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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]

Robert George Oulton

Born 1889

Died 1943

British Army 9202 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 202237 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Laurence Howat

Born 1894

Died 1967

British Army 1176 Corporal Cheshire Regiment

British Army 200085 Corporal Cheshire Regiment

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John Young

Born 1865

Died 1915

Royal Navy L1668 Officer's Cook 2nd Class H.M.S. "Biarritz"

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Sidney Frank Kerens

Born 1896

Died 1995

British Army 27652 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 30671 Private Hampshire regiment 2nd 515th 5th Reserve Battalion

British Army 27652 Hampshire Regiment

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John Richard Hamper, Mbe

Born 1872

Died 1931

British Army 2953 Hampshire Regiment

British Army 497 Staff Quarter Master Serjeant Army Pay Corps Eastern Command

British Army Captain British West Indies Regiment 10th Battalion

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James Sansom

Born 1877

Died 1916

Royal Navy 176507 Petty Officer HMS INVINCIBLE

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Charles Edwin Wilburn

Born 1880

Died 1920

British Army 281554 Private Hampshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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George Albert Chetwood

Born 1873

Died 1918

Royal Navy Chief Gunner H.M.S. "Patia"

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William Tarring

Born 1870

Died 1916

British Army E/496 Colour Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

British Army E/496 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 17th Battalion

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Arthur Ernest Wassell

Born 1885

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96052 Air Mechanic 2nd Class 3 Stores Depot, Royal Flying Corps

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Charles Frederick Tilley

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 131180 Acting Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers "G" Depot Coy.

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Harry Bertram Ball

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2841 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370908 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Walter James Le Feuvre

Born 1871

Died 1937

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 400625

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Walter Mervyn St George Kirke

Born 1877

Died 1949

British Army Major Royal Artillery

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Royal Artillery Staff

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Royal Artillery

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Harry Addis Ann

Born 1878

Died 1957

British Army 201934 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/295964 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 7814807 Private Tank Corps No 11 Armoured Car Company

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Harry James Grant

Born 1883

Died 1963

British Army 1100 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 850219 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Basil Maclear

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Dublin Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Arthur David Fitzgerald

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy 16684 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS INVINCIBLE

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Atkinson James Bath

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 6/2735 Private Hampshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 281168 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 281168 Private Hampshire Regiment

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James Crosbie Caulfeild

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps attached to Manchester Regiment

British Army Lieutenant RASC attd. Manchester Regiment 2nd Battalion

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