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Newport, Isle of Wight [336]

Newport Isle of Wight [154]

Newport, Isle of Wight, England [45]

Newport, Isle Of Wight [10]

Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [8]

Newport Isle Of Wight [4]

Shide, Newport, Isle of Wight [2]

Blackwater, Newport, Isle of Wight [1]

Calbourne Newport Isle of Wight [1]

Carisbrooke, Newport, Isle of Wight [1]

Chillerton, Newport, Isle of Wight [1]

Godshill, Newport, Isle of Wight [1]

Isle of Wight, Newport, Hampshire [1]

Near Newport Isle of Wight [1]

Newport Isle Of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Newport Isle of Wight England [1]

Newport, Isle of WIght [1]

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

Parkhurst, Newport, Isle of Wight [1]

Porchfield, Newport, Isle of Wight [1]

Shide Newport Isle of Wight [1]

St Thomas, Newport Isle of Wight [1]

Whitwell near Newport Isle of Wight [1]

Rank

Private [169]

Rifleman [51]

Corporal [20]

Serjeant [18]

Gunner [16]

Lance Corporal [15]

Driver [8]

Sapper [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Captain [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Bombardier [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Company Serjeant Major (WO II) [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Steward [2]

Stoker II [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Able Bodied Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Aircraftman 2nd class [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Captain (Pilot) [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chaplain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Colour-Sergeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1]

Engineer Commander [1]

Joiner 2c [1]

Joiner 3c [1]

L/cpl [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Carpenter's Crew [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [141]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

Royal Engineers [14]

Rifle Brigade [10]

London Regiment [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Dorsetshire Regiment [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Wiltshire Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

HMS Princess Royal [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS Monarch [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

HMS Viknor [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1]

13th Field Artillery Brigade [1]

3rd Dragoon Guards [1]

5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [1]

5th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

5th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Canadian Army Service Corps [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps Cyclist Battalion [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment attached Leinster Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [261]

Royal Navy [254]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

C [59]

B [57]

W [57]

S [52]

H [44]

R [41]

G [31]

M [31]

P [31]

L [27]

K [25]

T [19]

A [18]

D [17]

N [13]

F [11]

J [11]

E [10]

O [8]

I [3]

V [3]

Y [3]

Q [2]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [514]

Merchant Navy [45]

Country

United Kingdom [101]

Australia [1]

China [1]

Egypt [1]

India [1]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

Newport, Isle of Wight [336] Newport Isle of Wight [154] Newport, Isle of Wight, England [45] Newport, Isle Of Wight [10] Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [8] Newport Isle Of Wight [4] Shide, Newport, Isle of Wight [2] Blackwater, Newport, Isle of Wight [1] Calbourne Newport Isle of Wight [1] Carisbrooke, Newport, Isle of Wight [1] Chillerton, Newport, Isle of Wight [1] Godshill, Newport, Isle of Wight [1] Isle of Wight, Newport, Hampshire [1] Near Newport Isle of Wight [1] Newport Isle Of Wight, Hampshire [1] Newport Isle of Wight England [1] Newport, Isle of WIght [1] Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England [1] Parkhurst, Newport, Isle of Wight [1] Porchfield, Newport, Isle of Wight [1] Shide Newport Isle of Wight [1] St Thomas, Newport Isle of Wight [1] Whitwell near Newport Isle of Wight [1]

Rank

Private [169] Rifleman [51] Corporal [20] Serjeant [18] Gunner [16] Lance Corporal [15] Driver [8] Sapper [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Captain [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Able Seaman [5] Lieutenant [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Stoker 1st Class [4] Acting Corporal [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Bombardier [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Company Serjeant Major (WO II) [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Petty Officer [2] Steward [2] Stoker II [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Able Bodied Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Aircraftman 2nd class [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Boy Artificer [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Captain (Pilot) [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chaplain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Colour-Sergeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1] Engineer Commander [1] Joiner 2c [1] Joiner 3c [1] L/cpl [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Carpenter's Crew [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [141] Royal Field Artillery [20] Royal Engineers [14] Rifle Brigade [10] London Regiment [9] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Army Service Corps [5] Dorsetshire Regiment [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Wiltshire Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] HMS Princess Royal [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS Monarch [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] HMS Viknor [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Labour Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] Tank Corps [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1] 13th Field Artillery Brigade [1] 3rd Dragoon Guards [1] 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [1] 5th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 5th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Canadian Army Service Corps [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps Cyclist Battalion [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Dorsetshire Regiment attached Leinster Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Durham Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [261] Royal Navy [254] Australian Imperial Force [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

C [59] B [57] W [57] S [52] H [44] R [41] G [31] M [31] P [31] L [27] K [25] T [19] A [18] D [17] N [13] F [11] J [11] E [10] O [8] I [3] V [3] Y [3] Q [2] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [514] Merchant Navy [45]

Country

United Kingdom [101] Australia [1] China [1] Egypt [1] India [1] Malta [1]

Harry Thomas Smith

Born 1889

Died 1977

Royal Navy K26448

Royal Navy K26448 Stoker II HMS Vivid II, Devonport

Royal Navy K26448 Stoker II HMS Argyll

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Frederick Smith

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 8/1306 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 1306 Rifleman Hampshire Regiment 1/8th Battalion

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Frederick J W Bucknole

Born 1872

Died 1917

British Army SS/4839 Private Army Service Corps

Royal Navy D/8947/S Private Royal Marine Labour Corps

Royal Navy Deal/8947(S) Corporal Royal Marine Labour Corps Boulogne Company

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Edgar John Pond

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 304632 Private London Regiment 5th battalion lond Battalion

British Army 608566 Private London Regiment 18th battalion lond Battalion

British Army 608566 Rifleman London Regiment 18th battalion lond Battalion

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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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Wallace Melvill Bulstrode

Born 1890

Died 1969

Royal Navy 365895

British Army Acting Lance Corporal

British Army Acting Corporal

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James Ernest Powell

Born 1886

Died 1969

Royal Navy 228605 Leading Seaman HMS Princess Royal

Royal Navy 228605 Able Seaman HMS Princess Roytal

Royal Navy 228605 Petty Officer HMS Princess Royal

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Walter Henry Gould

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy 14457 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division "H" Coy.

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Samuel John Oram

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 7394 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Auguste Harry Cotton

Born 1900

Died 1940

Other Empire Force Able Seaman S.S. Kayeson

Royal Navy SS8278 Ordinary Seaman H.M.S. Victory 1

Royal Navy SS8278 Able Bodied Seaman H.M.S. Victory 1

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John George Townsend

Born 1874

Died 1915

Royal Navy 156071 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS Viknor

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William George Rex Murphy

Born 1886

Died 1960

Other Empire Force Shanghai Volunteers

Canadian Expeditionary Force 200222 Canadian Army Service Corps

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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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George Wills

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 8907 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Leslie Claude Rann

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 35331 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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William Walter Wood

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 29212 Sapper Postal Section Royal Engineers

British Army 29212 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 29212 Corporal Postal Section Royal Engineers

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Ernest Leonard Charles Leal

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 22648 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Alexander Witham

Born 1878

Died 1956

British Army Serjeant Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick George Flux

Born 1888

Died 1919

British Army 83522 Private Royal Defence Corps 457th Protection Coy.

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William Alfred Barnes

Born 1886

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61925

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