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Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Andover [3]

Bolton, Westmorland [2]

Bristol [2]

Cheltenham [2]

Everleigh, Wiltshire [2]

Nottingham [2]

Petworth [2]

Sandown, Isle of Wight [2]

Abbotsham,Bideford, Devon [1]

Acomb [1]

Allbrook near Eastleigh [1]

Andover, Hants [1]

Arreton, Isle of Wight [1]

Aspenden, Hertfordshire [1]

Auckland [1]

Barton Stacey Hampshire [1]

Benthead, Weardale [1]

Binstead, Isle of Wight [1]

Bishop's Cannings, Wiltshire, [1]

Bognor [1]

Burnham on Sea [1]

Camelford, Cornwall [1]

Castle Cary, Somerset [1]

Charlton Kings,Cheltenham,Gloucs. [1]

Chelsea [1]

Chester [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Coalpit Heath [1]

Coln St Aldwyn, Gloucestershire [1]

Cork [1]

Devon [1]

East Dean, East Sussex [1]

East Woodhay, Hampshire [1]

Eastney Portsmouth [1]

Felling on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Freemantle, Hampshire [1]

Gloucestershire [1]

Greenham Common [1]

Halloughton, Nottinghamshire [1]

Hampshire England [1]

Havant, Hampshire [1]

Hook Norton, Oxfordshire. [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Killington, Westmorelandshire [1]

Kirkmaiden [1]

Kobe [1]

Landour, Bengal. [1]

Leith, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [126]

Captain [24]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Lieutenant [19]

Gunner [12]

Lance Corporal [12]

Serjeant [11]

Major [10]

Corporal [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

2nd Lieutenant [5]

Rifleman [4]

2nd Lieut [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Bombardier [3]

Sapper [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temp Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lt [1]

A/ Lieutenant Colonel [1]

AB [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Brevet Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brigadier General [1]

C. QMR. SERJT [1]

Capt/Lt [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Former Army Capt joined RAF [1]

Guardsman [1]

Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [17]

Gloucestershire Regiment [13]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Coldstream Guards [9]

Wiltshire Regiment [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

Army Service Corps [7]

Border Regiment [7]

Grenadier Guards [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Dorsetshire Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Labour Corps [4]

London Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Wiltshire [3]

15th Hussars [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Herefordshire Regiment [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Inf) [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment) [2]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [2]

Tank Corps [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Worcestershire [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

1/5th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

11th Reserve Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [215]

Royal Navy [15]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [29]

C [25]

M [24]

G [19]

T [15]

L [13]

P [13]

S [12]

W [12]

D [11]

H [11]

E [9]

A [8]

J [8]

F [7]

V [5]

N [4]

O [4]

R [4]

K [3]

I [1]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [232]

Country

United Kingdom [78]

Argentina [1]

France [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

Singapore [1]

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People [239] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Andover [3] Bolton, Westmorland [2] Bristol [2] Cheltenham [2] Everleigh, Wiltshire [2] Nottingham [2] Petworth [2] Sandown, Isle of Wight [2] Abbotsham,Bideford, Devon [1] Acomb [1] Allbrook near Eastleigh [1] Andover, Hants [1] Arreton, Isle of Wight [1] Aspenden, Hertfordshire [1] Auckland [1] Barton Stacey Hampshire [1] Benthead, Weardale [1] Binstead, Isle of Wight [1] Bishop's Cannings, Wiltshire, [1] Bognor [1] Burnham on Sea [1] Camelford, Cornwall [1] Castle Cary, Somerset [1] Charlton Kings,Cheltenham,Gloucs. [1] Chelsea [1] Chester [1] Clapham, London [1] Coalpit Heath [1] Coln St Aldwyn, Gloucestershire [1] Cork [1] Devon [1] East Dean, East Sussex [1] East Woodhay, Hampshire [1] Eastney Portsmouth [1] Felling on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Freemantle, Hampshire [1] Gloucestershire [1] Greenham Common [1] Halloughton, Nottinghamshire [1] Hampshire England [1] Havant, Hampshire [1] Hook Norton, Oxfordshire. [1] Islington, London [1] Kensington, London [1] Killington, Westmorelandshire [1] Kirkmaiden [1] Kobe [1] Landour, Bengal. [1] Leith, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [126] Captain [24] Second Lieutenant [21] Lieutenant [19] Gunner [12] Lance Corporal [12] Serjeant [11] Major [10] Corporal [9] Lieutenant Colonel [6] 2nd Lieutenant [5] Rifleman [4] 2nd Lieut [3] Acting Corporal [3] Bombardier [3] Sapper [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Temp Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Major [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lt [1] A/ Lieutenant Colonel [1] AB [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Brevet Major [1] Brevet Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brigadier General [1] C. QMR. SERJT [1] Capt/Lt [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cook's Mate [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Former Army Capt joined RAF [1] Guardsman [1] Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Captain [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [17] Gloucestershire Regiment [13] Royal Field Artillery [13] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Coldstream Guards [9] Wiltshire Regiment [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] Army Service Corps [7] Border Regiment [7] Grenadier Guards [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Engineers [6] Dorsetshire Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Labour Corps [4] London Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Wiltshire [3] 15th Hussars [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Herefordshire Regiment [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Inf) [2] Military Foot Police [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment) [2] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [2] Tank Corps [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Worcestershire [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 1/5th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] 11th Reserve Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [215] Royal Navy [15] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [2] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [29] C [25] M [24] G [19] T [15] L [13] P [13] S [12] W [12] D [11] H [11] E [9] A [8] J [8] F [7] V [5] N [4] O [4] R [4] K [3] I [1] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [232]

Country

United Kingdom [78] Argentina [1] France [1] India [1] Ireland [1] Singapore [1]

Sydney Cooper

Born 1892

Died 1971

British Army Lieutenant 13th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Captain 2nd Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant 2nd Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Ralph Busby

Born 1897

Died 1959

British Army 27188 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5th oxfordshire and Battalion

British Army 20513 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2/4th oxfordshire and Battalion

British Army 203967 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2/4th oxfordshire and Battalion

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Aylett Cameron Cushen

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2nd Lt Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 3256 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion

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Glynne William Evan Morgan

Born 1892

Died 1961

British Army Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 3rd east Battalion

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Vivian Messiter

Born 1871

Died 1928

British Army Captain Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 2nd Lieut Northumberland Fusiliers 17th Service Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 17th Service

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Albert Williams

Born 1887

Died 1985

British Army 308908 Private Tank Corps

British Army Royal Engineers

British Army Tank Corps

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William George Crassweller

Died 1914

British Army 8542 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Matthew Savage

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 32560 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Edwin Archibald Ireland

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 17958 Colour Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

British Army 17958 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

British Army Royal Field Artillery 22nd Batt

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Thomas Leadbitter

Born 1894

Died 1932

British Army 10789 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 27721 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Charles Stafford Gowing

Born 1893

Died 1964

British Army 102 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 291645 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 291645 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Alfred Eves

Born 1894

Died 1968

Royal Navy J7497

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George Angell

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 18390 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Arthur C Marsh

Born 1891

Died 1950

British Army 355406 Acting Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

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David Hall

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy Z/5057 Royal Naval Division

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Charles C Foss

Born 1885

Died 1953

British Army Captain Bedfordshire Regiment

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Reginald Wallace Belbin

Born 1895

British Army T/606 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army 25578 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army T606 Driver Essex Regiment Army Service Corps Territorial Force

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Vivian Messiter

Born 1871

Died 1928

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Captain Northumberland Fusiliers 17th Service Battlion

British Army Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 17th Service Battlion

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Edward E Cushen

Born 1882

Died 1947

British Army 74327 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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William North

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 33854 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 33854 Private Hampshire Regiment 15th Hampshire Yeomanry

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