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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [15]

Plymouth, Devon [15]

Devonport, Devon [13]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [8]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [7]

Dublin [7]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [6]

Sunderland, Durham [6]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [4]

Deptford, London [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Hoxton, London [4]

Plympton, Devon [4]

Salford, Lancashire [4]

Torquay, Devon [4]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Camberwell, London [3]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [3]

Exeter, Devon [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Stonehouse, Devon [3]

Taunton, Somerset [3]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birmingham [2]

Bow, London [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Brixton, London [2]

Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Clapham, London [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Cork [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Dundee Forfar [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Horsham, Sussex [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kilburn, London [2]

Kingstown, Dublin [2]

Leicester [2]

Luton, Bedfordshire [2]

Lyme Regis, Dorset [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Able Seaman [158]

Stoker 1st Class [73]

Ordinary Seaman [66]

Boy 1st Class [33]

Leading Seaman [20]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [15]

Stoker Petty Officer [15]

Leading Stoker [14]

Petty Officer [11]

Signal Boy [11]

Stoker 2nd Class [10]

Telegraphist [9]

Signalman [8]

Wireman 2nd Class [8]

Gunner [7]

Private [6]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Boy Telegraphist [5]

Chief Stoker [5]

Leading Signalman [5]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

2nd Cook's Mate [4]

Armourer's Crew [4]

Carpenter's Crew [4]

Chief Petty Officer [4]

Commander [4]

Cook's Mate [4]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [4]

Captain [3]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [3]

Mechanician [3]

Ordinary Signalman [3]

Ordinary Telegraphist [3]

Recruit [3]

Sub-Lieutenant [3]

Acting Lieutenant [2]

Captain RMLI [2]

Chief Armourer [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Leading Telegraphist [2]

Marine [2]

Musician [2]

Ship's Steward's Assistant [2]

Shipwright 1st Class [2]

Wireman 1st Class [2]

Yeoman of Signals [2]

2nd Cooper [1]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

Unit

HMS BENBOW [387]

HMS Benbow [136]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [13]

Royal Naval Division - Benbow Battalion [6]

HMS Hindustan [5]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS BENBOW [5]

Seaman Storming Party - "C" Company (Demolition) [5]

RNVR Clyde - HMS Benbow [4]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Benbow [4]

HMS Blake [3]

HMS Hercules [3]

RNVR Tyneside - HMS Benbow [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [2]

HMS Dolphin [2]

HMS Excellent [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Iron Duke [2]

HMS Powerful [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

RNVR London - HMS Benbow [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Benbow [2]

4th Royal Marine Battalion [1]

5th Division - 8th Infantry Brigade [1]

5th Divisional Troops - 14th Field Company Engineers [1]

Argus [1]

Chatham Division [1]

Cornflower [1]

Dolphin [1]

Fisgard [1]

H.M. Submarine E47 [1]

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

HM Submarine K4 [1]

HMS [1]

HMS "Benbow" [1]

HMS "Carnarvon" [1]

HMS "Cressy" [1]

HMS "Impregnable" [1]

HMS "Lancaster" [1]

HMS "Lion" [1]

HMS "Pembroke I" [1]

HMS "St George" [1]

HMS "Wildfire" [1]

HMS Acheron [1]

HMS Actaeon [1]

HMS Arethusa [1]

HMS Argus (Fleet Air Arm) [1]

HMS Argus (RAF Gosport) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [554]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

British Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [73]

M [53]

H [47]

W [47]

C [46]

S [43]

P [38]

R [25]

D [24]

F [22]

J [22]

T [22]

G [19]

A [14]

E [13]

N [12]

L [11]

K [8]

O [6]

V [4]

I [2]

Q [1]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [513]

Country

United Kingdom [43]

Australia [1]

Hong Kong [1]

Iran, Islamic Republic of [1]

Ireland [1]

Turkey [1]

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People [554] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [15] Plymouth, Devon [15] Devonport, Devon [13] Bristol, Gloucestershire [8] Birmingham, Warwickshire [7] Dublin [7] Portsmouth, Hampshire [6] Sunderland, Durham [6] Cardiff, Glamorgan [4] Deptford, London [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Hoxton, London [4] Plympton, Devon [4] Salford, Lancashire [4] Torquay, Devon [4] Belfast, Antrim [3] Camberwell, London [3] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [3] Exeter, Devon [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Stonehouse, Devon [3] Taunton, Somerset [3] Bath, Somerset [2] Battersea, London [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birmingham [2] Bow, London [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Brixton, London [2] Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Clapham, London [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Cork [2] Dover, Kent [2] Dundee Forfar [2] Edinburgh [2] Hackney, London [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Horsham, Sussex [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Islington, London [2] Kilburn, London [2] Kingstown, Dublin [2] Leicester [2] Luton, Bedfordshire [2] Lyme Regis, Dorset [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Able Seaman [158] Stoker 1st Class [73] Ordinary Seaman [66] Boy 1st Class [33] Leading Seaman [20] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [15] Stoker Petty Officer [15] Leading Stoker [14] Petty Officer [11] Signal Boy [11] Stoker 2nd Class [10] Telegraphist [9] Signalman [8] Wireman 2nd Class [8] Gunner [7] Private [6] Boy 2nd Class [5] Boy Telegraphist [5] Chief Stoker [5] Leading Signalman [5] Lieutenant Commander [5] 2nd Cook's Mate [4] Armourer's Crew [4] Carpenter's Crew [4] Chief Petty Officer [4] Commander [4] Cook's Mate [4] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [4] Lieutenant [4] Officer's Steward 1st Class [4] Captain [3] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [3] Mechanician [3] Ordinary Signalman [3] Ordinary Telegraphist [3] Recruit [3] Sub-Lieutenant [3] Acting Lieutenant [2] Captain RMLI [2] Chief Armourer [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Leading Telegraphist [2] Marine [2] Musician [2] Ship's Steward's Assistant [2] Shipwright 1st Class [2] Wireman 1st Class [2] Yeoman of Signals [2] 2nd Cooper [1] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

Unit

HMS BENBOW [387] HMS Benbow [136] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [13] Royal Naval Division - Benbow Battalion [6] HMS Hindustan [5] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS BENBOW [5] Seaman Storming Party - "C" Company (Demolition) [5] RNVR Clyde - HMS Benbow [4] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Benbow [4] HMS Blake [3] HMS Hercules [3] RNVR Tyneside - HMS Benbow [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [2] HMS Dolphin [2] HMS Excellent [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Iron Duke [2] HMS Powerful [2] HMS Victory I [2] RNVR London - HMS Benbow [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Benbow [2] 4th Royal Marine Battalion [1] 5th Division - 8th Infantry Brigade [1] 5th Divisional Troops - 14th Field Company Engineers [1] Argus [1] Chatham Division [1] Cornflower [1] Dolphin [1] Fisgard [1] H.M. Submarine E47 [1] H.M.S. "Munster." [1] HM Submarine K4 [1] HMS [1] HMS "Benbow" [1] HMS "Carnarvon" [1] HMS "Cressy" [1] HMS "Impregnable" [1] HMS "Lancaster" [1] HMS "Lion" [1] HMS "Pembroke I" [1] HMS "St George" [1] HMS "Wildfire" [1] HMS Acheron [1] HMS Actaeon [1] HMS Arethusa [1] HMS Argus (Fleet Air Arm) [1] HMS Argus (RAF Gosport) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [554] Australian Imperial Force [1] British Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [73] M [53] H [47] W [47] C [46] S [43] P [38] R [25] D [24] F [22] J [22] T [22] G [19] A [14] E [13] N [12] L [11] K [8] O [6] V [4] I [2] Q [1] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [513]

Country

United Kingdom [43] Australia [1] Hong Kong [1] Iran, Islamic Republic of [1] Ireland [1] Turkey [1]

Ivor Mckenzie Allan

Born 1894

Royal Navy M22596

Royal Navy 1/2090 Recruit Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Clyde 1/2090 Wireman 2nd Class RNVR Clyde - HMS Benbow

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John Cormack Fyfe Barrie

Born 1890

Royal Navy M28549

Royal Navy Clyde 1/1307 Recruit Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy 1/1307 Leading Seaman RNVR Clyde - HMS Benbow

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Arthur Ernest Chapman

Born 1896

Royal Navy London Z/3127 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/3127 Able Seaman RNVR London - HMS Benbow

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James Steel Park

Born 1893

Royal Navy Clyde 1/2145 Recruit Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy 1/2145 Able Seaman RNVR Clyde - HMS Benbow

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James Park

Born 1891

Royal Navy Tyneside Z/6878 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/6878 Able Seaman RNVR Tyneside - HMS Benbow

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William Armour Anderson

Born 1897

Royal Navy Tyneside Z/6901 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/6901 Able Seaman RNVR Tyneside - HMS Benbow

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Gavin Morrison

Born 1895

Royal Navy 1/2574 Able Seaman RNVR Clyde - HMS Benbow

Royal Navy Clyde 1/2574 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy M26275 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

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Matthew Bell

Born 1890

Royal Navy Tyneside 5/127 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy 5/127 Engine Room Artificer 1st Class RNVR Tyneside - HMS Benbow

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Walter Wood

Born 1897

Royal Navy 16907 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/16907 Private HMS Benbow

Royal Navy PLY/16907 Private 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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Harry Matthews

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS/102589 Stoker 1st Class Royal Naval Division - Benbow Battalion

Royal Navy RFR/B/4125 Stoker 2nd Class Royal Fleet Reserve - Portsmouth

Royal Navy SS102589 Leading Stoker HMS Tipperary

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David Bullock

Born 1884

Royal Navy 13477 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 182 Musician Royal Marines Band - HMS BENBOW

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George Hall

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2334 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Royal Navy KW/165 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Southampton

Royal Navy K.W/165 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Division - Benbow Battalion

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Fred Carter Ormrod

Born 1892

Royal Navy 2/2462 Leading Seaman RNVR London - HMS Benbow

Royal Navy London 2/2462 Leading Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Paymaster Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

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Horace Walker Howell

Born 1892

Royal Navy 7/2971 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy 7/2971 Maintenance Unit, R.N. Depot (Reserves), Crystal Palace (HMS Victory VI)

Royal Navy 7/2971 Acting Able Seaman Royal Naval Division - Benbow Battalion

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