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Place of birth

Ramsgate, Kent [34]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [17]

Maidstone, Kent [12]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [8]

Sunderland, Durham [8]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [7]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

Newcastle, Northumberland [7]

Plymouth, Devon [6]

Hull, Yorkshire [5]

Derby [4]

Hastings, Sussex [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Lewisham, London [4]

West Ham, Essex [4]

Bath, Somerset [3]

Bedminster, Somerset [3]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Canterbury, Kent [3]

Colchester, Essex [3]

Deal, Kent [3]

Dover, Kent [3]

Islington, London [3]

Wandsworth, London [3]

Aberdeen [2]

Barking, Essex [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Bromley, Kent [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [2]

Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Deptford, London [2]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

Edmonton, London [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hamilton, Lanarkshire [2]

Hartlepool, Durham [2]

Hoxton, London [2]

Johannesburg [2]

Leicester [2]

Middlesborough, Yorkshire [2]

Mile End, London [2]

Minster, Kent [2]

Rank

Boy 2nd Class [418]

Boy 1st Class [355]

Ordinary Seaman [300]

Able Seaman [285]

Leading Seaman [80]

Signal Boy [38]

Petty Officer [36]

Ordinary Signalman [31]

Signalman [30]

Boy II [22]

Boy Telegraphist [18]

Leading Signalman [14]

Telegraphist [14]

Boy 2nd class [12]

Ordinary Signaller [12]

Boy [11]

Ordinary Telegraphist [11]

Signaller [10]

Boy I [8]

Chief Petty Officer [8]

Private [8]

Boy Signaller [7]

Seaman [7]

Boy 2c [5]

Leading Telegraphist [5]

Ordinary Telegrapher [5]

Boy 1st class [4]

Boy Telegrapher [4]

Chief Yeoman of Signals [4]

Leading Signaller [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Acting Leading Stoker [3]

Boy 2 [3]

Cooks Mate [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Engineman [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Ord. Seaman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Telegrapher [3]

Acting Leading Seaman [2]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [2]

Boy - 2nd Class [2]

Boy Class II [2]

Corporal [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Leading Telegrapher [2]

Master At Arms [2]

Sapper [2]

Signal boy [2]

Unit

HMS Ganges [345]

HMS Ganges II [122]

HMS Ajax [99]

HMS Agincourt [71]

HMS Impregnable [70]

HMS Erin [45]

H.M.S. Ganges [35]

HMS Fearless [35]

HMS Natal [24]

HMS Vivid I [19]

HMS Pembroke I [17]

HMS Victory I [17]

Ganges [15]

HMS Victorious [15]

Royal Naval Reserve [15]

HMS "Ganges" [12]

HMS Bulwark [12]

H.M.S. "Ganges" [11]

H.M.S. Pembroke I [10]

HMS "Pembroke I" [10]

HMS Powerful [10]

HMS Excellent [9]

HMS Antrim [8]

HMS Essex [8]

HMS Prince George [8]

HMS Queen [8]

HMS Argyll [7]

HMS Caesar [7]

HMS Cornwallis [7]

HMS Hannibal [7]

HMS Superb [7]

HMS "Ganges II" [6]

HMS Berwick [6]

HMS Centurion [6]

HMS Dolphin [6]

HMS Dominion [6]

HMS Drake [6]

HMS Indomitable [6]

HMS Kent [6]

HMS Mischief [6]

L55 [6]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Ganges [6]

HM Submarine G8 [5]

HMS Conqueror [5]

HMS Leviathan [5]

HMS Magnificent [5]

HMS Minotaur [5]

HMS Morning Star [5]

HMS Victory [5]

Ganges II [4]

Service

Royal Navy [570]

British Army [10]

Other Empire Force [7]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [91]

C [58]

M [51]

H [49]

S [39]

F [32]

A [29]

P [29]

G [28]

W [27]

D [23]

R [20]

T [20]

L [19]

J [15]

K [13]

E [10]

N [10]

O [3]

V [2]

Y [2]

I [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [526]

Country

United Kingdom [227]

Australia [4]

Gibraltar [2]

Ireland [2]

Malta [2]

Argentina [1]

Egypt [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

Turkey [1]

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People [572] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ramsgate, Kent [34] Portsmouth, Hampshire [17] Maidstone, Kent [12] Sheffield, Yorkshire [8] Sunderland, Durham [8] Bristol, Gloucestershire [7] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] Newcastle, Northumberland [7] Plymouth, Devon [6] Hull, Yorkshire [5] Derby [4] Hastings, Sussex [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Lewisham, London [4] West Ham, Essex [4] Bath, Somerset [3] Bedminster, Somerset [3] Bethnal Green, London [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Canterbury, Kent [3] Colchester, Essex [3] Deal, Kent [3] Dover, Kent [3] Islington, London [3] Wandsworth, London [3] Aberdeen [2] Barking, Essex [2] Battersea, London [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Bromley, Kent [2] Camberwell, London [2] Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Chelsea, London [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Deptford, London [2] Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] Edmonton, London [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Hackney, London [2] Hamilton, Lanarkshire [2] Hartlepool, Durham [2] Hoxton, London [2] Johannesburg [2] Leicester [2] Middlesborough, Yorkshire [2] Mile End, London [2] Minster, Kent [2]

Rank

Boy 2nd Class [418] Boy 1st Class [355] Ordinary Seaman [300] Able Seaman [285] Leading Seaman [80] Signal Boy [38] Petty Officer [36] Ordinary Signalman [31] Signalman [30] Boy II [22] Boy Telegraphist [18] Leading Signalman [14] Telegraphist [14] Boy 2nd class [12] Ordinary Signaller [12] Boy [11] Ordinary Telegraphist [11] Signaller [10] Boy I [8] Chief Petty Officer [8] Private [8] Boy Signaller [7] Seaman [7] Boy 2c [5] Leading Telegraphist [5] Ordinary Telegrapher [5] Boy 1st class [4] Boy Telegrapher [4] Chief Yeoman of Signals [4] Leading Signaller [4] Leading Stoker [4] Acting Leading Stoker [3] Boy 2 [3] Cooks Mate [3] Deck Hand [3] Engineman [3] Lieutenant [3] Ord. Seaman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Telegrapher [3] Acting Leading Seaman [2] Acting Stoker 1st Class [2] Boy - 2nd Class [2] Boy Class II [2] Corporal [2] Lance Corporal [2] Leading Telegrapher [2] Master At Arms [2] Sapper [2] Signal boy [2]

Unit

HMS Ganges [345] HMS Ganges II [122] HMS Ajax [99] HMS Agincourt [71] HMS Impregnable [70] HMS Erin [45] H.M.S. Ganges [35] HMS Fearless [35] HMS Natal [24] HMS Vivid I [19] HMS Pembroke I [17] HMS Victory I [17] Ganges [15] HMS Victorious [15] Royal Naval Reserve [15] HMS "Ganges" [12] HMS Bulwark [12] H.M.S. "Ganges" [11] H.M.S. Pembroke I [10] HMS "Pembroke I" [10] HMS Powerful [10] HMS Excellent [9] HMS Antrim [8] HMS Essex [8] HMS Prince George [8] HMS Queen [8] HMS Argyll [7] HMS Caesar [7] HMS Cornwallis [7] HMS Hannibal [7] HMS Superb [7] HMS "Ganges II" [6] HMS Berwick [6] HMS Centurion [6] HMS Dolphin [6] HMS Dominion [6] HMS Drake [6] HMS Indomitable [6] HMS Kent [6] HMS Mischief [6] L55 [6] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Ganges [6] HM Submarine G8 [5] HMS Conqueror [5] HMS Leviathan [5] HMS Magnificent [5] HMS Minotaur [5] HMS Morning Star [5] HMS Victory [5] Ganges II [4]

Service

Royal Navy [570] British Army [10] Other Empire Force [7] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [91] C [58] M [51] H [49] S [39] F [32] A [29] P [29] G [28] W [27] D [23] R [20] T [20] L [19] J [15] K [13] E [10] N [10] O [3] V [2] Y [2] I [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [526]

Country

United Kingdom [227] Australia [4] Gibraltar [2] Ireland [2] Malta [2] Argentina [1] Egypt [1] Sri Lanka [1] Turkey [1]

James Fitzgerald

Born 1898

Royal Navy J38101

Royal Navy J38101 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J38101 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

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Thomas Holloway

Born 1892

Royal Navy J7962 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J7962 Boy 1st Class HMS Victorious

Royal Navy J7962 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victorious

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Giles Allen Burnard

Born 1891

Royal Navy J2915 Boy 1st Class HMS Achilles

Royal Navy J2915 Boy 2nd class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J2915 Ordinary Seaman HMS Majestic

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Florence Mccarthy

Born 1893

Royal Navy J11214 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J11214 Boy 1st Class HMS Victorious

Royal Navy J11214 Ordinary Seaman HMS Prince George

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Frederick Sydney Hodge

Born 1892

Royal Navy J6009 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J6009 Boy 1st Class HMS Cressy

Royal Navy J6009 Ordinary Seaman HMS Magnificent

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George Robert Fletcher

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy J2335 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J2335 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J2335 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

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Leonard James Williams

Born 1893

Royal Navy J2721 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J2721 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J2721 Boy 1st Class HMS Essex

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Charles Hunt

Born 1892

Royal Navy J2856 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J2856 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J2856 Ordinary Seaman HMS Hogue

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Major Henry Booth

Born 1898

Died 1921

Royal Navy J/26633 Able Seaman H.M.S. "Wanderer."

Royal Navy J26633 Boy 1st Class HMS Edgar

Royal Navy J26633 Boy 1st Class HMS Pembroke I

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William Armit Anderson

Born 1898

Royal Navy J37027 Boy 2nd Class HMS Victory I

Royal Navy J37027 Boy 1st Class HMS Victory I

Royal Navy J37027 Ordinary Seaman HMS Conqueror

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Alfred Armitage

Born 1899

Royal Navy J34783 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J34783 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J34783 Boy Telegraphist HMS Impregnable

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David Muir Anderson

Born 1894

Royal Navy J11142

Royal Navy J11142 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J11142 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

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