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Place of birth

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Birmingham [1]

Bridport, Dorset [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Derby [1]

Dereham, Norfolk [1]

Dorchester, Dorset [1]

Drogheda, Louth [1]

Earlsfield, Surrey [1]

Faversham, Kent [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Great Bromley, Essex [1]

Hailsham, Sussex [1]

Horndean, Hants [1]

Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Lechlade, Gloucestershire [1]

Martlock, Somerset [1]

Near Borough Green, Kent [1]

Newcastle, Staffs [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Portsea, Hampshire [1]

Potten End, Hertfordshire [1]

Shadwell, London [1]

Sunderland [1]

Tottenham, London [1]

Weeke, Winchester, Hampshire [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

West Norwood Lambeth, London [1]

Rank

Boy 2nd Class [9]

Boy 1st Class [8]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Telegraphist [8]

Gunner [7]

Ordinary Telegraphist [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Leading Telegraphist [3]

Private [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Boy I [1]

Boy II [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Joiner 4th Class [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Naval Pensioner [1]

O.S. II [1]

O.S. III [1]

O.S.I [1]

O.S.II [1]

O.S.III [1]

Officer's Cook 2nd Class [1]

Officer's Steward [1]

Ordinary Seaman II [1]

S.O.II [1]

Sail Mate [1]

Sailmaker [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Senior Commissioned Gunner (T) [1]

Unit

HMS Cyclops [20]

Royal Marine Artillery [6]

HMS Fearless [5]

HMS Ganges [5]

HMS Impregnable [5]

HMS Pembroke I [5]

Royal Marine Artillery - H.M.S. "Cyclops II." [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

HMS Ganges II [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry, H.M.S. "Cyclops II." [3]

Cyclops [2]

H.M.S. "Cyclops II." [2]

H.M.S. Cyclops [2]

HMS Natal [2]

HMS Pembroke [2]

HMS Pembroke II [2]

HMS Vernon [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Cyclops [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Actalon [1]

Bonaventure [1]

Foyle [1]

Ganges [1]

H.M. Trawler Murato [1]

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

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

H.M.S. Edinburgh Castle [1]

H.M.S. Pembroke II [1]

HM Submarine G8 [1]

HMCS Naden [1]

HMCS Naden (Vancouver) [1]

HMCS Stadacona [1]

HMS Acteon I (TB 113) [1]

HMS Alecto [1]

HMS Assegai [1]

HMS Bacchante [1]

HMS Benbow [1]

HMS Berwick [1]

HMS Boscowan [1]

HMS Botha [1]

HMS Cerberus [1]

HMS Cleopatra (Vindictive) [1]

HMS Cochrane [1]

HMS Columbine (Tetrarch) [1]

HMS Columbine (Tower) [1]

HMS Columbine (Velox) [1]

HMS Columbine (Verdun) [1]

HMS Cyclops (K26) [1]

HMS Cyclops I [1]

Service

Royal Navy [44]

Last name first letter

B [5]

R [5]

A [4]

H [4]

M [4]

W [4]

C [3]

L [3]

E [2]

F [2]

K [2]

D [1]

G [1]

O [1]

P [1]

S [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [33]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

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People [44] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Croydon, Surrey [2] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Birmingham [1] Bridport, Dorset [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Derby [1] Dereham, Norfolk [1] Dorchester, Dorset [1] Drogheda, Louth [1] Earlsfield, Surrey [1] Faversham, Kent [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Great Bromley, Essex [1] Hailsham, Sussex [1] Horndean, Hants [1] Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Lechlade, Gloucestershire [1] Martlock, Somerset [1] Near Borough Green, Kent [1] Newcastle, Staffs [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Portsea, Hampshire [1] Potten End, Hertfordshire [1] Shadwell, London [1] Sunderland [1] Tottenham, London [1] Weeke, Winchester, Hampshire [1] West Ham, Essex [1] West Norwood Lambeth, London [1]

Rank

Boy 2nd Class [9] Boy 1st Class [8] Ordinary Seaman [8] Telegraphist [8] Gunner [7] Ordinary Telegraphist [7] Able Seaman [6] Leading Telegraphist [3] Private [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Boy Telegraphist [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Deck Hand [2] Leading Seaman [2] Petty Officer [2] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Boy I [1] Boy II [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer Stoker [1] Chief Stoker [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Joiner 4th Class [1] Leading Stoker [1] Naval Pensioner [1] O.S. II [1] O.S. III [1] O.S.I [1] O.S.II [1] O.S.III [1] Officer's Cook 2nd Class [1] Officer's Steward [1] Ordinary Seaman II [1] S.O.II [1] Sail Mate [1] Sailmaker [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Senior Commissioned Gunner (T) [1]

Unit

HMS Cyclops [20] Royal Marine Artillery [6] HMS Fearless [5] HMS Ganges [5] HMS Impregnable [5] HMS Pembroke I [5] Royal Marine Artillery - H.M.S. "Cyclops II." [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] HMS Ganges II [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry, H.M.S. "Cyclops II." [3] Cyclops [2] H.M.S. "Cyclops II." [2] H.M.S. Cyclops [2] HMS Natal [2] HMS Pembroke [2] HMS Pembroke II [2] HMS Vernon [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Cyclops [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Actalon [1] Bonaventure [1] Foyle [1] Ganges [1] H.M. Trawler Murato [1] H.M.S. "Cyclops" [1] H.M.S. "Cyclops." [1] H.M.S. Edinburgh Castle [1] H.M.S. Pembroke II [1] HM Submarine G8 [1] HMCS Naden [1] HMCS Naden (Vancouver) [1] HMCS Stadacona [1] HMS Acteon I (TB 113) [1] HMS Alecto [1] HMS Assegai [1] HMS Bacchante [1] HMS Benbow [1] HMS Berwick [1] HMS Boscowan [1] HMS Botha [1] HMS Cerberus [1] HMS Cleopatra (Vindictive) [1] HMS Cochrane [1] HMS Columbine (Tetrarch) [1] HMS Columbine (Tower) [1] HMS Columbine (Velox) [1] HMS Columbine (Verdun) [1] HMS Cyclops (K26) [1] HMS Cyclops I [1]

Service

Royal Navy [44]

Last name first letter

B [5] R [5] A [4] H [4] M [4] W [4] C [3] L [3] E [2] F [2] K [2] D [1] G [1] O [1] P [1] S [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [33]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

John Mcginty

Born 1881

Died 1916

Royal Navy Acting Gunner

Royal Navy Gunner H.M.S. "Cyclops"

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Reginald Edwin Read

Born 1896

Died 1972

Royal Navy J24571 Ganges

Royal Navy J.24571 Cyclops

Royal Navy J.24571 Able Seaman H.M.S. Edinburgh Castle

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David Morris Scott

Born 1881

Died 1920

Royal Navy 65/EC Engine Room Artificer 1st Class H.M.S. "Cyclops."

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William Lewis

Died 1917

Royal Navy 9250 Able Seaman HMS Cyclops

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Alfred Horace Dorrien Baker

Born 1900

Royal Navy SS9678 HMS Cyclops

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Tom England

Born 1868

Died 1920

Royal Navy RMA/2850 Sergeant Royal Marine Artillery: HMS Cyclops

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George James Knight

Born 1894

Died 1940

Royal Navy P/K 16240 Chief Petty Officer Stoker H.M. Trawler Murato

Royal Navy K16240 Chief Stoker H.M.S. Cyclops

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Robert Edward Luxton

Born 1865

Died 1915

Royal Navy 148836

Royal Navy 148836(PO). Chief Engine Room Artificer HMS Cyclops I

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George Hawkes

Born 1890

Died 1915

Royal Navy K4493

Royal Navy K/4493(CH). Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Cyclops II."

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John Thomas Walker

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy L4521

Royal Navy L/4521(PO) Officer's Cook 2nd Class H.M.S. "Cyclops II."

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George Mann

Born 1896

Royal Navy K34240 Stoker 1st Class HMS Cyclops

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Harry James Cockram

Born 1875

Royal Navy 353859

Royal Navy 353859 Officer's Steward HMS Cyclops

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Harold Bertram Humberstone

Born 1896

Died 1956

Royal Navy M10862

Royal Navy L6046 Ordinary Seaman II HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy L6046 Ordinary Seaman II HMS Dido then HMS Laverock

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Charles Edward Benjamin Bance

Born 1896

Died 1972

Royal Navy L4958

Royal Navy L4958 O.S. III Bonaventure

Royal Navy L4958 O.S. III Cyclops

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William Bennett

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy K11735

Royal Navy SS103955 Stoker 2nd Class HMSs Acheron, [unreadable]

Royal Navy SS103955 Stoker 1st Class HMSs [unreadable], Bacchante, Pembroke II, Thames

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Ernest Henry Rogers

Born 1882

Died 1916

Royal Navy 8054 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy RMA/8054 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery, H.M.S. "Cyclops II."

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Percival Harry Ovenden

Born 1894

Died 1975

Royal Navy K16309 H.M.S. Pembroke II

Royal Navy K.16309 H.M.S. Pembroke II

Royal Navy K.16309 Leading Stoker H.M.S. Cyclops

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William Rayson

Born 1861

Died 1917

Royal Navy RMA/1929 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy RMA/1929 Pensioner Gunner Royal Marine Artillery - HMS 'Cyclops'

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John Broomfield

Born 1877

Died 1918

Royal Navy EB 318 Engine Room Artificer Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 318/EB Engine Room Artificer Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Cyclops

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Frank Charles Hartnell

Born 1891

Died 1919

Royal Navy 1827 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy RMA/1827(S) Gunner Royal Marine Artillery - H.M.S. "Cyclops II."

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