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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [22]

Ramsgate, Kent [11]

Islington, London [8]

Bermondsey, London [7]

Camberwell, London [5]

Deptford, London [5]

Hoxton, London [5]

Gravesend, Kent [4]

Poplar, London [4]

Battersea, London [3]

Chatham, Kent [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

Kensington, London [3]

Twickenham, Middlesex [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

Beccles, Suffolk [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Blackheath, London [2]

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Ditton, Kent [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [2]

East Ham, Essex [2]

Holborn, London [2]

Kilburn, London [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [2]

Maidstone [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Old Ford, London [2]

Plaistow, London [2]

Saint Pancras, London [2]

Shadwell, London [2]

Sittingbourne, Kent [2]

Tottenham, London [2]

Tovil, Kent [2]

Westminster, London [2]

Willesden, London [2]

Abbey Wood, Kent [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Ballymena, Antrim [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Barnet, London [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Bedford [1]

Bedford, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Ordinary Seaman [263]

Deck Hand [173]

Able Seaman [73]

Boy 2nd Class [49]

Boy 1st Class [42]

Leading Seaman [20]

Petty Officer [9]

Chief Petty Officer [6]

Boy II [5]

Cooks Mate [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Stoker 2nd Class [5]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [4]

Boy I [4]

Signalman [4]

Acting Petty Officer [3]

Boy Servant [3]

Cook's Mate [3]

Leading Signalman [3]

Officers Steward III [3]

Ord. Seaman [3]

Ordinary Signalman [3]

Probationary 2nd Cook's Mate [3]

Telegraphist [3]

Trimmer [3]

2nd Cook's Mate [2]

2nd Cooks Mate [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [2]

Boy Serv [2]

Leading Cooks Mate [2]

Leading Telegraphist [2]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [2]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2]

Ordinary Signaller [2]

Ordinary Telegrapher [2]

Paymaster Sub Lieutenant [2]

Private [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Writer 3rd Class [2]

AB (Coder) [1]

AM II [1]

Act. Stoker 1st Class [1]

Acting Chief Petty Officer [1]

Acting ERA 4th Class [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Mechanician [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Unit

HMS Pembroke I [264]

Royal Naval Reserve [182]

HMS Victory I [66]

HMS "Pembroke I" [43]

HMS Ganges [14]

HMS Pembroke [12]

HMS Erin [9]

HMS Impregnable [9]

HMS Vivid I [9]

HMS Natal [8]

HMS Ajax [7]

HMS "Impregnable" [6]

HMS Agincourt [6]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6]

HMS "Ganges II" [5]

HMS "Ganges" [5]

HMS Indomitable [5]

HMS Northampton [5]

HMS Pembroke II [4]

HMS "Lancaster" [3]

HMS "Powerful" [3]

HMS Cyclops [3]

HMS Ganges II [3]

HMS Hawke [3]

HMS Lord Nelson [3]

HMS Powerful [3]

HMS Ramillies [3]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2]

H.M.S. Pembroke I [2]

HMS "Hecla" [2]

HMS "Pembroke II" [2]

HMS "Royal Oak" [2]

HMS "Victory I" [2]

HMS "Wildfire" [2]

HMS Agamemnon [2]

HMS Alecto [2]

HMS Antrim [2]

HMS Blanche [2]

HMS Caledonia [2]

HMS Calliope [2]

HMS Columbine (Wanderer) [2]

HMS Dolphin [2]

HMS Dominion [2]

HMS Duke of Edinburgh [2]

HMS Gibraltar [2]

HMS Hogue [2]

HMS Inflexible [2]

HMS Magnificent [2]

HMS Minotaur [2]

HMS Royal Arthur [2]

Service

Royal Navy [331]

Other Empire Force [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

British Army [2]

Last name first letter

H [48]

B [37]

P [30]

M [26]

S [24]

R [23]

K [22]

W [20]

C [19]

J [15]

A [11]

L [11]

N [11]

T [8]

D [6]

E [5]

G [5]

F [4]

I [2]

O [2]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [323]

Country

United Kingdom [94]

Gibraltar [2]

Malta [2]

Australia [1]

Iran, Islamic Republic of [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [331] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [22] Ramsgate, Kent [11] Islington, London [8] Bermondsey, London [7] Camberwell, London [5] Deptford, London [5] Hoxton, London [5] Gravesend, Kent [4] Poplar, London [4] Battersea, London [3] Chatham, Kent [3] Hackney, London [3] Ipswich, Suffolk [3] Kensington, London [3] Twickenham, Middlesex [3] West Ham, Essex [3] Beccles, Suffolk [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Blackheath, London [2] Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Ditton, Kent [2] Dover, Kent [2] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [2] East Ham, Essex [2] Holborn, London [2] Kilburn, London [2] Lambeth, London [2] Lowestoft, Suffolk [2] Maidstone [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Old Ford, London [2] Plaistow, London [2] Saint Pancras, London [2] Shadwell, London [2] Sittingbourne, Kent [2] Tottenham, London [2] Tovil, Kent [2] Westminster, London [2] Willesden, London [2] Abbey Wood, Kent [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Ballymena, Antrim [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Barnet, London [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Bedford [1] Bedford, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Ordinary Seaman [263] Deck Hand [173] Able Seaman [73] Boy 2nd Class [49] Boy 1st Class [42] Leading Seaman [20] Petty Officer [9] Chief Petty Officer [6] Boy II [5] Cooks Mate [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Stoker 2nd Class [5] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [4] Boy I [4] Signalman [4] Acting Petty Officer [3] Boy Servant [3] Cook's Mate [3] Leading Signalman [3] Officers Steward III [3] Ord. Seaman [3] Ordinary Signalman [3] Probationary 2nd Cook's Mate [3] Telegraphist [3] Trimmer [3] 2nd Cook's Mate [2] 2nd Cooks Mate [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Acting Stoker 1st Class [2] Boy Serv [2] Leading Cooks Mate [2] Leading Telegraphist [2] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [2] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2] Ordinary Signaller [2] Ordinary Telegrapher [2] Paymaster Sub Lieutenant [2] Private [2] Signal Boy [2] Writer 3rd Class [2] AB (Coder) [1] AM II [1] Act. Stoker 1st Class [1] Acting Chief Petty Officer [1] Acting ERA 4th Class [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Mechanician [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Unit

HMS Pembroke I [264] Royal Naval Reserve [182] HMS Victory I [66] HMS "Pembroke I" [43] HMS Ganges [14] HMS Pembroke [12] HMS Erin [9] HMS Impregnable [9] HMS Vivid I [9] HMS Natal [8] HMS Ajax [7] HMS "Impregnable" [6] HMS Agincourt [6] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6] HMS "Ganges II" [5] HMS "Ganges" [5] HMS Indomitable [5] HMS Northampton [5] HMS Pembroke II [4] HMS "Lancaster" [3] HMS "Powerful" [3] HMS Cyclops [3] HMS Ganges II [3] HMS Hawke [3] HMS Lord Nelson [3] HMS Powerful [3] HMS Ramillies [3] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2] H.M.S. Pembroke I [2] HMS "Hecla" [2] HMS "Pembroke II" [2] HMS "Royal Oak" [2] HMS "Victory I" [2] HMS "Wildfire" [2] HMS Agamemnon [2] HMS Alecto [2] HMS Antrim [2] HMS Blanche [2] HMS Caledonia [2] HMS Calliope [2] HMS Columbine (Wanderer) [2] HMS Dolphin [2] HMS Dominion [2] HMS Duke of Edinburgh [2] HMS Gibraltar [2] HMS Hogue [2] HMS Inflexible [2] HMS Magnificent [2] HMS Minotaur [2] HMS Royal Arthur [2]

Service

Royal Navy [331] Other Empire Force [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] British Army [2]

Last name first letter

H [48] B [37] P [30] M [26] S [24] R [23] K [22] W [20] C [19] J [15] A [11] L [11] N [11] T [8] D [6] E [5] G [5] F [4] I [2] O [2] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [323]

Country

United Kingdom [94] Gibraltar [2] Malta [2] Australia [1] Iran, Islamic Republic of [1] Ireland [1]

Samuel Tolhurst

Born 1886

Died 1948

Royal Navy 222759 Leading Seaman HMS "Pembroke I"

Royal Navy 222759 Boy 2nd Class HMS "Impregnable"

Royal Navy 222759 Boy 1st Class HMS "Impregnable"

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Charles James Liston

Born 1895

Royal Navy J61912 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I

Royal Navy SS4731 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy SS4731 Ordinary Seaman Cells

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William Charles Pound

Born 1895

Died 1955

Royal Navy J16766 Boy 1st Class HMS "Vivid I"

Royal Navy J16766 Ordinary Seaman HMS "Andromede"

Royal Navy J16766 Able Seaman HMS "Formidable"

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Arthur William Bromley

Born 1899

Royal Navy J44074 Boy 2nd Class HMS "Powerful"

Royal Navy J44074 Boy 1st Class HMS "Powerful"

Royal Navy J44074 Ordinary Seaman HMS "Defiance"

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William Armstrong

Born 1885

Royal Navy 217076 Boy 2nd Class

Royal Navy 217076 Boy 1st Class

Royal Navy 217076 Ordinary Seaman

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Charles Richard Malin

Born 1896

Died 1947

Royal Navy J29894 Ordinary Seaman HMS Benbow

Royal Navy J29894 Boy HMS Vivid

Royal Navy J29894 Boy HMS London

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Albert Victor Bodiam

Born 1886

Died 1973

Royal Navy 222793 Boy 2nd Class HMS "Impregnable"

Royal Navy 222793 Boy 1st Class HMS "Lion"

Royal Navy 222793 Ordinary Seaman HMS "Wildfire"

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Percy Walter Nicholls

Born 1898

Died 1917

Royal Navy J31716 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J31716 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J31716 Boy 1st Class HMS Centurion

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Arthur Robert Cockram

Born 1893

Died 1969

Royal Navy J3491 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J3491 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J3491 Ordinary Seaman HMS Indomitable

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Burton Smith

Born 1888

Died 1962

Royal Navy 366270 Telegraphist H.M.S. Bacchante

Royal Navy 366270 Leading Telegraphist H.M.S. Patrol

Royal Navy 6226636 Leading Telegraphist H.M.S. Wallington

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Walter John White

Born 1895

Died 1950

Royal Navy J11718 Able Seaman HMS New Zealand

Royal Navy J11718 Boy 2nd Class Ganges

Royal Navy Boy 1st Class Ganges, St Vincent, Vivid I & Colllingwood

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Bert Batchelor

Born 1894

Died 1983

Royal Navy J6231 Boy 2nd Class HMS "Ganges"

Royal Navy J6231 Boy 1st Class HMS "Ganges"

Royal Navy J6231 Ordinary Seaman HMS "Russell"

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Arthur Walter Webb

Born 1897

Royal Navy SS7548 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke

Royal Navy SS7548 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I

Royal Navy SD 5143 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Stanley Knell

Born 1894

Royal Navy J46570 Ordinary Seaman HMS Cyclops

Royal Navy J46570 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy DA 12708 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Frederick Arthur Trendell

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy J3319

Royal Navy J3319 Boy 2nd Class HMSs Ganges, Impregnable

Royal Navy J3319 Boy 1st Class HMSs Impregnable, Berwick, Bulwark, Dominion

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Thomas Watson

Born 1895

Royal Navy J47917 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy SS116594 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy J72389 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I as "James Dunscath"

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Harry Darnell Jeckells

Born 1888

Royal Navy J66218 Ordinary Seaman HMS Duke of Edinburgh

Royal Navy J66218 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy J66218 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

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Edward Joseph Read

Born 1891

Royal Navy J62427 Ordinary Seaman HMS Agincourt

Royal Navy J62427 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I

Royal Navy J62427 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

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Frederick Henry Burr

Born 1895

Died 1969

Royal Navy J14688 Boy 2nd Class HMS "Ganges"

Royal Navy J14688 Boy 1st Class HMS "Impregnable"

Royal Navy J14688 Ordinary Seaman HMS "London"

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Edward Griffin

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy J61318 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy DA 13903 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 13903/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Leyland

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