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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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People [71] Stories Communities

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]

John Reid

Born 1879

Royal Navy 9096 Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Cochrane

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William Ernest Robson

Born 1888

Royal Navy M1734 Acting Electrician HMS Vernon

Royal Navy M1734 Electrician 4th Class HMS Cochrane

Royal Navy M1734 Electrician 3rd Class HMS Good Hope

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Frank Marsden Gale

Born 1886

Royal Navy 272503 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy 272503 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Cochrane

Royal Navy 272503 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class HMS Berwick

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William Cape Snow

Born 1889

Royal Navy K2042 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Nelson

Royal Navy K2042 Stoker 1st Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy K2042 Leading Stoker HMS Victory II

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Arthur Reginald Doughty

Born 1891

Royal Navy J1826 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J1826 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J1826 Ordinary Seaman HMS Cochrane

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Samuel George Hedges

Born 1893

Royal Navy 212400 Corporal Royal Marines Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 12400 Bugler Royal Marine Artillery - HMS COCHRANE

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Sidney Harold Drake

Born 1884

Royal Navy 303405 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Duke of Wellington II

Royal Navy 303405 Stoker HMS Drake

Royal Navy 303405 Stoker 1st Class HMS Drake

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Arthur Green

Born 1884

Died 1955

Royal Navy 12111 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 1395 Musician Royal Marines Band

Royal Navy 1395 Band Corporal Royal Marines Band; HMS Cochrane

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Walter Henry Sewell

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 12138 Bugler Royal Marines Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 227577 Boy 2nd Class St Vincent

Royal Navy 227577 Boy 1st Class HMSs St Vincent, Boscawen III, St Vincent, Grafton, Terrible

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James Webster Hackett

Royal Navy 2/1684 Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy 2/1684 Engine Room Artificer 1st Class RNVR Clyde - HMS Cochrane

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Raymond Reffell Pettit

Born 1893

Royal Navy Assistant Paymaster Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Cochrane

Royal Navy Assistant Paymaster Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Paymaster Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

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