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Place of birth

Eastney, Portsmouth, Hants [6]

Landport, Portsmouth [4]

Woolwich, Kent [3]

Birmingham [2]

Burley, Ringwood, Hants [2]

Croydon [2]

Fratton, Portsmouth [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Ainsdale, Formby, Lancahire [1]

Aldershot, Hants [1]

Baltimore, Cork [1]

Bangalore [1]

Barking, London, Essex [1]

Beeston, Nottingham [1]

Brafferton, Yorkshire [1]

Bristol [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Burwell, Newmarket, Cambridge [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cathays, Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Cathcart, Glasgow [1]

Caversham, Reading, Berkshire [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1]

Cockermouth, Cumberland [1]

Coppagh, Omagh, CountyTyrone [1]

Costessey, Norfolk [1]

Crown Inn, Trunch, Norfolk [1]

Derby [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Eastney, Portsmouth [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Elson, Gosport, Hants [1]

Eton Wick, Burnham, Bucks [1]

Everton, Liverpool [1]

Everton, Liverpool, Lancs [1]

Faizabad [1]

Felpham, Bognor, Sussex [1]

Frimley, Aldershot, Hants [1]

Fulham [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glazeley, Bridgnorth, Shropshire [1]

Goodworth, Andover, Hants [1]

Greenwich, Kent [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Rank

Gunner [55]

Musician [51]

Marine [45]

Lieutenant [18]

Corporal [14]

Private [14]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Sergeant [13]

Captain [12]

Band Corporal [8]

Major [8]

Sapper [8]

Bombardier [6]

Bandmaster 2nd Class [5]

Driver [5]

Band Boy [4]

Gunner 2nd Class [4]

Bugler [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Gunner RMA [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Musician [1]

Bandmaster [1]

Bandmaster 1st Class [1]

Bandmaster R.M.B [1]

Bandsman [1]

Bombadier [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain acting Major [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

General [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Honorary Flight Lieutenant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lee Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major (later Lieutenant-General) [1]

Major /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Private/Gunner 2nd Class/Gunner [1]

RM Gunner [1]

Reverend [1]

Unit

Royal Marine Artillery [595]

Royal Marines Band [472]

Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [68]

Royal Marines Divisional Train: [40]

Royal Marines [37]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [31]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [19]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [14]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [10]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS CANADA [6]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS IRON DUKE [6]

Royal Marines Artillery [6]

Royal Marines Band - HMS NEPTUNE [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS VALIANT [4]

Royal Marines Band - HMS LION [4]

Royal Marines Band - HMS Monmouth [4]

Royal Marines Depot [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS COLLINGWOOD [3]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS INFLEXIBLE [3]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS ST VINCENT [3]

Royal Marines Band - HMS INVINCIBLE [3]

Royal Marines Band - HMS INFLEXIBLE [3]

Royal Marines Band - HMS INVINCIBLE [3]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [3]

Royal Marines Field Force North Russia [3]

Royal Marines Labour Corps [3]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS MARLBOROUGH [2]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS NEPTUNE [2]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS NEW ZEALAND [2]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS TIGER [2]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Vanguard [2]

Royal Marine Artillery; HMS Ajax [2]

Royal Marines Band - HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

Royal Marines Band - HMS BULWARK [2]

Royal Marines Band - HMS CANADA [2]

Royal Marines Band - HMS IRON DUKE [2]

Royal Marines Band - HMS MALAYA [2]

Royal Marines Band - HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

Royal Marines Band - HMS THUNDERER [2]

4th Royal Marine Battalion [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Attached Royal Field Artillery [1]

General Staff [1]

Service

Royal Navy [666]

British Army [47]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [90]

W [70]

S [65]

M [64]

H [61]

C [41]

P [34]

A [32]

G [31]

R [31]

D [29]

F [29]

T [22]

L [20]

J [16]

E [14]

K [13]

O [8]

N [7]

U [4]

V [4]

I [3]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [689]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

Ireland [2]

Singapore [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [689] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Eastney, Portsmouth, Hants [6] Landport, Portsmouth [4] Woolwich, Kent [3] Birmingham [2] Burley, Ringwood, Hants [2] Croydon [2] Fratton, Portsmouth [2] Paddington, London [2] Ainsdale, Formby, Lancahire [1] Aldershot, Hants [1] Baltimore, Cork [1] Bangalore [1] Barking, London, Essex [1] Beeston, Nottingham [1] Brafferton, Yorkshire [1] Bristol [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Brixton, London [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Burwell, Newmarket, Cambridge [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cathays, Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Cathcart, Glasgow [1] Caversham, Reading, Berkshire [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Cockermouth, Cumberland [1] Coppagh, Omagh, CountyTyrone [1] Costessey, Norfolk [1] Crown Inn, Trunch, Norfolk [1] Derby [1] Dover, Kent [1] Eastney, Portsmouth [1] Edinburgh [1] Elson, Gosport, Hants [1] Eton Wick, Burnham, Bucks [1] Everton, Liverpool [1] Everton, Liverpool, Lancs [1] Faizabad [1] Felpham, Bognor, Sussex [1] Frimley, Aldershot, Hants [1] Fulham [1] Fulham, London [1] Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Glasgow [1] Glazeley, Bridgnorth, Shropshire [1] Goodworth, Andover, Hants [1] Greenwich, Kent [1] Hackney, London [1]

Rank

Gunner [55] Musician [51] Marine [45] Lieutenant [18] Corporal [14] Private [14] Second Lieutenant [13] Sergeant [13] Captain [12] Band Corporal [8] Major [8] Sapper [8] Bombardier [6] Bandmaster 2nd Class [5] Driver [5] Band Boy [4] Gunner 2nd Class [4] Bugler [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [2] Brigadier General [2] Gunner RMA [2] Lance Corporal [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Musician [1] Bandmaster [1] Bandmaster 1st Class [1] Bandmaster R.M.B [1] Bandsman [1] Bombadier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain acting Major [1] Chaplain [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Colour Sergeant [1] General [1] Honorary Captain [1] Honorary Flight Lieutenant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lee Sergeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major (later Lieutenant-General) [1] Major /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Private/Gunner 2nd Class/Gunner [1] RM Gunner [1] Reverend [1]

Unit

Royal Marine Artillery [595] Royal Marines Band [472] Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [68] Royal Marines Divisional Train: [40] Royal Marines [37] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [31] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [19] Royal Field Artillery [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [14] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [10] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS CANADA [6] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS IRON DUKE [6] Royal Marines Artillery [6] Royal Marines Band - HMS NEPTUNE [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS VALIANT [4] Royal Marines Band - HMS LION [4] Royal Marines Band - HMS Monmouth [4] Royal Marines Depot [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS COLLINGWOOD [3] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS INFLEXIBLE [3] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS ST VINCENT [3] Royal Marines Band - HMS INVINCIBLE [3] Royal Marines Band - HMS INFLEXIBLE [3] Royal Marines Band - HMS INVINCIBLE [3] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [3] Royal Marines Field Force North Russia [3] Royal Marines Labour Corps [3] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS INDOMITABLE [2] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS MARLBOROUGH [2] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS NEPTUNE [2] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS NEW ZEALAND [2] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS TIGER [2] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Vanguard [2] Royal Marine Artillery; HMS Ajax [2] Royal Marines Band - HMS BELLEROPHON [2] Royal Marines Band - HMS BULWARK [2] Royal Marines Band - HMS CANADA [2] Royal Marines Band - HMS IRON DUKE [2] Royal Marines Band - HMS MALAYA [2] Royal Marines Band - HMS QUEEN MARY [2] Royal Marines Band - HMS THUNDERER [2] 4th Royal Marine Battalion [1] Army Service Corps [1] Attached Royal Field Artillery [1] General Staff [1]

Service

Royal Navy [666] British Army [47] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [90] W [70] S [65] M [64] H [61] C [41] P [34] A [32] G [31] R [31] D [29] F [29] T [22] L [20] J [16] E [14] K [13] O [8] N [7] U [4] V [4] I [3] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [689]

Country

United Kingdom [31] Ireland [2] Singapore [1] South Africa [1]

Job Harry Alley

Born 1866

Died 1939

Royal Navy 11112 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 146 Royal Marines Band

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Roderick Norman Lloyd Protheroe

Born 1890

Died 1948

Royal Navy 688 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 91st

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John Halden

Born 1884

Died 1975

British Army RMA 10042 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 10042 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 10042 Gunner Royal Marines Artillery

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Friston Charles How

Born 1897

Died 1990

British Army Honourable Artillery Company

Royal Navy Temporary Lieutenant Royal Marines

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John Robert Davidson

Born 1893

Died 1915

Royal Navy 14031 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy RMA/14031. Gunner Royal Marines Artillery Headquarters Eastney

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Ernest Wynniatt Husey

Born 1897

Died 1958

Royal Navy Second Lieutenant Royal Marines

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marines

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marine Artillery

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Robert Gibson

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy 11986 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 1304 Musician Royal Marines Band

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Gunning Morehead Campbell

Born 1863

Died 1920

Royal Navy Brigadier General Royal Marine Artillery, Adjutant-General Royal Marines

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Jonathan Martindale

Born 1894

Died 1915

Royal Navy 12433 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 1514 Musician Royal Marines Band

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James Andrew Harrison

Born 1889

Died 1915

Royal Navy 11554 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 975 Royal Marines Band

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Frederick Aiken

Born 1882

Royal Navy 10205 Private Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 10205 Gunner 2nd Class Royal Marines Artillery

Royal Navy 10205 Gunner Royal Marines Artillery

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Gerald Arthur Millar

Born 1895

Died 1974

British Army Captain acting Major Royal Garrison Artillery

Royal Navy Second Lieutenant Royal Marines

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marines Howitzer Brigade No.4

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Thomas Alfred Kirkup

Born 1895

Royal Navy 128 Lance Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 207689 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery 146th Siege Battery

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Wilfred John Burchell

Born 1894

Died 1915

Royal Navy 12491 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 1563 Royal Marines Band

Royal Navy Musician HMS Natal

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Albert Poole

Born 1892

Died 1970

Royal Navy 12455 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 1533 Royal Marines Band

Royal Navy RMB/1533 Musician HMS Monarch Royal Marine Band

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Robert Wilfrid Beaver

Born 1892

Died 1969

Royal Navy 1068 Royal Marines Labour Corps Deal

British Army 9535 (or 9635) Royal Field Artillery 149th Brigade

British Army 441884 Army Service Corps

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Albert Edward Augarde

Born 1894

Died 1914

Royal Navy 12508 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 1579 Musician Royal Marines Band HMS Monmouth

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Frank Overton

Born 1890

Royal Navy 11418 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 891 Royal Marines Band

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Herbert William Stevens

Born 1878

Died 1915

Royal Navy 11123 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 221 Royal Marines Band

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Samuel Rodway Budgen

Born 1894

Royal Navy 12357 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 1469 Royal Marines Band

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