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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [55]

Liverpool, Lancashire [41]

Devonport, Devon [36]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [27]

Exeter, Devon [22]

Manchester, Lancashire [17]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [15]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [11]

Kingsbridge, Devon [11]

Belfast, Antrim [8]

Bristol, Somerset [8]

Cork [8]

Bath, Somerset [7]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [7]

Stonehouse, Devon [7]

Torquay, Devon [7]

Bermondsey, London [6]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

Plympton, Devon [6]

Saint Pancras, London [6]

Salford, Lancashire [6]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [5]

Fulham, London [5]

Saltash, Cornwall [5]

Tavistock, Devon [5]

Truro, Cornwall [5]

Aghada, Cork [4]

Bridgwater, Somerset [4]

Burnley, Lancashire [4]

Calstock, Cornwall [4]

Crediton, Devon [4]

Halifax, Yorkshire [4]

Hammersmith, London [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Sunderland, Durham [4]

Valetta, Malta [4]

Bootle, Lancashire [3]

Bradford, Yorkshire [3]

Brixham, Devon [3]

Dartmouth, Devon [3]

Dundee, Forfarshire [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Islington, London [3]

Kinsale, Cork [3]

Lambeth, London [3]

Launceston, Cornwall [3]

Liverpool [3]

Midleton, Cork [3]

Rochdale, Lancashire [3]

Accrington, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [324]

Able Seaman [200]

Leading Stoker [83]

Ordinary Seaman [76]

Boy 1st Class [54]

Private [44]

Leading Seaman [43]

Gunner [40]

Stoker Petty Officer [38]

Stoker 2nd Class [33]

Boy 2nd Class [32]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [24]

Petty Officer [24]

Lieutenant Commander [19]

Signalman [19]

Musician [18]

Midshipman [17]

Lieutenant [16]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [14]

Cook's Mate [11]

Captain [10]

Carpenter's Crew [10]

Commander [9]

Chief Petty Officer [8]

Leading Signalman [8]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [8]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [8]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [7]

Ordinary Signalman [7]

Stoker [7]

Boy Telegraphist [6]

Mechanician [6]

Admiral [5]

Paymaster Lieutenant [5]

Shipwright 1st Class [5]

Wireman 2nd Class [5]

Artificer Engineer [4]

Assistant Paymaster [4]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [4]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [4]

Chief Stoker [4]

Commander (Retd) [4]

Corporal [4]

Signal Boy [4]

Acting Gunner [3]

Acting Leading Stoker [3]

Armourer's Crew [3]

Boatswain [3]

Chief Armourer [3]

Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [3]

Unit

HMS LION [915]

HMS Lion [136]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS LION [32]

HMS Impregnable [28]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS LION [28]

Royal Marines Band - HMS LION [20]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [16]

Royal Naval Division [12]

HMS Hindustan [11]

Royal Marine Artillery [11]

HMS Ajax [9]

HMS Erin [9]

HMS Agincourt [8]

HMS Vivid II [8]

HMS Vindictive [6]

Royal Marine Artillery, HMS Lion [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Lion [5]

HMS Vivid [4]

HMS Vivid I [4]

RNVR London - HMS LION [4]

RNVR Tyneside - HMS LION [4]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Lion [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Lion [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division: HMS LION [4]

HMS Excellent [3]

HMS Marlborough [3]

HMS Tiger [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Admiralty Civilian - HMS Lion [2]

HM Submarine H3 [2]

HMS "Impregnable" [2]

HMS "Lion" [2]

HMS Albion [2]

HMS Ariadne [2]

HMS Blake [2]

HMS Bulwark [2]

HMS Caesar [2]

HMS Columbine [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS Indefatigable [2]

HMS Leander [2]

HMS Natal [2]

HMS Pembroke II [2]

HMS Royal Sovereign [2]

Queen Elizabeth [2]

RNVR Wales - HMS LION [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Fleet Reserve [2]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS LION [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1192]

British Army [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [142]

H [111]

M [105]

S [94]

C [90]

W [89]

G [70]

P [67]

R [60]

D [56]

L [49]

T [49]

J [41]

F [37]

E [33]

A [29]

K [18]

N [18]

O [13]

V [10]

Y [5]

U [3]

I [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1122]

Country

United Kingdom [75]

Denmark [1]

France [1]

Germany [1]

Iran, Islamic Republic of [1]

Ireland [1]

Malta [1]

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People [1192] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [55] Liverpool, Lancashire [41] Devonport, Devon [36] Bristol, Gloucestershire [27] Exeter, Devon [22] Manchester, Lancashire [17] Cardiff, Glamorgan [15] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [11] Kingsbridge, Devon [11] Belfast, Antrim [8] Bristol, Somerset [8] Cork [8] Bath, Somerset [7] Portsmouth, Hampshire [7] Stonehouse, Devon [7] Torquay, Devon [7] Bermondsey, London [6] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] Plympton, Devon [6] Saint Pancras, London [6] Salford, Lancashire [6] Birkenhead, Cheshire [5] Fulham, London [5] Saltash, Cornwall [5] Tavistock, Devon [5] Truro, Cornwall [5] Aghada, Cork [4] Bridgwater, Somerset [4] Burnley, Lancashire [4] Calstock, Cornwall [4] Crediton, Devon [4] Halifax, Yorkshire [4] Hammersmith, London [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Sunderland, Durham [4] Valetta, Malta [4] Bootle, Lancashire [3] Bradford, Yorkshire [3] Brixham, Devon [3] Dartmouth, Devon [3] Dundee, Forfarshire [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Islington, London [3] Kinsale, Cork [3] Lambeth, London [3] Launceston, Cornwall [3] Liverpool [3] Midleton, Cork [3] Rochdale, Lancashire [3] Accrington, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [324] Able Seaman [200] Leading Stoker [83] Ordinary Seaman [76] Boy 1st Class [54] Private [44] Leading Seaman [43] Gunner [40] Stoker Petty Officer [38] Stoker 2nd Class [33] Boy 2nd Class [32] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [24] Petty Officer [24] Lieutenant Commander [19] Signalman [19] Musician [18] Midshipman [17] Lieutenant [16] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [14] Cook's Mate [11] Captain [10] Carpenter's Crew [10] Commander [9] Chief Petty Officer [8] Leading Signalman [8] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [8] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [8] Officer's Steward 1st Class [7] Ordinary Signalman [7] Stoker [7] Boy Telegraphist [6] Mechanician [6] Admiral [5] Paymaster Lieutenant [5] Shipwright 1st Class [5] Wireman 2nd Class [5] Artificer Engineer [4] Assistant Paymaster [4] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [4] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [4] Chief Stoker [4] Commander (Retd) [4] Corporal [4] Signal Boy [4] Acting Gunner [3] Acting Leading Stoker [3] Armourer's Crew [3] Boatswain [3] Chief Armourer [3] Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [3]

Unit

HMS LION [915] HMS Lion [136] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS LION [32] HMS Impregnable [28] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS LION [28] Royal Marines Band - HMS LION [20] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [16] Royal Naval Division [12] HMS Hindustan [11] Royal Marine Artillery [11] HMS Ajax [9] HMS Erin [9] HMS Agincourt [8] HMS Vivid II [8] HMS Vindictive [6] Royal Marine Artillery, HMS Lion [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Lion [5] HMS Vivid [4] HMS Vivid I [4] RNVR London - HMS LION [4] RNVR Tyneside - HMS LION [4] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Lion [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Lion [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division: HMS LION [4] HMS Excellent [3] HMS Marlborough [3] HMS Tiger [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Admiralty Civilian - HMS Lion [2] HM Submarine H3 [2] HMS "Impregnable" [2] HMS "Lion" [2] HMS Albion [2] HMS Ariadne [2] HMS Blake [2] HMS Bulwark [2] HMS Caesar [2] HMS Columbine [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS Indefatigable [2] HMS Leander [2] HMS Natal [2] HMS Pembroke II [2] HMS Royal Sovereign [2] Queen Elizabeth [2] RNVR Wales - HMS LION [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Fleet Reserve [2] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS LION [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1192] British Army [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [142] H [111] M [105] S [94] C [90] W [89] G [70] P [67] R [60] D [56] L [49] T [49] J [41] F [37] E [33] A [29] K [18] N [18] O [13] V [10] Y [5] U [3] I [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1122]

Country

United Kingdom [75] Denmark [1] France [1] Germany [1] Iran, Islamic Republic of [1] Ireland [1] Malta [1]

Henry Albert Edward Pobjoy

Born 1893

Died 1953

Royal Navy K14181 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy K14181 Stoker 1st Class HMS Pegasus

Royal Navy K14181 Stoker 1st Class HMS LION

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William Thomas Bulley

Born 1875

Died 1916

Royal Navy Acting Chief Petty Officer HMS Medea

Royal Navy 156412 (Dev) Chief Petty Officer HMS Lion

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George William Spencer Longland

Born 1898

Royal Navy J30255 Boy 1st Class HMS LION

Royal Navy J30255 Able Seaman HMS LION

Royal Navy J30255 Ordinary Seaman HMS LION

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Frank Evans

Born 1896

Died 1968

Royal Navy K23995 Stoker 1st Class HMS LION

Royal Navy K23995 HMS Vivid II

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John Henry Rafferty

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy Private HMS Lion RMLI

Royal Navy

Royal Navy 14910 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS LION

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Daniel Foley

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy K10349 Stoker 1st Class HMS Lion

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Frederick William Jane

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy L2472 Officer's Steward 2nd Class HMS LION

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Richard Edward Sullivan

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy L7425 Officer's Cook 2nd Class HMS LION

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Maurice Booth

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS110814 Stoker 1st Class HMS Lion

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Alfred Henry Bamford

Born 1889

Died 1965

Royal Navy K5134 Leading Stoker HMS LION

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Douglas Hugh Preece

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy K7560 Leading Stoker HMS LION

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Samuel Smith

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS113743 Stoker 1st Class HMS LION

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John Mooney

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS117169 Stoker 1st Class HMS LION

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William Green

Born 1892

Royal Navy SS109578 Stoker 1st Class HMS Lion

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Alexander Mccall

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy 229160 Able Seaman HMS LION

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George Bassett Moon

Born 1885

Died 1916

Royal Navy Surgeon HMS Lion

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Alfred Charles Reeby

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy K12463 Stoker 1st Class HMS LION

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Louis John Wilson

Born 1890

Died 1982

Royal Navy M13939 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS LION

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James Reginald Stevens

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy K989 Leading Stoker HMS LION

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William Henry Westcott

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy M8718 Electrical Artificer 4th Class HMS LION

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