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Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [8]

Southampton, Hampshire [4]

Dublin [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Southwark, London [3]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Bridgwater, Somerset [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Fareham, Hampshire [2]

Kentish Town, London [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Aghada, Cork [1]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Ash Vale, Aldershot [1]

Aurungarabad, Madras [1]

Axminster, Devon [1]

Balbriggan, Dublin [1]

Ballylongford, County Kerry [1]

Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Beaminster, Dorset [1]

Bedford Park,Chiswick,Middlesex. [1]

Birkenhead [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blackpool Lancashire [1]

Bognor, Sussex [1]

Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Box, Wiltshire [1]

Brading, Isle of Wight [1]

Brecknock, Breconshire [1]

Bridport, Dorset [1]

Broadstairs, Kent [1]

Burray, Orkney [1]

Caistor, Lincolnshire [1]

Calbost, Lewis [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Carronbridge, Dumfrieshire [1]

Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Catthorpe, Lutterworth, Leicestershire [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chew Stoke, Somerset [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Coleraine, Londonderry [1]

Collingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Cosham, Hampshire [1]

Cowplain, Hampshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [45]

Able Seaman [26]

Stoker 1st Class [21]

Leading Stoker [12]

Boy 1st Class [11]

Stoker [10]

Ordinary Seaman [9]

Lieutenant [7]

Petty Officer [7]

Midshipman [5]

Corporal [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Stoker Petty Officer [4]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Captain [3]

Leading Signalman [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Sub Lieutenant [3]

Acting Gunner [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [2]

Blacksmith [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Canteen Assistant [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Commander [2]

Gunner [2]

Major [2]

Mechanician [2]

Serjeant [2]

Signalman [2]

Surgeon [2]

Telegraphist [2]

Warrant Engineer [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Assistant Paymaster Sub Lieutenant [1]

Boatswain [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Bugler [1]

Carpenter [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chief Ship's Cook [1]

Civilian Canteen Manager [1]

Clerk [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Detective Sergeant [1]

Driver [1]

Unit

HMS Hampshire [84]

H.M.S. "Hampshire" [47]

Royal Marine Light Infantry, H.M.S. "Hampshire" [28]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [21]

HMS HAMPSHIRE [11]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Hampshire [11]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Hampshire [9]

HMS "Hampshire" [8]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [8]

Royal Naval Reserve [8]

Royal Naval Reserve. HM Drifter "Laurel Crown" [8]

H.M.S. “Hampshire” [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Hampshire [5]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Hampshire [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS HAMPSHIRE [2]

Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Hampshire [2]

Staff [2]

18th (King George's Own) Lancers [1]

534 Coast Regiment, Orkney, Royal Artillery (WWII) [1]

Admiralty Civilian [1]

Admiralty Civilian - HMS 'Hampshire' [1]

Admiralty Civilian - HMS Hampshire [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Foreign Office [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

H M S "Hampshire" [1]

H.M.S “Hampshire” [1]

H.M.S. "Attentive" [1]

HMS "Implacable" [1]

HMS Broke [1]

HMS Eclipse [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Monarch [1]

HMS Swiftsure [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

Indian Army attached General Staff [1]

Lord Kitchener's Personal Servant (Civilian) [1]

Lt Col OAG Fitzgerald's Personal Servant (Civilian) [1]

Metropolitan Police Special Branch [1]

Ministry of Munition Staff [1]

Mr O'Beirne's servant [1]

Personal Servant to Sir H.F. Donaldson [1]

Personal Servant. [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Hampshire" [1]

Service

Royal Navy [229]

British Army [9]

Other Empire Force [9]

Last name first letter

S [29]

H [25]

M [25]

B [20]

D [19]

W [18]

F [17]

C [13]

T [12]

R [10]

J [9]

L [9]

G [8]

A [7]

P [6]

O [5]

K [3]

N [3]

E [2]

I [2]

V [2]

Q [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [189]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [246] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [8] Southampton, Hampshire [4] Dublin [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Southwark, London [3] Bethnal Green, London [2] Bridgwater, Somerset [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Fareham, Hampshire [2] Kentish Town, London [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Aghada, Cork [1] Alton, Hampshire [1] Ash Vale, Aldershot [1] Aurungarabad, Madras [1] Axminster, Devon [1] Balbriggan, Dublin [1] Ballylongford, County Kerry [1] Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Battersea, London [1] Beaminster, Dorset [1] Bedford Park,Chiswick,Middlesex. [1] Birkenhead [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackpool Lancashire [1] Bognor, Sussex [1] Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Box, Wiltshire [1] Brading, Isle of Wight [1] Brecknock, Breconshire [1] Bridport, Dorset [1] Broadstairs, Kent [1] Burray, Orkney [1] Caistor, Lincolnshire [1] Calbost, Lewis [1] Camberwell, London [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Carronbridge, Dumfrieshire [1] Castleford, Yorkshire [1] Catthorpe, Lutterworth, Leicestershire [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chew Stoke, Somerset [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Coleraine, Londonderry [1] Collingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Cosham, Hampshire [1] Cowplain, Hampshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [45] Able Seaman [26] Stoker 1st Class [21] Leading Stoker [12] Boy 1st Class [11] Stoker [10] Ordinary Seaman [9] Lieutenant [7] Petty Officer [7] Midshipman [5] Corporal [4] Deck Hand [4] Lance Corporal [4] Leading Seaman [4] Stoker Petty Officer [4] Boy 2nd Class [3] Captain [3] Leading Signalman [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Sub Lieutenant [3] Acting Gunner [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Acting Sub Lieutenant [2] Blacksmith [2] Brigadier General [2] Canteen Assistant [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Commander [2] Gunner [2] Major [2] Mechanician [2] Serjeant [2] Signalman [2] Surgeon [2] Telegraphist [2] Warrant Engineer [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Boatswain [1] Assistant Paymaster Sub Lieutenant [1] Boatswain [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Bugler [1] Carpenter [1] Chaplain [1] Chief Ship's Cook [1] Civilian Canteen Manager [1] Clerk [1] Cook's Mate [1] Detective Sergeant [1] Driver [1]

Unit

HMS Hampshire [84] H.M.S. "Hampshire" [47] Royal Marine Light Infantry, H.M.S. "Hampshire" [28] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [21] HMS HAMPSHIRE [11] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Hampshire [11] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Hampshire [9] HMS "Hampshire" [8] Royal Marine Light Infantry [8] Royal Naval Reserve [8] Royal Naval Reserve. HM Drifter "Laurel Crown" [8] H.M.S. “Hampshire” [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Hampshire [5] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Hampshire [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS HAMPSHIRE [2] Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Hampshire [2] Staff [2] 18th (King George's Own) Lancers [1] 534 Coast Regiment, Orkney, Royal Artillery (WWII) [1] Admiralty Civilian [1] Admiralty Civilian - HMS 'Hampshire' [1] Admiralty Civilian - HMS Hampshire [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Foreign Office [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] H M S "Hampshire" [1] H.M.S “Hampshire” [1] H.M.S. "Attentive" [1] HMS "Implacable" [1] HMS Broke [1] HMS Eclipse [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Monarch [1] HMS Swiftsure [1] HMS Vivid I [1] Indian Army attached General Staff [1] Lord Kitchener's Personal Servant (Civilian) [1] Lt Col OAG Fitzgerald's Personal Servant (Civilian) [1] Metropolitan Police Special Branch [1] Ministry of Munition Staff [1] Mr O'Beirne's servant [1] Personal Servant to Sir H.F. Donaldson [1] Personal Servant. [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Hampshire" [1]

Service

Royal Navy [229] British Army [9] Other Empire Force [9]

Last name first letter

S [29] H [25] M [25] B [20] D [19] W [18] F [17] C [13] T [12] R [10] J [9] L [9] G [8] A [7] P [6] O [5] K [3] N [3] E [2] I [2] V [2] Q [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [189]

Country

United Kingdom [31] India [1] Ireland [1]

Wilfrid Ellershaw

Born 1871

Died 1916

British Army Brigadier General Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery 25th Brigade

British Army Brigadier General Royal Artillery

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William Shields

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 10113 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 10113 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment Depot

British Army 10113 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Harry Vincent Trodd

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy 15092 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/15092 Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Hampshire

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Sidney John Sparkes

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy 16416 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/16416 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Hampshire

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George Frederick William Ferriman

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS4055

Royal Navy SS4055(Po) Able Seaman H.M.S. "Hampshire"

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Penry Garnons Williams

Born 1874

Died 1916

Royal Navy Fleet Surgeon HMS Hampshire

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Robert George Ballard

Born 1884

Died 1916

Royal Navy 346630(Po) Blacksmith H.M.S. "Hampshire"

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Herbert James Jennings

Born 1871

Died 1916

Royal Navy Acting Gunner

Royal Navy Gunner HMS "Implacable"

Royal Navy Gunner

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Humphrey Fane Vernon

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant

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Josiah Stanley Tapper

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy 16410(Po) Private Royal Marine Light Infantry, H.M.S. "Hampshire"

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Philip George Alexander

Born 1883

Died 1916

Royal Navy Chaplain HMS Hampshire

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John William Harrison

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy 14950 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/14950 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry, H.M.S."Hampshire"

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Percy Rufus Ramsey

Born 1883

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS135(Po) Able Seaman H.M.S. "Hampshire"

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Edward Daniels

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy PO/14431 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/14431 Private RMLI HMS Swiftsure

Royal Navy PO/14431 Private RMLI HMS Hampshire

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Richard Andrew Thompson

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy 14661 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/14661 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Hampshire

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Francis Edward Jesse

Born 1881

Died 1962

Royal Navy 343073(Po) Blacksmith H.M.S. "Hampshire"

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William Richard Sowden

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy Midshipman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2065 (Po) Midshipman Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. "Hampshire"

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Frank Sidney Morris

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy 17908 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry, H.M.S. "Hampshire"

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Daniel Mccool

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy K23925 Stoker 1st Class HMS Hampshire

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George Dumba Villiers

Born 1900

Died 1977

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander (Emergency)

Royal Navy Commander

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