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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]

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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]

Henry Francis Besant

Born 1887

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

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Frederick J Besant

British Army RTS/1483 Private Army Service Corps

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W Besant

British Army GS/134447 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 6449290 Private Royal Fusiliers

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H W Besant

British Army M2/121744 Private Army Service Corps

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William George Besant

British Army 13752 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment manchest Battalion

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Edgar R Besant

British Army 400776 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William Besant

British Army 16318 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 69452 Private Tank Corps

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Reginald A Besant

British Army DM2/171520 Private Army Service Corps

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James R Besant

British Army M2/130650 Private Army Service Corps

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Frederick C Besant

British Army 38526 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Joseph Besant

British Army 12850 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army TR/16543 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Robert Besant

British Army 58831 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Besant

British Army YR/3 21428 Private Training Reserve 68th Battalion

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Harold S Besant

British Army R/8500 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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William Besant

British Army 7842 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Gerald Besant

British Army 30289 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Hedley J Besant

British Army G/39832 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Thomas P Besant

British Army 220067 Driver Royal Engineers

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William P Besant

British Army 95517 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 95517 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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George E Besant

British Army T2302 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army T851173 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 287122 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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