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Administrative Errors
Administrative Errors
Service number anomalies/errors that I've stumbled across during my research
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Royal Navy Royal Naval Division
Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
More about Edward Laurence Mather -
Born 1893
Royal Navy Z/1961 Royal Naval Division
Royal Navy Clyde Z/1961 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Royal Navy 4821/DA Deck Hand
More about James Simmons -
Born 1893
British Army 2811948 Private Seaforth Highlanders Territorial Force
Royal Navy 6313R Seaman Royal Navy
Royal Navy A 6313 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve
More about James Farmer -
British Army Lieutenant East Kent Regiment
Royal Navy AA1123 Chief Petty Officer Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
More about F D Norford -
Born 1897
Died 1957
Royal Navy 5497 B Royal Naval Division
Royal Navy A 5497 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy A 5497 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Drake Battalion
More about James Henry Silom -
Born 1887
Royal Navy S 1987 Stoker Royal Naval Division Anson Battalion
Royal Navy B/1987 Royal Naval Division *mistake in RND records
Royal Navy S 1987 Stoker Royal Naval Reserve
More about Richard Wignall -
Royal Navy 654 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 654 Seaman Royal Naval Division Howe Battalion
More about Kenneth Mcleod -
Born 1883
Died 1915
Royal Navy 208628 Ordinary Seaman
Royal Navy London Z/2116 Ordinary Seaman RNVR, Minesweeping?
Royal Navy DA 14868 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve *mistake in Admiralty records, never served in the RNR
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More about Alfred Spurrell Willcocks -
Born 1895
Royal Navy A 5433 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy A/5433 Seaman Royal Naval Division Drake Battalion
Royal Navy A 5433 Seaman Royal Naval Division - Drake Battalion
More about John Finlayson -
Born 1892
Royal Navy Clyde 1/1708 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Royal Navy Clyde 1/1708 Petty Officer Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Royal Navy 1/1708 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Division Anson Battalion
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More about Frank Forsyth -
Born 1875
Royal Navy DA 15724 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve
More about Robert Alfred Rattenbury -
Born 1883
Royal Navy A/ 3219 Royal Naval Division
Royal Navy C 3219 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy C 3219 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Anson Battalion
More about William Newman -
Born 1874
Royal Navy 2344B Royal Naval Division
Royal Navy C 2344 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 2344C Able Seaman Royal Naval Division
More about Malcolm Murray -
Born 1880
Royal Navy C31983 Royal Naval Division
Royal Navy C 1983 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy C 1983 Seaman Royal Naval Division Anson Battalion
More about Thomas Neil -
Born 1895
Royal Navy Ch/5639 Seaman Royal Naval Division Benbow Battalion
Royal Navy A 5369 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy A 5369 Seaman Royal Naval Division Benbow Battalion
More about Angus Mckay -
Born 1875
Royal Navy 1416 Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy TS 1330 Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve
More about Heffield Henry Frederick Rosling -
Born 1897
British Army 766959 Private London Regiment 2/28 (County of London) Battalion (Artist's Rifles)
Royal Navy London AA/1826 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
More about Arthur Cecil Or Cyril Baldwin -
Born 1899
Royal Navy J82427 Ordinary Seaman *admin error, does not match service records
Royal Navy TS 7872 Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve
More about William Ritchie -
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