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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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People [448] Stories Communities

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]

Richard Frederick Attrill

Born 1878

Died 1947

Royal Navy 270029

Royal Navy 270029 Chief Engine Room Artificer HMS King George V

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Lewis John Elliott Stovin

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army Trooper Canadian Mounted Rifles

British Army 106575 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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William Godden

Born 1873

Died 1920

Royal Navy 149623

Other Empire Force 149623 Coastguardsman H.M. Coastguard

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Walter John Bearman

Born 1870

Died 1916

Royal Navy 146489 Chief Armourer HMS Hampshire

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Francis Melville Prattent

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy 002629 Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Acting Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Defence

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George Leopold Coffin

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6787

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Edward E Cushen

Born 1882

Died 1947

British Army 74327 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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George Charles Butler Thompson

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222336

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James Edward Blackman

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy K2972

Royal Navy K.2972. (Ch) Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. Jason

Royal Navy K/2972 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Jason."

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Joseph Clement Goodyer

Born 1892

Died 1939

Royal Navy L2529

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Jocelyn Everard Gambier

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13163

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Stephen James Warner

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 4674 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 4674 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

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Frederick Jeram

Born 1879

Died 1918

Royal Navy 359188 HMS Monarch

Royal Navy 359188 Officer's Steward 2nd Class HMS Narbrough

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Leopold E Poynder

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army Captain 1/6th Gurkha Rifles

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Alwyne Gervase Olliver

Born 1893

Died 1974

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Midshipman

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Robert Leggett

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403073

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Charles Herbert Hay

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281144

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Reginald Victor Bazire

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 321088

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Gordon Welch

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162170

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Reginald George Corke

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168906

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