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Saint Germans, Cornwall [136]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Leading Stoker [5]

Petty Officer [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Blacksmith's Mate [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief Sick Berth Steward [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Chief Writer [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Leading Carpenter's Crew [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Master at Arms [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Probationary 2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Unit

HMS DEFENCE [3]

HMS THUNDERER [3]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

H. M. S. Victory [1]

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

H.M.S. Valkyrie [1]

HMS Colossus [1]

HMS Conqueror [1]

HMS DUBLIN [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS Dublin [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Larne [1]

HMS Liberty [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

HMS Temeraire [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

HMS Vindictive [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

HMS Warrior [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [135]

British Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [19]

C [16]

H [14]

B [12]

W [11]

R [8]

P [7]

G [6]

M [6]

O [6]

T [6]

E [5]

L [4]

A [3]

D [3]

J [3]

K [3]

N [3]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [133]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

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People [136] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Saint Germans, Cornwall [136]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [6] Leading Stoker [5] Petty Officer [3] Able Seaman [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Blacksmith's Mate [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief Sick Berth Steward [1] Chief Stoker [1] Chief Writer [1] Cook's Mate [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Leading Carpenter's Crew [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Master at Arms [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Probationary 2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Unit

HMS DEFENCE [3] HMS THUNDERER [3] HMS Ajax [2] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] HMS LION [2] HMS TIGER [2] HMS Vivid [2] H. M. S. Victory [1] H.M.S. "Impregnable." [1] H.M.S. Valkyrie [1] HMS Colossus [1] HMS Conqueror [1] HMS DUBLIN [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS Dublin [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Larne [1] HMS Liberty [1] HMS New Zealand [1] HMS Temeraire [1] HMS Vanguard [1] HMS Vindictive [1] HMS Vivid I [1] HMS Warrior [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [135] British Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [19] C [16] H [14] B [12] W [11] R [8] P [7] G [6] M [6] O [6] T [6] E [5] L [4] A [3] D [3] J [3] K [3] N [3] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [133]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Ernest Reginald Banks Saville

Born 1887

Died 1920

Royal Navy 345591

Royal Navy 345591 Chief Writer H. M. S. Victory

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James Henry Glanville Lamerton

Born 1866

Died 1919

Royal Navy 117580

Royal Navy 117580 Master at Arms H.M.S. "Impregnable."

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Edward Francis Ough

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy K5203

Royal Navy K/5203 Leading Stoker H.M.S. Valkyrie

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Amos Worth

Born 1866

Died 1914

Royal Navy 133437 Chief Sick Berth Steward HMS Vivid

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Thomas Henry Chiswell

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 225570 Leading Signalman HMS DEFENCE

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Donald Victor Crawford

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy M33626 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Vivid

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Reginald George Ough

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy K12437 Leading Stoker HMS DEFENCE

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George Elvin

Born 1888

Died 1917

Royal Navy 227115 Leading Seaman HMS Liberty

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Albert Edward Steed

Born 1884

Died 1916

Royal Navy 301682 Stoker Petty Officer HMS DEFENCE

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Albert Harold Ball

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy K32707 Stoker 1st Class HMS Vanguard

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Arthur Smith

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy K23444 Stoker 1st Class HMS Defence

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Harry Kellow

Born 1894

Royal Navy K18869 Stoker 1st Class HMS Larne Second Destroyer Flotilla

Royal Navy K18869 Stoker 1st Class HMS Hindustan

Royal Navy K18869 Stoker 1st Class HMS Colossus

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Cyril Montrose Spargo

Born 1887

Royal Navy K768

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Lewis Bean

Born 1895

Died 1982

Royal Navy J13697 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J13697 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J13697 Ordinary Seaman HMS Conqueror

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John Henry Curtis

Born 1891

Royal Navy K5260 Stoker 1st Class HMS THUNDERER

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Percy Jeffery

Born 1893

Royal Navy M3749 Blacksmith's Mate HMS THUNDERER

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William Henry Essery

Born 1884

Royal Navy 346280

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William Henry Richards

Born 1896

Royal Navy K29937

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Leopold Carpenter

Born 1881

Royal Navy 358909

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James Leonard Ball

Born 1891

Royal Navy K30765

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