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Shanklin, Isle of Wight [89]

Shanklin Isle of Wight [40]

Shanklin, Isle of Wight, England [5]

Shanklin Isle Of Wight [2]

Shanklin, Isle Of Wight [2]

Shanklin, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [2]

Saint John's Shanklin Isle of Wight [1]

Shanklin (Isle of Wight) England [1]

Rank

Private [39]

Rifleman [8]

Corporal [3]

Gunner [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Captain [2]

Driver [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Sapper [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Bandsman [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Cleaner, Messenger [1]

Cook [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Electrical Artificer [1]

Leading Carpenter's Crew [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Midshipman (Probationary) [1]

Observer Lieutenant [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Ship's Cook [1]

Stoker [1]

Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Trooper [1]

Wardroom Attendant [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [17]

Army Service Corps [7]

London Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

14th Bn., Canadian Infantry [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment Attached Hampshire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. Agincourt [1]

H.M.S. Bayano [1]

H.M.S. Cullist [1]

H.M.S. India [1]

HMS Britannia [1]

HMS Galatea [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS Illustrious [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Life Guards [1]

London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) [1]

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Mercantile Marine - HMHS 'Glenart Castle' (Southampton) [1]

Mercantile Marine - SS 'Alnwick Castle' (London) [1]

Northumberland Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marines Band [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Scots [1]

Service

Royal Navy [74]

British Army [57]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [17]

P [17]

B [15]

S [13]

C [12]

W [12]

M [10]

J [7]

G [5]

K [5]

L [5]

R [5]

F [4]

T [4]

A [3]

E [2]

N [2]

D [1]

O [1]

Q [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [129]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

Italy [1]

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People [142] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Shanklin, Isle of Wight [89] Shanklin Isle of Wight [40] Shanklin, Isle of Wight, England [5] Shanklin Isle Of Wight [2] Shanklin, Isle Of Wight [2] Shanklin, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [2] Saint John's Shanklin Isle of Wight [1] Shanklin (Isle of Wight) England [1]

Rank

Private [39] Rifleman [8] Corporal [3] Gunner [3] Leading Seaman [3] Captain [2] Driver [2] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Sapper [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Bandsman [1] Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Cleaner, Messenger [1] Cook [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Electrical Artificer [1] Leading Carpenter's Crew [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Midshipman (Probationary) [1] Observer Lieutenant [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Ship's Cook [1] Stoker [1] Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Trooper [1] Wardroom Attendant [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [17] Army Service Corps [7] London Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Labour Corps [2] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] 14th Bn., Canadian Infantry [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment Attached Hampshire Regiment [1] H.M.S. Agincourt [1] H.M.S. Bayano [1] H.M.S. Cullist [1] H.M.S. India [1] HMS Britannia [1] HMS Galatea [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS Illustrious [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Life Guards [1] London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) [1] London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Mercantile Marine - HMHS 'Glenart Castle' (Southampton) [1] Mercantile Marine - SS 'Alnwick Castle' (London) [1] Northumberland Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marines Band [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Scots [1]

Service

Royal Navy [74] British Army [57] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [17] P [17] B [15] S [13] C [12] W [12] M [10] J [7] G [5] K [5] L [5] R [5] F [4] T [4] A [3] E [2] N [2] D [1] O [1] Q [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [129] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [19] Italy [1]

John Reginald Young

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 5935 Private London Regiment

British Army 552756 Private London Regiment

British Army 552756 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

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Walter John New

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army TS/1064 Driver Army Service Corps

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Beatrice Alice James

Born 1896

Died 1977

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31466 Cook

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Henry Charles Spencer

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 49210 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Albert Whitter

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 28648 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Harold Cecil Frank Cotton

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 381117 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Frederick Jolliffe

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 11725 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William Victor Forteath

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 48061 Private Northumberland Regiment 21st Battalion

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Thomas William Kemp

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 14514 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Frank Brown

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 155840 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William George Parsons

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 10688 Private Hampshire Regiment

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George William Edmunds

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 312230 Leading Stoker HMS Queen Mary

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Ralph Banting

Born 1896

Died 1989

British Army 9898 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Albert Edward Rogers

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 27089 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Henry John Otley

Born 1875

Died 1915

Royal Navy 158526 Leading Seaman H.M.S. Bayano

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Charles Allen

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 3400 Corporal 2nd Rifle Brigade

British Army 3400 Corporal Rifle Brigade

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George William Goldring

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army M/22937 Corporal Army Service Corps

British Army M/22937 Serjeant Army Service Corps

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Arthur Ernest Clifford Edmunds

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 6/433 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 6/433 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Harold William Searle

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 8/1962 Rifleman Hampshire Regiment 1/8th Battalion

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George William Augustus Sharpe

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 8/1289 Rifleman Hampshire Regiment 1/8th Battalion

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