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Southampton, Hampshire, England [3757]

Southampton, Hampshire [3229]

Freemantle, Southampton, Hampshire [19]

Northam, Southampton, Hampshire [18]

Shirley, Southampton, Hampshire [18]

Woolston, Southampton, Hampshire [13]

Millbrook, Southampton, Hampshire [11]

Portswood, Southampton, Hampshire [10]

St Denys, Southampton, Hampshire [8]

Bitterne, Southampton, Hampshire [7]

Sholing, Southampton, Hampshire [7]

West End, Southampton, Hampshire [7]

Bevois Town, Southampton, Hampshire [5]

Botley, Southampton, Hampshire [5]

Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire [5]

Fawley, Southampton, Hampshire [5]

Netley, Southampton, Hampshire [4]

South Stoneham, Southampton, Hampshire [4]

Southampton Hampshire [4]

Beaulieu, Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Bitterne Park, Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Fareham Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Lyndhurst, Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Newtown, Southampton, Hampshire [3]

North Stoneham, Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Redbridge, Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Sholing Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Totton, Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Warsash, Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Bassett, Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Bitterne Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Chapel, Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Christchurch, Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Highfield, Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Hythe, Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Itchen, Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Lymington, Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Marchwood, Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Netley Marsh, Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Northam Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Nursling, Southampton, Hampshire [2]

St Mary's, Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Upham, Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Woolston Southampton, Hampshire [2]

1 Saint George's Place, Holy Rhood, Southampton, Hampshire [1]

46, Above Bar, Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Aldershot, Southampton, Hampshire [1]

All Saints Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Alverstoke, County of Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [86]

Private [61]

Stoker 1st Class [50]

Ordinary Seaman [30]

Boy 1st Class [24]

Boy 2nd Class [20]

Stoker Petty Officer [20]

Leading Stoker [16]

Leading Seaman [13]

Fireman [11]

Lieutenant [10]

Deck Hand [9]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Corporal [7]

Gunner [7]

Lance Corporal [7]

Petty Officer [7]

Captain [6]

Seaman [6]

Stoker [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Trimmer [6]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [5]

Major [5]

Telegraphist [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Chief Petty Officer [3]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [3]

Ordinary Signalman [3]

Petty Officer Stoker [3]

Pioneer [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sapper [3]

Signalman [3]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Carpenter's Crew [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Clerk 2nd Class [2]

Commander [2]

Driver [2]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2]

Fireman and Trimmer [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Mechanician [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [28]

Royal Naval Reserve [25]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [18]

HMS MALAYA [18]

HMS IRON DUKE [17]

HMS BULWARK [15]

HMS INVINCIBLE [14]

HMS NEPTUNE [14]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [14]

HMS Impregnable [13]

HMS Princess Royal [11]

HMS QUEEN MARY [11]

HMS Agincourt [10]

HMS Good Hope [8]

HMS Victory I [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

London Regiment [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

HMS Hindustan [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

HMS TIPPERARY [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Mercantile Marine - S.S. "South Western" (Southampton) [5]

Mercantile Marine. HMHS Asturias [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

HMS Fearless [4]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

HMS Acasta [3]

HMS BROKE [3]

HMS INDOMITABLE [3]

HMS St Vincent [3]

HMS Vindictive [3]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Bulwark [3]

British Naval Siege Guns [2]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

HMS AMBUSCADE [2]

HMS Barham [2]

HMS Boscawen [2]

HMS CANADA [2]

HMS Canada [2]

HMS Castor [2]

HMS Cochrane [2]

Service

Royal Navy [2768]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [655]

British Army [103]

Other Empire Force [41]

Indian Army [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [837]

H [691]

S [672]

W [600]

C [580]

M [497]

P [480]

G [349]

D [330]

R [322]

L [308]

T [305]

F [278]

A [184]

K [161]

J [159]

E [155]

N [112]

O [103]

V [69]

Y [43]

I [33]

U [6]

Q [4]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [3758]

Military Service [3478]

Country

United Kingdom [138]

India [1]

Jersey [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

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Southampton, Hampshire, England [3757] Southampton, Hampshire [3229] Freemantle, Southampton, Hampshire [19] Northam, Southampton, Hampshire [18] Shirley, Southampton, Hampshire [18] Woolston, Southampton, Hampshire [13] Millbrook, Southampton, Hampshire [11] Portswood, Southampton, Hampshire [10] St Denys, Southampton, Hampshire [8] Bitterne, Southampton, Hampshire [7] Sholing, Southampton, Hampshire [7] West End, Southampton, Hampshire [7] Bevois Town, Southampton, Hampshire [5] Botley, Southampton, Hampshire [5] Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire [5] Fawley, Southampton, Hampshire [5] Netley, Southampton, Hampshire [4] South Stoneham, Southampton, Hampshire [4] Southampton Hampshire [4] Beaulieu, Southampton, Hampshire [3] Bitterne Park, Southampton, Hampshire [3] Fareham Southampton, Hampshire [3] Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire [3] Lyndhurst, Southampton, Hampshire [3] Newtown, Southampton, Hampshire [3] North Stoneham, Southampton, Hampshire [3] Redbridge, Southampton, Hampshire [3] Sholing Southampton, Hampshire [3] Totton, Southampton, Hampshire [3] Warsash, Southampton, Hampshire [3] Bassett, Southampton, Hampshire [2] Bitterne Southampton, Hampshire [2] Chapel, Southampton, Hampshire [2] Christchurch, Southampton, Hampshire [2] Highfield, Southampton, Hampshire [2] Hythe, Southampton, Hampshire [2] Itchen, Southampton, Hampshire [2] Lymington, Southampton, Hampshire [2] Marchwood, Southampton, Hampshire [2] Netley Marsh, Southampton, Hampshire [2] Northam Southampton, Hampshire [2] Nursling, Southampton, Hampshire [2] St Mary's, Southampton, Hampshire [2] Upham, Southampton, Hampshire [2] Woolston Southampton, Hampshire [2] 1 Saint George's Place, Holy Rhood, Southampton, Hampshire [1] 46, Above Bar, Southampton, Hampshire [1] Aldershot, Southampton, Hampshire [1] All Saints Southampton, Hampshire [1] Alverstoke, County of Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [86] Private [61] Stoker 1st Class [50] Ordinary Seaman [30] Boy 1st Class [24] Boy 2nd Class [20] Stoker Petty Officer [20] Leading Stoker [16] Leading Seaman [13] Fireman [11] Lieutenant [10] Deck Hand [9] Second Lieutenant [9] Corporal [7] Gunner [7] Lance Corporal [7] Petty Officer [7] Captain [6] Seaman [6] Stoker [6] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Trimmer [6] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [5] Major [5] Telegraphist [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Chief Petty Officer [3] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [3] Ordinary Signalman [3] Petty Officer Stoker [3] Pioneer [3] Rifleman [3] Sapper [3] Signalman [3] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Carpenter's Crew [2] Chief Stoker [2] Clerk 2nd Class [2] Commander [2] Driver [2] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2] Fireman and Trimmer [2] Leading Signalman [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Mechanician [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [28] Royal Naval Reserve [25] HMS BLACK PRINCE [18] HMS MALAYA [18] HMS IRON DUKE [17] HMS BULWARK [15] HMS INVINCIBLE [14] HMS NEPTUNE [14] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [14] HMS Impregnable [13] HMS Princess Royal [11] HMS QUEEN MARY [11] HMS Agincourt [10] HMS Good Hope [8] HMS Victory I [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] London Regiment [7] Royal Engineers [7] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] Army Service Corps [6] HMS Hindustan [6] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Naval Division [6] HMS TIPPERARY [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Mercantile Marine - S.S. "South Western" (Southampton) [5] Mercantile Marine. HMHS Asturias [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] HMS Fearless [4] Royal Marine Artillery [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] HMS Acasta [3] HMS BROKE [3] HMS INDOMITABLE [3] HMS St Vincent [3] HMS Vindictive [3] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Bulwark [3] British Naval Siege Guns [2] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Dragoon Guards [2] HMS AMBUSCADE [2] HMS Barham [2] HMS Boscawen [2] HMS CANADA [2] HMS Canada [2] HMS Castor [2] HMS Cochrane [2]

Service

Royal Navy [2768] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [655] British Army [103] Other Empire Force [41] Indian Army [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [837] H [691] S [672] W [600] C [580] M [497] P [480] G [349] D [330] R [322] L [308] T [305] F [278] A [184] K [161] J [159] E [155] N [112] O [103] V [69] Y [43] I [33] U [6] Q [4]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [3758] Military Service [3478]

Country

United Kingdom [138] India [1] Jersey [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1] Sri Lanka [1]

Willie Henry Chafe

Born 1896

Died 1959

Royal Navy J16507

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Sydney Frederick Mcillree Lomer

Born 1880

Died 1926

British Army Lieutenant Colonel King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant Colonel

British Army Major King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Harry Mount

Born 1873

Died 1917

British Army 110572 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 110572 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 110572 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Evelyn James Everest Poole

Born 1886

Died 1936

British Army Major 46th Punjabis

Indian Army Captain 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

Indian Army 46th Punjabis

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Herbert Claude Northover

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 29814 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Jack Hallett

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 85420 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 8/8548 35 Training Reserve Battalion

British Army 85420 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Ernest Edward Stubbington

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 117830 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 9th Coy. (Chester)

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George William M Nutburn

Born 1883

Died 1934

British Army SE/6606 Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 156453 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William Digby Oswald

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant 5th Dragoon Guards Special Reserve of Officers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel West Yorkshire Regiment

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George Thomas Knight

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68432 Private 1st Class Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68432 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Air Force

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Albert Isaac Kneller

Born 1887

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Mate of Hold Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Mate of Hold Mercantile Marine - HMHS "Asturias" (Belfast)

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Sidney Bridel

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 370961 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 2935 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370961 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Fred Quilter Garner

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 1453 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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George Ralph Gale

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 2735 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Alfred Appel

Born 1894

Died 1980

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1176 Airman 2nd class

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Herbert George Kimber

Born 1892

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Assistant cook Mercantile Marine - Merchant Navy

Other Empire Force Assistant Cook Mercantile Marine - H.M.H.S. "Asturias" (Belfast)

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Ernest Edward Lee

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 15243 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion “D” Coy

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Harold Hallett

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 2868 Acting Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army 241232 Acting Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army 241232 Corporal Hampshire Regiment 2nd/5th (T.F.) Battalion

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George Bevis Harvey

Born 1858

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Engineer Merchant Navy, HMS Asturias

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Archibald Colson

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 106145 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 1st Battalion

British Army 106145 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles

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