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Aghada, Cork [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Monkstown, Cork [1]

Waltham Abbey, Essex [1]

Wimbledon, Surrey [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

2nd Class Cook's Mate [1]

Acting Instructor of cookery [1]

Boy I [1]

Boy I then Ordinary Seaman [1]

Boy II then Boy I [1]

Chief Petty Officer Cook [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Instructor [1]

Leading Cook [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Ordinary Seaman then Able Seaman [1]

Petty Officer Cook [1]

Private [1]

Provisional 2nd Class Cook's Mate [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

HMS Curlew [7]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS Black Prince [2]

HMS Vivid I [2]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Alacrity [an armed boarding vessel] [1]

HMS Aurora [1]

HMS Britannia [1]

HMS Cleopatra [1]

HMS Constance [Light cruiser] [1]

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

HMS Dauntless [1]

HMS Drake [1]

HMS Drake 2 [1]

HMS Egmont I (Crysanthemum) [1]

HMS Glendower [1]

HMS Greenwich (Scout) [1]

HMS Hermes [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Impregnable [Training Ship] [1]

HMS Lucia [1]

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

HMS Royal Arthur [1]

HMS Temeraire [1]

HMS Theseus [1]

HMS Vivid 2.5 [1]

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

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

HMS Vivid II [1]

HMS Vivid II (Scout) [1]

HMS Vivid II (Tuscan) [1]

HMS Vivid III [1]

HMS Woolwich (Scythe) [1]

HMS Woolwich (Tuscan) [1]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Division - Nelson Battalion [1]

Service

Royal Navy [8]

Last name first letter

C [2]

S [2]

B [1]

F [1]

H [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [8]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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People [8] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Aghada, Cork [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Monkstown, Cork [1] Waltham Abbey, Essex [1] Wimbledon, Surrey [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Leading Seaman [3] 2nd Class Cook's Mate [1] Acting Instructor of cookery [1] Boy I [1] Boy I then Ordinary Seaman [1] Boy II then Boy I [1] Chief Petty Officer Cook [1] Cook's Mate [1] Instructor [1] Leading Cook [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Ordinary Seaman then Able Seaman [1] Petty Officer Cook [1] Private [1] Provisional 2nd Class Cook's Mate [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

HMS Curlew [7] HMS Ajax [2] HMS Black Prince [2] HMS Vivid I [2] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Alacrity [an armed boarding vessel] [1] HMS Aurora [1] HMS Britannia [1] HMS Cleopatra [1] HMS Constance [Light cruiser] [1] HMS Curlew [C-Class light cruiser] [1] HMS Dauntless [1] HMS Drake [1] HMS Drake 2 [1] HMS Egmont I (Crysanthemum) [1] HMS Glendower [1] HMS Greenwich (Scout) [1] HMS Hermes [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Impregnable [Training Ship] [1] HMS Lucia [1] HMS New Zealand [Indefatigable Class battle cruiser] [1] HMS Royal Arthur [1] HMS Temeraire [1] HMS Theseus [1] HMS Vivid 2.5 [1] HMS Vivid I [Navy barracks Devonport Plymouth] [1] HMS Vivid I [Navy barracks at Devonport Plymouth] [1] HMS Vivid II [1] HMS Vivid II (Scout) [1] HMS Vivid II (Tuscan) [1] HMS Vivid III [1] HMS Woolwich (Scythe) [1] HMS Woolwich (Tuscan) [1] Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Naval Division - Nelson Battalion [1]

Service

Royal Navy [8]

Last name first letter

C [2] S [2] B [1] F [1] H [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [8]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Frederick William Oliver

Born 1872

Died 1918

Royal Navy Acting Instructor of cookery

Royal Navy Instructor HMS Curlew

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Douglas Marrack Southwood

Born 1894

Died 1971

Royal Navy M4537 Provisional 2nd Class Cook's Mate HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy M4537 2nd Class Cook's Mate HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy M4537 2nd Class Cook's Mate HMS Theseus

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John Joseph Brady

Born 1885

Royal Navy 215433 Boy 2nd Class HMS Black Prince

Royal Navy 215433 Boy 1st Class HMS Black Prince

Royal Navy 215433 Ordinary Seaman HMS Curlew

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David Flavin

Born 1885

Royal Navy 213883 Boy 2nd Class HMS Black Prince

Royal Navy 213883 Boy 1st Class HMS Black Prince

Royal Navy 213883 Ordinary Seaman HMS Curlew

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William George Ambrose Humberstone

Born 1901

Died 1960

Royal Navy J80632 Boy II then Boy I HMS Impregnable [Training Ship]

Royal Navy J80632 Boy I HMS New Zealand [Indefatigable Class battle cruiser]

Royal Navy J80632 Boy I HMS Vivid I [Navy barracks at Devonport Plymouth]

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Leslie Horace Stanners

Born 1896

Royal Navy J20976 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J20976 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J20976 Ordinary Seaman HMS Ajax

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Thomas Chittenden

Born 1886

Royal Navy 12791 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/12791 Private HMS Curlew

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Richard Cottle

Born 1883

Royal Navy RFR/B/5127 Stoker 1st Class Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham

Royal Navy 207631 Stoker 1st Class Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid)

Royal Navy 207631 Stoker 1st Class Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid)

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