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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [8]

Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Cromer, Norfolk [1]

Crowlista, Uig [1]

Dunboe, Londonderry [1]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1]

Evington, Leicestershire [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Gillingham, Kent [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Grays, Essex [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Harrietsham, Kent [1]

Kingsbury, Edgware, Middlesex [1]

Lee, Lewisham, London [1]

Lehinch, Clare [1]

Limerick, County Limerick [1]

Londonderry [1]

Loose, Kent [1]

Lower Largo, Fifeshire [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Matfield, Kent [1]

Melbourne [1]

Melbourne, Australia [1]

Moorlands Alberta, Canada [1]

Near Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Newport, Tipperary [1]

Otham, Kent [1]

Pimlico, London [1]

Plympton, Devon [1]

Queenstown, County Cork [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Saint Aubyn, Cornwall [1]

Saint Ishmell, Carmarthenshire [1]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [1]

Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

South Hamlet, Gloucestershire [1]

Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Stoke Demeral (Devonport), Devon [1]

Trimulgherry, Madras [1]

Upper Parkstone, Dorset [1]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Wormshill, Faversham, Kent [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [20]

Private [19]

Ordinary Seaman [18]

Boy 2nd Class [15]

Boy 1st Class [13]

Stoker 1st Class [10]

Leading Seaman [9]

Stoker 2nd Class [9]

Petty Officer [5]

Leading Stoker [4]

Acting Leading Stoker [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Stoker [3]

Commander [2]

Dom 3cl [2]

Engineer (Temporary) [2]

Petty Officer Mechanic [2]

Seaman [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Signal Boy [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

AM I (E) [1]

Acting A M E [1]

Acting AME [1]

Acting Chief Petty Officer [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Signal Boatswain [1]

Acting Yeoman of Signals [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Boatman [1]

Boy 2nd class [1]

Boy I [1]

Boy II [1]

Captain [1]

Carp. Crew [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commissioned Boatman [1]

Commissioned Gunner [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal [1]

Cyclist [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Dom3Cl [1]

Domestic 3rd Class [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Gunner [1]

Joiner [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

HMS Kent [33]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [9]

HMS Erin [7]

Royal Naval Reserve [6]

HMS Ajax [5]

HMS Impregnable [5]

HMS Ganges II [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [4]

East Kent Regiment [3]

HMS "Impregnable" [3]

HMS "Kent" [3]

HMS "Pembroke II" [3]

HMS Ganges [3]

Royal Naval Air Service [3]

Essex Regiment [2]

HMS "Pembroke I" [2]

HMS Caledonia [2]

HMS Euryalus [2]

HMS Hogue [2]

HMS KENT [2]

HMS Natal [2]

HMS President [2]

HMS President II [2]

HMS Royal Arthur [2]

HMS Temeraire [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

HMS Vivid I [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

Labour Corps [2]

RNAS HMS "President II" [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Kent [2]

(On retired list) [1]

7 Days Cells [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Felpham Coastguard Station - W. Sussex [1]

Fishbourne Coastguard Station - IOW [1]

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

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

HMS "Actaeon" TB23 [1]

HMS "Adventure" [1]

HMS "Daedalus" [1]

HMS "Dominion" [1]

HMS "Duke of Wellington" [1]

HMS "Halcyon" [1]

HMS "Hecla" [1]

HMS "Impregnable" & HMS "Lion" [1]

HMS "Jupiter" [1]

HMS "Leander" [1]

Service

Royal Navy [63]

British Army [18]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Last name first letter

H [6]

M [6]

S [6]

B [5]

F [5]

W [5]

D [4]

G [4]

A [3]

J [3]

R [3]

T [3]

C [2]

K [2]

L [2]

E [1]

I [1]

N [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [56]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

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People [63] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [8] Bedminster, Somerset [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Brixton, London [1] Cromer, Norfolk [1] Crowlista, Uig [1] Dunboe, Londonderry [1] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1] Evington, Leicestershire [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Gillingham, Kent [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Grays, Essex [1] Greenwich, London [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Harrietsham, Kent [1] Kingsbury, Edgware, Middlesex [1] Lee, Lewisham, London [1] Lehinch, Clare [1] Limerick, County Limerick [1] Londonderry [1] Loose, Kent [1] Lower Largo, Fifeshire [1] Marylebone, London [1] Matfield, Kent [1] Melbourne [1] Melbourne, Australia [1] Moorlands Alberta, Canada [1] Near Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Newport, Tipperary [1] Otham, Kent [1] Pimlico, London [1] Plympton, Devon [1] Queenstown, County Cork [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Saint Aubyn, Cornwall [1] Saint Ishmell, Carmarthenshire [1] Salisbury, Wiltshire [1] Sevenoaks, Kent [1] South Hamlet, Gloucestershire [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] Stoke Demeral (Devonport), Devon [1] Trimulgherry, Madras [1] Upper Parkstone, Dorset [1] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Wormshill, Faversham, Kent [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [20] Private [19] Ordinary Seaman [18] Boy 2nd Class [15] Boy 1st Class [13] Stoker 1st Class [10] Leading Seaman [9] Stoker 2nd Class [9] Petty Officer [5] Leading Stoker [4] Acting Leading Stoker [3] Lieutenant [3] Stoker [3] Commander [2] Dom 3cl [2] Engineer (Temporary) [2] Petty Officer Mechanic [2] Seaman [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Signal Boy [2] 2nd Corporal [1] AM I (E) [1] Acting A M E [1] Acting AME [1] Acting Chief Petty Officer [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Signal Boatswain [1] Acting Yeoman of Signals [1] Air Mechanic [1] Boatman [1] Boy 2nd class [1] Boy I [1] Boy II [1] Captain [1] Carp. Crew [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commissioned Boatman [1] Commissioned Gunner [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal [1] Cyclist [1] Deck Hand [1] Dom3Cl [1] Domestic 3rd Class [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Gunner [1] Joiner [1] Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

HMS Kent [33] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [9] HMS Erin [7] Royal Naval Reserve [6] HMS Ajax [5] HMS Impregnable [5] HMS Ganges II [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [4] East Kent Regiment [3] HMS "Impregnable" [3] HMS "Kent" [3] HMS "Pembroke II" [3] HMS Ganges [3] Royal Naval Air Service [3] Essex Regiment [2] HMS "Pembroke I" [2] HMS Caledonia [2] HMS Euryalus [2] HMS Hogue [2] HMS KENT [2] HMS Natal [2] HMS President [2] HMS President II [2] HMS Royal Arthur [2] HMS Temeraire [2] HMS Victory I [2] HMS Vivid I [2] HMS Vivid II [2] Labour Corps [2] RNAS HMS "President II" [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Kent [2] (On retired list) [1] 7 Days Cells [1] Army Service Corps [1] Felpham Coastguard Station - W. Sussex [1] Fishbourne Coastguard Station - IOW [1] H.M.S. "Cricket." [1] H.M.S. "Erin." [1] HMS "Actaeon" TB23 [1] HMS "Adventure" [1] HMS "Daedalus" [1] HMS "Dominion" [1] HMS "Duke of Wellington" [1] HMS "Halcyon" [1] HMS "Hecla" [1] HMS "Impregnable" & HMS "Lion" [1] HMS "Jupiter" [1] HMS "Leander" [1]

Service

Royal Navy [63] British Army [18] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Last name first letter

H [6] M [6] S [6] B [5] F [5] W [5] D [4] G [4] A [3] J [3] R [3] T [3] C [2] K [2] L [2] E [1] I [1] N [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [56]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

James Arthur Hart

Born 1893

Died 1986

Royal Navy M16137

Royal Navy M16137 Ships Steward Assistant HMS VICTORY

Royal Navy M16137 Victuallers Assistant HMS KENT

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Arthur Frederick Parsons Gibson

Born 1893

Died 1964

Royal Navy J9406 Boy II HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J9406 Boy I HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J9406 Boy I HMS Victorious

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George Alfred Duckett

Born 1893

Died 1914

Royal Navy L2428

Royal Navy L/2428 Officer's Steward 1st Class HMS Kent

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Charles Bertie Simpkin

Born 1884

Died 1918

Royal Navy 350801 Sick Berth Steward 2nd Class HMS Kent

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Francis Henry Barrett

Born 1863

Died 1915

Royal Navy 104373 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS Kent

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Robert Nelson Slade

Born 1897

Died 1978

Royal Navy J57920 Able Seaman HMS Kent

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Arthur Victor Frooms

Born 1894

Died 1987

Royal Navy K37660 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II [a shore base at Chatham, Kent]

Royal Navy K37660 Stoker 1st Class HMS Shannon [a Minotaur-class armoured cruiser]

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George Charles Perry

Born 1900

Died 1937

Royal Navy J87285

Royal Navy J87285 Ordinary Seaman HMS Osea (Shore Station at Osea Island, Essex)

Royal Navy J87285 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke (Shore Station at Chatham, Kent)

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Charles Henry May

Born 1879

Died 1919

Royal Navy 186585(CH) Chief Petty Officer HMS Kent

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Arthur Ernest Hider

Born 1872

Died 1945

Royal Navy 5440 Private Royal Marines - RM Depot - Walmer, Kent. Royal Marines Light Infantry

Royal Navy 5440 Private Royal Marines - Portsmouth Division Royal Marines Light Infantry

Royal Navy 5440 Private Royal Marines - HMS Victory Royal Marines Light Infantry

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Joseph Fleming

Born 1896

Royal Navy K22174 HMS Hyacinth Flagship of the Cape Station, Simonstown

Royal Navy K/22174 Stoker 1st Class HMS Kent

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Vivian Lenoise

Born 1890

Died 1955

Royal Navy M7283

Royal Navy M7283 Carp. Crew HMS "Pembroke I"

Royal Navy Joiner HMS "Kent"

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Ernest Amis

Born 1888

Royal Navy 271805 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class HMS Kent

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Robert Heath Knight

Born 1869

Died 1940

Royal Navy 131132 Domestic 3rd Class HMS Asia

Royal Navy 131132 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Asia

Royal Navy 131132 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Jumna

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Cuthbert Thomas Black

Born 1887

Died 1914

Royal Navy 224922 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy 224922 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy 224922 Ordinary Seaman HMS Kent

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Joseph Scott

Born 1893

Royal Navy K16987 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Kent

Royal Navy K16987 Stoker 1st Class HMS Kent

Royal Navy K16987 Stoker 1st Class HMS Ajax

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William George Mallett

Born 1894

Royal Navy J8117 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J8117 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J8117 Ordinary Seaman HMS Kent

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Frederick Jenkins

Born 1892

Royal Navy J1282 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J1282 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J1282 Ordinary Seaman HMS Kent

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Isaac William Russett

Born 1894

Royal Navy J6521 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J6521 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J6521 Ordinary Seaman HMS Kent

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Charles Roberts

Born 1890

Royal Navy K2098

Royal Navy K2098 Stoker HMS Nelson

Royal Navy K2098 Stoker HMS Illustrious

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