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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]

William Frederick Honnor

Born 1883

Died 1962

Royal Navy 218525 Able Seaman HMS Dwarf

Royal Navy 218525 Able Seaman HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy 218525 Able Seaman HMS Victory I

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Albert Frank Elphick

Born 1897

Died 1945

Royal Navy J67020

Royal Navy J67020 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy J67020 Ordinary Seaman HMS Latona

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Ernest Adolph Aalbregt

Born 1893

Died 1957

Royal Navy F207

Royal Navy F207 Air Mechanic Grade 1 HMS Pembroke III

Royal Navy F207 Petty Officer Mechanic HMS Pembroke III

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Harry Edward Cruttenden

Born 1901

Died 1968

Royal Navy J56225

Royal Navy J56225 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J56225 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

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William George Johnston

Born 1897

Royal Navy SS5556 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

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John Holt

Born 1898

Royal Navy J72113 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

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Arthur Earey

Born 1887

Royal Navy J62335 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

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Claud Reginald Baker

Born 1888

Royal Navy M34232 Ship's Carpenter 2 HMS "Pembroke I"

Royal Navy M34232 Ship's Carpenter 2 HMS "Victory I"

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Charles Robert Dowland

Born 1903

Royal Navy J/93789 Boy 2nd Class HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy J 93789 Boy 2nd Class HMS George II

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Frederick William Pennells

Born 1894

Died 1981

Royal Navy J68705 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy J68705 Ord. Seaman HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J68705 Able Seaman HMS Ganges II

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William Clements Melhuish

Born 1895

Died 1963

Royal Navy SS4796 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy SS4796 Ordinary Seaman HMS Lord Nelson

Royal Navy SS4796 Able Seaman HMS Lord Nelson

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Thomas Howland

Born 1899

Died 1945

Royal Navy J65721 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy J65721 Ordinary Seaman HMS St. Vincent

Royal Navy J65721 Able Seaman HMS St. Vincent

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George Edmund Baker

Born 1897

Royal Navy SS5437 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy SS5437 Ordinary Seaman HMS Agincourt

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Charles Horace Field

Born 1892

Royal Navy M15219 Probationary 2nd Cook's Mate HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy M15219 Probationary 2nd Cook's Mate HMS Ajax

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Richard William Bell

Born 1896

Royal Navy SS5097 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy SS5097 Able Seaman HMS Erin

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George Barnard Chatfield

Born 1897

Royal Navy SS5438 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy SS5438 Able Seaman HMS Agincourt

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John William Pettifer Kerswell

Born 1891

Died 1915

Royal Navy M/1182 Cook's Mate H.M.S. "Formidable."

Royal Navy M1182 2nd Cook's Mate HMS Berwick

Royal Navy M1182 2nd Cook's Mate HMS Pembroke I

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Frederick George Feaver

Born 1896

Died 1982

Royal Navy J48704 Ordinary Seaman HMS "Pembroke I"

Royal Navy J48704 Able Seaman HMS "Royal Oak"

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Herbert Black

Born 1884

Died 1948

Royal Navy K44461 Stoker 2 HMS "Pembroke I"

Royal Navy K44461 Stoker 1 Greenwich

Royal Navy K44461 Stoker 1 HMS "Hecla"

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Sidney Albert Bradley

Born 1898

Died 1966

Royal Navy J65051 Ordinary Seaman HMS "Pembroke I"

Royal Navy J65051 Able Seaman HMS "Diligence"

Royal Navy J65051 Able Seaman Woolwich

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