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Southampton, Hampshire, England [5]

Southampton, Hampshire [4]

Ryde, Isle of Wight [3]

Aden [2]

Berbera [2]

Bombay [2]

Carhampton, Somerset [2]

Dorset [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Romford, Essex [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Wimborne, Dorset [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [1]

Avoca Victoria [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Chard, Dorset [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Dartmouth [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Enfield, London [1]

Gillingham, Kent [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hampshire, England [1]

Heathfield, Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Hodson, Swindon, Wilts [1]

Hounsdown, Hampshire, England [1]

Inverness [1]

Inverness, Inverness-shire [1]

Islington, London [1]

Islington, London, Middlesex [1]

Kensington, London [1]

London England [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Marchwood, Hampshire, England [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Near Chard, Dorset [1]

Netley Marsh, Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Newport Wales [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Reading, Berkshire [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Sutton, Surrey [1]

Thorncombe, Dorset [1]

Totton, Hampshire [1]

Totton, Hampshire, England [1]

Whetstone, Middlesex [1]

Whitwell near Newport Isle of Wight [1]

Rank

Private [132]

Muleteer [53]

Driver [13]

Corporal [12]

Gunner [12]

Lance Corporal [5]

Sapper [5]

Serjeant [5]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Bombardier [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Interpreter [2]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [2]

Reis [2]

Tamarghi [2]

1st Constable [1]

2nd Class Master [1]

3rd Serjeant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Aircraftwoman [1]

Bash Reverend [1]

Bash Shawish [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bearer [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain [1]

Corporal Foreman [1]

Corporal; Onbashi [1]

El Mul Awal [1]

Engine Room Greaser [1]

Fireman [1]

Foreman [1]

Gunner Acting Serjeant [1]

Jamargic [1]

Lance Naik [1]

Mechanist Serjeant Major [1]

Naik [1]

Onbashi [1]

Pioneer [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Shawish /Serjeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Sub Conductor /Acting Conductor [1]

Tailor [1]

Unit

Macedonian Mule Corps [55]

Hampshire Regiment [21]

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Army Service Corps [15]

Royal Engineers [15]

Labour Corps [14]

Egyptian Labour Corps [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

King's African Rifles [8]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Dorsetshire Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Wiltshire Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Egyptian Army [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Artillery Egyptian Army [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Frontier District Administration [2]

Kenya Police [2]

Mekran Levy Corps [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Welsh Guards [2]

3rd Carrier Regiment Iraq Levies [1]

7th King's African Rifles [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Carnatic Infantry [1]

City of London Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [277]

Royal Navy [34]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

O [324]

M [16]

S [7]

A [6]

H [5]

J [5]

R [4]

T [2]

D [1]

E [1]

F [1]

G [1]

I [1]

K [1]

V [1]

W [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [346]

Merchant Navy [30]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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Place of birth

Southampton, Hampshire, England [5] Southampton, Hampshire [4] Ryde, Isle of Wight [3] Aden [2] Berbera [2] Bombay [2] Carhampton, Somerset [2] Dorset [2] Poplar, London [2] Romford, Essex [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Wimborne, Dorset [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Alverstoke, Hampshire [1] Avoca Victoria [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Chard, Dorset [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Dartmouth [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Enfield, London [1] Gillingham, Kent [1] Hackney, London [1] Hampshire, England [1] Heathfield, Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Hodson, Swindon, Wilts [1] Hounsdown, Hampshire, England [1] Inverness [1] Inverness, Inverness-shire [1] Islington, London [1] Islington, London, Middlesex [1] Kensington, London [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Marchwood, Hampshire, England [1] Marylebone, London [1] Near Chard, Dorset [1] Netley Marsh, Southampton, Hampshire [1] Newport Wales [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Reading, Berkshire [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Sutton, Surrey [1] Thorncombe, Dorset [1] Totton, Hampshire [1] Totton, Hampshire, England [1] Whetstone, Middlesex [1] Whitwell near Newport Isle of Wight [1]

Rank

Private [132] Muleteer [53] Driver [13] Corporal [12] Gunner [12] Lance Corporal [5] Sapper [5] Serjeant [5] Acting Serjeant [3] Lieutenant [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Bombardier [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Interpreter [2] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [2] Reis [2] Tamarghi [2] 1st Constable [1] 2nd Class Master [1] 3rd Serjeant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Aircraftwoman [1] Bash Reverend [1] Bash Shawish [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bearer [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain [1] Corporal Foreman [1] Corporal; Onbashi [1] El Mul Awal [1] Engine Room Greaser [1] Fireman [1] Foreman [1] Gunner Acting Serjeant [1] Jamargic [1] Lance Naik [1] Mechanist Serjeant Major [1] Naik [1] Onbashi [1] Pioneer [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Shawish /Serjeant [1] Stoker [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Sub Conductor /Acting Conductor [1] Tailor [1]

Unit

Macedonian Mule Corps [55] Hampshire Regiment [21] Royal Field Artillery [19] Army Service Corps [15] Royal Engineers [15] Labour Corps [14] Egyptian Labour Corps [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] King's African Rifles [8] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Devonshire Regiment [5] Dorsetshire Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Wiltshire Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Egyptian Army [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Artillery Egyptian Army [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Border Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Frontier District Administration [2] Kenya Police [2] Mekran Levy Corps [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Welsh Guards [2] 3rd Carrier Regiment Iraq Levies [1] 7th King's African Rifles [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Carnatic Infantry [1] City of London Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [277] Royal Navy [34] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] Canadian Expeditionary Force [11] Australian Imperial Force [4] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

O [324] M [16] S [7] A [6] H [5] J [5] R [4] T [2] D [1] E [1] F [1] G [1] I [1] K [1] V [1] W [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [346] Merchant Navy [30] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

James Osman

Born 1881

Died 1919

British Army M/23218 Warrant Officer Class 2 Army Service Corps

British Army M/23218 Mechanist Staff Serjeant Army Service Corps

British Army M/23218 Mechanist Serjeant Major Army Service Corps

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Arthur Wilfred Osman

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 8690 Corporal Somerset Light Infantry 1st Btn

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Clifford Frederick Osman

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 7563 Private Honourable Artillery Company - Infantry

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Eva Annie Osman

Born 1899

Died 1921

Royal Navy G1455

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William Charles Osman

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260411

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Arthur Rowland Osman

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281557

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Harold Stewart Osman

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298264

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Richard Henry Osman

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112578

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Robert J Osman

Died 1917

British Army 241124 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Ailsa Irene May Osman

Born 1897

Royal Navy G1464 Aircraftwoman

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Walter Osman

Born 1888

Royal Navy K25759

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John Charles Herbert Osman

Died 1918

British Army 45519 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 44216 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 44216 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Bn.

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Leonard Charles Osman

Born 1896

Died 1966

British Army 3959 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Indian Army

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Harry Lansdaine Osman

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284958

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Charles John Osman

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136756

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Ernest Charles Osman

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84466

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Tom Arthur Osman

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99115

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Thomas Burrows Osman

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240957

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Robert Osman

Born 1867

Died 1946

British Army 4264 Private Welsh Regiment 5th Btn

British Army 60951 Private South Lancashire Regiment 15th Btn

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Frederick Owen Osman

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 179458

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