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Bethnal Green, London [6]

Islington, London [6]

London [5]

Battersea, London [4]

Bermondsey, London [4]

Camberwell, London [4]

Lambeth, London [4]

Bromley, Kent [3]

Carshalton, Surrey [3]

Chatham, Kent [3]

Clapham, London [3]

Dover, Kent [3]

Edmonton, London [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Bow, London [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Brixton, London [2]

Canning Town, London [2]

Clerkenwell, London [2]

Deptford, London [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Grays, Essex [2]

Greenwich, Kent [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Kentish Town, London [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Nottingham [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Romford, Essex [2]

Tunbridge, Kent [2]

Walmer, Deal, Kent [2]

Walworth, London [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Whitechapel, London [2]

Woolwich, Kent [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Arnold, Nottingham [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Ballymena, Antrim [1]

Bangalore [1]

Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1]

Basildon, Reading, Berkshire [1]

Battersea, West London [1]

Beccles, Suffolk [1]

Bedfont, Staines, Middlesex, England [1]

Rank

Private [219]

Able Seaman [79]

Stoker 1st Class [36]

Ordinary Seaman [30]

Musician [24]

Corporal [18]

Leading Stoker [13]

Stoker 2nd Class [12]

Leading Seaman [11]

Petty Officer [11]

Boy 2nd Class [10]

Boy 1st Class [9]

Stoker Petty Officer [9]

Private RMLI [8]

Petty Officer Stoker [7]

Bugler [6]

Chief Stoker Petty Officer [6]

Sergeant [6]

Band Corporal [5]

Signalman [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Serjeant [4]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [3]

Stoker RAN [3]

Able Seaman Driver [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Armourer [2]

Band Boy [2]

Bandmaster 1st Class [2]

Bandmaster 2nd Class [2]

Bandsman [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy First Class [2]

Captain [2]

Corporal RMLI [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Lieutenant RMLI [2]

Senior Reserve Attendant [2]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [2]

Sick Berth Attendant [2]

Stoker 1 [2]

Stoker 2 [2]

AB [1]

Able Bodied Seaman [1]

Able Seaman / D.A.M.S. Gunner [1]

Acting Chief Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [243]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [159]

HMS Vindictive [83]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Vanguard [29]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [24]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Chester [23]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Calliope [22]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division: HMS INFLEXIBLE [20]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [20]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Falmouth [18]

Royal Marines Band [13]

HMS Hindustan [11]

HMS Yarmouth [11]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [10]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division: HMS INDOMITABLE [9]

HMS Chester [8]

HMS Osiris [7]

HMS Repulse [7]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [7]

British Naval Siege Guns [6]

HMAS Australia [6]

Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory) [6]

HMS Boadicea [5]

HMS Indomitable [5]

HMS Lowestoft [5]

HMS Shannon [5]

HMS Vanguard [5]

HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party, "A" Company [5]

Royal Marine Brigade - Chatham Battalion [5]

Royal Marines Band - HMS INFLEXIBLE [5]

Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion [5]

Chatham Naval Base (RAN London Depot) [4]

HMS Chatham [4]

HMS Royal Oak [4]

HMS Superb [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division: HMS LION [4]

Royal Marines [4]

HMS Calliope [3]

HMS Calypso [3]

HMS Ganges [3]

HMS Intrepid [3]

HMS Iphigenia [3]

HMS Orion [3]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS BELLEROPHON [3]

Royal Marines Band - HMS BELLEROPHON [3]

4th Royal Marine Battalion [2]

Chatham [2]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [2]

HMS "Pembroke II" [2]

Service

Royal Navy [484]

British Army [5]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [63]

H [51]

C [49]

S [46]

M [34]

W [25]

R [24]

D [21]

G [21]

T [21]

P [20]

L [19]

A [18]

E [18]

F [15]

J [12]

O [8]

K [6]

N [5]

V [4]

I [2]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [450]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [77]

Australia [2]

Turkey [2]

Greece [1]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

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People [484] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bethnal Green, London [6] Islington, London [6] London [5] Battersea, London [4] Bermondsey, London [4] Camberwell, London [4] Lambeth, London [4] Bromley, Kent [3] Carshalton, Surrey [3] Chatham, Kent [3] Clapham, London [3] Dover, Kent [3] Edmonton, London [3] Hackney, London [3] Bow, London [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Brixton, London [2] Canning Town, London [2] Clerkenwell, London [2] Deptford, London [2] Edinburgh [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Grays, Essex [2] Greenwich, Kent [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Kensington, London [2] Kentish Town, London [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Nottingham [2] Paddington, London [2] Poplar, London [2] Romford, Essex [2] Tunbridge, Kent [2] Walmer, Deal, Kent [2] Walworth, London [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Whitechapel, London [2] Woolwich, Kent [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Arnold, Nottingham [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Ballymena, Antrim [1] Bangalore [1] Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1] Basildon, Reading, Berkshire [1] Battersea, West London [1] Beccles, Suffolk [1] Bedfont, Staines, Middlesex, England [1]

Rank

Private [219] Able Seaman [79] Stoker 1st Class [36] Ordinary Seaman [30] Musician [24] Corporal [18] Leading Stoker [13] Stoker 2nd Class [12] Leading Seaman [11] Petty Officer [11] Boy 2nd Class [10] Boy 1st Class [9] Stoker Petty Officer [9] Private RMLI [8] Petty Officer Stoker [7] Bugler [6] Chief Stoker Petty Officer [6] Sergeant [6] Band Corporal [5] Signalman [5] Lance Corporal [4] Lieutenant [4] Serjeant [4] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [3] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [3] Stoker RAN [3] Able Seaman Driver [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Armourer [2] Band Boy [2] Bandmaster 1st Class [2] Bandmaster 2nd Class [2] Bandsman [2] Bombardier [2] Boy First Class [2] Captain [2] Corporal RMLI [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Leading Signalman [2] Lieutenant RMLI [2] Senior Reserve Attendant [2] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [2] Sick Berth Attendant [2] Stoker 1 [2] Stoker 2 [2] AB [1] Able Bodied Seaman [1] Able Seaman / D.A.M.S. Gunner [1] Acting Chief Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [243] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [159] HMS Vindictive [83] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Vanguard [29] Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [24] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Chester [23] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Calliope [22] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division: HMS INFLEXIBLE [20] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [20] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Falmouth [18] Royal Marines Band [13] HMS Hindustan [11] HMS Yarmouth [11] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [10] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division: HMS INDOMITABLE [9] HMS Chester [8] HMS Osiris [7] HMS Repulse [7] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [7] British Naval Siege Guns [6] HMAS Australia [6] Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory) [6] HMS Boadicea [5] HMS Indomitable [5] HMS Lowestoft [5] HMS Shannon [5] HMS Vanguard [5] HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party, "A" Company [5] Royal Marine Brigade - Chatham Battalion [5] Royal Marines Band - HMS INFLEXIBLE [5] Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion [5] Chatham Naval Base (RAN London Depot) [4] HMS Chatham [4] HMS Royal Oak [4] HMS Superb [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division: HMS LION [4] Royal Marines [4] HMS Calliope [3] HMS Calypso [3] HMS Ganges [3] HMS Intrepid [3] HMS Iphigenia [3] HMS Orion [3] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS BELLEROPHON [3] Royal Marines Band - HMS BELLEROPHON [3] 4th Royal Marine Battalion [2] Chatham [2] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [2] HMS "Pembroke II" [2]

Service

Royal Navy [484] British Army [5] Australian Imperial Force [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [63] H [51] C [49] S [46] M [34] W [25] R [24] D [21] G [21] T [21] P [20] L [19] A [18] E [18] F [15] J [12] O [8] K [6] N [5] V [4] I [2] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [450] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [77] Australia [2] Turkey [2] Greece [1] India [1] New Zealand [1]

Ernest John Marcus Watson

Born 1888

Royal Navy 15724 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy 12696 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy 615 Bandmaster 2nd Class Royal Marines Band - HMS TIGER

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John Snowden

Born 1888

Royal Navy RFR/B/8812 Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham

Royal Navy SS/105437 Stoker 1st Class Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion

Royal Navy SS105437 Stoker 1st Class HMS Europa

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Edward Isaac Miller

Born 1870

Royal Navy RFR/A/6986 Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham

Royal Navy 134390 Chief Petty Officer

Royal Navy 134390 Chief Petty Officer Maintenance Unit, R.N. Depot Crystal Palace (HMS Victory VI)

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Herbert Reely

Born 1875

Royal Navy Chief Bandmaster Royal Marines Band - HMS INFLEXIBLE

Royal Navy 149271

Royal Navy Lieutenant

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