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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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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]

William Henry Hodges

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214751

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Thomas Balfour Traill

Born 1881

Died 1920

British Army Captain Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army Major

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Leonard Stephen Butt

Born 1893

Died 1915

Royal Navy Paymaster Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Victory

Royal Navy Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Hermione

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Francis William Squires

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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James Douglas Hodding

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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Ethel Frances Gurney

Born 1883

Died 1974

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28831 Clerk

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Hugh Sydney Garwood

Born 1872

Died 1948

Royal Navy Engineer Commander HMS THUNDERER

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Georgina Rosalie Cole-Baker

Born 1895

Royal Navy G4807 Chief Section Leader Clerk

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Leslie Claude Leech Cook

Born 1897

Died 1992

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps attached Royal Flying Corps

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Francis Henry Shannons

Born 1876

British Army

British Army 3120 Captain Welsh Regiment

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Thomas Amos Fowler

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 5754 Serjeant East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 5754 Colour Serjeant East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William James Leverett

Born 1862

Died 1922

Royal Navy Carpenter

Royal Navy Chief Carpenter

Royal Navy Lieutenant

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Congreave Neville Banwell

Born 1896

Died 1970

British Army 8034 Private London Regiment 24th lond Battalion

British Army 724511 Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Bertie Napper Chambers

Born 1891

Died 1951

British Army 2997 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 281348 Private Hampshire Regiment

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William Harold Maddick

Born 1892

British Army 118926 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 1665383 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 1665383 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Harold William Heineman

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 54965 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Henry Wetherall Goldney.

Born 1885

British Army Lieutenant 31st Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery

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Walter Grubb

Born 1898

Died 1925

British Army 18325 Acting Corporal Hampshire Regiment 15th.Battalion.

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Charles Victor Fryer

Born 1892

Died 1945

British Army 65932 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Thomas Collens Bull

Born 1883

Died 1973

British Army Second Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army Captain Dorsetshire Regiment

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