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Southsea, Hampshire [363]

Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire [56]

Southsea Portsmouth, Hampshire [7]

Southsea, Hampshire, England [4]

Portsmouth, Southsea, Hampshire [2]

Southsea, hampshire [2]

35 East Street, Southsea, Hampshire [1]

Kingston, Southsea, Hampshire [1]

Ortaquey Villa, Southsea,Hampshire [1]

Owerlodge, Albany Road, Southsea, Hampshire [1]

Portsea Island,Southsea,Hampshire. [1]

Portsea, Southsea, Hampshire [1]

Saint Peter's Parish Southsea, Hampshire [1]

Southsea , Portsmouth , Hampshire [1]

Southsea Hampshire [1]

Southsea Hampshire. [1]

Southsea, Portsea Island, Hampshire [1]

Southsea,Hampshire. [1]

St Simons, Southsea, Hampshire [1]

the Southsea area of Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [21]

Lieutenant [16]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Captain [7]

Able Seaman [5]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

Chief Ship's Cook [4]

Commander [4]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [3]

Armourer [3]

Corporal [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Midshipman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Sub Lieutenant [3]

Sub-Lieutenant [3]

Brigadier General [2]

Chief Armourer [2]

Chief Sick Berth Steward [2]

Gunner [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Major [2]

Serjeant [2]

Shipwright 2nd Class [2]

Steward [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Ship's Steward [1]

Acting ERA 4th Class [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Armourer's Mate [1]

Assistant Sister [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Cadet [1]

Carpenter Crew [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Coastguardsman [1]

Colonel [1]

Domestic 3rd Class [1]

ERA 4th Class [1]

ERA 5th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1]

Fleet Surgeon [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Flying Cadet [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [5]

London Regiment [5]

HMS Good Hope [4]

HMS Agincourt [3]

HMS Hampshire [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

HMS Ardent [2]

HMS CANADA [2]

HMS Castor [2]

HMS Excellent [2]

HMS Fisgard [2]

HMS Victory II [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

1/6th Gurkha Rifles [1]

202 Squadron [1]

AA&QMG, 1st Division, BEF [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Chief Engineer, XIII Corps [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

GOC 103rd Infantry Brigade [1]

GOC 151st Infantry Brigade [1]

GOC 49th Division [1]

General List [1]

General Staff [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

H.M. Coastguard [1]

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

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

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

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

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

H.M.S. Jason [1]

HMS Assistance [1]

Service

Royal Navy [310]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [90]

British Army [46]

Other Empire Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

S [52]

B [49]

H [41]

C [35]

P [35]

M [34]

W [34]

D [23]

G [18]

L [18]

R [18]

A [16]

T [16]

J [14]

K [9]

E [8]

F [8]

N [8]

O [5]

Y [3]

I [2]

Q [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [416]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [46]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Southsea, Hampshire [363] Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire [56] Southsea Portsmouth, Hampshire [7] Southsea, Hampshire, England [4] Portsmouth, Southsea, Hampshire [2] Southsea, hampshire [2] 35 East Street, Southsea, Hampshire [1] Kingston, Southsea, Hampshire [1] Ortaquey Villa, Southsea,Hampshire [1] Owerlodge, Albany Road, Southsea, Hampshire [1] Portsea Island,Southsea,Hampshire. [1] Portsea, Southsea, Hampshire [1] Saint Peter's Parish Southsea, Hampshire [1] Southsea , Portsmouth , Hampshire [1] Southsea Hampshire [1] Southsea Hampshire. [1] Southsea, Portsea Island, Hampshire [1] Southsea,Hampshire. [1] St Simons, Southsea, Hampshire [1] the Southsea area of Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [21] Lieutenant [16] Second Lieutenant [9] Captain [7] Able Seaman [5] Lieutenant Commander [5] Chief Ship's Cook [4] Commander [4] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [3] Armourer [3] Corporal [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Midshipman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Sub Lieutenant [3] Sub-Lieutenant [3] Brigadier General [2] Chief Armourer [2] Chief Sick Berth Steward [2] Gunner [2] Leading Stoker [2] Major [2] Serjeant [2] Shipwright 2nd Class [2] Steward [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Ship's Steward [1] Acting ERA 4th Class [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Armourer's Mate [1] Assistant Sister [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Artificer [1] Cadet [1] Carpenter Crew [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Coastguardsman [1] Colonel [1] Domestic 3rd Class [1] ERA 4th Class [1] ERA 5th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1] Fleet Surgeon [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Flying Cadet [1] Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [5] London Regiment [5] HMS Good Hope [4] HMS Agincourt [3] HMS Hampshire [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Army Service Corps [2] HMS Ardent [2] HMS CANADA [2] HMS Castor [2] HMS Excellent [2] HMS Fisgard [2] HMS Victory II [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] 1/6th Gurkha Rifles [1] 202 Squadron [1] AA&QMG, 1st Division, BEF [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Chief Engineer, XIII Corps [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Essex Regiment [1] GOC 103rd Infantry Brigade [1] GOC 151st Infantry Brigade [1] GOC 49th Division [1] General List [1] General Staff [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M. Coastguard [1] H.M.H.S. "Plassy." [1] H.M.S. "Jason." [1] H.M.S. "Minerva" [1] H.M.S. "Rainbow" [1] H.M.S. "Tumult" [1] H.M.S. Jason [1] HMS Assistance [1]

Service

Royal Navy [310] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [90] British Army [46] Other Empire Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

S [52] B [49] H [41] C [35] P [35] M [34] W [34] D [23] G [18] L [18] R [18] A [16] T [16] J [14] K [9] E [8] F [8] N [8] O [5] Y [3] I [2] Q [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [416] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [46] India [1] Ireland [1] United States [1]

George Cecil Dowell

Born 1862

Died 1949

British Army Captain Royal Artillery

British Army Captain General Staff Seconded from Royal Artillery

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery

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Charles Baron Allen

Born 1863

Died 1947

British Army 22971 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 389127 Private Labour Corps

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Vernon Dudley Bramsdon Bransbury

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve)

British Army Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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George Shadwell Quartana Carr

Born 1866

Died 1905

Royal Navy Cadet HMS Dapper [Dartmouth, Devon]

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant

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Walter Albert Payne

Born 1880

Died 1919

Royal Navy 291029 Petty Officer Stoker H.M.S. "Tumult"

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Victor George Burton Cassell

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army 461517 Private Essex Regiment royal army medical corps 3rd Battalion

British Army 461517 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Henry Smith Houldey

Born 1883

Died 1942

Royal Navy 344098 Carpenter Crew

Royal Navy 344098 Leading Carpenter Crew

Royal Navy 344098 Shipwright Class II

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Robert Collier Brodie

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 5222 Corporal London Regiment 2nd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers).

British Army 5222 Corporal London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Loftus William Jones

Born 1879

Died 1916

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Commander HMS Shark

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Frederick Albert Capps

Born 1866

Died 1916

Royal Navy Fleet Surgeon

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Amy Gambier

Born 1889

Died 1976

British Army Nursing Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

Other Empire Force Assistant Sister Serbian Relief Fund Mrs Stobart's Unit

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Philip Edward Adams

Born 1894

Died 1950

British Army 1738 Trooper Sussex Yeomanry

British Army 56121 Machine Gun Corps 3rd Dismounted Brigade Machine Gun Squadron

British Army 56121 Sergeant Machine Gun Corps 209 Machine Gun Company

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John Charles Dodsworth Tetley

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Grenadier Guards No. 3 Coy. 3rd Battalion

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John Thomas Mckeon

Born 1891

Died 1920

Royal Navy K3417 Leading Stoker HMS Assistance

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Alfred Stewart Earwicker

Born 1880

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 769381

Canadian Expeditionary Force 769381 Private Canadian Infantry

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Lynton Woolmer White

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Dragoon Guards

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Arthur Maitland Byng

Born 1872

Died 1914

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant West India Regiment

British Army Captain West India Regiment

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John William Jerome

Born 1879

Died 1914

Royal Navy RMA/7427 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery, HMS Good Hope

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Charles Stapley

Born 1879

Died 1915

Royal Navy 183057 Able Seaman HMS Goliath

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Alfred Gladstone Hedger

Born 1896

Died 1920

Royal Navy M11026

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

British Army Second Lieutenant General List Attached Inland Water Transport, Royal Engineers

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