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Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [17]

Maidstone, Kent [12]

Ramsgate, Kent [12]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [8]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

Newcastle, Northumberland [7]

Sunderland, Durham [7]

Plymouth, Devon [6]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5]

Derby [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

West Ham, Essex [4]

Bath, Somerset [3]

Bedminster, Somerset [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Colchester, Essex [3]

Deal, Kent [3]

Dover, Kent [3]

Gateshead, Durham [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Islington, London [3]

Aberdeen [2]

Barking, Essex [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Bromley, Kent [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Canterbury, Kent [2]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [2]

Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Deptford, London [2]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

Edmonton, London [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hamilton, Lanarkshire [2]

Hartlepool, Durham [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Hoxton, London [2]

Leicester [2]

Lewisham, London [2]

Middlesborough, Yorkshire [2]

Mile End, London [2]

North Shields, Northumberland [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Nottingham [2]

Rank

Boy 2nd Class [404]

Boy 1st Class [347]

Ordinary Seaman [289]

Able Seaman [261]

Leading Seaman [73]

Signal Boy [35]

Ordinary Signalman [31]

Signalman [29]

Petty Officer [28]

Boy Telegraphist [17]

Telegraphist [13]

Leading Signalman [12]

Boy 2nd class [11]

Ordinary Telegraphist [11]

Ordinary Signaller [10]

Signaller [9]

Boy Signaller [7]

Private [6]

Boy 2c [5]

Chief Petty Officer [5]

Leading Telegraphist [5]

Boy 1st class [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Ordinary Telegrapher [4]

Seaman [4]

Acting Leading Stoker [3]

Boy [3]

Boy I [3]

Boy II [3]

Boy Telegrapher [3]

Chief Yeoman of Signals [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Engineman [3]

Leading Signaller [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Telegrapher [3]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [2]

Boy - 2nd Class [2]

Boy 2 [2]

Boy Class II [2]

Cooks Mate [2]

Leading Telegrapher [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Master At Arms [2]

Ord. Seaman [2]

Sapper [2]

Signal boy [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Trimmer [2]

Yeoman of Signals [2]

Unit

HMS Ganges [345]

HMS Ganges II [122]

HMS Ajax [99]

HMS Agincourt [71]

HMS Impregnable [70]

HMS Erin [45]

HMS Fearless [35]

HMS Natal [24]

HMS Vivid I [19]

HMS Pembroke I [17]

HMS Victory I [17]

HMS Victorious [15]

Royal Naval Reserve [14]

HMS "Ganges" [12]

HMS Bulwark [12]

HMS "Pembroke I" [10]

HMS Powerful [10]

HMS Excellent [9]

HMS Antrim [8]

HMS Essex [8]

HMS Prince George [8]

HMS Queen [8]

HMS Argyll [7]

HMS Caesar [7]

HMS Cornwallis [7]

HMS Hannibal [7]

HMS Superb [7]

HMS "Ganges II" [6]

HMS Berwick [6]

HMS Centurion [6]

HMS Dolphin [6]

HMS Dominion [6]

HMS Drake [6]

HMS Indomitable [6]

HMS Kent [6]

HMS Mischief [6]

L55 [6]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Ganges [6]

HM Submarine G8 [5]

HMS Conqueror [5]

HMS Leviathan [5]

HMS Magnificent [5]

HMS Minotaur [5]

HMS Morning Star [5]

HMS Victory [5]

HM Submarine E36 [4]

HMS "Pembroke II" [4]

HMS Achilles [4]

HMS Cyclops [4]

HMS Devonshire [4]

Service

Royal Navy [496]

British Army [6]

Other Empire Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [82]

C [54]

H [46]

M [42]

S [37]

G [26]

W [24]

P [23]

D [22]

A [21]

F [21]

R [16]

T [16]

L [15]

K [13]

J [11]

E [10]

N [9]

O [2]

V [2]

Y [2]

I [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [463]

Country

United Kingdom [184]

Australia [4]

Gibraltar [2]

Ireland [2]

Malta [2]

Argentina [1]

Egypt [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

Turkey [1]

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People [496] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [17] Maidstone, Kent [12] Ramsgate, Kent [12] Sheffield, Yorkshire [8] Bristol, Gloucestershire [7] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] Newcastle, Northumberland [7] Sunderland, Durham [7] Plymouth, Devon [6] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5] Derby [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] West Ham, Essex [4] Bath, Somerset [3] Bedminster, Somerset [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Colchester, Essex [3] Deal, Kent [3] Dover, Kent [3] Gateshead, Durham [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Islington, London [3] Aberdeen [2] Barking, Essex [2] Battersea, London [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Bromley, Kent [2] Camberwell, London [2] Canterbury, Kent [2] Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Chelsea, London [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Deptford, London [2] Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] Edmonton, London [2] Hackney, London [2] Hamilton, Lanarkshire [2] Hartlepool, Durham [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Hoxton, London [2] Leicester [2] Lewisham, London [2] Middlesborough, Yorkshire [2] Mile End, London [2] North Shields, Northumberland [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Nottingham [2]

Rank

Boy 2nd Class [404] Boy 1st Class [347] Ordinary Seaman [289] Able Seaman [261] Leading Seaman [73] Signal Boy [35] Ordinary Signalman [31] Signalman [29] Petty Officer [28] Boy Telegraphist [17] Telegraphist [13] Leading Signalman [12] Boy 2nd class [11] Ordinary Telegraphist [11] Ordinary Signaller [10] Signaller [9] Boy Signaller [7] Private [6] Boy 2c [5] Chief Petty Officer [5] Leading Telegraphist [5] Boy 1st class [4] Leading Stoker [4] Ordinary Telegrapher [4] Seaman [4] Acting Leading Stoker [3] Boy [3] Boy I [3] Boy II [3] Boy Telegrapher [3] Chief Yeoman of Signals [3] Deck Hand [3] Engineman [3] Leading Signaller [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Telegrapher [3] Acting Stoker 1st Class [2] Boy - 2nd Class [2] Boy 2 [2] Boy Class II [2] Cooks Mate [2] Leading Telegrapher [2] Lieutenant [2] Master At Arms [2] Ord. Seaman [2] Sapper [2] Signal boy [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Trimmer [2] Yeoman of Signals [2]

Unit

HMS Ganges [345] HMS Ganges II [122] HMS Ajax [99] HMS Agincourt [71] HMS Impregnable [70] HMS Erin [45] HMS Fearless [35] HMS Natal [24] HMS Vivid I [19] HMS Pembroke I [17] HMS Victory I [17] HMS Victorious [15] Royal Naval Reserve [14] HMS "Ganges" [12] HMS Bulwark [12] HMS "Pembroke I" [10] HMS Powerful [10] HMS Excellent [9] HMS Antrim [8] HMS Essex [8] HMS Prince George [8] HMS Queen [8] HMS Argyll [7] HMS Caesar [7] HMS Cornwallis [7] HMS Hannibal [7] HMS Superb [7] HMS "Ganges II" [6] HMS Berwick [6] HMS Centurion [6] HMS Dolphin [6] HMS Dominion [6] HMS Drake [6] HMS Indomitable [6] HMS Kent [6] HMS Mischief [6] L55 [6] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Ganges [6] HM Submarine G8 [5] HMS Conqueror [5] HMS Leviathan [5] HMS Magnificent [5] HMS Minotaur [5] HMS Morning Star [5] HMS Victory [5] HM Submarine E36 [4] HMS "Pembroke II" [4] HMS Achilles [4] HMS Cyclops [4] HMS Devonshire [4]

Service

Royal Navy [496] British Army [6] Other Empire Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [82] C [54] H [46] M [42] S [37] G [26] W [24] P [23] D [22] A [21] F [21] R [16] T [16] L [15] K [13] J [11] E [10] N [9] O [2] V [2] Y [2] I [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [463]

Country

United Kingdom [184] Australia [4] Gibraltar [2] Ireland [2] Malta [2] Argentina [1] Egypt [1] Sri Lanka [1] Turkey [1]

Ernest Croker

Born 1892

Royal Navy J6890 Able Seaman Vivid II - M 33

Royal Navy J6890 Able Seaman Europa II - M 33

Royal Navy J6890 Boy 2c HMS Ganges

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George Robert Fletcher

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy J2335 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J2335 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J2335 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

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Leonard James Williams

Born 1893

Royal Navy J2721 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J2721 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J2721 Boy 1st Class HMS Essex

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John James Gamble

Born 1893

Royal Navy J12776 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J12776 Boy 1st Class HMS Essex

Royal Navy J12776 Ordinary Seaman HMS Essex

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Ivor Powell

Born 1893

Royal Navy J7951 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J7951 Boy 1st Class HMS Victorious

Royal Navy J7951 Ordinary Seaman HMS Carnarvon

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Arthur Reginald Gill

Born 1890

Royal Navy 239941 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy 239941 Boy 1st Class HMS Magnificent

Royal Navy 239941 Ordinary Seaman HMS Leviathan

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Edward Griffin

Born 1893

Royal Navy J12145 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J12145 Boy 1st Class HMS King Edward III

Royal Navy J12145 Ordinary Seaman HMS King Edward III

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William Ernest Cook

Born 1889

Royal Navy 236165 Boy 2nd Class HMS Boscawen III

Royal Navy 236165 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy 236165 Ordinary Seaman HMS Sapphire

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Thomas Lindle Dodds

Born 1894

Royal Navy J14861 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J14861 Boy 1st Class HMS Africa

Royal Navy J14861 Ordinary Seaman HMS Cornwallis

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Frederick William Woodrow

Born 1891

Royal Navy J2460 Leading Seaman

Royal Navy J2460 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J2460 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges II

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William Mathers

Born 1886

Died 1920

Royal Navy ES 135 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy ES 135 Engineman Royal Naval Reserve (Trawler Section)

Royal Navy ES 135 Engineman Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Ganges

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Frank Chadd

Born 1889

Royal Navy 236176 Boy 2nd Class HMS Boscawen III

Royal Navy 236176 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy 236176 Ordinary Seaman HMS Drake

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Herbert James Flatt

Born 1892

Royal Navy J5974 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J5974 Boy 1st Class HMS Antrim

Royal Navy J5974 Ordinary Seaman HMS Antrim

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Edward Albert George Clarence Cox

Born 1894

Royal Navy J12127 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J12127 Boy 1st Class HMS King Edward III

Royal Navy J12127 Ordinary Seaman HMS Indomitable

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Walter Cox

Born 1893

Royal Navy J6893 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J6893 Boy 1st Class HMS Victorious

Royal Navy J6893 Ordinary Seaman HMS Queen

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Thomas Holloway

Born 1892

Royal Navy J7962 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J7962 Boy 1st Class HMS Victorious

Royal Navy J7962 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victorious

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Giles Allen Burnard

Born 1891

Royal Navy J2915 Boy 1st Class HMS Achilles

Royal Navy J2915 Boy 2nd class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J2915 Ordinary Seaman HMS Majestic

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Florence Mccarthy

Born 1893

Royal Navy J11214 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J11214 Boy 1st Class HMS Victorious

Royal Navy J11214 Ordinary Seaman HMS Prince George

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Frederick Sydney Hodge

Born 1892

Royal Navy J6009 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J6009 Boy 1st Class HMS Cressy

Royal Navy J6009 Ordinary Seaman HMS Magnificent

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Charles Sellar Barclay

Born 1898

Royal Navy J38553 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J38553 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J38553 Boy 1st Class HMS Europa I

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