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Southsea, Hampshire [363]

Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire [56]

Southsea, Portsmouth [29]

Southsea [19]

Southsea, Hants [12]

Southsea England [11]

Southsea Portsmouth, Hampshire [7]

Southsea Portsmouth [5]

Southsea, Hampshire, England [4]

Portsmouth, Southsea, Hampshire [2]

Southsea, England [2]

Southsea, hampshire [2]

35 East Street, Southsea, Hampshire [1]

Hants Southsea [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]

Portsmouth, Southsea [1]

Saint Peter's Parish Southsea, Hampshire [1]

Southsea , Portsmouth , Hampshire [1]

Southsea Hampshire [1]

Southsea Hampshire. [1]

Southsea Hants [1]

Southsea Wrexham, Denbighshire [1]

Southsea, [1]

Southsea, Denbighshire, Wales [1]

Southsea, Hants. [1]

Southsea, Portsea Island, Hampshire [1]

Southsea, Portsmouth, Hants [1]

Southsea, Southsea [1]

Southsea, Wrexham, Denbighshire [1]

Southsea,Hampshire. [1]

Southsea,Hants [1]

St Simons, Southsea, Hampshire [1]

the Southsea area of Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [42]

Lieutenant [21]

Captain [14]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Gunner [10]

Corporal [9]

Lieutenant Commander [7]

Able Seaman [5]

Commander [5]

Major [5]

Serjeant [5]

Armourer [4]

Chief Ship's Cook [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Sub Lieutenant [4]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [3]

Brigadier General [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Midshipman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Sub-Lieutenant [3]

Chief Armourer [2]

Chief Sick Berth Steward [2]

Colonel [2]

Engineer Commander [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Naval Cadet [2]

Officer's Cook 1st Class [2]

Shipwright 2nd Class [2]

Staff Paymaster [2]

Steward [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

2nd Ship's Steward [1]

ALIAS [1]

ALIAS Sergeant [1]

Acting 2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Acting Commander [1]

Acting ERA 4th Class [1]

Acting Flight Commander [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Armourer's Mate [1]

Assistant Sister [1]

Bombadier [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [9]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [9]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Marine Artillery [6]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

HMS Good Hope [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

HMS Agincourt [3]

HMS Hampshire [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Dragoon Guards [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

HMS Ardent [2]

HMS CANADA [2]

HMS Castor [2]

HMS Excellent [2]

HMS Fisgard [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS Victory II [2]

HMS Warspite [2]

Indian Army [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Hampshire [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

1/6th Gurkha Rifles [1]

202 Squadron [1]

21st General Hospital, Royal Medical Corps [1]

4th Camel Corps [1]

4th Dragoon Guards [1]

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

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Chief Engineer, XIII Corps [1]

Commanding British Contingent [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [351]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [92]

British Army [81]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

Other Empire Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [57]

S [57]

H [49]

W [45]

M [41]

P [41]

C [40]

D [27]

G [25]

R [23]

L [22]

T [19]

A [18]

J [14]

F [12]

N [12]

K [11]

E [8]

Y [7]

O [5]

I [2]

Q [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [496]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [70]

Ireland [2]

Gibraltar [1]

India [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Southsea, Hampshire [363] Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire [56] Southsea, Portsmouth [29] Southsea [19] Southsea, Hants [12] Southsea England [11] Southsea Portsmouth, Hampshire [7] Southsea Portsmouth [5] Southsea, Hampshire, England [4] Portsmouth, Southsea, Hampshire [2] Southsea, England [2] Southsea, hampshire [2] 35 East Street, Southsea, Hampshire [1] Hants Southsea [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] Portsmouth, Southsea [1] Saint Peter's Parish Southsea, Hampshire [1] Southsea , Portsmouth , Hampshire [1] Southsea Hampshire [1] Southsea Hampshire. [1] Southsea Hants [1] Southsea Wrexham, Denbighshire [1] Southsea, [1] Southsea, Denbighshire, Wales [1] Southsea, Hants. [1] Southsea, Portsea Island, Hampshire [1] Southsea, Portsmouth, Hants [1] Southsea, Southsea [1] Southsea, Wrexham, Denbighshire [1] Southsea,Hampshire. [1] Southsea,Hants [1] St Simons, Southsea, Hampshire [1] the Southsea area of Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [42] Lieutenant [21] Captain [14] Second Lieutenant [13] Gunner [10] Corporal [9] Lieutenant Commander [7] Able Seaman [5] Commander [5] Major [5] Serjeant [5] Armourer [4] Chief Ship's Cook [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Sub Lieutenant [4] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [3] Brigadier General [3] Lance Corporal [3] Midshipman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Sub-Lieutenant [3] Chief Armourer [2] Chief Sick Berth Steward [2] Colonel [2] Engineer Commander [2] Leading Stoker [2] Naval Cadet [2] Officer's Cook 1st Class [2] Shipwright 2nd Class [2] Staff Paymaster [2] Steward [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] 2nd Ship's Steward [1] ALIAS [1] ALIAS Sergeant [1] Acting 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Acting Commander [1] Acting ERA 4th Class [1] Acting Flight Commander [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Armourer's Mate [1] Assistant Sister [1] Bombadier [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Artificer [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [9] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [9] London Regiment [6] Royal Marine Artillery [6] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] Army Service Corps [4] HMS Good Hope [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] HMS Agincourt [3] HMS Hampshire [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Dragoon Guards [2] East Kent Regiment [2] HMS Ardent [2] HMS CANADA [2] HMS Castor [2] HMS Excellent [2] HMS Fisgard [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS Victory II [2] HMS Warspite [2] Indian Army [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Hampshire [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] South Wales Borderers [2] 1/6th Gurkha Rifles [1] 202 Squadron [1] 21st General Hospital, Royal Medical Corps [1] 4th Camel Corps [1] 4th Dragoon Guards [1] AA&QMG, 1st Division, BEF [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Chief Engineer, XIII Corps [1] Commanding British Contingent [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [351] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [92] British Army [81] Australian Imperial Force [11] Other Empire Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [57] S [57] H [49] W [45] M [41] P [41] C [40] D [27] G [25] R [23] L [22] T [19] A [18] J [14] F [12] N [12] K [11] E [8] Y [7] O [5] I [2] Q [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [496] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [70] Ireland [2] Gibraltar [1] India [1] United States [1]

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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Stephen William Thomas Young

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 201043 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army T/201043 Private East Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

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Ronald Lashley Bynoe

Born 1896

Died 1970

British Army 532 Private King Edwards Horse

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Claude Norman Champion De Crespigny

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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James Peel

Born 1902

Died 1918

Royal Navy 15595 Bugler Royal Marine Artillery

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Edmund Howard Gorges

Born 1868

Died 1949

British Army Colonel Commanding British Contingent

British Army Brigadier General Commanding British Contingent

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Robert Foster Jeffrey Weeks

Born 1877

Died 1934

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Major Indian Army

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Thomas Christopher Harry Williams

Born 1878

Died 1916

Royal Navy Commander

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William James Davison

Born 1884

Died 1920

Royal Navy Staff Paymaster

Royal Navy Paymaster Lieutenant Commander HMS Warspite

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Herbert Charles John Grant

Born 1872

Died 1947

Royal Navy Captain

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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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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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William Henry Rousseau Hinde

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Captain Army Service Corps No. 3 Main Supply Depot (Leeds)

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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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Philip Henry White

Born 1879

Died 1916

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander HMS Vernon

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

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