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Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [58]

Southampton, Hampshire [19]

Brighton, Sussex [17]

Liverpool, Lancashire [15]

Hull, Yorkshire [13]

Leeds, Yorkshire [11]

Plymouth, Devon [10]

Bermondsey, London [9]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [9]

Islington, London [9]

Manchester, Lancashire [9]

Reading, Berkshire [9]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [9]

West Ham, Essex [9]

Croydon, Surrey [8]

Portsea, Hampshire [8]

Portsea, Hants [8]

Battersea, London [7]

Gosport, Hampshire [7]

Hastings, Sussex [7]

Nottingham [7]

Bethnal Green, London [6]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [6]

Bridport, Dorset [6]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [6]

Leicester [6]

Sunderland, Durham [6]

West Hartlepool, Durham [6]

York [6]

Derby [5]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [5]

Edinburgh [5]

Farnham, Surrey [5]

Newcastle, Northumberland [5]

Wantage, Berkshire [5]

Winchester, Hampshire [5]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [4]

Norwich, Norfolk [4]

Southwark, London [4]

Alton, Hampshire [3]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [3]

Blandford, Dorset [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Camberwell, London [3]

Canning Town, London [3]

Clapham, London [3]

Colchester, Essex [3]

Coventry, Warwickshire [3]

Jersey, Channel Islands [3]

Lambeth, London [3]

Rank

Able Seaman [267]

Stoker 1st Class [148]

Ordinary Seaman [74]

Boy 1st Class [65]

Private [54]

Gunner [41]

Petty Officer [39]

Leading Seaman [33]

Leading Stoker [33]

Boy Telegraphist [26]

Stoker Petty Officer [26]

Signal Boy [24]

Commander [21]

Signalman [21]

Musician [18]

Midshipman [17]

Stoker [16]

Lieutenant Commander [14]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [14]

Chief Petty Officer [13]

Lieutenant [13]

Leading Signalman [11]

Armourer's Crew [9]

Captain [9]

Lieutenant-Commander [9]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [9]

Assistant Paymaster [8]

Cook's Mate [8]

Corporal [8]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [8]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [8]

Bombardier [7]

Carpenter's Crew [7]

Chief Stoker [7]

Mechanician [7]

Shipwright 2nd Class [7]

Yeoman of Signals [6]

3rd Writer [5]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [5]

Rear Admiral [5]

Artificer Engineer [4]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [4]

Leading Telegraphist [4]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [4]

Rear-Admiral [4]

Telegraphist [4]

Wireman 2nd Class [4]

Blacksmith [3]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Unit

HMS IRON DUKE [973]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS IRON DUKE [61]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS IRON DUKE [41]

HMS Iron Duke [36]

Royal Marines Band - HMS IRON DUKE [22]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [21]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS IRON DUKE [18]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [9]

HMS Hindustan [7]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR Tyneside - HMS IRON DUKE [7]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR Wales - HMS IRON DUKE [7]

Seaman Storming Party - "C" Company (Demolition) [7]

Royal Marine Artillery [5]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS IRON DUKE [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [4]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR Bristol - HMS IRON DUKE [4]

Iron Duke [3]

Royal Marines [3]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR Clyde - HMS IRON DUKE [3]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR Mersey - HMS IRON DUKE [3]

HMS Benbow [2]

HMS Dido [2]

HMS Excellent [2]

HMS Fisgard [2]

HMS Glatton [2]

HMS Gloucester [2]

HMS Hecla [2]

HMS Hercules [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

RNVR Sussex - HMS IRON DUKE [2]

Royal Marines Band [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Argus [1]

Cornflower [1]

Dolphin [1]

Fisgard [1]

Ganges [1]

H.M. Submarine H10 [1]

H.M.S. "Barham." [1]

H.M.S. Barham [1]

HM Submarine E47 [1]

HMS "Fisguard" [1]

HMS "Iron Duke" [1]

HMS "Victory II" [1]

HMS Actaeon [1]

HMS Argus (Fleet Air Arm) [1]

HMS Argus (RAF Gosport) [1]

HMS Ascania F.68 Atlantic Convoy Escort [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1193]

Last name first letter

B [123]

C [120]

S [118]

M [98]

H [96]

W [93]

P [71]

G [64]

R [55]

A [51]

F [48]

D [46]

L [40]

T [38]

J [30]

E [28]

N [25]

K [20]

O [14]

Y [6]

V [5]

I [2]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1101]

Country

United Kingdom [55]

Turkey [1]

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People [1193] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [58] Southampton, Hampshire [19] Brighton, Sussex [17] Liverpool, Lancashire [15] Hull, Yorkshire [13] Leeds, Yorkshire [11] Plymouth, Devon [10] Bermondsey, London [9] Birmingham, Warwickshire [9] Islington, London [9] Manchester, Lancashire [9] Reading, Berkshire [9] Sheffield, Yorkshire [9] West Ham, Essex [9] Croydon, Surrey [8] Portsea, Hampshire [8] Portsea, Hants [8] Battersea, London [7] Gosport, Hampshire [7] Hastings, Sussex [7] Nottingham [7] Bethnal Green, London [6] Bournemouth, Hampshire [6] Bridport, Dorset [6] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [6] Leicester [6] Sunderland, Durham [6] West Hartlepool, Durham [6] York [6] Derby [5] Doncaster, Yorkshire [5] Edinburgh [5] Farnham, Surrey [5] Newcastle, Northumberland [5] Wantage, Berkshire [5] Winchester, Hampshire [5] Alverstoke, Hampshire [4] Norwich, Norfolk [4] Southwark, London [4] Alton, Hampshire [3] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [3] Blandford, Dorset [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Camberwell, London [3] Canning Town, London [3] Clapham, London [3] Colchester, Essex [3] Coventry, Warwickshire [3] Jersey, Channel Islands [3] Lambeth, London [3]

Rank

Able Seaman [267] Stoker 1st Class [148] Ordinary Seaman [74] Boy 1st Class [65] Private [54] Gunner [41] Petty Officer [39] Leading Seaman [33] Leading Stoker [33] Boy Telegraphist [26] Stoker Petty Officer [26] Signal Boy [24] Commander [21] Signalman [21] Musician [18] Midshipman [17] Stoker [16] Lieutenant Commander [14] Officer's Steward 1st Class [14] Chief Petty Officer [13] Lieutenant [13] Leading Signalman [11] Armourer's Crew [9] Captain [9] Lieutenant-Commander [9] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [9] Assistant Paymaster [8] Cook's Mate [8] Corporal [8] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [8] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [8] Bombardier [7] Carpenter's Crew [7] Chief Stoker [7] Mechanician [7] Shipwright 2nd Class [7] Yeoman of Signals [6] 3rd Writer [5] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [5] Rear Admiral [5] Artificer Engineer [4] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [4] Leading Telegraphist [4] Petty Officer Telegraphist [4] Rear-Admiral [4] Telegraphist [4] Wireman 2nd Class [4] Blacksmith [3] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Unit

HMS IRON DUKE [973] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS IRON DUKE [61] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS IRON DUKE [41] HMS Iron Duke [36] Royal Marines Band - HMS IRON DUKE [22] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [21] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS IRON DUKE [18] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [9] HMS Hindustan [7] Royal Naval Division/RNVR Tyneside - HMS IRON DUKE [7] Royal Naval Division/RNVR Wales - HMS IRON DUKE [7] Seaman Storming Party - "C" Company (Demolition) [7] Royal Marine Artillery [5] Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS IRON DUKE [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [4] Royal Naval Division/RNVR Bristol - HMS IRON DUKE [4] Iron Duke [3] Royal Marines [3] Royal Naval Division/RNVR Clyde - HMS IRON DUKE [3] Royal Naval Division/RNVR Mersey - HMS IRON DUKE [3] HMS Benbow [2] HMS Dido [2] HMS Excellent [2] HMS Fisgard [2] HMS Glatton [2] HMS Gloucester [2] HMS Hecla [2] HMS Hercules [2] HMS Victory I [2] RNVR Sussex - HMS IRON DUKE [2] Royal Marines Band [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Argus [1] Cornflower [1] Dolphin [1] Fisgard [1] Ganges [1] H.M. Submarine H10 [1] H.M.S. "Barham." [1] H.M.S. Barham [1] HM Submarine E47 [1] HMS "Fisguard" [1] HMS "Iron Duke" [1] HMS "Victory II" [1] HMS Actaeon [1] HMS Argus (Fleet Air Arm) [1] HMS Argus (RAF Gosport) [1] HMS Ascania F.68 Atlantic Convoy Escort [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1193]

Last name first letter

B [123] C [120] S [118] M [98] H [96] W [93] P [71] G [64] R [55] A [51] F [48] D [46] L [40] T [38] J [30] E [28] N [25] K [20] O [14] Y [6] V [5] I [2] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1101]

Country

United Kingdom [55] Turkey [1]

Frederick James Watkinson

Born 1894

Royal Navy Z/4711 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/4711 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR Tyneside - HMS IRON DUKE

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Percival Harrison

Born 1882

Royal Navy 11053 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 5(S) Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS IRON DUKE

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Albert Edward Bark

Born 1886

Royal Navy 13587 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 736 Musician Royal Marines Band - HMS IRON DUKE

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Alfred William Carr

Born 1896

Royal Navy Z/5172 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/5172 Signalman Royal Naval Division/RNVR Tyneside - HMS IRON DUKE

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Edward Beevers

Born 1891

Royal Navy Z/6948 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/6948 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR Tyneside - HMS IRON DUKE

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Robert Rowe

Born 1897

Royal Navy Z/6639 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/6639 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR Tyneside - HMS IRON DUKE

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Harry Valentine Tompkins

Born 1897

Royal Navy Z/1937 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/1937 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS IRON DUKE

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George Watson Arnold

Born 1889

Royal Navy Z/2359 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/2359 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS IRON DUKE

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Thomas King

Born 1887

Royal Navy Z/161 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/161 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR Wales - HMS IRON DUKE

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James Sutherland

Born 1895

Royal Navy Z/7711 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR Clyde - HMS IRON DUKE

Royal Navy Clyde Z/7711 Acting Leading Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Alexander Richards

Born 1896

Royal Navy Z/1482 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/1482 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR Wales - HMS IRON DUKE

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James Helman

Born 1894

Died 1920

Royal Navy 16261 Lance Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 16261 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS IRON DUKE

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Alexander Graham

Born 1891

Royal Navy EA 1699 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy EB 542 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy ED 156 Royal Naval Reserve

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