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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]

Charles Gee

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 78221 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Rosalind Maud Ruddock

Born 1887

Died 1975

British Army Sister Territorial Force Nursing Service

British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

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Thomas Philip Mitchell

Born 1898

Died 1921

Royal Navy M7080 Artificer HMS Fisgard

Royal Navy M7080 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy M7080 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMS Dreadnought

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Thomas Alfred Walsh

Born 1899

Royal Navy J38424 Boy 1st Class HMS Castor

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William George Hansford Brown

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy K13100 Stoker 1st Class HMS QUEEN MARY

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William Francis Blanchard

Born 1894

Royal Navy 15308 Bugler Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 15308 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy 15308 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Agincourt

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William Edward Way

Born 1890

Died 1918

Royal Navy 365735 Officer's Steward 2nd Class HMS Sapphire II

Royal Navy TS 4137 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 4137/TS Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve: HM Trawler Vera Grace

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Ernest Horace Godfrey Cox

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army PS/2418 Private Middlesex Regiment

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William George Attwooll

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 166060 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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William John Ernest Legg

Born 1896

Died 1978

British Army 19325 Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment

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Frederick William Pearce

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 506623 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 2028 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Francis George Autridge Baker

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy J12173 Able Seaman HMS Indefatigable

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John Robert Stewkesbury

Born 1883

British Army Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 566th Wiltshire Works Company

British Army 520344 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers Wiltshire (Fortress) Company

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Frederick William Spencer

Born 1892

Died 1967

British Army T645 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 520343 Sapper Royal Engineers Wiltshire (Fortress) Company

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Victor George Wren

Born 1900

Died 1939

Royal Navy K50154 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy P/K50154 Stoker 1st Class HMS Royal Oak

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Albert Edward Fowler

Born 1876

Died 1958

British Army 201739 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 691450 Sapper Labour Corps

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George William Thorne

Born 1877

Died 1916

Royal Navy 170317 Chief Petty Officer HMS BLACK PRINCE

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Henry Way

Born 1876

Died 1916

Royal Navy 180400 Petty Officer HMS SHARK

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Edward Hibbs

Born 1889

Died 1966

British Army 41353 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 41353 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Edward John Payne

Born 1882

Died 1959

British Army 520345 Sapper Royal Engineers Wiltshire (Fortress) Company

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