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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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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]

James Berry

Born 1860

Royal Navy 97196

Royal Navy 97196 Leading Seaman (Petty Officer Coastguard) HMS Ganges

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Frederick Goss

Born 1866

Royal Navy 117425

Royal Navy 117425 Chief Petty Officer HMS Ganges

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Horace Henry Cann

Born 1897

Died 1985

Royal Navy J17267 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J17267 Able Seaman HMS Pasley

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Isaac William Burrow

Born 1861

Royal Navy 96507

Royal Navy 96507 Leading Seaman HMS Ganges

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Alfred Collins

Born 1865

Royal Navy 114198

Royal Navy 114198 Petty Officer HMS Ganges

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Leonard Cecil Rhodes Parsons

Born 1902

Died 1918

Royal Navy J84403 Boy 1st Class HMS Victory I

Royal Navy J84403 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J84403 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

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Charles Robert Hood

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy J406 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J406 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J406 Ordinary Seaman HMS Hyacinth

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Ralph Charlton

Born 1897

Royal Navy J40701 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J40701 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J40701 Ordinary Seaman HMS Ganges

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Ralph Brown

Born 1902

Died 1918

Royal Navy J89978

Royal Navy Boy Signaller HMS Ganges

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George Emmerson

Born 1859

Royal Navy 90926

Royal Navy 90926 Petty Officer HMS Ganges

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James Simpson Bell

Born 1899

Royal Navy J52029 HMS Ganges

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Frederick George Hunt

Born 1871

Royal Navy 138998

Royal Navy 138998 Chief Petty Officer HMS Ganges

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Frederick Thomas Lawrence

Born 1904

Died 1920

Royal Navy J/95478 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

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Frederick George Manester

Born 1895

Died 1974

Royal Navy J16848 Ordinary Seaman HMS MInerva

Royal Navy J16848 Boy HMS Ganges II

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Bertie William John Chatwin

Born 1896

Died 1978

Royal Navy J18794 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J18794 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J18794 Ordinary Seaman HMS Formidable

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William John Reid Mcqueen

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy J12913 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J12913 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J12913 Ordinary Seaman HMS Natal

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Charles Reuben D Poland

Born 1895

Died 1936

Royal Navy J9247 Able Seaman HMS Arrogant C17

Royal Navy J9247 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J9247 Leading Seaman HMS Crescent K14

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Frederick Maughan

Born 1897

Royal Navy J40576 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J40576 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J40576 Ordinary Seaman HMS Ganges

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William John Roskilly

Born 1898

Royal Navy J38550 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J38550 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J38550 Signal Boy HMS Ganges

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John Henry Allen

Born 1894

Died 1915

Royal Navy J15713 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J15713 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J15713 Ordinary Seaman HMS Antrim

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