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Sandown, Isle of Wight [109]

Sandown Isle of Wight [44]

Sandown, Isle of Wight, England [7]

Lake, Sandown, Isle of Wight [3]

Apse Heath, Sandown, Isle of Wight [1]

Sandown Isle Of Wight [1]

Sandown Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Sandown, Isle Of Wight [1]

Sandown, Isle of WIght [1]

Yarbridge, Sandown, Isle of Wight [1]

Rank

Private [43]

Rifleman [16]

Lance Corporal [8]

Gunner [6]

Corporal [5]

Driver [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Captain [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Serjeant [2]

Steward [2]

Acting Staff Captain [1]

Airman 1st class [1]

Armourer [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Armourer's Mate [1]

Assistant Victualling [1]

Bombardier [1]

Chief Ship's Cook [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Commissioned Gunner [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1]

Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant (Retd) [1]

Midshipman [1]

Musician [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Sapper [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Engineer Sub Lieutenant [1]

Yeoman [1]

Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [35]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

London Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Armed Steam Yacht Lorna [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

H.M.S "Victory." [1]

HM Submarine E5 [1]

HMS Audacious [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS EXMOUTH [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Excellent [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Hawke [1]

HMS King George V [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS Marlborough [1]

HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

HMS Warwick [1]

Hampshire [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Irish Guards [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Norfolk Regiment attached to Nigeria Regiment [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps (T.F.) [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Attached Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [85]

British Army [74]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [24]

S [19]

D [15]

C [14]

H [13]

M [13]

A [9]

P [9]

W [9]

R [7]

F [6]

G [6]

K [6]

J [5]

T [5]

E [2]

L [2]

N [2]

Y [2]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [160]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [38]

Malta [1]

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People [169] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sandown, Isle of Wight [109] Sandown Isle of Wight [44] Sandown, Isle of Wight, England [7] Lake, Sandown, Isle of Wight [3] Apse Heath, Sandown, Isle of Wight [1] Sandown Isle Of Wight [1] Sandown Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] Sandown, Isle Of Wight [1] Sandown, Isle of WIght [1] Yarbridge, Sandown, Isle of Wight [1]

Rank

Private [43] Rifleman [16] Lance Corporal [8] Gunner [6] Corporal [5] Driver [4] Lieutenant [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Captain [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Able Seaman [2] Petty Officer [2] Serjeant [2] Steward [2] Acting Staff Captain [1] Airman 1st class [1] Armourer [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Armourer's Mate [1] Assistant Victualling [1] Bombardier [1] Chief Ship's Cook [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Commissioned Gunner [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1] Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant (Retd) [1] Midshipman [1] Musician [1] Naval Cadet [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Sapper [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temporary Engineer Sub Lieutenant [1] Yeoman [1] Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [35] Royal Field Artillery [6] London Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] HMS BULWARK [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Armed Steam Yacht Lorna [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] H.M.S "Victory." [1] HM Submarine E5 [1] HMS Audacious [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS EXMOUTH [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Excellent [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Hawke [1] HMS King George V [1] HMS LION [1] HMS Marlborough [1] HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] HMS Warwick [1] Hampshire [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Irish Guards [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Norfolk Regiment attached to Nigeria Regiment [1] Royal Army Medical Corps (T.F.) [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Attached Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [85] British Army [74] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [24] S [19] D [15] C [14] H [13] M [13] A [9] P [9] W [9] R [7] F [6] G [6] K [6] J [5] T [5] E [2] L [2] N [2] Y [2] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [160] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [38] Malta [1]

John Edward Attrill

Born 1884

Died 1955

Royal Navy 209693 Yeoman Armed Steam Yacht Lorna

Royal Navy 209693 Yeoman HMS Marlborough

Royal Navy 209693 Yeoman HMS Audacious

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Arthur William Balders

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army Captain Norfolk Regiment

British Army Captain Norfolk Regiment attached to Nigeria Regiment West African Frontier Force

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Charles Herbert Brown

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 163034 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Henry Mansell Chambers

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 631 Private London Regiment 23rd Battalion.

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George Hercules Justice

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army Acting Corporal Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Attached Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps

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Cecil Arthur Matthews

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy K15264 Stoker 2nd Class HMS INVINCIBLE

Royal Navy K15264 Stoker 1st Class HMS INVINCIBLE

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Donald Charles Beric Gumbley

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment

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Percy Loben Butcher

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 5488 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 5488 Corporal Rifle Brigade

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James Henry Mursell

Born 1895

Died 1977

British Army 85071 (incomplete) Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army S/3229 (incomplete) Driver Army Ordnance Corps

British Army Royal Field Artillery

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Percy Denton

Born 1898

Died 1967

British Army 155838 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Marjorie Louisa Fitzgerald

Born 1898

Died 1980

Royal Navy G2673 Steward

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William Charles Cooper

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 8/1938 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 8/1938 Colour Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

British Army 33052 Colour Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

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Percy Hendy

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 3432 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 331476 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Daisy May Spilling

Born 1896

Died 1980

Royal Navy G2643

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Eric John Yeates

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy J14401 Able Seaman HMS BLACK PRINCE

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Frederick George Scovell

Born 1895

Died 1969

British Army 8/1001 Rifleman Hampshire Regiment 1/8th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23524 Airman 1st class

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Geoffrey Warner Arnell

Born 1886

Died 1951

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/8th Battalion

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Ernest Bernard Gallop

Born 1896

Died 1934

British Army 9294 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frederick George Birch

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 25538 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Vernon Page

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 274 Shoeing Smith Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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