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Maidstone, Kent [49]

Ramsgate, Kent [9]

Maidstone [6]

Otham, Kent [4]

Chart Sutton, Kent [3]

Cowdenbeath, Fifeshire [3]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [3]

East Farleigh, Kent [3]

East Malling, Kent [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Barming, Kent [2]

Boxley, Kent [2]

Deptford, London [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Greenwich, London [2]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Larkfield, Kent [2]

Leeds, Kent [2]

Lochgelly, Fifeshire [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Mereworth, Kent [2]

Oxford [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Southwark, London [2]

Stratford, Essex [2]

Wrotham, Kent [2]

Ashmansworth, Berkshire [1]

Aylesford, Kent [1]

Ayleston, Leicestershire [1]

Aylsham, Norfolk [1]

Ballymena, Antrim [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire [1]

Birchington, Kent [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birkenshaw, near Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Birling, Kent [1]

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1]

Bradwell, Suffolk [1]

Buckie, Banffshire [1]

Bury Saint Edmund, Suffolk [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1]

Christchurch Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1]

Cirencester, Gloucestershire [1]

City of London [1]

Rank

Stoker 2nd Class [89]

Stoker 1st Class [79]

Stoker 2 [56]

Stoker 1 [48]

Ordinary Seaman [34]

Leading Stoker [33]

Able Seaman [21]

Boy 1st Class [14]

Boy 2nd Class [14]

Acting Leading Stoker [13]

Petty Officer Stoker [12]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [10]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [10]

Stoker Petty Officer [10]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [9]

Stoker [9]

Chief Stoker [7]

Private [7]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [6]

Leading Seaman [6]

Petty Officer [6]

Trimmer [6]

Deck Hand [5]

Acting ERA 4th Class [4]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [4]

Armourer's Crew [4]

Chief Petty Officer [4]

P O Stoker [4]

Boy II [3]

Carpenter's Crew [3]

Cooks Mate [3]

ERA 4th Class [3]

Flight Lieutenant [3]

Leading Mechanic [3]

Mechanician [3]

AM1 [2]

Acting Stoker 1 [2]

Air Mechanic [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Boy Artificer [2]

Boy I [2]

Captain [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

ERA 3c [2]

ERA 3rd Class [2]

ERA 4 [2]

Engine Room Artificer [2]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2]

Ordinary Telegrapher [2]

Painter 2nd Class [2]

Unit

HMS Pembroke II [113]

HMS "Pembroke II" [100]

Royal Naval Reserve [14]

HMS Pembroke I [13]

Royal Air Force [11]

HMS Pembroke [10]

HMS Ajax [8]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [7]

HMS "Acheron" [7]

HMS "Ganges II" [6]

HMS Actaeon [6]

HMS Erin [6]

HMS Victory II [6]

HMS Vivid II [6]

Pembroke II [6]

RNAS HMS "President II" [6]

HMS "Pembroke I" [5]

HMS Hogue [5]

HMS Natal [5]

HMS President II [5]

HMS "Blenheim" [4]

HMS Vindictive [4]

HMS Vivid I [4]

HMS Yarmouth [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

Greenwich [3]

HMS "Pembroke" [3]

HMS Acheron [3]

HMS Berwick [3]

HMS Blenheim [3]

HMS Ganges II [3]

HMS Hindustan [3]

HMS Implacable [3]

HMS Indomitable [3]

HMS Marlborough [3]

HMS Pembroke III [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

HMS Wildfire [3]

HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [3]

H.M.S. "Pathfinder" [2]

HM Submarine E36 [2]

HMS "Actaeon" [2]

HMS "Blanche" [2]

HMS "Diamond" [2]

HMS "Dragon" [2]

HMS "Ganges" [2]

HMS "Gibraltar" [2]

HMS "Hogue" [2]

HMS "Lancaster" [2]

Service

Royal Navy [263]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15]

British Army [11]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [56]

A [26]

C [23]

S [22]

W [21]

M [19]

P [16]

H [11]

G [10]

R [10]

D [7]

E [7]

T [7]

F [6]

J [5]

K [5]

L [5]

N [3]

Q [2]

I [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [256]

Country

United Kingdom [159]

Malta [4]

Gibraltar [2]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

United States [1]

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People [263] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [49] Ramsgate, Kent [9] Maidstone [6] Otham, Kent [4] Chart Sutton, Kent [3] Cowdenbeath, Fifeshire [3] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [3] East Farleigh, Kent [3] East Malling, Kent [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Barming, Kent [2] Boxley, Kent [2] Deptford, London [2] Dover, Kent [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Greenwich, London [2] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [2] Lambeth, London [2] Larkfield, Kent [2] Leeds, Kent [2] Lochgelly, Fifeshire [2] Marylebone, London [2] Mereworth, Kent [2] Oxford [2] Poplar, London [2] Southwark, London [2] Stratford, Essex [2] Wrotham, Kent [2] Ashmansworth, Berkshire [1] Aylesford, Kent [1] Ayleston, Leicestershire [1] Aylsham, Norfolk [1] Ballymena, Antrim [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Battersea, London [1] Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire [1] Birchington, Kent [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birkenshaw, near Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Birling, Kent [1] Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1] Bradwell, Suffolk [1] Buckie, Banffshire [1] Bury Saint Edmund, Suffolk [1] Canning Town, London [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Christchurch Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1] Cirencester, Gloucestershire [1] City of London [1]

Rank

Stoker 2nd Class [89] Stoker 1st Class [79] Stoker 2 [56] Stoker 1 [48] Ordinary Seaman [34] Leading Stoker [33] Able Seaman [21] Boy 1st Class [14] Boy 2nd Class [14] Acting Leading Stoker [13] Petty Officer Stoker [12] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [10] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [10] Stoker Petty Officer [10] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [9] Stoker [9] Chief Stoker [7] Private [7] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [6] Leading Seaman [6] Petty Officer [6] Trimmer [6] Deck Hand [5] Acting ERA 4th Class [4] Acting Stoker 1st Class [4] Armourer's Crew [4] Chief Petty Officer [4] P O Stoker [4] Boy II [3] Carpenter's Crew [3] Cooks Mate [3] ERA 4th Class [3] Flight Lieutenant [3] Leading Mechanic [3] Mechanician [3] AM1 [2] Acting Stoker 1 [2] Air Mechanic [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Boy Artificer [2] Boy I [2] Captain [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] ERA 3c [2] ERA 3rd Class [2] ERA 4 [2] Engine Room Artificer [2] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2] Ordinary Telegrapher [2] Painter 2nd Class [2]

Unit

HMS Pembroke II [113] HMS "Pembroke II" [100] Royal Naval Reserve [14] HMS Pembroke I [13] Royal Air Force [11] HMS Pembroke [10] HMS Ajax [8] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [7] HMS "Acheron" [7] HMS "Ganges II" [6] HMS Actaeon [6] HMS Erin [6] HMS Victory II [6] HMS Vivid II [6] Pembroke II [6] RNAS HMS "President II" [6] HMS "Pembroke I" [5] HMS Hogue [5] HMS Natal [5] HMS President II [5] HMS "Blenheim" [4] HMS Vindictive [4] HMS Vivid I [4] HMS Yarmouth [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] Greenwich [3] HMS "Pembroke" [3] HMS Acheron [3] HMS Berwick [3] HMS Blenheim [3] HMS Ganges II [3] HMS Hindustan [3] HMS Implacable [3] HMS Indomitable [3] HMS Marlborough [3] HMS Pembroke III [3] HMS Vanguard [3] HMS Wildfire [3] HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [3] H.M.S. "Pathfinder" [2] HM Submarine E36 [2] HMS "Actaeon" [2] HMS "Blanche" [2] HMS "Diamond" [2] HMS "Dragon" [2] HMS "Ganges" [2] HMS "Gibraltar" [2] HMS "Hogue" [2] HMS "Lancaster" [2]

Service

Royal Navy [263] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15] British Army [11] Australian Imperial Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [56] A [26] C [23] S [22] W [21] M [19] P [16] H [11] G [10] R [10] D [7] E [7] T [7] F [6] J [5] K [5] L [5] N [3] Q [2] I [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [256]

Country

United Kingdom [159] Malta [4] Gibraltar [2] Canada [1] Ireland [1] United States [1]

Sydney Walter Roots

Born 1897

Died 1977

Royal Navy K37014 Stoker 2 HMS "Pembroke"

Royal Navy K37014 Leading Stoker HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy K37014 Stoker P O HMS "Pembroke II"

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Herbert Ernest Arnold

Born 1884

Died 1946

Royal Navy K35109 Stoker 2 HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy K35109 Stoker 1 HMS "Leda"

Royal Navy K35109 Stoker 1 HMS "Pembroke II"

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Frederick William Broad

Born 1899

Died 1987

Royal Navy K33845 Stoker 2 HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy K33845 Stoker 1 HMS "Proserpine"

Royal Navy K33845 Stoker 1 HMS "Pembroke II"

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Frederick George Benmore

Born 1895

Died 1917

Royal Navy K27517 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy K27517 Stoker 1st Class HMS Star

Royal Navy K27517 Stoker 1st Class HMS Pembroke II

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Edward Charles Bunn

Born 1900

Died 1961

Royal Navy J43542 Boy II HMS Vivid BTE

Royal Navy J43542 Boy I HMS Vivid BTE

Royal Navy J43542 Boy I HMS Cornwallis

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Gavin Hillcoat

Born 1889

Royal Navy M16989

Royal Navy M16989 Acting Engine Room Articifer Grade 4 ERA4 HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy M16989 Acting Engine Room Articifer Grade 4 ERA4 HMS Dominion

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Herbert Bailey

Born 1879

Royal Navy 293817 Stoker 2 HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy 293817 Stoker 1 HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy 293817 Leading Stoker HMS "Pembroke II"

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Robert Anderson

Born 1889

Died 1917

Royal Navy K28798 Stoker 1st Class HMS Pembroke II

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William Alfred Curd

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy K35204 Stoker 1st Class HMS Pembroke II

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Stephen Edward Bailey

Born 1893

Died 1967

Royal Navy K31631 Stoker 2 HMS "Pembroke II"

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Clement Ernest Spurgeon

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy SS112997 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy SS112997 Stoker 1st Class HMS Vengeance

Royal Navy SS112997 Stoker 1st Class HMS Kilfullert

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Oliver Martin Anderson

Born 1881

Died 1967

Royal Navy 296303 Stoker

Royal Navy 296303 Stoker 1st Class HMS Minerva

Royal Navy 296303 Stoker 1st Class HMS Pembroke II (Last Service)

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William Temple Edwards

Born 1869

Royal Navy F6826 Air Mechanic 1st Class HMS "President II"

Royal Navy F6826 Air Mechanic 1st Class HMS "Pembroke II"

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206826

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Walter Medhurst

Born 1895

Died 1917

Royal Navy K28625 Stoker 2nd Class HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy K28625 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Vanguard"

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Richard Harold Partridge

Born 1896

Died 1918

Royal Navy K43864 Stoker 2nd Class HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy K43684 Stoker 2nd Class H.M.S. "Cassandra"

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Arthur Edward Mccall

Born 1880

Died 1920

British Army 95658 Sapper Royal Engineers

Royal Navy 355302 Dom 3rd Class (under 18) HMS Hawke

Royal Navy 355302 D 2nd Class HMS Hawke

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Frederick James Brooks

Born 1900

Died 1947

Royal Navy K53736 Stoker 2 HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy K53736 Stoker 1

Royal Navy K53736 Stoker 1 HMS "Pembroke 2-6"

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Arthur Morphew

Born 1895

Died 1914

Royal Navy SS115038 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy SS115038 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pathfinder

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Alfred Charles Moon

Born 1872

Died 1917

Royal Navy 280183 Stoker 2nd Class HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy 280183 Stoker 1st Class HMS Vanguard

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Tom Stevens

Born 1896

Died 1978

Royal Navy M8698 Armourer's Crew HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy M8698 Armourer's Crew HMS Ajax

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