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Lives Lived and Lives Lost - Portsmouth and the Great War

Over 6000 men and women with connections to Portsmouth died during World War 1. 5000 of them are remembered on the Cenotaph in Guildhall Square, more are on other WW1 memorials in Portsmouth; some only appear on the pages of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website and some are not officially remembered at all.
 
This section looks at a cross-section of those 6000 lives, their families and backgrounds together with their service careers. Later, it will be expanded to include some of the fighting men who survived the war and a selection of those who cared for and supported those at the front.
 
Inevitably there will be gaps in our knowledge which in time may be filled by visitors to this section with a personal connection to those remembered here. To share your information with the author please write to tim@insouthsea.co.uk
 
Further information about all the World War 1 memorials in Portsmouth can be found on our sister site Memorials In Portsmouth.
 
LIVES LOST

A ABBOTT, George Frederick, Private ABRAMS, Frederick George Leonard, Lance Corporal ABRAMS, Harold James, Able Seaman ACKERMAN, Charles Henry, Driver ADAMS, Alfred James, Staff Sergeant ADAMS, Horace Walter, Bombardier ADDISON, Alfred Charles, Captain AHERN, Michael Harold Victor, Stoker 1st Class AINSWORTH, Herbert W., Private AITKEN, George Storry, Gunner AITKEN, William Storry, Ship's Cook ALDRIDGE, Henry William, Petty Officer Stoker	ALLEN, Henry Thomas, Private AMEY, William Thomas, Private ANDREWS, Archibald John, Lance-Sergeant ANDREWS, Ernest Courtney HN, Lieutenant ANTRAM, Frederick Harry, Leading Signalman ASPINALL, Frederick Stewart, Private ASPINALL, Percy John, Corporal ASPINALL, Reginald Clarence, Lance Corporal ATHERTON, Frank, Corporal ATTWOOD, George, Yeoman of Signals AUSTIN, Edward, Leading Seaman
B BAGGETT, John William Thorne, Ordinary Seaman BAILLIE, Andrew, Private BAIN, Alexander George, Private BAMPTON, William David, Private BARRELL, Henry Irving, Lance Corporal BARRETT, Arthur Vincent, Petty Officer BARRY, Victor, Sergeant BATCHELOR, Frederick Arthur, Captain BATCHELOR, Reginald Egbert, Private BATES, Albert James, Company Serjeant Major BAXTER, Frank William, Sergeant BEAGLEY, Reginald Victor, Corporal BEECH, Thomas George, Private BENNETT, Alfred Henry, Private BERRY, William Frederick, ERA 1st Class BETENSON, Sidney George, ERA 3rd Class BEVIS, Albert John, Gunner BEVIS, Charles Thomas, Captain BISHOP, Herbert Sidney, Petty Officer 1st Class BOLITHO, Victor Ayling, Second Lieutenant BOORN, Ernest Joseph, Private	BRADBURY, Ernest Alfred, Second Lieutenant BRADING, William Ernest, Artificer Engineer BRANSBURY, Vernon Dudley Bramsdon, Lieutenant BREHAUT, James, Leading Seaman BRICKWOOD, Arthur Cyril, Second Lieutenant BRIDLE, Ernest Andrew, Lance Bombardier BRIGGS, Walter Henry, Private BROWN, Alfred Robert, Engine Room Artificer BROWN, Charles Arthur, Private BROWN, Horace Robert, Private BROWN, John James, Company Serjeant Major BROWN, Leonard Andrew, Shipwright BRUCE, Alfred William George, Private BRUNNING, George John, Chief ERA BURNETT, Thomas Joseph, Lance Sergeant BURNS, John, Sailmaker BURREN, George Percy, Engine Room Artificer BURROWS, Daniel, Stoker 1st Class BURT, John Cooper, Carpenter BUTCHERS, Herbert Harold, Private BUTLER, Scott, Private
C CARTER, Francis, Artificer Engineer CARTER, Robert, Private CARTWRIGHT, Richard, Able Seaman CASEY, George Gordon, Gunner CASSELL, Arthur Henry, Able Seaman CASSELL, Victor George Burton, Private CAWTE, James, Pioneer CHALMERS, Henry William Robert, Private CHALMERS, James Edward, Private CHAMBERLAIN, Reginald Harold, Private CHATTERTON, Alfred Henry Goodbarne, Lieutenant CHETWOOD, George Albert, Chief Gunner CHILDS, Royden James, Second Lieutenant CHILMAN, Edward Rene, Seaman CHURCHILL, Clarence Harold, Second Lieutenant CLARKE, Reginald Arthur, Private CLAY, Frank, Lance Corporal CLAY, Henry, Gunner CLUE, Henry May, Second Lieutenant COATES, Ernest, Sapper COBBY, William Arthur, Engine Room Artificer	COGGER, William Allen, Private COLES, Arthur Henry, Engine Room Artificer COLLINGWOOD, Cecil Herbert Mowlam, Private COMPTON, Charles Edward, Skilled Labourer CORNHILL, Roland Percy A., Private CORNWELL, William Henry Arthur, Private COSTER, George Arthur, Sapper COTTRELL, Frank, Sapper COUCH, Herbert William, Engineer Lt. Commander COURSE, Victor John, Private COURTIS, Ernest Edward, Engine Room Artificer COUZINS, Henry George, Lance Corporal COX, Clarence W., Rifleman CRAVEN, Joseph, Leading Stoker CROAD, G.C., Rifleman CROCKFORD, Charles Edward, Private CRONIN, Leslie Reading, Private CROOK, Albert George, Able Seaman CROSBY, William Edward, Company QM Serjeant CURRIE, Thomas James, Able Seaman
D DAGG, Charles Frederick, Petty Officer Telegraphist DAGLISH, Thomas Reuben, Petty Officer DAGWELL, Harry Palmer, Private DANAGHER, Patrick Stephen, Sergeant DANGERFIELD, Charles Walter, Private DAVIES, Frederick James, Shipwright DAVIS, Albert Victor, Private DAWES, George, Leading Seaman DAWSON, Alfred William Arthur, Ship's Steward DAY, Allan James, Serjeant DAY, Sydney George, Writer DAYSH, William Garnett, Private DENTON, Leo Charles, Lance Corporal DENYER, Private Frederick Henry Dann	DERRY, Charles George Henry, Lance Corporal DICKS, William Benjamin, Private DOLLERY, Charles David, Corporal DOMINY, Albert Edward, Private DOPSON, Frank Edward, Private DRACKETT, Frederick Alexander, Private DRAIN, Charles, Lance Corporal DRAIN, James, Private DRAIN, Richard, Private DUBBER, Frederick John, Bombardier DUCKER, Edward James, Private DUFALL, Thomas George, Lance Corporal DUFFY, James, Corporal DUGGAN, Thomas, Private
E EARL, George Thomas, Leading Seaman EARLE, Arthur Boyett, Private EARWICKER, Alfred Stewart, Private EARWICKER, Edwin Westall, Lance Corporal EARWICKER, Frederick Gennyes, Private EASTMAN, Frederick Charles, Private EDNEY, William John, Sapper	EDWARDS, William Arthur, Corporal EMIS, Edward Victor, Private ENEAS, William Joseph Boulter, Able Seaman ESSERY, Frederick Harold, Shipwright EVEREST, George Winnifrith, Air Mechanic EWENS, Sidney Frank, Corporal EWINS, Robert Percy, Private
F FARMINER, Edwin, Private FARRINGTON, Charles, Petty Officer FERNS, Harold Johnson, Able Seaman FIELD, Arthur Dudley, Lieutenant FIELDER, Frederick Edward, Private FINCH, Charles Samuel, Sick Berth Steward FLEETWOOD, Corporal Arthur Ernest FLOOK, William Jacob, Private	FORD, Robert Edgar, Sub-Conductor FORTNUM, William, Petty Officer Stoker FOX, Charles, Private FOX, Percy William, Sapper FRAMINGHAM, Frederick Hamilton, Private FRAMPTON, Frederick, Regimental Sergeant Major FRENCH, William James, Cook's Mate FROOME, William Harold, Gunner
G GANT, Edward, Private GATTRELL, Sidney Frederick, Rifleman GEEVES, Joseph, Private GERMAN, Hugh Bernard, Major GIBBON, Albert Jacob, Company Sergeant Major GILES, John George, Private GILL, Harry Charles, Artificer Electrical 3rd Class GILLHAM, Cyril Henry, Private GILLINGHAM, Arthur, Private GILLINGHAM, William Albert, Serjeant MM GILLMAN, Angus George MC, Major GLADDISH, Edward, Stoker 1st Class GLANVILLE, John Harry, Chief Engine Room Artificer GOAD, Sidney, Private	GODDEN, Ernest Edward, Shipwright 2nd Class GODDING, Henry Arthur, Private GODWIN, Philip Edgar, 2nd Lieutenant GOLLOP, Ernest George, Ldg Victualling Asst. GOOCH, Robert Lewis, Corporal GOODMAN, Arthur Ernest, Gunner GOODWILLIE, William, Sergeant GRAY, Robert Arthur, Rifleman GREEN, Jeremiah, Stoker 1st Class GREENLAND, Thomas Frederick, Sergeant GREENWOOD, William Ernest, Lance Corporal GREGORY, George, Private GRIFFITHS, Arthur George, Corporal GUNDRY, George Gerald, ERA 4th Class
H HAGAN, John Sydney Henry, Carpenter HALL, Arthur Charles, Fitter Staff Sergeant HALL, Henry Cecil, Second Lieutenant HALL, Louis Sylvester, Lieutenant HAND, Richard, Petty Officer HANKIN, George Joseph, Private HARRIS, Ernest George, Engine Room Artificer HART, Clifford George Colin, ERA 4th Class HARWOOD, William T, Air Mechanic HASKETT, Albert George, Private HATCHER, Edward William, Lance Corporal HAWKINS, Leonard Daniel, Carpenter HAYES, Herbert Henry, Major HEAL, Walter George, Second Lieutenant HEATH, Alexander Roland, Private HEATH, Leonard Reginald, Shipwright	HELLYER, Albert John, Carpenter HELLYER, George Edgcombe, Captain HENLEY, Frank James, Private HENWOOD, William Thomas, Rifleman HOARE, William Henry, Able Seaman HOBBS, James William Biggs, Gunner HOBBS, Jonathan Biggs, Private HOFF, Ernest Harold, Corporal HOLLICK, Lawrence, Private HOOKER, Albert Edward, Private HOPGOOD, Ernest Charles, Gunner HORN, Alfred William, Private HORSCROFT, Alfred Charles, Petty Officer Stoker HUDSON, James William, Private HUGGETT, Alfred James, Private HUNT, Ernest William, Petty Officer
I IDE, William Thomas, Private IGGLEDEN, James Harry Frederick, Private INNES, Henry Pembroke, Private ISAAC, Frederick William, Chief Gunner	IVENS, Alfred William, Lance Corporal IVERY, Abel Cain, Private IVESON, George Bensly, Private
J JACKSON, Dennis, Sapper JAGO, Albert Edward, Sapper JAGO, Thomas Edward Ernest, Private JAMES, George Stinton, Private JAMES, Joseph Christopher, Lance Corporal JEFFERY, Cyril Joseph, Ordinary Telegraphist JEFFERY, Frederick Arthur, Corporal JEFFERY, Tom Forbes, 2nd Lieutenant JENKINS, Sydney John, Private	JENKINS, Sidney Royston, Engine Room Artificer JERAM, Edward William, Able Seaman JERAM, George, Private JEROME, Alfred, Private JEROME, Charles Frances John, Private JOHNSON, Ernest, Ordinary Seaman JONES, Arthur Harold, Engine Room Artificer JONES, Basil, Lieutenant JONES, Charles, Stoker
K KANAVAN, James, Blacksmith KEAN, John, Private KELLAGHER, Sydney Arthur, Major KELLAWAY, William E, Gunner KELLAWAY, Albert Ernest, Lance Corporal KELLY, Richard Owen, Chief Stoker KELSEY, William Thomas, Leading Stoker KENNETT, James Edward, Private KENT, Herbert Edward, Able Seaman KERR, Alexander, Chief Engine Room Artificer KINGSTON, James Dennes, Able Seaman	KINGSTON, Reginald John, Corporal KINGSWELL, Walter Herbert, Private KITCHINGHAM, Charles, Private KITCHINGHAM, Thomas Henry, Private KNIGHT, Henry, Private KNIGHT, Joseph, Chief Stoker KNOTT, Frank Wesley, Private KNOTT, Henry Percy, Private KNOTT, Joseph Alexander, Rifleman KNOWLES, Frank Cecil, Ordinary Seaman KNOX, Burton Thomas, Corporal
L LAMBERT, Edward Valentine, Shipwright LANG, Vivian, Officers Steward 1st Class LARKHAM, Alfred Edward, Private LAUGHLAND, George Thomson, 2nd Lieutenant LAWS,Reginald Alfred, Ship's Steward Assistant LAWTON, John William, Private LEGG, Ernest James, Private LEGG, Wilfred Vernon, Private LENANTON, George Charles, Private LEVERETT, William James, Able Seaman LEVETT, Walter George, Able Seaman	LINDSAY, George Lawrence, Chief Stoker LING, Edwin George, Sergeant LOADER, Harold Charles Sidney, Private LOCK, William Henry, Private LOCKYER, Walter Ernest Godfrey, Private LONG, Joseph David, Boy LONG, Robert Charles, Private LONG, William George, Private LOVETT, Frank Westbrook, Ship's Chief Cook LUCKING, Charles William, Sergeant LUKE, Albert Henry, Driver
M McCRERIE, William Wallace, Private MACEY, William George, Private McCORMACK, Thomas Gerald, Private McMAKING, Oscar Lennox, 2nd Lieutenant McSHANE, Stuart Norman, Private MAHONEY, Jeremiah, Staff Sergeant MAHONEY, John Edwin, Able Seaman MAJOR, Leonard Charles, Artificer Electrical MAKEPEACE, Thomas Leslie, Engine Room Artificer MAKIN, Charles Thomas, ERA 4th Class MALLEY, James, Private MARNER, George, Leading Stoker MARSHALL, Charles William, Stoker Petty Officer MATHESON, George Henry, Stoker Petty Officer MEADES, Stanley, Able Seaman	MEAR, Arthur Louis Leonard, Private MIDDLEWOOD, William, Driver MILES, Basil, Gunner MILES, Maurice, Private MILLS, Charles William, Private MILLS, William Henry, Sergeant MINGLES, Robert, Able Seaman MITCHELL, Charles Gerald, Gunner MITCHELL, Frederick Lawrance, Sergeant MITCHELL, Herbert Lewis, ERA 4th Class MITCHELL, Lawrence Adams, Captain MOORE, George, Stoker 1st Class MOORE, Henry Charles, Private MOREY, Arthur William, Rifleman MORGAN, Walter Henry, Second Lieutenant
N NELDER, Frank Mitchelmore Aldridge, Lance Corporal NELDER, Gordon Clarke Aldridge, 2nd Lieutenant NEW, Thomas, Lance Corporal NEW, William G., Private NEWELL, Benjamin James, Private	NEWMAN, Frederick, Private NICHOLS, Arthur Robert, Captain NIXON, Alfred, Private NORTH, Albert Thomas, Private
O OAKSHOTT, Frederick, Lance Corporal O'NEILL, Patrick, Private OVER, William Stanley, Sergeant	OVERTON, Leslie, Private OWEN, Alfred Frederick, Petty Officer
P PALMER, Edward Talbot Ferguson, Second Engineer PANNELL, Alfred John, Sapper PARFITT, Harold Poole, Chief Petty Officer PARFOOT, Alfred, Sergeant PARFOOT, Thomas, Private PARKIN, George Henry, Gunner PARKS, George Edwin Harold, Lieutenant PARSONS, William Archie, Ordinary Signalman PAUL, Frank Ernest, Ship's Chief Cook PAYNE, Ernest, Private PEARCE, Walter George, Private PECK, Lewis, Private	PETRACCA, Albert John, Sergeant PETWORTH, George, Private PICKETS, William Henry, Private PLASKETT, George Albert, Chief Armourer PLEDGE, Bruce Sidney, Petty Officer POTTER, William, Petty Officer 1st Class POWELL, George, Private POYNDER, Leopold Eliot, Captain Leopold Eliot PRESTON, George Gibbs, Private PRITCHARD, Osborn Brace, Lieutenant Colonel PULMAN, Frederick
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R RAEBURN, David Edwin, Fitter Corporal REID, Eric Archdall, Second Lieutenant RICHARDS, George Charles, Able Seaman RICHARDS, Maurice Tom, Lieutenant RIVERS, Frederick Charles, Private ROGERS, Albert Edward, Private ROLES, Albert Edward, Private ROMER, Joseph Gilbert, Petty Officer ROSE, Arthur, Stoker 1st Class	ROSS, John Alexander, Private ROUND, William Henry, Ship's Chief Cook ROURKE, Reginald Gardyne, Sergeant ROY, William Henry, Chief Yeoman of Signals RUNDELL, Reginald Charles, Captain RUTLEDGE, James Edward, Petty Officer Stoker RYAN, George, Private RYAN, Herbert, Private
S SAMPHIER, William George, Private SAWYER, Charles Edward, Trimmer SCARBOROUGH, Herbert Thomas, Sergeant SEAFORD, Edward, Lance Corporal SEAVERS, George, Private SELF, Samuel Robert Victor, Mate SHEA, William Francis, Private SHEPHERD, Leonard, Private SHEPHERD, Reginald, Private SHEPHERD, Robert, Private SHILL, Frederick, Private SHOTT, Albert Henry, Engine Room Artificer SHRIMPTON, Robert Stanley, Private SLADE-BAKER, Robert Cunynghame, Lieutenant SMART, Charles G., Private SMITH, Edgar Thomas, Private SMITH, Henry William, Ordinary Seaman SNELLGROVE, Walter Percy, Private SPARROW, William Gordon Morgan, Captain	SPERRING, Walter John Thomas, Private SQUIRES, Francis William, Second Lieutenant STALLARD, Arthur George, Private STALLARD, George, Corporal STALLARD, George William, Private STARKEY, Joseph Bernard Collins, Lieutenant STEED, Alan Davidson, Rifleman STEWART, Sydney James, Private STILWELL, Alfred Percival, Lance Corporal STOKES, Charles Leonard, Lieutenant STONE, Charles Douglas Felgate, Second Lieutenant STONE, William Edward, Private SUMMERS, Edwin Herbert, Lance Sergeant SUTTON, John William Wellesley, Second Lieutenant SWANTON, John James, Chief Petty Officer SWEET, Albert E., Gunner SWEET, John Samuel, Private SYKES, Vivian Archibald, Gunner
T TAIT, John James, Private TANNER, Clarence Norman, Sergeant TAPPENDEN, Herbert Frederick, Second Lieutenant TETLEY, John Charles Dodsworth, Lieutenant THICK, Frederick Charles, Officer's Steward THOMAS, Frederick George, Private THOMEUF, Léon Jules Marie, Lieutenant THOMPSON, Richard, Company Serjeant Major TIDNAM, John William, Private TIDY, Stanley Benjamin, Lance Corporal	TILBURY, Herbert Walter, 2nd Lieutenant TILBURY, Robert William, 2nd Lieutenant TILLEY, Alfred Ernest, Sergeant TOLLERFIELD, Charles E., Private TONKIN, William Richard, Lance Corporal TOWNER, Arthur, Petty Officer 1st Class TRICKETT, William George, Armourer's Mate TRUEMAN, Leading Seaman Henry James TURNER, Robert Henry, Lieutenant TWOMEY, Leo James, Sick Berth Steward
U UNDERDOWN, David, Private	URIDGE, Albert Edward, Private
V VAUGHAN, Henry Walter, Shipwright VINE, George Henry, Ship's Steward Assistant	VINEY, Fred Ewart, Private VINEY, William Herbert, Able Seaman
W WADE, Arthur Edward, ERA 2nd Class WAGER, Bertram Edward Steventon, Private WALDRON, James John Victor, Private WALKER, Joseph Alexander, Lance Corporal WEARN, Alfred Ernest, Ordinary Seaman WELCH, James John, Colour Sergeant WESTCOTT, William Henry Brown, Electrical Artificer WESTROPE, John William, Leading Seaman WHETTEM, James Main, Rifleman WHITE, Charles Frederick Hilliard, ERA 3rd Class	WHYMARK, Anthony Thomas H, Sapper WICKENS, Thomas James, Leading Stoker WIGGINS, Richard John, Gunner WILKINSON, Clarence Wilfred, ERA 3rd Class WILLIAMSON, Frederick Henry, Lance Sergeant WILLS, William Thomas, Sergeant WILSON, Joseph William, Chief Engine Room Artificer WINDIBANK, Frank, Sergeant WOODS, Frederick William, Lieutenant
Y YEATMAN, Sidney Albert, Petty Officer Stoker YOUNG, Alfred Edgar, Private	YOUNG, Charles Henry, Gunner YOUNG, WG, Private

 

 

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