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Maidstone, Kent [77]

Ramsgate, Kent [22]

Islington, London [12]

Bermondsey, London [10]

Dover, Kent [10]

Poplar, London [10]

Battersea, London [8]

Deptford, London [8]

Maidstone [8]

Bethnal Green, London [7]

Hoxton, London [7]

Kensington, London [7]

Lambeth, London [7]

West Ham, Essex [7]

Camberwell, London [6]

Gravesend, Kent [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire [6]

Tottenham, London [6]

Walworth, London [6]

Hackney, London [5]

Sittingbourne, Kent [5]

Chatham, Kent [4]

East Malling, Kent [4]

Ipswich, Suffolk [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Sunderland, Durham [4]

Beccles, Suffolk [3]

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [3]

Bow, London [3]

Boxley, Kent [3]

Colchester, Essex [3]

Croydon, Surrey [3]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [3]

East Ham, Essex [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Nottingham [3]

Old Ford, London [3]

Otham, Kent [3]

Saint Pancras, London [3]

Sheshader, Rossshire [3]

Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Tovil, Kent [3]

Twickenham, Middlesex [3]

Willesden, London [3]

Ballymena, Antrim [2]

Barming, Kent [2]

Blackheath, London [2]

Bromley, Kent [2]

Buckie, Banffshire [2]

Cambridge [2]

Rank

Ordinary Seaman [334]

Deck Hand [197]

Able Seaman [187]

Stoker 1st Class [135]

Stoker 2nd Class [119]

Boy 2nd Class [64]

Stoker 2 [60]

Boy 1st Class [59]

Stoker 1 [52]

Leading Stoker [51]

Leading Seaman [39]

Seaman [38]

Petty Officer [36]

Stoker [24]

Petty Officer Stoker [22]

Stoker Petty Officer [21]

Trimmer [19]

Acting Leading Stoker [17]

Chief Petty Officer [17]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [14]

Private [14]

Signalman [14]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [11]

Chief Stoker [11]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [11]

Engineman [9]

Petty Officer 1st Class [9]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [8]

Leading Signalman [7]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [6]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [6]

Petty Officer Mechanic [6]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [5]

Chief Stoker Petty Officer [5]

Cook's Mate [5]

Leading Mechanic [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Ordinary Signalman [5]

Sapper [5]

Telegraphist [5]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [4]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [4]

Boy I [4]

Boy II [4]

Boy Servant [4]

Carpenter's Crew [4]

Cooks Mate [4]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [4]

Shipwright 2nd Class [4]

Acting ERA 4th Class [3]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [281]

HMS Pembroke I [264]

HMS Pembroke [183]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [159]

HMS Pembroke II [113]

HMS "Pembroke II" [100]

HMS Vindictive [86]

HMS Victory I [66]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Pembroke [47]

HMS "Pembroke I" [43]

Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Pembroke [25]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [25]

HMS Ganges [19]

HMS Impregnable [18]

HMS Natal [18]

HMS "Pembroke" [17]

HMS Erin [16]

HMS Indomitable [15]

HMS Ajax [14]

Royal Air Force [14]

HMS Hindustan [12]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [12]

HMS Yarmouth [11]

Royal Naval Division [11]

HMS "Impregnable" [9]

HMS Actaeon [9]

HMS Vivid I [9]

HMS Agamemnon [8]

HMS Agincourt [8]

HMS Boadicea [8]

HMS Osiris [8]

Pembroke [8]

British Naval Siege Guns [7]

HMS "Blenheim" [7]

HMS "Ganges" [7]

HMS Repulse [7]

HMS Shannon [7]

HMS "Acheron" [6]

HMS Antrim [6]

HMS Blenheim [6]

HMS Cyclops [6]

HMS Hogue [6]

HMS Victory II [6]

Pembroke II [6]

RNAS HMS "President II" [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

HMS "Ganges II" [5]

HMS Inflexible [5]

HMS Jupiter [5]

HMS Powerful [5]

Service

Royal Navy [1026]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21]

British Army [19]

Other Empire Force [9]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Canadian Navy [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [137]

M [106]

S [94]

H [93]

C [84]

P [70]

W [57]

R [54]

A [53]

T [40]

K [34]

L [33]

J [29]

D [27]

G [27]

E [26]

F [21]

N [21]

O [9]

I [6]

V [5]

Y [3]

Q [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [842]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [347]

Malta [6]

Gibraltar [4]

Australia [2]

Ireland [2]

Canada [1]

Greece [1]

India [1]

Iran, Islamic Republic of [1]

New Zealand [1]

Turkey [1]

United States [1]

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People [1032] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [77] Ramsgate, Kent [22] Islington, London [12] Bermondsey, London [10] Dover, Kent [10] Poplar, London [10] Battersea, London [8] Deptford, London [8] Maidstone [8] Bethnal Green, London [7] Hoxton, London [7] Kensington, London [7] Lambeth, London [7] West Ham, Essex [7] Camberwell, London [6] Gravesend, Kent [6] Liverpool, Lancashire [6] Tottenham, London [6] Walworth, London [6] Hackney, London [5] Sittingbourne, Kent [5] Chatham, Kent [4] East Malling, Kent [4] Ipswich, Suffolk [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Sunderland, Durham [4] Beccles, Suffolk [3] Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [3] Bow, London [3] Boxley, Kent [3] Colchester, Essex [3] Croydon, Surrey [3] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [3] East Ham, Essex [3] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Nottingham [3] Old Ford, London [3] Otham, Kent [3] Saint Pancras, London [3] Sheshader, Rossshire [3] Southampton, Hampshire [3] Tovil, Kent [3] Twickenham, Middlesex [3] Willesden, London [3] Ballymena, Antrim [2] Barming, Kent [2] Blackheath, London [2] Bromley, Kent [2] Buckie, Banffshire [2] Cambridge [2]

Rank

Ordinary Seaman [334] Deck Hand [197] Able Seaman [187] Stoker 1st Class [135] Stoker 2nd Class [119] Boy 2nd Class [64] Stoker 2 [60] Boy 1st Class [59] Stoker 1 [52] Leading Stoker [51] Leading Seaman [39] Seaman [38] Petty Officer [36] Stoker [24] Petty Officer Stoker [22] Stoker Petty Officer [21] Trimmer [19] Acting Leading Stoker [17] Chief Petty Officer [17] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [14] Private [14] Signalman [14] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [11] Chief Stoker [11] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [11] Engineman [9] Petty Officer 1st Class [9] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [8] Leading Signalman [7] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [6] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [6] Petty Officer Mechanic [6] Acting Stoker 1st Class [5] Chief Stoker Petty Officer [5] Cook's Mate [5] Leading Mechanic [5] Lieutenant [5] Ordinary Signalman [5] Sapper [5] Telegraphist [5] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [4] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [4] Boy I [4] Boy II [4] Boy Servant [4] Carpenter's Crew [4] Cooks Mate [4] Petty Officer 2nd Class [4] Shipwright 2nd Class [4] Acting ERA 4th Class [3]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [281] HMS Pembroke I [264] HMS Pembroke [183] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [159] HMS Pembroke II [113] HMS "Pembroke II" [100] HMS Vindictive [86] HMS Victory I [66] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Pembroke [47] HMS "Pembroke I" [43] Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Pembroke [25] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [25] HMS Ganges [19] HMS Impregnable [18] HMS Natal [18] HMS "Pembroke" [17] HMS Erin [16] HMS Indomitable [15] HMS Ajax [14] Royal Air Force [14] HMS Hindustan [12] Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [12] HMS Yarmouth [11] Royal Naval Division [11] HMS "Impregnable" [9] HMS Actaeon [9] HMS Vivid I [9] HMS Agamemnon [8] HMS Agincourt [8] HMS Boadicea [8] HMS Osiris [8] Pembroke [8] British Naval Siege Guns [7] HMS "Blenheim" [7] HMS "Ganges" [7] HMS Repulse [7] HMS Shannon [7] HMS "Acheron" [6] HMS Antrim [6] HMS Blenheim [6] HMS Cyclops [6] HMS Hogue [6] HMS Victory II [6] Pembroke II [6] RNAS HMS "President II" [6] Royal Engineers [6] HMS "Ganges II" [5] HMS Inflexible [5] HMS Jupiter [5] HMS Powerful [5]

Service

Royal Navy [1026] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21] British Army [19] Other Empire Force [9] Australian Imperial Force [4] Canadian Navy [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [137] M [106] S [94] H [93] C [84] P [70] W [57] R [54] A [53] T [40] K [34] L [33] J [29] D [27] G [27] E [26] F [21] N [21] O [9] I [6] V [5] Y [3] Q [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [842] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [347] Malta [6] Gibraltar [4] Australia [2] Ireland [2] Canada [1] Greece [1] India [1] Iran, Islamic Republic of [1] New Zealand [1] Turkey [1] United States [1]

Gerald William Green

Born 1899

Died 1989

Royal Navy M29998 Armourer's Crew HMS Pembroke II

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Thomas William Bertie Lubbock

Born 1894

Died 1960

Royal Navy K15145 Stoker HMS Pembroke

Royal Navy K15145 Stoker HMS Pembroke, HMS Cadmus, HMS Conquest, HMS St George

Royal Navy K15145 Stoker HMS Pembroke, HMS Actaeon, HMS Colmbo, HMS Hecla, HMS Kinsha

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Harold Bertram Humberstone

Born 1896

Died 1956

Royal Navy M10862

Royal Navy L6046 Ordinary Seaman II HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy L6046 Ordinary Seaman II HMS Dido then HMS Laverock

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Rising Ernest Bell

Born 1896

Died 1936

Royal Navy J57286

Royal Navy J57286 Ordinary seaman Pembroke 1

Royal Navy Ordinary seaman HMS Retriever

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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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Matthew Rosier

Born 1868

Died 1915

Royal Navy 125488 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS "Pembroke" RNAS Calshot

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Oliver Smith

Born 1878

Died 1919

Royal Navy 290949 Stoker 1st Class HMS Pembroke

Royal Navy 209949 Leading Boatman HMS Pembroke

Royal Navy 290949 Stoker 1st Class

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William Kenneth Edge

Born 1901

Died 1964

Royal Navy J53950 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J53950 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J53950 Boy 1st Class HMS Dreadnought

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Joseph Thomas Young

Born 1891

Died 1915

Royal Navy SS111807 Stoker 1st Class HMS 'Pembroke'

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Christopher Edgar Biggs

Born 1860

Died 1920

Royal Navy 97580 Able Seaman HMS Pembroke

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Bernard Phillips

Born 1894

Died 1975

Royal Navy M5493 Carpenter's Crew HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy M5493 Carpenter's Crew HMS Implacable

Royal Navy M5493 Leading Carpenter's Crew HMS Implacable

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Alfred Ernest Bail

Born 1885

Died 1955

Royal Navy 304620 Stoker, 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy 304620 Stoker, 2nd Class HMS Northumberland

Royal Navy 304620 Stoker, 2nd Class HMS Acheron

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Bertram Henry Morris

Born 1881

Died 1963

Royal Navy F844 Petty Officer Mechanic HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy F844 Petty Officer Mechanic HMS President

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Clifford Marrack Hollis

Born 1901

Died 1982

Royal Navy J82854 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J82854 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J82854 Boy 1st Class HMS Pembroke I

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Leslie Thomas Bond

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy K32727

Royal Navy K.32727 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke

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Edward Fairfoul

Born 1878

Died 1920

Royal Navy 175031

Royal Navy 175031 Ship's Corporal 1st Class HMS. PEMBROKE

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Arthur Thomas Waller

Born 1895

Died 1964

Royal Navy SS5105

Royal Navy ss5105 Able Seaman HMS Pembroke

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William George Humberstone

Born 1898

Died 1920

Royal Navy J29634 Ordinary Seaman [Latterly] HMS Pembroke

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Philip Marrack

Born 1885

Died 1955

Royal Navy Assistant Clerk HMS Boscawen

Royal Navy Assistant Clerk HMS Jupiter

Royal Navy Clerk HMS Doris

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Frances Amelia Hannah Cordier

Born 1891

Died 1961

Royal Navy G976 Steward HMS Pembroke I

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