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Portsea Island, Hampshire [70]

Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire [6]

Portsea Island Hampshire [2]

Portsea Island,Hampshire. [2]

Kingston, Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Portsea Island Portsmouth Hampshire [1]

Portsea Island, Portsmourth, Hampshire [1]

Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England [1]

Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England' [1]

Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire. [1]

Portsea Island,Southsea,Hampshire. [1]

Portsea Island. Hampshire [1]

Southsea, Portsea Island, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [27]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Captain [9]

Lieutenant [9]

Serjeant [5]

Major [4]

Sapper [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal [2]

Ship's Steward [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Canteen Assistant [1]

Carpenter [1]

Chief Carpenter [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Chief Engineer Officer [1]

Chief Section Leader Clerk [1]

Clerk [1]

Commander [1]

Commander (Retired) [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Engineer Captain [1]

Engineer Commander [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

General [1]

General Staff Officer [1]

Gunner [1]

Honorary Major [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major and Brevet Colonel [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Nurse [1]

Paymaster Sub Lieutenant [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Rear-Admiral [1]

Rifleman [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [14]

Royal Engineers [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

London Regiment [5]

Labour Corps [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

1st. Herts. [1]

2nd Battalion, Scots Guards [1]

3 Stores Depot, Royal Flying Corps [1]

31st Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Admiralty Civilian - HMS Lion [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Army Service Corps attached Royal Flying Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

General Headquarters Staff [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

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

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

London Regiment (City of London Rifles) [1]

M.V. Melbourne Star (London) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Military Operations Directorate [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Artillery (Headquarters Staff) [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [63]

Royal Navy [17]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [12]

W [12]

F [8]

B [7]

G [6]

A [5]

S [5]

H [4]

P [4]

T [4]

K [3]

M [3]

N [3]

R [3]

D [2]

E [2]

L [2]

O [2]

I [1]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [73]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [40]

India [2]

South Africa [1]

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People [89] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Portsea Island, Hampshire [70] Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire [6] Portsea Island Hampshire [2] Portsea Island,Hampshire. [2] Kingston, Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Portsea Island Portsmouth Hampshire [1] Portsea Island, Portsmourth, Hampshire [1] Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England [1] Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England' [1] Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire. [1] Portsea Island,Southsea,Hampshire. [1] Portsea Island. Hampshire [1] Southsea, Portsea Island, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [27] Second Lieutenant [12] Captain [9] Lieutenant [9] Serjeant [5] Major [4] Sapper [4] Acting Corporal [3] Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal [2] Ship's Steward [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Canteen Assistant [1] Carpenter [1] Chief Carpenter [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer [1] Chief Engineer Officer [1] Chief Section Leader Clerk [1] Clerk [1] Commander [1] Commander (Retired) [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Engineer Captain [1] Engineer Commander [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] General [1] General Staff Officer [1] Gunner [1] Honorary Major [1] Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major and Brevet Colonel [1] Naval Cadet [1] Nurse [1] Paymaster Sub Lieutenant [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Rear-Admiral [1] Rifleman [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [14] Royal Engineers [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] London Regiment [5] Labour Corps [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] 1st. Herts. [1] 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards [1] 3 Stores Depot, Royal Flying Corps [1] 31st Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Admiralty Civilian - HMS Lion [1] Army Service Corps [1] Army Service Corps attached Royal Flying Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] General Headquarters Staff [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] H.M.S. "Bulwark" [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] London Regiment (City of London Rifles) [1] M.V. Melbourne Star (London) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Military Operations Directorate [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Artillery (Headquarters Staff) [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [63] Royal Navy [17] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [12] W [12] F [8] B [7] G [6] A [5] S [5] H [4] P [4] T [4] K [3] M [3] N [3] R [3] D [2] E [2] L [2] O [2] I [1] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [73] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [40] India [2] South Africa [1]

Geoffrey Claude Langdale Ottley

Born 1896

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards

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Archibald Brown

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 25760 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Margery Sylvia Pink

Born 1896

Died 1919

Other Empire Force Voluntary Aid Detachment Oatlands Auxiliary Hospital Portsmouth

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment Oatlands Auxiliary Hospital Portsmouth

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Fischer Burges Watson

Born 1884

Died 1960

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Commander

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Henry Charles Earwaker

Born 1862

Died 1919

Royal Navy 119546 Petty Officer Stoker

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William James Fryer

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 27478 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Major Albert Duckworth

Born 1895

Died 1979

British Army 13647 Serjeant Shropshire Light Infantry Depot

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Stanley Edward Caudle

Born 1894

Died 1982

British Army 606957 Private Labour Corps

British Army 2655 Private Middlesex Regiment 7th Reserve Battalion

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James Robert Pilcher

Born 1853

Died 1919

Royal Navy 116531 Chief Engine Room Artificer

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George Ernest Saunders

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 24625 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 198081 Private Labour Corps

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Archer Edward Tawney

Born 1895

Died 1973

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army P8828 Lieutenant Colonel Royal Artillery Hong Kong Artillery

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Frederick Cooper

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 198032 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Arthur Ernest Churchill

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy 15713 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS BLACK PRINCE

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Thomas Aloysius Kelly

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Captain The Queen's Regiment

British Army Captain London Regiment

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Richard Aka Edward Godfree Aldington

Born 1892

Died 1962

British Army 36179 Private Leicestershire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Reginald Edgar Gilbert Fulljames

Born 1896

Died 1985

British Army 6433 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army 6433 Flight Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Henry May Clue

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Lancaster Regiment

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William Frampton Carter

Born 1890

Died 1972

British Army M1/07560 Private Army Service Corps 5th Unit

British Army M1/7560 Private Army Service Corps 5th Unit

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment

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Harold England Festing

Born 1886

British Army General Staff Officer Border Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Acting Lieutenant Colonel Border Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Border Regiment 1st Battalion

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Gordon Edmund Minnell

Born 1887

Died 1959

British Army 16165 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army WR125223 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

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