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Place of birth

Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Swindon, Wiltshire [3]

Southampton [2]

Beaminster, Dorset [1]

Birmingham Warwickshire [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Bramshott, Hampshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Buckinghamshire [1]

Chepstow, Monmouthshire [1]

Dogmersfield Hampshire [1]

Fareham, Hants [1]

Gosport, Portsmouth [1]

Hackney [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hampshire [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Houghton le Spring, County Durham [1]

Lampton, Heston, Middlesex [1]

Ledbury, Herefordshire [1]

Llanrhidian, Gower, Glamorgan, WALES [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Manchester [1]

Manchester Lancashire [1]

Mudeford, Christchurch, Hampshire [1]

Newport, Isle of Wight [1]

Northwood, Isle of Wight [1]

Peasenhall, Suffolk [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Prittlewell, Essex [1]

Rangoon [1]

Reading [1]

Ripe [1]

Ryde, Isle of Wight [1]

Scotland [1]

Shropshire [1]

Soundwell [1]

South Stoneham, Hampshire [1]

St Helens, Isle of Wight [1]

Thatcham, Berkshire [1]

Titchfield Hampshire [1]

Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire [1]

Waterloo Gardens, Alderbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [1178]

Sapper [477]

Pioneer [144]

Corporal [95]

Second Lieutenant [54]

Serjeant [41]

Lieutenant [34]

Acting Corporal [25]

Lance Corporal [23]

Driver [21]

Gunner [19]

Captain [18]

Acting Serjeant [16]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Bandsman [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Mechanic Corporal [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Captain (War Subs. Major) [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain Major [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Sergeant Major /Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Mechanist Corporal [1]

Mister [1]

P [1]

Pr [1]

Pri [1]

Priva [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [1724]

Hampshire Regiment [1670]

Labour Corps [151]

Devonshire Regiment [76]

Hampshire Yeomanry [68]

Training Reserve Battalion [49]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [44]

Wiltshire Regiment [41]

Worcestershire Regiment [40]

Somerset Light Infantry [35]

Royal Defence Corps [33]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [30]

Dorsetshire Regiment [28]

Rifle Brigade [25]

Army Service Corps [24]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24]

Gloucestershire Regiment [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [22]

Machine Gun Corps [21]

Northamptonshire Regiment [21]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [20]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [19]

Middlesex Regiment [18]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Suffolk Regiment [15]

Essex Regiment [14]

Army Cyclist Corps [13]

Bedfordshire Regiment [12]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [12]

East Kent Regiment [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Welsh Regiment [12]

Royal West Kent Regiment [11]

London Regiment [10]

Royal Engineers Transport [10]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

Training Reserve [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

South Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Hampshire Fortress Engineers Royal Engineers [5]

Hussars [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Royal Corps of Signals [5]

Royal Scots [5]

Service

British Army [1771]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [193]

H [174]

C [166]

S [161]

W [122]

M [118]

P [115]

D [83]

R [82]

G [78]

F [72]

A [71]

T [70]

L [68]

J [48]

E [38]

K [37]

N [24]

O [24]

V [10]

Y [10]

I [6]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1770]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

India [2]

Australia [1]

Barbados [1]

Canada [1]

Mauritius [1]

South Africa [1]

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Southampton, Hampshire [3] Swindon, Wiltshire [3] Southampton [2] Beaminster, Dorset [1] Birmingham Warwickshire [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Bramshott, Hampshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Buckinghamshire [1] Chepstow, Monmouthshire [1] Dogmersfield Hampshire [1] Fareham, Hants [1] Gosport, Portsmouth [1] Hackney [1] Hackney, London [1] Hampshire [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Houghton le Spring, County Durham [1] Lampton, Heston, Middlesex [1] Ledbury, Herefordshire [1] Llanrhidian, Gower, Glamorgan, WALES [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Manchester [1] Manchester Lancashire [1] Mudeford, Christchurch, Hampshire [1] Newport, Isle of Wight [1] Northwood, Isle of Wight [1] Peasenhall, Suffolk [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Prittlewell, Essex [1] Rangoon [1] Reading [1] Ripe [1] Ryde, Isle of Wight [1] Scotland [1] Shropshire [1] Soundwell [1] South Stoneham, Hampshire [1] St Helens, Isle of Wight [1] Thatcham, Berkshire [1] Titchfield Hampshire [1] Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire [1] Waterloo Gardens, Alderbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [1178] Sapper [477] Pioneer [144] Corporal [95] Second Lieutenant [54] Serjeant [41] Lieutenant [34] Acting Corporal [25] Lance Corporal [23] Driver [21] Gunner [19] Captain [18] Acting Serjeant [16] Company Serjeant Major [5] Corporal 2nd [5] Acting Captain [4] Bandsman [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Trooper [3] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Mechanic Corporal [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Major [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Brevet Major [1] Captain (War Subs. Major) [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain Major [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Sergeant Major /Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Mechanist Corporal [1] Mister [1] P [1] Pr [1] Pri [1] Priva [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [1724] Hampshire Regiment [1670] Labour Corps [151] Devonshire Regiment [76] Hampshire Yeomanry [68] Training Reserve Battalion [49] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [44] Wiltshire Regiment [41] Worcestershire Regiment [40] Somerset Light Infantry [35] Royal Defence Corps [33] Royal Berkshire Regiment [30] Dorsetshire Regiment [28] Rifle Brigade [25] Army Service Corps [24] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24] Gloucestershire Regiment [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [22] Machine Gun Corps [21] Northamptonshire Regiment [21] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [20] King's Royal Rifle Corps [19] Middlesex Regiment [18] Royal Field Artillery [18] Suffolk Regiment [15] Essex Regiment [14] Army Cyclist Corps [13] Bedfordshire Regiment [12] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [12] East Kent Regiment [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Welsh Regiment [12] Royal West Kent Regiment [11] London Regiment [10] Royal Engineers Transport [10] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] Training Reserve [9] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Royal Air Force [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] South Staffordshire Regiment [8] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Liverpool Regiment [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Hampshire Fortress Engineers Royal Engineers [5] Hussars [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Royal Corps of Signals [5] Royal Scots [5]

Service

British Army [1771] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Other Empire Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [193] H [174] C [166] S [161] W [122] M [118] P [115] D [83] R [82] G [78] F [72] A [71] T [70] L [68] J [48] E [38] K [37] N [24] O [24] V [10] Y [10] I [6] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1770]

Country

United Kingdom [23] India [2] Australia [1] Barbados [1] Canada [1] Mauritius [1] South Africa [1]

Frederick James Attrill

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 266939 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 728 Sapper Naval Reserve Guards

British Army 21023 Sapper Hampshire Regiment

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Francis O'brien

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 8237 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 34041 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 34041 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Harold Mordant Beagley

Born 1897

Died 1964

British Army 21604 Acting Colour Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

British Army 318700 Acting Colour Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army WR 310327 Acting Colour Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Albert Berriman

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 15163 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 247046 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 247046 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Tom Hampson

Died 1918

British Army 7988 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 309258 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 28115 Private Hampshire Regiment 14th (Service) Battalion

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Clarence V Webb

British Army 10089 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 93312 Private Royal Engineers

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H Peters

British Army Trooper Hampshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Arthur Kimber

Born 1891

Died 1958

British Army 2596 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 330936 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army WR/193189 Private Royal Engineers

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Wilfred Bagshaw

Born 1896

British Army 62311 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 318353 Royal Engineers

British Army 318353 Private Royal Engineers

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Frederick Margereson

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army R/3199 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 35473 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 62738 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Percival Watton

Died 1919

British Army 521002 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 109 Hampshire Regiment

British Army 22307 Provisional Battalion

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George Bowler

British Army 559900 Royal Engineers

British Army 330362 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 211298 Private Rifle Brigade

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Frederick George Hankins

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army T4447 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 87 Sapper Hampshire Regiment

British Army 495192 Sapper Royal Engineers 1st signal coy.

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Percy John Tustin

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 21237 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 261803 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 58584 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Alfred Burden Ellis

Born 1881

British Army Private Suffolk Regiment 1/5th Battalion

British Army 203797 Private Hampshire Regiment 4th Reserve Battalion

British Army 526424 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Percy George Carey

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 214556 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 5000 Pioneer Hampshire Regiment

British Army 37283 Pioneer Worcestershire Regiment

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William Owen Edwards

Born 1894

Died 1959

British Army 369754 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 186898 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 16186 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Thomas Atcherley

Born 1879

Died 1958

British Army 24078 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 22151 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 312488 Private Royal Engineers

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William Davis

Born 1895

British Army 357770 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 18979 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Percy Thomas Albert Hunt

Born 1890

British Army 5035 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 354266 Private Royal Engineers

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