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Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Hereford [2]

Powick, Worcestershire [2]

Alcester, Warwickshire [1]

Barley Gate, Herefordshire [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Bristol [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Child Okeford, Dorset [1]

Coventry [1]

Darlaston, Staffordshire [1]

Feckenham [1]

HALESOWEN, WORCS [1]

Handsworth Birmingham [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Ringwood, Hampshire [1]

Rotherham [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Small Heath, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Warwickshire [1]

Worcester England [1]

Rank

Private [75]

Serjeant [9]

Driver [7]

Gunner [7]

Corporal [4]

Sapper [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Colour Serjeant/Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [26]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Labour Corps [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Herefordshire Regiment [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Canadian Railway Troops [1]

City of London Regiment [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Life Guards [1]

London Regiment [1]

London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps Infantry [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [1]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Irish Rifles [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Service

British Army [115]

Royal Navy [14]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

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P [146]

Contribution

Military Service [144]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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People [146] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Hereford [2] Powick, Worcestershire [2] Alcester, Warwickshire [1] Barley Gate, Herefordshire [1] Birmingham England [1] Bristol [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Child Okeford, Dorset [1] Coventry [1] Darlaston, Staffordshire [1] Feckenham [1] HALESOWEN, WORCS [1] Handsworth Birmingham [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Ringwood, Hampshire [1] Rotherham [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Small Heath, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Warwickshire [1] Worcester England [1]

Rank

Private [75] Serjeant [9] Driver [7] Gunner [7] Corporal [4] Sapper [4] Lance Corporal [3] Lance Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier [1] Captain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Colour Serjeant/Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant [1] Munitions Worker [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [26] Royal Field Artillery [14] Labour Corps [7] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Army Service Corps [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Herefordshire Regiment [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] Canadian Railway Troops [1] City of London Regiment [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Life Guards [1] London Regiment [1] London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps Infantry [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [1] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Irish Rifles [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Service

British Army [115] Royal Navy [14] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Australian Imperial Force [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [146]

Contribution

Military Service [144]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

James Herbert Portman

Born 1886

Royal Navy K12946

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Turner Portman

Born 1888

Royal Navy M15636

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Norman Sidney Portman

Born 1894

Royal Navy M24845

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James Herbert Portman

Born 1886

Royal Navy SS104052

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Thomas Portman

Born 1887

Royal Navy 229795

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Joseph Sinclair Portman

Born 1895

Royal Navy F4475

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Maurice Percy Berkeley Portman

Born 1884

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Lieutenant

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Robert John Portman

Born 1899

Royal Navy F50188

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Arthur George Portman

Born 1895

Royal Navy J17668

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Albert John Portman

Born 1893

Royal Navy SS3960

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Harry Royston Portman

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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William Portman

Australian Imperial Force

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Florence Portman

Born 1881

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Munitions Worker

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Herbert Gordon Portman

British Army 288673 Private Canadian Machine Gun Corps

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Beatrice Portman

British Army 2136 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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W J Portman

British Army 200491 Private Acting Corporal Welsh Regiment

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Albert Portman

British Army 11418 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 248595 Driver Royal Engineers

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Keva Portman

British Army 556087 Private Labour Corps

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Albert Portman

British Army 25516 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 41335 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 23755 Private Army Pay Corps

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George E Portman

British Army 39537 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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