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Harpenden, Hertfordshire [72]

Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England [2]

Chapel Row, Harpenden, Hertfordshire [1]

Harpenden Hertfordshire [1]

Harpenden Lodge, Harpenden, Hertfordshire [1]

Harpenden West, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [6]

Able Seaman [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Driver [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Ord. Sig. [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Serjeant [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Black Prince [1]

HMS Camperdown [1]

HMS Revenge [1]

HMS St Vincent (Haslar) [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [47]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

British Army [9]

Last name first letter

S [12]

A [10]

H [10]

F [8]

B [6]

C [6]

R [6]

D [4]

W [4]

P [3]

T [3]

J [2]

G [1]

K [1]

L [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [76]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

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People [78] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Harpenden, Hertfordshire [72] Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England [2] Chapel Row, Harpenden, Hertfordshire [1] Harpenden Hertfordshire [1] Harpenden Lodge, Harpenden, Hertfordshire [1] Harpenden West, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [6] Able Seaman [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Boy 2nd Class [1] Driver [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant [1] Ord. Sig. [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [2] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Black Prince [1] HMS Camperdown [1] HMS Revenge [1] HMS St Vincent (Haslar) [1] HMS VALIANT [1] Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] West Yorkshire Regiment [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [47] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] British Army [9]

Last name first letter

S [12] A [10] H [10] F [8] B [6] C [6] R [6] D [4] W [4] P [3] T [3] J [2] G [1] K [1] L [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [76] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Lester Gordon Ring

Born 1903

Royal Navy J92872

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Ernest William Hughes Sharp

Born 1903

Royal Navy J94562

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George Williams

Born 1892

Royal Navy K12226

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Herbert Brewer

Born 1881

Royal Navy L9532

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Stanley George Hucklesby

Born 1900

Royal Navy L12219

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Hubert Arthur Weston

Born 1889

Royal Navy M24572

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George Anstee

Born 1876

Royal Navy M24671

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Bertie George Hyde

Born 1902

Royal Navy M34317

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William James Constable

Born 1886

Royal Navy 226957

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James Herbert Pearson

Born 1894

Royal Navy SS113075

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Charles Herbert Haddock

Born 1885

Royal Navy 213721

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Ernest Tomlin

Born 1887

Royal Navy 221396

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William John Waite

Born 1897

Royal Navy J23289 Able Seaman HMS Ajax

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Frank Borham

Born 1888

Royal Navy 233975

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Sidney Bozier

Born 1888

Royal Navy 310299

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George Freeman

Born 1890

Royal Navy F11380

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Wilfrid Baker Claridge

Born 1895

Royal Navy F12849

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William George Fisher

Born 1889

Royal Navy F13343

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William George Read

Born 1882

Royal Navy F26608

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Edward Archer

Born 1891

Royal Navy F33607

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