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Saint Pancras, London [1690]

Kentish Town Saint Pancras, London [1]

Saint Pancras London [1]

Saint Pancras London, Middlesex [1]

Saint Pancras Somerstown, London [1]

Saint Pancras, London North [1]

Saint-Pancras, London [1]

Somers Town Saint Pancras, London [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [38]

Stoker 1st Class [12]

Ordinary Seaman [11]

Boy 1st Class [9]

Deck Hand [6]

Leading Stoker [6]

Leading Seaman [4]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Leading Signalman [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Ship's Steward's Assistant [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Signalman [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Boy 2nd class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Flight Serjeant [1]

Junior Reserve Attendant [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Master At Arms [1]

Master at Arms [1]

Ordinary Signaller [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Po. Air Craftman. [1]

Ward Room Steward [1]

Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

HMS INFLEXIBLE [6]

Royal Naval Reserve [6]

HMS Good Hope [5]

HMS LION [5]

HMS INVINCIBLE [4]

HMS IRON DUKE [4]

HMS MALAYA [4]

HMS Princess Royal [4]

Royal Naval Air Service [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

HMS Agincourt [3]

HMS Chester [3]

HMS INDOMITABLE [3]

HMS Impregnable [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

HMS Barham [2]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [2]

HMS Calliope [2]

HMS DEFENCE [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

H.M. Submarine E5 [1]

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

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

H.M.S. "Victory I" [1]

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

HM Air Ship P2 [1]

HM Submarine E3 [1]

HM Submarine E30 [1]

HMS 'Vanguard' [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Alexandra [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Black Prince [1]

HMS Blake [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Centurion [1]

HMS Colossus [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Galatea [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Gloucester [1]

HMS Hawke [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1693]

British Army [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [192]

H [153]

W [151]

C [149]

S [140]

M [122]

P [104]

R [93]

G [84]

D [73]

L [69]

F [64]

T [60]

A [46]

E [45]

J [45]

N [33]

K [31]

O [14]

I [12]

V [7]

Y [6]

Q [2]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1694]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

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Place of birth

Saint Pancras, London [1690] Kentish Town Saint Pancras, London [1] Saint Pancras London [1] Saint Pancras London, Middlesex [1] Saint Pancras Somerstown, London [1] Saint Pancras, London North [1] Saint-Pancras, London [1] Somers Town Saint Pancras, London [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [38] Stoker 1st Class [12] Ordinary Seaman [11] Boy 1st Class [9] Deck Hand [6] Leading Stoker [6] Leading Seaman [4] Boy 2nd Class [3] Leading Signalman [3] Petty Officer [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Ship's Steward's Assistant [2] Signal Boy [2] Signalman [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Boy 2nd class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2c [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Flight Serjeant [1] Junior Reserve Attendant [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Master At Arms [1] Master at Arms [1] Ordinary Signaller [1] Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Po. Air Craftman. [1] Ward Room Steward [1] Wireman 2nd Class [1] Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

HMS INFLEXIBLE [6] Royal Naval Reserve [6] HMS Good Hope [5] HMS LION [5] HMS INVINCIBLE [4] HMS IRON DUKE [4] HMS MALAYA [4] HMS Princess Royal [4] Royal Naval Air Service [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] HMS Agincourt [3] HMS Chester [3] HMS INDOMITABLE [3] HMS Impregnable [3] HMS Vanguard [3] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] HMS Barham [2] HMS COLLINGWOOD [2] HMS Calliope [2] HMS DEFENCE [2] HMS Monmouth [2] HMS Pembroke I [2] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] H.M. Submarine E5 [1] H.M.S. "Carnation." [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] H.M.S. "Victory I" [1] H.M.S. "Victory." [1] HM Air Ship P2 [1] HM Submarine E3 [1] HM Submarine E30 [1] HMS 'Vanguard' [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Alexandra [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Black Prince [1] HMS Blake [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Centurion [1] HMS Colossus [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Galatea [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Gloucester [1] HMS Hawke [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1693] British Army [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [192] H [153] W [151] C [149] S [140] M [122] P [104] R [93] G [84] D [73] L [69] F [64] T [60] A [46] E [45] J [45] N [33] K [31] O [14] I [12] V [7] Y [6] Q [2] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1694]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

John Albert Grossmith

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy J17894 Able Seaman HMS BLACK PRINCE

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James Nicholson

Born 1894

Died 1914

Royal Navy K14411 Stoker 1st Class HMS Pegasus

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Harold Jenkin

Born 1892

Royal Navy K32644

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Henry George Moller

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy 238927

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Charles Williams

Born 1882

Died 1916

Royal Navy 304537 Stoker Petty Officer HMS SHARK

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Arthur William Fowler

Born 1888

Died 1954

Royal Navy F2203

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Arthur Hutson

Born 1884

Died 1914

Royal Navy 211501 Able Seaman HMS Monmouth

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Charles William Weston

Born 1885

Died 1914

Royal Navy 212186 Able Seaman HMS Good Hope

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Albert Charles Roberts

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy M6356 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HM Submarine E30

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Charles John Oates

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy J4526 Able Seaman H.M. Submarine E5

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Robert Jones

Born 1885

Died 1914

Royal Navy 215732 Able Seaman HM Submarine E3

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Thomas Henry Patrickson

Born 1869

Royal Navy 350016 Master at Arms HMS Terpsichore

Royal Navy 350016 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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Edward Partington

Born 1893

Died 1917

Royal Navy K20125 Stoker 1st Class HMS Vanguard

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Andrew Piesse

Born 1894

Royal Navy J8867 Able Seaman HMS IRON DUKE

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William James Barnwell

Born 1897

Died 1969

Royal Navy J35449 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J35449 Boy 1st Class HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy J35449 Ordinary Seaman HMS Agincourt

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Thomas Charles Jacques

Born 1892

Died 1940

Royal Navy J12761 Able Seaman HMS Marlborough

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Frederick Ashley Wells

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy M11009 Ship's Steward's Assistant HMS QUEEN MARY

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Percy Bass

Born 1894

Royal Navy K18480 Stoker 1st Class HMS BELLEROPHON

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Henry Frank Walter John Smith

Born 1894

Royal Navy J7562 Leading Signalman HMS LION

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Frederick William Smith

Born 1887

Royal Navy 229612

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