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Mariners from the Caribbean
Mariners from the Caribbean
Navy seamen and mercantile mariners of all ranks from the West Indies. There are many more that I have not been able to add before the closure of the project, mainly mercantile mariners from Barbados and Jamaica who have no known grave. They are however commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the Tower Hill memorial, London // incomplete
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Born 1896
British Army 12597 Private British West Indies Regiment
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Born 1895
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Cook Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)
Other Empire Force Cook Mercantile Marine - SS Frimaire (London)
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Born 1886
Royal Navy 362847
More about No War Service Cyril Alexander Govia -
Born 1877
Died 1941
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228553
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British Army 3970 Serjeant British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion
Royal Navy
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Born 1890
Other Empire Force 9505 Private Jamaica War Contingent
British Army 14260 Serjeant British West Indies Regiment 10th Battalion
More about Ernest Walker -
Born 1893
Died 1963
Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander
Royal Navy Commander
Royal Navy Vice Admiral
More about Henry Cecil Bovell -
Born 1879
Royal Navy Captain
Royal Navy Commander
Royal Navy Rear Admiral
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Born 1897
Died 1916
Royal Navy London Z/1166 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Royal Navy Z/1166 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Hawke Battalion
More about Burleigh St Muir Hannam -
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Born 1895
Died 1918
Other Empire Force Donkeyman Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)
Other Empire Force Donkeyman Mercantile Marine - SS Holmtown (London)
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Born 1888
Died 1916
Other Empire Force Able Seaman Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Clearfield" (Newcastle)
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Born 1885
Royal Navy 362997 Domestic 3rd Class HMS Terror
More about No War Service Henry Waith -
Born 1882
Died 1932
Other Empire Force M23339 Fireman Mercantile Marine
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Born 1883
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Ship's Cook and Baker Merchant Navy - SS Belgian Prince
More about Maurice Duval