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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]

Andrew Harper

Born 1896

Royal Navy J61226

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Henry Edward Hunt

Born 1895

Royal Navy K38237

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John Matheson

Born 1899

Royal Navy K41981

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Ralph Dixon

Born 1898

Royal Navy M7063

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William Charles Bond

Born 1896

Royal Navy M10262

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Courtney David Totterdell

Born 1871

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Samuel George Sprake

Born 1899

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Raymond John Duggan

Born 1897

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William Harry Baker

Born 1880

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Samuel Henry Adolphus May

Born 1896

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Stuart Robins

Born 1889

Royal Navy Engineer Captain

Royal Navy Engineer Lieutenant HMS MALAYA

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Jeremiah Connor

Born 1862

Royal Navy 101741 Ship's Steward HMS Barham

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Arthur Thistlethwayte Parsons

Born 1881

Royal Navy 341246 Ship's Steward HMS CANADA

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