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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [5]

Mereworth, Kent [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Aysham, Norfolk [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bonvilston [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Burraton, St Germans, Cornwall [1]

Cambridge [1]

Cape Town, South Africa [1]

Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dublin [1]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1]

Dysart, Fifeshire [1]

Elie, Fifeshire [1]

Hastingleigh, Kent [1]

Hoxton, London [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1]

Lasham, Hampshire [1]

Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Malton, Yorkshire [1]

Manningtree, Essex [1]

Middlesex [1]

Mousehole, Cornwall [1]

Offham, Kent [1]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [1]

Plaistow, Essex [1]

Pokesdown, Dorset [1]

Poplar, London [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

St Peter Port [1]

Stratford, London [1]

Sunderland, Durham [1]

Sydenham, Kent [1]

Tenby, Pembrokeshire [1]

Tunbridge Wells, Sussex [1]

Twickenham, Middlesex [1]

Winchester, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Ordinary Seaman [13]

Able Seaman [12]

Boy 1st Class [7]

Leading Seaman [7]

Boy 2nd Class [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Stoker 1 [5]

Stoker 2 [5]

Leading Stoker [4]

Petty Officer [4]

Stoker [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Captain [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Corporal [2]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Gunner [2]

Midshipman [2]

Officers Steward II [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

AB Seaman [1]

ACT FOR ...? [1]

ACT FOR ...? to Engine Room Artificer 4 on 4 April 1914 [1]

Acting Engine Room Articifer Grade 4 ERA4 [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Paymaster [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Assistant Clerk [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

B.S [1]

B.S. [1]

Boy [1]

Boy - 1st Class [1]

Boy - 2nd Class [1]

Boy 1st Class (B1C) [1]

Boy 2nd Class (B2C) [1]

Boy Artificer to Engine Room Artificer 5C [1]

Clerk [1]

Commander [1]

Corporal Cook [1]

Dom 1 cl [1]

Dom 2 cl [1]

Dom 3 cl [1]

Domestic 2nd Class [1]

Unit

HMS Blenheim [26]

HMS "Blenheim" [7]

HMS "Pembroke II" [5]

HMS Pembroke [5]

HMS Dominion [4]

HMS Agincourt [3]

HMS Dolphin [3]

HMS Fisgard [3]

HMS Pembroke II [3]

HMS Royal Sovereign [3]

HMS Vernon [3]

Blenheim [2]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2]

HMS "Grafton" [2]

HMS "Osprey" [2]

HMS Agamemnon [2]

HMS Boscawen [2]

HMS Castor [2]

HMS Centaur [2]

HMS Cochrane [2]

HMS Coventry [2]

HMS Crescent [2]

HMS Despatch [2]

HMS Dido [2]

HMS Erebus [2]

HMS Forte [2]

HMS Indomitable [2]

HMS Jupiter [2]

HMS Minotaur [2]

HMS Nelson [2]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

HMS Royal Arthur [2]

HMS Victory II [2]

HMS Vindictive [2]

9th Field Ambulance [1]

9th Field Ambulance (A M C ) [1]

Apollo [1]

Blenheim (Archer) [1]

Blenheim (Torch) [1]

Blenheim (Tribune) [1]

Crusader [1]

Daedalus [1]

Diligence [1]

Excellent [1]

Fisgard [1]

Gibraltar [1]

HM Submarine E49 [1]

HMS "Actaeon" [1]

HMS "Defiance" [1]

HMS "Diamond" [1]

Service

Royal Navy [47]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

British Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [16]

M [6]

H [5]

K [4]

A [3]

P [3]

C [2]

D [2]

O [2]

S [2]

T [2]

N [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [45]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

Argentina [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [49] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [5] Mereworth, Kent [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Aysham, Norfolk [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bonvilston [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Burraton, St Germans, Cornwall [1] Cambridge [1] Cape Town, South Africa [1] Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dublin [1] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1] Dysart, Fifeshire [1] Elie, Fifeshire [1] Hastingleigh, Kent [1] Hoxton, London [1] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1] Lasham, Hampshire [1] Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Malton, Yorkshire [1] Manningtree, Essex [1] Middlesex [1] Mousehole, Cornwall [1] Offham, Kent [1] Paisley, Renfrewshire [1] Plaistow, Essex [1] Pokesdown, Dorset [1] Poplar, London [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] St Peter Port [1] Stratford, London [1] Sunderland, Durham [1] Sydenham, Kent [1] Tenby, Pembrokeshire [1] Tunbridge Wells, Sussex [1] Twickenham, Middlesex [1] Winchester, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Ordinary Seaman [13] Able Seaman [12] Boy 1st Class [7] Leading Seaman [7] Boy 2nd Class [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Stoker 1 [5] Stoker 2 [5] Leading Stoker [4] Petty Officer [4] Stoker [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Lieutenant [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Captain [2] Chief Stoker [2] Corporal [2] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Gunner [2] Midshipman [2] Officers Steward II [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] AB Seaman [1] ACT FOR ...? [1] ACT FOR ...? to Engine Room Artificer 4 on 4 April 1914 [1] Acting Engine Room Articifer Grade 4 ERA4 [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Paymaster [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Assistant Clerk [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] B.S [1] B.S. [1] Boy [1] Boy - 1st Class [1] Boy - 2nd Class [1] Boy 1st Class (B1C) [1] Boy 2nd Class (B2C) [1] Boy Artificer to Engine Room Artificer 5C [1] Clerk [1] Commander [1] Corporal Cook [1] Dom 1 cl [1] Dom 2 cl [1] Dom 3 cl [1] Domestic 2nd Class [1]

Unit

HMS Blenheim [26] HMS "Blenheim" [7] HMS "Pembroke II" [5] HMS Pembroke [5] HMS Dominion [4] HMS Agincourt [3] HMS Dolphin [3] HMS Fisgard [3] HMS Pembroke II [3] HMS Royal Sovereign [3] HMS Vernon [3] Blenheim [2] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2] HMS "Grafton" [2] HMS "Osprey" [2] HMS Agamemnon [2] HMS Boscawen [2] HMS Castor [2] HMS Centaur [2] HMS Cochrane [2] HMS Coventry [2] HMS Crescent [2] HMS Despatch [2] HMS Dido [2] HMS Erebus [2] HMS Forte [2] HMS Indomitable [2] HMS Jupiter [2] HMS Minotaur [2] HMS Nelson [2] HMS Pembroke I [2] HMS Royal Arthur [2] HMS Victory II [2] HMS Vindictive [2] 9th Field Ambulance [1] 9th Field Ambulance (A M C ) [1] Apollo [1] Blenheim (Archer) [1] Blenheim (Torch) [1] Blenheim (Tribune) [1] Crusader [1] Daedalus [1] Diligence [1] Excellent [1] Fisgard [1] Gibraltar [1] HM Submarine E49 [1] HMS "Actaeon" [1] HMS "Defiance" [1] HMS "Diamond" [1]

Service

Royal Navy [47] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] British Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [16] M [6] H [5] K [4] A [3] P [3] C [2] D [2] O [2] S [2] T [2] N [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [45]

Country

United Kingdom [25] Argentina [1] Gibraltar [1] Malta [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1]

Bertie Robert Holden

Born 1883

Died 1944

Royal Navy J53878 Able Seaman Blenheim (Archer)

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Guiseppi Pisani

Born 1878

Died 1918

Royal Navy 356275 Shipwright HMS Blenheim

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Alfred Charles Holyoak

Born 1879

Died 1918

Royal Navy M15300 Engine Room Articifer 2nd Class HMS Blenheim

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Arthur Robert Hope

Born 1897

Died 1922

Royal Navy J36563

Royal Navy HMS Blenheim

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William James Berry

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy J/11168 Able Seaman HMS Blenheim

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Herbert Wyndham Williams

Born 1897

Died 1981

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Captain HMS Blenheim

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Sidney Henry Norley

Born 1881

Died 1914

Royal Navy 295527 HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy 295527 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Blenheim

Royal Navy 295527 Chief Stoker HMS Aboukir

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Alexander Alan Macnab

Born 1893

Died 1961

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 4/310 Home Guard, Blenheim

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Albert Edward Parris

Born 1899

Royal Navy K28436 Stoker HMS Blenheim

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Frederick Travers

Born 1891

Royal Navy K9642

Royal Navy K9642 Stoker 1st Class HMS Blenheim

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Norman Albert Gustave Ohlenschlager

Born 1890

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Prince of Wales

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant HMS Blenheim

Royal Navy Lieutenant

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John Skelton

Born 1889

Died 1917

Royal Navy K3416 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Nelson

Royal Navy K3416 Stoker 1st Class HMS Blenheim

Royal Navy K3416 Leading Stoker HM Submarine E49

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Stephen Blewett

Born 1881

Died 1948

Royal Navy C2676 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Majestic

Royal Navy C2676 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Hussar from HMS Blenheim

Royal Navy C2676 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Majestic

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Clifford Thew

Born 1885

Died 1941

Australian Imperial Force 11893 Corporal 9th Field Ambulance (A M C ) "A" Section

Royal Navy 363011 Domestic 3rd Class Wildfire

Royal Navy 363011 Domestic 2nd Class Blenheim

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Frederick David Honey Baker

Born 1880

Died 1953

Royal Navy 296215 Stoker 2 HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy 296215 Stoker 1 HMS "Jason"

Royal Navy 296215 Stoker 1 HMS "Blenheim"

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Sidney Chalkley

Born 1891

Died 1918

Royal Navy K4332 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Nelson

Royal Navy K4332 Stoker 1st Class HMS Blenheim

Royal Navy K4332 Leading Stoker HMS Fisgard

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Lorenzo T Kerry

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

Royal Navy Writer Royal Naval HMS Blenheim

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Thomas Arthur Kirby

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy 233418 Boy 2nd Class HMSs Boscawen I, Ganges

Royal Navy 233418 Boy 1st Class HMSs Ganges, Euryalus, Royal Oak, Victorious

Royal Navy 233418 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victorious

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Philip Marrack

Born 1885

Died 1955

Royal Navy Assistant Clerk HMS Boscawen

Royal Navy Assistant Clerk HMS Jupiter

Royal Navy Clerk HMS Doris

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Arthur William Oxborrow

Born 1899

Died 1948

Royal Navy L6905

Royal Navy L6905 B.S Victory I

Royal Navy L6905 B.S. President II

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