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Place of birth

Oldbury, Worcestershire [145]

Langley Green, Oldbury, Worcestershire [1]

Oldbury Worcestershire [1]

Oldbury, Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Oldbury,Worcestershire [1]

Oldbury,Worcestershire. [1]

Rank

Private [17]

Able Seaman [4]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Ship's Steward's Assistant [1]

Sick Berth Steward [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

HMS BENBOW [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Army Service Corps [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS Centurion [1]

HMS FORTUNE [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

HMS WARSPITE [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: Bristol Division [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: Royal Naval Depot Crystal Palace [1]

Training Reserve [1]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [70]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [56]

British Army [24]

Last name first letter

H [20]

B [18]

S [17]

W [15]

P [13]

T [8]

C [7]

L [7]

A [6]

M [6]

D [5]

O [5]

F [4]

G [4]

R [4]

E [3]

K [2]

N [2]

J [1]

Q [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [144]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

India [1]

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People [150] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Oldbury, Worcestershire [145] Langley Green, Oldbury, Worcestershire [1] Oldbury Worcestershire [1] Oldbury, Dudley, Worcestershire [1] Oldbury,Worcestershire [1] Oldbury,Worcestershire. [1]

Rank

Private [17] Able Seaman [4] Ordinary Seaman [3] Lance Corporal [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Lieutenant [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Ship's Steward's Assistant [1] Sick Berth Steward [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Regiment [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] HMS BENBOW [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Army Service Corps [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS Centurion [1] HMS FORTUNE [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Victory I [1] HMS Vivid I [1] HMS WARSPITE [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: Bristol Division [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: Royal Naval Depot Crystal Palace [1] Training Reserve [1] Warwickshire Yeomanry [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [70] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [56] British Army [24]

Last name first letter

H [20] B [18] S [17] W [15] P [13] T [8] C [7] L [7] A [6] M [6] D [5] O [5] F [4] G [4] R [4] E [3] K [2] N [2] J [1] Q [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [144]

Country

United Kingdom [8] India [1]

Joseph Stevens

Born 1882

Royal Navy 299824

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James Bowen

Born 1892

Royal Navy SS114006

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John Kendrick

Born 1896

Royal Navy SS115315

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Herbert Alexander Davies

Born 1884

Royal Navy 205316

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Joseph Morris

Born 1887

Royal Navy 221623

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James Armstrong

Born 1882

Royal Navy 351381 Sick Berth Steward HMS Centurion

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Joseph Barton

Born 1893

Royal Navy K27258 Stoker 1st Class HMS MALAYA

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Benjamin Lee Huckfield

Born 1898

Royal Navy J38145 Ordinary Seaman HMS BENBOW

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Charles William Horton

Born 1889

Royal Navy J56853 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I

Royal Navy DA 12218 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Joseph Ernest Oughtbridge

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236445

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