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Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Bagheria, Sicily [1]

Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Chapley, Dorset [1]

Chippenham, Wiltshire [1]

Chudleigh, Devon [1]

Corgerrick, Kuggar, Cornwall [1]

Denham Eye, Suffolk [1]

Deptford [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Dublin [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Fethard, Wexford [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Huby, Yorkshire. [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Pimlico, London [1]

Portadown, Armagh [1]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [1]

Shanklin, Isle of Wight [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Steyning District, Sussex [1]

Tallow, Waterford [1]

Thirsk, Yorkshire [1]

Vittoriosa [1]

Whitegate, Cork [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [9]

Ordinary Seaman [9]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Boy 2nd Class [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Leading Seaman [4]

Midshipman [4]

Leading Stoker [3]

Naval Cadet [3]

Stoker [3]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Bandsman [1]

Boatman [1]

Boy - 1st Class [1]

Boy - 2nd Class [1]

Boy I Class [1]

Boy II Class [1]

Cadet [1]

Commander [1]

Corporal RMA [1]

Domestic 2nd Class [1]

Domestic 3rd Class [1]

Gunner [1]

Leading Boatman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Master At Arms [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Petty Officer I Class [1]

Petty Officer II Class [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

SS101958 [1]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1]

Ships Corporal 1st Class [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker - 2nd Class [1]

Stoker- 2nd Class [1]

Unit

HMS Illustrious [30]

HMS Nelson [5]

HMS Fearless [4]

HMS Goliath [4]

HMS Talbot [4]

HMS Erin [3]

HMS Ganges [3]

HMS Prince George [3]

HMS Victory I [3]

HMS Ariadne [2]

HMS Fisgard [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Sapphire II [2]

HMS Vengeance [2]

HMS Victory 1 [2]

HMS Vivid I [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Britannia [1]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

East Africa Expeditionary Force [1]

HM Submarine C9 [1]

HM Submarine E36 [1]

HM submarine E36 [1]

HMS "Illustrious" [1]

HMS "Impregnable" [1]

HMS "London" [1]

HMS "Pembroke VII" [1]

HMS Agamemnon [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Albemarle [1]

HMS Alexander [1]

HMS Amethyst [1]

HMS Amphitrite [1]

HMS Andromeda [1]

HMS Argonaut [1]

HMS Berwick [1]

HMS Blenheim [1]

HMS Bonaventure [1]

HMS Boscawen [1]

HMS Boscowen [1]

HMS Bristol [1]

HMS Bulwark [1]

HMS Caesar [1]

HMS Calcutta [1]

HMS Cambridge [1]

HMS Challenger [1]

HMS Colombo [1]

HMS Defiance [1]

HMS Despatch [1]

Service

Royal Navy [32]

Last name first letter

R [5]

B [4]

C [3]

D [3]

M [3]

G [2]

H [2]

S [2]

W [2]

A [1]

F [1]

J [1]

K [1]

N [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [24]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Malta [2]

Argentina [1]

Egypt [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [32] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Bagheria, Sicily [1] Bedminster, Somerset [1] Camberwell, London [1] Chapley, Dorset [1] Chippenham, Wiltshire [1] Chudleigh, Devon [1] Corgerrick, Kuggar, Cornwall [1] Denham Eye, Suffolk [1] Deptford [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Dublin [1] Edinburgh [1] Fethard, Wexford [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Huby, Yorkshire. [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Pimlico, London [1] Portadown, Armagh [1] Salisbury, Wiltshire [1] Shanklin, Isle of Wight [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Steyning District, Sussex [1] Tallow, Waterford [1] Thirsk, Yorkshire [1] Vittoriosa [1] Whitegate, Cork [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [9] Ordinary Seaman [9] Stoker 1st Class [8] Boy 1st Class [6] Boy 2nd Class [6] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Leading Seaman [4] Midshipman [4] Leading Stoker [3] Naval Cadet [3] Stoker [3] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Petty Officer [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Armourer's Crew [1] Bandsman [1] Boatman [1] Boy - 1st Class [1] Boy - 2nd Class [1] Boy I Class [1] Boy II Class [1] Cadet [1] Commander [1] Corporal RMA [1] Domestic 2nd Class [1] Domestic 3rd Class [1] Gunner [1] Leading Boatman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Master At Arms [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Petty Officer I Class [1] Petty Officer II Class [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] SS101958 [1] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1] Ships Corporal 1st Class [1] Signal Boy [1] Signalman [1] Stoker - 2nd Class [1] Stoker- 2nd Class [1]

Unit

HMS Illustrious [30] HMS Nelson [5] HMS Fearless [4] HMS Goliath [4] HMS Talbot [4] HMS Erin [3] HMS Ganges [3] HMS Prince George [3] HMS Victory I [3] HMS Ariadne [2] HMS Fisgard [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Sapphire II [2] HMS Vengeance [2] HMS Victory 1 [2] HMS Vivid I [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Britannia [1] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1] East Africa Expeditionary Force [1] HM Submarine C9 [1] HM Submarine E36 [1] HM submarine E36 [1] HMS "Illustrious" [1] HMS "Impregnable" [1] HMS "London" [1] HMS "Pembroke VII" [1] HMS Agamemnon [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Albemarle [1] HMS Alexander [1] HMS Amethyst [1] HMS Amphitrite [1] HMS Andromeda [1] HMS Argonaut [1] HMS Berwick [1] HMS Blenheim [1] HMS Bonaventure [1] HMS Boscawen [1] HMS Boscowen [1] HMS Bristol [1] HMS Bulwark [1] HMS Caesar [1] HMS Calcutta [1] HMS Cambridge [1] HMS Challenger [1] HMS Colombo [1] HMS Defiance [1] HMS Despatch [1]

Service

Royal Navy [32]

Last name first letter

R [5] B [4] C [3] D [3] M [3] G [2] H [2] S [2] W [2] A [1] F [1] J [1] K [1] N [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [24]

Country

United Kingdom [12] Malta [2] Argentina [1] Egypt [1] Ireland [1]

George Grimason

Born 1888

Died 1915

Royal Navy 235183 Able Seaman HMS Illustrious

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Maurice Reid

Born 1869

Died 1914

Royal Navy 130355 Petty Officer HMS Illustrious

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Michele Scordato

Born 1865

Royal Navy 353747

Royal Navy 353747 Bandsman HMS Illustrious

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Guiseppe Darmanin

Born 1876

Royal Navy 354729

Royal Navy 354729 Domestic 2nd Class HMS Illustrious

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Joseph Durham

Born 1867

Royal Navy 350087 Ships Corporal 1st Class HMS Illustrious

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William Charles Ryder

Born 1875

Royal Navy 353739

Royal Navy 353739 Armourer's Crew HMS Illustrious

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Charles Mortimer Cree

Born 1897

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Illustrious

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Ian Anstruther Bertram

Born 1897

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Illustrious

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Frederick Thomas Case

Born 1885

Royal Navy 215985 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy 215985 Boy 1st Class HMS Lion

Royal Navy 215985 Ordinary Seaman HMS Illustrious

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John Hoyland

Born 1880

Died 1914

Royal Navy Ordinary Seaman HMS Alexander

Royal Navy Leading Seaman HMS Illustrious

Royal Navy 190653 Leading Seaman HMS Good Hope

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Charles Roberts

Born 1890

Royal Navy K2098

Royal Navy K2098 Stoker HMS Nelson

Royal Navy K2098 Stoker HMS Illustrious

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Willie Peaker Whitaker

Born 1884

Died 1915

Royal Navy SS102351 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy SS102351 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy SS102351 Stoker 1st Class HMS Illustrious

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Patrick Murphy

Born 1887

Died 1915

Royal Navy SS101958

Royal Navy SS101958 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy SS101958 Stoker 1st Class HMS Illustrious

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Lionel Robert Rickards

Born 1889

Died 1917

Royal Navy K2078 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Nelson

Royal Navy K2078 Stoker 1st Class HMS Illustrious

Royal Navy K2078 Acting Leading Stoker HM submarine E36

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Harry Rush

Born 1870

Royal Navy 350110 Ship's Corporal 1st Class HMS Illustrious

Royal Navy 3764 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 350110 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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Claud Lacey Yea Dering

Born 1885

Died 1943

Royal Navy Naval Cadet Britannia

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Magnificent

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

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Michael Power

Born 1886

Died 1915

Royal Navy SS101956 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy SS101956 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy SS101956 Stoker 1st Class HMS Illustrious

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Arthur Flood

Born 1881

Died 1919

Royal Navy 292870 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Minesweeper Kinross

Royal Navy Stoker HMS Illustrious

Royal Navy Stoker Petty Officer HMS Formidable

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Ernest Johnson

Born 1889

Royal Navy K2104 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Nelson

Royal Navy K2104 Stoker 1st Class HMS Illustrious

Royal Navy K2104 HMS Fearless

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Benjamin Robert Andrews

Born 1884

Died 1953

Royal Navy K1285

Royal Navy 300400 Stoker - 2nd Class Pembroke 2 - Stone Frigate

Royal Navy SS103413 Stoker - 2nd Class HMS Nelson

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