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Place of birth

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bayswater, London [1]

Bilston, Staffordshire [1]

Camberley, Surrey [1]

Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Hailsham, Sussex [1]

Harlesden, London [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Landport, Hampshire [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Portsea, Hampshire [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Salford, Lancashire [1]

Sherwood, Nottinghamshire [1]

South Shields, County Durham [1]

Spennymoor, Durham [1]

Stokesley, Yorkshire [1]

Stratton, Wiltshire [1]

Sunbury, Middlesex [1]

Trottiscliffe, Kent [1]

Westminster, London [1]

Rank

Leading Stoker [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Carpenter's Crew [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Commander [2]

Ship's Cook [2]

Signalman [2]

Stoker [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting 2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Acting Chaplain [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Stoker [1]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Boy - 2nd Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Ship's Cook [1]

Clerk [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Domestic 3rd Class [1]

Engineer Commander [1]

Fireman [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Paymaster Lieutenant [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Rear-Admiral [1]

Sapper [1]

Sick Berth Steward [1]

Staff Surgeon [1]

Stoker - 1st Class [1]

Unit

HMS Birmingham [23]

HMS BIRMINGHAM [7]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS Revenge [2]

HMS Titania [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Birmingham [2]

Britannia (Royal Naval College) [1]

H.M.S. Birmingham [1]

HMS "Birmingham" [1]

HMS "Boscowen" [1]

HMS "Caledon" [1]

HMS "Pembroke II" [1]

HMS "Pembroke" [1]

HMS "Vanquisher" [1]

HMS ALACRITY [1]

HMS Apollo [1]

HMS Assistance [1]

HMS Aurora [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Conqueror [1]

HMS Conquest [1]

HMS Courageous [1]

HMS Crocus [1]

HMS Danae [1]

HMS Despatch [1]

HMS Dolphin [1]

HMS Dryad [1]

HMS Dublin [1]

HMS Duke of Wellington [1]

HMS Dwarf [1]

HMS Eclipse [1]

HMS Emperor of India [1]

HMS Enchantress [1]

HMS Enterprise [1]

HMS Excellent [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Fisgard [1]

HMS Flinders [1]

HMS Frobisher [1]

HMS Gloucestershire [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS Hecla [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Iris [1]

HMS King George V [1]

HMS Leander [1]

HMS Leda [1]

HMS Leviathan [1]

HMS London [1]

Service

Royal Navy [35]

British Army [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [5]

D [4]

R [4]

S [4]

W [3]

B [2]

C [2]

F [2]

J [2]

P [2]

T [2]

G [1]

I [1]

K [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [24]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Ireland [1]

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People [36] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Battersea, London [1] Bayswater, London [1] Bilston, Staffordshire [1] Camberley, Surrey [1] Falmouth, Cornwall [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Hailsham, Sussex [1] Harlesden, London [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Landport, Hampshire [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Portsea, Hampshire [1] Portsmouth [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Salford, Lancashire [1] Sherwood, Nottinghamshire [1] South Shields, County Durham [1] Spennymoor, Durham [1] Stokesley, Yorkshire [1] Stratton, Wiltshire [1] Sunbury, Middlesex [1] Trottiscliffe, Kent [1] Westminster, London [1]

Rank

Leading Stoker [5] Lieutenant [4] Lieutenant Commander [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Carpenter's Crew [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Chief Stoker [2] Commander [2] Ship's Cook [2] Signalman [2] Stoker [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Acting Chaplain [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Stoker [1] Acting Stoker 1st Class [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Boy - 2nd Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Ship's Cook [1] Clerk [1] Cook's Mate [1] Domestic 3rd Class [1] Engineer Commander [1] Fireman [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Paymaster Lieutenant [1] Petty Officer [1] Private [1] Rear Admiral [1] Rear-Admiral [1] Sapper [1] Sick Berth Steward [1] Staff Surgeon [1] Stoker - 1st Class [1]

Unit

HMS Birmingham [23] HMS BIRMINGHAM [7] HMS Ganges [2] HMS Revenge [2] HMS Titania [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Birmingham [2] Britannia (Royal Naval College) [1] H.M.S. Birmingham [1] HMS "Birmingham" [1] HMS "Boscowen" [1] HMS "Caledon" [1] HMS "Pembroke II" [1] HMS "Pembroke" [1] HMS "Vanquisher" [1] HMS ALACRITY [1] HMS Apollo [1] HMS Assistance [1] HMS Aurora [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Conqueror [1] HMS Conquest [1] HMS Courageous [1] HMS Crocus [1] HMS Danae [1] HMS Despatch [1] HMS Dolphin [1] HMS Dryad [1] HMS Dublin [1] HMS Duke of Wellington [1] HMS Dwarf [1] HMS Eclipse [1] HMS Emperor of India [1] HMS Enchantress [1] HMS Enterprise [1] HMS Excellent [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Fisgard [1] HMS Flinders [1] HMS Frobisher [1] HMS Gloucestershire [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS Hecla [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Iris [1] HMS King George V [1] HMS Leander [1] HMS Leda [1] HMS Leviathan [1] HMS London [1]

Service

Royal Navy [35] British Army [2] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [5] D [4] R [4] S [4] W [3] B [2] C [2] F [2] J [2] P [2] T [2] G [1] I [1] K [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [24]

Country

United Kingdom [8] Ireland [1]

Andrew Bridgman Downes

Born 1887

Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS Birmingham

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander HMS Birmingham

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Francis Smith

Born 1897

Royal Navy J30796 Ordinary Seaman HMS Birmingham

Royal Navy J30796 Able Seaman HMS Birmingham

Royal Navy J30796 Boy 1st Class HMS Birmingham

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Harry Humpage Baker

Born 1893

Died 1972

Royal Navy M11472

Royal Navy M11472 Wireman First Class HMS Birmingham Armament Crew

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Henry Arthur Goode

Born 1896

Died 1998

Royal Navy M16472

Royal Navy M16472 Carpenter's Crew HMS Birmingham

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Briton Smallman Robson

Born 1880

Died 1947

Royal Navy Surgeon HMS ALACRITY

Royal Navy Staff Surgeon

Royal Navy Staff Surgeon HMS Birmingham

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Frederick Catt

Born 1883

Royal Navy 301716 Stoker

Royal Navy 301716 Leading Stoker HMS BIRMINGHAM

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David Dale

Born 1895

Royal Navy SS116916 Stoker 1st Class HMS Birmingham

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Henry Seale

Born 1897

Died 1921

South African Services S.A./ /75 Officer's Steward 2nd Class HMS Birmingham

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Arthur Edward Wood

Born 1886

Royal Navy K11114 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Birmingham

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Hugh Hext Rogers, Mvo, Obe

Born 1883

Died 1955

Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander

Royal Navy Rear Admiral

Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS Vanguard

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William James Jones

Born 1874

Royal Navy 268790 Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class HMS BIRMINGHAM

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Thomas Mason Dobson

Born 1888

Royal Navy M8577 Carpenter's Crew HMS Birmingham

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Thomas Shipley

Born 1872

Royal Navy 268487 Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class HMS BIRMINGHAM

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George William Prince

Born 1893

Royal Navy K14648 Stoker 1st Class HMS BIRMINGHAM

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George Waters

Born 1879

Royal Navy 350870 Sick Berth Steward HMS Birmingham

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Patrick Beauchamp Valentine Heard

Born 1894

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Acting Lieutenant HMS Birmingham

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Herbert Leslie Pratt

Born 1897

Royal Navy J24856 Signalman HMS BIRMINGHAM

Royal Navy J24856 Signalman HMS Dublin

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John Benjamin Hewitt

Royal Navy Engineer Commander HMS Birmingham

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Arthur Dyce Duckworth

Born 1896

Royal Navy Paymaster Lieutenant

Royal Navy Clerk HMS Birmingham

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Herbert Daniel Wood

Born 1887

Royal Navy 351559 Ship's Cook HMS Birmingham

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