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Place of birth

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Falmouth, Cornwall [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Ashburton, Devon [1]

Badulla [1]

Belfast, County Antrim [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Bushley, Hertfordshire [1]

Campden, Gloucestershire [1]

Carshalton, Surrey [1]

Cattedown, Plymouth [1]

Cork [1]

Delgany, Wicklow [1]

Dukinfield, Cheshire [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Hartlepool, County Durham [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Hawkchurch, Dorset [1]

Hendon, London [1]

Isleworth, London [1]

Kelloe, County Durham, England [1]

Killeagh, Cork [1]

Kingston [1]

Lawford, Essex [1]

Lochgelly, Fifeshire [1]

Lurgan, Armagh [1]

Maghere, Down [1]

Monkstown, Dublin [1]

Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, County Durham [1]

Newport, Monmouthshire [1]

Norfolk, Norwich [1]

Oldland, Keynsham, Somerset [1]

Ottery Saint Mary [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Paignton, Devon [1]

Peterborough, Lincolnshire [1]

Portsea, Hampshire [1]

Randon, Cork [1]

Saint Andrews, Fifeshire [1]

Saint Germans, Cornwall [1]

Saint Neot, Cornwall [1]

Sherbourne, Dorset [1]

South Kensington [1]

Staplegrove, near Taunton, Somerset [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [21]

Boy 1st Class [13]

Ordinary Seaman [13]

Lieutenant [7]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Midshipman [5]

Petty Officer [5]

Commander [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Captain [3]

Chief Petty Officer [3]

Naval Cadet [3]

Private [3]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Engineer Lieutenant [2]

Gunner [2]

Rear Admiral [2]

Sick Berth Steward [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Vice Admiral [2]

Acting Chaplain [1]

Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Acting Colonel 2nd Commandant [1]

Acting Instructor of cookery [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Mate [1]

Acting Stoker [1]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Admiral [1]

Admiral of the Fleet [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Band Corporal [1]

Bandmaster 2nd Class [1]

Blacksmith [1]

Boy [1]

Boy - 2nd Class [1]

Boy Bugler [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Canteen Assistant [1]

Canteen Supervisor [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Colonel [1]

Unit

HMS Conqueror [61]

HMS Hindustan [8]

HMS CONQUEROR [7]

HMS Iris II - Seaman Storming Party ("D" Company) [7]

HMS Ganges [5]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

HMS Conquest [2]

HMS Fisgard [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Revenge [2]

HMS Victory [2]

RNVR London - HMS Conqueror [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Marines Band [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Conqueror [2]

4th Royal Marine Battalion [1]

Admiralty Civilian, HMS Conqueror [1]

Admiralty Civilian, HMS Pegasus [1]

Conqueror [1]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

Egmont (St Columb) [1]

HM Submarine G8 [1]

HMS Acasta [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Apollo [1]

HMS Assistance [1]

HMS Attentive (Mentor) [1]

HMS Aurora [1]

HMS Birmingham [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Centurion [1]

HMS Courageous [1]

HMS Crocus [1]

HMS Despatch [1]

HMS Dolphin [1]

HMS Dublin [1]

HMS Emperor of India [1]

HMS Enchantress [1]

HMS Enterprise [1]

HMS Excellent [1]

HMS Exmouth [1]

HMS Flinders [1]

HMS Forte [1]

HMS Greenwich (Pellew) [1]

HMS Greenwich (Strenuous) [1]

HMS Hecla [1]

HMS King George V [1]

Service

Royal Navy [76]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [9]

C [8]

W [8]

M [6]

S [6]

H [5]

K [5]

P [5]

O [4]

R [4]

T [4]

A [3]

L [3]

D [2]

F [2]

J [2]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [58]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

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Place of birth

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Falmouth, Cornwall [2] Kensington, London [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1] Ashburton, Devon [1] Badulla [1] Belfast, County Antrim [1] Brixton, London [1] Bushley, Hertfordshire [1] Campden, Gloucestershire [1] Carshalton, Surrey [1] Cattedown, Plymouth [1] Cork [1] Delgany, Wicklow [1] Dukinfield, Cheshire [1] Edinburgh [1] Hartlepool, County Durham [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Hawkchurch, Dorset [1] Hendon, London [1] Isleworth, London [1] Kelloe, County Durham, England [1] Killeagh, Cork [1] Kingston [1] Lawford, Essex [1] Lochgelly, Fifeshire [1] Lurgan, Armagh [1] Maghere, Down [1] Monkstown, Dublin [1] Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, County Durham [1] Newport, Monmouthshire [1] Norfolk, Norwich [1] Oldland, Keynsham, Somerset [1] Ottery Saint Mary [1] Paddington, London [1] Paignton, Devon [1] Peterborough, Lincolnshire [1] Portsea, Hampshire [1] Randon, Cork [1] Saint Andrews, Fifeshire [1] Saint Germans, Cornwall [1] Saint Neot, Cornwall [1] Sherbourne, Dorset [1] South Kensington [1] Staplegrove, near Taunton, Somerset [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [21] Boy 1st Class [13] Ordinary Seaman [13] Lieutenant [7] Boy 2nd Class [5] Midshipman [5] Petty Officer [5] Commander [4] Leading Seaman [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Captain [3] Chief Petty Officer [3] Naval Cadet [3] Private [3] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Engineer Lieutenant [2] Gunner [2] Rear Admiral [2] Sick Berth Steward [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Vice Admiral [2] Acting Chaplain [1] Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Acting Colonel 2nd Commandant [1] Acting Instructor of cookery [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Mate [1] Acting Stoker [1] Acting Stoker 1st Class [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Admiral [1] Admiral of the Fleet [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Band Corporal [1] Bandmaster 2nd Class [1] Blacksmith [1] Boy [1] Boy - 2nd Class [1] Boy Bugler [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Canteen Assistant [1] Canteen Supervisor [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chief Stoker [1] Colonel [1]

Unit

HMS Conqueror [61] HMS Hindustan [8] HMS CONQUEROR [7] HMS Iris II - Seaman Storming Party ("D" Company) [7] HMS Ganges [5] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] HMS Conquest [2] HMS Fisgard [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Revenge [2] HMS Victory [2] RNVR London - HMS Conqueror [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Marines Band [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Conqueror [2] 4th Royal Marine Battalion [1] Admiralty Civilian, HMS Conqueror [1] Admiralty Civilian, HMS Pegasus [1] Conqueror [1] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1] Egmont (St Columb) [1] HM Submarine G8 [1] HMS Acasta [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Apollo [1] HMS Assistance [1] HMS Attentive (Mentor) [1] HMS Aurora [1] HMS Birmingham [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Centurion [1] HMS Courageous [1] HMS Crocus [1] HMS Despatch [1] HMS Dolphin [1] HMS Dublin [1] HMS Emperor of India [1] HMS Enchantress [1] HMS Enterprise [1] HMS Excellent [1] HMS Exmouth [1] HMS Flinders [1] HMS Forte [1] HMS Greenwich (Pellew) [1] HMS Greenwich (Strenuous) [1] HMS Hecla [1] HMS King George V [1]

Service

Royal Navy [76] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [9] C [8] W [8] M [6] S [6] H [5] K [5] P [5] O [4] R [4] T [4] A [3] L [3] D [2] F [2] J [2] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [58]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Ernest Oscar Lavender

Born 1895

Royal Navy J13686 Able Seaman HMS CONQUEROR

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John Charles Wilson Murray

Born 1883

Royal Navy 341833 Ship's Steward HMS Conqueror

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John Johnson

Born 1877

Royal Navy 342139 Blacksmith HMS Conqueror

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Albert James Cook

Born 1891

Royal Navy 239889 Chief Petty Officer

Royal Navy 239889 Leading Seaman HMS CONQUEROR

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Thomas Edward Ward

Born 1879

Royal Navy 183781 Chief Petty Officer HMS Conqueror

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Richard Edgar Browning

Born 1884

Royal Navy 351205 Sick Berth Steward HMS Conqueror

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George Turton

Born 1890

Royal Navy 236242 Petty Officer HMS Conqueror

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Arthur William Sneesby

Born 1898

Royal Navy J40514 Boy 1st Class HMS Conqueror

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Sydney Frank Baker

Born 1875

Royal Navy 350548 Sick Berth Steward HMS Conqueror

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Nicholas Cawrse

Born 1875

Royal Navy 268673 Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class HMS Conqueror

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Thomas Walsh

Born 1890

Royal Navy 239652 Able Seaman HMS Conqueror

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Francis Henry Kelland

Born 1898

Died 1969

Royal Navy J/30116 Able Seaman HMS Hindustan

Royal Navy J30116 Boy 1st Class HMS Conqueror

Royal Navy J30116 Ordinary Seaman HMS Conqueror

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William Larrett

Born 1898

Royal Navy J28133 Able Seaman HMS Conqueror

Royal Navy J28133 Able Seaman HMS Hindustan

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David Henry Aitcheson Williams

Royal Navy Acting Chaplain HMS Conqueror

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Harry Edward Cruttenden

Born 1901

Died 1968

Royal Navy J56225

Royal Navy J56225 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J56225 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

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William James O'hara

Born 1897

Royal Navy J23937 Able Seaman HMS Conqueror

Royal Navy J/23937 Able Seaman HMS Hindustan

Royal Navy J23937 Able Seaman HMS Conqueror

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Thomas George Stone

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy J/26466 Able Seaman HMS Hindustan

Royal Navy J/26466 Able Seaman HMS Conqueror

Royal Navy J26466 Ordinary Seaman HMS Conqueror

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George Robertson Osborne

Born 1891

Died 1921

Royal Navy 272405 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class HMS Fisgard

Royal Navy Acting Mate HMS Conqueror

Royal Navy Engineer Lieutenant HMS Whitley

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William Charles Bones

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy J14924 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J14924 Signal Boy HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J14924 Ordinary Signalman HMS Conqueror

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Percy John Furneaux

Born 1889

Royal Navy 8/1975 Petty Officer RNVR London - HMS Conqueror

Royal Navy 8/1975 Leading Seaman RNVR London - HMS Conqueror

Royal Navy London 8/1975 Recruit Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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