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Bath, Somerset [8]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [8]

Aberdeen [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Walsall, Staffordshire [4]

Brentford, Middlesex [3]

Burnley, Lancashire [3]

Dorking, Surrey [3]

Isleworth, Middlesex [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Northampton [3]

Rochdale, Lancashire [3]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent [3]

Bakewell, Derbyshire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Cardiff, Wales [2]

Chesterfield [2]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2]

Gloucester [2]

Goole, Yorkshire [2]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [2]

Northampton, Northamptonshire [2]

Pontefract, Yorkshire [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [2]

Abbotshall, Fife [1]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Acton, Middlesex [1]

Aghada, Cork [1]

Alfreton, Derbyshire [1]

Alphington [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire [1]

Ashbourne, Lancashire [1]

Ashburnham, Sussex [1]

Awre, Gloucestershire [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Barrowford, nr Nelson, Lancashire [1]

Bath [1]

Bath, Somersetshire [1]

Batheaston, Somerset [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Beaminster, Dorset [1]

Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Belper, Derbyshire [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Berrow,Upton on Severn,Herefords/Worcs. [1]

Berwick, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [96]

Stoker 1st Class [41]

Able Seaman [40]

Lieutenant [20]

Corporal [16]

Boy 1st Class [14]

Lance Corporal [13]

Ordinary Seaman [12]

Stoker [12]

Leading Stoker [10]

Lieutenant Commander [10]

Midshipman [10]

Captain [9]

Seaman [9]

Commander [8]

Gunner [8]

Leading Seaman [8]

Stoker First Class [7]

Serjeant [5]

Boy Telegraphist [4]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4]

Stoker Petty Officer [4]

Rifleman [3]

Signalman [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Boy [2]

Driver [2]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [2]

Guardsman [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Officers' Steward 2nd class [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Sergeant [2]

Ship's Steward's Assistant [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Surgeon [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

1st Airman [1]

2nd Airman [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

HMS Defence [32]

HMS Queen Mary [30]

HMS INVINCIBLE [29]

HMS Indefatigable [27]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [20]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13]

HMS Hampshire [11]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

HMS Tipperary [7]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

HMS Warrior [6]

London Regiment [6]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [6]

HMS SHARK [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [4]

HMS Ardent [4]

HMS MALAYA [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS INVINCIBLE [4]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

HMS Nomad [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [3]

1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

H.M.S. "Malaya." [2]

HMS BROKE [2]

HMS Chester [2]

HMS Invincible [2]

HMS Malaya [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

HMS TURBULENT [2]

HMS Tiger [2]

Service

Royal Navy [269]

British Army [112]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [48]

W [42]

C [40]

S [30]

H [26]

M [21]

F [20]

G [20]

R [20]

D [17]

P [16]

T [16]

A [15]

L [15]

K [11]

N [8]

E [7]

J [6]

O [4]

U [3]

I [2]

V [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [362]

Country

United Kingdom [255]

Ireland [1]

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People [390] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bath, Somerset [8] Sheffield, Yorkshire [8] Aberdeen [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Barnsley, Yorkshire [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Walsall, Staffordshire [4] Brentford, Middlesex [3] Burnley, Lancashire [3] Dorking, Surrey [3] Isleworth, Middlesex [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Northampton [3] Rochdale, Lancashire [3] Tunbridge Wells, Kent [3] Bakewell, Derbyshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Cardiff, Wales [2] Chesterfield [2] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2] Gloucester [2] Goole, Yorkshire [2] Kettering, Northamptonshire [2] Northampton, Northamptonshire [2] Pontefract, Yorkshire [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Wakefield, Yorkshire [2] Abbotshall, Fife [1] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Acton, Middlesex [1] Aghada, Cork [1] Alfreton, Derbyshire [1] Alphington [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire [1] Ashbourne, Lancashire [1] Ashburnham, Sussex [1] Awre, Gloucestershire [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Barrowford, nr Nelson, Lancashire [1] Bath [1] Bath, Somersetshire [1] Batheaston, Somerset [1] Battersea, London [1] Beaminster, Dorset [1] Bedminster, Somerset [1] Belper, Derbyshire [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Berrow,Upton on Severn,Herefords/Worcs. [1] Berwick, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [96] Stoker 1st Class [41] Able Seaman [40] Lieutenant [20] Corporal [16] Boy 1st Class [14] Lance Corporal [13] Ordinary Seaman [12] Stoker [12] Leading Stoker [10] Lieutenant Commander [10] Midshipman [10] Captain [9] Seaman [9] Commander [8] Gunner [8] Leading Seaman [8] Stoker First Class [7] Serjeant [5] Boy Telegraphist [4] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4] Stoker Petty Officer [4] Rifleman [3] Signalman [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [2] Boy [2] Driver [2] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [2] Guardsman [2] Leading Signalman [2] Officers' Steward 2nd class [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Sergeant [2] Ship's Steward's Assistant [2] Signal Boy [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Sub-Lieutenant [2] Surgeon [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 1st Airman [1] 2nd Airman [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

HMS Defence [32] HMS Queen Mary [30] HMS INVINCIBLE [29] HMS Indefatigable [27] HMS BLACK PRINCE [20] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13] HMS Hampshire [11] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] HMS Tipperary [7] East Surrey Regiment [6] HMS Warrior [6] London Regiment [6] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [6] HMS SHARK [5] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Naval Division [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [4] HMS Ardent [4] HMS MALAYA [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Marine Artillery [4] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS INVINCIBLE [4] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Coldstream Guards [3] HMS Nomad [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [3] 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [2] Army Service Corps [2] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] H.M.S. "Malaya." [2] HMS BROKE [2] HMS Chester [2] HMS Invincible [2] HMS Malaya [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] HMS TURBULENT [2] HMS Tiger [2]

Service

Royal Navy [269] British Army [112] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Australian Imperial Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [48] W [42] C [40] S [30] H [26] M [21] F [20] G [20] R [20] D [17] P [16] T [16] A [15] L [15] K [11] N [8] E [7] J [6] O [4] U [3] I [2] V [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [362]

Country

United Kingdom [255] Ireland [1]

George Doling

Born 1883

Died 1916

Royal Navy 211338

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Queen Mary

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George Luff

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army G/6615 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/6615 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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James Parks Wakefield

Died 1916

British Army 12907 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) 9th Battalion

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Joseph Wilson Grant

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 230294

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Indefatigable

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Edwin Walden

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy 224196

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Hampshire

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John Henry Rafferty

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy Private HMS Lion RMLI

Royal Navy

Royal Navy 14910 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS LION

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Thomas Coleman

British Army 3/9491 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 31906 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 64272 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

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Robert Hartley

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy K29049

Royal Navy K29049 Stoker HMS Defence

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Thomas Coleman

Died 1917

British Army S/5517 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders

British Army 7730 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

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Edmond Frederick Ames

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 2893 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 240968 Private Middlesex Regiment 8th Battalion

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Charles Cox

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army G/5659 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/5659 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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John Samuel Exley

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 12903 Private Coldstream Guards

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Henry Thomas Kenward

Born 1878

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 141229

Canadian Expeditionary Force 141229 Private Canadian Infantry 20th Battalion, 4th Brigade

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Arthur James Kenward

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 4200 Private East Surrey Regiment

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William Cory Heward Bell

Born 1875

British Army Captain Royal Artillery

British Army Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Talbot Foxcroft

Born 1869

Died 1929

British Army Captain Somerset Light Infantry

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Tom Howarth

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy J31132

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Defender

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Frederick Abram

Died 1916

British Army 17894 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

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Charles Thomas Croft

Died 1916

British Army 41472 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) 17th Battalion

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George William Crook

Born 1898

Died 1916

Royal Navy J32244

Royal Navy J32244 Boy Telegraphist HMS Indefatigable

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