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Place of birth

Devonport, Devon, England [1]

Kilrush, Clare [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Old Ford, London OR Redcross Street, City of London [1]

Plympton St Mary, Devon [1]

Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Stanley Lodge, Exmouth, Devon [1]

Trentham near Hanley, Staffordshire [1]

Uppingham, Leicestershire [1]

Walton in Gordano, Somerset [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Cadet [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Midshipman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Acting Electrician 4th Class [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Captain [1]

Commander [1]

Commodore 2nd Class [1]

Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Electrician 2nd Class [1]

Electrician 3rd Class [1]

Electrician 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1]

Stoker [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Unit

HMS Forth [6]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [2]

HMS Queen [2]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Devonport [2]

Royal Naval Division - Nelson Battalion [2]

4th Submarine Flotilla, China Station [1]

Britannia Royal Naval College [1]

Edgar [1]

Forth [1]

HM Dockyard Gibraltar [1]

HM Dockyard Sheerness [1]

HM Submarine G8 [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Argyll [1]

HMS Black Prince [1]

HMS Britannia [1]

HMS Carlisle [1]

HMS Centurion [1]

HMS Conquest for Submarine M3 in Command [1]

HMS Cornwallis [1]

HMS Defiance [1]

HMS Dolphin [1]

HMS Dolphin for Submarine L71 in Command [1]

HMS Empress of India [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Fermoy in Command [1]

HMS Flora [1]

HMS Forth for Submarine C19 [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Inconstant for Submarines [1]

HMS Irresistable [1]

HMS Jupiter [1]

HMS Maidstone for Submarine E51 in Command [1]

HMS Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [1]

HMS Mercury [1]

HMS Montague [1]

HMS Northampton [1]

HMS Onxy for Submarine A9 in Command [1]

HMS Suffolk [1]

HMS Tamar, Hong Kong [1]

HMS Titania, Commander 6th Submarine Flotilla [1]

HMS Victory [1]

HMS Vulcan [1]

HMS Vulcan for Submarine C19 in Command [1]

HMS Vulcan, Commander 6th Submarine Flotilla [1]

HMSs Acheron, Pembroke II, Edgar, Warrior [1]

HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [1]

HMSs Egmont, Eclipse, Forth, Impregnable [1]

HMSs Forth for Submarine C14, Dolphin for Submarine E24 [1]

HMSs Indus II, Pembroke II, Tenedos [1]

Service

Royal Navy [11]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

F [3]

G [3]

A [1]

B [1]

H [1]

M [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [11]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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People [11] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Devonport, Devon, England [1] Kilrush, Clare [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Marylebone, London [1] Old Ford, London OR Redcross Street, City of London [1] Plympton St Mary, Devon [1] Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Stanley Lodge, Exmouth, Devon [1] Trentham near Hanley, Staffordshire [1] Uppingham, Leicestershire [1] Walton in Gordano, Somerset [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Leading Seaman [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Cadet [2] Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Midshipman [2] Petty Officer [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Acting Electrician 4th Class [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Boy Artificer [1] Captain [1] Commander [1] Commodore 2nd Class [1] Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Electrician 2nd Class [1] Electrician 3rd Class [1] Electrician 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1] Leading Stoker [1] Rear Admiral [1] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1] Stoker [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Unit

HMS Forth [6] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [2] HMS Queen [2] Royal Fleet Reserve - Devonport [2] Royal Naval Division - Nelson Battalion [2] 4th Submarine Flotilla, China Station [1] Britannia Royal Naval College [1] Edgar [1] Forth [1] HM Dockyard Gibraltar [1] HM Dockyard Sheerness [1] HM Submarine G8 [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Argyll [1] HMS Black Prince [1] HMS Britannia [1] HMS Carlisle [1] HMS Centurion [1] HMS Conquest for Submarine M3 in Command [1] HMS Cornwallis [1] HMS Defiance [1] HMS Dolphin [1] HMS Dolphin for Submarine L71 in Command [1] HMS Empress of India [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Fermoy in Command [1] HMS Flora [1] HMS Forth for Submarine C19 [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Inconstant for Submarines [1] HMS Irresistable [1] HMS Jupiter [1] HMS Maidstone for Submarine E51 in Command [1] HMS Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [1] HMS Mercury [1] HMS Montague [1] HMS Northampton [1] HMS Onxy for Submarine A9 in Command [1] HMS Suffolk [1] HMS Tamar, Hong Kong [1] HMS Titania, Commander 6th Submarine Flotilla [1] HMS Victory [1] HMS Vulcan [1] HMS Vulcan for Submarine C19 in Command [1] HMS Vulcan, Commander 6th Submarine Flotilla [1] HMSs Acheron, Pembroke II, Edgar, Warrior [1] HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [1] HMSs Egmont, Eclipse, Forth, Impregnable [1] HMSs Forth for Submarine C14, Dolphin for Submarine E24 [1] HMSs Indus II, Pembroke II, Tenedos [1]

Service

Royal Navy [11] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

F [3] G [3] A [1] B [1] H [1] M [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [11]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Walter Hubert Hawke

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy 237738

Royal Navy 237738 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy 237738 Ordinary Seaman HMS Suffolk

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Arthur Farr

Born 1886

Died 1914

Royal Navy 224860 Royal Navy

Royal Navy 2248600 Able Seaman HMS Forth

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Hugh Richard Marrack

Born 1888

Died 1972

Royal Navy Cadet Britannia Royal Naval College

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Irresistable

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Britannia

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William Charles Goldsmith

Born 1884

Died 1918

Royal Navy 216889 Boy 2nd Class HMS Northampton

Royal Navy 216889 Boy 1st Class HMS Northampton

Royal Navy 216889 Ordinary Seaman HMS Flora

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Albert Edward Ford

Born 1885

Died 1916

Royal Navy 310468 Stoker 1st Class HMSs Warrior, Bedford, Pembroke II, Aquarius, Bonaventure, Vulcan, Alecto, Vulcan, Alecto, Forth, Vulcan

Royal Navy 310468 Stoker 2nd Class HMSs Acheron, Pembroke II, Edgar, Warrior

Royal Navy 310468 Acting Leading Stoker HMS Vulcan

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George Buffham

Born 1885

Royal Navy 214081 Boy 2nd Class HMS Black Prince

Royal Navy 20 Boy 1st Class HMS Black Prince

Royal Navy 214081 Ordinary Seaman HMS Montague

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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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Charley Goddard

Born 1882

Royal Navy 347153 Acting Electrician 4th Class HMS Defiance

Royal Navy 347153 Electrician 4th Class HMS Empress of India

Royal Navy 347153 Electrician 3rd Class HMS Queen

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Samuel David Mitchell Fitzwater

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy 271709 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMSs Tenedos, Sappho, Egmont, Queen

Royal Navy 271709 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Queen

Royal Navy 271709 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMSs Queen, Vivid II, Leander,Forth, Egmont

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Frederick Thomas Greep

Born 1878

Died 1915

Royal Navy Dev/281626(RFR/B/2055) Stoker 1st Class Nelson Battalion

Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy 281626 Stoker 2nd Class Vivid II

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John Adderley

Born 1889

Royal Navy RFR/B/4706 Royal Fleet Reserve - Devonport

Royal Navy SS106071 Stoker 1st Class Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid)

Royal Navy SS106071 Stoker 1st Class Royal Naval Division - Nelson Battalion

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