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Gravesend, Kent [958]

Milton, Gravesend, Kent [18]

Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent [16]

Gravesend, Kent, England [12]

Gravesend Kent [9]

Northfleet Gravesend, Kent [5]

Swanscombe, Gravesend, Kent [4]

Gravesend,Kent [2]

Gravesend,Kent. [2]

Greenhithe, Gravesend, Kent [2]

Rosherville, Gravesend, Kent [2]

Denton, Gravesend, Kent [1]

GRAVESEND KENT [1]

Gravesend, Kent, UK [1]

Gravesend, Milton, Kent [1]

Gravesend, kent [1]

Higham near Gravesend Kent [1]

Higham, Gravesend, Kent [1]

Kent. Gravesend [1]

Meopham, Gravesend, Kent [1]

Meopham, near Gravesend, Kent [1]

Milton Gravesend, Kent [1]

Near Gravesend, Kent [1]

Norfield Gravesend, Kent [1]

Northfleet ,Gravesend, Kent [1]

Northfleet nr Gravesend, Kent [1]

Northfleet, Strood, Kent [1]

Rosherville, Northfleet nr Gravesend, Kent [1]

Saint James Gravesend, Kent [1]

Shorne nr Gravesend, Kent [1]

Shorne, Gravesend, Kent [1]

Shorne,Gravesend, Kent [1]

Southfleet, Gravesend, Kent [1]

Strood Gravesend, Kent. [1]

Rank

Private [46]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Stoker 1st Class [12]

Ordinary Seaman [11]

Gunner [10]

Lieutenant [10]

Deck Hand [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Captain [8]

Lance Corporal [6]

Serjeant [5]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Driver [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Leading Trimmer [2]

Major [2]

Nurse [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Constable [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Joined as Gunner, killed as A/Bombardier appt 4/2/1917 [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman (Probationary) [1]

Officer's Cook 2nd Class [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class. [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Rifleman [1]

Signalman [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [14]

Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

London Regiment [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

HMS INDOMITABLE [4]

HMS Pembroke I [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [3]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [3]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

HMS Chester [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS Falmouth [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

1st Quebec Regiment [1]

4th Dragoon Guards [1]

7th Hussars [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

General Headquarters Staff [1]

Gravesend Post Office [1]

H.M. Boarding Tug 'Charm' [1]

H.M.S. Fisgard [1]

HM Submarine E17 [1]

HM Submarine E6 [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

Service

Royal Navy [757]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [179]

British Army [86]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [122]

H [108]

S [99]

C [81]

W [79]

P [78]

M [62]

G [59]

L [49]

D [47]

F [42]

R [42]

T [40]

A [33]

E [28]

K [24]

J [23]

O [15]

N [9]

Y [5]

I [3]

V [3]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1019]

Merchant Navy [17]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [51]

Australia [1]

Jersey [1]

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Place of birth

Gravesend, Kent [958] Milton, Gravesend, Kent [18] Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent [16] Gravesend, Kent, England [12] Gravesend Kent [9] Northfleet Gravesend, Kent [5] Swanscombe, Gravesend, Kent [4] Gravesend,Kent [2] Gravesend,Kent. [2] Greenhithe, Gravesend, Kent [2] Rosherville, Gravesend, Kent [2] Denton, Gravesend, Kent [1] GRAVESEND KENT [1] Gravesend, Kent, UK [1] Gravesend, Milton, Kent [1] Gravesend, kent [1] Higham near Gravesend Kent [1] Higham, Gravesend, Kent [1] Kent. Gravesend [1] Meopham, Gravesend, Kent [1] Meopham, near Gravesend, Kent [1] Milton Gravesend, Kent [1] Near Gravesend, Kent [1] Norfield Gravesend, Kent [1] Northfleet ,Gravesend, Kent [1] Northfleet nr Gravesend, Kent [1] Northfleet, Strood, Kent [1] Rosherville, Northfleet nr Gravesend, Kent [1] Saint James Gravesend, Kent [1] Shorne nr Gravesend, Kent [1] Shorne, Gravesend, Kent [1] Shorne,Gravesend, Kent [1] Southfleet, Gravesend, Kent [1] Strood Gravesend, Kent. [1]

Rank

Private [46] Second Lieutenant [12] Stoker 1st Class [12] Ordinary Seaman [11] Gunner [10] Lieutenant [10] Deck Hand [9] Able Seaman [8] Captain [8] Lance Corporal [6] Serjeant [5] Acting Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Driver [2] Leading Stoker [2] Leading Trimmer [2] Major [2] Nurse [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Constable [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Boy Artificer [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Chief Stoker [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Joined as Gunner, killed as A/Bombardier appt 4/2/1917 [1] Leading Deck Hand [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman (Probationary) [1] Officer's Cook 2nd Class [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class. [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Petty Officer Telegraphist [1] Rifleman [1] Signalman [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [14] Army Service Corps [8] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] London Regiment [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] East Surrey Regiment [4] HMS INDOMITABLE [4] HMS Pembroke I [4] Royal Engineers [4] H.M.S. "Formidable." [3] HMS INFLEXIBLE [3] Mercantile Marine Reserve [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] HMS Chester [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS Falmouth [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS Victory I [2] Labour Corps [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 1st Quebec Regiment [1] 4th Dragoon Guards [1] 7th Hussars [1] Australian Infantry [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] General Headquarters Staff [1] Gravesend Post Office [1] H.M. Boarding Tug 'Charm' [1] H.M.S. Fisgard [1] HM Submarine E17 [1] HM Submarine E6 [1] HMS Ajax [1]

Service

Royal Navy [757] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [179] British Army [86] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [122] H [108] S [99] C [81] W [79] P [78] M [62] G [59] L [49] D [47] F [42] R [42] T [40] A [33] E [28] K [24] J [23] O [15] N [9] Y [5] I [3] V [3] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1019] Merchant Navy [17] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [51] Australia [1] Jersey [1]

Henry William Chapman

Born 1882

Royal Navy 207453

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Victor Edward Pressley

Born 1897

Royal Navy F14312

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Charles Warren

Born 1886

Royal Navy J63936

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John William Bright

Born 1888

Royal Navy J64961

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Frederick Tyler

Born 1885

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Charles Henry William Ambrose

Born 1894

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Henry William Webster

Born 1866

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Jasper Pettman

Born 1892

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George Henry Pettman

Born 1881

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William Frank Pierce

Born 1876

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Roland Pettman

Born 1897

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William Pettman

Born 1894

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