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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]

Ronald Lashley Bynoe

Born 1896

Died 1970

British Army 532 Private King Edwards Horse

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Alan Mansell Alexander

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 16 london regiment (queen's west Battalion

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George Lane

Born 1880

Died 1918

Royal Navy PO/9337 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion

Canadian Navy H.M.S. "Rainbow"

Royal Navy PO/9337 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry H.M.S. "Vindictive"

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Thomas Joseph O'brien

Born 1887

Died 1915

Royal Navy 346111 Shipwright 2nd Class H.M.S. "Minerva"

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Arthur Thomas Bristow

Born 1886

Died 1914

Royal Navy 10280 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery HMS Good Hope

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George Smith

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279910

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Eric Maitland Jellicoe

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Joseph Austin

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260633

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Ernest John Mackie

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286077

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John Payne-Gallwey

Born 1890

Died 1955

British Army Temporary Major Northumberland Fusiliers

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Ernest James Legg

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 15448 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd Bn

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John Andrew Vernatti Noel

Born 1893

Died 1966

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

British Army Captain Royal Air Force

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Percy Hubert Boulnois

Born 1887

Died 1933

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Commander

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Hector Andrew Fudge

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army L/10111 Private Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army L/10111 Private London Regiment 4th battalion, royal fusiliers (city of lond Battalion

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Thomas Herbert Henry Ware

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 535060 Private London Regiment

British Army 535060 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Francis Arthur Douglas Richmond

Born 1886

Died 1965

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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Sydney Herbert Smith

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 3595 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Richard George Scovell

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221653

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Neville Arthur Pilgrim

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army S4/039226 Private Army Service Corps

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Guy Kingston Olliver

Born 1892

Died 1936

British Army Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment

British Army Captain The Queen's Regiment

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