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Place of birth

Highbury, London [290]

Highbury, London, Middlesex [81]

Highbury, Islington, London [3]

Highbury, North London [2]

HIghbury London [1]

Highbury (London ?) [1]

Highbury Hill, London [1]

Highbury,London. [1]

Highbury. London [1]

London Highbury [1]

Rank

Private [17]

Able Seaman [8]

Captain [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic I(a) [1]

Bombardier [1]

Chief Mechanic [1]

Chief Petty Officer Sick Berth [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Flight Conductor [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Mechanic (RL) [1]

Major [1]

Musician [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic (RL) [1]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Private (1st Class Signaller) [1]

Sergeant Mechanic [1]

Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Acting Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

County of London Yeomanry [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

11th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

H.M.S. "Pembroke." [1]

H.M.S. "Veteran" [1]

HMNZS Diomede [1]

HMS 'Tiger' [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Dublin [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS ONSLAUGHT [1]

HMS Raglan [1]

HMS SUPERB [1]

HMS TURBULENT [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party, "A" Company [1]

HMS Yarmouth [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regt [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1]

RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [270]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [84]

British Army [31]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [43]

C [33]

S [30]

W [29]

H [27]

F [25]

R [25]

G [24]

M [23]

P [22]

D [16]

T [16]

A [15]

L [15]

E [9]

J [7]

K [6]

N [5]

O [5]

I [3]

V [3]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [379]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

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People [382] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Highbury, London [290] Highbury, London, Middlesex [81] Highbury, Islington, London [3] Highbury, North London [2] HIghbury London [1] Highbury (London ?) [1] Highbury Hill, London [1] Highbury,London. [1] Highbury. London [1] London Highbury [1]

Rank

Private [17] Able Seaman [8] Captain [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Lieutenant [3] Rifleman [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Captain [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic I(a) [1] Bombardier [1] Chief Mechanic [1] Chief Petty Officer Sick Berth [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Flight Conductor [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Mechanic (RL) [1] Major [1] Musician [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Petty Officer Mechanic (RL) [1] Petty Officer Telegraphist [1] Private (1st Class Signaller) [1] Sergeant Mechanic [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Acting Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [8] Worcestershire Regiment [3] County of London Yeomanry [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 11th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Corps of Hussars [1] H.M.S. "Pembroke." [1] H.M.S. "Veteran" [1] HMNZS Diomede [1] HMS 'Tiger' [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Dublin [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS LION [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS ONSLAUGHT [1] HMS Raglan [1] HMS SUPERB [1] HMS TURBULENT [1] HMS Vanguard [1] HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party, "A" Company [1] HMS Yarmouth [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Middlesex Regt [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1] RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] Royal Fusiliers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [270] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [84] British Army [31] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [43] C [33] S [30] W [29] H [27] F [25] R [25] G [24] M [23] P [22] D [16] T [16] A [15] L [15] E [9] J [7] K [6] N [5] O [5] I [3] V [3] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [379]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Archibald Kirby

Born 1883

Royal Navy F3873

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Alfred Ward

Born 1888

Royal Navy F3593

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Harold Meyer

Born 1894

Royal Navy F4210

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Percival Clark Cooper

Born 1900

Royal Navy SS124495

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Henry William Kempton

Born 1901

Royal Navy SS124154

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Joseph Albert Bazeley

Born 1900

Royal Navy SS124691

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Nancy Eleanor Dunn

Born 1891

British Army Nursing Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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James Ellison

Born 1883

Royal Navy 205975

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William James Smith

Born 1884

Royal Navy 207554

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James Allard

Born 1885

Royal Navy 212927

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Arthur George Lincoln

Born 1885

Royal Navy 214869

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George William Truelove

Born 1883

Royal Navy 215385

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Albert Wilfred Binge

Born 1887

Royal Navy 222042

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Henry Albert Vass

Born 1886

Royal Navy 222295

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William Alfred Bird

Born 1898

Royal Navy J34917 Ordinary Seaman HMS Calliope

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Edward William Bunce

Born 1898

Royal Navy J30707 Ordinary Telegraphist HMS SUPERB

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Reginald Alfred Wise

Born 1898

Royal Navy J31511

Royal Navy J31511 Boy 1st Class HMS 'Tiger'

Royal Navy J31511 Ordinary Seaman HMS 'Tiger'

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Sidney Albert Price

Born 1898

Royal Navy J33281

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMNZS Diomede

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Edward Hastings

Born 1886

Royal Navy J38406 Able Seaman

Royal Navy J38406 Able Seaman HMS Yarmouth

Royal Navy SS474 Able Seaman

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William Charles Mercer

Born 1899

Royal Navy J30160 Boy 1st Class HMS LION

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