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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [4]

Cowdenheath, Fifeshire [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Kirkaldy, Fifeshire [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Reading, Berkshire [1]

Saint Andrews, Fifeshire [1]

Sidlesham, Chichester [1]

Walton in Gordano, Somerset [1]

Woking, Surrey [1]

Rank

Acting Lieutenant [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Stoker 1 [3]

Stoker 2 [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Cadet [2]

Commander [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Midshipman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

2nd Class Cook's Mate [1]

Actig Leading Signalman [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Leading Signalman [1]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Boatman [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Captain [1]

Carpenters Crew [1]

Chief Petty Officer Cook [1]

Chief Yeoman Signaller [1]

Commodore 2nd Class [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

ERA 4 [1]

ERA 5 [1]

Instructor Commander [1]

Leading Cook [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Leading Signaller [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Petty Officer Cook [1]

Provisional 2nd Class Cook's Mate [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Signaller [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker - 1st Class [1]

Stoker - 2nd Class [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Temporary Naval Instructor [1]

Yeoman Signaller [1]

Unit

Greenwich [4]

HMS "Pembroke II" [3]

HMS Ganges [3]

HMS Greenwich [3]

HMS "Victory II" [2]

HMS Britannia [2]

HMS Courageous [2]

HMS Dauntless [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Victory [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

HMS Vivid I [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

4th Submarine Flotilla, China Station [1]

Britannia Royal Naval College [1]

HM Dockyard Gibraltar [1]

HM Dockyard Sheerness [1]

HMS "Columbine" [1]

HMS "Hecla" [1]

HMS "Pembroke I" [1]

HMS Alexandria [1]

HMS Argus [1]

HMS Caradoc [1]

HMS Carlisle [1]

HMS Centurion [1]

HMS Cleopatra [1]

HMS Collumbine (Verity) [1]

HMS Columbine [1]

HMS Commonwealth [1]

HMS Conqueror [1]

HMS Conquest [1]

HMS Conquest for Submarine M3 in Command [1]

HMS Constance [1]

HMS Constance (Dartmouth) [1]

HMS Crescent [1]

HMS Curacou [1]

HMS Curlew [1]

HMS Danae [1]

HMS Dartmouth [1]

HMS Dido [1]

HMS Dilligence (Scythe) [1]

HMS Dolphin for Submarine L71 in Command [1]

HMS Drake [1]

HMS Drake 2 [1]

HMS Dublin [1]

HMS Duke of Wekkington 2 [1]

HMS Duke of Wellington 2 [1]

HMS Eclipse [1]

HMS Edgar [1]

Service

Royal Navy [15]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [4]

A [3]

S [2]

G [1]

H [1]

K [1]

M [1]

R [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [13]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

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People [15] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [4] Cowdenheath, Fifeshire [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Kirkaldy, Fifeshire [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Reading, Berkshire [1] Saint Andrews, Fifeshire [1] Sidlesham, Chichester [1] Walton in Gordano, Somerset [1] Woking, Surrey [1]

Rank

Acting Lieutenant [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Stoker 1 [3] Stoker 2 [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Cadet [2] Commander [2] Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Midshipman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 2nd Class Cook's Mate [1] Actig Leading Signalman [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Leading Signalman [1] Acting Stoker 1st Class [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Boatman [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Captain [1] Carpenters Crew [1] Chief Petty Officer Cook [1] Chief Yeoman Signaller [1] Commodore 2nd Class [1] Cook's Mate [1] ERA 4 [1] ERA 5 [1] Instructor Commander [1] Leading Cook [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Leading Signaller [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Petty Officer Cook [1] Provisional 2nd Class Cook's Mate [1] Rear Admiral [1] Signal Boy [1] Signaller [1] Signalman [1] Stoker [1] Stoker - 1st Class [1] Stoker - 2nd Class [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Telegraphist [1] Temporary Naval Instructor [1] Yeoman Signaller [1]

Unit

Greenwich [4] HMS "Pembroke II" [3] HMS Ganges [3] HMS Greenwich [3] HMS "Victory II" [2] HMS Britannia [2] HMS Courageous [2] HMS Dauntless [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Victory [2] HMS Victory I [2] HMS Vivid I [2] HMS Vivid II [2] 4th Submarine Flotilla, China Station [1] Britannia Royal Naval College [1] HM Dockyard Gibraltar [1] HM Dockyard Sheerness [1] HMS "Columbine" [1] HMS "Hecla" [1] HMS "Pembroke I" [1] HMS Alexandria [1] HMS Argus [1] HMS Caradoc [1] HMS Carlisle [1] HMS Centurion [1] HMS Cleopatra [1] HMS Collumbine (Verity) [1] HMS Columbine [1] HMS Commonwealth [1] HMS Conqueror [1] HMS Conquest [1] HMS Conquest for Submarine M3 in Command [1] HMS Constance [1] HMS Constance (Dartmouth) [1] HMS Crescent [1] HMS Curacou [1] HMS Curlew [1] HMS Danae [1] HMS Dartmouth [1] HMS Dido [1] HMS Dilligence (Scythe) [1] HMS Dolphin for Submarine L71 in Command [1] HMS Drake [1] HMS Drake 2 [1] HMS Dublin [1] HMS Duke of Wekkington 2 [1] HMS Duke of Wellington 2 [1] HMS Eclipse [1] HMS Edgar [1]

Service

Royal Navy [15] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [4] A [3] S [2] G [1] H [1] K [1] M [1] R [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [13]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

William Frank Sweet

Born 1900

Died 1975

Royal Navy J46354 Leading Signaller HMS Greenwich (HMS Vendetta)

Royal Navy J46354 Chief Yeoman Signaller HMS Danae

Royal Navy J46354 Yeoman Signaller HMS Courageous

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Douglas Marrack Southwood

Born 1894

Died 1971

Royal Navy M4537 Provisional 2nd Class Cook's Mate HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy M4537 2nd Class Cook's Mate HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy M4537 2nd Class Cook's Mate HMS Theseus

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John De Clare Richards

Born 1896

Died 1981

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Acting Lieutenant HMS Greenwich

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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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Frederick James Knight

Born 1879

Died 1940

Royal Navy 342354 Stoker 1st Class HMS Sparrowhawk

Royal Navy 342354 Carpenters Crew HMS Victory 2

Royal Navy 342354 Carpenters Crew HMS Majestic

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Herbert Black

Born 1884

Died 1948

Royal Navy K44461 Stoker 2 HMS "Pembroke I"

Royal Navy K44461 Stoker 1 Greenwich

Royal Navy K44461 Stoker 1 HMS "Hecla"

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Joseph William George Baker

Born 1900

Died 1937

Royal Navy K50043 Stoker 2 HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy K50043 Stoker 1 HMS "Columbine"

Royal Navy K50043 Stoker 1 Greenwich

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William Bell Allan

Born 1896

Royal Navy M32880 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy M32880 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Greenwich (Searcher)

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Douglas Kennedy Trollope

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Acting Sub Lieutenant

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

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John Reginald Grisman

Born 1889

Died 1983

Royal Navy Instructor Commander Royal Naval College Greenwich

Royal Navy Temporary Naval Instructor HMS NEPTUNE

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Charles Baker

Born 1877

Royal Navy K25629 Stoker 1 HMS "Victory II"

Royal Navy K25629 Stoker 1 Greenwich

Royal Navy K25629 Stoker 2 HMS "Pembroke II"

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Thomas Edward Brown

Born 1897

Royal Navy M25337 ERA 5 HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy M25337 ERA 4 Greenwich

Royal Navy M25337 ERA 4 HMS "Victory II"

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Ernest Walter Hawkins

Born 1899

Royal Navy J/46600 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J/46600 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J/46600 Signal Boy HMS Ganges

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William Armit Anderson

Born 1898

Royal Navy J37027 Boy 2nd Class HMS Victory I

Royal Navy J37027 Boy 1st Class HMS Victory I

Royal Navy J37027 Ordinary Seaman HMS Conqueror

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Alfred Armitage

Born 1899

Royal Navy J34783 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J34783 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J34783 Boy Telegraphist HMS Impregnable

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