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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [6]

Plymouth, Devon [5]

Belfast, Antrim [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [3]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Bedminster, Somerset [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2]

Derby [2]

Dublin [2]

Liskeard, Cornwall [2]

Newton Abbott, Devon [2]

Saint Germans, Cornwall [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Torquay, Devon [2]

Abbots Kerswell, Devon [1]

Aberdare, Glamorgan [1]

Acton, London [1]

Aghada, Cork [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire [1]

Ashburton, Devon [1]

Bainton, Northamptonshire [1]

Balrothery, Dublin [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Blackfriars, London [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bray, Cornwall [1]

Bridestowe, Devon [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bristol [1]

Burnham, Somerset [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Cawsand, Cornwall [1]

Charlton, Pershore, Worcestershire [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Chepstow, Gloucestershire [1]

Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [1]

Clonakilty, Cork [1]

Coleraine, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Coleraine, Londonderry [1]

Cork [1]

Cornwood, Devon [1]

Cospicua, Malta [1]

Cranborne, Wiltshire [1]

Cranfield, Bedfordshire [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [36]

Stoker 1st Class [32]

Leading Stoker [17]

Ordinary Seaman [16]

Boy 1st Class [13]

Stoker 2nd Class [13]

Signalman [7]

Stoker Petty Officer [7]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Ordinary Signalman [4]

Petty Officer [4]

Stoker [4]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Ordinary Telegraphist [3]

Private [3]

Private RMLI [3]

Armourer's Crew [2]

Carpenter's Crew [2]

Fireman [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Mechanician [2]

Seaman [2]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Stoker RNR [2]

1st Writer [1]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

2nd Cooper [1]

Acting Artificer Engineer [1]

Acting Chief Stoker [1]

Acting Chief Yeoman of Signals [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Boy (1st Class) [1]

Boy (2nd Class) [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Armourer [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Chief Ship's Cook [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Chief Yeoman of Signals [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Cooper's Crew [1]

Corporal [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Unit

HMS DUBLIN [135]

HMS Dublin [55]

Royal Naval Reserve [8]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Dublin [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

HMS Ganges [3]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Vivid I [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS DUBLIN [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS DUBLIN [2]

7 Days Cells [1]

HM Submarine "L.10" [1]

HM Submarine E14 [1]

HMS BIRMINGHAM [1]

HMS Centurion [1]

HMS Conqueror [1]

HMS Conquest [1]

HMS Cuckoo [1]

HMS Defiance [1]

HMS Ganges II [1]

HMS Greenwich (Pellew) [1]

HMS Greenwich (Strenuous) [1]

HMS Kent [1]

HMS Landrail [1]

HMS Lowestoft [1]

HMS Niobe [1]

HMS Powerful [1]

HMS RESOLUTION [1]

HMS Royal Arthur [1]

HMS Sutlej [1]

HMS Vernon (Strenuous) [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

HMS Victory II [1]

HMS Vivid [1]

HMS Weymouth [1]

HMS YARMOUTH [1]

RNVR Clyde - HMS Dublin [1]

RNVR London - HMS Dublin [1]

RNVR Tyneside - HMS Birmingham [1]

RNVR Tyneside - HMS Dublin [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Dublin [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS RESOLUTION [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion [1]

Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Dublin [1]

Service

Royal Navy [205]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

British Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [22]

B [19]

M [19]

S [16]

C [14]

W [14]

R [12]

A [11]

F [11]

L [11]

P [11]

T [10]

G [8]

J [8]

D [7]

E [4]

N [4]

K [2]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [185]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Ireland [1]

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People [205] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [6] Plymouth, Devon [5] Belfast, Antrim [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Cardiff, Glamorgan [3] Devonport, Devon [3] Bedminster, Somerset [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2] Derby [2] Dublin [2] Liskeard, Cornwall [2] Newton Abbott, Devon [2] Saint Germans, Cornwall [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Torquay, Devon [2] Abbots Kerswell, Devon [1] Aberdare, Glamorgan [1] Acton, London [1] Aghada, Cork [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire [1] Ashburton, Devon [1] Bainton, Northamptonshire [1] Balrothery, Dublin [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Birmingham [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Blackfriars, London [1] Bow, London [1] Bray, Cornwall [1] Bridestowe, Devon [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol [1] Burnham, Somerset [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Cawsand, Cornwall [1] Charlton, Pershore, Worcestershire [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Chepstow, Gloucestershire [1] Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [1] Clonakilty, Cork [1] Coleraine, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Coleraine, Londonderry [1] Cork [1] Cornwood, Devon [1] Cospicua, Malta [1] Cranborne, Wiltshire [1] Cranfield, Bedfordshire [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [36] Stoker 1st Class [32] Leading Stoker [17] Ordinary Seaman [16] Boy 1st Class [13] Stoker 2nd Class [13] Signalman [7] Stoker Petty Officer [7] Boy 2nd Class [4] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [4] Leading Seaman [4] Ordinary Signalman [4] Petty Officer [4] Stoker [4] Acting Stoker 1st Class [3] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Lieutenant [3] Ordinary Telegraphist [3] Private [3] Private RMLI [3] Armourer's Crew [2] Carpenter's Crew [2] Fireman [2] Leading Signalman [2] Mechanician [2] Seaman [2] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [2] Signal Boy [2] Stoker RNR [2] 1st Writer [1] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] 2nd Cooper [1] Acting Artificer Engineer [1] Acting Chief Stoker [1] Acting Chief Yeoman of Signals [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Boy (1st Class) [1] Boy (2nd Class) [1] Captain [1] Chief Armourer [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Chief Ship's Cook [1] Chief Stoker [1] Chief Yeoman of Signals [1] Cook's Mate [1] Cooper's Crew [1] Corporal [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer [1]

Unit

HMS DUBLIN [135] HMS Dublin [55] Royal Naval Reserve [8] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Dublin [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] HMS Ganges [3] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Vivid I [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS DUBLIN [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS DUBLIN [2] 7 Days Cells [1] HM Submarine "L.10" [1] HM Submarine E14 [1] HMS BIRMINGHAM [1] HMS Centurion [1] HMS Conqueror [1] HMS Conquest [1] HMS Cuckoo [1] HMS Defiance [1] HMS Ganges II [1] HMS Greenwich (Pellew) [1] HMS Greenwich (Strenuous) [1] HMS Kent [1] HMS Landrail [1] HMS Lowestoft [1] HMS Niobe [1] HMS Powerful [1] HMS RESOLUTION [1] HMS Royal Arthur [1] HMS Sutlej [1] HMS Vernon (Strenuous) [1] HMS Victory I [1] HMS Victory II [1] HMS Vivid [1] HMS Weymouth [1] HMS YARMOUTH [1] RNVR Clyde - HMS Dublin [1] RNVR London - HMS Dublin [1] RNVR Tyneside - HMS Birmingham [1] RNVR Tyneside - HMS Dublin [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Dublin [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS RESOLUTION [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion [1] Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Dublin [1]

Service

Royal Navy [205] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] British Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [22] B [19] M [19] S [16] C [14] W [14] R [12] A [11] F [11] L [11] P [11] T [10] G [8] J [8] D [7] E [4] N [4] K [2] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [185]

Country

United Kingdom [13] Ireland [1]

Thomas Thompson Whincup

Born 1899

Died 1980

Royal Navy J37475 Boy (1st Class) HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J37475 Boy (1st Class) HMS Defiance

Royal Navy J37475 Boy (1st Class) HMS Vivid

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John Collins

Born 1897

Died 1957

Royal Navy SS117462 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Dublin

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Francis James William Shaw

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy 346575

Royal Navy 2nd Cooper HMS Dublin

Royal Navy 346575 Cooper's Crew HMS DUBLIN

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John Robinson

Born 1892

Died 1919

Royal Navy J925 Leading Seaman HMS Dublin

Royal Navy J925 Petty Officer HMS Cuckoo

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William Barker

Born 1899

Died 1918

Royal Navy J43351 Ordinary Seaman HMS Dublin

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Percy Strickland

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS Dublin

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Alan Charles Henderson Duke

Born 1886

Died 1917

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander HMS Dublin

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

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Joseph Grioli

Born 1881

Died 1918

Royal Navy 358243 Officer's Steward 1st Class HMS DUBLIN

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Reginald Harry Fenmore

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy J9746 Signalman HMS Dublin

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Arthur Edward Fearnley

Born 1900

Died 1962

Royal Navy J43812 Boy 1st Class HMS Dublin

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William James Garrett

Born 1880

Royal Navy 189613 Chief Yeoman of Signals HMS Dublin

Royal Navy 189613 Acting Chief Yeoman of Signals HMS Dublin

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Samuel Verran

Born 1897

Died 1976

Royal Navy K30328

Royal Navy K30328 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Dublin

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Thomas James Cooper

Born 1878

Royal Navy 270366 Engine Room Artificer 1st Class HMS Dublin

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Angelo Spiteri

Born 1872

Died 1920

Royal Navy 343832 Shipwright HMS DUBLIN

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Frank Herbert Crowhurst

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy J15311 Leading Signalman HMS Dublin

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Herbert Christopher Plummer

Born 1891

Died 1971

Royal Navy 239031 Able Seaman HMS Dublin

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Herbert Leslie Pratt

Born 1897

Royal Navy J24856 Signalman HMS BIRMINGHAM

Royal Navy J24856 Signalman HMS Dublin

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Harry Trotter

Born 1893

Died 1915

Royal Navy K11706 Stoker 1st Class HMS DUBLIN

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George Edwin Lydiard

Born 1893

Royal Navy SS3891 Able Seaman HMS Dublin

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Willie Howarth

Born 1894

Died 1915

Royal Navy K16442 Stoker 1st Class HMS DUBLIN

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