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Liverpool, Lancashire [10]

Islington, London [7]

West Ham, Essex [7]

Dublin [6]

Hackney, London [6]

Lambeth, London [6]

Battersea, London [5]

Southwark, London [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Camberwell, London [4]

Dover, Kent [4]

Maidstone, Kent [4]

Poplar, London [4]

Walworth, London [4]

Ashford, Kent [3]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Bermondsey, London [3]

Chatham, Kent [3]

Crewe, Cheshire [3]

Croydon, Surrey [3]

Deal, Kent [3]

Deptford, London [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Gravesend, Kent [3]

Ramsgate, Kent [3]

Scarborough, Yorkshire [3]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Bromley, Kent [2]

Canterbury, Kent [2]

Chilham, Kent [2]

Clapham, London [2]

Cork [2]

Dalston, London [2]

Durham [2]

Faversham, Kent [2]

Gillingham, Kent [2]

Grays, Essex [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Homerton, London [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Ipswich [2]

Lewisham, Kent [2]

London [2]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Plumstead, Kent [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Sevenoaks, Kent [2]

Stepney, London [2]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [88]

Private [74]

Able Seaman [67]

Ordinary Seaman [51]

Boy 1st Class [36]

Leading Stoker [20]

Stoker [15]

Leading Seaman [13]

Petty Officer [11]

Petty Officer 1st Class [11]

Petty Officer Stoker [11]

Midshipman [8]

Mechanician [6]

Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Seaman [5]

Senior Reserve Attendant [5]

Chief Stoker [4]

Shipwright 2nd Class [4]

Signalman [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Chief Armourer [3]

Chief Petty Officer [3]

Cook's Mate [3]

Gunner [3]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [3]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [3]

Ordinary Signalman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [3]

Sub-Lieutenant [3]

Acting Gunner [2]

Armourer's Crew [2]

Blacksmith [2]

Bugler [2]

Captain [2]

Carpenter's Crew [2]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Midshipman (Probationary) [2]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [2]

Sick Berth Attendant [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Surgeon [2]

1st Class Stoker [1]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Acting Artificer Engineer [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Unit

H.M.S. "Formidable." [330]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable." [85]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [82]

H.M.S. "Formidable" [64]

Royal Naval Reserve [26]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Formidable." [26]

HMS Formidable [8]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [6]

Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve - H.M.S. "Formidable." [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4]

*mistake in CWGC records [3]

H.M.S. Formidable [3]

Admiralty Civilian [2]

Admiralty Civilian - H.M.S. "Formidable." [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - Chatham Division [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. "Formidable." [2]

'HMS Formidable', Channel Fleet [1]

(RFR/CH/A/1402). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

(RFR/CH/A/1742). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

(RFR/CH/A/2005). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

(RFR/CH/A/885). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

(RFR/CH/B/10295). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

(RFR/CH/B/13553). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

(RFR/CH/B/3437). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

(RFR/CH/B/5444). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

(RFR/CH/B/5991). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

(RFR/CH/B/6564). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

(RFR/CH/B/6701). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

(RFR/CH/B/6795). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

(RFR/CH/B/6820). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

(RFR/CH/B/9349). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

(RFR/CH/B/9434). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

(RFR/CH/B/9452). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

(RFR/CH/B/9482). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

(RFR/CH/IC/386). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

(RFR/CH/IC/977). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

(RFR/CHJA/1806). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

(RFR/PO/B/10910). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

* Incorrect transcription of number by CWGC [1]

* error in CWGC records [1]

H.M.S. Acheron [1]

HMS "Acheron" [1]

HMS "Caesar" [1]

HMS "Ganges" [1]

HMS "Hearty" [1]

HMS "Lancaster" [1]

HMS "Pembroke II" [1]

HMS Albion [1]

HMS Berwick [1]

Service

Royal Navy [540]

Last name first letter

C [58]

S [56]

B [53]

H [51]

M [41]

W [33]

P [30]

G [28]

D [23]

F [22]

L [22]

R [21]

T [21]

A [17]

K [16]

E [13]

N [13]

J [10]

O [6]

U [2]

I [1]

Q [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [430]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

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People [540] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [10] Islington, London [7] West Ham, Essex [7] Dublin [6] Hackney, London [6] Lambeth, London [6] Battersea, London [5] Southwark, London [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Camberwell, London [4] Dover, Kent [4] Maidstone, Kent [4] Poplar, London [4] Walworth, London [4] Ashford, Kent [3] Belfast, Antrim [3] Bermondsey, London [3] Chatham, Kent [3] Crewe, Cheshire [3] Croydon, Surrey [3] Deal, Kent [3] Deptford, London [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Gravesend, Kent [3] Ramsgate, Kent [3] Scarborough, Yorkshire [3] Bethnal Green, London [2] Bromley, Kent [2] Canterbury, Kent [2] Chilham, Kent [2] Clapham, London [2] Cork [2] Dalston, London [2] Durham [2] Faversham, Kent [2] Gillingham, Kent [2] Grays, Essex [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Homerton, London [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Ipswich [2] Lewisham, Kent [2] London [2] Lowestoft, Suffolk [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Plumstead, Kent [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Sevenoaks, Kent [2] Stepney, London [2]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [88] Private [74] Able Seaman [67] Ordinary Seaman [51] Boy 1st Class [36] Leading Stoker [20] Stoker [15] Leading Seaman [13] Petty Officer [11] Petty Officer 1st Class [11] Petty Officer Stoker [11] Midshipman [8] Mechanician [6] Corporal [5] Lieutenant [5] Seaman [5] Senior Reserve Attendant [5] Chief Stoker [4] Shipwright 2nd Class [4] Signalman [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Chief Armourer [3] Chief Petty Officer [3] Cook's Mate [3] Gunner [3] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [3] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [3] Ordinary Signalman [3] Sergeant [3] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [3] Sub-Lieutenant [3] Acting Gunner [2] Armourer's Crew [2] Blacksmith [2] Bugler [2] Captain [2] Carpenter's Crew [2] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Midshipman (Probationary) [2] Petty Officer 2nd Class [2] Sick Berth Attendant [2] Signal Boy [2] Surgeon [2] 1st Class Stoker [1] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Acting Artificer Engineer [1] Acting Boatswain [1]

Unit

H.M.S. "Formidable." [330] Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable." [85] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [82] H.M.S. "Formidable" [64] Royal Naval Reserve [26] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Formidable." [26] HMS Formidable [8] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [6] Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve - H.M.S. "Formidable." [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4] *mistake in CWGC records [3] H.M.S. Formidable [3] Admiralty Civilian [2] Admiralty Civilian - H.M.S. "Formidable." [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry - Chatham Division [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. "Formidable." [2] 'HMS Formidable', Channel Fleet [1] (RFR/CH/A/1402). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] (RFR/CH/A/1742). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] (RFR/CH/A/2005). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] (RFR/CH/A/885). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] (RFR/CH/B/10295). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] (RFR/CH/B/13553). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] (RFR/CH/B/3437). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] (RFR/CH/B/5444). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] (RFR/CH/B/5991). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] (RFR/CH/B/6564). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] (RFR/CH/B/6701). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] (RFR/CH/B/6795). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] (RFR/CH/B/6820). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] (RFR/CH/B/9349). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] (RFR/CH/B/9434). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] (RFR/CH/B/9452). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] (RFR/CH/B/9482). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] (RFR/CH/IC/386). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] (RFR/CH/IC/977). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] (RFR/CHJA/1806). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] (RFR/PO/B/10910). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] * Incorrect transcription of number by CWGC [1] * error in CWGC records [1] H.M.S. Acheron [1] HMS "Acheron" [1] HMS "Caesar" [1] HMS "Ganges" [1] HMS "Hearty" [1] HMS "Lancaster" [1] HMS "Pembroke II" [1] HMS Albion [1] HMS Berwick [1]

Service

Royal Navy [540]

Last name first letter

C [58] S [56] B [53] H [51] M [41] W [33] P [30] G [28] D [23] F [22] L [22] R [21] T [21] A [17] K [16] E [13] N [13] J [10] O [6] U [2] I [1] Q [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [430]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

Henry Pascall

Born 1893

Died 1915

Royal Navy 17276 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/17276 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Robert Arthur Little

Born 1894

Died 1915

Royal Navy 17286 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/17286 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Ernest Joseph Childs

Born 1890

Died 1915

Royal Navy 16112 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/16112 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Henry George May

Born 1891

Died 1915

Royal Navy 17143 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/17143 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Maxwell Herbert Buchanan Sexton

Born 1891

Died 1915

Royal Navy 17675 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/17675 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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John Harold Croxford

Born 1881

Died 1915

Royal Navy 11454 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/11454 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Sidney James Buckland

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy 17386 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/17386 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Harry Wright Ostick

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy 17306 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/17306 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Herbert Edward Nicholls

Born 1886

Died 1915

Royal Navy 14768 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/14768 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Jesse Brierley

Born 1894

Died 1915

Royal Navy 17913 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/17913 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Roland Walter Woods

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy 17519 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/17519 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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James Henry Thacker

Born 1896

Died 1915

Royal Navy 17955 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/17955 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Arthur John Tungate

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy 17920 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/17920 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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William Joseph Dingwall

Born 1893

Died 1915

Royal Navy 16667 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/16667 Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Alfred James Turner

Born 1893

Died 1915

Royal Navy 17274 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/17274 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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David Burbage

Born 1890

Died 1915

Royal Navy 16043 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/16043 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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William George Wilkins

Born 1883

Died 1915

Royal Navy 13156 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/13156 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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William John Newell

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy 17878 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/17878 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Ernest Edward Nobes

Born 1893

Died 1915

Royal Navy 16945 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/16945 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Herbert Stanley Phillips

Born 1882

Died 1915

Royal Navy 12415 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/12415 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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