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Birmingham, Staffordshire [59]

Birmingham Staffordshire [1]

Birmingham Staffordshire England [1]

Handsworth, Birmingham, Staffordshire [1]

Harborne, Birmingham, Staffordshire [1]

Smethwick Birmingham, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [2]

Private [2]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Musician [1]

Ship's Steward's Assistant [1]

Shoeing Smith or Sergeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Victualling Assistant [1]

Unit

HMS CANADA [2]

11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS CASTOR [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS Spitfire [1]

Hussars [1]

Royal Marines Band - HMS IRON DUKE [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [61]

British Army [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [10]

H [9]

C [8]

B [7]

L [4]

W [4]

M [3]

R [3]

T [3]

G [2]

N [2]

P [2]

D [1]

E [1]

F [1]

J [1]

K [1]

O [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [63]

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People [64] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Birmingham, Staffordshire [59] Birmingham Staffordshire [1] Birmingham Staffordshire England [1] Handsworth, Birmingham, Staffordshire [1] Harborne, Birmingham, Staffordshire [1] Smethwick Birmingham, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [2] Private [2] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Deck Hand [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Musician [1] Ship's Steward's Assistant [1] Shoeing Smith or Sergeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Victualling Assistant [1]

Unit

HMS CANADA [2] 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS CASTOR [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS Spitfire [1] Hussars [1] Royal Marines Band - HMS IRON DUKE [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [61] British Army [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [10] H [9] C [8] B [7] L [4] W [4] M [3] R [3] T [3] G [2] N [2] P [2] D [1] E [1] F [1] J [1] K [1] O [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [63]

Edward Waugh

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 9931 Private Hussars

British Army 9931 Private 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own)

British Army 9931 Shoeing Smith or Sergeant 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own)

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Seymour Clinton Tye

Died 1916

British Army 1160 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Arthur Batchelor Cleave

Born 1888

Royal Navy M12755 Ship's Steward's Assistant HMS CASTOR

Royal Navy M12755 Victualling Assistant HMS Castor

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Ben Oliver Boulton

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy 31/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 31 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Harry Kendall

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy K12345 Stoker 1st Class HMS INVINCIBLE

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Philip Harrison

Born 1898

Royal Navy J24163

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William Alexander Smith

Born 1896

Royal Navy J35219

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John Eli Burton

Born 1899

Royal Navy J38305

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James Henry Summerton

Born 1899

Royal Navy J45962

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Arthur Herbert Ludford

Born 1901

Royal Navy J69075

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Arthur Edward Oldfield

Born 1901

Royal Navy J88076

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Frank Parsons

Born 1885

Royal Navy J90907

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John Leslie Cartwright

Born 1897

Royal Navy F18755

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Bertrand Frederick Brueton

Born 1885

Royal Navy F30159

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George Harold Carter

Born 1876

Royal Navy F35880

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Ernest Edwin Payne

Born 1879

Royal Navy F36797

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Stanley William Stokes

Born 1899

Royal Navy F45031

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Herbert Arthur Hingley

Born 1899

Royal Navy F48146

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Harry Sharratt

Born 1895

Royal Navy K34602

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William Edward Eaton

Born 1902

Royal Navy K58642

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