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Place of birth

Chiswick, Middlesex [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Longton, Stoke on Trent [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Sidlesham, Chichester [1]

Whitchurch,Shropshire. [1]

Woking, Surrey [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Telegraphist [2]

Actig Leading Signalman [1]

Acting Leading Signalman [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Stoker [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Boy - 2nd Class [1]

Chief Yeoman Signaller [1]

Commander [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Signaller [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [1]

Private [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Signaller [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker - 1st Class [1]

Stoker - 1st Class01 [1]

Stoker 1 [1]

Stoker 2 [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Yeoman Signaller [1]

Unit

HMS Courageous [9]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS Hecla [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Repulse [2]

HMS Victory 1 [2]

HMS Vindictive [2]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

HMS "Acheron" [1]

HMS "Africa" [1]

HMS "Courageous" [1]

HMS "Pembroke II" [1]

HMS Apollo [1]

HMS Argus [1]

HMS Ascension [1]

HMS Assistance [1]

HMS Aurora [1]

HMS Birmingham [1]

HMS CAMBRIAN [1]

HMS COURAGEOUS [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Caradoc [1]

HMS Conqueror [1]

HMS Conquest [1]

HMS Constance [1]

HMS Constance (Dartmouth) [1]

HMS Crocus [1]

HMS Curacou [1]

HMS DEFIANCE [1]

HMS Danae [1]

HMS Dartmouth [1]

HMS Dauntless [1]

HMS Despatch [1]

HMS Dido [1]

HMS Dolphin [1]

HMS Emperor of India [1]

HMS Enchantress [1]

HMS Enterprise [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Excellent [1]

HMS Fisgard [1]

HMS Flinders [1]

HMS GANGES [1]

HMS Greenwich [1]

HMS Greenwich (HMS Vendetta) [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS IMPREGNABLE [1]

HMS King George V [1]

HMS Lancaster [1]

HMS London [1]

Service

Royal Navy [11]

Last name first letter

B [2]

K [2]

W [2]

G [1]

H [1]

J [1]

P [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [9]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

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People [11] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Chiswick, Middlesex [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Longton, Stoke on Trent [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Northwich, Cheshire [1] Norwich, Norfolk [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Sidlesham, Chichester [1] Whitchurch,Shropshire. [1] Woking, Surrey [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Leading Stoker [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Telegraphist [2] Actig Leading Signalman [1] Acting Leading Signalman [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Stoker [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Boy - 2nd Class [1] Chief Yeoman Signaller [1] Commander [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Signaller [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer 2nd Class [1] Private [1] Signal Boy [1] Signaller [1] Signalman [1] Stoker - 1st Class [1] Stoker - 1st Class01 [1] Stoker 1 [1] Stoker 2 [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Yeoman Signaller [1]

Unit

HMS Courageous [9] HMS Ganges [2] HMS Hecla [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Repulse [2] HMS Victory 1 [2] HMS Vindictive [2] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] HMS "Acheron" [1] HMS "Africa" [1] HMS "Courageous" [1] HMS "Pembroke II" [1] HMS Apollo [1] HMS Argus [1] HMS Ascension [1] HMS Assistance [1] HMS Aurora [1] HMS Birmingham [1] HMS CAMBRIAN [1] HMS COURAGEOUS [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Caradoc [1] HMS Conqueror [1] HMS Conquest [1] HMS Constance [1] HMS Constance (Dartmouth) [1] HMS Crocus [1] HMS Curacou [1] HMS DEFIANCE [1] HMS Danae [1] HMS Dartmouth [1] HMS Dauntless [1] HMS Despatch [1] HMS Dido [1] HMS Dolphin [1] HMS Emperor of India [1] HMS Enchantress [1] HMS Enterprise [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Excellent [1] HMS Fisgard [1] HMS Flinders [1] HMS GANGES [1] HMS Greenwich [1] HMS Greenwich (HMS Vendetta) [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS IMPREGNABLE [1] HMS King George V [1] HMS Lancaster [1] HMS London [1]

Service

Royal Navy [11]

Last name first letter

B [2] K [2] W [2] G [1] H [1] J [1] P [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [9] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Guy Victor Kenyon

Born 1887

Died 1969

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander HMS Courageous

Royal Navy Commander HMS Courageous

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William Wilding

Born 1894

Died 1939

Royal Navy M25968

Royal Navy D/228ED Engine Room Artificer 1st Class HMS Courageous

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William Frank Sweet

Born 1900

Died 1975

Royal Navy J46354 Leading Signaller HMS Greenwich (HMS Vendetta)

Royal Navy J46354 Chief Yeoman Signaller HMS Danae

Royal Navy J46354 Yeoman Signaller HMS Courageous

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Daniel Allan Bowthorpe

Born 1896

Died 1918

Royal Navy J18711

Royal Navy J/18711 Able Seaman HMS Courageous

Royal Navy J/18711 Leading Seaman HMS Hindustan

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Robert Golden Gravenell

Born 1890

Died 1980

Royal Navy SS109355 Stoker 2 HMS "Acheron"

Royal Navy SS109355 Stoker 1 HMS "Africa"

Royal Navy SS109355 Leading Stoker HMS "Courageous"

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Arthur Edwards Jeffery

Born 1899

Died 1957

Royal Navy J42275

Royal Navy J42275 Boy 2nd Class HMS POWERFUL

Royal Navy J42275 Boy 2nd Class HMS VIVID I

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Edmund Benjamin Bromley

Born 1898

Died 1947

Royal Navy 20246 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy Private Royal Marines

Royal Navy HMS Courageous

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Cyril Punt

Born 1898

Royal Navy HMS Courageous

Royal Navy Mersey Z/1616 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Thomas Wood

Born 1877

Royal Navy 171903 Petty Officer 2nd Class HMS Lancaster

Royal Navy 171903 Petty Officer Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)

Royal Navy 171903 Petty Officer HMS Courageous

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Frank Leopold James Knight

Born 1899

Died 1943

Royal Navy J38885

Royal Navy J38885 Boy - 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J38885 Boy - 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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Ernest Walter Hawkins

Born 1899

Royal Navy J/46600 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J/46600 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J/46600 Signal Boy HMS Ganges

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