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Place of birth

Dover, Kent [2]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Barvas, Stornoway [1]

Boyndie, Whitehills, Banffshire [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Cupar, Fifeshire [1]

Drainie, Lossiemouth [1]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1]

Fife, Fifeshire [1]

Grimsby [1]

Hillswick, Shetland [1]

Largo, Fifeshire [1]

Leek, Staffordshire [1]

Leven, Fifeshire [1]

Lewes, Sussex [1]

Lochgelly, Fifeshire [1]

Lower Helesdon, Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Mappowder, Dorset [1]

Market Rasen, Lincolnshire [1]

Mary Port, Cumberland [1]

Merstham, Surrey [1]

Mousehole, Cornwall [1]

Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Newton, Midlothian [1]

Nineveh, Cornwall [1]

North Shoebury, Essex [1]

Retford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Stornoway, Rossshire [1]

West Wittering, Sussex [1]

Wood Green, London [1]

Rank

Stoker 2nd Class [11]

Ordinary Seaman [10]

Able Seaman [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Deck Hand [5]

Stoker [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Officers Steward 2nd Class [2]

Trimmer [2]

Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Acting Chief Stoker [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Mechanician [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Boy 2 then Boy 1 [1]

Boy First Class [1]

Boy Second Class [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Gunner [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker 1st Class [1]

Leading Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Leading Trimmer [1]

Mechanician [1]

Officers Steward 3rd Class [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Private [1]

Seaman [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Stoker - 1st Class [1]

Stoker - 2nd Class [1]

Stoker 1st class [1]

Stoker 2nd class [1]

Surgeon [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [10]

HMS Attentive [8]

HMS Attentive II [7]

HMS Victory II [7]

HMS Attentive III [5]

HMS Victory I [5]

HMS Pembroke I [3]

HMS Vivid II [3]

HMS Attentive II (Swift) [2]

HMS Excellent [2]

HMS Pembroke II [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

HMS Victory [2]

HMS Vivid I [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Attentive III [2]

Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Attentive III [2]

22nd General Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Attentive II [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Albermarle [1]

HMS Attentive (Mentor) [1]

HMS Attentive (Nugent) [1]

HMS Attentive 2 [1]

HMS Attentive I [1]

HMS Attentive I (Minor) [1]

HMS Attentive II (Champion) [1]

HMS Attentive II (HMS Afridi) [1]

HMS Attentive II (HMS Swift) [1]

HMS Attentive II (M24) [1]

HMS Attentive II (M25) [1]

HMS Attentive II (Quadrille) [1]

HMS Attentive II (Tartar) [1]

HMS Attentive II (ship unclear) [1]

HMS Bellerophon [1]

HMS Blake HMS Diligence HMS Pembroke I [1]

HMS Brisk [1]

HMS CANTERBURY [1]

HMS Columbine [1]

HMS Conqueror [1]

HMS Cormorrant (Petunia) [1]

HMS Cornwall [1]

HMS Crescent [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS Duke of Wellington [1]

HMS Duke of Wellington 2 [1]

HMS Edgar [1]

HMS Eglantine [1]

HMS Egmont (Petunia) [1]

HMS Flirt [1]

HMS Furious [1]

Service

Royal Navy [37]

British Army [1]

Last name first letter

A [6]

B [6]

M [5]

H [4]

T [4]

C [3]

S [3]

D [2]

G [1]

K [1]

O [1]

R [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [22]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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People [38] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Dover, Kent [2] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Wigan, Lancashire [2] Aberdeen [1] Barvas, Stornoway [1] Boyndie, Whitehills, Banffshire [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Cupar, Fifeshire [1] Drainie, Lossiemouth [1] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1] Fife, Fifeshire [1] Grimsby [1] Hillswick, Shetland [1] Largo, Fifeshire [1] Leek, Staffordshire [1] Leven, Fifeshire [1] Lewes, Sussex [1] Lochgelly, Fifeshire [1] Lower Helesdon, Norwich, Norfolk [1] Mappowder, Dorset [1] Market Rasen, Lincolnshire [1] Mary Port, Cumberland [1] Merstham, Surrey [1] Mousehole, Cornwall [1] Newbury, Berkshire [1] Newton, Midlothian [1] Nineveh, Cornwall [1] North Shoebury, Essex [1] Retford, Nottinghamshire [1] Stornoway, Rossshire [1] West Wittering, Sussex [1] Wood Green, London [1]

Rank

Stoker 2nd Class [11] Ordinary Seaman [10] Able Seaman [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Deck Hand [5] Stoker [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Leading Stoker [2] Officers Steward 2nd Class [2] Trimmer [2] Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Acting Chief Stoker [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Mechanician [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Boy 2 then Boy 1 [1] Boy First Class [1] Boy Second Class [1] Captain [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Gunner [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Stoker [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker 1st Class [1] Leading Stoker 2nd Class [1] Leading Trimmer [1] Mechanician [1] Officers Steward 3rd Class [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Private [1] Seaman [1] Signal Boy [1] Stoker - 1st Class [1] Stoker - 2nd Class [1] Stoker 1st class [1] Stoker 2nd class [1] Surgeon [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [10] HMS Attentive [8] HMS Attentive II [7] HMS Victory II [7] HMS Attentive III [5] HMS Victory I [5] HMS Pembroke I [3] HMS Vivid II [3] HMS Attentive II (Swift) [2] HMS Excellent [2] HMS Pembroke II [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] HMS Victory [2] HMS Vivid I [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Attentive III [2] Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Attentive III [2] 22nd General Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Attentive II [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Albermarle [1] HMS Attentive (Mentor) [1] HMS Attentive (Nugent) [1] HMS Attentive 2 [1] HMS Attentive I [1] HMS Attentive I (Minor) [1] HMS Attentive II (Champion) [1] HMS Attentive II (HMS Afridi) [1] HMS Attentive II (HMS Swift) [1] HMS Attentive II (M24) [1] HMS Attentive II (M25) [1] HMS Attentive II (Quadrille) [1] HMS Attentive II (Tartar) [1] HMS Attentive II (ship unclear) [1] HMS Bellerophon [1] HMS Blake HMS Diligence HMS Pembroke I [1] HMS Brisk [1] HMS CANTERBURY [1] HMS Columbine [1] HMS Conqueror [1] HMS Cormorrant (Petunia) [1] HMS Cornwall [1] HMS Crescent [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS Duke of Wellington [1] HMS Duke of Wellington 2 [1] HMS Edgar [1] HMS Eglantine [1] HMS Egmont (Petunia) [1] HMS Flirt [1] HMS Furious [1]

Service

Royal Navy [37] British Army [1]

Last name first letter

A [6] B [6] M [5] H [4] T [4] C [3] S [3] D [2] G [1] K [1] O [1] R [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [22]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Frederick Solley

Born 1889

Died 1942

Royal Navy L7886 Officers Steward 2nd Class HMS Attentive II

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William Isaac Gale

Born 1854

Died 1917

Royal Navy Chief Gunner HMS Attentive

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William Mitchell

Born 1876

Died 1918

Royal Navy 172225 Able Seaman HMS Attentive

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Downie Anthony

Born 1894

Royal Navy K45343 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy K45343 Stoker 1st Class HMS Attentive II (Swift)

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Edward Albert Cushing

Born 1900

Died 1975

Royal Navy J46072 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J46072 Ordinary Seaman HMS Repulse

Royal Navy J46072 Able Seaman HMS Attentive II

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Walter James Tinley

Born 1875

Died 1919

Royal Navy 155526 Chief Petty Officer HMS Attentive

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Walter Turner

Born 1870

Died 1919

Royal Navy 158282 Petty Officer Stoker

Royal Navy 158282 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Attentive III

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James Mouat

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy 801/L Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 801/L (PO) Seaman HMS Attentive Royal Naval Reserve (Shetland Section)

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Henry John Hobbs

Born 1886

Died 1967

Royal Navy K38853 Stoker 2nd Class Attentive II

Royal Navy K38853 Stoker 2nd Class HMS RADSTOCK

Royal Navy K38853 Stoker 2nd Class HMS CANTERBURY

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Alec Frederick Cheasley

Born 1896

Died 1975

Royal Navy J51643 Ordinary Seaman HMS Hecla

Royal Navy J51643 Ordinary Seaman HMS Attentive

Royal Navy J51643 Ordinary Seaman HMS Hecla

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George Atherton

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS5985 Ordinary Seaman HMS Attentive II

Royal Navy SS5985 Able Seaman HMS Flirt

Royal Navy SS5985 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I

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Archibald Simpson Ballingall

Born 1899

Royal Navy J84839

Royal Navy J84839 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy J84839 Ordinary Seaman HMS Attentive III

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Albert Edward Humberstone

Born 1898

Died 1924

Royal Navy J30497 Boy 2 then Boy 1 HMS Ganges HMS Pembroke I and HMS Warrior

Royal Navy J30497 Ordinary Seaman HMS Glorious HMS Pembroke I HMS Attentive

Royal Navy J30497 Able Seaman HMS Blake HMS Diligence HMS Pembroke I

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James Frank Treagus

Born 1879

Died 1919

Royal Navy 293328

Royal Navy 293328 Stoker - 2nd Class HMS Duke of Wellington 2

Royal Navy 293328 Stoker - 2nd Class HMS Iris

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Andrew Arnott

Born 1871

Royal Navy 173802 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy 173802 Stoker

Royal Navy 173802 Leading Stoker

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Angus Mckinnon

Born 1894

Died 1919

Royal Navy 2615SD Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. "Attentive III."

Royal Navy SD 2615 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2615.S.D. (PO) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Attentive III

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Charles Edward Verrion

Born 1901

Royal Navy DA 22647 Signal Boy Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 22647 Signal Boy HMS Attentive III

Royal Navy DA 22647 Signal Boy HMS Pembroke

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Cyril George Dawes

Born 1899

Royal Navy K/42559 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Attentive II

Royal Navy K/42559 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K/42559 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Princess Royal

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Romilly Trenoweth

Born 1888

Died 1918

Royal Navy ST 3100 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 3100/ST Leading Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Attentive

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Reginald Walter Cuff

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 309680

Royal Navy 309680 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy 309680 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Hogue

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