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Hastings, Sussex [5]

Chislehurst, Kent [3]

Portsea, Hampshire [3]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [2]

Eidsvold, Queensland [2]

Hastings England [2]

Hawkhurst, Kent [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Islington, London [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Orpington, Kent [2]

Rotherhithe, London [2]

3 Douglas Terrace, Thames Ditton, Surrey [1]

35 East Street, Southsea, Hampshire [1]

78th Street, Chicago, Illinois [1]

Baldock, Hertford [1]

Baldwin, Ontario [1]

Barony, Lanark [1]

Basle [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bickenhill, Warwick [1]

Brandon, Manitoba [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Broughton Ashley, Leicestershire [1]

Bulverhythe, Sussex [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Catsfield, Sussex [1]

Charlton Kings, Gloucester [1]

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [1]

Chistlehurst, Kent [1]

Christchurch Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1]

Croydon, London [1]

Deal, Kent [1]

Denham Eye, Suffolk [1]

East Malling, Kent [1]

Eastergate, Sussex [1]

Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Ewhurst, Sussex [1]

Faversham, Kent [1]

Ferezopore, nr. Darjeeling [1]

Fordham, Essex [1]

Glebe, New South Wales [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Grenfell, Saskatchewan [1]

Grey County, Ontario [1]

Rank

Master At Arms [51]

Private [47]

Boy 2nd Class [25]

Gunner [10]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Serjeant [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Driver [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Master at Arms [5]

Sapper [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Bombardier [4]

Corporal [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Ships Corporal 2nd Class [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Chief Master at Arms [3]

Lance-Corporal [3]

Sergeant [3]

Ships Corporal 1st Class [3]

Trooper [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Signaller [2]

Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

3rd Writer [1]

???? [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [1]

Acting Temporary Chief Master at Arms [1]

Air Mechanic I [1]

Air Mechanic II(E) [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class (Fitter AE) [1]

Battery Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Bot 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Car Crew [1]

Chief Cooper [1]

Chief Master At Arms [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Unit

HMS Victory I [53]

HMS St Vincent [16]

Infantry [14]

Royal Sussex Regiment [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Flying Corps [9]

HMS Impregnable [7]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Royal Marine Artillery [6]

HMS Pembroke II [5]

HMS Ganges [4]

HMS Pembroke I [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Artillery [3]

Crystal Palace [3]

HMS Excellent [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Dispersal Centre Wimbledon [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Engineers [2]

HMS Bayano [2]

HMS Boscawen [2]

HMS Duke of Wellington [2]

HMS Minotaur [2]

HMS Victory VI [2]

RND [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Sussex Yeomanry [2]

1 BTD [1]

10th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery [1]

150 Squadron [1]

170th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

1st Canadian Oversea Regiment [1]

2 Field Artillery Brigade [1]

22 Squadron [1]

221 Squadron (South Russia) [1]

3 Squadron [1]

30 Squadron [1]

3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1]

4th A.D.B.D. [1]

50 Training Depot Station [1]

53 Training Depot Station [1]

58th Canadian Engineers [1]

62 Wing (Batoum, South Russia) [1]

APC [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [80]

British Army [64]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17]

Australian Imperial Force [14]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

Other Empire Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [107]

B [8]

S [8]

W [8]

M [7]

A [5]

H [5]

R [4]

F [3]

G [3]

L [3]

P [3]

D [2]

J [2]

Y [2]

E [1]

K [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [116]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [41]

Canada [10]

Australia [8]

United States [2]

France [1]

Ireland [1]

Mauritius [1]

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People [173] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Hastings, Sussex [5] Chislehurst, Kent [3] Portsea, Hampshire [3] Alverstoke, Hampshire [2] Eidsvold, Queensland [2] Hastings England [2] Hawkhurst, Kent [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Islington, London [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Orpington, Kent [2] Rotherhithe, London [2] 3 Douglas Terrace, Thames Ditton, Surrey [1] 35 East Street, Southsea, Hampshire [1] 78th Street, Chicago, Illinois [1] Baldock, Hertford [1] Baldwin, Ontario [1] Barony, Lanark [1] Basle [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bickenhill, Warwick [1] Brandon, Manitoba [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Broughton Ashley, Leicestershire [1] Bulverhythe, Sussex [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Catsfield, Sussex [1] Charlton Kings, Gloucester [1] Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [1] Chistlehurst, Kent [1] Christchurch Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1] Croydon, London [1] Deal, Kent [1] Denham Eye, Suffolk [1] East Malling, Kent [1] Eastergate, Sussex [1] Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Ewhurst, Sussex [1] Faversham, Kent [1] Ferezopore, nr. Darjeeling [1] Fordham, Essex [1] Glebe, New South Wales [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Grenfell, Saskatchewan [1] Grey County, Ontario [1]

Rank

Master At Arms [51] Private [47] Boy 2nd Class [25] Gunner [10] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [8] Able Seaman [7] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Serjeant [6] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Driver [5] Lance Corporal [5] Master at Arms [5] Sapper [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Bombardier [4] Corporal [4] Lieutenant [4] Ships Corporal 2nd Class [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Chief Master at Arms [3] Lance-Corporal [3] Sergeant [3] Ships Corporal 1st Class [3] Trooper [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Leading Seaman [2] Signaller [2] Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 3rd Writer [1] ???? [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Stoker 1st Class [1] Acting Temporary Chief Master at Arms [1] Air Mechanic I [1] Air Mechanic II(E) [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 1st Class (Fitter AE) [1] Battery Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Bot 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Car Crew [1] Chief Cooper [1] Chief Master At Arms [1] Chief Petty Officer [1]

Unit

HMS Victory I [53] HMS St Vincent [16] Infantry [14] Royal Sussex Regiment [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Flying Corps [9] HMS Impregnable [7] Royal Field Artillery [6] Royal Marine Artillery [6] HMS Pembroke II [5] HMS Ganges [4] HMS Pembroke I [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Army Service Corps [3] Artillery [3] Crystal Palace [3] HMS Excellent [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Dispersal Centre Wimbledon [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Engineers [2] HMS Bayano [2] HMS Boscawen [2] HMS Duke of Wellington [2] HMS Minotaur [2] HMS Victory VI [2] RND [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Sussex Yeomanry [2] 1 BTD [1] 10th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery [1] 150 Squadron [1] 170th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 1st Canadian Oversea Regiment [1] 2 Field Artillery Brigade [1] 22 Squadron [1] 221 Squadron (South Russia) [1] 3 Squadron [1] 30 Squadron [1] 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1] 4th A.D.B.D. [1] 50 Training Depot Station [1] 53 Training Depot Station [1] 58th Canadian Engineers [1] 62 Wing (Batoum, South Russia) [1] APC [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Reserve [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [80] British Army [64] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17] Australian Imperial Force [14] Canadian Expeditionary Force [12] Other Empire Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [107] B [8] S [8] W [8] M [7] A [5] H [5] R [4] F [3] G [3] L [3] P [3] D [2] J [2] Y [2] E [1] K [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [116] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [41] Canada [10] Australia [8] United States [2] France [1] Ireland [1] Mauritius [1]

William Robert Goldfinch

Born 1863

Royal Navy 107784 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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Sidney Arthur Cruttenden

Born 1889

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 23/1024

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 23/1024 Corporal New Zealand Provost Corps

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Amos Bartlett

Born 1870

Royal Navy 135891 Boy 2nd Class HMS St Vincent

Royal Navy 135891 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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Lenard Crittenden

Died 1918

British Army 41335 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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James Pomeroy Cavers

Born 1892

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Robert Cruttenden

Born 1878

Royal Navy 811 Sapper Royal Marine Divisional Engineers: Deal

British Army Royal Engineers

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Charles Henry Fleet

Born 1862

Died 1920

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Disciplinarian Royal Air Force Wormwood Scrubs

Royal Navy Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Navy 103699 Boy 2nd Class HMS St Vincent

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Courtenay Cruttenden

Born 1898

Died 1971

British Army Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

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William Cruttenden

Died 1917

British Army GS/27095 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 27095 Private Royal Fusiliers 11th Battalion

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Harry Joseph Woolford

Born 1867

Royal Navy 124111 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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Alfred Pearson

Born 1878

Royal Navy 190705 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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William Richard Butt

Born 1866

Royal Navy 121155 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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William Cross

Born 1868

Royal Navy 127152 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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James Lindsay

Born 1872

Royal Navy 146873 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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Frederick Flint

Born 1866

Royal Navy 120063 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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William Hale

Born 1864

Royal Navy 110837 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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Harry Rivett

Born 1874

Royal Navy 153492 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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Alfred Charles Crittenden

Died 1916

British Army SD/4011 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 12th Battalion

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Alfred James Wilkins

Born 1868

Royal Navy 124806 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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Frank Burrows

Born 1867

Royal Navy 124734 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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