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Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [6]

Portsea, Hampshire [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Birmingham [1]

Bishop's Waltham, Eastleigh, Hampshire [1]

Burford, Oxfordshire [1]

Camden Town, London [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Corfe Mullen, Dorset [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Emsworth, Hampshire [1]

Glaston, Rutland [1]

Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Ibstone, Buckinghamshire [1]

Ilminster, Somerset [1]

Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire [1]

Killingholme, Lincolnshire [1]

Landport, Hampshire [1]

Lewes, Sussex [1]

Lymington, Hampshire [1]

Maidenhead, Berkshire [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Newark, Nottinghamshire [1]

Newham, Northumberland [1]

Northam, Hampshire [1]

Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Perth [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Pokesdown, Dorset [1]

Portchester, Hampshire [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Preston, Dorset [1]

Radford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Salford, Lancashire, England [1]

Sidlesham, Sussex [1]

Southwick, Hampshire [1]

St Edmunds, Salisbury, Wiltshire [1]

Stanley Lodge, Exmouth, Devon [1]

Warminster, Wiltshire [1]

Westerleigh, Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [16]

Stoker [15]

Stoker 2nd Class [14]

Leading Stoker [11]

Stoker Petty Officer [9]

Able Seaman [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [5]

Leading Seaman [5]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4]

Acting Leading Stoker [3]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3]

Cook's Mate [3]

Domestic 3rd Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3]

Master At Arms [3]

Private [3]

Ships Corporal 2nd Class [3]

Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Boatman [2]

Cadet [2]

Carpenters Crew [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Chief Ship's Cook [2]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Midshipman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Petty Officer 1st Class [2]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [2]

Ships Corporal 1st Class [2]

Shipwright [2]

Shipwright 1st Class [2]

Stoker - 1st Class [2]

Stoker - 2nd Class [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

2nd Cooper [1]

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

Acting 2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Acting Chief Petty Officer [1]

Acting Chief Stoker [1]

Acting Chief Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Acting ERA 4 [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Acting Sublieutenant [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Assistant Clerk [1]

Unit

HMS Duke of Wellington [20]

HMS Duke of Wellington II [18]

HMS Fearless [12]

HMS Agincourt [8]

HMS Victory II [8]

HMS Excellent [7]

HMS Fisgard [7]

HMS Victory I [6]

HMS Minotaur [5]

HMS Royal Sovereign [5]

HMS St Vincent [5]

HMS Vernon [5]

HMS Victory [5]

HMS Vulcan [5]

HMS Boscawen [4]

HMS Firequeen [4]

HMS Ariadne [3]

HMS Brilliant [3]

HMS Crescent [3]

HMS Duke Of Wellington [3]

HMS Duke of Wellington I [3]

HMS Formidable [3]

HMS Hecla [3]

HMS Nelson [3]

HMS Prince George [3]

HMS Revenge [3]

HM Submarine E18 [2]

HM Submarine H3 [2]

HMS Active [2]

HMS Adamant [2]

HMS Alexandra [2]

HMS Amethyst [2]

HMS Apollo [2]

HMS Arrogant [2]

HMS Asia [2]

HMS Australia [2]

HMS Bonaventure [2]

HMS Britannia [2]

HMS Cormorant [2]

HMS Cressy [2]

HMS Drake [2]

HMS Duke of Wellington 2 [2]

HMS Eclipse [2]

HMS Firequeen 2 [2]

HMS Grafton [2]

HMS Halcyon [2]

HMS Iris [2]

HMS King Alfred [2]

HMS Mars [2]

HMS Sapphire II [2]

Service

Royal Navy [50]

British Army [3]

Last name first letter

C [7]

S [6]

A [4]

D [4]

G [4]

H [4]

J [4]

W [4]

B [3]

K [3]

L [3]

M [1]

N [1]

R [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [36]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

Ireland [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [6] Portsea, Hampshire [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Birmingham [1] Bishop's Waltham, Eastleigh, Hampshire [1] Burford, Oxfordshire [1] Camden Town, London [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Corfe Mullen, Dorset [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Emsworth, Hampshire [1] Glaston, Rutland [1] Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Ibstone, Buckinghamshire [1] Ilminster, Somerset [1] Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire [1] Killingholme, Lincolnshire [1] Landport, Hampshire [1] Lewes, Sussex [1] Lymington, Hampshire [1] Maidenhead, Berkshire [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Newark, Nottinghamshire [1] Newham, Northumberland [1] Northam, Hampshire [1] Northwich, Cheshire [1] Perth [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Pokesdown, Dorset [1] Portchester, Hampshire [1] Portsmouth [1] Preston, Dorset [1] Radford, Nottinghamshire [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Salford, Lancashire, England [1] Sidlesham, Sussex [1] Southwick, Hampshire [1] St Edmunds, Salisbury, Wiltshire [1] Stanley Lodge, Exmouth, Devon [1] Warminster, Wiltshire [1] Westerleigh, Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [16] Stoker [15] Stoker 2nd Class [14] Leading Stoker [11] Stoker Petty Officer [9] Able Seaman [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Boy 2nd Class [5] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [5] Leading Seaman [5] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4] Acting Leading Stoker [3] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3] Cook's Mate [3] Domestic 3rd Class [3] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3] Master At Arms [3] Private [3] Ships Corporal 2nd Class [3] Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Boatman [2] Cadet [2] Carpenters Crew [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Chief Ship's Cook [2] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Lieutenant [2] Midshipman [2] Petty Officer [2] Petty Officer 1st Class [2] Petty Officer 2nd Class [2] Ships Corporal 1st Class [2] Shipwright [2] Shipwright 1st Class [2] Stoker - 1st Class [2] Stoker - 2nd Class [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] 2nd Cooper [1] Act. Eng. Rm. Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Acting Chief Petty Officer [1] Acting Chief Stoker [1] Acting Chief Stoker Petty Officer [1] Acting ERA 4 [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Acting Sublieutenant [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Assistant Clerk [1]

Unit

HMS Duke of Wellington [20] HMS Duke of Wellington II [18] HMS Fearless [12] HMS Agincourt [8] HMS Victory II [8] HMS Excellent [7] HMS Fisgard [7] HMS Victory I [6] HMS Minotaur [5] HMS Royal Sovereign [5] HMS St Vincent [5] HMS Vernon [5] HMS Victory [5] HMS Vulcan [5] HMS Boscawen [4] HMS Firequeen [4] HMS Ariadne [3] HMS Brilliant [3] HMS Crescent [3] HMS Duke Of Wellington [3] HMS Duke of Wellington I [3] HMS Formidable [3] HMS Hecla [3] HMS Nelson [3] HMS Prince George [3] HMS Revenge [3] HM Submarine E18 [2] HM Submarine H3 [2] HMS Active [2] HMS Adamant [2] HMS Alexandra [2] HMS Amethyst [2] HMS Apollo [2] HMS Arrogant [2] HMS Asia [2] HMS Australia [2] HMS Bonaventure [2] HMS Britannia [2] HMS Cormorant [2] HMS Cressy [2] HMS Drake [2] HMS Duke of Wellington 2 [2] HMS Eclipse [2] HMS Firequeen 2 [2] HMS Grafton [2] HMS Halcyon [2] HMS Iris [2] HMS King Alfred [2] HMS Mars [2] HMS Sapphire II [2]

Service

Royal Navy [50] British Army [3]

Last name first letter

C [7] S [6] A [4] D [4] G [4] H [4] J [4] W [4] B [3] K [3] L [3] M [1] N [1] R [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [36]

Country

United Kingdom [24] Ireland [1] South Africa [1]

John James Good

Born 1882

Royal Navy 358719 Domestic 3rd Class HMS Lion

Royal Navy 358719 Assistant Cook's Mate HMS Duke of Wellington I

Royal Navy 358719 Cook's Mate HMS Lion

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Theodore George Dedman

Born 1880

Royal Navy 291699 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy 291699 Stoker HMS Duke of Wellington

Royal Navy 291699 Stoker 1st Class HMS Victoria Falls

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Ernest Edward Crook

Born 1882

Died 1917

Royal Navy 302195 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Duke of Wellington II

Royal Navy 302195 Stoker 1st Class HMS Drake

Royal Navy 302195 Acting Leading Stoker HMS Arrogant

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Sidney Harold Drake

Born 1884

Royal Navy 303405 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Duke of Wellington II

Royal Navy 303405 Stoker HMS Drake

Royal Navy 303405 Stoker 1st Class HMS Drake

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Charles Coombes

Born 1878

Royal Navy 292838 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Duke of Wellington II

Royal Navy 292838 Stoker HMS Prince George

Royal Navy 292838 Stoker 1st Class HMS Dryad

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Victor Harold Campbell Lovell

Born 1881

Died 1916

Royal Navy 221135

Royal Navy 270685 Act. Eng. Rm. Artificer 4th Class HMSs Duke of Wellington, Mars, Duke of Wellington, Vernon

Royal Navy 270685 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMSs Vernon, Victory II

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Frederick Cooper

Born 1877

Royal Navy 345772 Carpenter’s Crew HMS Duke of Wellington

Royal Navy 345772 Leading Carpenter’s Crew HMY Victoria and Albert

Royal Navy 345772 Shipwright 2nd Class HMY Victoria and Albert

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Eugene Harold Oscar Hinton

Born 1880

Died 1959

British Army 225 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 4th Battalion

British Army 22581 Private Imperial Yeomanry 36th Coy

British Army 5225 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 4th Battalion

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William Jackson

Born 1867

Died 1954

Royal Navy 3615 Royal Marine Light Infantry Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 350023 Ships Corporal 2nd Class HMS Porpoise

Royal Navy 350023 Ships Corporal 2nd Class HMS Centurion

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George Wyatt Edgell Naper

Born 1884

Died 1916

Royal Navy Midshipman HMSs Isis, Endymion, Mars, Martin, Mars

Royal Navy Lieutenant HMSs Mercury, Forth, King Edward VII, Forth

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant HMSs Swordfish, Halcyon, Blackwater, Bullfinch, Thames

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