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Portsea, Hampshire [1270]

Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire [91]

Portsea Island, Hampshire [70]

Portsea, Hants [36]

Portsea, Portsmouth [21]

Portsea Island [20]

Portsea [15]

Portsea, Hampshire, England [12]

Portsea Victoria [8]

Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire [6]

Portsea Portsmouth [5]

Portsea England [4]

Portsea Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Portsea Island, Portsmouth [3]

Portsea island [3]

Landport, Portsea Island [2]

Portsea Island Hampshire [2]

Portsea Island,Hampshire. [2]

Portsea, Inverness-shire [2]

Portsea,Hampshire. [2]

7 Bridge Terrace, Portsea, Portsmouth [1]

Anglesey Barracks, Portsea, Portsmouth [1]

Eastney Portsea Island,Portsmouth. [1]

Hampshire Parish of Portsea [1]

Kingston, Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Lamport Portsea ovell, Hampshire [1]

Portsea Hampshire [1]

Portsea Islamd, 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]

Portsea Scotland [1]

Portsea Town Southampton [1]

Portsea, [1]

Portsea, Hampshire [1]

Portsea, Banffshire [1]

Portsea, Essex [1]

Portsea, Porstmouth [1]

Portsea, Porstmouth Hampshire England [1]

Portsea, Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Portsea, Southsea, Hampshire [1]

Portsea,Hants [1]

Portsea,Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [81]

Able Seaman [54]

Leading Seaman [27]

Petty Officer [26]

Stoker 1st Class [25]

Stoker Petty Officer [17]

Leading Stoker [15]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Captain [14]

Serjeant [14]

Lieutenant [13]

Corporal [12]

Ordinary Seaman [12]

Boy 2nd Class [11]

Boy 1st Class [9]

Lance Corporal [9]

Major [9]

Sapper [9]

Gunner [8]

Chief Petty Officer [6]

Leading Cook's Mate [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Ship's Steward [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Chief Stoker [5]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [4]

Leading Signalman [4]

Rifleman [4]

Sergeant [4]

Stoker [4]

Acting Leading Stoker [3]

Artificer Engineer [3]

Chief Carpenter [3]

Chief Ship's Cook [3]

Chief Writer [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Cook's Mate [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Driver [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Able Seaman (Rigger) [2]

Blacksmith [2]

Bombardier [2]

Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Domestic 2nd Class [2]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [40]

HMS Good Hope [24]

Royal Engineers [20]

HMS INVINCIBLE [13]

HMS IRON DUKE [13]

HMS MALAYA [11]

London Regiment [10]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [9]

HMS Agincourt [8]

HMS QUEEN MARY [8]

HMS Queen Mary [8]

HMS Princess Royal [7]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [7]

HMS Hampshire [6]

HMS NEPTUNE [6]

HMS St Vincent (Haslar) [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

HMS CANADA [5]

HMS Fearless [5]

HMS SHARK [5]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

HMS Barham [4]

HMS Cressy [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

H.M.S. "Victory" [3]

HMS BULWARK [3]

HMS Nelson [3]

Royal Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Air Service [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HM Submarine E10 [2]

HMS Britannia [2]

HMS Caroline [2]

HMS Castor [2]

HMS Cochrane [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS King George V [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS ONSLOW [2]

HMS PORPOISE [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1318]

British Army [159]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [107]

Australian Imperial Force [15]

Other Empire Force [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [179]

S [157]

H [142]

C [135]

W [121]

M [109]

P [97]

R [73]

G [71]

L [71]

D [63]

T [63]

A [60]

F [55]

K [50]

J [47]

N [37]

E [33]

V [18]

O [15]

Y [9]

I [6]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1487]

Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [138]

India [3]

Australia [2]

South Africa [2]

Canada [1]

France [1]

Hong Kong [1]

Jamaica [1]

New Zealand [1]

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People [1613] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Portsea, Hampshire [1270] Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire [91] Portsea Island, Hampshire [70] Portsea, Hants [36] Portsea, Portsmouth [21] Portsea Island [20] Portsea [15] Portsea, Hampshire, England [12] Portsea Victoria [8] Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire [6] Portsea Portsmouth [5] Portsea England [4] Portsea Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Portsea Island, Portsmouth [3] Portsea island [3] Landport, Portsea Island [2] Portsea Island Hampshire [2] Portsea Island,Hampshire. [2] Portsea, Inverness-shire [2] Portsea,Hampshire. [2] 7 Bridge Terrace, Portsea, Portsmouth [1] Anglesey Barracks, Portsea, Portsmouth [1] Eastney Portsea Island,Portsmouth. [1] Hampshire Parish of Portsea [1] Kingston, Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Lamport Portsea ovell, Hampshire [1] Portsea Hampshire [1] Portsea Islamd, 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] Portsea Scotland [1] Portsea Town Southampton [1] Portsea, [1] Portsea, Hampshire [1] Portsea, Banffshire [1] Portsea, Essex [1] Portsea, Porstmouth [1] Portsea, Porstmouth Hampshire England [1] Portsea, Southampton, Hampshire [1] Portsea, Southsea, Hampshire [1] Portsea,Hants [1] Portsea,Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [81] Able Seaman [54] Leading Seaman [27] Petty Officer [26] Stoker 1st Class [25] Stoker Petty Officer [17] Leading Stoker [15] Second Lieutenant [15] Captain [14] Serjeant [14] Lieutenant [13] Corporal [12] Ordinary Seaman [12] Boy 2nd Class [11] Boy 1st Class [9] Lance Corporal [9] Major [9] Sapper [9] Gunner [8] Chief Petty Officer [6] Leading Cook's Mate [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Ship's Steward [6] Acting Corporal [5] Chief Stoker [5] Colour Serjeant [5] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [4] Leading Signalman [4] Rifleman [4] Sergeant [4] Stoker [4] Acting Leading Stoker [3] Artificer Engineer [3] Chief Carpenter [3] Chief Ship's Cook [3] Chief Writer [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Cook's Mate [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Driver [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Able Seaman (Rigger) [2] Blacksmith [2] Bombardier [2] Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Domestic 2nd Class [2]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [40] HMS Good Hope [24] Royal Engineers [20] HMS INVINCIBLE [13] HMS IRON DUKE [13] HMS MALAYA [11] London Regiment [10] Royal Field Artillery [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] HMS BLACK PRINCE [9] HMS Agincourt [8] HMS QUEEN MARY [8] HMS Queen Mary [8] HMS Princess Royal [7] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [7] HMS Hampshire [6] HMS NEPTUNE [6] HMS St Vincent (Haslar) [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] HMS CANADA [5] HMS Fearless [5] HMS SHARK [5] Labour Corps [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Army Service Corps [4] HMS Barham [4] HMS Cressy [4] Border Regiment [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] H.M.S. "Victory" [3] HMS BULWARK [3] HMS Nelson [3] Royal Artillery [3] Royal Naval Air Service [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Canadian Army Medical Corps [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HM Submarine E10 [2] HMS Britannia [2] HMS Caroline [2] HMS Castor [2] HMS Cochrane [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS King George V [2] HMS LION [2] HMS ONSLOW [2] HMS PORPOISE [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1318] British Army [159] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [107] Australian Imperial Force [15] Other Empire Force [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [179] S [157] H [142] C [135] W [121] M [109] P [97] R [73] G [71] L [71] D [63] T [63] A [60] F [55] K [50] J [47] N [37] E [33] V [18] O [15] Y [9] I [6] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1487] Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [138] India [3] Australia [2] South Africa [2] Canada [1] France [1] Hong Kong [1] Jamaica [1] New Zealand [1]

Alick John Mcdermot Woods

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 47116 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Percy William Woolston

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 32998 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 32998 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 73rd Anti Aircraft Section

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Edward Frederick William Tuffin

Born 1881

British Army 5137 Private King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army 5325 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army 5325 Lance Corporal (Unpaid) Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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Charles Shergold

Born 1870

British Army 22453 Sergeant Royal Engineers Telegraph Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Temporary Honorary Lieutenant Royal Canadian Engineers

Canadian Expeditionary Force Temporary Quartermaster and Honorary Captain Royal Canadian Engineers

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Daniel Bertram Reynolds

Born 1886

Died 1948

Royal Navy M1203

Royal Navy M1203 Ch Electrical Articifer

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Frank Ernest Aers

Born 1872

Died 1915

Royal Navy 142921

Royal Navy PO/142921 Leading Boatswain HM Coastguard - H.M.S. "India."

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Ernest William Ware

Born 1875

Died 1919

British Army 123 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Arthur Blay

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 2195 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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George James Towills

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy K4417 Leading Stoker HMS BLACK PRINCE

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William Henry Dewey

Born 1883

Died 1947

Royal Navy 272154

Royal Navy 272154 Engine Room Articifer

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Leonard Davis

Born 1887

Died 1951

Royal Navy 310329

Royal Navy 310329 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Iron Duke

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Henry Known As Harry Kerens

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army R22547 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R22547 Corporal

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Willis Aylmore Ide

Born 1882

Died 1921

British Army 266490 Company Serjeant Major Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 266490 Warrant Officer Class 2 Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army

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Charles Alfred Steel

Born 1879

Royal Navy 182410 Able Seaman

Royal Navy 182410 Able Seaman HMS Castor

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James Byng

Born 1878

Died 1916

Royal Navy 286748 Mechanician HMS Hampshire

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Edward Walter Jepp

Born 1897

Died 1980

British Army 260194 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

Air Force (RAF/RFC) A / Mech .3

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125228 Private

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Harold John Bleach

Born 1888

Died 1979

British Army M2/204392 Serjeant Army Service Corps 3rd Unit

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps royal army service corps 3rd Unit

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John Price

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army 9435 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Gibeon James White

Born 1874

Died 1919

Royal Navy 342751 Shipwright 1st Class H.M. Coastal Motor Boat "228"

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Ernest George Hayles

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 23423 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

British Army 23423 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 23423 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers 7th Signal Company

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