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Portsmouth, Hampshire [9]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Bundaberg Queensland [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Chichester, Sussex [2]

Dorset [2]

Fareham, Hampshire [2]

Grimsby [2]

Hanley, Staffordshire [2]

London England [2]

Nebo Queensland [2]

Prospect South Australia [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Yorketown South Australia [2]

Allington, Hampshire [1]

Ashford, Middlesex [1]

Balham, London [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Belmont Belfast, Antrim [1]

Blackrock, Ireland [1]

Blackwater Queensland [1]

Bridgend, South Wales [1]

Calcutta [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cambridge [1]

Clarendon South Australia [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Crewe [1]

Croxton, Norfolk [1]

Dalston, London [1]

Dartmouth, Devon [1]

Dartmouth, Devon, England [1]

Diss, Norfolk [1]

East Ham, Essex, England [1]

Edgbaston, Birmingham, Worcs [1]

Ellington, Huntingdonshire [1]

Emsworth, Hampshire [1]

Essex [1]

Essex England [1]

Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Forest Side, Sussex [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Hampshire England [1]

Hastings NZ [1]

Havant, Hampshire [1]

Helmsley District, Yorkshire [1]

Houghton le Spring, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [253]

Gunner [25]

Corporal [20]

Driver [17]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Serjeant [15]

Sapper [14]

Captain [9]

Lance Corporal [9]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Pioneer [4]

Regimental Serjeant Major [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Conductor [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Major [1]

Assistant Clerk [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Bandsman [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain and Brevet Major [1]

Captain and Brevet Major (Acting Lieutenant Colonel) [1]

Captain and Brevet Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Driver Lance Bombardier [1]

Driver Saddler [1]

General Service Clerk Class 2 [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Mister [1]

Paymaster Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Paymaster Sub Lieutenant [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master Lieutenant [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [34]

Army Service Corps [28]

Labour Corps [25]

Royal Field Artillery [25]

Hampshire Regiment [18]

London Regiment [14]

Norfolk Regiment [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

British West Indies Regiment [11]

Rifle Brigade [11]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

Canadian Infantry [8]

Devonshire Regiment [8]

Essex Regiment [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

Suffolk Regiment [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

Dorsetshire Regiment [5]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Scots Guards [4]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Norfolk Yeomanry [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Regiment [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Service

British Army [396]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [126]

Royal Navy [56]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29]

Australian Imperial Force [28]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

C [660]

Contribution

Military Service [641]

Merchant Navy [17]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Barbados [3]

France [1]

New Zealand [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [9] Sydney New South Wales [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Bundaberg Queensland [2] Chelsea, London [2] Chichester, Sussex [2] Dorset [2] Fareham, Hampshire [2] Grimsby [2] Hanley, Staffordshire [2] London England [2] Nebo Queensland [2] Prospect South Australia [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Yorketown South Australia [2] Allington, Hampshire [1] Ashford, Middlesex [1] Balham, London [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Belmont Belfast, Antrim [1] Blackrock, Ireland [1] Blackwater Queensland [1] Bridgend, South Wales [1] Calcutta [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cambridge [1] Clarendon South Australia [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Crewe [1] Croxton, Norfolk [1] Dalston, London [1] Dartmouth, Devon [1] Dartmouth, Devon, England [1] Diss, Norfolk [1] East Ham, Essex, England [1] Edgbaston, Birmingham, Worcs [1] Ellington, Huntingdonshire [1] Emsworth, Hampshire [1] Essex [1] Essex England [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1] Forest Side, Sussex [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Hampshire England [1] Hastings NZ [1] Havant, Hampshire [1] Helmsley District, Yorkshire [1] Houghton le Spring, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [253] Gunner [25] Corporal [20] Driver [17] Second Lieutenant [16] Serjeant [15] Sapper [14] Captain [9] Lance Corporal [9] Company Serjeant Major [6] Lieutenant [6] Acting Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Pioneer [4] Regimental Serjeant Major [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Conductor [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Leading Seaman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Major [1] Assistant Clerk [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Bandsman [1] Bombardier [1] Captain and Brevet Major [1] Captain and Brevet Major (Acting Lieutenant Colonel) [1] Captain and Brevet Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Chaplain to the Forces [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Driver Lance Bombardier [1] Driver Saddler [1] General Service Clerk Class 2 [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Mister [1] Paymaster Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Paymaster Sub Lieutenant [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Quarter Master Lieutenant [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [34] Army Service Corps [28] Labour Corps [25] Royal Field Artillery [25] Hampshire Regiment [18] London Regiment [14] Norfolk Regiment [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] Middlesex Regiment [12] British West Indies Regiment [11] Rifle Brigade [11] Machine Gun Corps [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] Canadian Infantry [8] Devonshire Regiment [8] Essex Regiment [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] Suffolk Regiment [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] East Surrey Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Army Veterinary Corps [5] Dorsetshire Regiment [5] Royal Horse Artillery [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Scots Guards [4] Canadian Infantry Battalion [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Pay Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Norfolk Yeomanry [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Regiment [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Service

British Army [396] Canadian Expeditionary Force [126] Royal Navy [56] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29] Australian Imperial Force [28] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

C [660]

Contribution

Military Service [641] Merchant Navy [17] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [17] Barbados [3] France [1] New Zealand [1] United States [1]

Rev George Armitage Chase

Born 1886

Died 1971

British Army Chaplain to the Forces Royal Army Chaplain's Department

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Herbert Chase

Born 1881

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/1427 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Archibald Alderman Chase

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers Attached 8th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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Lisle Chase

Born 1898

Other Empire Force 1045 Barbados Volunteers

British Army 14985 Private British West Indies Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 14985 Private British West Indies Regiment 12th Battalion

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Arthur Chase

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army G/10228 Private Middlesex Regiment 6th Battalion.

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Thomas Arthur Chase

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 16300 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 22387 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Sydney Chase

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 405938 Private Labour Corps

British Army 3772 Private Royal Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army GS/125703 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Alfred Bayley Chase

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army R 40539 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/40539 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps Depot

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Frederick Robert Chase

Born 1888

Died 1975

British Army 10832 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 10832 Lincolnshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Richard Henry Chase

Born 1867

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 691 Private Australian Infantry 16th Battalion

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Edwin Henry Chase

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2069 Private Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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Donald Ernest Chase

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 110356

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant

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Caleb Chase

Born 1896

British Army 4909 Private British West Indies Regiment attached Royal Garrison Artillery attached No.3 Depot

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Robert George Benjamin Chase

Born 1882

Died 1950

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Acting Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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William Hewby Chase

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307333

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Alfred Chase

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126241

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Maurice John Chase

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92037

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Percy Victor Chase

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222680

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Leonard Chase

Born 1894

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 2581 Corporal 32nd Bn. Australian Infantry

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Oscar Raymond Chase

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 270205

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