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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]

George Edward Martin

Born 1904

Died 1920

Royal Navy J/97437 Boy 1st Class H.M.S. "Ganges"

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Donald Mackintosh

Born 1904

Died 1921

Royal Navy J/98326 Boy 2nd Class H.M.S. "Ganges"

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Frederick Thomas Lawrence

Born 1904

Died 1920

Royal Navy J/95478 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

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Charles Reuben D Poland

Born 1895

Died 1936

Royal Navy J9247 Able Seaman HMS Arrogant C17

Royal Navy J9247 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J9247 Leading Seaman HMS Crescent K14

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John Henry Rudland

Born 1893

Died 1975

Royal Navy 239663 Boy 1st Class Various

Royal Navy 239663 Ordinary Seaman Various

Royal Navy 239663 Able Seaman Various

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Arthur John Ford

Born 1891

Died 1976

Royal Navy J1752 Ordinary Seaman

British Army 16068 Private Devonshire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 16068 Sergeant Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edward Flutter

Born 1899

Died 1970

Royal Navy J38774 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J38774 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J38774 Boy 1st Class HMS Ajax

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William Henry Mitchell

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy 239539 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy 239539 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy 239539 Ordinary Seaman

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John Hewison Hookham

Born 1898

Died 1975

Royal Navy J35035 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J35035 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J35035 Boy 1st Class HMS Ajax

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Herbert Robert John Free

Born 1898

Died 1993

Royal Navy J32266 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J32266 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J32266 Boy 1st Class HMS Erin

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John Porter

Born 1899

Died 1971

Royal Navy J40761 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J40761 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J40761 Boy 1st Class HMS Ajax

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Alwyn Victor Body

Born 1898

Died 1966

Royal Navy J40745 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J40745 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J40745 Ordinary Seaman HMS Ajax

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Joseph Morris Nutt

Born 1898

Died 1976

Royal Navy J38798 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J38798 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J38798 Boy 1st Class HMS Ajax

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Richard Bates

Born 1899

Died 1970

Royal Navy J40753 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J40753 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J40753 Boy 1st Class HMS Ajax

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Joseph Henry Proctor

Born 1899

Died 1981

Royal Navy J40508 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J40508 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J40508 Boy 1st Class HMS Ajax

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William Henry Dunn

Born 1898

Died 1977

Royal Navy J39992 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J39992 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J39992 Ordinary Seaman HMS Agincourt

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Victor Frank Marshall

Born 1893

Died 1967

Royal Navy J3842 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J3842 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J3842 Ordinary Seaman

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Fred Hanson

Born 1899

Died 1971

Royal Navy J33175 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J33175 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J33175 Boy 1st Class HMS Ajax

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Ernest Gerald Constantine Coombs

Born 1896

Died 1915

Royal Navy J20903 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J20903 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J20903 Ordinary Seaman HMS Natal

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George Clive Brench

Born 1902

Died 1981

Royal Navy J91930 Boy II Royal Naval Training Establishment Ganges II

Royal Navy J91930 Boy I Royal Naval Training Establishment Ganges II

Royal Navy J91930 Boy I HMS Lowestoft

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