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Whitchurch, Hampshire [26]

Kingsclere, Hampshire [25]

Overton, Hampshire [19]

Headley, Hampshire [14]

Bishops Waltham, Hampshire [11]

Swanmore, Hampshire [9]

Burghclere, Hampshire [8]

East Woodhay, Hampshire [8]

Tadley, Hampshire [8]

Baughurst, Hampshire [7]

Dover, Kent [5]

Sherborne St John, Hampshire [5]

Steventon, Hampshire [5]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [4]

Camberwell, London [4]

Ecchinswell, Hampshire [4]

Pamber, Hampshire [4]

Andover, Hampshire [3]

Ashmansworth, Hampshire [3]

Bishops Waltham [3]

Highclere, Hampshire [3]

Hungerford, Berkshire [3]

North Waltham, Hampshire [3]

Ramsdell, Hampshire [3]

Barford Stream, Churt, Surrey [2]

Basingstoke, Hants [2]

Bramley, Hampshire [2]

Bramshott, Hampshire [2]

Burghfield, Berkshire [2]

Droxford, Hampshire [2]

Dummer, Hampshire [2]

Hampshire [2]

Haslemere, Surrey [2]

Kingsclere [2]

Newbury, Berkshire [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Redhill, Surrey [2]

Royston, Hertfordshire [2]

Tadley [2]

Thames [2]

Wolverton Common, Hampshire [2]

Woolton Hill, Hampshire [2]

Wootton St Lawrence, Hampshire [2]

39, Castle Place, Dover, Kent [1]

Abingdon [1]

Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Aldeburge, Suffolk [1]

Alresford Hampshire [1]

Alresford, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [380]

Gunner [27]

Lance Corporal [27]

Corporal [26]

Serjeant [19]

Rifleman [18]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Driver [12]

Acting Corporal [9]

Sapper [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Captain [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Sergeant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Trooper [3]

1st Class Stoker [2]

AB [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Cyclist [2]

Munitions Worker [2]

Nurse [2]

1st Boy [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lance Sergeant [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Chief Engineer [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 3rd Grade [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

DVR [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Master Mariner [1]

Officers 3rd Steward [1]

Private (Pte) [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [154]

The Hampshire Regiment [65]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [40]

The Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal Berkshire) Regiment [19]

Rifle Brigade [17]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Army Service Corps [12]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Wiltshire Regiment [12]

Gloucestershire Regiment [10]

London Regiment [10]

Dorsetshire Regiment [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Royal Engineers [9]

East Kent Regiment [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal Berkshire) Regiment [7]

Essex Regiment [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

The Buffs (East Kent) Regiment [5]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [5]

The Rifle Brigade [5]

Australian Infantry [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

The Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire) Regiment [4]

The Essex Regiment [4]

The Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

The Royal Marine Light Infantry [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Corps of Military Police [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Horse Artillery And Royal Field Artillery [3]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment [3]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [2]

Berkshire Yeomanry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [454]

Royal Navy [37]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

Other Empire Force [7]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [63]

S [50]

C [49]

W [37]

H [36]

G [34]

M [33]

T [29]

P [28]

R [27]

D [23]

L [20]

A [16]

N [16]

E [14]

K [14]

F [11]

J [7]

O [6]

I [5]

V [3]

Y [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [500]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [159]

Australia [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [524] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Whitchurch, Hampshire [26] Kingsclere, Hampshire [25] Overton, Hampshire [19] Headley, Hampshire [14] Bishops Waltham, Hampshire [11] Swanmore, Hampshire [9] Burghclere, Hampshire [8] East Woodhay, Hampshire [8] Tadley, Hampshire [8] Baughurst, Hampshire [7] Dover, Kent [5] Sherborne St John, Hampshire [5] Steventon, Hampshire [5] Basingstoke, Hampshire [4] Camberwell, London [4] Ecchinswell, Hampshire [4] Pamber, Hampshire [4] Andover, Hampshire [3] Ashmansworth, Hampshire [3] Bishops Waltham [3] Highclere, Hampshire [3] Hungerford, Berkshire [3] North Waltham, Hampshire [3] Ramsdell, Hampshire [3] Barford Stream, Churt, Surrey [2] Basingstoke, Hants [2] Bramley, Hampshire [2] Bramshott, Hampshire [2] Burghfield, Berkshire [2] Droxford, Hampshire [2] Dummer, Hampshire [2] Hampshire [2] Haslemere, Surrey [2] Kingsclere [2] Newbury, Berkshire [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Redhill, Surrey [2] Royston, Hertfordshire [2] Tadley [2] Thames [2] Wolverton Common, Hampshire [2] Woolton Hill, Hampshire [2] Wootton St Lawrence, Hampshire [2] 39, Castle Place, Dover, Kent [1] Abingdon [1] Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Aldeburge, Suffolk [1] Alresford Hampshire [1] Alresford, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [380] Gunner [27] Lance Corporal [27] Corporal [26] Serjeant [19] Rifleman [18] Second Lieutenant [17] Driver [12] Acting Corporal [9] Sapper [8] Able Seaman [7] Captain [7] Lieutenant [7] Sergeant [5] Stoker 1st Class [3] Trooper [3] 1st Class Stoker [2] AB [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Cyclist [2] Munitions Worker [2] Nurse [2] 1st Boy [1] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Lance Sergeant [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Chief Engineer [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 3rd Grade [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cook's Mate [1] Corporal of Horse [1] DVR [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Master Mariner [1] Officers 3rd Steward [1] Private (Pte) [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [154] The Hampshire Regiment [65] Royal Berkshire Regiment [40] The Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal Berkshire) Regiment [19] Rifle Brigade [17] Royal Field Artillery [17] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Army Service Corps [12] Middlesex Regiment [12] Wiltshire Regiment [12] Gloucestershire Regiment [10] London Regiment [10] Dorsetshire Regiment [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Royal Engineers [9] East Kent Regiment [8] Canadian Infantry [7] Devonshire Regiment [7] Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal Berkshire) Regiment [7] Essex Regiment [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] The Buffs (East Kent) Regiment [5] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [5] The Rifle Brigade [5] Australian Infantry [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] The Dorsetshire Regiment [4] The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire) Regiment [4] The Essex Regiment [4] The Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] The Royal Marine Light Infantry [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Corps of Military Police [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Horse Artillery And Royal Field Artillery [3] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment [3] Auckland Infantry Regiment [2] Berkshire Yeomanry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [454] Royal Navy [37] Australian Imperial Force [13] Canadian Expeditionary Force [11] Other Empire Force [7] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [63] S [50] C [49] W [37] H [36] G [34] M [33] T [29] P [28] R [27] D [23] L [20] A [16] N [16] E [14] K [14] F [11] J [7] O [6] I [5] V [3] Y [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [500] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [159] Australia [1] South Africa [1]

Francis Cooper

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 179688 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 17968 Private The Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal Berkshire) Regiment 4th Battalion

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Richard Smith

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 25370 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 25370 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army 25370 Lance Corporal The Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Daniel Dyer

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army

British Army 15597 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Edward James Soper

Born 1871

Died 1915

British Army 3/5000 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 3/5000 Private The Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William James Willis

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 665 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

British Army 665 Acting Sergeant Corps of Military Police Mounted Branch Battalion

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Henry Charles Upton

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 24810 Private Hampshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Ernest Wheeler

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 18977 Acting Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army 18977 Corporal Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Charles Gale

Born 1891

Died 1920

British Army 3376 Corporal Royal Field Artillery 7th Battery. 4th Bde

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Albert Edward Castle

Born 1881

Died 1942

Other Empire Force Master Mariner Llandaff Castle

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Thomas Henry Stephenson

Born 1877

Died 1918

Royal Navy Chief Engineer S.s. Reventazon

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Barry Norris

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army G/13528 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/13528 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

British Army G/13528 Private The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 11th Battalion

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John Samuel Tilley

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 21594 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 21594 Private The South Wales Borderers 11th Battalion

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Frank Alfred Henry Powell

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 43231 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 43231 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment

British Army 43231 Lance Corporal The Essex Regiment 10th Battalion

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Ernest Arthur Silvester

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 6308 Corporal Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

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Charles Edward Brown

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 71164 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Harry Emmett

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army B/1222 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 9th Battalion

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James Marriner

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 4031 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army P12745 Private Military Foot Police

British Army P/12725 Acting Lance Corporal Corps of Military Police Foot Branch

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Leslie Hubert Stratton

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 13646 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 13646 Private The Essex Regiment 10th Battalion

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Harold Newham Tompkins

Born 1891

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3642

Australian Imperial Force 3642 Private Australian Infantry 31st Battalion

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Henry George Berry

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army 466765 Sapper Royal Engineers Anti Air Coy

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