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Place of birth

Devonport, Devon [2]

Ashton,Oundle, Northamptonshire [1]

Ayr [1]

Belfast [1]

Bitterne, Hampshire [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Chesham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Devonport, Devonshire [1]

Dublin [1]

East Greenwich, Kent [1]

Fletching, Sussex [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hampshire [1]

Hendon [1]

Hoxton,Shoreditch,London [1]

Ibstone, Buckinghamshire [1]

Ilfracombe, Devon [1]

Karachi [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Middlesex [1]

Milton-on stour, Gillingham , Dorset [1]

Newark, Nottinghamshire [1]

Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Portchester, Hampshire [1]

Portsea,Hampshire. [1]

Portsea,Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Queenstown, County Cork [1]

Reading, Berkshire [1]

Rochester, Kent [1]

Shanklin, Isle of Wight [1]

South Molton, Devon [1]

Stanley Lodge, Exmouth, Devon [1]

Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire [1]

Thanet, Kent [1]

Tottenham, London [1]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [1]

Walton in Gordano, Somerset [1]

Weybridge, Surrey [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [32]

Naval Cadet [32]

Midshipman [31]

Sub Lieutenant [22]

Commander [19]

Lieutenant Commander [18]

Captain [10]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Lieutenant-Commander [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Leading Stoker [5]

Sub-Lieutenant [5]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Rear Admiral [4]

Cadet [3]

Able seaman [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [2]

Admiral [2]

Stoker [2]

Vice Admiral [2]

2nd Class Cook's Mate [1]

Acting Captain (Temporary) [1]

Acting ERA 4 [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Sublieutenant [1]

Admiral of the Fleet [1]

Captain (Retd) [1]

Chief ERA 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer Cook [1]

Commander (Retired) [1]

Commodore 2nd Class [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Domestic 3rd Class [1]

ERA 2nd Class [1]

ERA 3rd Class [1]

ERA 4th Class [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Leading Cook [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Officers Cook 2nd class. [1]

Officers Cook 3rd class [1]

Officers Steward 2nd Class [1]

Officers Steward 3rd Class [1]

Unit

HMS Britannia [40]

Britannia [14]

HMS Natal [7]

HMS Agincourt [5]

HMS Fearless [5]

HMS Impregnable [3]

HMS Jupiter [3]

HMS Majestic [3]

Britannia (Royal Naval College) [2]

HMS Agamemnon [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS Bulwark [2]

HMS Drake [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS Exmouth [2]

HMS Fisgard [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS Nelson [2]

HMS Prince of Wales [2]

HMS Queen [2]

HMS Royal Sovereign [2]

HMS Southampton [2]

HMS Terrible [2]

HMS Theseus [2]

HMS Venerable [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

4th Submarine Flotilla, China Station [1]

Britannia Royal Naval College [1]

British Naval Siege Guns [1]

HM Dockyard Gibraltar [1]

HM Dockyard Sheerness [1]

HM Submarine C9 [1]

HM Submarine E14 [1]

HM Submarine E17 [1]

HM Submarine E18 [1]

HM Submarine E22 [1]

HM Submarine E37 [1]

HM Submarine H5 [1]

HMS Aboukir [1]

HMS Acheron [1]

HMS Achilles [1]

HMS Albemarle [1]

HMS Amphion [1]

HMS Amphitrite [1]

HMS Antrim [1]

HMS Appollo [1]

HMS Argyll [1]

HMS Bacchante [1]

HMS Birmingham [1]

HMS Black Prince [1]

Service

Royal Navy [60]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [11]

C [7]

B [5]

S [4]

A [3]

G [3]

H [3]

I [3]

L [3]

M [3]

T [3]

D [2]

K [2]

P [2]

R [2]

F [1]

J [1]

N [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [56]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

Ireland [1]

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People [60] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Devonport, Devon [2] Ashton,Oundle, Northamptonshire [1] Ayr [1] Belfast [1] Bitterne, Hampshire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Canning Town, London [1] Chesham, Buckinghamshire [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Devonport, Devonshire [1] Dublin [1] East Greenwich, Kent [1] Fletching, Sussex [1] Hackney, London [1] Hampshire [1] Hendon [1] Hoxton,Shoreditch,London [1] Ibstone, Buckinghamshire [1] Ilfracombe, Devon [1] Karachi [1] Marylebone, London [1] Middlesex [1] Milton-on stour, Gillingham , Dorset [1] Newark, Nottinghamshire [1] Northwich, Cheshire [1] Portchester, Hampshire [1] Portsea,Hampshire. [1] Portsea,Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Queenstown, County Cork [1] Reading, Berkshire [1] Rochester, Kent [1] Shanklin, Isle of Wight [1] South Molton, Devon [1] Stanley Lodge, Exmouth, Devon [1] Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire [1] Thanet, Kent [1] Tottenham, London [1] Wakefield, Yorkshire [1] Walton in Gordano, Somerset [1] Weybridge, Surrey [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [32] Naval Cadet [32] Midshipman [31] Sub Lieutenant [22] Commander [19] Lieutenant Commander [18] Captain [10] Stoker 1st Class [7] Able Seaman [6] Boy 1st Class [6] Lieutenant-Commander [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Leading Stoker [5] Sub-Lieutenant [5] Boy 2nd Class [4] Leading Seaman [4] Rear Admiral [4] Cadet [3] Able seaman [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Acting Sub Lieutenant [2] Admiral [2] Stoker [2] Vice Admiral [2] 2nd Class Cook's Mate [1] Acting Captain (Temporary) [1] Acting ERA 4 [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Sublieutenant [1] Admiral of the Fleet [1] Captain (Retd) [1] Chief ERA 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer Cook [1] Commander (Retired) [1] Commodore 2nd Class [1] Cook's Mate [1] Domestic 3rd Class [1] ERA 2nd Class [1] ERA 3rd Class [1] ERA 4th Class [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Leading Cook [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1] Officers Cook 2nd class. [1] Officers Cook 3rd class [1] Officers Steward 2nd Class [1] Officers Steward 3rd Class [1]

Unit

HMS Britannia [40] Britannia [14] HMS Natal [7] HMS Agincourt [5] HMS Fearless [5] HMS Impregnable [3] HMS Jupiter [3] HMS Majestic [3] Britannia (Royal Naval College) [2] HMS Agamemnon [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS Bulwark [2] HMS Drake [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS Exmouth [2] HMS Fisgard [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS Nelson [2] HMS Prince of Wales [2] HMS Queen [2] HMS Royal Sovereign [2] HMS Southampton [2] HMS Terrible [2] HMS Theseus [2] HMS Venerable [2] HMS Vivid II [2] 4th Submarine Flotilla, China Station [1] Britannia Royal Naval College [1] British Naval Siege Guns [1] HM Dockyard Gibraltar [1] HM Dockyard Sheerness [1] HM Submarine C9 [1] HM Submarine E14 [1] HM Submarine E17 [1] HM Submarine E18 [1] HM Submarine E22 [1] HM Submarine E37 [1] HM Submarine H5 [1] HMS Aboukir [1] HMS Acheron [1] HMS Achilles [1] HMS Albemarle [1] HMS Amphion [1] HMS Amphitrite [1] HMS Antrim [1] HMS Appollo [1] HMS Argyll [1] HMS Bacchante [1] HMS Birmingham [1] HMS Black Prince [1]

Service

Royal Navy [60] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [11] C [7] B [5] S [4] A [3] G [3] H [3] I [3] L [3] M [3] T [3] D [2] K [2] P [2] R [2] F [1] J [1] N [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [56]

Country

United Kingdom [23] Ireland [1]

Charles Manners Sutton Chapman

Born 1889

Died 1919

Royal Navy Naval Cadet HMS Britannia

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Queen

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant

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Henry Walter Wisdom

Born 1878

Died 1918

Royal Navy 356860 Officer's Steward 1st Class HMS Britannia

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Frank Henry Bealing

Born 1898

Died 1989

Royal Navy J26567

Royal Navy J26567 Ordinary seaman HMS Hilderbrand

Royal Navy J26567 Able seaman HMS Britannia

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Frederick Stanley Weir

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy Engineer Lieutenant HMS Britannia

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Arthur Malcolm Peters

Born 1888

Died 1979

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS Southampton

Royal Navy Naval Cadet HMS Britannia

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Edward Coverley Kennedy

Born 1879

Died 1939

Royal Navy Naval Cadet HMS Britannia

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Sub-lieutenant

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George Harold Austin

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy J3356 Able Seaman HMS Britannia

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Cecil Leonard Atkey

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy J20155 Able Seaman HMS Britannia

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William John Wilkin

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy L5888 Officers Steward 3rd class HMS Britannia

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William Laurance Pollard

Born 1890

Died 1918

Royal Navy L9631 Officers Cook 2nd class. HMS Britannia

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Cecil Charles Brittain Vacher

Born 1886

Died 1955

Royal Navy Naval Cadet Britannia

Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander HMS Canterbury

Royal Navy Commander

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Clement Greatorex

Born 1869

Died 1937

Royal Navy Naval Cadet HMS Britannia

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

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George Basil Harrison

Born 1882

Died 1915

Royal Navy Naval Cadet Hms Britannia

Royal Navy Midshipman

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Walter Harry Woodford

Born 1878

Died 1918

Royal Navy PO/185716 Leading Seaman HMS Britannia

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Albert Cusworth

Born 1887

Royal Navy SS103141 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy K11438 Leading Stoker HMS Britannia

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Ernest Alfred Illman

Born 1876

Royal Navy 354070

Royal Navy 354070 Domestic 3rd Class HMS Britannia

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William Richards

Born 1871

Royal Navy 350141 Ship's Corporal HMS Britannia

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Henry Ernest Smyth

Born 1889

Died 1931

Royal Navy Naval Cadet Britannia (Royal Naval College)

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Donegal

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant HMS Victory

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George Richard Jones

Born 1891

Died 1981

Royal Navy 239038 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy 239038 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy 239038 Ordinary Seaman HMS Britannia

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Guy Waterhouse Hallifax

Born 1884

Died 1941

Royal Navy Naval Cadet Britannia

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

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