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Place of birth

Gosport, Hampshire [3]

Portsea, Hampshire [2]

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [1]

Alabama, United States of America [1]

Ampfield, Hampshire [1]

Ballymena, County Antrim, Ulster [1]

Bembridge Isle of Wight [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bexhill, Sussex [1]

Birr, Kings County [1]

Brixton, Surrey [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Burraton, St Germans, Cornwall [1]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Buxted, Sussex [1]

Chelmondiston, Suffolk [1]

Chislehurst, Kent [1]

Clapton, London [1]

Cowes Isle of Wight [1]

Cutwood, Surrey [1]

Derby [1]

Dereham, Norfolk [1]

Dorchester, Dorset [1]

Eastney, Portsmouth, Hants [1]

Ernestown, Ontario [1]

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Guston, Kent [1]

Hailsham, Sussex [1]

Hunton, Kent [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kennington, London [1]

Kingston, Hampshire [1]

Knighton, Radnorshire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Madeley, Staffordshire [1]

Maidenhead, Berkshire [1]

Nonington, Kent [1]

Northallerton, Yorkshire [1]

Plaistow, London [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Rainford, Lancashire [1]

Reading, Berkshire [1]

Rodborough, Stroud, Gloucestershire [1]

Saint Giles, Edinburgh [1]

Saint Heliers Jersey [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Southall, Middlesex [1]

Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [20]

Boy 2nd Class [10]

Boy 1st Class [9]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Petty Officer [5]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Sick Berth Steward [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Able Bodied Seaman [2]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Assistant Paymaster [2]

Bugler [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Signalman [2]

Stoker [2]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Artificer Engineer [1]

Acting Chief Stoker [1]

Acting Electrician [1]

Acting Paymaster [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Assistant Clerk [1]

Band Corporal [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Boy Sailor [1]

Cadet [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chief Armourer [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Enginer Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Clerk [1]

Commander [1]

Commissioned Engineer [1]

Corporal [1]

Electrical Artificer [1]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Electrician 3rd Class [1]

Unit

HMS Cochrane [53]

HMS COCHRANE [5]

HMS Agincourt [4]

HMS Fearless [3]

HMS Impregnable [3]

HMS Victory II [3]

HMS Blenheim [2]

HMS Boscawen [2]

HMS Dolphin [2]

HMS Dominion [2]

HMS Drake [2]

HMS Fisgard [2]

HMS Ganges II [2]

HMS Jupiter [2]

HMS Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [2]

HMS Nelson [2]

HMS Powerful [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Cochrane [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Cochrane [2]

Continuous Service [1]

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

HM Submarine E22 [1]

HM Submarine E36 [1]

HM Submarine J6 [1]

HMS "Cochrane" [1]

HMS Acheron [Acheron Class destroyer] [1]

HMS Achilles [1]

HMS Agamemnon [1]

HMS Arrogant [1]

HMS Assistance [1]

HMS Berwick [1]

HMS Broke [1]

HMS COCHRANE. Present at the Battle of Jutland. [1]

HMS Caesar [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Centaur [1]

HMS Champion [1]

HMS Cochrane [Warrior Class armoured cruiser] [1]

HMS Colleen [1]

HMS Collingwood [1]

HMS Cressy [1]

HMS Cullist [1]

HMS Cyclops [1]

HMS Danae [1]

HMS Defiance [1]

HMS Diana [1]

HMS Doris [1]

HMS Duke of Wellington II [1]

HMS Endymion [1]

Service

Royal Navy [71]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [11]

W [8]

F [6]

R [6]

H [5]

P [5]

B [4]

G [4]

L [4]

M [4]

D [3]

E [3]

C [2]

T [2]

I [1]

N [1]

O [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [46]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

Canada [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Gosport, Hampshire [3] Portsea, Hampshire [2] Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [1] Alabama, United States of America [1] Ampfield, Hampshire [1] Ballymena, County Antrim, Ulster [1] Bembridge Isle of Wight [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bexhill, Sussex [1] Birr, Kings County [1] Brixton, Surrey [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Burraton, St Germans, Cornwall [1] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Buxted, Sussex [1] Chelmondiston, Suffolk [1] Chislehurst, Kent [1] Clapton, London [1] Cowes Isle of Wight [1] Cutwood, Surrey [1] Derby [1] Dereham, Norfolk [1] Dorchester, Dorset [1] Eastney, Portsmouth, Hants [1] Ernestown, Ontario [1] Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Guston, Kent [1] Hailsham, Sussex [1] Hunton, Kent [1] Islington, London [1] Kennington, London [1] Kingston, Hampshire [1] Knighton, Radnorshire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Madeley, Staffordshire [1] Maidenhead, Berkshire [1] Nonington, Kent [1] Northallerton, Yorkshire [1] Plaistow, London [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Rainford, Lancashire [1] Reading, Berkshire [1] Rodborough, Stroud, Gloucestershire [1] Saint Giles, Edinburgh [1] Saint Heliers Jersey [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Southall, Middlesex [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] Southampton, Hampshire, England [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [20] Boy 2nd Class [10] Boy 1st Class [9] Stoker 1st Class [9] Ordinary Seaman [8] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Petty Officer [5] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Leading Stoker [3] Sick Berth Steward [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Able Bodied Seaman [2] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Assistant Paymaster [2] Bugler [2] Chief Stoker [2] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Signal Boy [2] Signalman [2] Stoker [2] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Artificer Engineer [1] Acting Chief Stoker [1] Acting Electrician [1] Acting Paymaster [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Assistant Clerk [1] Band Corporal [1] Boy Artificer [1] Boy Sailor [1] Cadet [1] Chaplain [1] Chief Armourer [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Enginer Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Clerk [1] Commander [1] Commissioned Engineer [1] Corporal [1] Electrical Artificer [1] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1] Electrician 3rd Class [1]

Unit

HMS Cochrane [53] HMS COCHRANE [5] HMS Agincourt [4] HMS Fearless [3] HMS Impregnable [3] HMS Victory II [3] HMS Blenheim [2] HMS Boscawen [2] HMS Dolphin [2] HMS Dominion [2] HMS Drake [2] HMS Fisgard [2] HMS Ganges II [2] HMS Jupiter [2] HMS Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [2] HMS Nelson [2] HMS Powerful [2] HMS Victory I [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Cochrane [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Cochrane [2] Continuous Service [1] H.M.S. "Cressy" [1] HM Submarine E22 [1] HM Submarine E36 [1] HM Submarine J6 [1] HMS "Cochrane" [1] HMS Acheron [Acheron Class destroyer] [1] HMS Achilles [1] HMS Agamemnon [1] HMS Arrogant [1] HMS Assistance [1] HMS Berwick [1] HMS Broke [1] HMS COCHRANE. Present at the Battle of Jutland. [1] HMS Caesar [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Centaur [1] HMS Champion [1] HMS Cochrane [Warrior Class armoured cruiser] [1] HMS Colleen [1] HMS Collingwood [1] HMS Cressy [1] HMS Cullist [1] HMS Cyclops [1] HMS Danae [1] HMS Defiance [1] HMS Diana [1] HMS Doris [1] HMS Duke of Wellington II [1] HMS Endymion [1]

Service

Royal Navy [71] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [11] W [8] F [6] R [6] H [5] P [5] B [4] G [4] L [4] M [4] D [3] E [3] C [2] T [2] I [1] N [1] O [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [46]

Country

United Kingdom [18] Canada [1] United States [1]

Reginald James Elsey

Born 1898

Died 1955

Royal Navy J39320 Ordinary Signalman HMS Cochrane

Royal Navy J39320 Signalman HMS Victory I

Royal Navy J39320 Ordinary Signalman HMS Victory I

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Leopold Walter Wale

Royal Navy Chaplain HMS Cochrane

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Joseph Cropper

Born 1893

Royal Navy J5024 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J5024 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J5024 Ordinary Seaman HMS Cochrane

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Thomas James Charles Taylor

Born 1895

Died 1919

Royal Navy J13653 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J13653 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J13653 Ordinary Seaman HMS Minotaur

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Edwin Wallace Gange

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy J6270

Royal Navy J6270 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J6270 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

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Herbert Edward Philip Burwell

Born 1896

Died 1918

Royal Navy M3779 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS TITANIA

Royal Navy M3779 Boy Artificer HMS Fisgard

Royal Navy M3779 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class. HMS COCHRANE. Present at the Battle of Jutland.

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Philip Marrack

Born 1885

Died 1955

Royal Navy Assistant Clerk HMS Boscawen

Royal Navy Assistant Clerk HMS Jupiter

Royal Navy Clerk HMS Doris

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John Ross

Born 1892

Royal Navy K7794 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K7794 Stoker 1st Class HMS Cochrane

Royal Navy K7794 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fearless

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William Robert Woodland

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy M321 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy M321 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Cochrane

Royal Navy M321 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class HMS Cochrane

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Alexander Edward Mckellow

Born 1888

Died 1957

Royal Navy SS105463

Royal Navy SS105463 Stoker HMS Endymion

Royal Navy SS105463 Stoker HMS Cochrane

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Joseph Arthur Treagus

Born 1889

Died 1959

Royal Navy 312414

Royal Navy 312414 Stoker - 2nd Class HMS Nelson

Royal Navy 312414 Stoker - 2nd Class HMS Forte

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George Henry French

Born 1875

Royal Navy Commissioned Engineer Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Cochrane

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John Laverty

Born 1887

Royal Navy SS105662 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Acheron [Acheron Class destroyer]

Royal Navy SS105662 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Cochrane [Warrior Class armoured cruiser]

Royal Navy SS105662 Stoker 1st Class HMS Cochrane [Warrior Class armoured cruiser]

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Thomas James Ives

Born 1891

Royal Navy 240012 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy 240012 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy 240012 Ordinary Telegraphist HMS Cochrane

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Clement Alfred Ozzard

Born 1884

Died 1961

Royal Navy 205355 Boy 1st Class HMS Diana

Royal Navy 205355 Able Seaman HMS Assistance

Royal Navy 205355 Able Seaman HMS Cochrane

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Walter Thomas Hackett

Born 1879

Died 1937

Royal Navy 189841 Able Seaman HMS Cochrane

Royal Navy 189841 Able Seaman Continuous Service

Royal Navy 189841 Boy 2nd Class HMS Northampton

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Alfred Edward Ward

Born 1890

Died 1917

Royal Navy 238778 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy 238778 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy 238778 Ordinary Seaman HMS Cochrane

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David Percy Smith

Born 1887

Royal Navy 225904 Petty Officer Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)

Royal Navy 225904 Petty Officer HMS Cochrane

Royal Navy 225904 Petty Officer HMS Iris II (Victory X)

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Alexander Robertson

Born 1892

Royal Navy Clyde 1/138 Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Cochrane

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John Murphy

Born 1884

Royal Navy Tyneside Z/5488 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Cochrane

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