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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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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]

William Wellsteed

Born 1884

Died 1918

Royal Navy 309122 Petty Officer Stoker H.M.S. "Victory"

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Richard Eves

Born 1881

Died 1916

Royal Navy 201908 Petty Officer HMS Southampton

Royal Navy 201908 Leading Seaman HMS Southampton

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Hubert Wallace Thelwall

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army Major West India Regiment attached Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant West India Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Major West India Regiment 1st Battalion

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Joseph Arthur Treagus

Born 1889

Died 1959

Royal Navy 312414

Royal Navy 312414 Stoker - 2nd Class HMS Nelson

Royal Navy 312414 Stoker - 2nd Class HMS Forte

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John Colenso Cunningham

Born 1890

British Army 9548 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 9548 Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment

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Archibald John Andrews

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 1189 Corporal London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 530016 Corporal London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 1189 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/15

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Gilbert Gladstone Palmer

Born 1883

Died 1969

British Army 1142 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment

British Army Temporary Captain Hampshire Regiment

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William Edward Crosby

Born 1871

Died 1916

British Army 4/73 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion

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Charles Neil Chambers

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 9483 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9483 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 5th Division

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Phoebe Sarah Hertha Ayrton

Born 1854

Died 1923

Other Empire Force Inventor and scientist

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Clifford George Colebrook

Born 1881

Died 1963

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Henry Morrington Biddlecombe

Born 1889

Died 1972

British Army Private Border Regiment

British Army 33907 Corporal 2nd Liverpool Regiment

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Thomas Henry Gibbs

Born 1885

Died 1972

British Army TF/4909 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 241730 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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John Leslie Kerens

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 3353 Private Dragoons

British Army 358214 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 358214 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John William Lowe

Born 1870

Died 1916

Royal Navy 134114 Able Seaman Royal Fleet Reserve

Royal Navy 134114 Able Seaman (RFR/PO/B/1003) HMS Buttercup

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Frederick Denyer

Born 1890

Died 1936

British Army 1414 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 850470 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Owen Harold Harman

Born 1886

Died 1917

Royal Navy 308078 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Dreadnought"

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Ernest Victor Reeder

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 10210 Driver Royal Field Artillery 66th Bde. Ammunition Col.

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Alfred Arthur Nelson Russell

Born 1897

Died 1920

British Army 21622 Lance Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

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Christopher Howe Mursell

Born 1885

Died 1943

British Army G/13806 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 43563 Private Hampshire Regiment

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