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Portland, Surrey [27]

Port Antonio, Portland, Surrey [3]

Hope Bay, Portland, Surrey [2]

Fairy Hall, Portland, Surrey [1]

Manchioneal, Portland, Surrey [1]

Oracabessa, Portland, Surrey [1]

Priestman's River, Portland, Surrey [1]

St. Margaret's Bay, Portland, Surrey [1]

Wallingford, Portland, Surrey [1]

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British West Indies Regiment [28]

Jamaica War Contingent [13]

West India Regiment [10]

Canadian Infantry [1]

No.2 Construction Battalion [1]

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British Army [37]

Other Empire Force [13]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

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Military Service [34]

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People [38] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Portland, Surrey [27] Port Antonio, Portland, Surrey [3] Hope Bay, Portland, Surrey [2] Fairy Hall, Portland, Surrey [1] Manchioneal, Portland, Surrey [1] Oracabessa, Portland, Surrey [1] Priestman's River, Portland, Surrey [1] St. Margaret's Bay, Portland, Surrey [1] Wallingford, Portland, Surrey [1]

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Private [38] Serjeant [1]

Unit

British West Indies Regiment [28] Jamaica War Contingent [13] West India Regiment [10] Canadian Infantry [1] No.2 Construction Battalion [1]

Service

British Army [37] Other Empire Force [13] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

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B [6] M [6] S [5] T [3] W [3] C [2] H [2] J [2] L [2] N [2] R [2] D [1] G [1] K [1]

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Military Service [34]

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Jamaica [1] United Kingdom [1] United States [1]

Robert Myers

Born 1896

British Army 10346 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Lionel Webster

Born 1898

British Army 15709 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Edward Barnett Dorman

Born 1895

British Army 4260 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Simon Berry

Born 1895

British Army 4254 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Augustus Brown

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 6010 Private West India Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Nathan Williams

Born 1894

British Army 2716 Private British West Indies Regiment

Other Empire Force 2270 Private Jamaica War Contingent

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Charles Lindsay

Born 1897

British Army 7157 Private British West Indies Regiment

Other Empire Force 5805 Private Jamaica War Contingent

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Michael A Thompson

Born 1882

British Army 2101 Private British West Indies Regiment

British Army 4933 Private West India Regiment

Other Empire Force 269 Private Jamaica War Contingent

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John Arthur Nicholas

Born 1897

British Army 6710 Private West India Regiment 1st Battalion

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Uriah Jones

Born 1898

British Army 10225 Private British West Indies Regiment

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James Harris

Born 1897

British Army 8417 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Henry Walter Nelson

Born 1898

British Army 4274 Private British West Indies Regiment

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Alfred Benjamin Hall

Born 1879

British Army 2825 Private West India Regiment 3rd Battalion

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William 'malty' King

Born 1893

Other Empire Force 3961 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 3892 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion

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Richard Sayles

Born 1888

British Army 6015 Private West India Regiment 1st Battalion

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Richard Lewis

Born 1892

British Army 6667 Private West India Regiment 1st Battalion

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James Mcleod

Born 1895

Other Empire Force 3973 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 4177 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion

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Joseph Brown

Born 1893

British Army 6102 Private West India Regiment 2nd Battalion

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