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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]

William Brewer House

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 21560 Private Somerset Light Infantry 3rd Btn

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Henry House

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 41097 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 43020 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Henry George House

Born 1889

British Army 3903090 Warrant Officer Class 1 South Wales Borderers

British Army 9854 Warrant Officer Class 2 South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9854 Company Serjeant Major South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Thomas House

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235370

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Harold House

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 70253 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 83251 Private London Regiment

British Army 45060 Private Princess Charlotte Of Wales's Royal Berkshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Frederick Thomas House

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 66499 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 66499 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 1/5th Battalion

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Thomas House

Died 1917

British Army 200647 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 235794 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Edwin Montague House

Born 1891

Died 1971

British Army 78516 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Joseph House

Born 1879

Died 1919

Royal Navy Artificer Engineer HMS Princess Royal

Royal Navy Acting Artificer Engineer

Royal Navy Engineer Lieutenant

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Ernest Richard House

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90407

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Frederick Gordon House

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121628

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Leonard Grant House

Born 1887

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 491299

Canadian Expeditionary Force 491299 Private Canadian Infantry

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Ernest House

Born 1890

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 47311

Canadian Expeditionary Force 47311 Corporal Canadian Infantry

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Harold Oscar House

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220755

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Harold House

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244138

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Edward James House

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1260 Guardsman Welsh Guards 1st Battalion

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Charles House

Died 1917

British Army S/17784 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/17784 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Everett Charles House

Died 1915

British Army 10321 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Ernest House

Died 1915

British Army 6630 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Arthur House

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 10375 Private Hampshire Regiment

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