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King's Norton, Worcestershire [32]

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Able Seaman [6]

Private [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy I [1]

Boy II [1]

Captain [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Chauffeur [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

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Temporary Captain [1]

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Royal Engineers [2]

British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [1]

Ganges [1]

HM Submarine K4 [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Ardent [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS DEFENCE [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS ONSLOW [1]

HMS Queen Elizabeth [1]

Impregnable [1]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1]

Iron Duke [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

London Regiment [1]

London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Queen Elizabeth [1]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [21]

British Army [8]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

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B [5]

W [5]

S [4]

M [3]

T [3]

C [2]

G [2]

L [2]

A [1]

E [1]

F [1]

H [1]

R [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [31]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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People [32] Stories Communities

Place of birth

King's Norton, Worcestershire [32]

Rank

Able Seaman [6] Private [4] Lieutenant [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Ordinary Seaman [2] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy I [1] Boy II [1] Captain [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Chauffeur [1] Petty Officer [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temp Captain [1] Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [2] British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [1] Ganges [1] HM Submarine K4 [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Ardent [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS DEFENCE [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS ONSLOW [1] HMS Queen Elizabeth [1] Impregnable [1] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1] Iron Duke [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] London Regiment [1] London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Queen Elizabeth [1] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [21] British Army [8] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [5] W [5] S [4] M [3] T [3] C [2] G [2] L [2] A [1] E [1] F [1] H [1] R [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [31]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

Claude Horace Lumby

Born 1899

Royal Navy J32426

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Harold William Ridley

Born 1899

Royal Navy J31986

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William Henry Wright

Born 1883

Royal Navy 205847

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Arthur Tyler

Born 1897

Royal Navy J20881 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J20881 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J20881 Ordinary Seaman HMS Ajax

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Leonard Weeks

Born 1898

Royal Navy J34556

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Bernard Bedford

Born 1899

Royal Navy F48096

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Allan Seaman

Born 1894

Royal Navy J7292

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Henry James Crowe

Born 1895

Royal Navy J10595

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Charles Edwin Griffiths

Born 1893

Royal Navy J10798

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Arthur John Watkins

Born 1895

Royal Navy J11937

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Bertie Cecil Brindley

Born 1882

Royal Navy 203767

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Albert Monk

Born 1887

Royal Navy 232609 Able Seaman HMS Falmouth

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