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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]

Frederick Theophilus Futcher

Born 1889

Died 1963

British Army 20579 Private Hampshire Regiment

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William Charles Chambers

Born 1864

Died 1915

Royal Navy PO/142042 Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class

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Walter Herbert Asher

Born 1893

Died 1969

British Army 2868 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 205315 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 205315 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 3rd, 4th (Reserve) Batallion

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Sidney Arthur Clark

Born 1894

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144815 Air Mechanic 2nd Class 44th Training Depot Station

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Frank Arthur Fleet

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army SD/2913 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion

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Arthur Lawrence

Born 1890

Died 1919

Royal Navy PO/15121 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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Harry William Mengham

Born 1869

Died 1918

Royal Navy 141557 Chief Stoker Petty Officer H. M. Tug Handy

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Willie Rees Thomas

Born 1878

Died 1956

British Army 31497 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 36868 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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George Henry Banister

Born 1892

Died 1920

British Army 12549 Lance Corporal Devonshire Regiment

British Army 12549 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Devonshire Regiment

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George Kirkpatrick Ansell

Born 1872

Died 1914

British Army Major Dragoon Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Dragoon Guards 6th (Inniskilling)

British Army Lieutenant Dragoon Guards

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Jack Davis

Born 1892

Died 1914

Royal Navy K16527

Royal Navy K16527 Stoker 1st Class HMS Bulwark

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John Martin Saggers

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy PO/IC/327 Royal Fleet Reserve

Royal Navy SS101714 Stoker 1st Class HMS BLACK PRINCE

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Benjamin Charles Skinner

Born 1883

Died 1918

Royal Navy 347122 Writer 1st Class H.M.S. "Attentive"

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Henry Edward Stratton

Born 1885

Died 1916

Royal Navy 343815 Ship's Steward H.M.S. "Forward"

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Walter Albert Alford

Born 1891

Died 1919

British Army a/293888 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Canteen/293888 A/Cpl R A S C Canteens

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William Lowther Grant

Born 1864

Died 1929

Royal Navy Vice-Admiral Sir

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Commander

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Edgar William Hammond

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army 1379 Gunner Royal Field Artillery A/215th Brigade

British Army 850442 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 41st Bty. 126th Bde.

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William Henry Pickets

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army

British Army GS/21063 Private Royal Fusiliers 24th Btn RF then 2nd Btn RF then 8 Btn RF

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Samuel Charles Barber

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 96611 Acting Corporal Labour Corps

British Army 343026 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army WR/278531 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

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Alfred Eves

Born 1894

Died 1968

Royal Navy J7497

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