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Place of birth

Kingsclere, Hampshire [7]

Overton, Hampshire [7]

Steventon, Hampshire [4]

Sherborne St John, Hampshire [3]

Whitchurch, Hampshire [3]

Baughurst, Hampshire [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Tadley, Hampshire [2]

Winchester, Hampshire [2]

Alresford, Hampshire [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Barming, Kent [1]

Basingstoke Hampshire [1]

Basingstoke Hampshire [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Baughurst, Hants [1]

Bramley, Hampshire [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Caversham, Oxfordshire [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Frome, Somerset [1]

Halifax, Nova Scotia [1]

Hannington, Kingsclere [1]

Headley, Hampshire [1]

Hertfordshire, England [1]

Horsted Keynes, Sussex [1]

Isle of Wight [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kildare Curragh Camp [1]

Kingsclere [1]

Landport, Portsmouth [1]

Monk Sherbourne [1]

Newfound Hampshire [1]

North Warnborough, Hampshire [1]

Oakley, Hampshire [1]

Oakley, Hampshire. [1]

Pamber Green, Hampshire [1]

Pamber, Hampshire [1]

Portsea, Hampshire [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Preston Candover Hampshire [1]

Ramsdell Hampshire [1]

Ramsdell, Hampshire [1]

Rockhampton [1]

Sherborne St. John. Hampshire. [1]

Sherfield on Loddon [1]

Sherfield on Loddon, Hampshire [1]

Silchester, Hampshire [1]

Stoke Charity, Hampshire [1]

Stratfield Saye, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [272]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Corporal [11]

Serjeant [10]

Lance Corporal [9]

Lieutenant [9]

Captain [8]

Private /Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Pioneer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Captain Adjutant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Boy [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain (War Subs. Major) [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Cyclist [1]

Driver [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Major [1]

O R Serjeant [1]

Privat [1]

Private (Lance Corporal) [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant Instructor [1]

Sapper [1]

Stoker [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major 2nd in Command [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

ra [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [290]

The Queen's Regiment [196]

The Hampshire Regiment [88]

Labour Corps [21]

London Regiment [12]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Royal Engineers [10]

Army Service Corps [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [3]

Essex Regiment [2]

Hampshire Yeomanry [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

16th Rajputs [1]

1st king George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) [1]

3rd Battalion Liverpool Regiment [1]

Army Educational Corps [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Cameronians(Scottish Rifles) [1]

Corp of Hussars of the Line [1]

Corps of Royal Engineers [1]

Corps of the School of Musketry [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East African Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Kent Yeomanry Mounted Rifles [1]

GOC 153rd Infantry Brigade [1]

Garrison Hampshire [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Hampshire Regiment Territorial Force [1]

Hampshire Regiment Training Reserve [1]

Indian Army [1]

Kent Regiment [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Service

British Army [306]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

H [31]

B [30]

C [30]

S [28]

M [24]

P [20]

D [17]

T [17]

W [16]

G [15]

F [12]

R [11]

K [10]

L [8]

N [8]

E [7]

A [6]

O [6]

J [4]

V [2]

Y [2]

I [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [303]

Country

United Kingdom [38]

India [1]

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People [306] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Kingsclere, Hampshire [7] Overton, Hampshire [7] Steventon, Hampshire [4] Sherborne St John, Hampshire [3] Whitchurch, Hampshire [3] Baughurst, Hampshire [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Tadley, Hampshire [2] Winchester, Hampshire [2] Alresford, Hampshire [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Barming, Kent [1] Basingstoke Hampshire [1] Basingstoke Hampshire [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Baughurst, Hants [1] Bramley, Hampshire [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Caversham, Oxfordshire [1] Clapham, London [1] Frome, Somerset [1] Halifax, Nova Scotia [1] Hannington, Kingsclere [1] Headley, Hampshire [1] Hertfordshire, England [1] Horsted Keynes, Sussex [1] Isle of Wight [1] Kensington, London [1] Kildare Curragh Camp [1] Kingsclere [1] Landport, Portsmouth [1] Monk Sherbourne [1] Newfound Hampshire [1] North Warnborough, Hampshire [1] Oakley, Hampshire [1] Oakley, Hampshire. [1] Pamber Green, Hampshire [1] Pamber, Hampshire [1] Portsea, Hampshire [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Preston Candover Hampshire [1] Ramsdell Hampshire [1] Ramsdell, Hampshire [1] Rockhampton [1] Sherborne St. John. Hampshire. [1] Sherfield on Loddon [1] Sherfield on Loddon, Hampshire [1] Silchester, Hampshire [1] Stoke Charity, Hampshire [1] Stratfield Saye, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [272] Second Lieutenant [12] Corporal [11] Serjeant [10] Lance Corporal [9] Lieutenant [9] Captain [8] Private /Lance Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Pioneer [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Captain Adjutant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Boy [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain (War Subs. Major) [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Cyclist [1] Driver [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Major [1] O R Serjeant [1] Privat [1] Private (Lance Corporal) [1] Quartermaster Serjeant Instructor [1] Sapper [1] Stoker [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major 2nd in Command [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] ra [1]

Unit

Hampshire Regiment [290] The Queen's Regiment [196] The Hampshire Regiment [88] Labour Corps [21] London Regiment [12] Middlesex Regiment [12] Royal Engineers [10] Army Service Corps [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [3] Essex Regiment [2] Hampshire Yeomanry [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] 16th Rajputs [1] 1st king George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) [1] 3rd Battalion Liverpool Regiment [1] Army Educational Corps [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Cameronians(Scottish Rifles) [1] Corp of Hussars of the Line [1] Corps of Royal Engineers [1] Corps of the School of Musketry [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East African Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Kent Yeomanry Mounted Rifles [1] GOC 153rd Infantry Brigade [1] Garrison Hampshire [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Hampshire Regiment Territorial Force [1] Hampshire Regiment Training Reserve [1] Indian Army [1] Kent Regiment [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Machine Gun Corps [1]

Service

British Army [306] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

H [31] B [30] C [30] S [28] M [24] P [20] D [17] T [17] W [16] G [15] F [12] R [11] K [10] L [8] N [8] E [7] A [6] O [6] J [4] V [2] Y [2] I [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [303]

Country

United Kingdom [38] India [1]

Edward James Soper

Born 1871

Died 1915

British Army 3/5000 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 3/5000 Private The Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Richard Smith

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 25370 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 25370 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army 25370 Lance Corporal The Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Baker

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 24836 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 24836 Private The Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frank Kirby

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 25068 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 25068 Private The Hampshire Regiment 12th Battalion

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Joseph Binge

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 4/1676 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 1676 Lance Corporal The Hampshire Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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Percy Charles Mears

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 12119 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 12119 Private The Hampshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Wilfred George Lipscombe

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 9233 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 9233 Private The Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Charles Cousins

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 1084(Incomplete) Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 10840 Private The Hampshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Frederick Charles Cooper

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 32512 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 32512 Private The Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Walter Miles

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 14579 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 14579 Private The Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Sidney Maynard Kelly

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 8695 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 8695 Private The Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Harry Thomas James Peachey

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 23010 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 23010 Private The Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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George William Hamblin

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 21860 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 21860 Private The Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Batten

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army 6549 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Hampshire Regiment

British Army 6549 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

British Army 6549 Sergeant The Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Bulpit

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 200607 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion.

British Army 4/2623 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 200607 Private The Hampshire Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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Archibald Henry Valentine Mears

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 2922 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 2922 Rifleman Hampshire Regiment

British Army 2912 Private The Hampshire Regiment 1st/8th Battalion

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William Herbert Taylor

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 9950 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 9950 Lance Corporal The Hampshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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Frederick Harry Norgate

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 17754 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 17754 Private The Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Leonard Greetham

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 22565 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 22565 Private The Hampshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Robert Bowman

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 12079 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 12079 Private The Hampshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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