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Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire [124]

Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales [31]

Pembroke Dock [27]

Pembroke Dock, Wales [9]

Pembroke Dock, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire [5]

Pembroke Dock Wales [2]

Pembroke Dock, South Wales [2]

Burton, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire [1]

Lower Penner, Pembroke Dock [1]

Pembroke Dock Pembroke shire [1]

Pembroke Dock, Glamorgan, Wales [1]

Pembroke Dock, Kent [1]

Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, South Wales [1]

Pembroke Dock,Wales [1]

Pembroke, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire [1]

Pennar Pembroke Dock, Wales [1]

Saint Marys Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire [1]

Rank

Private [6]

Gunner [3]

Shipwright 2nd Class [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Serjeant [2]

Shipwright 1st Class [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Bombardier Armourer's Crew [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Carpenter [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Commissioned Shipwright [1]

Driver [1]

Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engineer Captain [1]

Lance Corporal/Acting Corporal [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shipwright [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Acting Lieutenant (E) [1]

Temporary Lieutenant (E) [1]

Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E) [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Writer 3rd [1]

Unit

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [9]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

HMS TEMERAIRE [2]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Field Company Royal Engineers [1]

HMS Ascot [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Caernarvon [1]

HMS DUBLIN [1]

HMS Doris [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS Lucia [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

HMS Northampton [1]

HMS Pegasus [1]

HMS Pembroke [1]

HMS Phaeton [1]

HMS Sokoto [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Metropolitan Police [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HM Submarine E20 [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [125]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29]

British Army [24]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [25]

P [18]

L [17]

H [16]

M [15]

R [15]

D [14]

E [13]

S [13]

W [13]

G [12]

T [11]

J [9]

A [5]

F [5]

C [4]

I [1]

K [1]

N [1]

O [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [173]

Merchant Navy [30]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

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People [210] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire [124] Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales [31] Pembroke Dock [27] Pembroke Dock, Wales [9] Pembroke Dock, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire [5] Pembroke Dock Wales [2] Pembroke Dock, South Wales [2] Burton, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire [1] Lower Penner, Pembroke Dock [1] Pembroke Dock Pembroke shire [1] Pembroke Dock, Glamorgan, Wales [1] Pembroke Dock, Kent [1] Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, South Wales [1] Pembroke Dock,Wales [1] Pembroke, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire [1] Pennar Pembroke Dock, Wales [1] Saint Marys Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire [1]

Rank

Private [6] Gunner [3] Shipwright 2nd Class [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Able Seaman [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Leading Seaman [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Serjeant [2] Shipwright 1st Class [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Bombardier Armourer's Crew [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Carpenter [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Commissioned Shipwright [1] Driver [1] Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engineer Captain [1] Lance Corporal/Acting Corporal [1] Leading Deck Hand [1] Lieutenant [1] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Petty Officer [1] Sergeant [1] Shipwright [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Acting Lieutenant (E) [1] Temporary Lieutenant (E) [1] Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E) [1] Trumpeter [1] Writer 3rd [1]

Unit

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [9] Welsh Regiment [6] Royal Field Artillery [3] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS Monmouth [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] HMS TEMERAIRE [2] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Field Company Royal Engineers [1] HMS Ascot [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Caernarvon [1] HMS DUBLIN [1] HMS Doris [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] HMS LION [1] HMS Lucia [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS New Zealand [1] HMS Northampton [1] HMS Pegasus [1] HMS Pembroke [1] HMS Phaeton [1] HMS Sokoto [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Metropolitan Police [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HM Submarine E20 [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] South Wales Borderers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [125] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29] British Army [24] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [25] P [18] L [17] H [16] M [15] R [15] D [14] E [13] S [13] W [13] G [12] T [11] J [9] A [5] F [5] C [4] I [1] K [1] N [1] O [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [173] Merchant Navy [30]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Thomas Howard Williams

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 765298 Private London Regiment 28th (County of London) Battalion (Artists' Rifles)

British Army 765298 Private London Regiment 28th (County of London) Battalion (Artists' Rifles)

British Army 765298 Private London Regiment 28th (County of London) Battalion (Artists' Rifles)

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John (jack) Genese

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 21633 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Royal Field Artillery 66th Battery

British Army 21633 Battery Quartermaster Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 6th Ammunition Column

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Charles John Footman

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 2359 Private Welsh Regiment 6th Battalion (Glamorgan)

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Charles Norton Breckenridge

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 24472 Private Welsh Regiment 16th Battalion

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Sidney Harcourt Mcgowan

Born 1888

British Army 9458 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9458 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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William John Davey

Born 1880

Died 1920

Royal Navy 193429

Royal Navy 193429 Petty Officer HMS Lucia (R.F.R. B/1773)

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Hubert Parmee Mathias

Born 1886

Died 1958

Royal Navy 346004 Shipwright

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George Edward Adams

Born 1877

Died 1952

Royal Navy Commissioned Shipwright

Royal Navy 343056 Carpenter HMS Pegasus

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William George Bennett

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy M4301 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class HMS QUEEN MARY

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William John Bonnell

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22794

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Maurice Archibald Beynon

Born 1897

Died 1972

British Army 68973 Trumpeter Royal Field Artillery 25th Brigade

British Army 68973 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 25th Brigade

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Albert Seymour Lloyd

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 15757 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 15757 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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George Knowling Edwards

Born 1863

Died 1916

Royal Navy Engineer Captain HMS Sokoto

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William Edward Davies

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223749

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Philip Thomas Sudbury

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240089

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Thomas Hankinson Gornall Whiteside

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1538

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Eric Evelyn Brimicombe

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 348262

Canadian Expeditionary Force 348262 Driver Canadian Field Artillery

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Ernest John Vaughan

Born 1873

Died 1916

Royal Navy 176015 Shipwright 2nd Class HMS Pembroke

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Patrick John Griffin

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 20709 Lance Corporal/Acting Corporal Field Company Royal Engineers

British Army 20709 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers 15th Company

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Henry Wilfred Pell

Born 1887

Died 1968

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve - HM Submarine E20

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