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Portland, Dorset [392]

Portland, Dorset, England [7]

Portland Dorset [5]

Easton Portland, Dorset [4]

Portland Weymouth, Dorset [2]

Portland, Weymouth, Dorset [2]

Easton, Portland, Dorset [1]

Fortuneswell Portland, Dorset [1]

Fortunewell Portland, Dorset [1]

Portland near Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Portland,Weymouth,Dorset. [1]

Saint Georges Portland, Dorset [1]

The Grove Portland Dorset [1]

Weston Portland, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [18]

Able Seaman [10]

Sapper [9]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Gunner [7]

Corporal [5]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Serjeant [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Boy [2]

Bugler [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Ship's Steward [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Artificer [1]

Assistant Sergeant Major [1]

Blacksmith [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Clerk [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Colour Sergeant & Warrant Officer Class 2 (CSM) [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1]

Ldg Smn [1]

Lieutenant Commander (Retd) [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private, Lance Corporal, Corporal, Lance Sergeant, Sergeant & Colour Sergeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sargeant [1]

Seaman [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sergeant (Instructor) [1]

Ship's Steward [1]

Ship's Steward's Assistant [1]

Ship's Steward's Boy [1]

Signaller [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker 1st class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [13]

Dorsetshire Regiment [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

HMS Victory II [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS Hermione [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

Army Cyclists Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Chinese Labour Corps [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall light infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Gloucester Regiment [1]

H.M. S/M. "E34." [1]

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

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

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Caroline [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Columbine [1]

HMS Dreadnought [1]

HMS FEARLESS [1]

HMS FORTUNE [1]

HMS Fisgard [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS Halcyon [1]

HMS Hercules [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS Implacable [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

HMS NOTTINGHAM [1]

HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

Service

Royal Navy [367]

British Army [46]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [52]

W [47]

M [44]

B [42]

H [34]

C [28]

P [28]

F [24]

G [21]

A [20]

L [18]

R [15]

T [12]

K [9]

D [8]

J [5]

N [4]

O [3]

V [3]

I [2]

E [1]

Contribution

Military Service [398]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

India [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [420] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Portland, Dorset [392] Portland, Dorset, England [7] Portland Dorset [5] Easton Portland, Dorset [4] Portland Weymouth, Dorset [2] Portland, Weymouth, Dorset [2] Easton, Portland, Dorset [1] Fortuneswell Portland, Dorset [1] Fortunewell Portland, Dorset [1] Portland near Weymouth, Dorset [1] Portland,Weymouth,Dorset. [1] Saint Georges Portland, Dorset [1] The Grove Portland Dorset [1] Weston Portland, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [18] Able Seaman [10] Sapper [9] Stoker 1st Class [8] Gunner [7] Corporal [5] Boy 1st Class [3] Lance Corporal [3] Leading Seaman [3] Serjeant [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Boy [2] Bugler [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Lieutenant [2] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Ship's Steward [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Artificer [1] Assistant Sergeant Major [1] Blacksmith [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Stoker [1] Clerk [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Colour Sergeant & Warrant Officer Class 2 (CSM) [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cook's Mate [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1] Ldg Smn [1] Lieutenant Commander (Retd) [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Private, Lance Corporal, Corporal, Lance Sergeant, Sergeant & Colour Sergeant [1] Rifleman [1] Sargeant [1] Seaman [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Sergeant (Instructor) [1] Ship's Steward [1] Ship's Steward's Assistant [1] Ship's Steward's Boy [1] Signaller [1] Sister [1] Stoker 1st class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [13] Dorsetshire Regiment [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] HMS Victory II [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS Hermione [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] Army Cyclists Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Chinese Labour Corps [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall light infantry [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Gloucester Regiment [1] H.M. S/M. "E34." [1] H.M.S. "Columbine." [1] H.M.S. "Victory II" [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Caroline [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Columbine [1] HMS Dreadnought [1] HMS FEARLESS [1] HMS FORTUNE [1] HMS Fisgard [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS Halcyon [1] HMS Hercules [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS Implacable [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] HMS NOTTINGHAM [1] HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1] HMS Princess Royal [1]

Service

Royal Navy [367] British Army [46] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [52] W [47] M [44] B [42] H [34] C [28] P [28] F [24] G [21] A [20] L [18] R [15] T [12] K [9] D [8] J [5] N [4] O [3] V [3] I [2] E [1]

Contribution

Military Service [398] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [18] India [1] South Africa [1]

William Butler

Born 1895

Died 1914

Royal Navy A 5804 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 5804/A Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Bulwark

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Edward Pearce

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army 29700 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 30427 Private Somerset Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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Thomas Wilfred King

Born 1898

Died 1915

Royal Navy J26790 Boy 1st Class HMS Goliath

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William Benjamin Hoskins

Born 1885

Died 1917

Royal Navy K39133 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory

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Edward H Stone

Died 1916

British Army 2252 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Henry John Bullard

Born 1861

Died 1930

British Army 35003 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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James Victor John Blake

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy 14910 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy RMA/14910 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.Q. (Eastney)

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Sidney Oliver Hoskins

Born 1890

Died 1918

Royal Navy K39180 Stoker 1st class HMS Spiraea

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William George Attwooll

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 166060 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Thomas John Read

Born 1868

Died 1936

British Army 63083 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 19542 Private Labour Corps

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Maurice Joseph Hyde Legg

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 19326 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Albert Percival Webb

Born 1895

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2025224

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2025224 Private Canadian Infantry

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Henry Pearce

Born 1883

Died 1919

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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S F Allberry

Died 1917

British Army 14955 Lance Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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William B Judd

Born 1889

Died 1950

British Army G/4142 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 5357 WO2 Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Henry Hibbs

Born 1881

Died 1966

British Army T657 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 520350 Sapper Royal Engineers Wiltshire (Fortress) Company

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William John Bollen

Born 1865

Died 1916

Royal Navy 127602 Chief Stoker HMS Hermione

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Joseph Hibbs

Born 1882

Died 1969

British Army T656 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 520349 Sapper Royal Engineers Wiltshire (Fortress) Company

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Montague Cecil Frank Froom

Born 1899

Died 1965

British Army 46119 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 241898 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army T/454015 Private Army Service Corps Horsed Transport Section

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Horace Vernon Barnes

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 6745 Acting Serjeant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 6745 Serjeant Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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