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Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Cambridge [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Carlshalton, Surrey [1]

Chislehurst, Kent [1]

Corfe Mullen, Dorset [1]

Derby [1]

Devonport, Devon, England [1]

Devonport, Devonshire [1]

Dorking, Surrey [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1]

Dysart, Fifeshire [1]

Ebley, Gloucestershire [1]

Epsom, Surrey [1]

Faltmouth, Cornwall [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Hankow [1]

Honiton, Devon [1]

Hoxton, London [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Lewisham, Kent [1]

Limehouse, London [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Millbrook, Cornwall [1]

Nottinghamshire [1]

Orlestone, Tenterden, Kent [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Saint Vigeans, Forfarshire [1]

Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Smethwick, Staffordshire [1]

St Edmunds, Salisbury, Wiltshire [1]

Stanley Lodge, Exmouth, Devon [1]

Steyning District, Sussex [1]

Sunderland, Durham [1]

Teddington, Middlesex [1]

Walton in Gordano, Somerset [1]

Warsash, Hampshire [1]

Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Yelverton, Devon [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [21]

Ordinary Seaman [21]

Boy 1st Class [19]

Boy 2nd Class [19]

Leading Seaman [12]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Petty Officer [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Midshipman [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Sub Lieutenant [5]

Acting Leading Stoker [3]

Cadet [3]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Naval Cadet [3]

Able Bodied Seaman [2]

Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Boy - 2nd Class [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Signalman [2]

Stoker - 1st Class [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Act. Eng. Rm. Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Stoker [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Boy [1]

Boy - 1st Class [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Boy Class 1 [1]

Boy Class 2 [1]

Boy Shipwright [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Commander [1]

Commodore 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1]

Engine room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Unit

HMS Dolphin [33]

HMS Impregnable [8]

HMS Ganges [5]

HMS Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [5]

HMS Excellent [4]

HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [4]

HMS Essex [3]

HMS Fisgard [3]

HMS Hermione [3]

HMS Maidstone [3]

HMS Victory I [3]

Dolphin [2]

HM Submarine E22 [2]

HM Submarine E36 [2]

HM Submarine G8 [2]

HM Submarine H3 [2]

HMS Achilles [2]

HMS Alecto [2]

HMS Bacchante [2]

HMS Benbow [2]

HMS Bonaventure [2]

HMS Britannia [2]

HMS Despatch [2]

HMS Dominion [2]

HMS Firequeen [2]

HMS Formidable [2]

HMS Ganges II [2]

HMS Mercury [2]

HMS Minotaur [2]

HMS Pembroke II [2]

HMS Vernon [2]

HMS Victory 1 [2]

HMS Victory II [2]

4th Submarine Flotilla, China Station [1]

Argus [1]

Britannia Royal Naval College [1]

Collingwood [1]

Columbine [1]

Cornflower [1]

Defiance [1]

Fisgard [1]

Ganges [1]

Ganges, St Vincent, Vivid I & Colllingwood [1]

H.M. Submarine K.17. [1]

HM Dockyard Gibraltar [1]

HM Dockyard Sheerness [1]

HM Submarine E 19 [1]

HM Submarine E20 [1]

HM Submarine E37 [1]

HM Submarine E50 [1]

Service

Royal Navy [49]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [8]

A [5]

K [5]

C [4]

S [4]

T [4]

G [3]

M [3]

R [3]

L [2]

P [2]

W [2]

D [1]

F [1]

J [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [44]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

Argentina [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [49] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Bermondsey, London [2] Bethnal Green, London [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Cambridge [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Carlshalton, Surrey [1] Chislehurst, Kent [1] Corfe Mullen, Dorset [1] Derby [1] Devonport, Devon, England [1] Devonport, Devonshire [1] Dorking, Surrey [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1] Dysart, Fifeshire [1] Ebley, Gloucestershire [1] Epsom, Surrey [1] Faltmouth, Cornwall [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Hankow [1] Honiton, Devon [1] Hoxton, London [1] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Lewisham, Kent [1] Limehouse, London [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Millbrook, Cornwall [1] Nottinghamshire [1] Orlestone, Tenterden, Kent [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Saint Vigeans, Forfarshire [1] Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Smethwick, Staffordshire [1] St Edmunds, Salisbury, Wiltshire [1] Stanley Lodge, Exmouth, Devon [1] Steyning District, Sussex [1] Sunderland, Durham [1] Teddington, Middlesex [1] Walton in Gordano, Somerset [1] Warsash, Hampshire [1] Weymouth, Dorset [1] Yelverton, Devon [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [21] Ordinary Seaman [21] Boy 1st Class [19] Boy 2nd Class [19] Leading Seaman [12] Stoker 1st Class [9] Petty Officer [7] Lieutenant [6] Midshipman [6] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Sub Lieutenant [5] Acting Leading Stoker [3] Cadet [3] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Leading Stoker [3] Naval Cadet [3] Able Bodied Seaman [2] Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Boy - 2nd Class [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Leading Signalman [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Signalman [2] Stoker - 1st Class [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Act. Eng. Rm. Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Stoker [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Boy [1] Boy - 1st Class [1] Boy Artificer [1] Boy Class 1 [1] Boy Class 2 [1] Boy Shipwright [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Bugler [1] Captain [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Commander [1] Commodore 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1] Engine room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Unit

HMS Dolphin [33] HMS Impregnable [8] HMS Ganges [5] HMS Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [5] HMS Excellent [4] HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [4] HMS Essex [3] HMS Fisgard [3] HMS Hermione [3] HMS Maidstone [3] HMS Victory I [3] Dolphin [2] HM Submarine E22 [2] HM Submarine E36 [2] HM Submarine G8 [2] HM Submarine H3 [2] HMS Achilles [2] HMS Alecto [2] HMS Bacchante [2] HMS Benbow [2] HMS Bonaventure [2] HMS Britannia [2] HMS Despatch [2] HMS Dominion [2] HMS Firequeen [2] HMS Formidable [2] HMS Ganges II [2] HMS Mercury [2] HMS Minotaur [2] HMS Pembroke II [2] HMS Vernon [2] HMS Victory 1 [2] HMS Victory II [2] 4th Submarine Flotilla, China Station [1] Argus [1] Britannia Royal Naval College [1] Collingwood [1] Columbine [1] Cornflower [1] Defiance [1] Fisgard [1] Ganges [1] Ganges, St Vincent, Vivid I & Colllingwood [1] H.M. Submarine K.17. [1] HM Dockyard Gibraltar [1] HM Dockyard Sheerness [1] HM Submarine E 19 [1] HM Submarine E20 [1] HM Submarine E37 [1] HM Submarine E50 [1]

Service

Royal Navy [49] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

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

Contribution

Military Service [44]

Country

United Kingdom [26] Argentina [1] Ireland [1]

John Borne

Born 1877

Died 1919

Royal Navy 288252 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Dolphin

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Alfred Ernest Browse

Born 1883

Died 1919

Royal Navy 204537 Petty Officer HMS Dolphin

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Robert Joseph Crowder

Born 1899

Died 1920

Royal Navy J40580 Leading Telegraphist HMS "Dolphin"

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Harold Reuben Wherry

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy K20198 Stoker 1st Class HMS Dolphin

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Horatius Reid

Born 1873

Died 1919

Royal Navy 276385 Stoker 1st Class HMS Dolphin

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Frank Dowling

Born 1872

Died 1919

Royal Navy 168832 Shipwright 1st Class HMS Dolphin

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Leonard Frank Gale

Born 1892

Died 1919

Royal Navy J8830

Royal Navy J/8830 Able Seaman HM Submarine L11 (HMS Dolphin)

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John Francis Tryon

Born 1891

Died 1918

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Inflexible

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

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Frederick Arliss

Born 1872

Royal Navy 350237

Royal Navy 350237 Second Sick Berth Steward HMS Dolphin

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Stephen Thomas Bell

Born 1880

Royal Navy 8272 Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class RAN - HM Australian Submarine AE2

Royal Navy 270766 Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class HMS Dolphin

Royal Navy 270766 Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class HMS Dolphin

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Thomas James Charles Taylor

Born 1895

Died 1919

Royal Navy J13653 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J13653 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J13653 Ordinary Seaman HMS Minotaur

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Edwin Wallace Gange

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy J6270

Royal Navy J6270 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J6270 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

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Percival Hall Rodgers

Born 1891

Died 1915

Royal Navy K2482 Stoker 1st Class HM Submarine E20

Royal Navy K.2482 Stoker - 2nd Class HMS Mercury

Royal Navy K.2482 Stoker - 1st Class HMS Mercury

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Charles Richard Malin

Born 1896

Died 1947

Royal Navy J29894 Ordinary Seaman HMS Benbow

Royal Navy J29894 Boy HMS Vivid

Royal Navy J29894 Boy HMS London

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Ralph Edgar Snook

Born 1890

Died 1918

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Bacchante

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant HMS St George

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William Samuel Archer

Born 1885

Died 1916

Royal Navy 216685 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy 216685 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy 216685 Ordinary Seaman HMS Prince George

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Stephen Thomas Taylor

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy K22859 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy K22859 Stoker 1st Class HMSs Pembroke II, Brilliant, Dolphin, Maidstone

Royal Navy K22859 Stoker 1st Class HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24

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Thomas Lloyd

Born 1888

Died 1918

Royal Navy 309612 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy 309612 Stoker 1st Class HMS Africa

Royal Navy 309612 Acting Leading Stoker HMS Antrim

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Alfred Adams

Born 1866

Died 1918

Royal Navy 123528 Boy 2nd Class HMS St Vincent

Royal Navy 123528 Boy 1st Class HMS St Vincent

Royal Navy 123528 Boy 1st Class HMS Pegasus

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Cuthbert Henry Kerswill

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy 235202 Boy 2nd Class HMS Boscawen III

Royal Navy 235202 Boy 1st Class HMSs Boscawen III, Sutlej, Vivid I, Nile, Diana

Royal Navy 235202 Ordinary Seaman HMS Diana

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