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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]

John Meek

Born 1897

Royal Navy SS6258 Ordinary Seaman HMS Defiance

Royal Navy SS6258 Ordinary Seaman HMS Drake

Royal Navy SS6258 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid

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Thomas Richard Allerton

Born 1876

Royal Navy Engineer Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Artificer Engineer HMS Faulknor

Royal Navy 271359 Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class HMS Defiance

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Arthur William Bromley

Born 1899

Royal Navy J44074 Boy 2nd Class HMS "Powerful"

Royal Navy J44074 Boy 1st Class HMS "Powerful"

Royal Navy J44074 Ordinary Seaman HMS "Defiance"

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Harry Freeman

Born 1899

Royal Navy J38141 Boy 2 HMS Inpregnable

Royal Navy J38141 Boy 1 HMS Defiance

Royal Navy J38141 Boy 1 HMS Vivid I

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Cyril Beaumont Ruthven

Born 1902

Died 1955

Royal Navy J78724 Boy HMS Impregnable, HMS Vivid, HMS Lowestoft, HMS Valiant

Royal Navy J78724 Ordinary Seaman HMS Valiant

Royal Navy J78724 Able Seaman HMS Valiant, HMS Colleen, HMS Woolwich, HMS Vivid I, HMS Clematis, HMS Defiance, HMS Rodney, HMS Carysfort

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Charley Goddard

Born 1882

Royal Navy 347153 Acting Electrician 4th Class HMS Defiance

Royal Navy 347153 Electrician 4th Class HMS Empress of India

Royal Navy 347153 Electrician 3rd Class HMS Queen

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Robert Thomas Baker

Born 1888

Royal Navy 230505 Boy 2nd Class HMS Emerald

Royal Navy 230505 Boy 1st Class HMS Emerald

Royal Navy 230505 Ordinary Seaman HMS Defiance

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William Cameron Melville

Born 1898

Royal Navy J61576 Ordinary Seaman HMS Defiance

Royal Navy J61576 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy J61576 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid I

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Walter George Adams

Born 1900

Royal Navy J72275 Boy 2nd Class HMS "Powerful"

Royal Navy J72275 Boy 1st Class HMS "Impregnable"

Royal Navy J72275 Able Seaman HMS "Apollo"

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John Edmond Johnston

Born 1889

Royal Navy J59611 Ordinary Seaman HMS Defiance

Royal Navy J59611 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy J59611 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid I

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Charles Ashworth

Born 1879

Royal Navy 345013 Acting Electrician 4th Class HMS Defiance

Royal Navy 345013 Electrician 4th Class HMS Vivid

Royal Navy 345013 Electrician 3rd Class HMS Aeolus

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Arthur William Holton

Born 1890

Royal Navy M16005 S.S.A. HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy M16005 Writer 3rd Class

Royal Navy M16005 Writer 3rd Class HMS Impregnable

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Samuel Edmund Butcher

Born 1884

Died 1915

Royal Navy 208273 Boy 1st class HMS Lion

Royal Navy 208273 Ordinary Seaman HMS Hermione

Royal Navy 208273 Able Seaman HMS Hermione

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