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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]

Edwin Thomas Johnson

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 1247 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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Albert Ellender

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 8755 Private Scots Guards

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William Frank Long

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 24996 Lance Corporal Grenadier Guards

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Harold E Williams

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 2367 Private London Regiment

British Army 301523 Private London Regiment

British Army 301523 Rifleman London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

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Francis F Rothen

Died 1917

British Army 4669 Private London Regiment

British Army 551843 Private London Regiment

British Army 551843 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

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Reuben John Giles

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 16834 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 16834 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Gilbert James Thomson

Born 1892

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 72124

Canadian Expeditionary Force 72124 Private Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery

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Charles Vivash

Died 1918

British Army 7605 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 20234 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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John Costley Hall

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 36651 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Frederick Charles Barnes

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 72739 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Harold John Douglas

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 29940 Private Grenadier Guards

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Andrew Anderson

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 24187 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 33091 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Frank Laing Macrae

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders

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Hubert Tea

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 4695 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 241603 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Frederick T Trinder

Died 1920

British Army 149601 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Alfred Razzell

Died 1916

British Army L/7157 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army L/7157 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

British Army Lance Corporal Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment

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Thomas Todd

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 13468 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 13468 Lance Corporal Grenadier Guards

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Hubert William Corke

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieut Gloucestershire Regiment 10th gloucest Battalion

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Frederick Broad

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 25234 Corporal Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Frederick George Hathaway

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 10146 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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