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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]

William Penwill

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 25865 Private Devonshire Regiment

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William Mcpherson

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 4759 Private Scots Guards

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Thomas Lauderdale

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 33095 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 772130 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Randolph Sutton

Born 1888

Died 1969

British Army 84237 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Welsh 13th

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Eric Charlton Newman

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 18779 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 26674 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 26674 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Ernest Alfred Hunt

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 19502 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 19502 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Arthur Savage

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 16347 Private Border Regiment

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Stanley Edward Gudgeon

Born 1887

Died 1933

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery

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Harold Frederick Verrall

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 40595 Serjeant Dorsetshire Regiment

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Douglas Ridley Clunes Gabell

Born 1897

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

British Army Captain Gloucestershire

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John Dallas Waters

Born 1889

Died 1967

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Fusiliers

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John Kite

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 16910 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 16910 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army 20965 Private 11th Reserve Regiment Cavalry

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Thomas Le Messurier

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70128

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Edward Walter Carter

Born 1898

Died 1920

Royal Navy L7528

Royal Navy Officer Steward 2nd Class HMS Dido Depot ship in 10th Destroyer Flotilla

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Frederick William Vane

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 29581 Private Hampshire Regiment

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George Courtenay Tracy

Born 1875

Died 1951

British Army Major Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army Captain Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Hugh Bailey

Born 1888

Died 1942

British Army M2/181658 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Pte Ambulance Driver Royal Army Medical Corps

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George Baillie

Born 1870

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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Henry Abbott

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 14718 Private Border Regiment 8th bord Battalion

British Army 14718 Private Border Regiment

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Robert Malcolm Mews

Born 1889

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 769489

Canadian Expeditionary Force 769489 Private Canadian Infantry

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