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Fordingbridge, Hampshire [7]

Ringwood, Hampshire [4]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [4]

Ringwood, Hampshire, England [3]

Fordingbridge Hampshire [2]

Longford Tasmania [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Amesbury, Wiltshire [1]

Andover, Hampshire [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Bethnal Green,Greater London, Middlesex, [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Blandford, Dorset [1]

Blenheim, Oxfordshire [1]

Blenheim, Woodstock, Oxfordshire [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire, England [1]

Bransgrove, Hampshire [1]

Breamore, Fordingbridge, Hampshire [1]

Broad Hinton, Wiltshire [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Chatham Kent [1]

Chinchilla Queensland [1]

Cunningham Victoria [1]

Devonport, Devon, England [1]

East Ham, London [1]

Footscray Victoria [1]

Frogham Hampshire [1]

Gunnedah New South Wales [1]

Harbridge, Ringwood, Hampshire [1]

Hornchurch, Essex [1]

Kingsclere [1]

Limeburners Creek New South Wales [1]

Lyndhurst, Hampshire [1]

Maddington, Salisbury [1]

Maddington, Salisbury, Wiltshire [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Penrith New South Wales [1]

Raymond Terrace New South Wales [1]

Ringwood Hampshire [1]

Saint Germans, Cornwall [1]

Salisbury, Witshire [1]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [1]

St Pancras, London, Middlesex [1]

Stalbridge Dorset [1]

Tollard Royal, Wilts [1]

Tumut New South Wales [1]

Turrawan New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [152]

Gunner [16]

Sapper [15]

Corporal [13]

Driver [12]

Serjeant [10]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Lieutenant [5]

Captain [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Bombardier [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Matron [1]

Quarter Master and Captain [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [27]

Royal Engineers [22]

Army Service Corps [20]

Labour Corps [19]

Royal Field Artillery [16]

Wiltshire Regiment [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

London Regiment [9]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Hussars [2]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [2]

Non-Combatant Corps [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Marines Band [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

15th Hussars [1]

19th Hussars [1]

2/3rd South African Infantry Brigade [1]

21st Battalion Australian Army Corps [1]

43rd Provisional Battalion [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Bakery [1]

Service

British Army [236]

Royal Navy [34]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [18]

Australian Imperial Force [17]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

W [324]

D [12]

Contribution

Military Service [326]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

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Place of birth

Fordingbridge, Hampshire [7] Ringwood, Hampshire [4] Salisbury, Wiltshire [4] Ringwood, Hampshire, England [3] Fordingbridge Hampshire [2] Longford Tasmania [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Amesbury, Wiltshire [1] Andover, Hampshire [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Bethnal Green,Greater London, Middlesex, [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Blandford, Dorset [1] Blenheim, Oxfordshire [1] Blenheim, Woodstock, Oxfordshire [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire, England [1] Bransgrove, Hampshire [1] Breamore, Fordingbridge, Hampshire [1] Broad Hinton, Wiltshire [1] Canning Town, London [1] Chatham Kent [1] Chinchilla Queensland [1] Cunningham Victoria [1] Devonport, Devon, England [1] East Ham, London [1] Footscray Victoria [1] Frogham Hampshire [1] Gunnedah New South Wales [1] Harbridge, Ringwood, Hampshire [1] Hornchurch, Essex [1] Kingsclere [1] Limeburners Creek New South Wales [1] Lyndhurst, Hampshire [1] Maddington, Salisbury [1] Maddington, Salisbury, Wiltshire [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Penrith New South Wales [1] Raymond Terrace New South Wales [1] Ringwood Hampshire [1] Saint Germans, Cornwall [1] Salisbury, Witshire [1] Southampton, Hampshire, England [1] St Pancras, London, Middlesex [1] Stalbridge Dorset [1] Tollard Royal, Wilts [1] Tumut New South Wales [1] Turrawan New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [152] Gunner [16] Sapper [15] Corporal [13] Driver [12] Serjeant [10] Second Lieutenant [9] Lance Corporal [8] Lieutenant [5] Captain [4] Acting Corporal [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Bombardier [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Matron [1] Quarter Master and Captain [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [27] Royal Engineers [22] Army Service Corps [20] Labour Corps [19] Royal Field Artillery [16] Wiltshire Regiment [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] London Regiment [9] Royal Fusiliers [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Hussars [2] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [2] Non-Combatant Corps [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Marines Band [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Welsh Regiment [2] 15th Hussars [1] 19th Hussars [1] 2/3rd South African Infantry Brigade [1] 21st Battalion Australian Army Corps [1] 43rd Provisional Battalion [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps Bakery [1]

Service

British Army [236] Royal Navy [34] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21] Canadian Expeditionary Force [18] Australian Imperial Force [17] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

W [324] D [12]

Contribution

Military Service [326] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Alfred Witt

Born 1885

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 256239 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 1st Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 256239

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Reginald Witt

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 23061 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Herbert Witt

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 14996 Private Hampshire Regiment 11 Battalion

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William Witt

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189163

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Robert William Witt

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 23309 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Leonard Victor Witt

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 17443 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 17443 Private The Hampshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Frank Witt

Born 1896

Died 1972

British Army 141426 Driver Royal Horse & Field Artillery No 3rd Deport

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Mark Witt

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216841

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James Albert Witt

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230467

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Thomas L Witt

Born 1895

British Army 22453 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 22453 Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 3905992 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers

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Frederick Witt

Born 1894

Died 1947

British Army 4128 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 133042 Royal Field Artillery No 7th Territorial Force

British Army 826693 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Edward Fred Witt

Born 1877

Died 1919

Royal Navy 8840 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/8840 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: HMS Diana

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John William Witt

Died 1916

British Army 22876 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Reginald Witt

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 1935 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army 203389 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Charles Witt

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 201188 Acting Colour Serjeant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment attached Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Leonard Stanley Witt

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 289 Gunner Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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William George Witt

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 8985 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Alfred George Witt

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 30316 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 30316 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Ernest Albert Witt

Died 1915

British Army 8579 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Percival Frank Witt

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 78744 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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