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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire [1]

Balsall Heath, Worcestershire [1]

Barming, Kent [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Corgerrick, Kuggar, Cornwall [1]

Corstophine Edinburgh [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Devonport, Devon, England [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dulverton, Devon [1]

Exeter England [1]

Forest Gate, London [1]

Islington, London [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Mappowder, Dorset [1]

Myross, Cork [1]

Portsea, Hampshire [1]

Runcorn, Cheshire [1]

Saint Austell, Cornwall [1]

St Pancras, London [1]

Stonehouse, Devon [1]

Tavistock, Devon [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [13]

Stoker 2nd Class [9]

Able Seaman [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Officers Steward 2nd Class [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Stoker [2]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Chief Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Mate [1]

Acting Mechanician [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Boy 2nd class [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Boy I Class [1]

Boy II Class [1]

Boy Signaller [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Chief Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Domestic Servant 2nd Class [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant (Acting) [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Mechanician [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Officers Steward 3rd Class [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

P O Stoker [1]

Petty Officer I Class [1]

Unit

HMS Leander [20]

HMS Vivid II [11]

HMS Erin [4]

HMS "Leander" [3]

HMS Ajax [3]

HMS Ganges [3]

HMS Vivid I [3]

HMS Cambridge [2]

HMS Goliath [2]

HMS Hecla [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Lion [2]

HMS Marlborough [2]

HMS New Zealand [2]

HMS Pembroke II [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

2nd Division - 6th Field Artillery Brigade [1]

Blake [1]

Britannia (Royal Naval College) [1]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

Ganges [1]

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

HM Yacht Fire Queen [1]

HMCS Niobe [1]

HMCS Rainbow [1]

HMS Leander [1]

HMS "Halcyon" [1]

HMS "Hecla" [1]

HMS "Hogue" [1]

HMS "Impregnable" [1]

HMS "Kent" [1]

HMS "Orion" [1]

HMS "Pembroke II" [1]

HMS "Proserpine" [1]

HMS "Tyne" [1]

HMS "Vivid II" [1]

HMS Albion [1]

HMS Algerine [1]

HMS Arab (base ship HMS Leander) [1]

HMS Ardent [1]

HMS Attentive II [1]

HMS Attentive II (HMS Afridi) [1]

HMS Badger (Shore Establishment) [1]

HMS Basilisk [1]

HMS Bellerophon [1]

HMS Birmingham [1]

HMS Blake [1]

HMS Blenheim [1]

Service

Royal Navy [30]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [3]

C [3]

H [3]

M [3]

A [2]

F [2]

G [2]

J [2]

S [2]

T [2]

D [1]

I [1]

L [1]

N [1]

R [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [27]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Ireland [4]

Egypt [1]

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People [30] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [3] Exeter, Devon [2] Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire [1] Balsall Heath, Worcestershire [1] Barming, Kent [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Corgerrick, Kuggar, Cornwall [1] Corstophine Edinburgh [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Devonport, Devon, England [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dulverton, Devon [1] Exeter England [1] Forest Gate, London [1] Islington, London [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Mappowder, Dorset [1] Myross, Cork [1] Portsea, Hampshire [1] Runcorn, Cheshire [1] Saint Austell, Cornwall [1] St Pancras, London [1] Stonehouse, Devon [1] Tavistock, Devon [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [13] Stoker 2nd Class [9] Able Seaman [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Boy 2nd Class [4] Leading Seaman [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Leading Stoker [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Officers Steward 2nd Class [2] Petty Officer [2] Stoker [2] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Chief Stoker Petty Officer [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Mate [1] Acting Mechanician [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Boy 2nd class [1] Boy Artificer [1] Boy I Class [1] Boy II Class [1] Boy Signaller [1] Chief Stoker [1] Chief Stoker Petty Officer [1] Deck Hand [1] Domestic Servant 2nd Class [1] Driver [1] Engine Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant (Acting) [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Mechanician [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Officers Steward 3rd Class [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] P O Stoker [1] Petty Officer I Class [1]

Unit

HMS Leander [20] HMS Vivid II [11] HMS Erin [4] HMS "Leander" [3] HMS Ajax [3] HMS Ganges [3] HMS Vivid I [3] HMS Cambridge [2] HMS Goliath [2] HMS Hecla [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Lion [2] HMS Marlborough [2] HMS New Zealand [2] HMS Pembroke II [2] HMS Vivid [2] HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] 2nd Division - 6th Field Artillery Brigade [1] Blake [1] Britannia (Royal Naval College) [1] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1] Ganges [1] H.M.S. "Bullfinch." [1] HM Yacht Fire Queen [1] HMCS Niobe [1] HMCS Rainbow [1] HMS Leander [1] HMS "Halcyon" [1] HMS "Hecla" [1] HMS "Hogue" [1] HMS "Impregnable" [1] HMS "Kent" [1] HMS "Orion" [1] HMS "Pembroke II" [1] HMS "Proserpine" [1] HMS "Tyne" [1] HMS "Vivid II" [1] HMS Albion [1] HMS Algerine [1] HMS Arab (base ship HMS Leander) [1] HMS Ardent [1] HMS Attentive II [1] HMS Attentive II (HMS Afridi) [1] HMS Badger (Shore Establishment) [1] HMS Basilisk [1] HMS Bellerophon [1] HMS Birmingham [1] HMS Blake [1] HMS Blenheim [1]

Service

Royal Navy [30] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [3] C [3] H [3] M [3] A [2] F [2] G [2] J [2] S [2] T [2] D [1] I [1] L [1] N [1] R [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [27]

Country

United Kingdom [13] Ireland [4] Egypt [1]

Reginald Walter Cuff

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 309680

Royal Navy 309680 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy 309680 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Hogue

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James Odiorne Robertson-Luxford

Born 1882

Royal Navy K31887 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy K31887 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Leander (Lively)

Royal Navy Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

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Ralph Ireland

Born 1888

Died 1917

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Terrible

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Leviathan

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Ocean

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Albert David Smith

Born 1879

Royal Navy 303896 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy 303896 Stoker HMS Perseus

Royal Navy 303896 Stoker 1st Class HMS Leander

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George Maunder

Born 1884

Australian Imperial Force 287N Driver 2nd Division - 6th Field Artillery Brigade

Royal Navy 363409 Officers Steward 2nd Class HMS Blake

Royal Navy 363409 Domestic Servant 2nd Class HMS Leander

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Joseph Nixon

Born 1896

Royal Navy J49904 Ordinary Seaman HMS Leander

Royal Navy J49904 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy J49904 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid I

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Edward Charles White

Born 1879

Died 1916

Royal Navy 183342 Able Seaman HMS Ardent

Royal Navy 183342 Able Seaman HMS Hecla

Royal Navy 183342 Able Seaman Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Duke of Wellington)

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Samuel David Mitchell Fitzwater

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy 271709 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMSs Tenedos, Sappho, Egmont, Queen

Royal Navy 271709 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Queen

Royal Navy 271709 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMSs Queen, Vivid II, Leander,Forth, Egmont

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Edward Scarlett

Born 1881

Died 1916

Royal Navy 271096 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMSs Pembroke II, Wildfire

Royal Navy 271096 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Wildfire

Royal Navy 271096 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class HMSs Wildfire, Leander, Pembroke II, Irresistible, Pembroke I, Blake, Tyne, St George

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William Henry Gillard

Born 1879

Royal Navy RFR/B/2200 Royal Fleet Reserve - Devonport

Royal Navy 291546 Stoker 1st Class HMS Leander

Royal Navy 291546 Stoker 1st Class Royal Naval Division - Nelson Battalion

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