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Ryde, Isle of Wight [259]

Newport, Isle of Wight [249]

Cowes, Isle of Wight [121]

Ventnor, Isle of Wight [105]

Sandown, Isle of Wight [80]

Freshwater, Isle of Wight [66]

Shanklin, Isle of Wight [65]

Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight [42]

Brading, Isle of Wight [39]

Isle of Wight [31]

St Helens, Isle of Wight [30]

Southampton [29]

London [26]

Arreton, Isle of Wight [25]

Bembridge, Isle of Wight [23]

Chale, Isle of Wight [22]

East Cowes, Isle of Wight [22]

Newchurch, Isle of Wight [21]

Godshill, Isle of Wight [19]

Portsea, Hampshire [15]

Shalfleet, Isle of Wight [15]

Shorwell, Isle of Wight [15]

Calbourne, Isle of Wight [14]

Portsmouth [14]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [14]

Whitwell, Isle of Wight [14]

Yarmouth, Isle of Wight [14]

Kensington, London [13]

Niton, Isle of Wight [13]

Northwood, Isle of Wight [13]

Wroxall, Isle of Wight [13]

Brighstone, Isle of Wight [12]

Gosport, Hampshire [12]

Bonchurch, Isle of Wight [11]

Whippingham, Isle of Wight [11]

Dublin [10]

Christchurch, Hampshire [9]

Ryde Isle of Wight [9]

Exeter, Devon [8]

Hackney, London [8]

Lake, Isle of Wight [8]

Wandsworth, London [8]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [7]

Portsea Island, Hampshire [7]

Bermondsey, London [6]

Birmingham [6]

Brighton, Sussex [6]

Lambeth, London [6]

Marylebone, London [6]

Seaview, Isle of Wight [6]

Rank

Private [1374]

Rifleman [393]

Second Lieutenant [204]

Gunner [162]

Corporal [161]

Lieutenant [157]

Captain [155]

Serjeant [153]

Lance Corporal [116]

Driver [66]

Major [56]

Sapper [56]

Able Seaman [50]

Lieutenant Colonel [38]

Bombardier [29]

Acting Serjeant [23]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [22]

Lance Serjeant [21]

Trooper [21]

Acting Corporal [20]

Company Serjeant Major [19]

Stoker 1st Class [19]

Petty Officer [16]

Steward [13]

Brigadier General [12]

Lieutenant Commander [12]

Leading Seaman [11]

Midshipman [10]

Ordinary Seaman [9]

Sub-Lieutenant [9]

2nd Lieutenant [8]

Chief Petty Officer [8]

Colour Serjeant [8]

Commander [8]

Cook [8]

Leading Stoker [8]

Major General [8]

Stoker Petty Officer [7]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Clerk [5]

Sergeant [5]

Sister [5]

Staff Nurse [5]

Aircraftwoman [4]

Battery Serjeant Major [4]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [4]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [980]

Royal Field Artillery [217]

Royal Garrison Artillery [105]

Royal Engineers [93]

London Regiment [77]

Dorsetshire Regiment [60]

Rifle Brigade [50]

Royal Fusiliers [49]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [48]

Worcestershire Regiment [47]

Royal Army Medical Corps [44]

Devonshire Regiment [43]

Army Service Corps [40]

Canadian Infantry [35]

Wiltshire Regiment [34]

Machine Gun Corps [31]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [30]

Northumberland Fusiliers [26]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [26]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [25]

Gloucestershire Regiment [22]

Labour Corps [22]

Middlesex Regiment [22]

Grenadier Guards [17]

Suffolk Regiment [16]

Royal Artillery [15]

HMS INVINCIBLE [14]

HMS Queen Mary [14]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [14]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [14]

Royal Horse Artillery [14]

The Queen's Regiment [14]

Royal Flying Corps [13]

Royal Naval Division [13]

Royal Sussex Regiment [13]

Somerset Light Infantry [13]

Essex Regiment [12]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [12]

Royal Naval Reserve [12]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [11]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [11]

Tank Corps [11]

East Surrey Regiment [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

East Kent Regiment [9]

Honourable Artillery Company [9]

Royal Air Force [9]

Service

British Army [2411]

Royal Navy [446]

Australian Imperial Force [92]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [77]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [70]

Other Empire Force [59]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [33]

Indian Army [12]

South African Services [5]

British Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [323]

S [305]

W [291]

C [281]

H [247]

M [228]

P [191]

D [167]

R [159]

T [139]

G [130]

L [126]

F [108]

J [88]

A [87]

K [69]

N [60]

E [57]

O [43]

Y [20]

U [19]

V [17]

I [6]

Q [5]

Contribution

Military Service [2908]

Merchant Navy [25]

Country

United Kingdom [953]

India [7]

Ireland [4]

South Africa [4]

Australia [3]

Canada [3]

Gibraltar [3]

Malta [3]

Italy [2]

Jersey [2]

China [1]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

Guernsey [1]

Jamaica [1]

Kenya [1]

Malaysia [1]

New Zealand [1]

Turkey [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Ryde, Isle of Wight [259] Newport, Isle of Wight [249] Cowes, Isle of Wight [121] Ventnor, Isle of Wight [105] Sandown, Isle of Wight [80] Freshwater, Isle of Wight [66] Shanklin, Isle of Wight [65] Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight [42] Brading, Isle of Wight [39] Isle of Wight [31] St Helens, Isle of Wight [30] Southampton [29] London [26] Arreton, Isle of Wight [25] Bembridge, Isle of Wight [23] Chale, Isle of Wight [22] East Cowes, Isle of Wight [22] Newchurch, Isle of Wight [21] Godshill, Isle of Wight [19] Portsea, Hampshire [15] Shalfleet, Isle of Wight [15] Shorwell, Isle of Wight [15] Calbourne, Isle of Wight [14] Portsmouth [14] Portsmouth, Hampshire [14] Whitwell, Isle of Wight [14] Yarmouth, Isle of Wight [14] Kensington, London [13] Niton, Isle of Wight [13] Northwood, Isle of Wight [13] Wroxall, Isle of Wight [13] Brighstone, Isle of Wight [12] Gosport, Hampshire [12] Bonchurch, Isle of Wight [11] Whippingham, Isle of Wight [11] Dublin [10] Christchurch, Hampshire [9] Ryde Isle of Wight [9] Exeter, Devon [8] Hackney, London [8] Lake, Isle of Wight [8] Wandsworth, London [8] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [7] Portsea Island, Hampshire [7] Bermondsey, London [6] Birmingham [6] Brighton, Sussex [6] Lambeth, London [6] Marylebone, London [6] Seaview, Isle of Wight [6]

Rank

Private [1374] Rifleman [393] Second Lieutenant [204] Gunner [162] Corporal [161] Lieutenant [157] Captain [155] Serjeant [153] Lance Corporal [116] Driver [66] Major [56] Sapper [56] Able Seaman [50] Lieutenant Colonel [38] Bombardier [29] Acting Serjeant [23] Warrant Officer Class 2 [22] Lance Serjeant [21] Trooper [21] Acting Corporal [20] Company Serjeant Major [19] Stoker 1st Class [19] Petty Officer [16] Steward [13] Brigadier General [12] Lieutenant Commander [12] Leading Seaman [11] Midshipman [10] Ordinary Seaman [9] Sub-Lieutenant [9] 2nd Lieutenant [8] Chief Petty Officer [8] Colour Serjeant [8] Commander [8] Cook [8] Leading Stoker [8] Major General [8] Stoker Petty Officer [7] Acting Bombardier [6] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [6] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Acting Captain [5] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Clerk [5] Sergeant [5] Sister [5] Staff Nurse [5] Aircraftwoman [4] Battery Serjeant Major [4] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [4]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [980] Royal Field Artillery [217] Royal Garrison Artillery [105] Royal Engineers [93] London Regiment [77] Dorsetshire Regiment [60] Rifle Brigade [50] Royal Fusiliers [49] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [48] Worcestershire Regiment [47] Royal Army Medical Corps [44] Devonshire Regiment [43] Army Service Corps [40] Canadian Infantry [35] Wiltshire Regiment [34] Machine Gun Corps [31] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [30] Northumberland Fusiliers [26] Royal Berkshire Regiment [26] King's Royal Rifle Corps [25] Gloucestershire Regiment [22] Labour Corps [22] Middlesex Regiment [22] Grenadier Guards [17] Suffolk Regiment [16] Royal Artillery [15] HMS INVINCIBLE [14] HMS Queen Mary [14] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [14] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [14] Royal Horse Artillery [14] The Queen's Regiment [14] Royal Flying Corps [13] Royal Naval Division [13] Royal Sussex Regiment [13] Somerset Light Infantry [13] Essex Regiment [12] Royal Marine Light Infantry [12] Royal Naval Reserve [12] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [11] Durham Light Infantry [11] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [11] Tank Corps [11] East Surrey Regiment [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] East Kent Regiment [9] Honourable Artillery Company [9] Royal Air Force [9]

Service

British Army [2411] Royal Navy [446] Australian Imperial Force [92] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [77] Canadian Expeditionary Force [70] Other Empire Force [59] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [33] Indian Army [12] South African Services [5] British Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [323] S [305] W [291] C [281] H [247] M [228] P [191] D [167] R [159] T [139] G [130] L [126] F [108] J [88] A [87] K [69] N [60] E [57] O [43] Y [20] U [19] V [17] I [6] Q [5]

Contribution

Military Service [2908] Merchant Navy [25]

Country

United Kingdom [953] India [7] Ireland [4] South Africa [4] Australia [3] Canada [3] Gibraltar [3] Malta [3] Italy [2] Jersey [2] China [1] Egypt [1] France [1] Guernsey [1] Jamaica [1] Kenya [1] Malaysia [1] New Zealand [1] Turkey [1] United States [1]

Alexander Witham

Born 1878

Died 1956

British Army Serjeant Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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Uffa Fox

Born 1898

Died 1972

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167350 Air Mechanic 3rd class

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Ralph Witham

Born 1882

Died 1944

Other Empire Force Captain (Pilot) Trinity House

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Charles Richmond Fredericks

Born 1882

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1356 Private

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Amy Wendes

Born 1894

Died 1972

Royal Navy G5923 Cook

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Elsie Margaret Horlock

Born 1898

Died 1973

Royal Navy G345 Shorthand Typist

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Robert Gray Hails

Born 1875

Died 1959

British Army 183822 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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George Ruffin Noyce

Born 1872

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Second Engineer Mercantile Marine

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Percy Denton

Born 1898

Died 1967

British Army 155838 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Diana Agnes Curtice

Born 1900

Died 1981

Royal Navy G6667 Shorthand Typist

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Richard Douglas Cooper

Born 1892

Died 1970

Canadian Expeditionary Force 602024

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Eva Annie Osman

Born 1899

Died 1921

Royal Navy G1455

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Leonard Clifton Warder

Born 1887

Died 1917

Royal Navy Temp Acting Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. Q12

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Alfred Whitter

Born 1874

Died 1935

Royal Navy 280500 Stoker

Royal Navy 280500 Stoker H.M.S. Agincourt

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Edith Annie Playle Howard

Born 1893

Died 1988

Royal Navy G2656 Cleaner, Messenger

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Frederick George Dorey

Born 1870

Died 1914

Royal Navy 152697 Petty Officer Stoker HMS BULWARK

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George Louis Poingdestre

Born 1899

Died 1981

Other Empire Force C.S. 882176 Steward Merchant Marine H.M.T. Tagus

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John Richard Osborn

Born 1880

Died 1946

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164276

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Thomas Adolphus Dunning

Born 1887

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208502

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Victor Cadifor Hilditch

Born 1887

Died 1919

British Army Temporary Captain /Acting Lieutenant Colonel Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 115 Battery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

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