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Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [20]

Brighton, Sussex [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire [8]

West Ham, Essex [7]

Chichester, Sussex [6]

Leeds, Yorkshire [6]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Dublin [5]

Gosport, Hampshire [5]

Southampton, Hampshire [5]

Wandsworth, London [5]

Bermondsey, London [4]

Bethnal Green, London [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Portsea, Hampshire [4]

Tottenham, London [4]

Lincoln [3]

London [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Woolwich, Kent [3]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Belfast [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Bognor, Sussex [2]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2]

Cosham, Hampshire [2]

Crewe, Cheshire [2]

Durham [2]

Fareham, Hampshire [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Kentish Town, London [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Liverpool [2]

Maidenhead, Berkshire [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Richmond, Surrey [2]

Romsey, Hampshire [2]

Ryde, Isle of Wight [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Shoreham, Sussex [2]

Stafford [2]

Thornaby, Yorkshire [2]

West Ham, London [2]

Willesden, London [2]

Rank

Able Seaman [90]

Stoker 1st Class [87]

Boy 1st Class [51]

Ordinary Seaman [35]

Private [31]

Stoker [31]

Petty Officer [21]

Leading Seaman [19]

Leading Stoker [18]

Stoker Petty Officer [14]

Lieutenant [8]

Boy 2nd Class [7]

Chief Stoker [7]

Midshipman [7]

Signal Boy [7]

Signalman [7]

Leading Signalman [6]

Mechanician [6]

Chief Petty Officer [5]

Cook's Mate [5]

Acting Leading Stoker [4]

Corporal [4]

Ordinary Telegraphist [4]

Shipwright 2nd Class [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Boy Telegraphist [3]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [3]

Petty Officer 1st Class [3]

Recruit [3]

Seaman [3]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [3]

Shipwright 1st Class [3]

Sick Berth Steward [3]

Artificer Engineer [2]

Canteen Assistant [2]

Captain [2]

Carpenter's Crew [2]

Chief Armourer [2]

Officer's Cook 1st Class [2]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Sailmaker [2]

Serjeant [2]

Sick Berth Attendant [2]

Surgeon [2]

Unit

HMS Hampshire [368]

HMS HAMPSHIRE [65]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Hampshire [34]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [29]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Hampshire [27]

Royal Naval Reserve [24]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Hampshire [16]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [13]

HMS "Hampshire" [11]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [11]

Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Hampshire [10]

H.M.S. "Hampshire" [5]

HMS Agincourt [4]

HMS Ganges [3]

HMS Impregnable [3]

HMS Roxburgh [3]

HMS Victorious [3]

HMS Victory I [3]

RNVR Tyneside - HMS Hampshire [3]

Royal Naval Division - Howe Battalion [3]

Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Hampshire [3]

HMS Excellent [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

HMS Revenge [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS HAMPSHIRE [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Hampshire [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve, HMS HAMPSHIRE [2]

Admiralty Civilian [1]

Admiralty Civilian - HMS 'Hampshire' [1]

Admiralty Civilian - HMS Hampshire [1]

Duke of Wellington 2 [1]

H M S "Hampshire" [1]

H.M.S. Hampshire [1]

HMS ? [1]

HMS Aboukir [1]

HMS Africa [1]

HMS Albermarle [1]

HMS Arethusa [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Boscowan [1]

HMS Boscowan I [1]

HMS Broke [1]

HMS Bulwark [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Cossack [1]

HMS Cressy [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS Diadem [1]

HMS Duncan [1]

Service

Royal Navy [543]

British Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [79]

H [55]

C [49]

S [45]

F [34]

M [34]

G [33]

D [32]

R [24]

W [24]

L [22]

J [19]

A [18]

P [17]

E [15]

T [15]

K [14]

N [8]

I [3]

Y [2]

O [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [419]

Country

United Kingdom [81]

Jersey [1]

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People [544] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [20] Brighton, Sussex [8] Liverpool, Lancashire [8] West Ham, Essex [7] Chichester, Sussex [6] Leeds, Yorkshire [6] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Dublin [5] Gosport, Hampshire [5] Southampton, Hampshire [5] Wandsworth, London [5] Bermondsey, London [4] Bethnal Green, London [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire [4] Portsea, Hampshire [4] Tottenham, London [4] Lincoln [3] London [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Woolwich, Kent [3] Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Battersea, London [2] Belfast [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Bognor, Sussex [2] Bournemouth, Hampshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Burnley, Lancashire [2] Camberwell, London [2] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2] Cosham, Hampshire [2] Crewe, Cheshire [2] Durham [2] Fareham, Hampshire [2] Kensington, London [2] Kentish Town, London [2] Lambeth, London [2] Liverpool [2] Maidenhead, Berkshire [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Richmond, Surrey [2] Romsey, Hampshire [2] Ryde, Isle of Wight [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Shoreham, Sussex [2] Stafford [2] Thornaby, Yorkshire [2] West Ham, London [2] Willesden, London [2]

Rank

Able Seaman [90] Stoker 1st Class [87] Boy 1st Class [51] Ordinary Seaman [35] Private [31] Stoker [31] Petty Officer [21] Leading Seaman [19] Leading Stoker [18] Stoker Petty Officer [14] Lieutenant [8] Boy 2nd Class [7] Chief Stoker [7] Midshipman [7] Signal Boy [7] Signalman [7] Leading Signalman [6] Mechanician [6] Chief Petty Officer [5] Cook's Mate [5] Acting Leading Stoker [4] Corporal [4] Ordinary Telegraphist [4] Shipwright 2nd Class [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Boy Telegraphist [3] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [3] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Lance Corporal [3] Officer's Steward 1st Class [3] Petty Officer 1st Class [3] Recruit [3] Seaman [3] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [3] Shipwright 1st Class [3] Sick Berth Steward [3] Artificer Engineer [2] Canteen Assistant [2] Captain [2] Carpenter's Crew [2] Chief Armourer [2] Officer's Cook 1st Class [2] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Sailmaker [2] Serjeant [2] Sick Berth Attendant [2] Surgeon [2]

Unit

HMS Hampshire [368] HMS HAMPSHIRE [65] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Hampshire [34] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [29] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Hampshire [27] Royal Naval Reserve [24] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Hampshire [16] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [13] HMS "Hampshire" [11] Royal Marine Light Infantry [11] Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Hampshire [10] H.M.S. "Hampshire" [5] HMS Agincourt [4] HMS Ganges [3] HMS Impregnable [3] HMS Roxburgh [3] HMS Victorious [3] HMS Victory I [3] RNVR Tyneside - HMS Hampshire [3] Royal Naval Division - Howe Battalion [3] Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Hampshire [3] HMS Excellent [2] HMS Fearless [2] HMS Revenge [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS HAMPSHIRE [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Hampshire [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve, HMS HAMPSHIRE [2] Admiralty Civilian [1] Admiralty Civilian - HMS 'Hampshire' [1] Admiralty Civilian - HMS Hampshire [1] Duke of Wellington 2 [1] H M S "Hampshire" [1] H.M.S. Hampshire [1] HMS ? [1] HMS Aboukir [1] HMS Africa [1] HMS Albermarle [1] HMS Arethusa [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Boscowan [1] HMS Boscowan I [1] HMS Broke [1] HMS Bulwark [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Cossack [1] HMS Cressy [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS Diadem [1] HMS Duncan [1]

Service

Royal Navy [543] British Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [79] H [55] C [49] S [45] F [34] M [34] G [33] D [32] R [24] W [24] L [22] J [19] A [18] P [17] E [15] T [15] K [14] N [8] I [3] Y [2] O [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [419]

Country

United Kingdom [81] Jersey [1]

George Edward Reeve

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 232867 Boy 2nd Class

Royal Navy 232867 Boy 1st Class

Royal Navy 232867 Signalman

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Samuel Solomon Snell

Born 1883

Died 1916

Royal Navy 211373 Able Seaman HMS HAMPSHIRE

Royal Navy 211373(PO) Able Seaman HMS Hampshire

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Albert Edward Austin

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy J5810 Leading Seaman HMS Hampshire

Royal Navy J/5810(PO) Leading Seaman HMS "Hampshire"

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Charles Walter Rogerson

Born 1890

Died 1923

Royal Navy 236059

Royal Navy 236059 Able Seaman HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy 236059 Leading Seaman HMS Hampshire

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Albert Godfrey Sanderson Naylor

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy M6821

Royal Navy M/6821 Sick Berth Attendant HMS Hampshire

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Edwin George Harrison

Born 1885

Died 1916

Royal Navy 346362 Chief Ship's Cook HMS Hampshire

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Stanley Collier

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy 234001 Able Seaman HMS Hampshire

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Harry Mitchner

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy 235318 Able Seaman HMS Hampshire

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George Reynolds

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy K19786(Po) Stoker 1st Class HMS "Hampshire"

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William Monamy Amy

Born 1874

Died 1916

Royal Navy 342066 Shipwright 1st Class HMS Hampshire

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Edwin Walden

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy 224196

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Hampshire

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Philip George Alexander

Born 1883

Died 1916

Royal Navy Chaplain HMS Hampshire

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Reginald Lacey

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy K2491

Royal Navy K/2491(PO) Leading Stoker HMS Hampshire

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Joseph James Amos

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy J34405 Ordinary Seaman HMS Hampshire

Royal Navy J/34405(CH) Ordinary Seaman HMS "Hampshire"

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Fred Henry Allen

Born 1898

Died 1916

Royal Navy J36182 Boy 1st Class HMS Hampshire

Royal Navy J/36182(CH) Boy 1st Class HMS "Hampshire"

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Ralph Angus Buckingham

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy J. 12609. (Po.) Able Seaman HMS Hampshire

Royal Navy J12609 Able Seaman HMS Hampshire

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Frederick Robert Shepherd

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy HMS "Hampshire"

Royal Navy J49848 Able Seaman HMS Hampshire

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William Ewart Or Ernest Stafford

Born 1898

Died 1916

Royal Navy J37920 Boy 1st Class HMS HAMPSHIRE

Royal Navy J/37920(CH) Boy 1st Class HMS Hampshire

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Walter Welsby

Born 1898

Died 1916

Royal Navy J35545 Boy 1st Class HMS HAMPSHIRE

Royal Navy J/35545(Dev) Boy 1st Class HMS Hampshire

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Samuel Baines

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy K23163 Stoker 1st Class HMS Hampshire

Royal Navy K/23163(PO) Stoker 1st Class HMS "Hampshire"

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