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Portsmouth, Hampshire [12]

Liverpool, Lancashire [8]

Hull, Yorkshire [7]

Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Portsea, Hampshire [5]

Bethnal Green, London [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Southampton, Hampshire [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Chichester, Sussex [3]

Dorchester, Dorset [3]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Burton Bradstock, Dorset [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Emsworth, Hampshire [2]

Fareham, Hampshire [2]

Gosport, Hampshire [2]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2]

Guildford, Surrey [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Kilburn, London [2]

Lincoln [2]

Manchester [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Petersfield, Hampshire [2]

Plaistow, London [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2]

Tottenham, London [2]

Walsall, Staffordshire [2]

Winchester, Hampshire [2]

Woolwich, Kent [2]

Acton, London [1]

Addlestone, Surrey [1]

Alfreton, Nottinghamshire [1]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Arnold, Nottingham [1]

Ash, Surrey [1]

Ashbourne, Derbyshire [1]

Athlone, Ireland [1]

Ayr [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Barrhead, Renfrewshire [1]

Basford, Nottingham [1]

Basford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [136]

Stoker 2nd Class [133]

Boy 2nd Class [78]

Boy 1st Class [73]

Ordinary Seaman [69]

Able Seaman [67]

Leading Stoker [29]

Private [21]

Stoker [18]

Acting Leading Stoker [16]

Leading Seaman [16]

Stoker Petty Officer [10]

Signal Boy [9]

Armourer's Crew [8]

Lieutenant [8]

Ordinary Telegraphist [7]

Telegraphist [7]

2nd Cook's Mate [6]

Commander [6]

Leading Signalman [6]

Ordinary Signalman [6]

Petty Officer [6]

Signalman [6]

Acting 2nd Cook's Mate [5]

Cook's Mate [5]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [5]

Wireman 2nd Class [5]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4]

ERA 3rd Class [4]

ERA 4th Class [4]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [4]

Midshipman [4]

Ordinary Signaller [4]

Acting ERA 4th Class [3]

Boy Servant [3]

Captain [3]

Carpenter's Crew [3]

Domestic 3rd Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Leading Cook's Mate [3]

Leading Telegraphist [3]

Sub Lieutenant [3]

Acting Leading Cook's Mate [2]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Assistant Clerk [2]

Boy Artificer [2]

Boy Shipwright [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Unit

HMS Fearless [300]

HMS Victory II [99]

HMS Impregnable [38]

HMS Nelson [31]

HMS Ganges [29]

HMS Victory I [22]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [19]

HMS Fisgard [17]

HMS Ganges II [14]

HMS Vernon [13]

HMS Duke of Wellington II [10]

HMS Prince George [10]

HMS Victory [10]

Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Fearless [8]

HMS Formidable [6]

HMS Liverpool [6]

HMS Prince of Wales [6]

HMS Superb [6]

HMS Britannia [5]

HMS Bulwark [5]

HMS Cyclops [5]

HMS Revenge [5]

HMS St Vincent [5]

HMS Venerable [5]

HMS Boscawen [4]

HMS Drake [4]

HMS Eclipse [4]

HMS FEARLESS [4]

HMS Good Hope [4]

HMS Hermes [4]

HMS Hindustan [4]

HMS Illustrious [4]

HMS King Edward VII [4]

HMS Vindictive [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Fearless [4]

HMS Black Prince [3]

HMS Cochrane [3]

HMS Excellent [3]

HMS Glatton [3]

HMS Goliath [3]

HMS Powerful [3]

HMS St Vincent (Haslar) [3]

HMS Thetis [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [3]

HMS Achilles [2]

HMS Albemarle [2]

HMS Andromeda [2]

HMS Antrim [2]

HMS Apollo [2]

HMS Ariadne [2]

Service

Royal Navy [328]

British Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [38]

B [35]

S [27]

C [26]

W [22]

P [18]

L [17]

M [16]

G [15]

J [15]

R [14]

A [12]

K [12]

D [11]

T [11]

F [9]

E [7]

Y [7]

I [5]

N [5]

O [3]

U [3]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [318]

Country

United Kingdom [92]

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People [329] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [12] Liverpool, Lancashire [8] Hull, Yorkshire [7] Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Portsea, Hampshire [5] Bethnal Green, London [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Southampton, Hampshire [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Chichester, Sussex [3] Dorchester, Dorset [3] Alverstoke, Hampshire [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Burton Bradstock, Dorset [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Emsworth, Hampshire [2] Fareham, Hampshire [2] Gosport, Hampshire [2] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2] Guildford, Surrey [2] Hackney, London [2] Hampstead, London [2] Kilburn, London [2] Lincoln [2] Manchester [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Paddington, London [2] Petersfield, Hampshire [2] Plaistow, London [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2] Tottenham, London [2] Walsall, Staffordshire [2] Winchester, Hampshire [2] Woolwich, Kent [2] Acton, London [1] Addlestone, Surrey [1] Alfreton, Nottinghamshire [1] Alton, Hampshire [1] Arnold, Nottingham [1] Ash, Surrey [1] Ashbourne, Derbyshire [1] Athlone, Ireland [1] Ayr [1] Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Barrhead, Renfrewshire [1] Basford, Nottingham [1] Basford, Nottinghamshire [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [136] Stoker 2nd Class [133] Boy 2nd Class [78] Boy 1st Class [73] Ordinary Seaman [69] Able Seaman [67] Leading Stoker [29] Private [21] Stoker [18] Acting Leading Stoker [16] Leading Seaman [16] Stoker Petty Officer [10] Signal Boy [9] Armourer's Crew [8] Lieutenant [8] Ordinary Telegraphist [7] Telegraphist [7] 2nd Cook's Mate [6] Commander [6] Leading Signalman [6] Ordinary Signalman [6] Petty Officer [6] Signalman [6] Acting 2nd Cook's Mate [5] Cook's Mate [5] Lieutenant Commander [5] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [5] Wireman 2nd Class [5] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4] ERA 3rd Class [4] ERA 4th Class [4] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [4] Midshipman [4] Ordinary Signaller [4] Acting ERA 4th Class [3] Boy Servant [3] Captain [3] Carpenter's Crew [3] Domestic 3rd Class [3] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Leading Cook's Mate [3] Leading Telegraphist [3] Sub Lieutenant [3] Acting Leading Cook's Mate [2] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [2] Assistant Clerk [2] Boy Artificer [2] Boy Shipwright [2] Boy Telegraphist [2]

Unit

HMS Fearless [300] HMS Victory II [99] HMS Impregnable [38] HMS Nelson [31] HMS Ganges [29] HMS Victory I [22] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [19] HMS Fisgard [17] HMS Ganges II [14] HMS Vernon [13] HMS Duke of Wellington II [10] HMS Prince George [10] HMS Victory [10] Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Fearless [8] HMS Formidable [6] HMS Liverpool [6] HMS Prince of Wales [6] HMS Superb [6] HMS Britannia [5] HMS Bulwark [5] HMS Cyclops [5] HMS Revenge [5] HMS St Vincent [5] HMS Venerable [5] HMS Boscawen [4] HMS Drake [4] HMS Eclipse [4] HMS FEARLESS [4] HMS Good Hope [4] HMS Hermes [4] HMS Hindustan [4] HMS Illustrious [4] HMS King Edward VII [4] HMS Vindictive [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Fearless [4] HMS Black Prince [3] HMS Cochrane [3] HMS Excellent [3] HMS Glatton [3] HMS Goliath [3] HMS Powerful [3] HMS St Vincent (Haslar) [3] HMS Thetis [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry [3] HMS Achilles [2] HMS Albemarle [2] HMS Andromeda [2] HMS Antrim [2] HMS Apollo [2] HMS Ariadne [2]

Service

Royal Navy [328] British Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [38] B [35] S [27] C [26] W [22] P [18] L [17] M [16] G [15] J [15] R [14] A [12] K [12] D [11] T [11] F [9] E [7] Y [7] I [5] N [5] O [3] U [3] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [318]

Country

United Kingdom [92]

Frederick Clifton

Born 1894

Died 1919

Royal Navy K18374 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K18374 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Fearless

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James Ball

Born 1897

Royal Navy J20496 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J20496 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J20496 Boy 1st Class HMS Fearless

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Ben Johnson

Born 1892

Royal Navy SS110523 Acting Leading Stoker HMS Fearless

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Arthur Whitfield Adderley

Born 1887

Royal Navy K20021 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fearless

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Charles Douglas Owston

Born 1876

Royal Navy 342337 Shipwright 1st Class HMS Fearless

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Herbert Edward Wilkins

Born 1885

Royal Navy 351453 2nd Sick Berth Steward HMS Fearless

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Thomas Bell

Born 1873

Royal Navy 341940 Blacksmith HMS Fearless

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Victor Albert Lawrence

Born 1883

Royal Navy 342141 Ship's Steward HMS Fearless

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Charles Hucklesby, Medaille Militaire

Born 1876

Died 1937

Royal Navy 160142 Boy 2nd Class HMS Boscawen

Royal Navy 160142 Boy 1st Class HMS Boscawen

Royal Navy 160142 Boy 1st Class HMS Alexandra

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John Maxton Gould

Born 1888

Royal Navy L7857 Officer's Cook 1st Class HMS Fearless

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Herbert Errington

Born 1881

Royal Navy Acting Warrant Telegraphist

Royal Navy Warrant Telegraphist HMS Fearless

Royal Navy Petty Officer

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Arthur Edwin Polston

Born 1881

Royal Navy 350812 Sick Berth Steward HMS Fearless

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Harold Jessey Kennett

Born 1895

Royal Navy K22960 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fearless

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Charles Henry Digby

Born 1894

Royal Navy K17740

Royal Navy K17740 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fearless

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Charles Herbert Hudson

Born 1891

Royal Navy SS110708 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fearless

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James Irvine

Born 1874

Royal Navy 268965 Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class HMS Fearless

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Henry John Cowzens

Born 1885

Royal Navy 364194 Officer's Steward 3rd Class HMS Fearless

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John Whittaker

Born 1882

Royal Navy K3003 Stoker 1Class HMS Revenge

Royal Navy K3003 Leading Stoker HMS Fearless

Royal Navy K3003 Acting Stoker Petty Officer HMS Fearless

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Edgar Kershaw

Born 1890

Royal Navy M10003 Armourer's Crew HMS Vernon

Royal Navy M10003 Wireman 2nd Class HMS Fearless

Royal Navy M10003 Wireman 1st Class HMS Fearless

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Robert William Jenkins

Born 1891

Royal Navy K18263 Stoker 2nd class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K18263 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Fearless

Royal Navy K18263 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fearless

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