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Weymouth, Dorset [722]

Weymouth, Dorset, England [158]

Wyke Regis, Weymouth, Dorset [9]

Melcombe Regis, Weymouth, Dorset [8]

Weymouth Dorset [5]

Portland Weymouth, Dorset [2]

Portland, Weymouth, Dorset [2]

Westham, Weymouth, Dorset [2]

Broadwey district of Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Buckland Ripers, Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Chalbury,Weymouth,Dorset. [1]

Chickerell Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Fleet, Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Franchise Court. Weymouth. Dorset. [1]

Lyme Regis Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Melcombe Regis/ Weymouth Dorset [1]

Newstead Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Osmington Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Osmington,Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Owermoigne, Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Portesham, Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Portland near Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Portland,Weymouth,Dorset. [1]

Preston Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Rodwell, Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Spike Island, Weymouth, Dorset [1]

St.Johns,Weymouth,Dorset. [1]

Westham Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Weymouth,Dorchester,Dorset. [1]

Whitenose Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Wyke Regis Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Wyke, Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [29]

Able Seaman [13]

Ordinary Seaman [10]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Sapper [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Deck Hand [5]

Leading Seaman [5]

Petty Officer [5]

Captain [4]

Corporal [4]

Gunner [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Stoker Petty Officer [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Armourer's Crew [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Leading Cook's Mate [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Major [2]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [2]

Sick Berth Steward [2]

Stoker 1st class [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Trimmer [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Cook's Mate [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer [1]

Acting Mate [1]

Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Cook [1]

Bishop [1]

Brevet Colonel (Temporary Brigadier General) [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic I [1]

Chief Ship's Cook [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Colour Sergeant & Warrant Officer Class 2 (CSM) [1]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [8]

Royal Naval Reserve [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

HMS MALAYA [4]

HMS Victory I [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

HMS Ajax [3]

HMS BULWARK [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Naval Air Service [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS Caroline [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

HMS Queen Mary [2]

HMS Warrior [2]

Mercantile Marine [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

114th Training Battalion [1]

1st Divisional Signal Company [1]

2 different ships [1]

8 different ships [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Australian Engineers [1]

Blake - Acorn/MARNE [1]

Blake - Acorn/MARNE at Jutland [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1]

Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Dorset Yeomanry [1]

Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [1]

Gloucester Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [598]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [113]

British Army [58]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [112]

M [88]

H [86]

C [75]

P [72]

B [71]

D [60]

R [53]

W [49]

L [44]

G [40]

T [36]

F [32]

J [24]

A [23]

K [17]

E [12]

N [11]

V [10]

I [8]

O [3]

U [3]

Y [2]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [758]

Merchant Navy [157]

Country

United Kingdom [44]

Canada [2]

Ireland [1]

Malaysia [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Weymouth, Dorset [722] Weymouth, Dorset, England [158] Wyke Regis, Weymouth, Dorset [9] Melcombe Regis, Weymouth, Dorset [8] Weymouth Dorset [5] Portland Weymouth, Dorset [2] Portland, Weymouth, Dorset [2] Westham, Weymouth, Dorset [2] Broadwey district of Weymouth, Dorset [1] Buckland Ripers, Weymouth, Dorset [1] Chalbury,Weymouth,Dorset. [1] Chickerell Weymouth, Dorset [1] Fleet, Weymouth, Dorset [1] Franchise Court. Weymouth. Dorset. [1] Lyme Regis Weymouth, Dorset [1] Melcombe Regis/ Weymouth Dorset [1] Newstead Weymouth, Dorset [1] Osmington Weymouth, Dorset [1] Osmington,Weymouth, Dorset [1] Owermoigne, Weymouth, Dorset [1] Portesham, Weymouth, Dorset [1] Portland near Weymouth, Dorset [1] Portland,Weymouth,Dorset. [1] Preston Weymouth, Dorset [1] Rodwell, Weymouth, Dorset [1] Spike Island, Weymouth, Dorset [1] St.Johns,Weymouth,Dorset. [1] Westham Weymouth, Dorset [1] Weymouth,Dorchester,Dorset. [1] Whitenose Weymouth, Dorset [1] Wyke Regis Weymouth, Dorset [1] Wyke, Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [29] Able Seaman [13] Ordinary Seaman [10] Stoker 1st Class [9] Lieutenant [8] Sapper [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Deck Hand [5] Leading Seaman [5] Petty Officer [5] Captain [4] Corporal [4] Gunner [4] Lance Corporal [4] Stoker Petty Officer [4] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Armourer's Crew [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Leading Cook's Mate [2] Leading Stoker [2] Major [2] Officer's Steward 1st Class [2] Sick Berth Steward [2] Stoker 1st class [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Trimmer [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Cook's Mate [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer [1] Acting Mate [1] Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Cook [1] Bishop [1] Brevet Colonel (Temporary Brigadier General) [1] Brigadier General [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic I [1] Chief Ship's Cook [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Colour Sergeant & Warrant Officer Class 2 (CSM) [1] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cook's Mate [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [8] Royal Naval Reserve [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Hampshire Regiment [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Army Service Corps [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] HMS MALAYA [4] HMS Victory I [4] Canadian Infantry [3] HMS Ajax [3] HMS BULWARK [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Naval Air Service [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS Caroline [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] HMS Queen Mary [2] HMS Warrior [2] Mercantile Marine [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 114th Training Battalion [1] 1st Divisional Signal Company [1] 2 different ships [1] 8 different ships [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Australian Engineers [1] Blake - Acorn/MARNE [1] Blake - Acorn/MARNE at Jutland [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1] Chaplain to the Forces [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Dorset Yeomanry [1] Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [1] Gloucester Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [598] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [113] British Army [58] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Australian Imperial Force [2] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [112] M [88] H [86] C [75] P [72] B [71] D [60] R [53] W [49] L [44] G [40] T [36] F [32] J [24] A [23] K [17] E [12] N [11] V [10] I [8] O [3] U [3] Y [2] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [758] Merchant Navy [157]

Country

United Kingdom [44] Canada [2] Ireland [1] Malaysia [1] South Africa [1]

Thomas Flew Otter

Born 1873

Died 1918

British Army 145771 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Frederick Joseph Rutland

Born 1885

Died 1949

Royal Navy 212851 Boy 1st Class

Royal Navy 212851 Ordinary Seaman

Royal Navy 212851 Able Seaman

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Thomas Henry Shackleton

Born 1895

British Army 11599 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Number 3 Depot

British Army 11599 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Lionel William Pellew East

Born 1866

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Brigadier General Royal Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Colonel (Temporary Brigadier General) Royal Artillery Staff

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Frank Pomeroy Brown

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6831

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Rowland York Crabb

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265051

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James Augustus Mcintyre

Born 1881

Died 1941

Australian Imperial Force 64 Sapper 1st Divisional Signal Company

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Charles Robert Hodder

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25656

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James Albert Samways

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401682

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Robert Christopher Rousell

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy 312391 Stoker 2nd class 2 different ships

Royal Navy 312391 Stoker 1st class 8 different ships

Royal Navy 312391 Acting Leading Stoker HMS Queen Mary

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Montague Cecil Frank Froom

Born 1899

Died 1965

British Army 46119 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 241898 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army T/454015 Private Army Service Corps Horsed Transport Section

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Alfred Frederick Pride

Born 1893

Died 1974

British Army 202566 Lance Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Reginald Frank Horwood

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246126

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Leslie George Henry Rose

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160086

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Thomas Fraser Kingsbury

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238339

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Richard Penderel Llewelyn

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 321084

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Harry French

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147445

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Reginald Thomas Masters

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 155691

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John William Cory

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167703

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Cecil Cleall Jullien

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178361

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