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Seamen Storming Party and ratings who crewed HMS Vindictive
Seamen Storming Party and ratings who crewed HMS Vindictive
An attempt to record the 10 officers and 200 ratings, formed into four companies, who took part in the raid on Zeebrugge on 23 April 1918. The ratings of the skeleton crew of HMS Vindictive are also included
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Born 1896
Died 1918
Royal Navy J15780 Able Seaman HMS NEPTUNE
Royal Navy J15780 Able Seaman HMS NEPTUNE
Royal Navy J15780 Able Seaman HMS Hindustan
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More about Reginald George Everest -
Born 1893
Royal Navy SS114576 Stoker 1st Class Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)
Royal Navy SS114576 Stoker 1st Class HMS Vindictive
More about John Burnham -
Born 1892
Royal Navy K22975 Stoker 1st Class HMS Tiger
Royal Navy K22975 Stoker 1st Class HMS Hindustan
Royal Navy K22975 Stoker 1st Class HMS Vindictive
More about Thomas George Beecham -
Born 1894
Died 1918
Royal Navy J7487 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable
Royal Navy J7487 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable
Royal Navy J7487 Ordinary Seaman HMS Collingwood
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More about Thomas Kidd -
Born 1898
Died 1918
Royal Navy J/29331 Able Seaman HMS Collingwood
Royal Navy J/29331 Ordinary Seaman HMS Collingwood
Royal Navy J29331 Boy 1st Class HMS Collingwood
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More about Frederick William Bowlt -
Born 1898
Royal Navy J30777 Able Seaman HMS Hindustan
Royal Navy J30777 Able Seaman HMS King George V
Royal Navy J30777 Ordinary Seaman HMS King George V
More about John Edward Gaylor -
Born 1897
Royal Navy K30560 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Swiftsure
Royal Navy K30560 Stoker 1st Class HMS Swiftsure
Royal Navy K30560 Stoker 1st Class Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)
More about Arthur Horne -
Born 1888
Royal Navy 234467 Leading Seaman HMS Hindustan
Royal Navy 234467 Leading Seaman HMS Orion
Royal Navy 234467 Leading Seaman HMS Orion
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More about George Shiner -
Born 1896
Royal Navy K24381 Stoker 1st Class HMS St Vincent
Royal Navy K24381 Stoker 1st Class HMS Hindustan
Royal Navy K24381 Stoker 1st Class HMS St Vincent
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More about Arthur Dews -
Born 1889
Died 1918
Royal Navy 238198 Petty Officer HMS Hindustan
Royal Navy 238198 Able Seaman HMS Orion
Royal Navy 238198 Able Seaman HMS Orion
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More about Michael Daniel Hallihan -
Born 1895
Royal Navy SS5559 Ordinary Seaman HMS Indomitable
Royal Navy SS5559 Able Seaman HMS Vindictive
Royal Navy SS5559 Able Seaman HMS Indomitable
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More about Ernest James Holden -
Born 1879
Royal Navy 183625 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS Vindictive
Royal Navy 183625 Petty Officer 1st Class Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid)
Royal Navy 183625 Petty Officer 1st Class Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid)
More about Edwin George Youlton -
Born 1893
Royal Navy SS3993 Able Seaman HMS Hindustan
Royal Navy SS3993 Able Seaman HMS Superb
Royal Navy SS3993 Able Seaman HMS Iron Duke
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More about Henry Steele -
Born 1894
Died 1918
Royal Navy SS/4230 Able Seaman HMS Vindictive
Royal Navy SS4230 Able Seaman Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)
Royal Navy SS4230 Able Seaman HMS Antrim
More about Thomas Charles Mcshane -
Born 1892
Died 1936
Royal Navy K21419 Stoker 1st Class HMS Mignonette - Auxiliary Patrol Grimsby depot ship HMS Wallington
Royal Navy K21419 Stoker 1st Class HM Trawler Wallington - Boom Defence Vessel Auxiliary Patrol Grimsby Immingham
Royal Navy K21419 Stoker 1st Class Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)
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More about David Lewis Carver -
Born 1893
Royal Navy SS111675 Stoker 1st Class Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)
Royal Navy SS111675 Stoker 1st Class Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)
Royal Navy SS111675 Stoker 1st Class HMS Vindictive
More about William Alfred Hancock -
Born 1893
Royal Navy K12031 Stoker Petty Officer Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)
Royal Navy K12031 Acting Stoker Petty Officer HMS Superb
Royal Navy K12031 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Vindictive
More about Arthur Alexander Hart -
Born 1895
Royal Navy J19453 Able Seaman HMS Hindustan
Royal Navy J19453 Able Seaman Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid)
Royal Navy J19453 Able Seaman HMS Resolution
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More about George Popple -
Born 1896
Royal Navy J26879 Able Seaman Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)
Royal Navy J26879 Able Seaman HMS Superb
Royal Navy J26879 Able Seaman HMS Champion
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More about William James Wilson -
Born 1896
Royal Navy J21342 Able Seaman HMS Hindustan
Royal Navy J21342 Able Seaman HMS Ajax
Royal Navy J21342 Able Seaman HMS Iris II - Seaman Storming Party ("D" Company)
More about Walter Harold Kelly