Lives of the First World War
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Born 1896
Died 1960
Royal Navy J25395 Ordinary Seaman HMS Lion
Royal Navy J25395 Able Seaman HMS Lion
Royal Navy J25395 Leading Seaman HMS Ramillies
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More about Oscar Arthur Smith -
Born 1890
Died 1948
Royal Navy 236381 Boy 2nd Class HMS "Ganges"
Royal Navy 236381 Leading Seaman HMS "Columbine"
More about George Solomon Wisdom -
Born 1891
Died 1964
Royal Navy M1340 Cook's Mate HMS Cornwallis
Royal Navy M1340 Cook's Mate HMS Europa
Royal Navy M1340 Cook's Mate HMS Endymion
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More about Francis John Thew -
Born 1886
Died 1918
Royal Navy 222393 Boy (Second Class) HMS "Caledonia"
Royal Navy 222393 Able Seaman HMS "Columbine" (and HMS "Whitley")
More about Arthur Whitley -
Born 1896
Died 1975
Royal Navy J51643 Ordinary Seaman HMS Hecla
Royal Navy J51643 Ordinary Seaman HMS Attentive
Royal Navy J51643 Ordinary Seaman HMS Hecla
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More about Alec Frederick Cheasley -
Born 1895
Died 1981
Royal Navy K20681 Leading Stoker HMS Columbine (HMS Waterhen)
Royal Navy K20681 Stoker 1st Class HMS Yarmouth
More about George Beaney -
Born 1900
Died 1937
Royal Navy K50043 Stoker 2 HMS "Pembroke II"
Royal Navy K50043 Stoker 1 HMS "Columbine"
Royal Navy K50043 Stoker 1 Greenwich
More about Joseph William George Baker -
Born 1884
Royal Navy 345889 Blacksmith HMS Yarmouth
Royal Navy 345889 Chief Blacksmith HMS Columbine
Royal Navy 345889 Blacksmith HMS Yarmouth
More about James William Brown -
Born 1895
Died 1968
Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS Columbine
Royal Navy Captain HMS Bermuda
Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS Glorious
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More about Terence Hugh Back -
Born 1900
Died 1967
Royal Navy SS9388 Ordinary Seaman HMS "Pembroke I"
Royal Navy SS9388 Able Seaman HMS "Columbine"
Royal Navy SS9388 Able Seaman HMS "Pembroke I"
More about Harry Lewis Beeching -
Born 1893
Royal Navy SS114093
Royal Navy SS114093 Stoker HMS Vivid 11
Royal Navy SS114093 Stoker HMS Devonshire
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More about Thomas Campbell -
Born 1898
Died 1921
Royal Navy M7080 Artificer HMS Fisgard
Royal Navy M7080 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMS Victory II
Royal Navy M7080 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMS Dreadnought
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More about Thomas Philip Mitchell -
Born 1903
Died 1983
Royal Navy J91175 Boy II HMS Impregnable
Royal Navy J91175 Boy I HMS Impregnable
Royal Navy J91175 Boy I HMS Royal Sovereign
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More about Stanley Austin -
Born 1868
Died 1919
Royal Navy 778/TS Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy TS 778 Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Columbine
More about William Gray -
Born 1901
Died 1987
Royal Navy J69610 Boy II HMS Powerful
Royal Navy J69610 Boy I HMS Victory I
Royal Navy J69610 Boy I HMS Kildonan Castle
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More about Arthur Pinnock -
Born 1879
Died 1940
Royal Navy 342354 Stoker 1st Class HMS Sparrowhawk
Royal Navy 342354 Carpenters Crew HMS Victory 2
Royal Navy 342354 Carpenters Crew HMS Majestic
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More about Frederick James Knight -
Born 1895
Died 1950
Royal Navy J11718 Able Seaman HMS New Zealand
Royal Navy J11718 Boy 2nd Class Ganges
Royal Navy Boy 1st Class Ganges, St Vincent, Vivid I & Colllingwood
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More about Walter John White -
Born 1902
Royal Navy J/92912 Boy 1st Class 1919
Royal Navy J/92912 Boy 1st Class HMS Victory I
Royal Navy J/92912 Boy 1st Class HMS Vindictve
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More about Herbert Charles Hawkins -
Born 1892
Royal Navy Z/8835 Royal Naval Division
Royal Navy Tyneside Z/8835 Signaller Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Columbine
More about Joseph Clark -
Born 1896
Royal Navy J53557 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid II
Royal Navy J53557 Ordinary Seaman HMS Imperieuse (Harmonie)
Royal Navy J53557 Able Seaman HMS Imperieuse (Friend)
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More about David Young Allan