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Southampton, Hampshire, England [11]

Dorchester, Dorset [6]

Southampton, Hampshire [6]

Reading, Berkshire [4]

Armidale New South Wales [3]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Poole, Dorset [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Beaminster, Dorset [2]

Blandford, Dorset [2]

Bunbury Western Australia [2]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [2]

Dorchester [2]

Dorset [2]

Gosport, Hampshire [2]

King's Somborne, Hants [2]

Launceston Tas Tasmania [2]

Mount Torrens South Australia [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Peterborough, Northamptonshire [2]

Plumstead, Kent [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Taunton, Somerset [2]

Watford, Hertfordshire [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Wooburn, Bucks [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aldershot, Hampsire [1]

Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire, England [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Banana Queensland [1]

Banwell, Somerset [1]

Barnett [1]

Bedfordshire [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [1]

Bournmouth England [1]

Braunston, Northamptonshire, England [1]

Brawday, Dorset [1]

Brent Knoll, Somerset [1]

Bridgewater England [1]

Bridport, Dorset [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Brockenhurst, Hampshire [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Bundaberg Queensland [1]

Buninyong Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [436]

Gunner [47]

Serjeant [40]

Driver [38]

Corporal [36]

Sapper [21]

Lance Corporal [14]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Lieutenant [10]

Captain [9]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Major [6]

Pioneer [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Rifleman [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Bombardier [3]

Signaller [3]

Trooper [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Guardsman [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

2nd Lieut [1]

Acting Artificer Engineer [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Canteen Worker [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Chief Shipwright [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Commander [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Corporal Serjeant [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [65]

Royal Field Artillery [56]

Labour Corps [43]

Royal Engineers [43]

Hampshire Regiment [35]

London Regiment [32]

Dorsetshire Regiment [29]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [28]

Royal Garrison Artillery [28]

Somerset Light Infantry [27]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

Royal Army Medical Corps [19]

Gloucestershire Regiment [16]

Middlesex Regiment [16]

Devonshire Regiment [15]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11]

Wiltshire Regiment [11]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [9]

Royal Naval Division [9]

Army Veterinary Corps [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Highland Light Infantry [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

East Kent Regiment [5]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Life Guards [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Service

British Army [661]

Royal Navy [125]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [73]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [48]

Australian Imperial Force [46]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [976]

M [2]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [949]

Merchant Navy [21]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

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Place of birth

Southampton, Hampshire, England [11] Dorchester, Dorset [6] Southampton, Hampshire [6] Reading, Berkshire [4] Armidale New South Wales [3] Bournemouth, Hampshire [3] London, Middlesex [3] Poole, Dorset [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Beaminster, Dorset [2] Blandford, Dorset [2] Bunbury Western Australia [2] Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] Dorchester [2] Dorset [2] Gosport, Hampshire [2] King's Somborne, Hants [2] Launceston Tas Tasmania [2] Mount Torrens South Australia [2] Paddington, London [2] Peterborough, Northamptonshire [2] Plumstead, Kent [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Taunton, Somerset [2] Watford, Hertfordshire [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Wooburn, Bucks [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aldershot, Hampsire [1] Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire, England [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Banana Queensland [1] Banwell, Somerset [1] Barnett [1] Bedfordshire [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Bournmouth England [1] Braunston, Northamptonshire, England [1] Brawday, Dorset [1] Brent Knoll, Somerset [1] Bridgewater England [1] Bridport, Dorset [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Brockenhurst, Hampshire [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Bundaberg Queensland [1] Buninyong Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [436] Gunner [47] Serjeant [40] Driver [38] Corporal [36] Sapper [21] Lance Corporal [14] Second Lieutenant [13] Lieutenant [10] Captain [9] Acting Serjeant [7] Major [6] Pioneer [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Rifleman [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Acting Corporal [3] Bombardier [3] Signaller [3] Trooper [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Guardsman [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Staff Serjeant [2] 2nd Lieut [1] Acting Artificer Engineer [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Canteen Worker [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Chief Shipwright [1] Chief Stoker [1] Commander [1] Deck Hand [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Corporal Serjeant [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [65] Royal Field Artillery [56] Labour Corps [43] Royal Engineers [43] Hampshire Regiment [35] London Regiment [32] Dorsetshire Regiment [29] Royal Berkshire Regiment [28] Royal Garrison Artillery [28] Somerset Light Infantry [27] Machine Gun Corps [19] Royal Army Medical Corps [19] Gloucestershire Regiment [16] Middlesex Regiment [16] Devonshire Regiment [15] Rifle Brigade [13] Royal Fusiliers [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11] Wiltshire Regiment [11] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [9] Royal Naval Division [9] Army Veterinary Corps [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] East Surrey Regiment [6] Highland Light Infantry [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5] Durham Light Infantry [5] East Kent Regiment [5] Royal Horse Artillery [5] Royal Irish Rifles [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] West Riding Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Life Guards [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Corps of Hussars [3]

Service

British Army [661] Royal Navy [125] Canadian Expeditionary Force [73] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [48] Australian Imperial Force [46] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [976] M [2] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [949] Merchant Navy [21] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

Frederick John House

Died 1917

British Army 1154 Private West Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 27656 Private Somerset Light Infantry 7th Battaliion

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Albert House

Died 1916

British Army 5980 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 5980 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Henry Benjamin House

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 202334

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Arthur Herbert House

Born 1894

Died 1961

Royal Navy 212964 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 12964 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery - HMS IRON DUKE

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Alfred Thomas House

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27802

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William House

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 71452

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George House

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227732

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Alfred Stanley House

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 51070 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 46086 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Edwin Thomas House

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 22986 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Walter House

Died 1917

British Army 4765 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 15117 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

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Robert Angus House

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 25738 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Percy House

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 18268 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Malcolm Hutchinson House

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 26311 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

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Robert House

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 203885

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Biron Howe House

Born 1884

Died 1930

British Army 1357 Private West Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 295287 Serjeant Somerset Light Infantry

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Stanley William House

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 20167 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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William James House

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249459

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John Robert House

Born 1881

Died 1914

Royal Navy 195005 Able Seaman HMS Good Hope

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John Henry Francis House

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313777

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Richard Harold House

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102686

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