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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]

Ernest Edward Maskell

Born 1874

Died 1963

Royal Navy M33689 SBR HMS "Pembroke I"

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George Henry Ringwood

Born 1892

Died 1978

Royal Navy J1143 Boy 2nd Class HMS "Ganges I"

Royal Navy J1143 Able Seaman HMS "Pembroke I"

Royal Navy J1143 Able Seaman HMS "Pembroke I"

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William Arthur Denyer

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy SS9735 Ordinary Seaman HMS "Pembroke I"

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Percy Clements

Born 1880

Died 1948

Royal Navy M34225 Prob 2 Cks Mate HMS "Pembroke I"

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George Ivan Honychurch

Born 1891

Royal Navy J48717 Pembroke I

Royal Navy J48717 Ordinary Seaman HMS Lancaster

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Basil William Bradford

Born 1891

Died 1933

Royal Navy 365811 Boy Dom HMS "Pembroke I"

Royal Navy 365811 Boy Serv HMS "Pembroke I"

Royal Navy 365811 Officers Steward III HMS "Pembroke I"

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Wilfred Albert Edward Trim Roberts

Born 1898

Died 1915

Royal Navy L7981 Boy Servant HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy L7981 Boy Servant HMS Natal

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Gregory Ernest Wootton

Born 1898

Died 1917

Royal Navy J62069 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy J62069 Able Seaman HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J62069 Able Seaman HMS Pembroke I

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James Archibald

Born 1899

Died 1944

Royal Navy J86361 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy J86361 Ordinary Seaman HMS Colleen (Sir Bevis)

Royal Navy J86361 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

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Harry Lewis Beeching

Born 1900

Died 1967

Royal Navy SS9388 Ordinary Seaman HMS "Pembroke I"

Royal Navy SS9388 Able Seaman HMS "Columbine"

Royal Navy SS9388 Able Seaman HMS "Pembroke I"

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James Arthur Butcher

Born 1899

Died 1935

Royal Navy J76842 Ordinary Seaman HMS "Pembroke I"

Royal Navy J76842 Able Seaman HMS "Cinceria"

Royal Navy J76842 Able Seaman HMS "Pembroke I"

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Alfred Albert Collins

Born 1900

Died 1978

Royal Navy J86863

Royal Navy J86863 Ordinary Seaman HMS PEMBROKE I

Royal Navy J86863 Ordinary Seaman HMS OSEA Osea Island, River Blackwater, Essex

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Arthur Mervyn Bishop

Born 1888

Died 1924

Royal Navy L9949 Officers Steward III HMS "Pembroke I"

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Frank Lewis Day

Born 1901

Died 1981

Royal Navy L12951 Off Std III HMS "Pembroke I"

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Cecil Goff

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy M34161 Sick Berth Attendant HMS Pembroke I

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Henry Beeston

Born 1869

Royal Navy M32476 JRA (Sick Berth Rating) HMS "Pembroke I"

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William Mclean

Born 1900

Royal Navy M34149 HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy

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Alfred George Nash

Born 1899

Royal Navy SS124600 Act. Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy J34389 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy J34389

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Alfred Edward Prince

Born 1892

Died 1917

Royal Navy Officer's Steward 3rd class HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy Officer's Steward 3rd class HMS P26

Royal Navy L8354 Officer's Steward 2nd Class HMS P26

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Henry Phillip Sandy

Born 1890

Died 1961

Royal Navy L6071 Officer's Cook 1st Class HMS Calliope

Royal Navy L6071 Officer's Cook 1st Class H.M.S. Pembroke I

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