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Portsea Island, Hampshire [70]

Portsea Island [20]

Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire [6]

Portsea Island, Portsmouth [3]

Portsea island [3]

Landport, Portsea Island [2]

Portsea Island Hampshire [2]

Portsea Island,Hampshire. [2]

Eastney Portsea Island,Portsmouth. [1]

Kingston, Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Portsea Island Hants. [1]

Portsea Island Portsmouth Hampshire [1]

Portsea Island reg district [1]

Portsea Island, Hamsphire [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 [40]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Captain [10]

Lieutenant [10]

Serjeant [6]

Major [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Sapper [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Chief Carpenter [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal [2]

Driver [2]

Gunner [2]

Pioneer [2]

Ship's Steward [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [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 Engine Room Artificer [1]

Chief Engineer Officer [1]

Chief Gunner [1]

Chief Section Leader Clerk [1]

Clerk [1]

Colonel Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Commander (Retired) [1]

Commissioned Gunner [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Engineer Captain [1]

Engineer Commander [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flight Officer [1]

General [1]

General Staff Officer [1]

Honorary Major [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [21]

Royal Engineers [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

130th King George's Own Baluchistan Infantry (Jacob's Rifles), attached 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis [1]

1st Garrison Battalion [1]

1st. Herts. [1]

2 Field Ambulance [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]

Army Service Corps attached to Manchester Regiment [1]

Australian Army Medical Corps [1]

Baluchistan Infantry [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

General Headquarters Staff [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

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

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

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Lion [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

HMS Vernon [1]

HMS Yarmouth [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1]

Service

British Army [88]

Royal Navy [22]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

C [16]

W [14]

B [12]

P [9]

F [8]

H [8]

S [7]

G [6]

R [6]

A [5]

M [5]

T [5]

D [3]

K [3]

L [3]

N [3]

O [3]

E [2]

I [2]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [105]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [54]

India [2]

Australia [1]

South Africa [1]

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Portsea Island, Hampshire [70] Portsea Island [20] Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire [6] Portsea Island, Portsmouth [3] Portsea island [3] Landport, Portsea Island [2] Portsea Island Hampshire [2] Portsea Island,Hampshire. [2] Eastney Portsea Island,Portsmouth. [1] Kingston, Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Portsea Island Hants. [1] Portsea Island Portsmouth Hampshire [1] Portsea Island reg district [1] Portsea Island, Hamsphire [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 [40] Second Lieutenant [13] Captain [10] Lieutenant [10] Serjeant [6] Major [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Sapper [4] Acting Corporal [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Lance Corporal [3] Chief Carpenter [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal [2] Driver [2] Gunner [2] Pioneer [2] Ship's Steward [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [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 Engine Room Artificer [1] Chief Engineer Officer [1] Chief Gunner [1] Chief Section Leader Clerk [1] Clerk [1] Colonel Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Commander (Retired) [1] Commissioned Gunner [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Engineer Captain [1] Engineer Commander [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flight Officer [1] General [1] General Staff Officer [1] Honorary Major [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [21] Royal Engineers [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] London Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Labour Corps [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal Field Artillery [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] 130th King George's Own Baluchistan Infantry (Jacob's Rifles), attached 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis [1] 1st Garrison Battalion [1] 1st. Herts. [1] 2 Field Ambulance [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] Army Service Corps attached to Manchester Regiment [1] Australian Army Medical Corps [1] Baluchistan Infantry [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] General Headquarters Staff [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] H.M.S. "Bulwark" [1] H.M.S. "Patia" [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Lion [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] HMS Vernon [1] HMS Yarmouth [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1]

Service

British Army [88] Royal Navy [22] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

C [16] W [14] B [12] P [9] F [8] H [8] S [7] G [6] R [6] A [5] M [5] T [5] D [3] K [3] L [3] N [3] O [3] E [2] I [2] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [105] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [54] India [2] Australia [1] South Africa [1]

William Somerset Wilde

Born 1883

Died 1946

British Army 263530 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Arthur Vernon Ford

Born 1854

Died 1918

British Army Honorary Major Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

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William James Walker

Born 1899

Died 1976

British Army 40298 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army GS/90100 Private London Regiment

British Army GS/90100 Private Royal Fusiliers

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William Frank Innoles

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy 16768 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division HMS Hampshire

Royal Navy Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Hampshire

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James William Nolan

Born 1865

Died 1915

British Army 278 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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William James Musgrove

Born 1865

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301961

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Frank Dix

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 9684 Private Hampshire Regiment Command Depot

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William Alexander Ridoutt

Born 1891

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

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Philip Mansell Alexander

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 2025 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders 11th Battalion attached 5th Battalion

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Archibald Rufus Woodnutt

Born 1894

Died 1972

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James Samuel D Farr

Born 1887

Died 1920

British Army 26643 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 96131 Private Labour Corps

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William Fitzherbert Bridges

Born 1884

Died 1916

Royal Navy 12019 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division HMS Hampshire

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Francis Philip Bickford

Born 1889

Died 1968

British Army Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class London Regiment royal army chaplains department 4th lond Battalion

British Army Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

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David S Hopkins

Born 1899

Died 1976

British Army 38498 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 43613 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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John James Oram

Born 1890

Died 1920

British Army 128533 Private Labour Corps

British Army 23181 Sergeant Hampshire Regiment

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Charles Arthur Gilbert Money

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army Captain Baluchistan Infantry

Indian Army Major 130th King George's Own Baluchistan Infantry (Jacob's Rifles), attached 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis

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Herbert Parsons

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 239879 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 239979 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William James Fryer

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 27478 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Horace Henry Adshead

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 8109 Acting Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 8109 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

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Henry Joseph Manwaring

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 40629 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd/7th Bn.

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