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Maidstone, Kent [106]

Ramsgate, Kent [11]

East Farleigh, Kent [5]

Loose, Kent [4]

Barming, Kent [3]

Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, Kent [3]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [2]

Greenwich, London [2]

Leeds, Kent [2]

Loose, Maidstone, Kent [2]

Melbourne, Australia [2]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Ashmansworth, Berkshire [1]

Barnes, Surrey [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1]

Britford, Wiltshire [1]

Burham, Kent [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Camborne, Cornwall [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Catsfield, Sussex [1]

Cheddington, Buckinghamshire [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Crossgates, Fifeshire [1]

Croydon, London [1]

Dalgety, Fifeshire [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Detling, Maidstone, Kent [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dublin [1]

Durham, South Africa [1]

Earlsfield, London [1]

East Malling, Kent [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Eccles, Kent [1]

Elie, Fifeshire [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Forest Gate, London [1]

Greenway Crescent, Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Greenwich, Kent [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hanover Square, London [1]

Harrietsham, Maidstone, Kent [1]

Hawkhurst, Kent [1]

Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [1]

High Barnet, Middlesex [1]

Rank

AC II [34]

AC I [22]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [22]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [22]

AM II [17]

AM I [16]

ACM II [15]

AM I (E) [15]

AM1(c) [14]

Petty Officer Mechanic [13]

AM II(E) [12]

LM [12]

Leading Mechanic [9]

Able Seaman [7]

Acting AM I [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Private [6]

Acting AM1(c) [5]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [5]

AM1 [4]

Air Mechanic [4]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [4]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Flight Lieutenant [4]

AC2 [3]

AM II(C) [3]

Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Flight Sergeant [3]

ACII [2]

ACM I [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic I [2]

Aircraftman 1st Class [2]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [2]

Aircraftsman 2nd Class [2]

Boy [2]

Boy Mec [2]

Boy Mechanic [2]

Boy Servant [2]

Captain [2]

Corporal Mechanic [2]

Cyclist [2]

Engineer (Temporary) [2]

Flying Officer [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant [2]

M II [2]

Off Std 3 [2]

P O Mech [2]

Unit

Royal Air Force [163]

RNAS HMS "President II" [140]

HMS President II [51]

RNAS HMS "Daedalus" [48]

Royal Naval Air Service [28]

Royal Naval Reserve [9]

HMS "Pembroke II" [8]

HMS President II (Crystal Palace) [8]

HMS "President II" [7]

Royal Naval Air Service: HMS President II [6]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6]

HMS Daedalus [5]

HMS President [5]

HMS Pembroke III [4]

HMS President II (Tregantle) [4]

Crystal Palace depot (HMS President II) [3]

HMS "Daedalus" [3]

HMS "President V" [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Crystal Palace [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

HMS Majestic [2]

HMS Manica [2]

HMS Pembroke [2]

HMS Pembroke II [2]

HMS President II (Eastchurch) [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

Polegate [2]

President II [2]

RAF Tregantle [2]

RNAS HMS "Daedalous" [2]

RNVR [2]

(Manston) [1]

(Westgate) [1]

1st Fifeshire Battalion, Volunteer Training Corps [1]

3 Squadron [1]

50 Training Depot Station [1]

53 Training Depot Station [1]

66 Wing [1]

Administrative and Special Duties Branch [1]

Air Service HMS President II [1]

Blandford [1]

Calshot [1]

Campania [1]

Canning [1]

Cranwell Airfield [1]

Crystal Palace Dispersal Centre [1]

Dover [1]

Felixstowe [1]

Fort Tregantle RNAS [1]

Service

Royal Navy [231]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [190]

British Army [15]

Last name first letter

B [38]

W [34]

A [22]

S [19]

C [18]

H [17]

M [15]

P [12]

G [11]

L [8]

T [8]

D [6]

R [6]

J [4]

K [4]

N [4]

F [2]

E [1]

O [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [229]

Country

United Kingdom [177]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [106] Ramsgate, Kent [11] East Farleigh, Kent [5] Loose, Kent [4] Barming, Kent [3] Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, Kent [3] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [2] Greenwich, London [2] Leeds, Kent [2] Loose, Maidstone, Kent [2] Melbourne, Australia [2] Alton, Hampshire [1] Ashmansworth, Berkshire [1] Barnes, Surrey [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1] Britford, Wiltshire [1] Burham, Kent [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Camborne, Cornwall [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Catsfield, Sussex [1] Cheddington, Buckinghamshire [1] Chelsea, London [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Crossgates, Fifeshire [1] Croydon, London [1] Dalgety, Fifeshire [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Detling, Maidstone, Kent [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dublin [1] Durham, South Africa [1] Earlsfield, London [1] East Malling, Kent [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Eccles, Kent [1] Elie, Fifeshire [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Forest Gate, London [1] Greenway Crescent, Bedminster, Somerset [1] Greenwich, Kent [1] Hackney, London [1] Hanover Square, London [1] Harrietsham, Maidstone, Kent [1] Hawkhurst, Kent [1] Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [1] High Barnet, Middlesex [1]

Rank

AC II [34] AC I [22] Air Mechanic 1st Class [22] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [22] AM II [17] AM I [16] ACM II [15] AM I (E) [15] AM1(c) [14] Petty Officer Mechanic [13] AM II(E) [12] LM [12] Leading Mechanic [9] Able Seaman [7] Acting AM I [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Private [6] Acting AM1(c) [5] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [5] AM1 [4] Air Mechanic [4] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [4] Boy 2nd Class [4] Flight Lieutenant [4] AC2 [3] AM II(C) [3] Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Flight Sergeant [3] ACII [2] ACM I [2] Acting Corporal [2] Air Mechanic I [2] Aircraftman 1st Class [2] Aircraftman 2nd Class [2] Aircraftsman 2nd Class [2] Boy [2] Boy Mec [2] Boy Mechanic [2] Boy Servant [2] Captain [2] Corporal Mechanic [2] Cyclist [2] Engineer (Temporary) [2] Flying Officer [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant [2] M II [2] Off Std 3 [2] P O Mech [2]

Unit

Royal Air Force [163] RNAS HMS "President II" [140] HMS President II [51] RNAS HMS "Daedalus" [48] Royal Naval Air Service [28] Royal Naval Reserve [9] HMS "Pembroke II" [8] HMS President II (Crystal Palace) [8] HMS "President II" [7] Royal Naval Air Service: HMS President II [6] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6] HMS Daedalus [5] HMS President [5] HMS Pembroke III [4] HMS President II (Tregantle) [4] Crystal Palace depot (HMS President II) [3] HMS "Daedalus" [3] HMS "President V" [3] Army Service Corps [2] Crystal Palace [2] East Kent Regiment [2] HMS Majestic [2] HMS Manica [2] HMS Pembroke [2] HMS Pembroke II [2] HMS President II (Eastchurch) [2] HMS Victory I [2] Polegate [2] President II [2] RAF Tregantle [2] RNAS HMS "Daedalous" [2] RNVR [2] (Manston) [1] (Westgate) [1] 1st Fifeshire Battalion, Volunteer Training Corps [1] 3 Squadron [1] 50 Training Depot Station [1] 53 Training Depot Station [1] 66 Wing [1] Administrative and Special Duties Branch [1] Air Service HMS President II [1] Blandford [1] Calshot [1] Campania [1] Canning [1] Cranwell Airfield [1] Crystal Palace Dispersal Centre [1] Dover [1] Felixstowe [1] Fort Tregantle RNAS [1]

Service

Royal Navy [231] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [190] British Army [15]

Last name first letter

B [38] W [34] A [22] S [19] C [18] H [17] M [15] P [12] G [11] L [8] T [8] D [6] R [6] J [4] K [4] N [4] F [2] E [1] O [1] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [229]

Country

United Kingdom [177] Malta [1]

Abraham George Watson

Born 1884

Died 1953

Royal Navy F5750 AM 1 (G) HMS. President II

Royal Navy F5750 Ldg. Mechanic HMS President II

Royal Navy F5750 Ldg. Mechanic HMS President (Croydon Hospital)

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Alfred Ernest Jenkinson

Born 1877

Died 1972

Royal Navy F. 20771 Air Mechanic HMS President II

Royal Navy F. 20771 Air Mechanic HMS President II (Felixstowe)

Royal Navy F. 20771 Air Mechanic 1st Class HMS President II

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Reginald Alfred Parkins

Born 1900

Died 1978

Royal Navy F41012 Boy Mechanic HMS President II (Crystal Palace)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241012

Royal Navy F41012 Boy Mechanic HMS President II (Cranwell)

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Alfred Leslie Sharpe

Born 1892

Royal Navy Cyclist HMS President II

Royal Navy AM1 HMS President II

Royal Navy F6492 HMS President II Petty Officer (Probationary)

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William Arthur Wilmot

Born 1880

Died 1917

Royal Navy F/29851 Air Mechanic 2nd Class HMS President II

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Olaf Thomas Moody

Born 1892

Died 1973

Royal Navy Y23183 R.N.V.R.

Royal Navy F27214 AM2 (D) HMS President II (W. Scrubbs)

Royal Navy AM2 (D) HMS President II (Oldbury)

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Harold Thomas William Hardinge

Born 1886

Died 1965

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204267

British Army F4267 HMS Blandford

Royal Navy F4267 HMS President II

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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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Philip George Price

Born 1881

Died 1951

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206122

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206122 HMS President II

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206122 HMS Daedalus

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Frederick Charles Bax

Born 1880

Died 1959

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211154 Royal Air Force

Royal Navy F11154 Air Mechanic 1st Class HMS President II Chingford

Royal Navy F11154 Petty Officer Mechanic HMS President II Chingford

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Herbert Thomas Ralph

Born 1885

Died 1931

Royal Navy F10771 AM I HMS President II (Redcar)

Royal Navy F.10771 LM HMS President II (Redcar)

Royal Navy F.10771 LM (Westgate)

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Tom Crisp

Born 1884

Died 1954

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246753

Royal Navy F46753 HMS President II

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Bertram Stanley Tyson

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241286

Royal Navy F41286 HMS President II

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Frederick William Collings Grout

Born 1897

Died 1987

Royal Navy 8960 RNVR

Royal Navy F26860 Air Mechanic 2nd Class HMS "President II" Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Navy Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class HMS "President II" Royal Naval Air Service

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Albert David Allford

Born 1884

Died 1958

Royal Navy F14905 Able Seaman HMS President II

Royal Navy F14905 ACM II HMS President II

Royal Navy F14905 Able Seaman HMS Daedalus

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Caleb James Lester

Born 1876

Royal Navy F28207 Aircraftman 2nd Class (D) HMS President II

Royal Navy F28207 Aircraftman 2nd Class (D)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228207 Air Mechanic 3rd Class No. 16 Kite Balloon Squadron

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Geoffrey Heegaard Warner

Born 1889

Died 1955

Royal Navy F17769 Royal Naval Air Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217769

Royal Navy F17769 H.M.S. President II

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Leonard Richard Butler

Born 1888

Died 1954

Royal Navy F12558 AM I(c) RNAS HMS "President II"

Royal Navy F12558 LM RNAS HMS "President II"

Royal Navy F12558 P O RNAS HMS "President II"

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Sidney Leonard Leggett

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy F5961 AIR MECHANIC 1ST CLASS HMS PRESIDENT II

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Albert Thomas Carr

Born 1882

Died 1938

Royal Navy Air Mechanic 2nd Class HMS "President II"

Royal Navy F23271 Mechanic 1st Class HMS "President V" (Dollis)

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