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Southampton, Hampshire, England [3757]

Southampton, Hampshire [3229]

Southampton [352]

Southampton England [203]

Freemantle, Southampton, Hampshire [19]

Southampton, Hants [19]

Northam, Southampton, Hampshire [18]

Shirley, Southampton, Hampshire [18]

Woolston, Southampton, Hampshire [13]

Millbrook, Southampton, Hampshire [11]

Portswood, Southampton, Hampshire [10]

West End, Southampton [9]

St Denys, Southampton, Hampshire [8]

Bitterne, Southampton, Hampshire [7]

Freemantle, Southampton [7]

Sholing, Southampton, Hampshire [7]

Southampton, England [7]

West End, Southampton, Hampshire [7]

Bevois Town, Southampton, Hampshire [5]

Botley, Southampton, Hampshire [5]

Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire [5]

Fawley, Southampton, Hampshire [5]

Saint Marys Southampton [5]

South Stoneham Southampton [5]

Alverstoke Southampton [4]

Netley, Southampton, Hampshire [4]

Shirley, Southampton [4]

Southampton Hampshire [4]

Southampton, Bermuda [4]

Southampton, Kent [4]

All Saints, Southampton [3]

Beaulieu, Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Bitterne Park, Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Fareham Southampton [3]

Fareham Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Fareham, Southampton [3]

Havant Southampton [3]

Hedge End, Southampton [3]

Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Lyndhurst, Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Marchwood, Southampton [3]

Millbrook, Southampton [3]

North Stoneham, Southampton, Hampshire [3]

South Stoneham, Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Southampton, Lancashire [3]

Bassett, Southampton [2]

Bassett, Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Bitterne Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Chapel, Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Christchurch, Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Rank

Private [195]

Able Seaman [94]

Stoker 1st Class [52]

Ordinary Seaman [36]

Gunner [28]

Boy 1st Class [26]

Second Lieutenant [24]

Boy 2nd Class [21]

Stoker Petty Officer [21]

Lance Corporal [20]

Lieutenant [20]

Captain [19]

Rifleman [17]

Serjeant [17]

Leading Stoker [16]

Corporal [15]

Fireman [15]

Leading Seaman [14]

Stoker [12]

Deck Hand [10]

Driver [10]

Seaman [10]

Petty Officer [9]

Major [8]

Sapper [8]

Trimmer [8]

Stoker 2nd Class [7]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [5]

Pioneer [5]

Signalman [5]

Telegraphist [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Chief Petty Officer [3]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [3]

Petty Officer Stoker [3]

Steward [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [2]

Assistant Steward [2]

Band Boy [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Carpenter's Crew [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [94]

Royal Naval Reserve [39]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [36]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [25]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [21]

Royal Engineers [20]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [19]

HMS IRON DUKE [18]

HMS MALAYA [18]

HMS INVINCIBLE [17]

HMS BULWARK [16]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

HMS NEPTUNE [15]

London Regiment [15]

HMS Impregnable [14]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

HMS Agincourt [12]

HMS Princess Royal [12]

Mercantile Marine - S.S. "South Western" (Southampton) [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

HMS QUEEN MARY [11]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Royal Marine Artillery [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

Dorsetshire Regiment [9]

HMS Good Hope [9]

HMS Victory I [9]

Army Service Corps [8]

HMS Hindustan [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

HMS TIPPERARY [6]

HMS Hampshire [5]

Mercantile Marine [5]

Mercantile Marine. HMHS Asturias [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

HMS Fearless [4]

HMS INDOMITABLE [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

HMS Erin [3]

HMS St Vincent [3]

HMS Vindictive [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [3]

Royal Naval Air Service [3]

Service

Royal Navy [3108]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [662]

British Army [311]

Australian Imperial Force [206]

Other Empire Force [62]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Indian Army [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [935]

S [769]

H [760]

W [645]

C [642]

M [557]

P [525]

G [385]

D [364]

R [363]

L [336]

T [332]

F [302]

A [214]

E [181]

K [176]

J [175]

N [122]

O [119]

V [74]

Y [47]

I [34]

U [7]

Q [5]

Contribution

Military Service [4203]

Merchant Navy [3764]

Country

United Kingdom [248]

Canada [4]

New Zealand [2]

South Africa [2]

Australia [1]

France [1]

India [1]

Jersey [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

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Place of birth

Southampton, Hampshire, England [3757] Southampton, Hampshire [3229] Southampton [352] Southampton England [203] Freemantle, Southampton, Hampshire [19] Southampton, Hants [19] Northam, Southampton, Hampshire [18] Shirley, Southampton, Hampshire [18] Woolston, Southampton, Hampshire [13] Millbrook, Southampton, Hampshire [11] Portswood, Southampton, Hampshire [10] West End, Southampton [9] St Denys, Southampton, Hampshire [8] Bitterne, Southampton, Hampshire [7] Freemantle, Southampton [7] Sholing, Southampton, Hampshire [7] Southampton, England [7] West End, Southampton, Hampshire [7] Bevois Town, Southampton, Hampshire [5] Botley, Southampton, Hampshire [5] Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire [5] Fawley, Southampton, Hampshire [5] Saint Marys Southampton [5] South Stoneham Southampton [5] Alverstoke Southampton [4] Netley, Southampton, Hampshire [4] Shirley, Southampton [4] Southampton Hampshire [4] Southampton, Bermuda [4] Southampton, Kent [4] All Saints, Southampton [3] Beaulieu, Southampton, Hampshire [3] Bitterne Park, Southampton, Hampshire [3] Fareham Southampton [3] Fareham Southampton, Hampshire [3] Fareham, Southampton [3] Havant Southampton [3] Hedge End, Southampton [3] Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire [3] Lyndhurst, Southampton, Hampshire [3] Marchwood, Southampton [3] Millbrook, Southampton [3] North Stoneham, Southampton, Hampshire [3] South Stoneham, Southampton, Hampshire [3] Southampton, Lancashire [3] Bassett, Southampton [2] Bassett, Southampton, Hampshire [2] Bitterne Southampton, Hampshire [2] Chapel, Southampton, Hampshire [2] Christchurch, Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Rank

Private [195] Able Seaman [94] Stoker 1st Class [52] Ordinary Seaman [36] Gunner [28] Boy 1st Class [26] Second Lieutenant [24] Boy 2nd Class [21] Stoker Petty Officer [21] Lance Corporal [20] Lieutenant [20] Captain [19] Rifleman [17] Serjeant [17] Leading Stoker [16] Corporal [15] Fireman [15] Leading Seaman [14] Stoker [12] Deck Hand [10] Driver [10] Seaman [10] Petty Officer [9] Major [8] Sapper [8] Trimmer [8] Stoker 2nd Class [7] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [5] Pioneer [5] Signalman [5] Telegraphist [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Chief Petty Officer [3] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [3] Petty Officer Stoker [3] Steward [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [2] Assistant Steward [2] Band Boy [2] Bombardier [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Carpenter's Crew [2] Chief Stoker [2]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [94] Royal Naval Reserve [39] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [36] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [25] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [21] Royal Engineers [20] HMS BLACK PRINCE [19] HMS IRON DUKE [18] HMS MALAYA [18] HMS INVINCIBLE [17] HMS BULWARK [16] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] HMS NEPTUNE [15] London Regiment [15] HMS Impregnable [14] Royal Field Artillery [13] HMS Agincourt [12] HMS Princess Royal [12] Mercantile Marine - S.S. "South Western" (Southampton) [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] HMS QUEEN MARY [11] Machine Gun Corps [10] Royal Marine Artillery [10] Royal Naval Division [10] Dorsetshire Regiment [9] HMS Good Hope [9] HMS Victory I [9] Army Service Corps [8] HMS Hindustan [8] Royal Air Force [8] Devonshire Regiment [6] HMS TIPPERARY [6] HMS Hampshire [5] Mercantile Marine [5] Mercantile Marine. HMHS Asturias [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] HMS Fearless [4] HMS INDOMITABLE [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] HMS Erin [3] HMS St Vincent [3] HMS Vindictive [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Mercantile Marine Reserve [3] Royal Naval Air Service [3]

Service

Royal Navy [3108] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [662] British Army [311] Australian Imperial Force [206] Other Empire Force [62] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Indian Army [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [935] S [769] H [760] W [645] C [642] M [557] P [525] G [385] D [364] R [363] L [336] T [332] F [302] A [214] E [181] K [176] J [175] N [122] O [119] V [74] Y [47] I [34] U [7] Q [5]

Contribution

Military Service [4203] Merchant Navy [3764]

Country

United Kingdom [248] Canada [4] New Zealand [2] South Africa [2] Australia [1] France [1] India [1] Jersey [1] Sri Lanka [1]

William Charles Edward Vaughan

Born 1887

Died 1948

British Army 3/2573 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

British Army 73571 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 2573 Hampshire Royal Garrison Artillery

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Lawrence Kelway Pope

Born 1890

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/389 Trooper Otago Mounted Rifles 5 (Otago Hussars) Squadron

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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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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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Robert De Courcy Cole

Born 1879

Died 1964

British Army 13SX/3076 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd Southdown Battalion

British Army 48032 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Garrison Battalion

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Stanley James Young

Born 1890

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Henry Courtenay Hawtrey

Born 1882

Died 1961

British Army Captain Army Signals

British Army Major Royal Engineers

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers

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Stanley Frederick Green

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 394429 Private London Regiment 9th battalion lond Battalion

British Army 394429 Rifleman London Regiment "B" Company

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William Herbert Street

Born 1894

Died 1980

British Army 15333 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 15333 Corporal Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army

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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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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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Howard Francis Linford Greaves

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 1st Battalion

British Army 3422 Private Honourable Artillery Company 1st Battalion

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William Charles Pratt

Born 1890

Died 1934

British Army 8083 Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army 8083 Warrant Officer Class 2 Hampshire Regiment

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Herbert Ernest Corbin

Born 1872

Died 1921

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps Sanitary Section

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William E Byrne

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 19276 Private Hampshire Regiment 15th (Service) Battalion

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Charles Henry Marriott

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 38649 Hampshire Regiment

British Army 35726 Private Yorkshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Bertie Benjamin Royl

Born 1882

Died 1939

Canadian Expeditionary Force 528117

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Leonard Frank Harding

Born 1894

Died 1981

British Army 2102 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 461342 S/Sgt/A/QMS Essex Regiment

British Army 461342 Staff Sergeant Essex Regiment

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