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Lymington, Hampshire [242]

Lymington, Hampshire, England [66]

Boldre, Lymington, Hampshire [5]

Hordle, Lymington, Hampshire [3]

Lymington, Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Milford on Sea, Lymington, Hampshire [2]

Pennington, Lymington, Hampshire [2]

Brockenhurst, Lymington, Hampshire [1]

East Boldre, Lymington, Hampshire [1]

LYMINGTON Hampshire [1]

Lymington Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Lymington, Milford on Sea, Hampshire [1]

New Milton, Lymington, Hampshire [1]

Pilley, Lymington, Hampshire [1]

Sway, Lymington, Hampshire [1]

The Vicarage,Milford,Nr. Lymington,Hampshire [1]

Tiptoe, Hordle, Nr Lymington Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [16]

Able Seaman [10]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Captain [2]

Sapper [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Boatman [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Chief Shipwright [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Commander [1]

Commissioned Boatman [1]

Corporal/Lance Serjeant [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major [1]

Master At Arms [1]

Midshipman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Works Manager [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS St Vincent [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Casheen River Coastguard - Ireland [1]

Crookhaven Coastguard - Ireland [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

General List [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

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

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

H.M.S. "Victory I" [1]

HMS Active [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS BROKE [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Barham [1]

HMS Benbow [1]

HMS Boscawen [1]

HMS Centurion [1]

HMS Crescent [1]

HMS Dido [1]

HMS Dreadnought [1]

HMS Duke of Wellington [1]

HMS Excellent [1]

HMS GALATEA [1]

HMS GARLAND [1]

HMS Hardy [1]

HMS Hecla [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS Invincible [1]

HMS Katoomba [1]

HMS Landrail [1]

HMS Minotaur [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS OPAL [1]

HMS Patia [1]

HMS RAPID [1]

HMS Serapis [1]

HMS TIPPERARY [1]

HMS Victory 1 [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lackeen Point Coastguard - Ireland [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

National Shell Filling Factory, Chilwell [1]

Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [200]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [48]

British Army [18]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [54]

B [43]

C [35]

P [24]

W [21]

S [20]

D [19]

F [15]

L [15]

M [15]

G [14]

R [13]

A [6]

E [6]

K [6]

O [6]

T [6]

N [5]

I [3]

J [3]

Y [3]

Contribution

Military Service [262]

Merchant Navy [66]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

Germany [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [332] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Lymington, Hampshire [242] Lymington, Hampshire, England [66] Boldre, Lymington, Hampshire [5] Hordle, Lymington, Hampshire [3] Lymington, Southampton, Hampshire [2] Milford on Sea, Lymington, Hampshire [2] Pennington, Lymington, Hampshire [2] Brockenhurst, Lymington, Hampshire [1] East Boldre, Lymington, Hampshire [1] LYMINGTON Hampshire [1] Lymington Southampton, Hampshire [1] Lymington, Milford on Sea, Hampshire [1] New Milton, Lymington, Hampshire [1] Pilley, Lymington, Hampshire [1] Sway, Lymington, Hampshire [1] The Vicarage,Milford,Nr. Lymington,Hampshire [1] Tiptoe, Hordle, Nr Lymington Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [16] Able Seaman [10] Stoker 1st Class [5] Ordinary Seaman [4] Lieutenant [3] Boy 2nd Class [2] Captain [2] Sapper [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Boatman [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Chief Shipwright [1] Chief Stoker [1] Commander [1] Commissioned Boatman [1] Corporal/Lance Serjeant [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major [1] Master At Arms [1] Midshipman [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer 2nd Class [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Serjeant [1] Signal Boy [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Works Manager [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [8] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS St Vincent [2] Royal Engineers [2] Casheen River Coastguard - Ireland [1] Crookhaven Coastguard - Ireland [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] General List [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Colossus" [1] H.M.S. "Minotaur." [1] H.M.S. "Victory I" [1] HMS Active [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS BROKE [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Barham [1] HMS Benbow [1] HMS Boscawen [1] HMS Centurion [1] HMS Crescent [1] HMS Dido [1] HMS Dreadnought [1] HMS Duke of Wellington [1] HMS Excellent [1] HMS GALATEA [1] HMS GARLAND [1] HMS Hardy [1] HMS Hecla [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS Invincible [1] HMS Katoomba [1] HMS Landrail [1] HMS Minotaur [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS OPAL [1] HMS Patia [1] HMS RAPID [1] HMS Serapis [1] HMS TIPPERARY [1] HMS Victory 1 [1] HMS Victory I [1] Labour Corps [1] Lackeen Point Coastguard - Ireland [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] National Shell Filling Factory, Chilwell [1] Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [200] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [48] British Army [18] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [54] B [43] C [35] P [24] W [21] S [20] D [19] F [15] L [15] M [15] G [14] R [13] A [6] E [6] K [6] O [6] T [6] N [5] I [3] J [3] Y [3]

Contribution

Military Service [262] Merchant Navy [66]

Country

United Kingdom [18] Germany [1] Ireland [1]

Alfred George Turner

Born 1892

Died 1974

British Army 23863 Private Grenadier Guards 4th Bn

British Army 23863 Lance Corporal Grenadier Guards 5th Bn

British Army 23863 Acting Corporal Grenadier Guards 3rd Bn

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Walter John Shepherd

Born 1868

Died 1922

Royal Navy 129810 Petty Officer 2nd Class

Royal Navy 129810 Petty Officer 2nd Class HMS Patia

Royal Navy 129810 Boy 2nd Class HMS Boscawen

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Charles Herbert Hill

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army Captain York and Lancaster Regiment

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Thomas Charles Froom

Born 1876

Died 1930

British Army 50915 Private Devonshire Regiment 13th (Works) Battalion

British Army 101607 Private Labour Corps 170th Labour Company

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Walter Hobby

Born 1870

Royal Navy 135875 Boy 2nd Class HMS St Vincent

Royal Navy 135875 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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Ernest Henry Hugh Field

Born 1898

Died 1915

Royal Navy 18112 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/18112 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry R M Depot Deal

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Ernest John Holway

Born 1878

Died 1965

British Army 306519 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 306519 Private Hampshire Regiment 2/7th

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Henry George Harding

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 4431 Acting Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 4431 Warrant Officer Class 1 Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment

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Alfred William Boynes Butler

Born 1898

Died 1978

Royal Navy J30378

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Frank Blandford

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167670

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William John Lee

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268186

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Robert Renyard

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243223

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Charles Augustus Anstey

Born 1879

Died 1955

Royal Navy 1613 S Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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Robert Parsons

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264865

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William Frederick Froom

Born 1897

Died 1958

British Army 1784 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 305509 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Reginald Stannus Goff

Born 1882

Died 1965

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

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Herbert William Bompas

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214638

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Alfred Charles Hewitt

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy SS9534 Ordinary Seaman H.M.S. "Victory I"

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Herbert Ernest Bright

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224510

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John Rowe

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231328

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