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Place of birth

Exeter, Devon [2]

Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blarney, Cork [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Brockton, Staffordshire [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chester, Lancashire [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Edmonton, Middlesex [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Kingsdon, Langport, Somerset [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Saltash, Cornwall [1]

Sidlesham, Chichester [1]

Somerset [1]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1]

Wexford [1]

Wimbledon, Surrey [1]

Worcester [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Lieutenant [3]

Captain [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Actig Leading Signalman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Leading Signalman [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy I [1]

Boy I then Ordinary Seaman [1]

Boy II then Boy I [1]

CERA 1 [1]

CERA 2 [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Commander [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Officers' Cook 3rd Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman then Able Seaman [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

HMS Constance [14]

HMS CONSTANCE [9]

HMS Vivid I [2]

HM Submarine E49 [1]

HMS Alacrity [an armed boarding vessel] [1]

HMS Argus [1]

HMS COLOMBO [1]

HMS Caradoc [1]

HMS Constance (Dartmouth) [1]

HMS Constance [Light cruiser] [1]

HMS Courageous [1]

HMS Curacou [1]

HMS Curlew [C-Class light cruiser] [1]

HMS Dartmouth [1]

HMS Dauntless [1]

HMS Defender [1]

HMS Defiance, Cameroon, Constance, Vivid I [1]

HMS Dido [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Greenwich [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Impregnable [Training Ship] [1]

HMS New Zealand [Indefatigable Class battle cruiser] [1]

HMS OSEA [1]

HMS PEMBROKE I [1]

HMS Thunderer [1]

HMS Victory 1 [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

HMS Vivid [1]

HMS Vivid I [Navy barracks Devonport Plymouth] [1]

HMS Vivid I [Navy barracks at Devonport Plymouth] [1]

HMS WALLFLOWER [1]

HMS Weymouth [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Service

Royal Navy [24]

Last name first letter

S [4]

C [3]

D [2]

F [2]

G [2]

H [2]

W [2]

A [1]

B [1]

I [1]

L [1]

R [1]

T [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [17]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

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Place of birth

Exeter, Devon [2] Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blarney, Cork [1] Brixton, London [1] Brockton, Staffordshire [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chester, Lancashire [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Edmonton, Middlesex [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Kingsdon, Langport, Somerset [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Saltash, Cornwall [1] Sidlesham, Chichester [1] Somerset [1] Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1] Wexford [1] Wimbledon, Surrey [1] Worcester [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Lieutenant [3] Captain [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Actig Leading Signalman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Leading Signalman [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy I [1] Boy I then Ordinary Seaman [1] Boy II then Boy I [1] CERA 1 [1] CERA 2 [1] Chaplain [1] Chief Stoker [1] Commander [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Officers' Cook 3rd Class [1] Ordinary Seaman then Able Seaman [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Petty Officer [1] Private [1] Signal Boy [1] Signalman [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

HMS Constance [14] HMS CONSTANCE [9] HMS Vivid I [2] HM Submarine E49 [1] HMS Alacrity [an armed boarding vessel] [1] HMS Argus [1] HMS COLOMBO [1] HMS Caradoc [1] HMS Constance (Dartmouth) [1] HMS Constance [Light cruiser] [1] HMS Courageous [1] HMS Curacou [1] HMS Curlew [C-Class light cruiser] [1] HMS Dartmouth [1] HMS Dauntless [1] HMS Defender [1] HMS Defiance, Cameroon, Constance, Vivid I [1] HMS Dido [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Greenwich [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Impregnable [Training Ship] [1] HMS New Zealand [Indefatigable Class battle cruiser] [1] HMS OSEA [1] HMS PEMBROKE I [1] HMS Thunderer [1] HMS Victory 1 [1] HMS Victory I [1] HMS Vivid [1] HMS Vivid I [Navy barracks Devonport Plymouth] [1] HMS Vivid I [Navy barracks at Devonport Plymouth] [1] HMS WALLFLOWER [1] HMS Weymouth [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Service

Royal Navy [24]

Last name first letter

S [4] C [3] D [2] F [2] G [2] H [2] W [2] A [1] B [1] I [1] L [1] R [1] T [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [17]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Harold Sams

Born 1895

Died 1956

Royal Navy 16458 Private HMS Constance Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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James Benjamin Yarrell

Born 1878

Royal Navy 270083 CERA 2 HMS Constance

Royal Navy 270083 CERA 1 HMS Constance

Royal Navy 270083 Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class HMS CONSTANCE

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Edward Symonds

Born 1895

Royal Navy L12377 Officers' Cook 3rd Class HMS Constance

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Hugh Girvan Dunbar

Born 1894

Royal Navy J12673

Royal Navy J12673 Able Seaman HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy J12673 Leading Seaman HMS Defiance, Cameroon, Constance, Vivid I

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William Brookshaw

Born 1882

Royal Navy 297710 Stoker Petty Officer HMS CONSTANCE

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Samuel Gough

Born 1897

Royal Navy J35322 Ordinary Seaman HMS CONSTANCE

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Charles Smallwood

Born 1876

Royal Navy 269104 Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class HMS CONSTANCE

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William Gillon

Born 1892

Royal Navy SS110569 Stoker 1st Class HMS Constance

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Henry Samuel Wilmot

Born 1880

Royal Navy 188508 Yeoman of Signals HMS Constance

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Bernard Field

Born 1890

Royal Navy SS113203 Stoker 1st Class HMS CONSTANCE

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Henry Percival Wilson

Born 1884

Royal Navy Captain

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Lieutenant

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Leonard Henry Curry

Born 1873

Royal Navy 268897 Engine Room Artificer 1st Class HMS CONSTANCE

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John Fisher

Born 1885

Royal Navy 214675 Petty Officer HMS CONSTANCE

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William Dair

Born 1874

Royal Navy 276567 Chief Stoker HMS Constance

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Jeremiah Twomey

Born 1897

Royal Navy SS6434 Ordinary Seaman HMS CONSTANCE

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William John Adams

Born 1894

Died 1917

Royal Navy J9825 Able Seaman HMS Constance

Royal Navy J9825 (Dev) Able Seaman HMS Vivid

Royal Navy J9825 Able Seaman HMS Defender

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Herbert Malcolm Spreckley

Born 1887

Died 1974

Royal Navy Acting Captain

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Captain

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William Richard Fenwick Ryan

Royal Navy Chaplain HMS Constance

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Thomas Coy

Born 1893

Died 1917

Royal Navy J4768 Leading Telegraphist HM Submarine E49

Royal Navy J4768 Leading Telegraphist HMS Constance

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Alfred Albert Collins

Born 1900

Died 1978

Royal Navy J86863

Royal Navy J86863 Ordinary Seaman HMS PEMBROKE I

Royal Navy J86863 Ordinary Seaman HMS OSEA Osea Island, River Blackwater, Essex

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