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Place of birth

Ramsgate, Kent [23]

Maidstone, Kent [8]

Chart Sutton, Kent [2]

Barnes, Surrey [1]

Bradenham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Clapham, Wandsworth, London [1]

Haughton, Staffordshire [1]

Holme Hale, Norfolk [1]

Hunton, Kent [1]

Kirkden, Forfarshire [1]

Minster in Thanet, Kent [1]

Minster in Thanet. Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Ramsgate, Kent, England [1]

Redditch, Worcestershire [1]

Rotherhithe, London [1]

Southend on Sea, Essex [1]

Sutton Valence, Kent [1]

Teston, Kent [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [17]

Stoker 2nd Class [15]

Leading Stoker [4]

Stoker [3]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Plumber [2]

2nd Cooks Mate [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Aircrewman [1]

Armourer's Mate [1]

Boy [1]

CKO Mate [1]

Car Crew [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Cooks Mate [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Mechanician [1]

Naval Officers Steward [1]

Ord. Seaman [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pastry Cook [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [1]

Plumbers Mate [1]

Private [1]

Rating [1]

Stoker II [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Warrant Engineer [1]

Wing Commander [1]

Unit

H.M.S. Pembroke II [21]

HMS "Pembroke II" [13]

H.M.S. President II [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

H.M.S. Pembroke [3]

Pembroke II [3]

H.M.S. "Pathfinder" [2]

H.M.S. "Pembroke II" [2]

H.M.S. Pembroke I [2]

(RFR. Ch. B/7174). H.M.S. "Pembroke II" [1]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler 'Campanula' (Ramsgate) [1]

H.M.S, Pembroke II [1]

H.M.S, Vivid II [1]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

H.M.S. "Pembroke II" formerly H.M.S. "Lord Clive" [1]

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

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

H.M.S. "Princess Irene" [1]

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

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

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

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

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

H.M.S. Bulwark [1]

H.M.S. Ceasar [1]

H.M.S. Ceres [1]

H.M.S. Cockrane [1]

H.M.S. Cumberland [1]

H.M.S. Cyclops [1]

H.M.S. Daedalus [1]

H.M.S. Daedalus (Dunkirk) [1]

H.M.S. Dolphin [1]

H.M.S. Encounter [1]

H.M.S. Ganges II [1]

H.M.S. Hecla [1]

H.M.S. Intrepid [1]

H.M.S. Iphigenia [1]

H.M.S. London [1]

H.M.S. Lord Nelson [1]

H.M.S. Queen [1]

H.M.S. Repulse [1]

H.M.S. Sentinel [1]

H.M.S. Shannon [1]

Service

Royal Navy [50]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

British Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [7]

M [6]

S [5]

C [4]

B [3]

F [3]

O [3]

P [3]

R [3]

G [2]

H [2]

N [2]

A [1]

D [1]

K [1]

L [1]

T [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [45]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [42]

Tonga [1]

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Place of birth

Ramsgate, Kent [23] Maidstone, Kent [8] Chart Sutton, Kent [2] Barnes, Surrey [1] Bradenham, Buckinghamshire [1] Brixton, London [1] Clapham, Wandsworth, London [1] Haughton, Staffordshire [1] Holme Hale, Norfolk [1] Hunton, Kent [1] Kirkden, Forfarshire [1] Minster in Thanet, Kent [1] Minster in Thanet. Ramsgate, Kent [1] Norwich, Norfolk [1] Ramsgate, Kent, England [1] Redditch, Worcestershire [1] Rotherhithe, London [1] Southend on Sea, Essex [1] Sutton Valence, Kent [1] Teston, Kent [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [17] Stoker 2nd Class [15] Leading Stoker [4] Stoker [3] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Plumber [2] 2nd Cooks Mate [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Aircrewman [1] Armourer's Mate [1] Boy [1] CKO Mate [1] Car Crew [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Cooks Mate [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Flying Officer [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Mechanician [1] Naval Officers Steward [1] Ord. Seaman [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pastry Cook [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer 2nd Class [1] Plumbers Mate [1] Private [1] Rating [1] Stoker II [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Warrant Engineer [1] Wing Commander [1]

Unit

H.M.S. Pembroke II [21] HMS "Pembroke II" [13] H.M.S. President II [4] Royal Air Force [4] H.M.S. Pembroke [3] Pembroke II [3] H.M.S. "Pathfinder" [2] H.M.S. "Pembroke II" [2] H.M.S. Pembroke I [2] (RFR. Ch. B/7174). H.M.S. "Pembroke II" [1] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler 'Campanula' (Ramsgate) [1] H.M.S, Pembroke II [1] H.M.S, Vivid II [1] H.M.S. "Cassandra" [1] H.M.S. "Coquette." [1] H.M.S. "Cornwallis" [1] H.M.S. "Derwent" [1] H.M.S. "Formidable" [1] H.M.S. "Hannibal" [1] H.M.S. "Indomitable" [1] H.M.S. "Natal." [1] H.M.S. "Pembroke II" formerly H.M.S. "Lord Clive" [1] H.M.S. "Pembroke II." [1] H.M.S. "Pembroke." [1] H.M.S. "Princess Irene" [1] H.M.S. "Racoon" [1] H.M.S. "Torrent" [1] H.M.S. "Vanguard" [1] H.M.S. "Vanguard." [1] H.M.S. Apollo (Lawford) [1] H.M.S. Bulwark [1] H.M.S. Ceasar [1] H.M.S. Ceres [1] H.M.S. Cockrane [1] H.M.S. Cumberland [1] H.M.S. Cyclops [1] H.M.S. Daedalus [1] H.M.S. Daedalus (Dunkirk) [1] H.M.S. Dolphin [1] H.M.S. Encounter [1] H.M.S. Ganges II [1] H.M.S. Hecla [1] H.M.S. Intrepid [1] H.M.S. Iphigenia [1] H.M.S. London [1] H.M.S. Lord Nelson [1] H.M.S. Queen [1] H.M.S. Repulse [1] H.M.S. Sentinel [1] H.M.S. Shannon [1]

Service

Royal Navy [50] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] British Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [7] M [6] S [5] C [4] B [3] F [3] O [3] P [3] R [3] G [2] H [2] N [2] A [1] D [1] K [1] L [1] T [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [45] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [42] Tonga [1]

Horace Edwin Wooster

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy SS102138 Stoker 1st Class (RFR. Ch. B/7174). H.M.S. "Pembroke II"

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William Harold Mynheer

Born 1891

Died 1973

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226035 Royal Air Force

Royal Navy F26035 Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class H.M.S. President II

Royal Navy F26035 Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class H.M.S. Daedalus (Dunkirk)

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Percy Tomkin

Born 1882

Died 1917

Royal Navy K37875 Stoker 2nd Class HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy K37875 Stoker 2nd Class HMT "Arcadian"

Royal Navy K/37875 Stoker 2nd Class H.M.S. "Hannibal"

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Herbert Edward Baldwin

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy SS114541 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy SS114541 Stoker 1st Class HMS Natal

Royal Navy SS/114541(CH) Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Natal."

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Frederick William Stone

Born 1891

Died 1961

Royal Navy M27134

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 314388 Royal Air Force

Royal Navy M27134 2nd Cooks Mate H.M.S. Pembroke I

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Joseph Aslam Ladd

Born 1890

Died 1961

British Army 20231 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 77234 Lance Corporal Tank Corps

British Army 7727 Northamptonshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Henry Burbridge White

Born 1872

Died 1915

Royal Navy Plumbers Mate HMS "Hearty" North Sea Fisheries

Royal Navy Plumber HMS "Caesar"

Royal Navy 341051 Plumbers Mate HMS "Pembroke II" served as HENRY RUCK

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James Golden

Born 1887

Died 1915

Royal Navy K/4177 Leading Stoker H.M.S. "Princess Irene"

Royal Navy K4177 Stoker 2nd Class HMS "Acheron"

Royal Navy K/4177 Leading Stoker HMS "Pembroke II"

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Edward John Miller

Born 1889

Died 1920

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Royal Navy K.12926 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. Pembroke II

Other Empire Force Deck Hand Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler 'Campanula' (Ramsgate)

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William Badley

Born 1887

Died 1967

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flying Officer Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Wing Commander Royal Air Force

Royal Navy M430

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