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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]

John William Perrott

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 314698

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Richard John Hobbs

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56023

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Albert J Foot

Born 1892

Died 1967

British Army 39609 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army WR291421 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Herbert Charles Blachford

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207651

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Ernest Cecil Everny Hillier

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238614

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Norman Carpenter Austin

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241099

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William George Matthews

Died 1915

British Army 604 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Fred Church

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264202

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Edwin Howard Gulliver

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29004

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William Hood

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405791

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Edward Kidgell

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299460

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Edward James Drodge

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 2722 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 331035 Rifleman Hampshire Regiment 1/8th Battalion

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Edwin Charles Elliott

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 2725 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 331037 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Herbert John Cooper

Born 1889

Royal Navy 15139 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry; HMS Agincourt

Royal Navy 15139 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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Arthur Stratford Noake

Born 1879

Died 1919

Indian Army Major Supply And Transport Corps

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Herbert Victor Tiller

Born 1899

Royal Navy J39087

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Henry Robert Barter

Born 1882

Died 1916

Royal Navy 197746 Able Seaman HMS Invincible

Royal Navy 197746 Able Seaman HMS Invincible

Royal Navy 197746 Able Seaman Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)

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Arthur Hilary Bristowe

Born 1880

British Army 1504 Private Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant General List

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Lambert Charles Turner

Born 1896

Died 1972

British Army 106932 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Thomas William Phillips

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy J28425 Able Seaman HMS BROKE

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