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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]

Ernest Day

Born 1885

Royal Navy F34381

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Herbert Henry Cain

Born 1878

Royal Navy F44966

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James William Smith

Born 1897

Royal Navy J18733

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Christopher Cecil Harding

Born 1898

Royal Navy J29297

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Frederick James Baden Dixon

Born 1900

Royal Navy J46172

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Cecil Henry George Trustram

Born 1900

Royal Navy J51273

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Albert Edward Blaxill

Born 1900

Royal Navy J57704

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Edward Blake

Born 1900

Royal Navy J59403

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Cyril John Hite

Born 1898

Royal Navy J76313

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James Frederick Hawkes

Born 1901

Royal Navy J89468

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Sidney Charles Ansell

Born 1890

Royal Navy K6576

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James Frederick Hawkes

Born 1901

Royal Navy K56014

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William George Jennings

Born 1894

Royal Navy M30614

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James Bright

Born 1885

Royal Navy 216731

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John Anstee

Born 1883

Royal Navy 207080 Ordinary Seaman HMS Camperdown

Royal Navy 207080 Able Seaman HMS Revenge

Royal Navy 207080 Leading Seaman HMS Black Prince

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James Allen Cox

Born 1898

Royal Navy J33208 Boy 1st Class HMS VALIANT

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Henry George Cruse Hoddinott

Born 1900

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Arthur Sydney Hawkins

Born 1895

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