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Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire [91]

Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire [6]

Portsea Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Kingston, Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Portsea Island Portsmouth Hampshire [1]

Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England [1]

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

Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire. [1]

Portsea,Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Portsea,Portsmouth, Hampshire. [1]

Portsmouth, Portsea, Hampshire [1]

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Private [5]

Sapper [3]

Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Boy 1st class [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

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Lance Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Temporary Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Quartermaster and Honorary Captain [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

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Royal Engineers [4]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

HMS Britannia [1]

HMS Hawke [1]

Royal Canadian Engineers [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Good Hope [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Tank Corps [1]

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Air Force (RAF/RFC) [87]

British Army [13]

Royal Navy [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

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B [13]

S [13]

W [11]

C [8]

H [8]

M [8]

T [8]

D [7]

R [6]

F [5]

G [5]

A [4]

P [4]

J [3]

L [3]

E [1]

O [1]

Y [1]

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Military Service [106]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

India [2]

Canada [1]

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People [109] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire [91] Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire [6] Portsea Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Kingston, Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Portsea Island Portsmouth Hampshire [1] Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England [1] Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England' [1] Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire. [1] Portsea,Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Portsea,Portsmouth, Hampshire. [1] Portsmouth, Portsea, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [5] Sapper [3] Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Boy 1st class [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Corporal [1] Corproal [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Major [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Rifleman [1] Second Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Temporary Honorary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Quartermaster and Honorary Captain [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [4] Hampshire Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] HMS Britannia [1] HMS Hawke [1] Royal Canadian Engineers [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Good Hope [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Tank Corps [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [87] British Army [13] Royal Navy [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [13] S [13] W [11] C [8] H [8] M [8] T [8] D [7] R [6] F [5] G [5] A [4] P [4] J [3] L [3] E [1] O [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [106] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [12] India [2] Canada [1]

Harold Hamilton

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214711

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George Frederick Dye

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214876

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William Thomas Bailey Green

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220585

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Harry Wilkinson

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226212

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Walter Stephen Wright

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235852

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Arthur Anthony Wilcox

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241177

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Frank Walter Grant

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313396

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Walter Wakefield

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 314074

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Harry Lionel Woodthorpe

Born 1888

Died 1956

British Army 1016 Private London Regiment

British Army 148665 Private Royal Engineers

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Herbert Christopher Staples

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311758

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William Henry Lane

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224045

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Frank Cooper

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307026

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Harry George Saunders Dixon-Burt

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160500

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Harry Burton

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208672

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James Alexander Young

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204137

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Arthur David Griffith

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402561

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Victor Thomas Judge

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 494

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Arthur James Thorne

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198313

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Edwin Palmer

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311825

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Charles Stanley Reeds

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313224

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