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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]

Walter William George Reeves

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197501

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Cresswell Gregory Coxhead

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army 2083 Corporal of Horse 2nd Life Guards "B" Squadron

British Army 2083 Corporal of Horse Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) Household Cavalry 2nd Life Guards

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Richard James Stupple

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243654

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Charles Waterman

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263454

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Percival William King

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200421

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Jesse Walter Wilson

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103698

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Stephen Frederick James Tanner

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281419

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Frederick Charles Baker

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 535577 Private London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

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Tom Stone

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 542

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George Alexander Ross Sharp

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148362

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Robert Harry Grant

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190295

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Bertie George Cooper

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196565

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Walter Henry Saunders

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196876

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Frederick William Richards

Born 1899

Died 1918

Royal Navy J32880 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J32880 Boy 1st Class HMS Inflexible

Royal Navy J32880 Able Seaman HMS Inflexible

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Frederick Edwin James Williams

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199271

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Wilfred John Lacy Hunt

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265974

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Charles Edward Lacey

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278389

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George Edward Slade

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296083

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John Ellis

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21914

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Walter Warner

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 314913

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