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Yateley, Hampshire [84]

Ramsgate, Kent [23]

Winchester, Hampshire [22]

Crondall, Hampshire [21]

London [18]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [15]

Eversley, Hampshire [14]

Liverpool, Lancashire [14]

Aldershot, Hampshire [13]

Blackwater, Hampshire [13]

Kensington, London [12]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [11]

Minster-in-Thanet, Kent [10]

Camberley, Surrey [9]

Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset [9]

Shaftesbury, Dorset [9]

Watford, Hertfordshire [9]

Berkhamsted, Herfordshire [8]

Hampstead, London [8]

Andover, Hampshire [7]

Coventry, Warwickshire [7]

Dublin [7]

Fareham, Hampshire [7]

Gosport, Hampshire [7]

Marylebone, London [7]

Reading, Berkshire [7]

Tring, Hertfordshire [7]

Willesden, Middlesex [7]

Alton, Hampshire [6]

Bath, Somerset [6]

Chichester, Sussex [6]

Farnborough, Hampshire [6]

Frimley, Surrey [6]

Hawley, Hampshire [6]

Islington, London [6]

Odiham, Hampshire [6]

Sandhurst, Berkshire [6]

Southampton, Hampshire [6]

Yateley [6]

Blandford, Dorset [5]

Crookham, Hampshire [5]

Dover, Kent [5]

Finchley, Middlesex [5]

Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [5]

Paddington, London [5]

Southsea, Hampshire [5]

Chatham, Kent [4]

Croydon, Surrey [4]

Hartley Wintney, Hampshire [4]

Reigate, Surrey [4]

Rank

Private [1203]

Second Lieutenant [313]

Captain [311]

Lieutenant [288]

Lance Corporal [133]

Major [120]

Corporal [116]

Serjeant [115]

Gunner [71]

Lieutenant Colonel [56]

Driver [52]

Sapper [48]

Able Seaman [45]

Rifleman [41]

Stoker 1st Class [38]

Sergeant [32]

Commander [25]

Lieutenant Commander [25]

Acting Serjeant [19]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [18]

Brigadier General [16]

Ordinary Seaman [16]

Temporary Captain [16]

Acting Corporal [14]

Lance Serjeant [14]

Colonel [12]

Temporary Lieutenant [12]

Acting Captain [11]

Boy 1st Class [11]

Colour Serjeant [11]

Major General [11]

VAD [11]

2nd Lieutenant [9]

Leading Stoker [9]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Civilian [8]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Leading Seaman [8]

Midshipman [8]

Nurse [8]

Petty Officer [8]

Pioneer [8]

Stoker [8]

Stoker Petty Officer [8]

Temporary Major [8]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [8]

Bombardier [7]

Boy [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Admiral [5]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [663]

Royal Engineers [123]

Royal Field Artillery [99]

Army Service Corps [97]

London Regiment [88]

Royal Garrison Artillery [81]

Labour Corps [66]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [53]

HMS Castor [51]

Royal Army Medical Corps [48]

Dorsetshire Regiment [43]

Machine Gun Corps [42]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [40]

East Kent Regiment [39]

Royal Fusiliers [37]

4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry [33]

Military Mounted Police [29]

Royal Air Force [29]

Royal Army Service Corps [29]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [28]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [28]

Somerset Light Infantry [28]

The Queen's Regiment [27]

East Surrey Regiment [25]

Bedfordshire Regiment [24]

Devonshire Regiment [24]

HMS Queen Mary [24]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24]

Royal Flying Corps [23]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [23]

HMS Defence [22]

Wiltshire Regiment [22]

Essex Regiment [21]

Worcestershire Regiment [20]

Honourable Artillery Company [18]

Middlesex Regiment [18]

Durham Light Infantry [17]

Yorkshire Regiment [16]

French Red Cross [15]

Rifle Brigade [15]

Royal Sussex Regiment [15]

Army Veterinary Corps [14]

HMS INVINCIBLE [14]

HMS Indefatigable [14]

Hampshire Regiment Territorial Force [14]

Norfolk Regiment [14]

Coldstream Guards [13]

Cheshire Regiment [12]

Corps of Hussars [12]

Lincolnshire Regiment [12]

Service

British Army [2302]

Royal Navy [406]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [91]

Other Empire Force [42]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [41]

Indian Army [29]

Australian Imperial Force [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

South African Services [2]

British Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [363]

S [264]

C [254]

A [227]

H [226]

W [202]

M [184]

G [162]

P [154]

R [116]

T [114]

L [111]

D [106]

F [103]

K [56]

E [48]

J [46]

N [42]

O [30]

V [17]

Y [14]

I [13]

U [7]

Q [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2618]

Merchant Navy [8]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2046]

India [35]

Ireland [18]

Canada [15]

South Africa [15]

Australia [8]

Egypt [7]

Malta [7]

Jersey [4]

United States [4]

Andorra [3]

Gibraltar [3]

Guernsey [3]

France [2]

New Zealand [2]

Singapore [2]

Angola [1]

Anguilla [1]

Argentina [1]

Bermuda [1]

China [1]

Guyana [1]

Hong Kong [1]

Jamaica [1]

Kenya [1]

Malaysia [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

Yemen [1]

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Place of birth

Yateley, Hampshire [84] Ramsgate, Kent [23] Winchester, Hampshire [22] Crondall, Hampshire [21] London [18] Portsmouth, Hampshire [15] Eversley, Hampshire [14] Liverpool, Lancashire [14] Aldershot, Hampshire [13] Blackwater, Hampshire [13] Kensington, London [12] Basingstoke, Hampshire [11] Minster-in-Thanet, Kent [10] Camberley, Surrey [9] Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset [9] Shaftesbury, Dorset [9] Watford, Hertfordshire [9] Berkhamsted, Herfordshire [8] Hampstead, London [8] Andover, Hampshire [7] Coventry, Warwickshire [7] Dublin [7] Fareham, Hampshire [7] Gosport, Hampshire [7] Marylebone, London [7] Reading, Berkshire [7] Tring, Hertfordshire [7] Willesden, Middlesex [7] Alton, Hampshire [6] Bath, Somerset [6] Chichester, Sussex [6] Farnborough, Hampshire [6] Frimley, Surrey [6] Hawley, Hampshire [6] Islington, London [6] Odiham, Hampshire [6] Sandhurst, Berkshire [6] Southampton, Hampshire [6] Yateley [6] Blandford, Dorset [5] Crookham, Hampshire [5] Dover, Kent [5] Finchley, Middlesex [5] Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [5] Paddington, London [5] Southsea, Hampshire [5] Chatham, Kent [4] Croydon, Surrey [4] Hartley Wintney, Hampshire [4] Reigate, Surrey [4]

Rank

Private [1203] Second Lieutenant [313] Captain [311] Lieutenant [288] Lance Corporal [133] Major [120] Corporal [116] Serjeant [115] Gunner [71] Lieutenant Colonel [56] Driver [52] Sapper [48] Able Seaman [45] Rifleman [41] Stoker 1st Class [38] Sergeant [32] Commander [25] Lieutenant Commander [25] Acting Serjeant [19] Warrant Officer Class 2 [18] Brigadier General [16] Ordinary Seaman [16] Temporary Captain [16] Acting Corporal [14] Lance Serjeant [14] Colonel [12] Temporary Lieutenant [12] Acting Captain [11] Boy 1st Class [11] Colour Serjeant [11] Major General [11] VAD [11] 2nd Lieutenant [9] Leading Stoker [9] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Civilian [8] Company Serjeant Major [8] Leading Seaman [8] Midshipman [8] Nurse [8] Petty Officer [8] Pioneer [8] Stoker [8] Stoker Petty Officer [8] Temporary Major [8] Temporary Second Lieutenant [8] Bombardier [7] Boy [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Admiral [5]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [663] Royal Engineers [123] Royal Field Artillery [99] Army Service Corps [97] London Regiment [88] Royal Garrison Artillery [81] Labour Corps [66] King's Royal Rifle Corps [53] HMS Castor [51] Royal Army Medical Corps [48] Dorsetshire Regiment [43] Machine Gun Corps [42] Royal Berkshire Regiment [40] East Kent Regiment [39] Royal Fusiliers [37] 4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry [33] Military Mounted Police [29] Royal Air Force [29] Royal Army Service Corps [29] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [28] Royal West Surrey Regiment [28] Somerset Light Infantry [28] The Queen's Regiment [27] East Surrey Regiment [25] Bedfordshire Regiment [24] Devonshire Regiment [24] HMS Queen Mary [24] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24] Royal Flying Corps [23] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [23] HMS Defence [22] Wiltshire Regiment [22] Essex Regiment [21] Worcestershire Regiment [20] Honourable Artillery Company [18] Middlesex Regiment [18] Durham Light Infantry [17] Yorkshire Regiment [16] French Red Cross [15] Rifle Brigade [15] Royal Sussex Regiment [15] Army Veterinary Corps [14] HMS INVINCIBLE [14] HMS Indefatigable [14] Hampshire Regiment Territorial Force [14] Norfolk Regiment [14] Coldstream Guards [13] Cheshire Regiment [12] Corps of Hussars [12] Lincolnshire Regiment [12]

Service

British Army [2302] Royal Navy [406] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [91] Other Empire Force [42] Canadian Expeditionary Force [41] Indian Army [29] Australian Imperial Force [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] South African Services [2] British Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [363] S [264] C [254] A [227] H [226] W [202] M [184] G [162] P [154] R [116] T [114] L [111] D [106] F [103] K [56] E [48] J [46] N [42] O [30] V [17] Y [14] I [13] U [7] Q [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2618] Merchant Navy [8] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2046] India [35] Ireland [18] Canada [15] South Africa [15] Australia [8] Egypt [7] Malta [7] Jersey [4] United States [4] Andorra [3] Gibraltar [3] Guernsey [3] France [2] New Zealand [2] Singapore [2] Angola [1] Anguilla [1] Argentina [1] Bermuda [1] China [1] Guyana [1] Hong Kong [1] Jamaica [1] Kenya [1] Malaysia [1] Sri Lanka [1] Yemen [1]

Christopher Musgrave

Born 1899

Died 1914

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Monmouth

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Hugh Frederic North

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Ruth Wade Plimsoll

Born 1891

Died 1957

Other Empire Force Driver Scottish Women's Hospitals [British Committee French Red Cross] London Unit ( Russia/Roumania)

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Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd Bennett

Born 1872

Died 1960

British Army Doctor French Red Cross

British Army Doctor New Zealand Medical Corps Cairo

Other Empire Force Doctor Scottish Women's Hospital

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Emily Mary Judd

Born 1887

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Munitions Worker National Filling Station Hayes Middlesex

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Henry George Prime

Born 1887

British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 9425 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Cecil Alexander Laffitte

Born 1897

Died 1952

Royal Navy Lieutenant (Acting)

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Acting Sub-Lieutenant HMS Marlborough

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Paget

Born 1881

Died 1958

Other Empire Force Lady Paget's Unit, Uskub

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John Gerald Fardell

Born 1893

Died 1972

British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment

British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment Isle of Wight Rifles

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Francis Leonard Peters Later Vaness

Born 1888

Canadian Expeditionary Force 59794

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Thomas Owen Marden, Kbe

Born 1866

Died 1951

British Army Colonel /Temporary Major General Staff

British Army Major General 6th Division

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Welsh Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ernest Hodgkiss

Royal Navy RME/4032/S Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

British Army 691618 Private Labour Corps

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Joseph William Pearson

British Army 8/1692 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 330388 Warrant Officer II Hampshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Tom Furmage

Died 1915

British Army 9345 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 9345 Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire) Regiment

British Army 9345 Private Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) 1st. Battalion

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Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee

Born 1859

Died 1925

Royal Navy Vice Admiral

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John Francis Stanhope Duke Coleridge

Born 1878

Died 1951

British Army Brigadier General Lahore Division 8th Gurkha Rifles

British Army Brigadier General GOC 189th Brigade

British Army Brigadier General GOC 188th Brigade

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George A Clifford

British Army 61009 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 1649 Private 4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 4th Battalion

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Charlie Rogers Barter

Born 1881

Died 1964

Royal Navy Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Torpedo Boat 27

Royal Navy 271648 Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class HMS Castor

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Albert Ivens

Born 1887

British Army 779 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

British Army 779 Staff Serjeant Major Cavalry Division

British Army 779 Private 3rd King's Own Hussars

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Mary Anna Mcelhone

Other Empire Force Nurse Scottish Women's Hospitals [British Committee French Red Cross] London Unit ( Russia/Roumania)

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