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Maidstone, Kent [8]

Ramsgate, Kent [8]

Hoxton, London [2]

22 Hancock Road, Bromley, London [1]

26 Ontario Street, Bermondsey, Southwark, London [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Boxley, Kent [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Carlshalton, Surrey [1]

Crediton, Devon [1]

Detling, Kent [1]

Dore, Derbyshire [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1]

East Farleigh, Kent [1]

Eccles, Kent [1]

Epsom, Surrey [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Gourock, Renfrewshire [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Hoo, Framlingham, Suffolk [1]

Hulland, Derbyshire [1]

Lewisham, London [1]

Linton, Cambridgeshire [1]

Margate, Kent [1]

Market Rasen, Lincolnshire [1]

Minster, Ramsgate, Kent. [1]

Mitcham, Surrey [1]

Newcastle, Northumberland [1]

Peel, Isle of Man [1]

Plumstead, Kent [1]

Ramsgate. Kent [1]

Redditch, Worcestershire [1]

Saint Lawrence, Kent [1]

Stoke Lyne, Bicester, Oxfordshire [1]

Stratford, Essex [1]

Thurnham, Kent [1]

Ticehurst, Sussex [1]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [35]

Boy 2nd Class [29]

Ordinary Seaman [27]

Boy 1st Class [26]

Leading Seaman [10]

Petty Officer [7]

Boy II [6]

Leading Signalman [4]

Signalman [4]

Boy I [3]

Ord. Seaman [3]

Ordinary Signalman [3]

Ordinary Telegrapher [3]

Signal Boy [3]

Boy [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Chief Yeoman of Signals [2]

Cooks Mate [2]

Ordinary Signaller [2]

Telegrapher [2]

Abe Bodied Seaman [1]

Abe Seaman [1]

Able Bodied Seaman [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [1]

B Sig (Boy Signaller) [1]

Boy 1 [1]

Boy 1st [1]

Boy 2 [1]

Boy 2 then Boy 1 [1]

Boy Class 1 [1]

Boy Class 2 [1]

Boy II (Boy 2nd class) [1]

Boy II, Boy I [1]

Boy Second Class [1]

Boy Telegrapher [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Boy, 1st Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Cook [1]

Corporal [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]

HMS Cormorant [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Unit

HMS Ganges [19]

HMS Pembroke I [17]

H.M.S. Ganges [11]

H.M.S. Pembroke I [10]

HMS "Pembroke I" [10]

HMS "Ganges" [7]

HMS "Ganges II" [6]

Ganges [5]

HMS Impregnable [5]

HMS Pembroke [5]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [4]

H.M.S. Pembroke [4]

HMS "Pembroke II" [4]

HMS Ganges II [4]

Pembroke I [3]

H.M.S. Impregnable [2]

HMS "Impregnable" [2]

HMS Antrim [2]

HMS Dolphin [2]

HMS Edgar [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS Indomitable [2]

HMS Natal [2]

HMS Yarmouth [2]

Cambrian [1]

Carnarvon [1]

Collingwood [1]

Columbine [1]

Defiance [1]

Dolphin [1]

Dominion [1]

Edinburgh Castle [1]

Egmont (St Columb) [1]

Ganges, Pembroke [1]

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

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

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

H.M.S. Albion [1]

H.M.S. Apollo (Midge) [1]

H.M.S. Blonde [1]

H.M.S. Champion [1]

H.M.S. Clan McNaughton [1]

H.M.S. Cockrane [1]

H.M.S. Doris [1]

H.M.S. Dunedin [1]

H.M.S. Essex [1]

H.M.S. Forward [1]

H.M.S. Ganges II [1]

H.M.S. Ganges. [1]

H.M.S. Hawke [1]

Service

Royal Navy [60]

British Army [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [13]

H [6]

P [6]

C [5]

A [4]

F [4]

W [4]

G [3]

M [3]

L [2]

R [2]

S [2]

E [1]

J [1]

K [1]

N [1]

T [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [58]

Country

United Kingdom [39]

Gibraltar [2]

Australia [1]

Ireland [1]

Malta [1]

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People [60] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [8] Ramsgate, Kent [8] Hoxton, London [2] 22 Hancock Road, Bromley, London [1] 26 Ontario Street, Bermondsey, Southwark, London [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Boxley, Kent [1] Camberwell, London [1] Carlshalton, Surrey [1] Crediton, Devon [1] Detling, Kent [1] Dore, Derbyshire [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1] East Farleigh, Kent [1] Eccles, Kent [1] Epsom, Surrey [1] Fulham, London [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Gourock, Renfrewshire [1] Greenwich, London [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Hoo, Framlingham, Suffolk [1] Hulland, Derbyshire [1] Lewisham, London [1] Linton, Cambridgeshire [1] Margate, Kent [1] Market Rasen, Lincolnshire [1] Minster, Ramsgate, Kent. [1] Mitcham, Surrey [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Peel, Isle of Man [1] Plumstead, Kent [1] Ramsgate. Kent [1] Redditch, Worcestershire [1] Saint Lawrence, Kent [1] Stoke Lyne, Bicester, Oxfordshire [1] Stratford, Essex [1] Thurnham, Kent [1] Ticehurst, Sussex [1] Wakefield, Yorkshire [1] West Ham, Essex [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [35] Boy 2nd Class [29] Ordinary Seaman [27] Boy 1st Class [26] Leading Seaman [10] Petty Officer [7] Boy II [6] Leading Signalman [4] Signalman [4] Boy I [3] Ord. Seaman [3] Ordinary Signalman [3] Ordinary Telegrapher [3] Signal Boy [3] Boy [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Chief Yeoman of Signals [2] Cooks Mate [2] Ordinary Signaller [2] Telegrapher [2] Abe Bodied Seaman [1] Abe Seaman [1] Able Bodied Seaman [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Stoker 1st Class [1] B Sig (Boy Signaller) [1] Boy 1 [1] Boy 1st [1] Boy 2 [1] Boy 2 then Boy 1 [1] Boy Class 1 [1] Boy Class 2 [1] Boy II (Boy 2nd class) [1] Boy II, Boy I [1] Boy Second Class [1] Boy Telegrapher [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Boy, 1st Class [1] Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist [1] Cook [1] Corporal [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] HMS Cormorant [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading [1] Leading Stoker [1]

Unit

HMS Ganges [19] HMS Pembroke I [17] H.M.S. Ganges [11] H.M.S. Pembroke I [10] HMS "Pembroke I" [10] HMS "Ganges" [7] HMS "Ganges II" [6] Ganges [5] HMS Impregnable [5] HMS Pembroke [5] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [4] H.M.S. Pembroke [4] HMS "Pembroke II" [4] HMS Ganges II [4] Pembroke I [3] H.M.S. Impregnable [2] HMS "Impregnable" [2] HMS Antrim [2] HMS Dolphin [2] HMS Edgar [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS Indomitable [2] HMS Natal [2] HMS Yarmouth [2] Cambrian [1] Carnarvon [1] Collingwood [1] Columbine [1] Defiance [1] Dolphin [1] Dominion [1] Edinburgh Castle [1] Egmont (St Columb) [1] Ganges, Pembroke [1] Ganges, St Vincent, Vivid I & Colllingwood [1] H.M.S. "Pembroke." [1] H.M.S. "Wanderer." [1] H.M.S. Albion [1] H.M.S. Apollo (Midge) [1] H.M.S. Blonde [1] H.M.S. Champion [1] H.M.S. Clan McNaughton [1] H.M.S. Cockrane [1] H.M.S. Doris [1] H.M.S. Dunedin [1] H.M.S. Essex [1] H.M.S. Forward [1] H.M.S. Ganges II [1] H.M.S. Ganges. [1] H.M.S. Hawke [1]

Service

Royal Navy [60] British Army [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [13] H [6] P [6] C [5] A [4] F [4] W [4] G [3] M [3] L [2] R [2] S [2] E [1] J [1] K [1] N [1] T [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [58]

Country

United Kingdom [39] Gibraltar [2] Australia [1] Ireland [1] Malta [1]

Robert Leonard Fagg

Born 1896

Died 1974

Royal Navy J.16781 Pembroke I

Royal Navy J16781 Ganges

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William Jesse Harlow

Born 1898

Royal Navy SS7434 Ord. Seaman HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy SS7434 Ord. Seaman HMS Ganges

Royal Navy SS7434 Able Seaman HMS Ganges

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Herbert William Fagg

Born 1899

Died 1932

Royal Navy J53040 H.M.S. Ganges.

Royal Navy H.M.S. Pembroke I

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Robert William Attwood

Born 1899

Royal Navy J44847

Royal Navy Boy II (Boy 2nd class) Impregnable

Royal Navy Boy II (Boy 2nd class) Ganges

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Frederick William Pennells

Born 1894

Died 1981

Royal Navy J68705 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy J68705 Ord. Seaman HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J68705 Able Seaman HMS Ganges II

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Frederick Stanley Allen

Born 1896

Royal Navy Signal Boy Ganges

Royal Navy Signal Boy Pembroke I

Royal Navy Signal Boy Vengeance

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William Battersby Clarke

Born 1864

Died 1918

Royal Navy 111862

Royal Navy 111862 Petty Officer HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy 111862 (R.F.R./Ch/A/547). Petty Officer 2nd Class H.M.S. "Pembroke."

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Alfred John Moys

Born 1896

Died 1963

Royal Navy J21182 H.M.S. Pembroke I

Royal Navy J21182 Able Seaman H.M.S. Ganges

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Henry William Love

Born 1901

Died 1941

Royal Navy J84936 Boy II H.M.S. Ganges

Royal Navy J84936 Leading Signalman H.M.S. Pembroke I

Royal Navy Chief Yeoman of Signals H.M.S. Dunedin

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Leo Philip Marshall

Born 1899

Died 1972

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Royal Navy Ganges, Pembroke

British Army King's Royal Rifle Corps

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William Kenneth Edge

Born 1901

Died 1964

Royal Navy J53950 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J53950 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J53950 Boy 1st Class HMS Dreadnought

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Frederick William Botting

Born 1899

Died 1939

Royal Navy K47217 Stoker 2 HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy K47217 Stoker 1 HMS "Ganges"

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Herbert Leonard Greengrass

Born 1898

Died 1971

Royal Navy J27547 Boy II H.M.S. Ganges

Royal Navy J.27547 Petty Officer H.M.S. Pembroke

Royal Navy J.27547 Able Seaman H.M.S. St. Vincent

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Edward Wesley

Born 1899

Died 1966

Royal Navy J41921 Boy H.M.S. Ganges

Royal Navy J.41921 Able Seaman H.M.S. Forward

Royal Navy J.41921 Able Seaman H.M.S. Pembroke I

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Charles Arthur Jones

Born 1899

Died 1944

Royal Navy J55521 Boy II H.M.S. Ganges

Royal Navy J55521 Able Bodied Seaman

Royal Navy J55521 Able Bodied Seaman H.M.S. Pembroke

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George Arnold Brown

Born 1899

Died 1916

Royal Navy J35954

Royal Navy J.35954 Boy 1st H.M.S. Russell

Royal Navy Boy II H.M.S. Ganges

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James Stephen Foreman

Born 1897

Died 1915

Royal Navy J/27883 Boy 1 H.M.S. Ganges

Royal Navy J/27883 Boy 2 H.M.S. Ganges

Royal Navy J/27883 Boy 1 H.M.S. Pembroke I

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Frederick Charles Vinten

Born 1897

Died 1963

Royal Navy J18793 Boy 2nd Class HMS "Ganges"

Royal Navy J18793 Boy 1st Class HMS "Pembroke I"

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Clifford Marrack Hollis

Born 1901

Died 1982

Royal Navy J82854 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J82854 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J82854 Boy 1st Class HMS Pembroke I

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Harry Edward Cruttenden

Born 1901

Died 1968

Royal Navy J56225

Royal Navy J56225 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J56225 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

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