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Portsmouth, Hampshire [6717]

Portsmouth [436]

Portsmouth England [265]

Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire [91]

Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire [60]

Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire [56]

Kingston, Portsmouth, Hampshire [54]

Landport, Portsmouth [35]

Southsea, Portsmouth [29]

Eastney, Portsmouth, Hants [26]

Portsea, Portsmouth [21]

Eastney, Portsmouth [19]

Portsmouth, Hants [17]

Kingston Portsmouth [16]

Kingston Portsmouth, Hampshire [15]

Kingston, Portsmouth [15]

Portsmouth, England [14]

Buckland, Portsmouth, Hampshire [13]

Gosport, Portsmouth, Hampshire [13]

Eastney, Portsmouth, Hampshire [10]

Portsmouth, Hampshire, England [9]

Fratton, Portsmouth, Hampshire [8]

Havant, Portsmouth, Hampshire [8]

Fratton, Portsmouth [7]

Landport Portsmouth [7]

North End Portsmouth [7]

Portsmouth Hampshire [7]

Buckland Portsmouth, Hampshire [6]

Cosham, Portsmouth, Hampshire [6]

Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire [6]

Southsea Portsmouth, Hampshire [6]

Eastney Portsmouth [5]

Landport Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Portsea Portsmouth [5]

Southsea Portsmouth [5]

portsmouth [5]

Buckland, Portsmouth [4]

Kingston, Portsmouth, Hants [4]

Portsea Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Fareham, Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Gosport, Portsmouth [3]

Landport, Portsmouth, Hants [3]

Milton Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Milton, Portsmouth [3]

North End Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

North End, Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Portsea Island, Portsmouth [3]

Stamshaw, Portsmouth [3]

Catherington, Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Fratton Portsmouth [2]

Rank

Private [277]

Able Seaman [152]

Stoker 1st Class [79]

Gunner [69]

Ordinary Seaman [57]

Leading Seaman [43]

Corporal [40]

Boy 1st Class [38]

Serjeant [32]

Petty Officer [28]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [27]

Boy 2nd Class [26]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [25]

Leading Stoker [25]

Bugler [22]

Lance Corporal [22]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Captain [20]

Rifleman [20]

Stoker Petty Officer [20]

Cook's Mate [18]

Sapper [17]

Lieutenant [16]

Sergeant [13]

Stoker 2nd Class [13]

Bombardier [12]

Leading Signalman [12]

Musician [12]

Boy Telegraphist [11]

Chief Stoker [11]

Deck Hand [11]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [11]

Acting Corporal [10]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [10]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [10]

Shipwright 1st Class [10]

Shipwright 2nd Class [10]

Driver [9]

Boy Artificer [8]

Chief Ship's Cook [8]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [8]

Signalman [8]

Acting Leading Stoker [7]

Chief Armourer [7]

Chief Petty Officer [7]

Major [7]

Painter 1st Class [7]

Petty Officer Stoker [7]

Ship's Steward [7]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [6]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [102]

Royal Marine Artillery [60]

HMS IRON DUKE [58]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [50]

Royal Engineers [34]

HMS INVINCIBLE [33]

HMS Good Hope [32]

HMS BULWARK [31]

HMS NEPTUNE [30]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [30]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [29]

Royal Field Artillery [29]

HMS Agincourt [26]

London Regiment [26]

HMS Hampshire [21]

Royal Garrison Artillery [21]

HMS Princess Royal [20]

HMS Queen Mary [20]

HMS Ganges [18]

HMS MALAYA [17]

Royal Naval Reserve [16]

Army Service Corps [14]

HMS Fearless [14]

Royal Naval Air Service [14]

HMS CANADA [13]

HMS Castor [13]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

HMS Impregnable [11]

HMS QUEEN MARY [11]

HMS Victory I [11]

Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [11]

Devonshire Regiment [10]

HMS Superb [10]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Royal Air Force [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Royal Marines Band [10]

H.M.S. "Victory" [9]

HMS Fisgard [9]

HMS Southampton [9]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [9]

South Wales Borderers [9]

HMS Hercules [8]

HMS VALIANT [8]

HMS Vernon [8]

HMS Victory II [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Somerset Light Infantry [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Service

Royal Navy [6575]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [917]

British Army [424]

Australian Imperial Force [273]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [14]

Other Empire Force [13]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [892]

C [744]

S [724]

W [706]

H [694]

M [630]

P [553]

G [387]

R [383]

D [353]

L [336]

T [325]

F [294]

A [257]

J [233]

K [188]

E [153]

N [141]

O [76]

Y [49]

V [43]

I [21]

Q [12]

U [9]

Z [3]

Contribution

Military Service [8017]

Merchant Navy [18]

Country

United Kingdom [386]

India [5]

Canada [4]

South Africa [2]

Argentina [1]

Australia [1]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

Sierra Leone [1]

Singapore [1]

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Portsmouth, Hampshire [6717] Portsmouth [436] Portsmouth England [265] Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire [91] Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire [60] Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire [56] Kingston, Portsmouth, Hampshire [54] Landport, Portsmouth [35] Southsea, Portsmouth [29] Eastney, Portsmouth, Hants [26] Portsea, Portsmouth [21] Eastney, Portsmouth [19] Portsmouth, Hants [17] Kingston Portsmouth [16] Kingston Portsmouth, Hampshire [15] Kingston, Portsmouth [15] Portsmouth, England [14] Buckland, Portsmouth, Hampshire [13] Gosport, Portsmouth, Hampshire [13] Eastney, Portsmouth, Hampshire [10] Portsmouth, Hampshire, England [9] Fratton, Portsmouth, Hampshire [8] Havant, Portsmouth, Hampshire [8] Fratton, Portsmouth [7] Landport Portsmouth [7] North End Portsmouth [7] Portsmouth Hampshire [7] Buckland Portsmouth, Hampshire [6] Cosham, Portsmouth, Hampshire [6] Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire [6] Southsea Portsmouth, Hampshire [6] Eastney Portsmouth [5] Landport Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Portsea Portsmouth [5] Southsea Portsmouth [5] portsmouth [5] Buckland, Portsmouth [4] Kingston, Portsmouth, Hants [4] Portsea Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Fareham, Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Gosport, Portsmouth [3] Landport, Portsmouth, Hants [3] Milton Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Milton, Portsmouth [3] North End Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] North End, Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Portsea Island, Portsmouth [3] Stamshaw, Portsmouth [3] Catherington, Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Fratton Portsmouth [2]

Rank

Private [277] Able Seaman [152] Stoker 1st Class [79] Gunner [69] Ordinary Seaman [57] Leading Seaman [43] Corporal [40] Boy 1st Class [38] Serjeant [32] Petty Officer [28] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [27] Boy 2nd Class [26] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [25] Leading Stoker [25] Bugler [22] Lance Corporal [22] Second Lieutenant [21] Captain [20] Rifleman [20] Stoker Petty Officer [20] Cook's Mate [18] Sapper [17] Lieutenant [16] Sergeant [13] Stoker 2nd Class [13] Bombardier [12] Leading Signalman [12] Musician [12] Boy Telegraphist [11] Chief Stoker [11] Deck Hand [11] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [11] Acting Corporal [10] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [10] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [10] Shipwright 1st Class [10] Shipwright 2nd Class [10] Driver [9] Boy Artificer [8] Chief Ship's Cook [8] Officer's Steward 1st Class [8] Signalman [8] Acting Leading Stoker [7] Chief Armourer [7] Chief Petty Officer [7] Major [7] Painter 1st Class [7] Petty Officer Stoker [7] Ship's Steward [7] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [6]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [102] Royal Marine Artillery [60] HMS IRON DUKE [58] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [50] Royal Engineers [34] HMS INVINCIBLE [33] HMS Good Hope [32] HMS BULWARK [31] HMS NEPTUNE [30] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [30] HMS BLACK PRINCE [29] Royal Field Artillery [29] HMS Agincourt [26] London Regiment [26] HMS Hampshire [21] Royal Garrison Artillery [21] HMS Princess Royal [20] HMS Queen Mary [20] HMS Ganges [18] HMS MALAYA [17] Royal Naval Reserve [16] Army Service Corps [14] HMS Fearless [14] Royal Naval Air Service [14] HMS CANADA [13] HMS Castor [13] Machine Gun Corps [12] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] HMS Impregnable [11] HMS QUEEN MARY [11] HMS Victory I [11] Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [11] Devonshire Regiment [10] HMS Superb [10] Middlesex Regiment [10] Royal Air Force [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Royal Marines Band [10] H.M.S. "Victory" [9] HMS Fisgard [9] HMS Southampton [9] Royal Berkshire Regiment [9] South Wales Borderers [9] HMS Hercules [8] HMS VALIANT [8] HMS Vernon [8] HMS Victory II [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Somerset Light Infantry [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Service

Royal Navy [6575] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [917] British Army [424] Australian Imperial Force [273] Canadian Expeditionary Force [14] Other Empire Force [13] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [892] C [744] S [724] W [706] H [694] M [630] P [553] G [387] R [383] D [353] L [336] T [325] F [294] A [257] J [233] K [188] E [153] N [141] O [76] Y [49] V [43] I [21] Q [12] U [9] Z [3]

Contribution

Military Service [8017] Merchant Navy [18]

Country

United Kingdom [386] India [5] Canada [4] South Africa [2] Argentina [1] Australia [1] Malta [1] New Zealand [1] Sierra Leone [1] Singapore [1]

Edwin Jeremiah Mccarthy

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army B/23295 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 23295 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 9th Battalion

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John Frederick Armstrong

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army 3708 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 3108 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 3108 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Robert Harold Billing

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 64773 Driver Royal Field Artillery "C" Bty. 123rd Bde.

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Bert Harfield

Born 1896

Died 1987

British Army 40235 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 40235 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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Henry James Simons

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 7027 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army 7027 Acting Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army 7027 Corporal Hampshire Regiment

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William Ernest Cooper

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 2170 Gunner Royal Field Artillery D Battery, 59th Brigade

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George Fraser Daycock

Born 1866

Died 1926

British Army 2196 Sapper Royal Engineers 1st London Divisional Engineers

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Reginald Allison

Born 1900

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 184690

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 184690 Cadet 8th Cadet Wing

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 184690 Cadet

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Robert Frederick Todd

Born 1883

Died 1914

Royal Navy 344299 Second Cook's Mate

Royal Navy 344299 Cook's Mate

Royal Navy 344299 Leading Cook's Mate

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Alfred George Denyer

Born 1883

Died 1923

British Army 25867 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 93159 Private Labour Corps

British Army 25867 Labour Corps 156

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Norman Alexander Clark Mcmillan

Born 1896

Died 1966

British Army S/18101 Private Cameron Highlanders

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Edward Frederick Buckett

Born 1878

Died 1951

Other Empire Force 306048 Chief Cook SS Huanchaco

Royal Navy 355122 Domestic 3rd Class HMS Active

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Thomas Alfred Berry

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army T/22899 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army 283088 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army WR/289908 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Michael Thomas Bearman

Born 1875

Died 1950

British Army T/9173 Staff Serjeant Major Army Service Corps 4th Unit

British Army T/9173 Warrant Officer Class 1 Army Service Corps 4th Unit

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William Barber

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 32520 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 32794 Private Hampshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 95556 Private Machine Gun Corps

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William Albert Treagus

Born 1887

Died 1935

British Army 25106 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 43942 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 25106 Private Royal Hampshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Ernest William Ware

Born 1875

Died 1919

British Army 123 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Wallace Howard Davis

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 2956 Lance Serjeant London Regiment 23rd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) 4th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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George Edward Hewett

Born 1872

Died 1915

British Army Captain West India Regiment attached Worcestershire Regiment attached 3rd Battalion

British Army Captain West India Regiment

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William George Chambers

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 519817 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army T 2793 Sapper Royal Engineers

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