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Portsmouth, Hampshire [59]

Gloucester [44]

Portsmouth [40]

Southampton [38]

Bristol [36]

London [29]

Swindon, Wiltshire [25]

Reading, Berkshire [23]

Bedminster, Bristol [22]

Cheltenham [22]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [21]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [19]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [18]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [17]

Southampton, Hampshire [16]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [15]

Walsall, Staffs [15]

Portsea Island, Hampshire [13]

Portsea, Hampshire [12]

Sydney New South Wales [12]

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [12]

Birmingham [11]

Brighton, Sussex [11]

Islington, London [11]

Tewkesbury [11]

Walsall [11]

Leeds, Yorkshire [10]

Dublin [9]

Southampton, Hants [9]

Chichester, Sussex [8]

Gloucestershire [8]

Johannesburg [8]

Liverpool [8]

Poplar, London [8]

Croydon, Surrey [7]

Marylebone, London [7]

Bedminster, Somerset [6]

Edinburgh [6]

Kensington, London [6]

Lambeth, Surrey [6]

Leicester [6]

Paddington, London [6]

Walsall, Staffordshire [6]

West End, Southampton [6]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [5]

Bath, Somerset [5]

Battersea, London [5]

Bethnal Green, London [5]

Dover, Kent [5]

Glasgow [5]

Rank

Private [2954]

Lance Corporal [218]

Corporal [214]

Gunner [187]

Second Lieutenant [140]

Serjeant [130]

Able Seaman [126]

Lieutenant [118]

Driver [112]

Rifleman [112]

Sapper [109]

Stoker 1st Class [103]

Deck Hand [86]

Seaman [86]

Captain [76]

Ordinary Seaman [70]

Sergeant [60]

Stoker 2nd Class [50]

Pioneer [45]

Leading Seaman [36]

Major [34]

Petty Officer [34]

Acting Corporal [31]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [29]

Petty Officer Stoker [28]

Fireman [22]

Leading Stoker [21]

Boy 1st Class [20]

Boy 2nd Class [20]

Lieutenant Colonel [20]

Bombardier [19]

Lance Serjeant [19]

Acting Serjeant [15]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [15]

Lance Sergeant [14]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [13]

Company Serjeant Major [11]

Acting Gunner [10]

Musician [10]

Staff Serjeant [10]

Stoker [10]

Boy [9]

Chief Petty Officer [9]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [9]

Leading Signalman [9]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [9]

Trimmer [9]

Boy Artificer [8]

Chief Gunner [8]

Commander [8]

Unit

South African Native Labour Corps [610]

Gloucestershire Regiment [231]

Royal Naval Reserve [204]

Royal Engineers [191]

Royal Field Artillery [164]

Hampshire Regiment [149]

Army Service Corps [136]

Labour Corps [115]

2nd South African Infantry [90]

Canadian Infantry [90]

London Regiment [89]

Royal Army Medical Corps [76]

Worcestershire Regiment [74]

H.M.S. "Victory" [73]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [71]

Royal Garrison Artillery [69]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [69]

1st South African Infantry [60]

South Staffordshire Regiment [60]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Reserve) [59]

1st Regiment South African Infantry [58]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [57]

HMS Flirt [54]

4th South African Infantry [53]

Middlesex Regiment [51]

Rifle Brigade [51]

Royal Air Force [51]

Devonshire Regiment [50]

South African Infantry [49]

Royal Fusiliers [48]

2nd Regiment South African Infantry [46]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [45]

Machine Gun Corps [43]

Australian Infantry [42]

Royal Marine Artillery [42]

H.M.S. "Victory I" [41]

Wiltshire Regiment [41]

Royal Flying Corps [40]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [39]

Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [38]

Dorsetshire Regiment [38]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [35]

North Staffordshire Regiment [35]

3rd South African Infantry [34]

4th Regiment South African Infantry [32]

Royal Army Service Corps [32]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [30]

Royal Defence Corps [29]

Royal Naval Division [28]

Leicestershire Regiment [27]

Service

British Army [2635]

Royal Navy [1098]

South African Services [1097]

Australian Imperial Force [190]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [146]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [139]

Other Empire Force [130]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [108]

Indian Army [6]

Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

M [779]

B [496]

S [464]

H [427]

C [403]

W [363]

P [272]

T [245]

R [244]

G [243]

D [235]

L [223]

A [180]

F [167]

J [167]

K [153]

N [130]

E [97]

O [66]

V [55]

Y [20]

I [19]

Z [13]

U [12]

Q [8]

Contribution

Military Service [3589]

Merchant Navy [54]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2333]

South Africa [234]

Australia [84]

Canada [50]

Ireland [27]

New Zealand [24]

United States [5]

India [4]

Germany [3]

Jersey [2]

Zimbabwe [2]

Bermuda [1]

France [1]

Guernsey [1]

Japan [1]

Singapore [1]

Switzerland [1]

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Portsmouth, Hampshire [59] Gloucester [44] Portsmouth [40] Southampton [38] Bristol [36] London [29] Swindon, Wiltshire [25] Reading, Berkshire [23] Bedminster, Bristol [22] Cheltenham [22] Birmingham, Warwickshire [21] Bristol, Gloucestershire [19] Southampton, Hampshire, England [18] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [17] Southampton, Hampshire [16] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [15] Walsall, Staffs [15] Portsea Island, Hampshire [13] Portsea, Hampshire [12] Sydney New South Wales [12] Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [12] Birmingham [11] Brighton, Sussex [11] Islington, London [11] Tewkesbury [11] Walsall [11] Leeds, Yorkshire [10] Dublin [9] Southampton, Hants [9] Chichester, Sussex [8] Gloucestershire [8] Johannesburg [8] Liverpool [8] Poplar, London [8] Croydon, Surrey [7] Marylebone, London [7] Bedminster, Somerset [6] Edinburgh [6] Kensington, London [6] Lambeth, Surrey [6] Leicester [6] Paddington, London [6] Walsall, Staffordshire [6] West End, Southampton [6] Alverstoke, Hampshire [5] Bath, Somerset [5] Battersea, London [5] Bethnal Green, London [5] Dover, Kent [5] Glasgow [5]

Rank

Private [2954] Lance Corporal [218] Corporal [214] Gunner [187] Second Lieutenant [140] Serjeant [130] Able Seaman [126] Lieutenant [118] Driver [112] Rifleman [112] Sapper [109] Stoker 1st Class [103] Deck Hand [86] Seaman [86] Captain [76] Ordinary Seaman [70] Sergeant [60] Stoker 2nd Class [50] Pioneer [45] Leading Seaman [36] Major [34] Petty Officer [34] Acting Corporal [31] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [29] Petty Officer Stoker [28] Fireman [22] Leading Stoker [21] Boy 1st Class [20] Boy 2nd Class [20] Lieutenant Colonel [20] Bombardier [19] Lance Serjeant [19] Acting Serjeant [15] Air Mechanic 1st Class [15] Lance Sergeant [14] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [13] Company Serjeant Major [11] Acting Gunner [10] Musician [10] Staff Serjeant [10] Stoker [10] Boy [9] Chief Petty Officer [9] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [9] Leading Signalman [9] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [9] Trimmer [9] Boy Artificer [8] Chief Gunner [8] Commander [8]

Unit

South African Native Labour Corps [610] Gloucestershire Regiment [231] Royal Naval Reserve [204] Royal Engineers [191] Royal Field Artillery [164] Hampshire Regiment [149] Army Service Corps [136] Labour Corps [115] 2nd South African Infantry [90] Canadian Infantry [90] London Regiment [89] Royal Army Medical Corps [76] Worcestershire Regiment [74] H.M.S. "Victory" [73] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [71] Royal Garrison Artillery [69] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [69] 1st South African Infantry [60] South Staffordshire Regiment [60] New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Reserve) [59] 1st Regiment South African Infantry [58] Royal Berkshire Regiment [57] HMS Flirt [54] 4th South African Infantry [53] Middlesex Regiment [51] Rifle Brigade [51] Royal Air Force [51] Devonshire Regiment [50] South African Infantry [49] Royal Fusiliers [48] 2nd Regiment South African Infantry [46] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [45] Machine Gun Corps [43] Australian Infantry [42] Royal Marine Artillery [42] H.M.S. "Victory I" [41] Wiltshire Regiment [41] Royal Flying Corps [40] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [39] Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [38] Dorsetshire Regiment [38] King's Royal Rifle Corps [35] North Staffordshire Regiment [35] 3rd South African Infantry [34] 4th Regiment South African Infantry [32] Royal Army Service Corps [32] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [30] Royal Defence Corps [29] Royal Naval Division [28] Leicestershire Regiment [27]

Service

British Army [2635] Royal Navy [1098] South African Services [1097] Australian Imperial Force [190] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [146] Canadian Expeditionary Force [139] Other Empire Force [130] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [108] Indian Army [6] Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

M [779] B [496] S [464] H [427] C [403] W [363] P [272] T [245] R [244] G [243] D [235] L [223] A [180] F [167] J [167] K [153] N [130] E [97] O [66] V [55] Y [20] I [19] Z [13] U [12] Q [8]

Contribution

Military Service [3589] Merchant Navy [54] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2333] South Africa [234] Australia [84] Canada [50] Ireland [27] New Zealand [24] United States [5] India [4] Germany [3] Jersey [2] Zimbabwe [2] Bermuda [1] France [1] Guernsey [1] Japan [1] Singapore [1] Switzerland [1]

Hiram Spencer

Born 1864

Died 1915

Other Empire Force 749771 Fireman Mercantile Marine Reserve

Other Empire Force 749771 Fireman Mercantile Marine Reserve - H.M. Yacht "Aegusa"

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John Samuel Goodman

Born 1887

Died 1920

British Army L/32241 Driver Royal Field Artillery "D" Battery

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Joseph Micklewright

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 5465 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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James Kidd

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 50767 Private Royal Defence Corps 13th Observation Coy

British Army 29170 Private Worcester Regiment

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Alfred Oscar Conyers

Born 1872

Died 1914

British Army 10591 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 3rd Special Reserve Battalion

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Charles Jordan Smart

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 3067 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

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Henry James Simons

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 7027 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army 7027 Acting Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army 7027 Corporal Hampshire Regiment

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Frederick Lionel Beacham

Born 1887

Died 1919

British Army 656053 Bombadier (acting rank) Royal Field Artillery 6th Reserve Brigade

British Army 656053 Corporal Royal Field Artillery 6th Reserve Brigade

British Army 656053 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 6th Reserve Brigade

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Matthew Rosier

Born 1868

Died 1915

Royal Navy 125488 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS "Pembroke" RNAS Calshot

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William Howard Sharp

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 498087 Driver Royal Engineers Haynes Park Signal Depot

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Bertie Turner

Born 1894

Died 1975

South African Services Private Prince Alfred's Guards

South African Services 4299 Private South African Infantry 1st (Corps Colony)

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John Edward Cobb

Born 1878

Died 1920

British Army 35183 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Henry Widdows

Born 1878

Died 1919

British Army 63632 Sergeant Welsh Regiment 3rd Battalion

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David Chandler

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army TR5/9604 Private Training Reserve

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Ernest Burrington

Born 1876

Died 1921

British Army 35045 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 106273 Private Labour Corps

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Arthur James Clayden

Born 1883

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3292 Lance Corporal Australian Infantry, 59th Bn.

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Frederick Saunders

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 9665 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Louis Ethelbert Jackson

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 2315 TF Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 240494 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

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Lionel Thomas Dyson

Born 1879

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131963 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps Recruits' Depot

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Benjamin John Allen

Born 1896

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218993 Serjeant

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