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Place of birth

Bristol, Gloucestershire [20]

Maidstone, Kent [13]

Plymouth, Devon [13]

Southampton, Hampshire [13]

Exeter, Devon [10]

Liverpool, Lancashire [10]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [10]

West Ham, Essex [9]

Devonport, Devon [8]

Hackney, London [7]

Camberwell, London [6]

Poplar, London [6]

Belfast, Antrim [5]

Bethnal Green, London [5]

Islington, London [5]

Barnstaple, Devon [4]

Battersea, London [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [4]

Marylebone, London [4]

Peckham, London [4]

Rotherhithe, London [4]

Stonehouse, Devon [4]

Torquay, Devon [4]

Bermondsey, London [3]

Bristol, Somerset [3]

Edmonton, London [3]

Holborn, London [3]

Reading, Berkshire [3]

Westminster, London [3]

Alderney, Channel Islands [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Bodmin, Cornwall [2]

Bridport, Dorset [2]

Canning Town, London [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

Dartmouth, Devon [2]

Gloucester [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

King's Norton, Worcestershire [2]

Kingsbridge, Devon [2]

Lewisham, London [2]

Limehouse, London [2]

Ludlow, Shropshire [2]

Mile End, London [2]

Newbury, Berkshire [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Rank

Boy 2nd Class [521]

Boy 1st Class [393]

Ordinary Seaman [346]

Able Seaman [296]

Leading Seaman [80]

Petty Officer [38]

Boy Telegraphist [27]

Ordinary Telegraphist [25]

Signalman [25]

Telegraphist [25]

Ordinary Signalman [22]

Signal Boy [20]

Leading Signalman [15]

Leading Telegraphist [14]

Boy 2nd class [11]

Chief Petty Officer [8]

Private [8]

Boy 1st class [7]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Boy 2c [6]

Boy I [6]

Master At Arms [6]

Ordinary Signaller [6]

Boy [5]

Boy II [5]

Stoker 2nd Class [5]

Deck Hand [4]

Gunner [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [4]

Able Seaman (Rigger) [3]

Boy Sailor [3]

Musician [3]

AB [2]

Able seaman [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Acting Petty Officer [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

B1C [2]

B2C [2]

Boy 1 [2]

Boy First Class [2]

Boy1class [2]

Boy1st Class [2]

Chief Yeoman of Signals [2]

Commissioned Gunner [2]

Corporal [2]

Driver [2]

Ordinary seaman [2]

Signaller [2]

Unit

HMS Impregnable [563]

HMS Ajax [141]

HMS Ganges [68]

HMS Agincourt [67]

HMS Erin [62]

HMS Vivid I [40]

HMS Fearless [38]

HMS Lion [28]

HMS Victory I [27]

HMS "Impregnable" [20]

HMS Vivid [14]

HMS Hindustan [12]

HMS Powerful [12]

HMS Natal [11]

HMS Collingwood [10]

HMS Vernon [10]

HMS Excellent [9]

HMS Pembroke I [9]

HMS Commonwealth [8]

HMS Pembroke [8]

Royal Naval Reserve [8]

HMS Dolphin [7]

HMS Monmouth [7]

HMS Bellerophon [6]

HMS Colossus [6]

HMS Diana [6]

HMS Minotaur [6]

HMS New Zealand [6]

HMS Victory [6]

HMS "Pembroke I" [5]

HMS Black Prince [5]

HMS Blake [5]

HMS Cornwallis [5]

HMS Donegal [5]

HMS Hannibal [5]

HMS Hibernia [5]

HMS Morning Star [5]

HMS Orion [5]

HM Submarine H3 [4]

HM Submarine H5 [4]

HMS Cyclops [4]

HMS Defiance [4]

HMS Edgar [4]

HMS Essex [4]

HMS Good Hope [4]

HMS Hercules [4]

HMS Hermione [4]

HMS Majestic [4]

HMS Argyll [3]

HMS Arrogant [3]

Service

Royal Navy [612]

British Army [7]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [96]

C [59]

S [51]

H [42]

M [42]

W [42]

G [39]

D [35]

P [28]

A [27]

F [27]

R [23]

L [21]

T [21]

E [16]

K [16]

J [9]

O [7]

I [4]

N [2]

Y [2]

Q [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [582]

Country

United Kingdom [194]

Ireland [4]

Australia [2]

Guernsey [2]

Malta [2]

Gibraltar [1]

Iran, Islamic Republic of [1]

New Zealand [1]

Turkey [1]

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People [612] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bristol, Gloucestershire [20] Maidstone, Kent [13] Plymouth, Devon [13] Southampton, Hampshire [13] Exeter, Devon [10] Liverpool, Lancashire [10] Portsmouth, Hampshire [10] West Ham, Essex [9] Devonport, Devon [8] Hackney, London [7] Camberwell, London [6] Poplar, London [6] Belfast, Antrim [5] Bethnal Green, London [5] Islington, London [5] Barnstaple, Devon [4] Battersea, London [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Cardiff, Glamorgan [4] Marylebone, London [4] Peckham, London [4] Rotherhithe, London [4] Stonehouse, Devon [4] Torquay, Devon [4] Bermondsey, London [3] Bristol, Somerset [3] Edmonton, London [3] Holborn, London [3] Reading, Berkshire [3] Westminster, London [3] Alderney, Channel Islands [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Bodmin, Cornwall [2] Bridport, Dorset [2] Canning Town, London [2] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2] Dartmouth, Devon [2] Gloucester [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] King's Norton, Worcestershire [2] Kingsbridge, Devon [2] Lewisham, London [2] Limehouse, London [2] Ludlow, Shropshire [2] Mile End, London [2] Newbury, Berkshire [2] Paddington, London [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Rank

Boy 2nd Class [521] Boy 1st Class [393] Ordinary Seaman [346] Able Seaman [296] Leading Seaman [80] Petty Officer [38] Boy Telegraphist [27] Ordinary Telegraphist [25] Signalman [25] Telegraphist [25] Ordinary Signalman [22] Signal Boy [20] Leading Signalman [15] Leading Telegraphist [14] Boy 2nd class [11] Chief Petty Officer [8] Private [8] Boy 1st class [7] Stoker 1st Class [7] Boy 2c [6] Boy I [6] Master At Arms [6] Ordinary Signaller [6] Boy [5] Boy II [5] Stoker 2nd Class [5] Deck Hand [4] Gunner [4] Leading Stoker [4] Petty Officer Telegraphist [4] Able Seaman (Rigger) [3] Boy Sailor [3] Musician [3] AB [2] Able seaman [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Acting Petty Officer [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] B1C [2] B2C [2] Boy 1 [2] Boy First Class [2] Boy1class [2] Boy1st Class [2] Chief Yeoman of Signals [2] Commissioned Gunner [2] Corporal [2] Driver [2] Ordinary seaman [2] Signaller [2]

Unit

HMS Impregnable [563] HMS Ajax [141] HMS Ganges [68] HMS Agincourt [67] HMS Erin [62] HMS Vivid I [40] HMS Fearless [38] HMS Lion [28] HMS Victory I [27] HMS "Impregnable" [20] HMS Vivid [14] HMS Hindustan [12] HMS Powerful [12] HMS Natal [11] HMS Collingwood [10] HMS Vernon [10] HMS Excellent [9] HMS Pembroke I [9] HMS Commonwealth [8] HMS Pembroke [8] Royal Naval Reserve [8] HMS Dolphin [7] HMS Monmouth [7] HMS Bellerophon [6] HMS Colossus [6] HMS Diana [6] HMS Minotaur [6] HMS New Zealand [6] HMS Victory [6] HMS "Pembroke I" [5] HMS Black Prince [5] HMS Blake [5] HMS Cornwallis [5] HMS Donegal [5] HMS Hannibal [5] HMS Hibernia [5] HMS Morning Star [5] HMS Orion [5] HM Submarine H3 [4] HM Submarine H5 [4] HMS Cyclops [4] HMS Defiance [4] HMS Edgar [4] HMS Essex [4] HMS Good Hope [4] HMS Hercules [4] HMS Hermione [4] HMS Majestic [4] HMS Argyll [3] HMS Arrogant [3]

Service

Royal Navy [612] British Army [7] Australian Imperial Force [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [96] C [59] S [51] H [42] M [42] W [42] G [39] D [35] P [28] A [27] F [27] R [23] L [21] T [21] E [16] K [16] J [9] O [7] I [4] N [2] Y [2] Q [1] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [582]

Country

United Kingdom [194] Ireland [4] Australia [2] Guernsey [2] Malta [2] Gibraltar [1] Iran, Islamic Republic of [1] New Zealand [1] Turkey [1]

Thomas John Connett

Born 1902

Died 1917

Royal Navy J79472 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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Leslie Thomas Burns

Born 1902

Died 1918

Royal Navy J83518 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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William Edward Perry

Born 1902

Died 1918

Royal Navy J84951 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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Leonard March

Born 1902

Died 1918

Royal Navy J89698 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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Charles William Brass

Born 1902

Died 1918

Royal Navy J91167 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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Alfred James Mills

Born 1903

Died 1919

Royal Navy J91628 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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David Ronald Edwards

Born 1902

Died 1918

Royal Navy J91104 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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John Cyril Lake

Born 1903

Died 1918

Royal Navy J92386 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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Reginald Charles Astley

Born 1902

Died 1918

Royal Navy J92088 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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Frank Percival Gwynn

Born 1902

Died 1918

Royal Navy J92178 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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Henry George Humm

Born 1901

Died 1918

Royal Navy J92884 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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Edwin James Hammond

Born 1902

Died 1918

Royal Navy J93100 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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Albert William Wilson

Born 1902

Died 1918

Royal Navy J92909 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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Reginald Arthur May

Born 1903

Died 1918

Royal Navy J93034 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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Sidney James Hyner

Born 1902

Died 1918

Royal Navy J93158 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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Arthur Edward Noel Totterdell

Born 1902

Died 1919

Royal Navy J94032 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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Edward James Wareham

Born 1902

Died 1919

Royal Navy J94474 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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Robert Ward Boulton

Born 1902

Died 1919

Royal Navy J94034 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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Ernest Benjamin Fielder

Born 1902

Died 1920

Royal Navy J94861 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

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Frederick George Batcock

Born 1903

Died 1920

Royal Navy J96140 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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