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Portsea, Hampshire [2]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Blandford, Dorset [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Holborn, London, Middlesex [1]

Kirkdale Liverpool [1]

Kirkdale, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

London England [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Nyngan New South Wales [1]

Petworth, Sussex [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Saint Marks, Staffordshire [1]

Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Southwark, London [1]

Streatham, London [1]

Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [61]

Gunner [6]

Serjeant [6]

Major [5]

Sapper [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Corporal [3]

Driver [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Captain [2]

Commander [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Pioneer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Armament Serjeant [1]

Captain and Adjutant Major [1]

Colonel [1]

Guardsman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Wiltshire Regiment [13]

Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Training Reserve [2]

1/1st South Wales Borderers [1]

1st Life Guards [1]

26th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Army School of Instruction [1]

City of London Yeomanry [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

General Headquarters Staff [1]

General List New Armies [1]

Governor Western Desert Province [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

HM Submarine AE1 [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

HMS Mary Rose [1]

King's Liverpool Regiment 5th Battalion [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Norfolk Regiment Special Reserve [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Engineers Technical Centre Newark [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Service

British Army [99]

Royal Navy [19]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [130]

Contribution

Military Service [130]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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People [130] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Portsea, Hampshire [2] Bath, Somerset [1] Blandford, Dorset [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Holborn, London, Middlesex [1] Kirkdale Liverpool [1] Kirkdale, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Lambeth, London [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Nyngan New South Wales [1] Petworth, Sussex [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Saint Marks, Staffordshire [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] Southwark, London [1] Streatham, London [1] Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [61] Gunner [6] Serjeant [6] Major [5] Sapper [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Temporary Captain [4] Corporal [3] Driver [3] Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Captain [2] Commander [2] Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Pioneer [2] Rifleman [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Armament Serjeant [1] Captain and Adjutant Major [1] Colonel [1] Guardsman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Wiltshire Regiment [13] Army Service Corps [7] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] Hampshire Regiment [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] London Regiment [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Labour Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Training Reserve [2] 1/1st South Wales Borderers [1] 1st Life Guards [1] 26th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Army School of Instruction [1] City of London Yeomanry [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] General Headquarters Staff [1] General List New Armies [1] Governor Western Desert Province [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] HM Submarine AE1 [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] HMS Mary Rose [1] King's Liverpool Regiment 5th Battalion [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Norfolk Regiment Special Reserve [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Engineers Technical Centre Newark [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Service

British Army [99] Royal Navy [19] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [130]

Contribution

Military Service [130]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Wilfred John Besant

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 16295 Private Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 16295 Private Grenadier Guards

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Harold Frederick Besant

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224614

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William Willis Besant

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279322

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Arthur John Besant

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 11748 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Victor George Besant

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army S/11630 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/11630 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Percival Claud Besant

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68482

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William George Besant

Australian Imperial Force 17236

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Frank C Besant

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 574858 Private London Regiment 17th lond Battalion

British Army 574858 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 574858 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

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William Besant

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 18894 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Frank Besant

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186709

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James Besant

Died 1916

British Army 19736 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Baden Besant

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123040

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Thomas George Besant

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242273

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William Besant

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 21345 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 21345 Lance Corporal Wiltshire Regiment

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Samuel John Besant

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy K6275 Leading Stoker HMS Indefatigable

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Thomas Fleming Besant

Born 1883

Died 1914

Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander HM Submarine AE1

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Herbert Eugen Besant

Australian Imperial Force 5336

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Walter Hervey Besant

Born 1861

British Army Major Norfolk Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Governor Western Desert Province

British Army Colonel Norfolk Regiment

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Arthur Besant

Died 1914

British Army 8027 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Samuel James Besant

Born 1879

Royal Navy 535 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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