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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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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]

Frederick Joseph Blackwall

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 41466 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 231087 Private Royal Engineers

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Geoffrey Charles Manton

Born 1892

Died 1977

British Army 74028 Sergeant Royal Engineers Southern Cable Signal Coy

British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment

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Albert E Drackett

Born 1887

Died 1946

British Army 2200940 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 15464 Hampshire Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army 15464 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Tom Edwin Adlam

Born 1893

Died 1975

British Army 1842 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 2/4th Battalion

British Army Territorial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Philip Rodney Comport

Born 1897

Died 1934

British Army 505734 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 1565 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 240264 Private Hampshire Regiment

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David Brown

Died 1918

British Army 41474 Private Hampshire Regiment 11th Bn (Service)

British Army 230756 Royal Engineers

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Robert John Carter

Born 1891

Died 1965

British Army 2161 Hampshire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 131920 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Onslow Edwin Douglas Millard

Born 1883

Died 1967

British Army 40114 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 8/5277 Private Training Reserve Battalion

British Army WR/286299 Private Royal Engineers

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Charles James Anstey

Born 1883

Died 1956

British Army T2984 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 504757 Driver Royal Engineers 500th (Wessex) Field Company

British Army B295 Hampshire Regiment 3/5th Battalion

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Albert Kingham

Born 1877

British Army 203753 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 30716 Private Hampshire Regiment 4th Reserve Battalion

British Army 260243 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2/8th Battalion

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Frederick De Orfe

Born 1897

Died 1921

British Army 1640 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

British Army 2308636 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 2308636 Signalman Royal Engineers

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John Morris

Born 1894

British Army WR/554395 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 521039 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 243150 Private Hampshire Regiment 4th (Reserve) Battalion

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Victor Forrester

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 41458 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 230779 Private Royal Engineers

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Victor J M Le Maire

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 21853 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 128841 Pioneer Royal Engineers 5th Bn. Special Bde.

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Arthur Herbert Chance

Born 1889

Died 1969

British Army 23085 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 346606 Private Royal Engineers

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Malcolm John Strickland Cooper

Born 1891

Died 1957

British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment 1/7th Battalion

British Army Acting Captain Royal Engineers 506th Company

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William Field

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 21876 Hampshire Regiment

British Army 128836 Pioneer Royal Engineers 2nd Spec. Coy

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Thomas Charles Aitcheson

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 17989 Corporal Royal Engineers 1st Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Phillip Rodney Comport

Born 1897

Died 1934

British Army 1565 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 309137 Private Royal Engineers

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Albert George Palmer

Born 1879

British Army 823 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 823 Company Serjeant Major Royal Engineers

British Army 823 Company Sergeant Major /Acting Regimental Sergeant Major Royal Engineers

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