [1] Gunner (T) [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Lieutenant [1] Mechanician [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Plumber [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Sapper RE Railway Operating Train Division [1] Sergeant [1] Ship's Cook [1] Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

HMS Good Hope [3] HMS Victory [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS Hercules [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS Minotaur [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] Labour Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Boscawen [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Excellent [1] Garnet [1] Gibraltar [1] H.M.S. "Emperor of India." [1] H.M.S. "Lynx." [1] H.M.S. "Tipperary" [1] HMS AMBUSCADE [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS Bayano [1] HMS Birmingham [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Caesar [1] HMS Caroline [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Cormorant [1] HMS Duke of Wellington [1] HMS Edgar [1] HMS Excellent [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Flirt [1] HMS Garnet [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Iris [1] HMS Majestic [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS Pembroke I [1] HMS Price of Wales [1] HMS Psyche [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS Revenge [1] HMS Royal Oak [1] HMS Southampton [1] HMS St George [1]

Service

Royal Navy [180] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [57] British Army [12]

Last name first letter

B [34] H [26] C [22] S [20] R [18] A [15] M [14] P [13] W [13] G [12] T [10] D [9] L [9] F [8] J [7] O [7] E [3] N [2] Z [2] K [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [219]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Maurice Victor Parsons

Born 1895

Died 1942

British Army WR/257615 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Operating Train Division

British Army 188971 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Operating Train Division

British Army 257615 Sapper RE Railway Operating Train Division Royal Engineers Railway Operating Division

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John Roland Gardiner

Born 1886

British Army 13409 Royal Engineers

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178 Flight Sergeant

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John Joshua Young

Born 1873

Died 1916

Royal Navy 147446 Boy 2 c Boscawen

Royal Navy 147446 Boy 1c Boscawen

Royal Navy 147446 Boy 1 c Garnet

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Frederick George Leonard Abrams

Died 1915

British Army 9504 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 9504 Lance Corporal Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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John E Palmer

Born 1880

British Army 5395 Regimental Serjeant Major Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Arthur Edward Steer

Born 1875

Died 1916

Royal Navy 276280 Chief Stoker HMS Southampton

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David Richard Llewellyn Roberts

Born 1889

Died 1954

Royal Navy 271848

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Henry John Reed

Born 1877

Died 1919

Royal Navy 269195 Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class HMS AMBUSCADE

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James Edwin Warne

Born 1884

Died 1917

Royal Navy 343139 Chief Writer HMS Pembroke I

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Martin Scotter Home

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123154

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William Edwin Saxey

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10913

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Arthur Sydney Green

Born 1894

Royal Navy 16832 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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John Henry Betsworth

Born 1871

Died 1915

Royal Navy 135709 Petty Officer 2nd Class HMS Victory

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Daniel Godden

Born 1874

Died 1917

Royal Navy 277431 Stoker 1st Class HMS Vivid

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Richard James Banting

Born 1865

Died 1918

Royal Navy 128589 Chief Armourer HMS Victory

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Alfred Albert Hellyer

Born 1868

Died 1915

Royal Navy 143281

Royal Navy 143281 Plumber HMS Bayano

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James Edward Rutledge

Born 1873

Died 1914

Royal Navy 278362 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Good Hope

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Stephen George Simmonds

Born 1878

Died 1916

Royal Navy 355348 Officer's Steward 1st Class HMS Edgar

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Henry John Chase

Born 1880

Died 1916

Royal Navy 186621 Leading Seaman HMS Flirt

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Arthur Cyril Hodges

Born 1881

Died 1915

Royal Navy 295941

Royal Navy 295941(PO) Petty Officer Stoker H.M.S. "Lynx."

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