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Portsmouth, Hampshire [8]

Ramsgate, Kent [7]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Brighton, Sussex [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Portsea, Hampshire [4]

Aberdeen [3]

Chichester, Sussex [3]

Dudley, Staffordshire [3]

Gosport, Hampshire [3]

Marylebone, London [3]

Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [2]

Ashford, Kent [2]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Clerkenwell, London [2]

Devizes, Wiltshire [2]

Egham, Surrey [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Islington, London [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Portsmouth [2]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [2]

Scarborough, Yorkshire [2]

Worthing, Sussex [2]

York, Yorkshire [2]

Aberdovey, Merionethshire [1]

Acton, London [1]

Acton, Middlesex [1]

Aird Point, Stornoway [1]

Alfreton, Derbyshire [1]

Alverstoke [1]

Annan, Dumfriesshire [1]

Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Lincolnshire [1]

Balintore, Rossshire [1]

Ballinasloe, Galway [1]

Ballymoney, Antrim [1]

Barkham, Berkshire [1]

Barton Cliff, Hampshire [1]

Barton on Humber, Lincolnshire [1]

Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [45]

Ordinary Seaman [45]

Stoker 1st Class [41]

Stoker 2nd Class [31]

Deck Hand [24]

Petty Officer [17]

Petty Officer Stoker [13]

Seaman [9]

Boy 1st Class [8]

Leading Stoker [8]

Stoker II [8]

Leading Seaman [7]

Sick Berth Attendant [7]

Boy 2nd Class [6]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [5]

Telegraphist [5]

Boy Servant [4]

Cook's Mate [4]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4]

Petty Officer 1st Class [4]

Private [4]

Able Bodied Seaman [3]

Boy II [3]

Chief Stoker [3]

Cook's Mate 2nd Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer [3]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Leading Signalman [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Trimmer [3]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Chief Writer [2]

Commander [2]

Engineman [2]

Leading Telegraphist [2]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [2]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [2]

Signalman [2]

Stoker [2]

Yeoman of Signals [2]

2nd Hand [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Chief Yeoman of Signals [1]

Acting Commander [1]

Acting ERA 4th Class [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Unit

H.M.S. "Victory" [100]

H.M.S. "Victory I" [43]

H.M.S. "Victory." [40]

Royal Naval Reserve [37]

H.M.S. "Victory II" [28]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Victory." [20]

H.M.S. Victory [10]

H.M.S. Victory II [10]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [10]

H.M.S. Victory I [9]

H.M.S. Barham [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

H.M.S. Victory 1 [7]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Victory" [7]

H.M.S. "Victory II." [6]

HMS Victory [6]

HMS Victory I [6]

H.M.S. Pembroke I [3]

H.M.S. Powerful [3]

HMS Agincourt [3]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [3]

H.M.S "Victory" [2]

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

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

H.M.S. "Victory III" [2]

H.M.S. "Victory X" [2]

H.M.S. Hood [2]

HMS Dreadnought [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Nelson [2]

HMS Superb [2]

Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. "Victory." [2]

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

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. "Victory." [2]

(R.F.R. P.O. B.5985). H.M.S. "Victory" [1]

(R.F.R.Dev B.4602) H.M.S. Victory [1]

(RFR PO/B5629). H.M.S. "Victory" [1]

(RFR. Dev. B. 4323). H.M.S. "Victory II" [1]

Auckland Mounted Rifles [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

H.M.S Good Hope [1]

H.M.S Victory 1 [1]

H.M.S, Victory [1]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Service

Royal Navy [339]

Other Empire Force [4]

British Army [3]

Canadian Navy [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [40]

B [36]

H [33]

S [30]

M [28]

W [23]

D [17]

P [17]

T [15]

A [13]

G [13]

R [13]

K [12]

F [11]

L [11]

N [8]

E [6]

J [6]

V [5]

I [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [265]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [159]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

United States [1]

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People [340] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [8] Ramsgate, Kent [7] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Brighton, Sussex [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Portsea, Hampshire [4] Aberdeen [3] Chichester, Sussex [3] Dudley, Staffordshire [3] Gosport, Hampshire [3] Marylebone, London [3] Southampton, Hampshire [3] Alverstoke, Hampshire [2] Ashford, Kent [2] Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Camberwell, London [2] Clerkenwell, London [2] Devizes, Wiltshire [2] Egham, Surrey [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Islington, London [2] Lambeth, London [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Portsmouth [2] Salisbury, Wiltshire [2] Scarborough, Yorkshire [2] Worthing, Sussex [2] York, Yorkshire [2] Aberdovey, Merionethshire [1] Acton, London [1] Acton, Middlesex [1] Aird Point, Stornoway [1] Alfreton, Derbyshire [1] Alverstoke [1] Annan, Dumfriesshire [1] Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Lincolnshire [1] Balintore, Rossshire [1] Ballinasloe, Galway [1] Ballymoney, Antrim [1] Barkham, Berkshire [1] Barton Cliff, Hampshire [1] Barton on Humber, Lincolnshire [1] Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [45] Ordinary Seaman [45] Stoker 1st Class [41] Stoker 2nd Class [31] Deck Hand [24] Petty Officer [17] Petty Officer Stoker [13] Seaman [9] Boy 1st Class [8] Leading Stoker [8] Stoker II [8] Leading Seaman [7] Sick Berth Attendant [7] Boy 2nd Class [6] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [5] Telegraphist [5] Boy Servant [4] Cook's Mate [4] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4] Petty Officer 1st Class [4] Private [4] Able Bodied Seaman [3] Boy II [3] Chief Stoker [3] Cook's Mate 2nd Class [3] Engine Room Artificer [3] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3] Leading Signalman [3] Lieutenant [3] Trimmer [3] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Chief Writer [2] Commander [2] Engineman [2] Leading Telegraphist [2] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Petty Officer 2nd Class [2] Petty Officer Telegraphist [2] Signalman [2] Stoker [2] Yeoman of Signals [2] 2nd Hand [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Chief Yeoman of Signals [1] Acting Commander [1] Acting ERA 4th Class [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Unit

H.M.S. "Victory" [100] H.M.S. "Victory I" [43] H.M.S. "Victory." [40] Royal Naval Reserve [37] H.M.S. "Victory II" [28] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Victory." [20] H.M.S. Victory [10] H.M.S. Victory II [10] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [10] H.M.S. Victory I [9] H.M.S. Barham [8] Royal Naval Division [8] H.M.S. Victory 1 [7] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Victory" [7] H.M.S. "Victory II." [6] HMS Victory [6] HMS Victory I [6] H.M.S. Pembroke I [3] H.M.S. Powerful [3] HMS Agincourt [3] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [3] H.M.S "Victory" [2] H.M.S "Victory." [2] H.M.S. " Victory." [2] H.M.S. "Victory III" [2] H.M.S. "Victory X" [2] H.M.S. Hood [2] HMS Dreadnought [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Nelson [2] HMS Superb [2] Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. "Victory." [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. "Victory." [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. "Victory." [2] (R.F.R. P.O. B.5985). H.M.S. "Victory" [1] (R.F.R.Dev B.4602) H.M.S. Victory [1] (RFR PO/B5629). H.M.S. "Victory" [1] (RFR. Dev. B. 4323). H.M.S. "Victory II" [1] Auckland Mounted Rifles [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] H.M.S Good Hope [1] H.M.S Victory 1 [1] H.M.S, Victory [1] H.M.S. " Victory" [1] H.M.S. "Argonaut" [1] H.M.S. "Bayano" [1] H.M.S. "Carnarvon" [1] H.M.S. "Columbine." [1] H.M.S. "Neptune." [1]

Service

Royal Navy [339] Other Empire Force [4] British Army [3] Canadian Navy [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [40] B [36] H [33] S [30] M [28] W [23] D [17] P [17] T [15] A [13] G [13] R [13] K [12] F [11] L [11] N [8] E [6] J [6] V [5] I [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [265] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [159] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1] United States [1]

Henry Green

Born 1884

Died 1915

Royal Navy 204176 Petty Officer 2nd Class H.M.S. "Victory"

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William Edward Pugh

Born 1899

Died 1981

Royal Navy K48454 Stoker 2nd Class H.M.S. Britannia

Royal Navy K48454 Acting Stoker 1st Class Victory II

Royal Navy K48454 Acting Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. Fox Parent Ship H.M.S. Hyderabad

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Alfred Walter Sims

Born 1887

Died 1914

Royal Navy 310563 Stoker 1st Class HMS Victory

Royal Navy 310563 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Victory.

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Frank Goslin Fourneau Moles

Born 1887

Died 1921

Royal Navy 230523 Yeoman of Signals H.M.S. "Victory"

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William Luxon

Born 1891

Died 1918

Royal Navy 239642 Petty Officer H.M.S. "Victory"

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Douglas Edward Hearne

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy 272181 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class H.M.S. "Victory"

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William George Harry Coldrey

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy J10922 Able Seaman H.M.S. "Victory"

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John Rose

Born 1898

Died 1914

Royal Navy J26452 Boy 1st Class H.M.S. "Victory"

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Lancelot George Arthur Albert

Born 1898

Died 1919

Royal Navy J27242 Able Seaman H.M.S. " Victory"

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Horace Blakeley

Born 1894

Died 1915

Royal Navy J34867 Ordinary Seaman H.M.S. "Victory"

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Edward Jones

Born 1898

Died 1919

Royal Navy J40462 Telegraphist H.M.S. " Victory."

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Ernest John Morris

Born 1882

Died 1921

Royal Navy 202794 Able Seaman H.M.S. Victory

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Herbert Harold Hooker

Born 1897

Died 1917

Ordinary Seaman

Royal Navy J63991 Ordinary Seaman H.M.S. "Victory"

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Arthur Redvers Evans

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy J88174

Royal Navy J88174(PO) Ordinary Seaman H.M.S. "Victory."

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Thomas Bates

Born 1896

Died 1915

Royal Navy K25645 Stoker 2nd Class H.M.S. "Victory"

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Charles Ethelbert Bendall

Born 1885

Died 1915

Royal Navy K25918 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Victory"

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Albert Edward Roy Veal

Born 1891

Died 1918

Royal Navy K52741 Stoker 2nd Class H.M.S. "Victory"

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John Joseph Dowling

Born 1890

Died 1918

Royal Navy K53483 Stoker 2nd Class H.M.S. "Victory"

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Llewellyn Fieldhouse

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy K54050 Stoker 2nd Class H.M.S. "Victory"

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Ernest Albert Brackley

Born 1897

Died 1914

Royal Navy L4914 Boy Servant H.M.S. "Victory"

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