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Hoylake, Cheshire, England [39]

Hoylake, Cheshire [31]

Hoylake, Birkenhead, Cheshire [5]

Hoylake [3]

Dale Lodge House, Hoylake, Cheshire [1]

Hoylake, Lancashire [1]

Woodchurch, Hoylake, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Corporal [1]

Second Hand [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

H.M.S. "Lord Nelson" [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Emerald [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

HMS Pembroke I [1]

HMS Suffolk [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - S.S. "Rosario." [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [22]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13]

British Army [7]

Last name first letter

B [13]

H [11]

E [8]

J [7]

S [7]

A [6]

C [6]

R [6]

D [4]

M [3]

K [2]

P [2]

T [2]

W [2]

F [1]

G [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [39]

Military Service [39]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

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People [81] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Hoylake, Cheshire, England [39] Hoylake, Cheshire [31] Hoylake, Birkenhead, Cheshire [5] Hoylake [3] Dale Lodge House, Hoylake, Cheshire [1] Hoylake, Lancashire [1] Woodchurch, Hoylake, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [4] Able Seaman [3] Deck Hand [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Second Lieutenant [2] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Corporal [1] Second Hand [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [4] Cheshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Army Ordnance Corps [1] H.M.S. "Lord Nelson" [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Emerald [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] HMS Pembroke I [1] HMS Suffolk [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS Victory I [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Royal Naval Reserve - S.S. "Rosario." [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [22] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13] British Army [7]

Last name first letter

B [13] H [11] E [8] J [7] S [7] A [6] C [6] R [6] D [4] M [3] K [2] P [2] T [2] W [2] F [1] G [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [39] Military Service [39]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Harold Marle

Born 1893

Royal Navy SS111643

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John Andrew Rowlands

Born 1875

Royal Navy F25020

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Robert Darwin Stephenson

Born 1896

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William John Eccles

Born 1899

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Frederick Eccles

Born 1890

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Robert Walter Bird

Born 1882

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Henry Bird

Born 1876

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William Joshua Bird

Born 1876

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Joseph Rowland Bevan

Born 1896

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Albert Edward Ball

Born 1880

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Alfred Edward Armitage

Born 1896

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Frank Armitage

Born 1891

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Joshua Armitage

Born 1887

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Bertram Carter Restall

Born 1895

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William Randles

Born 1879

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Robert Duncan Parr

Born 1892

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Frederick Rupert Jones

Born 1900

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Redvers Donald Hughes

Born 1900

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John Housley

Born 1900

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George Haver

Born 1869

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