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Place of birth

West Ham, Essex [7]

Battersea, London [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Gillingham, Kent [2]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Limehouse, London [2]

Peckham, London [2]

Walworth, London [2]

Westminster, London [2]

26 Ontario Street, Bermondsey, Southwark, London [1]

Aberdour, Aberdeenshire [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire [1]

Arundel, Sussex [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blackburn, Aberdeenshire [1]

Bourne, Lincolnshire [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bromley, London [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Chatteris, Cambridgeshire [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Corringham, Essex [1]

Cranbrook, Kent [1]

Dartford, Kent [1]

Derby [1]

Dublin, Dublin [1]

Dufftown, Banffshire [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire [1]

Durham [1]

East Ham, London [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edmonton, Middlesex [1]

Egham, Surrey [1]

Ferny Bank, Scotland [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Framlingham, Suffolk [1]

Freiston, Lincolnshire [1]

Glanmire, Cork [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [41]

Able Seaman [21]

Ordinary Seaman [16]

Leading Stoker [10]

Boy 1st Class [8]

Stoker 2nd Class [8]

Stoker Petty Officer [5]

Leading Seaman [4]

Boy Telegraphist [3]

2nd Cook's Mate [2]

Armourer [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Shipwright 1st Class [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Signalman [2]

Stoker 1st class [2]

Yeoman of Signals [2]

Abe Bodied Seaman [1]

Abe Seaman [1]

Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Acting CERA2c [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Blacksmith [1]

Boatman [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy II, Boy I [1]

CERA 2c [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Ship's Cook [1]

Commander [1]

Cooper [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Gunner [1]

Leading Boatman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Master at Arms [1]

Mechanician [1]

Paymaster Lieutenant [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Unit

HMS BOADICEA [109]

HMS Boadicea [37]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [5]

HMS Vindictive [2]

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

HM Coastguard [1]

HM Submarine E14 [1]

HM Trawler Agamemnon II [1]

HMS Acteon [1]

HMS Active [1]

HMS Agamemnon [1]

HMS Caladon [1]

HMS Cleopatra [1]

HMS Duke Of Edinburgh [1]

HMS Egmont [1]

HMS Excellent [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS Howe [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Indomitable [1]

HMS Intrepid [1]

HMS Isis [1]

HMS Liffey [1]

HMS Pembroke [1]

HMS Pembroke 1 [1]

HMS Pembroke I [1]

HMS Royal Arthur [1]

HMS Royal Oak [1]

HMS Severn [1]

HMS Victory [1]

HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party, "A" Company [1]

HMS Vivid [1]

HMS Vulcan [1]

HMS Wildfire [1]

RNVR Division: London - HMS Boadicea [1]

RNVR London - HMS Boadicea II [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Boadicea [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Boadicea [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Boadicea [1]

Service

Royal Navy [151]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [18]

C [18]

H [15]

S [14]

P [12]

W [11]

D [9]

F [8]

M [8]

E [7]

G [7]

R [7]

A [3]

N [3]

K [2]

L [2]

T [2]

Y [2]

J [1]

O [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [138]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

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People [151] Stories Communities

Place of birth

West Ham, Essex [7] Battersea, London [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Belfast, Antrim [3] Hackney, London [3] Bethnal Green, London [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Gillingham, Kent [2] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Limehouse, London [2] Peckham, London [2] Walworth, London [2] Westminster, London [2] 26 Ontario Street, Bermondsey, Southwark, London [1] Aberdour, Aberdeenshire [1] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire [1] Arundel, Sussex [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackburn, Aberdeenshire [1] Bourne, Lincolnshire [1] Bow, London [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bromley, London [1] Camberwell, London [1] Chatteris, Cambridgeshire [1] Clapham, London [1] Corringham, Essex [1] Cranbrook, Kent [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Derby [1] Dublin, Dublin [1] Dufftown, Banffshire [1] Dundee, Forfarshire [1] Durham [1] East Ham, London [1] Edinburgh [1] Edmonton, Middlesex [1] Egham, Surrey [1] Ferny Bank, Scotland [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Framlingham, Suffolk [1] Freiston, Lincolnshire [1] Glanmire, Cork [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [41] Able Seaman [21] Ordinary Seaman [16] Leading Stoker [10] Boy 1st Class [8] Stoker 2nd Class [8] Stoker Petty Officer [5] Leading Seaman [4] Boy Telegraphist [3] 2nd Cook's Mate [2] Armourer [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Lieutenant [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Shipwright 1st Class [2] Signal Boy [2] Signalman [2] Stoker 1st class [2] Yeoman of Signals [2] Abe Bodied Seaman [1] Abe Seaman [1] Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Acting CERA2c [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Blacksmith [1] Boatman [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy II, Boy I [1] CERA 2c [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Ship's Cook [1] Commander [1] Cooper [1] Engine Room Artificer 1nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Gunner [1] Leading Boatman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Master at Arms [1] Mechanician [1] Paymaster Lieutenant [1] Petty Officer [1]

Unit

HMS BOADICEA [109] HMS Boadicea [37] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [5] HMS Vindictive [2] H.M.S. "Boadicea." [1] HM Coastguard [1] HM Submarine E14 [1] HM Trawler Agamemnon II [1] HMS Acteon [1] HMS Active [1] HMS Agamemnon [1] HMS Caladon [1] HMS Cleopatra [1] HMS Duke Of Edinburgh [1] HMS Egmont [1] HMS Excellent [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS Howe [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Indomitable [1] HMS Intrepid [1] HMS Isis [1] HMS Liffey [1] HMS Pembroke [1] HMS Pembroke 1 [1] HMS Pembroke I [1] HMS Royal Arthur [1] HMS Royal Oak [1] HMS Severn [1] HMS Victory [1] HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party, "A" Company [1] HMS Vivid [1] HMS Vulcan [1] HMS Wildfire [1] RNVR Division: London - HMS Boadicea [1] RNVR London - HMS Boadicea II [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Boadicea [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Boadicea [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Boadicea [1]

Service

Royal Navy [151] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [18] C [18] H [15] S [14] P [12] W [11] D [9] F [8] M [8] E [7] G [7] R [7] A [3] N [3] K [2] L [2] T [2] Y [2] J [1] O [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [138]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Harry Pinnock

Born 1893

Died 1918

Royal Navy K28154 Stoker 1st Class HMS BOADICEA

Royal Navy K28154 Stoker 1st Class HM Submarine E14

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Edward H Cole

Royal Navy 4/3286 Engine Room Artificer 1st Class RNVR Division: London - HMS Boadicea

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William Henry Edwards

Born 1891

Royal Navy 238481 Leading Seaman Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)

Royal Navy 238481 Leading Seaman HMS Royal Oak

Royal Navy 238481 Able Seaman HMS Boadicea

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Arthur William Evans

Born 1895

Royal Navy M7148 Armourer Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)

Royal Navy M7148 Armourer Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)

Royal Navy M7148 Armourer HMS Boadicea

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Thomas Terry

Born 1889

Royal Navy SS110321 Leading Stoker HMS Intrepid

Royal Navy SS110321 Leading Stoker Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)

Royal Navy SS110321 Leading Stoker Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)

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Albert Henry Howett

Born 1881

Died 1936

Royal Navy 194255 Able Seaman HMS Vulcan

Royal Navy 194255 Able Seaman HMS Boadicea

Royal Navy 194255 Able Seaman Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)

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Albert Edward Herbert

Royal Navy 15913 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Boadicea

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Charles John Young

Born 1894

Royal Navy 2/2202 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Clyde 2/2202 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Boadicea

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Walter George Eldridge

Born 1896

Royal Navy J17573 Able Seaman HMS BOADICEA

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 315022 Royal Air Force

Royal Navy J17573 Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Naval Air Service

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William John Jackson

Born 1887

Royal Navy 309270 Petty Officer Stoker Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)

Royal Navy 309270 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Boadicea

Royal Navy B11475 Petty Officer Stoker Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham

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Herbert James Kirby

Born 1892

Royal Navy Paymaster Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Z/99 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy London Z/99 Writer 2nd Class Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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