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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]

Frederick James Norris

Born 1882

Died 1965

Royal Navy 345279

Royal Navy H.M.S. Encounter

Royal Navy 345279 H.M.S. Pembroke II

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Alfred Annan Studham

Born 1887

Died 1974

Royal Navy K38955 H.M.S. Pembroke II

Royal Navy K38955 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. Iphigenia

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Harry Herbert Mercer

Born 1881

Died 1936

Royal Navy 342649 Car Crew H.M.S. Pembroke II

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Frederick George Doughty

Born 1883

Died 1938

Royal Navy Warrant Engineer

Royal Navy 272110 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Pembroke II

Royal Navy 272110 Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class H.M.S. Queen

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George Henry Stevens Wren

Born 1880

Died 1951

Royal Navy 298494 H.M.S. Pembroke II

Royal Navy 298494 H.M.S. Pembroke II

Royal Navy 298494 Mechanician H.M.S. Shannon

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Malcolm Alexander Francis Fraser

Born 1899

Died 1972

Royal Navy M30908 Aircrewman H.M.S. Pembroke II

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Thomas Richard Aplin

Born 1892

Died 1945

Royal Navy K31629 Rating H.M.S, Pembroke II

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Leslie Hubert Rowell

Born 1900

Died 1982

Royal Navy K50719 Stoker H.M.S. Pembroke II

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Thomas Walter John Catt

Born 1901

Died 1982

Royal Navy K62284 H.M.S. Pembroke II

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Percival Harry Ovenden

Born 1894

Died 1975

Royal Navy K16309 H.M.S. Pembroke II

Royal Navy K.16309 H.M.S. Pembroke II

Royal Navy K.16309 Leading Stoker H.M.S. Cyclops

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Arthur Thomas Verrion

Born 1898

Died 1982

Royal Navy K40214 H.M.S. Pembroke II

Royal Navy K40214 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. Cumberland

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Edward George Newing

Born 1893

Died 1924

Royal Navy K22771 Pembroke II

Royal Navy K22771 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. Dolphin

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Alfred James Goldfinch

Born 1895

Died 1982

Royal Navy K21376 Pembroke II

Royal Navy K21376 Stoker H.M.S. Repulse

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Alfred William Costen

Born 1899

Died 1959

Royal Navy K34677 H.M.S. Pembroke II

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George Stanley Shergold

Born 1893

Died 1940

Royal Navy SS110805

Royal Navy 926 Stoker II H.M.S, Vivid II

Royal Navy K59671 Stoker

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Albert Thomas Walter

Born 1897

Died 1962

Royal Navy K37523 H.M.S. Pembroke II

Royal Navy K37523 H.M.S. Ceres

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Walter James Ovenden

Born 1892

Died 1943

Royal Navy K7332 H.M.S. Bulwark

Royal Navy Leading Seaman H.M.S. Pembroke II

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Lewis Walter Thomas Cork

Born 1895

Died 1917

Royal Navy K21026 Stoker 1st Class HMS Vanguard

Royal Navy K21026 H.M.S. Pembroke II

Royal Navy K21026 Acting Leading Stoker H.M.S. Vanguard

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Reuben William Ryan

Born 1886

Died 1918

Royal Navy K62 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Pembroke II"

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Henry Lee Smith

Born 1894

Died 1958

Royal Navy K.17856 R.M.A. Sandhurst

Royal Navy K17856 H.M.S. Pembroke II

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