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Portsmouth, Hampshire [12]

Liverpool, Lancashire [8]

Hull, Yorkshire [7]

Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Portsea, Hampshire [5]

Bethnal Green, London [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Southampton, Hampshire [4]

Chichester, Sussex [3]

Dorchester, Dorset [3]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Burton Bradstock, Dorset [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Emsworth, Hampshire [2]

Fareham, Hampshire [2]

Gosport, Hampshire [2]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2]

Guildford, Surrey [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Kilburn, London [2]

Lincoln [2]

Manchester [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Petersfield, Hampshire [2]

Plaistow, London [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2]

Tottenham, London [2]

Walsall, Staffordshire [2]

Winchester, Hampshire [2]

Woolwich, Kent [2]

Acton, London [1]

Addlestone, Surrey [1]

Alfreton, Nottinghamshire [1]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Arnold, Nottingham [1]

Ash, Surrey [1]

Ashbourne, Derbyshire [1]

Athlone, Ireland [1]

Ayr [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Barrhead, Renfrewshire [1]

Basford, Nottingham [1]

Basford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [136]

Stoker 2nd Class [133]

Boy 2nd Class [78]

Boy 1st Class [73]

Ordinary Seaman [69]

Able Seaman [67]

Leading Stoker [29]

Private [21]

Stoker [18]

Acting Leading Stoker [16]

Leading Seaman [16]

Stoker Petty Officer [10]

Lieutenant [8]

Signal Boy [8]

Armourer's Crew [7]

Ordinary Telegraphist [7]

Telegraphist [7]

2nd Cook's Mate [6]

Commander [6]

Leading Signalman [6]

Ordinary Signalman [6]

Petty Officer [6]

Signalman [6]

Acting 2nd Cook's Mate [5]

Cook's Mate [5]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [5]

Wireman 2nd Class [5]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4]

ERA 3rd Class [4]

ERA 4th Class [4]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [4]

Midshipman [4]

Ordinary Signaller [4]

Acting ERA 4th Class [3]

Boy Servant [3]

Captain [3]

Carpenter's Crew [3]

Domestic 3rd Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Leading Cook's Mate [3]

Leading Telegraphist [3]

Sub Lieutenant [3]

Acting Leading Cook's Mate [2]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Assistant Clerk [2]

Boy Artificer [2]

Boy Shipwright [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Unit

HMS Fearless [300]

HMS Victory II [99]

HMS Impregnable [38]

HMS Nelson [31]

HMS Ganges [29]

HMS Victory I [22]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [19]

HMS Fisgard [17]

HMS Ganges II [14]

HMS Vernon [13]

HMS Duke of Wellington II [10]

HMS Prince George [10]

HMS Victory [10]

Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Fearless [8]

HMS Formidable [6]

HMS Liverpool [6]

HMS Prince of Wales [6]

HMS Superb [6]

HMS Britannia [5]

HMS Bulwark [5]

HMS Cyclops [5]

HMS Revenge [5]

HMS St Vincent [5]

HMS Venerable [5]

HMS Boscawen [4]

HMS Drake [4]

HMS Eclipse [4]

HMS FEARLESS [4]

HMS Good Hope [4]

HMS Hermes [4]

HMS Hindustan [4]

HMS Illustrious [4]

HMS King Edward VII [4]

HMS Vindictive [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Fearless [4]

HMS Black Prince [3]

HMS Cochrane [3]

HMS Excellent [3]

HMS Glatton [3]

HMS Goliath [3]

HMS Powerful [3]

HMS St Vincent (Haslar) [3]

HMS Thetis [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [3]

HMS Achilles [2]

HMS Albemarle [2]

HMS Andromeda [2]

HMS Antrim [2]

HMS Apollo [2]

HMS Ariadne [2]

Service

Royal Navy [323]

British Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [37]

B [34]

C [26]

S [26]

W [22]

P [18]

L [17]

M [16]

G [14]

J [14]

R [14]

A [12]

K [12]

D [11]

T [11]

F [9]

E [7]

Y [7]

I [5]

N [5]

O [3]

U [3]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [315]

Country

United Kingdom [90]

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People [324] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [12] Liverpool, Lancashire [8] Hull, Yorkshire [7] Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Portsea, Hampshire [5] Bethnal Green, London [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Southampton, Hampshire [4] Chichester, Sussex [3] Dorchester, Dorset [3] Alverstoke, Hampshire [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Burton Bradstock, Dorset [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Emsworth, Hampshire [2] Fareham, Hampshire [2] Gosport, Hampshire [2] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2] Guildford, Surrey [2] Hackney, London [2] Hampstead, London [2] Kilburn, London [2] Lincoln [2] Manchester [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Paddington, London [2] Petersfield, Hampshire [2] Plaistow, London [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2] Tottenham, London [2] Walsall, Staffordshire [2] Winchester, Hampshire [2] Woolwich, Kent [2] Acton, London [1] Addlestone, Surrey [1] Alfreton, Nottinghamshire [1] Alton, Hampshire [1] Arnold, Nottingham [1] Ash, Surrey [1] Ashbourne, Derbyshire [1] Athlone, Ireland [1] Ayr [1] Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Barrhead, Renfrewshire [1] Basford, Nottingham [1] Basford, Nottinghamshire [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [136] Stoker 2nd Class [133] Boy 2nd Class [78] Boy 1st Class [73] Ordinary Seaman [69] Able Seaman [67] Leading Stoker [29] Private [21] Stoker [18] Acting Leading Stoker [16] Leading Seaman [16] Stoker Petty Officer [10] Lieutenant [8] Signal Boy [8] Armourer's Crew [7] Ordinary Telegraphist [7] Telegraphist [7] 2nd Cook's Mate [6] Commander [6] Leading Signalman [6] Ordinary Signalman [6] Petty Officer [6] Signalman [6] Acting 2nd Cook's Mate [5] Cook's Mate [5] Lieutenant Commander [5] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [5] Wireman 2nd Class [5] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4] ERA 3rd Class [4] ERA 4th Class [4] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [4] Midshipman [4] Ordinary Signaller [4] Acting ERA 4th Class [3] Boy Servant [3] Captain [3] Carpenter's Crew [3] Domestic 3rd Class [3] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Leading Cook's Mate [3] Leading Telegraphist [3] Sub Lieutenant [3] Acting Leading Cook's Mate [2] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [2] Assistant Clerk [2] Boy Artificer [2] Boy Shipwright [2] Boy Telegraphist [2]

Unit

HMS Fearless [300] HMS Victory II [99] HMS Impregnable [38] HMS Nelson [31] HMS Ganges [29] HMS Victory I [22] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [19] HMS Fisgard [17] HMS Ganges II [14] HMS Vernon [13] HMS Duke of Wellington II [10] HMS Prince George [10] HMS Victory [10] Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Fearless [8] HMS Formidable [6] HMS Liverpool [6] HMS Prince of Wales [6] HMS Superb [6] HMS Britannia [5] HMS Bulwark [5] HMS Cyclops [5] HMS Revenge [5] HMS St Vincent [5] HMS Venerable [5] HMS Boscawen [4] HMS Drake [4] HMS Eclipse [4] HMS FEARLESS [4] HMS Good Hope [4] HMS Hermes [4] HMS Hindustan [4] HMS Illustrious [4] HMS King Edward VII [4] HMS Vindictive [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Fearless [4] HMS Black Prince [3] HMS Cochrane [3] HMS Excellent [3] HMS Glatton [3] HMS Goliath [3] HMS Powerful [3] HMS St Vincent (Haslar) [3] HMS Thetis [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry [3] HMS Achilles [2] HMS Albemarle [2] HMS Andromeda [2] HMS Antrim [2] HMS Apollo [2] HMS Ariadne [2]

Service

Royal Navy [323] British Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [37] B [34] C [26] S [26] W [22] P [18] L [17] M [16] G [14] J [14] R [14] A [12] K [12] D [11] T [11] F [9] E [7] Y [7] I [5] N [5] O [3] U [3] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [315]

Country

United Kingdom [90]

Harold Jessey Kennett

Born 1895

Royal Navy K22960 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fearless

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Charles Henry Digby

Born 1894

Royal Navy K17740

Royal Navy K17740 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fearless

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Charles Herbert Hudson

Born 1891

Royal Navy SS110708 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fearless

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James Irvine

Born 1874

Royal Navy 268965 Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class HMS Fearless

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Henry John Cowzens

Born 1885

Royal Navy 364194 Officer's Steward 3rd Class HMS Fearless

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William Simon Fraser Macleod

Born 1888

Died 1940

Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS Fearless

Royal Navy HMS Commonwealth

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

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Algernon Usborne Willis

Born 1889

Died 1976

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant HMS Glory

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Richard Raper Brumwell

Born 1896

Died 1992

Royal Navy J21242 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J21242 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J21242 Ordinary Seaman HMS Fearless

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Frederick Alfred Shaw

Born 1896

Died 1959

Royal Navy J22813 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J22813 Signal Boy HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J22813 Ordinary Signaller HMS Fearless

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Walter Adshead

Born 1897

Died 1971

Royal Navy J35692 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J35692 Boy 1st Class HMS Victory I

Royal Navy J35692 Ordinary Seaman HMS Fearless

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William Charles Stephen Young

Born 1896

Died 1964

Royal Navy J20425 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J20425 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J20425 Ordinary Seaman HMS Fearless

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Frederick Tom Husted

Born 1896

Died 1970

Royal Navy J21553 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J21553 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J21553 Ordinary Seaman HMS Fearless

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Arthur Ronald Ferrett

Born 1896

Died 1991

Royal Navy J16600 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J16600 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J16600 Ordinary Seaman HMS Fearless

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Henry George Mundy

Born 1896

Died 1969

Royal Navy J18300 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J18300 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J18300 Ordinary Seaman HMS Fearless

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William Thomas Brown

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy J31938 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J31938 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J31938 Boy 1st Class HMS Fearless

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Hugh Francis King

Born 1891

Royal Navy M14733 Armourer's Crew Wireman HMS Vernon

Royal Navy M14733 Wireman 2nd Class HMS Fearless

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George Parkins

Born 1896

Royal Navy SS116947 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory

Royal Navy SS116947 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fearless

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William Gray Lister

Born 1891

Royal Navy M2826 Armourers Crew HMS Hecla

Royal Navy M2826 Armourers Crew HMS Fearless

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Thomas Evans

Born 1893

Royal Navy M16560 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Victory

Royal Navy M16560 Acting engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Fearless

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James Cater Stow

Born 1893

Royal Navy K23152 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory

Royal Navy K23152 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fearless

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