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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [7]

Brighton, Sussex [5]

Hull, Yorkshire [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Portsea, Hampshire [4]

Edinburgh [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Gosport, Hampshire [3]

Kensington, London [3]

Lambeth, London [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Aberdeen [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Brixton, London [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Farnham, Surrey [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Ilford, Essex [2]

Leicester [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Acock's Green, Birmingham [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Alexandria, Dunbartonshire [1]

Allahabad, Northwest Province [1]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Ballhill, Donegal [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bicester, Oxfordshire [1]

Bilston, Staffordshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Bognor, Sussex [1]

Bourne, Lincolnshire [1]

Brentwood, Essex [1]

Bressay, Shetland Isles, Scotland [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Brompton, London SW [1]

Buckland Dover, Kent [1]

Burgess Hill, Sussex [1]

Burmola [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [39]

Able Seaman [38]

Ordinary Seaman [28]

Stoker Petty Officer [17]

Petty Officer [11]

Leading Seaman [9]

Leading Stoker [9]

Boy 1st Class [8]

Lieutenant [8]

Commander [7]

Seaman [7]

Boy Telegraphist [6]

Lieutenant Commander [6]

Midshipman [6]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [5]

Gunner [5]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [4]

Ordinary Telegraphist [4]

Private [4]

Shipwright 2nd Class [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Telegraphist [4]

Acting Leading Stoker [3]

Armourer's Crew [3]

Captain [3]

Chief Stoker [3]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Officer's Cook 1st Class [3]

Signalman [3]

Yeoman of Signals [3]

Acting Mate [2]

Admiral [2]

Artificer Engineer [2]

Assistant Clerk [2]

Assistant Paymaster [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Cook's Mate [2]

Electrical Artificer 3c [2]

Electrical Artificer 4c [2]

Engine Artificer 4th Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer [2]

Fleet Paymaster [2]

Mechanician [2]

Paymaster Lieutenant [2]

Rear Admiral [2]

Rear-Admiral [2]

Secretary Clerk [2]

Unit

HMS Barham [200]

HMS 'Barham' [35]

HMS BARHAM [20]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Barham [12]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Barham [7]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

H.M.S. Barham [3]

HMS Vindictive [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Barham [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

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

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS King George V [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory) [2]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Barham [2]

Royal Marines Band [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

4th Destroyer Flotilla [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Egmont II - Rifleman [1]

H.M.S. "Narbrough." [1]

H.M.S. Powerful [1]

H.M.S. Victory I [1]

HM Submarine H10 [1]

HM Submarine H5 [1]

HM Submarine K5 [1]

HMAS Adelaide [1]

HMAS Brisbane [1]

HMAS Cerberus [1]

HMAS Sydney [1]

HMS "Barham" [1]

HMS "Endeavour" [1]

HMS "Indomitable" [1]

HMS "Pembroke II" [1]

HMS Albert & Victoria [1]

HMS Ariel [1]

HMS Ascania F.68 Atlantic Convoy Escort [1]

HMS Barham accomodated on HMS Valiant [1]

HMS Barham. [1]

HMS Blenheim [1]

HMS Centurion [1]

HMS Collingwood Communications Training Station [1]

HMS Collumbine [1]

HMS Cricket [1]

HMS Danae [1]

HMS Dido [1]

HMS Dreadnought [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

Service

Royal Navy [294]

Other Empire Force [2]

British Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [34]

H [27]

S [27]

C [26]

W [21]

T [19]

M [18]

A [17]

D [17]

P [17]

E [12]

L [12]

F [11]

G [10]

J [8]

R [6]

I [3]

N [3]

K [2]

O [1]

Q [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [249]

Country

United Kingdom [64]

Australia [1]

Gibraltar [1]

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People [294] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [7] Portsmouth, Hampshire [7] Brighton, Sussex [5] Hull, Yorkshire [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Portsea, Hampshire [4] Edinburgh [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Gosport, Hampshire [3] Kensington, London [3] Lambeth, London [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Aberdeen [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Brixton, London [2] Chelsea, London [2] Farnham, Surrey [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2] Hackney, London [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Ilford, Essex [2] Leicester [2] Marylebone, London [2] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Acock's Green, Birmingham [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Alexandria, Dunbartonshire [1] Allahabad, Northwest Province [1] Alton, Hampshire [1] Ballhill, Donegal [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bicester, Oxfordshire [1] Bilston, Staffordshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Bognor, Sussex [1] Bourne, Lincolnshire [1] Brentwood, Essex [1] Bressay, Shetland Isles, Scotland [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Brompton, London SW [1] Buckland Dover, Kent [1] Burgess Hill, Sussex [1] Burmola [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [39] Able Seaman [38] Ordinary Seaman [28] Stoker Petty Officer [17] Petty Officer [11] Leading Seaman [9] Leading Stoker [9] Boy 1st Class [8] Lieutenant [8] Commander [7] Seaman [7] Boy Telegraphist [6] Lieutenant Commander [6] Midshipman [6] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [5] Gunner [5] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [4] Ordinary Telegraphist [4] Private [4] Shipwright 2nd Class [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Telegraphist [4] Acting Leading Stoker [3] Armourer's Crew [3] Captain [3] Chief Stoker [3] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [3] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3] Officer's Cook 1st Class [3] Signalman [3] Yeoman of Signals [3] Acting Mate [2] Admiral [2] Artificer Engineer [2] Assistant Clerk [2] Assistant Paymaster [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Cook's Mate [2] Electrical Artificer 3c [2] Electrical Artificer 4c [2] Engine Artificer 4th Class [2] Engine Room Artificer [2] Fleet Paymaster [2] Mechanician [2] Paymaster Lieutenant [2] Rear Admiral [2] Rear-Admiral [2] Secretary Clerk [2]

Unit

HMS Barham [200] HMS 'Barham' [35] HMS BARHAM [20] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Barham [12] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Barham [7] Royal Marine Artillery [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] H.M.S. Barham [3] HMS Vindictive [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Barham [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3] H.M.S. "Barham." [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS King George V [2] HMS Victory I [2] Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory) [2] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Barham [2] Royal Marines Band [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] 4th Destroyer Flotilla [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Egmont II - Rifleman [1] H.M.S. "Narbrough." [1] H.M.S. Powerful [1] H.M.S. Victory I [1] HM Submarine H10 [1] HM Submarine H5 [1] HM Submarine K5 [1] HMAS Adelaide [1] HMAS Brisbane [1] HMAS Cerberus [1] HMAS Sydney [1] HMS "Barham" [1] HMS "Endeavour" [1] HMS "Indomitable" [1] HMS "Pembroke II" [1] HMS Albert & Victoria [1] HMS Ariel [1] HMS Ascania F.68 Atlantic Convoy Escort [1] HMS Barham accomodated on HMS Valiant [1] HMS Barham. [1] HMS Blenheim [1] HMS Centurion [1] HMS Collingwood Communications Training Station [1] HMS Collumbine [1] HMS Cricket [1] HMS Danae [1] HMS Dido [1] HMS Dreadnought [1] HMS Falmouth [1]

Service

Royal Navy [294] Other Empire Force [2] British Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [34] H [27] S [27] C [26] W [21] T [19] M [18] A [17] D [17] P [17] E [12] L [12] F [11] G [10] J [8] R [6] I [3] N [3] K [2] O [1] Q [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [249]

Country

United Kingdom [64] Australia [1] Gibraltar [1]

William Cleak

Born 1896

Royal Navy Z/3422 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Barham

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George Duff

Born 1892

Royal Navy 4/1936 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy M20462 Carpenter's Crew HMS Victory II

Royal Navy M20462 Carpenter's Crew HMS Fisgard

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Arthur Gubbins

Born 1885

Royal Navy 10897 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 10897 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Barham

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William David Walker

Born 1883

Royal Navy 11475 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 910 Royal Marines Band

Royal Navy RMB/910 Bandmaster R.M.B HMS Barham

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Thomas Baird

Born 1900

Royal Navy SS119768

Royal Navy SS119768 Acting Stoker 1st Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy SS119768 Acting Stoker 1st Class HMS Barham

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Ernest James Pickett

Born 1897

Royal Navy 18053 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 18053 Private RMLI: HMS Barham

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Francis Wyville Home

Born 1882

Died 1943

Royal Navy Acting Colonel Commandant

Royal Navy Temporary Brigadier

Royal Navy Captain Royal Marine Light Infantry

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Frank Thomas Quirke

Born 1896

Royal Navy 2285 Royal Marines Band

Royal Navy 2285 Musician Royal Marines Band - HMS Barham

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William Ticehurst

Born 1893

Died 1969

Royal Navy J9632

Royal Navy M. 35793 Regulating Petty Officer

Royal Navy M. 35793 Regulating Petty Officer HMS Iron Duke

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James Rees

Born 1894

Royal Navy Wales Z/2725 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/2725 Able Seaman RNVR Wales - HMS Barham

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Cedric Boswell Wilson

Born 1894

Royal Navy Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve - HMS 'Barham' Assistant Paymaster (Temporary)

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Frank Blackburn Elliott

Born 1882

Royal Navy 11556 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/11556 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Barham

British Army 27712 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Henry Albert King

Born 1883

Royal Navy 12756 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/12756 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Barham

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Norman Jackson

Born 1891

Royal Navy Sussex 1/234 Petty Officer Royal Naval Division - Howe Battalion

Royal Navy 1/234 Petty Officer Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Barham

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