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Place of birth

Devonport, Devon [3]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Redruth, Cornwall [2]

Saltash, Cornwall [2]

Stonehouse, Devon [2]

Tiverton, Devon [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Antony, Cornwall [1]

Bainton, Northamptonshire [1]

Bandon, Cork [1]

Bedworth, Warwickshire [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Brixham, Devon [1]

Burraton, St Germans, Cornwall [1]

Camberwell district [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Chiswick, Middlesex [1]

Combe-in-Teignhead, Devon [1]

Corgerrick, Kuggar, Cornwall [1]

Cosherton, Pembroke [1]

Cosherton, Pembrokeshire [1]

Darwen, Lancashire [1]

Droitwich, Worcestershire [1]

Dundee [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Gourock, Renfrewshire [1]

Larne, Antrim [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Leicester [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Ludlow, Shropshire [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Modbury, Devon [1]

Murree, India [1]

Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Otham, Kent [1]

Oxford [1]

Penryn, Cornwall [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Plympton, Devon, England [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Rathmullen, Donegal [1]

Rickham, Devon [1]

Ross, Cork [1]

Shaldon, Saint Nicholas, Devon [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [17]

Ordinary Seaman [15]

Boy 1st Class [10]

Boy 2nd Class [10]

Leading Seaman [9]

Petty Officer [9]

Electrician 4th Class [7]

Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [6]

Acting Electrician 4th Class [6]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [6]

Electrician 3rd Class [6]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [5]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Electrician 2nd Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting ERA 4th Class [2]

Acting Electrician [2]

Acting Gunner [2]

Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Chief Gunner [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Gunner [2]

Leading Stoker 1st Class [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Petty Officer 1st Class [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Telegraphist [2]

3rd Writer [1]

Able Seaman - Acting Torpedoman [1]

Able Seaman - Torpedoman [1]

Acting Chief Electrician 2nd Class [1]

Acting Chief Stoker [1]

Acting Chief Yeoman of Signals [1]

Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Paymaster [1]

Acting Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Assistant Clerk [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Boy [1]

Boy (1st Class) [1]

Boy (2nd Class) [1]

Boy (Second Class) [1]

Boy 1 [1]

Unit

HMS Defiance [57]

HMS Erin [10]

HMS Vivid I [9]

HMS Ajax [8]

HMS Vivid [8]

HMS Impregnable [4]

Defiance [3]

HMS DEFIANCE [3]

HMS Orion [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Vivid I [3]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [2]

Gibraltar [2]

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

HMS "Defiance" [2]

HMS "Powerful" [2]

HMS Boscawen [2]

HMS Cambridge [2]

HMS Castor [2]

HMS Drake [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS New Zealand [2]

HMS VIVID I [2]

HMS Valiant [2]

Vivid [2]

Vivid II [2]

Andromeda [1]

Challenger [1]

Challenger (Monmouth) [1]

Collingwood [1]

Columbine [1]

Dolphin [1]

Europa [1]

Europa II [1]

Euryalus [1]

Ganges [1]

Ganges, St Vincent, Vivid I & Colllingwood [1]

H.M.S. "Defiance" (for "M.31") [1]

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

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

H.M.S. Defiance [1]

HMS "Apollo" [1]

HMS "Blenheim" [1]

HMS "Capetown" [1]

HMS "Grafton" [1]

HMS "Impregnable" [1]

HMS "Osprey" [1]

HMS "Pembroke I" [1]

HMS "Victorian" [1]

HMS Aeolus [1]

Service

Royal Navy [73]

Last name first letter

W [9]

B [8]

C [8]

H [6]

M [6]

A [5]

S [5]

R [4]

T [4]

G [3]

J [2]

K [2]

L [2]

N [2]

V [2]

D [1]

F [1]

O [1]

P [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [53]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Egypt [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [73] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Devonport, Devon [3] Exeter, Devon [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Redruth, Cornwall [2] Saltash, Cornwall [2] Stonehouse, Devon [2] Tiverton, Devon [2] Aberdeen [1] Antony, Cornwall [1] Bainton, Northamptonshire [1] Bandon, Cork [1] Bedworth, Warwickshire [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bodmin, Cornwall [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Brixham, Devon [1] Burraton, St Germans, Cornwall [1] Camberwell district [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Chiswick, Middlesex [1] Combe-in-Teignhead, Devon [1] Corgerrick, Kuggar, Cornwall [1] Cosherton, Pembroke [1] Cosherton, Pembrokeshire [1] Darwen, Lancashire [1] Droitwich, Worcestershire [1] Dundee [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Gourock, Renfrewshire [1] Larne, Antrim [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Leicester [1] London, Middlesex [1] Ludlow, Shropshire [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Modbury, Devon [1] Murree, India [1] Oldham, Lancashire [1] Otham, Kent [1] Oxford [1] Penryn, Cornwall [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Plympton, Devon, England [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Rathmullen, Donegal [1] Rickham, Devon [1] Ross, Cork [1] Shaldon, Saint Nicholas, Devon [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [17] Ordinary Seaman [15] Boy 1st Class [10] Boy 2nd Class [10] Leading Seaman [9] Petty Officer [9] Electrician 4th Class [7] Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [6] Acting Electrician 4th Class [6] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [6] Electrician 3rd Class [6] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [5] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Electrician 2nd Class [3] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting ERA 4th Class [2] Acting Electrician [2] Acting Gunner [2] Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [2] Chief Gunner [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Deck Hand [2] Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Gunner [2] Leading Stoker 1st Class [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Petty Officer 1st Class [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Telegraphist [2] 3rd Writer [1] Able Seaman - Acting Torpedoman [1] Able Seaman - Torpedoman [1] Acting Chief Electrician 2nd Class [1] Acting Chief Stoker [1] Acting Chief Yeoman of Signals [1] Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Paymaster [1] Acting Petty Officer Stoker [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Assistant Clerk [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Boy [1] Boy (1st Class) [1] Boy (2nd Class) [1] Boy (Second Class) [1] Boy 1 [1]

Unit

HMS Defiance [57] HMS Erin [10] HMS Vivid I [9] HMS Ajax [8] HMS Vivid [8] HMS Impregnable [4] Defiance [3] HMS DEFIANCE [3] HMS Orion [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Vivid I [3] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [2] Gibraltar [2] H.M.S. "Defiance" [2] HMS "Defiance" [2] HMS "Powerful" [2] HMS Boscawen [2] HMS Cambridge [2] HMS Castor [2] HMS Drake [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS New Zealand [2] HMS VIVID I [2] HMS Valiant [2] Vivid [2] Vivid II [2] Andromeda [1] Challenger [1] Challenger (Monmouth) [1] Collingwood [1] Columbine [1] Dolphin [1] Europa [1] Europa II [1] Euryalus [1] Ganges [1] Ganges, St Vincent, Vivid I & Colllingwood [1] H.M.S. "Defiance" (for "M.31") [1] H.M.S. "Defiance." [1] H.M.S. "Impregnable" [1] H.M.S. Defiance [1] HMS "Apollo" [1] HMS "Blenheim" [1] HMS "Capetown" [1] HMS "Grafton" [1] HMS "Impregnable" [1] HMS "Osprey" [1] HMS "Pembroke I" [1] HMS "Victorian" [1] HMS Aeolus [1]

Service

Royal Navy [73]

Last name first letter

W [9] B [8] C [8] H [6] M [6] A [5] S [5] R [4] T [4] G [3] J [2] K [2] L [2] N [2] V [2] D [1] F [1] O [1] P [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [53]

Country

United Kingdom [20] Egypt [1] Ireland [1]

Walter John White

Born 1895

Died 1950

Royal Navy J11718 Able Seaman HMS New Zealand

Royal Navy J11718 Boy 2nd Class Ganges

Royal Navy Boy 1st Class Ganges, St Vincent, Vivid I & Colllingwood

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James Rice Clarke

Born 1881

Died 1917

Royal Navy 191483 Able Seaman HMS Defiance

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John Thomas

Born 1869

Died 1916

Royal Navy 136222 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS Defiance

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Francis William Scoble

Born 1861

Died 1915

Royal Navy 131895 Chief Petty Officer HMS Defiance

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Harry Cowling Neiass

Born 1887

Died 1917

Royal Navy 218280 Petty Officer HMS Defiance

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John Charles Souhamy

Born 1867

Died 1918

Royal Navy Chief Gunner HMS Defiance

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John Bishop

Born 1877

Died 1918

Royal Navy 185090 Petty Officer HMS Defiance

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Charles Nott

Born 1876

Died 1918

Royal Navy 355539 Officer's Cook 1st Class HMS Defiance

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Wilton Percy Cox

Born 1891

Died 1915

Royal Navy M10871 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class H.M.S. "Defiance"

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Thomas Henry Vallack

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy M15658 Electrical Artificer 4th Class HMS Defiance

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Jeremiah Regan

Born 1861

Died 1915

Royal Navy 104079 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS Defiance

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Thomas Williams

Born 1871

Died 1918

Royal Navy 142360 Able Seaman HMS Defiance

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James Henry Winnicott

Born 1864

Died 1916

Royal Navy 158960 Painter 1st Class HMS Defiance

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Henry Thomas Hill

Born 1899

Died 1921

Royal Navy J58022 (Dev) Boy (Second Class) H.M.S. "Impregnable"

Royal Navy J58022 (Dev) Leading Seaman H.M.S. "Defiance."

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Mccullum

Born 1863

Died 1917

Royal Navy 141048 Stoker 1st Class HMS Defiance

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Anthony Alfred Lee

Born 1876

Died 1914

Royal Navy 164750 Able Seaman HMS Defiance

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Edward Keig

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy J1162

Royal Navy J1162 Petty Officer Telegraphist HMS Defiance

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Frank Robertson

Born 1892

Died 1920

Royal Navy M11763

Royal Navy M/11763 Electrical Artificer 4th Class H.M.S. "Defiance"

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Timothy O'leary

Born 1899

Died 1919

Royal Navy J42012 Telegraphist HMS Defiance

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Peter Vincent

Born 1874

Died 1915

Royal Navy 150623 Able Seaman HMS Defiance

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