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Place of birth

Belfast [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Dublin [2]

Ashton,Oundle, Northamptonshire [1]

Ayr [1]

Bitterne, Hampshire [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Charlottesville [1]

Chesham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Chilton Lodge, Hungerford, Berkshire [1]

Colombo [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Devonport, Devonshire [1]

East Greenwich, Kent [1]

Fletching, Sussex [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hampshire [1]

Hendon [1]

Hoxton,Shoreditch,London [1]

Ibstone, Buckinghamshire [1]

Ilfracombe, Devon [1]

Karachi [1]

London [1]

Lyndhurst Hampshire [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Middlesex [1]

Milton-on stour, Gillingham , Dorset [1]

Newark, Nottinghamshire [1]

Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Plumstead [1]

Portchester, Hampshire [1]

Portsea,Hampshire. [1]

Portsea,Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Queenstown, County Cork [1]

Reading, Berkshire [1]

Rochester, Kent [1]

Shanklin, Isle of Wight [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

South Molton, Devon [1]

Stanley Lodge, Exmouth, Devon [1]

Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire [1]

Thanet, Kent [1]

Tottenham, London [1]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [1]

Walton in Gordano, Somerset [1]

Weybridge, Surrey [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [43]

Naval Cadet [40]

Midshipman [39]

Commander [27]

Sub Lieutenant [27]

Lieutenant Commander [24]

Captain [15]

Able Seaman [7]

Lieutenant-Commander [7]

Rear Admiral [7]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Stoker 2nd Class [7]

Sub-Lieutenant [7]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Admiral [5]

Leading Stoker [5]

Vice Admiral [5]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [4]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Cadet [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Admiral of the Fleet [3]

Able seaman [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Rear-Admiral [2]

Stoker [2]

2nd Class Cook's Mate [1]

Acting Captain (Temporary) [1]

Acting ERA [1]

Acting ERA 4 [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Acting Sublieutenant [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Captain (Retd) [1]

Chief ERA 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer Cook [1]

Commander (Retired) [1]

Commodore 2nd Class [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Domestic 3rd Class [1]

ERA 2nd Class [1]

ERA 3rd Class [1]

ERA 4th Class [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

First Engineer [1]

First Lieutenant [1]

Unit

HMS Britannia [40]

Britannia [20]

HMS Natal [7]

HMS Agincourt [5]

HMS Fearless [5]

HMS Impregnable [3]

HMS Jupiter [3]

HMS Majestic [3]

Britannia (Royal Naval College) [2]

Britannia Royal Naval College [2]

HMS Agamemnon [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS Bulwark [2]

HMS Drake [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS Exmouth [2]

HMS Fisgard [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS Nelson [2]

HMS Prince of Wales [2]

HMS Queen [2]

HMS Southampton [2]

HMS Venerable [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

4th Submarine Flotilla, China Station [1]

Britannia/Magnificent/Glory/Ariadne/Good Hope [1]

British Naval Siege Guns [1]

Colonial Office [1]

General Hospital Constantinople [1]

General Staff [1]

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

H.M.S Britannia [1]

H.M.S Indomitable [1]

H.M.S Magnificent [1]

H.M.S Nautilus [1]

H.M.S Princess Royal [1]

H.M.S Raglan [1]

H.M.S Royal Arthur [1]

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

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

H.M.S. Britannia [1]

H.M.S. Fox [1]

HM Dockyard Gibraltar [1]

HM Dockyard Sheerness [1]

HM Hospital Ship Britannia [1]

HM Submarine C9 [1]

HM Submarine E14 [1]

HM Submarine E17 [1]

HM Submarine E18 [1]

HM Submarine E22 [1]

Service

Royal Navy [75]

British Army [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

W [11]

C [10]

B [6]

S [6]

A [5]

P [5]

L [4]

M [4]

R [4]

T [4]

G [3]

H [3]

I [3]

D [2]

K [2]

V [2]

F [1]

J [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [72]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

Ireland [2]

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People [77] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Belfast [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Dublin [2] Ashton,Oundle, Northamptonshire [1] Ayr [1] Bitterne, Hampshire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Canning Town, London [1] Charlottesville [1] Chesham, Buckinghamshire [1] Chilton Lodge, Hungerford, Berkshire [1] Colombo [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Devonport, Devonshire [1] East Greenwich, Kent [1] Fletching, Sussex [1] Hackney, London [1] Hampshire [1] Hendon [1] Hoxton,Shoreditch,London [1] Ibstone, Buckinghamshire [1] Ilfracombe, Devon [1] Karachi [1] London [1] Lyndhurst Hampshire [1] Marylebone, London [1] Middlesex [1] Milton-on stour, Gillingham , Dorset [1] Newark, Nottinghamshire [1] Northwich, Cheshire [1] Plumstead [1] Portchester, Hampshire [1] Portsea,Hampshire. [1] Portsea,Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Queenstown, County Cork [1] Reading, Berkshire [1] Rochester, Kent [1] Shanklin, Isle of Wight [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] South Molton, Devon [1] Stanley Lodge, Exmouth, Devon [1] Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire [1] Thanet, Kent [1] Tottenham, London [1] Wakefield, Yorkshire [1] Walton in Gordano, Somerset [1] Weybridge, Surrey [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [43] Naval Cadet [40] Midshipman [39] Commander [27] Sub Lieutenant [27] Lieutenant Commander [24] Captain [15] Able Seaman [7] Lieutenant-Commander [7] Rear Admiral [7] Stoker 1st Class [7] Stoker 2nd Class [7] Sub-Lieutenant [7] Boy 1st Class [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Admiral [5] Leading Stoker [5] Vice Admiral [5] Acting Sub Lieutenant [4] Boy 2nd Class [4] Cadet [4] Leading Seaman [4] Admiral of the Fleet [3] Able seaman [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Rear-Admiral [2] Stoker [2] 2nd Class Cook's Mate [1] Acting Captain (Temporary) [1] Acting ERA [1] Acting ERA 4 [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Stoker 1st Class [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Acting Sublieutenant [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Captain (Retd) [1] Chief ERA 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer Cook [1] Commander (Retired) [1] Commodore 2nd Class [1] Cook's Mate [1] Domestic 3rd Class [1] ERA 2nd Class [1] ERA 3rd Class [1] ERA 4th Class [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] First Engineer [1] First Lieutenant [1]

Unit

HMS Britannia [40] Britannia [20] HMS Natal [7] HMS Agincourt [5] HMS Fearless [5] HMS Impregnable [3] HMS Jupiter [3] HMS Majestic [3] Britannia (Royal Naval College) [2] Britannia Royal Naval College [2] HMS Agamemnon [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS Bulwark [2] HMS Drake [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS Exmouth [2] HMS Fisgard [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS Nelson [2] HMS Prince of Wales [2] HMS Queen [2] HMS Southampton [2] HMS Venerable [2] HMS Vivid II [2] 4th Submarine Flotilla, China Station [1] Britannia/Magnificent/Glory/Ariadne/Good Hope [1] British Naval Siege Guns [1] Colonial Office [1] General Hospital Constantinople [1] General Staff [1] H. M. S. "Racoon" [1] H.M.S Britannia [1] H.M.S Indomitable [1] H.M.S Magnificent [1] H.M.S Nautilus [1] H.M.S Princess Royal [1] H.M.S Raglan [1] H.M.S Royal Arthur [1] H.M.S. "Amphitrite" [1] H.M.S. "Britannia" [1] H.M.S. Britannia [1] H.M.S. Fox [1] HM Dockyard Gibraltar [1] HM Dockyard Sheerness [1] HM Hospital Ship Britannia [1] HM Submarine C9 [1] HM Submarine E14 [1] HM Submarine E17 [1] HM Submarine E18 [1] HM Submarine E22 [1]

Service

Royal Navy [75] British Army [3] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

W [11] C [10] B [6] S [6] A [5] P [5] L [4] M [4] R [4] T [4] G [3] H [3] I [3] D [2] K [2] V [2] F [1] J [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [72] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [28] Ireland [2]

Leopold Arthur Bernays

Born 1883

Died 1917

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Naval Cadet Britannia

Royal Navy Midshipman

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Hugh Evelyn Raymond

Born 1889

Died 1981

Royal Navy Naval Cadet Training Establishment Britannia

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

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George Fagan Bradshaw

Born 1887

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Naval Cadet Britannia

Royal Navy Midshipman

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Clement Greatorex

Born 1869

Died 1937

Royal Navy Naval Cadet HMS Britannia

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

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Ernest Alfred Illman

Born 1876

Royal Navy 354070

Royal Navy 354070 Domestic 3rd Class HMS Britannia

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William Richards

Born 1871

Royal Navy 350141 Ship's Corporal HMS Britannia

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Cecil Alexander Severn

Born 1874

Died 1916

Royal Navy Midshipman HM Training Ship Britannia

Royal Navy Acting Sub-Lieutenant

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant

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Geoffrey Saxton White

Born 1886

Died 1918

Royal Navy Naval Cadet Britannia

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Aboukir

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

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Arthur Gardiner Muller

Born 1879

Died 1915

Royal Navy Naval Cadet Britannia

Royal Navy Commander H. M. S. "Racoon"

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Guy Waterhouse Hallifax

Born 1884

Died 1941

Royal Navy Naval Cadet Britannia

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

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Sidney Charles Bentley

Born 1890

Died 1956

Royal Navy SS110178

Royal Navy SS 110178 Leading Stoker HMS Victory 11, Renown, Hecla, Duke of Edinburgh, Naiad, Britannia

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William Edward Pugh

Born 1899

Died 1981

Royal Navy K48454 Stoker 2nd Class H.M.S. Britannia

Royal Navy K48454 Acting Stoker 1st Class Victory II

Royal Navy K48454 Acting Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. Fox Parent Ship H.M.S. Hyderabad

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George Richard Jones

Born 1891

Died 1981

Royal Navy 239038 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy 239038 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy 239038 Ordinary Seaman HMS Britannia

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The Hon. Byron Plantagenet Cary

Born 1887

Died 1917

Royal Navy Naval Cadet Britannia

Royal Navy Lieutenant HM Submarine G9

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander HM Submarine G9

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Geoffrey Thomas Wright

Born 1886

Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander

Royal Navy Naval Cadet Britannia

Royal Navy Midshipman

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Claud Lacey Yea Dering

Born 1885

Died 1943

Royal Navy Naval Cadet Britannia

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Magnificent

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

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Charles Gordon Ramsey

Born 1882

Died 1966

Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander

Royal Navy Commander HMS Acheron Battle of Jutland

Royal Navy Naval Cadet Training Ship Britannia

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Bertie Christopher Butler Tower

Born 1887

Died 1918

Royal Navy Officer Cadet Britannia Royal Naval College

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment Territorial Force

British Army Captain General Staff Seconded from Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment

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Hugh Richard Marrack

Born 1888

Died 1972

Royal Navy Cadet Britannia Royal Naval College

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Irresistable

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Britannia

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Henry Crosby Halahan

Born 1883

Died 1918

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Acting Captain (Temporary) HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party Officer in Command

Royal Navy Acting Captain (Temporary) British Naval Siege Guns Officer Commanding

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