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Place of birth

Devonport, Devon [5]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [3]

Fulham, London [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Swansea, Glamorgan [2]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Crediton, Devon [1]

Dartmouth, Devon [1]

Forfar, Scotland [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Headington, Oxfordshire [1]

Hereford, Herefordshire [1]

Horsforth, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kings Cross, London [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1]

Launceston, Cornwall [1]

Leicester [1]

Lewis, Sussex [1]

Lisburn, Antrim [1]

Lymington, Hampshire [1]

Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire [1]

Newport, Monmouthshire [1]

Nottingham [1]

Pawlett, Somerset [1]

Portsmouth Hampshire [1]

Saint Andrews, Devon [1]

Shipley, Yorkshire [1]

St John's Wood, London [1]

Stoke Newington, London [1]

Taunton, Somerset [1]

Valetta [1]

Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset [1]

Whitehaven, Cumberland [1]

York, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [12]

Ordinary Seaman [11]

Boy 1st Class [8]

Boy 2nd Class [7]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Leading Seaman [5]

Boatman [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Commander [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Petty Officer 1st Class [2]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

Acting Chief Petty Officer [1]

Acting ERA 4th Class [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Blacksmith [1]

Boy [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Artificer Engineer [1]

Chief Cook [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Shipwright [1]

Chief Signal Boatswain [1]

Commissioned Boatman [1]

Commissioned Engineer [1]

Domestic 3rd Class [1]

ERA 3rd Class [1]

ERA 4th Class [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engineer Captain [1]

Engineer Commander [1]

Leading Boatman [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Painter 1st Class [1]

Painter 2nd Class [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Unit

HMS Active [44]

HMS ACTIVE [18]

HMS Vivid I [4]

HMS Excellent [3]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS Boscawen [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS Victory [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

HMS Wildfire [2]

Casheen River Coastguard - Ireland [1]

Crookhaven Coastguard - Ireland [1]

HM Coastguard [1]

HM Submarine E37 [1]

HM Trawler Agamemnon II [1]

HMS Acasta [1]

HMS Achilles & Victoria [1]

HMS Acteon [1]

HMS Agamemnon [1]

HMS Alexandra [1]

HMS Amethyst [1]

HMS Arrogant [1]

HMS Asia [1]

HMS Australia [1]

HMS Boadicea [1]

HMS Brilliant [1]

HMS Crescent [1]

HMS Cruizer [1]

HMS Cumberland [1]

HMS Diana [1]

HMS Dreadnought [1]

HMS Duke of Wellington [1]

HMS Duke of Wellington I [1]

HMS Eaglet (Banbury) [1]

HMS Eclipse [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Fire Queen [1]

HMS Formidable [1]

HMS Furious [1]

HMS Ganges II [1]

HMS Hebe [1]

HMS Hecla [1]

HMS Howe [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Isis [1]

HMS Katoomba [1]

HMS King Alfred [1]

HMS Liffey [1]

Service

Royal Navy [63]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [14]

C [9]

S [6]

P [5]

W [5]

H [4]

A [3]

D [3]

R [3]

G [2]

L [2]

M [2]

F [1]

J [1]

K [1]

N [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [51]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Ireland [2]

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Place of birth

Devonport, Devon [5] Barnsley, Yorkshire [3] Fulham, London [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Swansea, Glamorgan [2] Bermondsey, London [1] Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Crediton, Devon [1] Dartmouth, Devon [1] Forfar, Scotland [1] Greenwich, London [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Headington, Oxfordshire [1] Hereford, Herefordshire [1] Horsforth, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire [1] Kensington, London [1] Kings Cross, London [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1] Launceston, Cornwall [1] Leicester [1] Lewis, Sussex [1] Lisburn, Antrim [1] Lymington, Hampshire [1] Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire [1] Newport, Monmouthshire [1] Nottingham [1] Pawlett, Somerset [1] Portsmouth Hampshire [1] Saint Andrews, Devon [1] Shipley, Yorkshire [1] St John's Wood, London [1] Stoke Newington, London [1] Taunton, Somerset [1] Valetta [1] Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset [1] Whitehaven, Cumberland [1] York, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [12] Ordinary Seaman [11] Boy 1st Class [8] Boy 2nd Class [7] Stoker 1st Class [6] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Leading Seaman [5] Boatman [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Commander [2] Leading Signalman [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant [2] Petty Officer 1st Class [2] Petty Officer 2nd Class [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] Acting Chief Petty Officer [1] Acting ERA 4th Class [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Blacksmith [1] Boy [1] Captain [1] Chief Artificer Engineer [1] Chief Cook [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Shipwright [1] Chief Signal Boatswain [1] Commissioned Boatman [1] Commissioned Engineer [1] Domestic 3rd Class [1] ERA 3rd Class [1] ERA 4th Class [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engineer Captain [1] Engineer Commander [1] Leading Boatman [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Painter 1st Class [1] Painter 2nd Class [1] Petty Officer [1]

Unit

HMS Active [44] HMS ACTIVE [18] HMS Vivid I [4] HMS Excellent [3] HMS Ajax [2] HMS Boscawen [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS Victory [2] HMS Vivid [2] HMS Vivid II [2] HMS Wildfire [2] Casheen River Coastguard - Ireland [1] Crookhaven Coastguard - Ireland [1] HM Coastguard [1] HM Submarine E37 [1] HM Trawler Agamemnon II [1] HMS Acasta [1] HMS Achilles & Victoria [1] HMS Acteon [1] HMS Agamemnon [1] HMS Alexandra [1] HMS Amethyst [1] HMS Arrogant [1] HMS Asia [1] HMS Australia [1] HMS Boadicea [1] HMS Brilliant [1] HMS Crescent [1] HMS Cruizer [1] HMS Cumberland [1] HMS Diana [1] HMS Dreadnought [1] HMS Duke of Wellington [1] HMS Duke of Wellington I [1] HMS Eaglet (Banbury) [1] HMS Eclipse [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Fire Queen [1] HMS Formidable [1] HMS Furious [1] HMS Ganges II [1] HMS Hebe [1] HMS Hecla [1] HMS Howe [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Isis [1] HMS Katoomba [1] HMS King Alfred [1] HMS Liffey [1]

Service

Royal Navy [63] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [14] C [9] S [6] P [5] W [5] H [4] A [3] D [3] R [3] G [2] L [2] M [2] F [1] J [1] K [1] N [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [51] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8] Ireland [2]

Richard Henry Le Grys

Born 1885

Royal Navy 217663 Able Seaman HMS ACTIVE

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Frederick Foster

Born 1885

Royal Navy 219244 Leading Seaman HMS ACTIVE

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Ernest Victor Jubillee Chase

Born 1897

Royal Navy K29861 Stoker 2nd Class HMS ACTIVE

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Henry Percy Yearron

Born 1889

Royal Navy 233425 Leading Signalman HMS Active

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Thomas Williams

Born 1892

Royal Navy SS113341 Stoker 1st Class HMS Active

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John Henry Bissell

Born 1897

Royal Navy K30278 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Active

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Charles Henry Bornor

Born 1879

Royal Navy 343626 Electrical Artificer 4th Class HMS ACTIVE

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John Joseph Cherry

Born 1880

Royal Navy 271360 Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class HMS ACTIVE

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Willis Chambers

Born 1893

Royal Navy J49113 Ordinary Seaman HMS Active

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William Thomas Johns

Born 1888

Royal Navy 351678 2nd Sick Berth Steward HMS Active

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William Bell

Born 1884

Royal Navy 302007 Stoker 1st Class HMS ACTIVE

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Harry Pinder

Born 1896

Royal Navy

Royal Navy J49911 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy J49911 Ordinary Seaman HMS Active

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Charles Hucklesby, Medaille Militaire

Born 1876

Died 1937

Royal Navy 160142 Boy 2nd Class HMS Boscawen

Royal Navy 160142 Boy 1st Class HMS Boscawen

Royal Navy 160142 Boy 1st Class HMS Alexandra

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Henry Davis

Royal Navy Chief Artificer Engineer HMS Active

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John William Summers Creber

Born 1888

Royal Navy M1648 Acting ERA 4th Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy M1648 ERA 4th Class HMS Active

Royal Navy M1648 ERA 3rd Class HMS Active

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John Charles Blackshaw

Born 1900

Died 1940

Royal Navy J44373 Boy 2nd Class HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy J44373 Boy 1st Class HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy P/J44373 Able Seaman HMS Acasta

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William John Staple

Born 1872

Died 1915

Royal Navy 142861 Ordinary Seaman HMS Boadicea

Royal Navy 142861 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory

Royal Navy 142861 Able Seaman HMS Active

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Walter John Shepherd

Born 1868

Died 1922

Royal Navy 129810 Petty Officer 2nd Class

Royal Navy 129810 Petty Officer 2nd Class HMS Patia

Royal Navy 129810 Boy 2nd Class HMS Boscawen

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Cyril Arthur Saville

Born 1890

Royal Navy Assistant Paymaster Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Active

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William James Davies

Born 1892

Royal Navy J6985 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J6985 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J6985 Ordinary Seaman

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