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Place of birth

Devonport, Devon [8]

Plymouth, Devon [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Cork [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [2]

Liverpool [2]

Stonehouse, Devon [2]

Aghada, Cork [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Axbridge, Somerset [1]

Bangor, Wales [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Barnton, Cheshire [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Belfast, Down [1]

Bideford, Devon [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Bridgetown [1]

Bristol [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Cardiff [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Cawsand, Cornwall [1]

Chester [1]

Chiswick, London [1]

Claremorris, Mayo [1]

Cloyne, Cork [1]

Colyton, Devon [1]

Cork, Cork [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Dartmouth, Devon [1]

Darwen, Lancashire [1]

Drogheda, Louth [1]

Duloe, Cornwall [1]

Ealing, Middlesex [1]

East Stonehouse, Devon [1]

Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Felling on Tyne, Durham [1]

Fermoy, Cork [1]

Ford, Devon [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Great Yarmouth, Suffolk [1]

Gunnislake, Cornwall [1]

Hatherleigh, Devon [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [47]

Stoker 1st Class [16]

Ordinary Seaman [11]

Leading Seaman [7]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Commander [5]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [5]

Gunner [5]

Petty Officer [5]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Stoker Petty Officer [4]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [3]

Chief Stoker [3]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [3]

Private [3]

Shipwright 2nd Class [3]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Armourer [2]

Captain [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Cook's Mate [2]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Lieutenant (Acting) [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Major [2]

Marine [2]

Sergeant [2]

Signal Boatswain [2]

Signalman [2]

Stoker [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Telegraphist [2]

Yeoman of Signals [2]

2nd Writer [1]

Able Seaman - Acting Torpedoman [1]

Able Seaman - Torpedoman [1]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

Acting Paymaster [1]

Admiral [1]

Armourer's Mate [1]

Assistant Clerk [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Boy (2nd class, then 1st class from 29 Sep 1918) [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Cadet [1]

Unit

HMS Marlborough [129]

RNVR Clyde - HMS Marlborough [21]

HMS MARLBOROUGH [11]

HMS Hindustan [8]

HMS Iris II - Seaman Storming Party ("D" Company) [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [3]

HMS Lion [3]

HMS Vivid II [3]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Marlborough [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Marlborough [3]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2]

HMS Iphigenia [2]

HMS Leander [2]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS MARLBOROUGH [2]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Marlborough [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Marlborough [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [2]

Admiralty Civilian - HMS Marlborough [1]

Armed Steam Yacht Lorna [1]

H.M.S. Defiance [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Alcantara [1]

HMS Ardent [1]

HMS Audacious [1]

HMS Badger (Shore Establishment) [1]

HMS Black Prince [1]

HMS Blenheim [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Coventry [1]

HMS DEFIANCE [1]

HMS Dido [1]

HMS Drake [1]

HMS Dreadnought [1]

HMS Emperor of India [1]

HMS Erebus [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Forward [1]

HMS Glorious [1]

HMS Hannibal [1]

HMS Hecla [1]

HMS Hercules [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Impregnable (School Ship) [1]

HMS Indus [1]

HMS Maelborough [1]

HMS Monmouth (China Station) [1]

HMS Natal [1]

Service

Royal Navy [178]

British Army [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [19]

H [19]

C [15]

W [14]

M [13]

P [13]

A [12]

F [12]

S [12]

R [10]

D [8]

G [6]

L [6]

J [5]

N [5]

T [5]

O [2]

E [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [126]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

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Place of birth

Devonport, Devon [8] Plymouth, Devon [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Bath, Somerset [2] Cork [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Greenock, Renfrewshire [2] Liverpool [2] Stonehouse, Devon [2] Aghada, Cork [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Axbridge, Somerset [1] Bangor, Wales [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Barnton, Cheshire [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Belfast, Down [1] Bideford, Devon [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Bridgetown [1] Bristol [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Cardiff [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Cawsand, Cornwall [1] Chester [1] Chiswick, London [1] Claremorris, Mayo [1] Cloyne, Cork [1] Colyton, Devon [1] Cork, Cork [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Dartmouth, Devon [1] Darwen, Lancashire [1] Drogheda, Louth [1] Duloe, Cornwall [1] Ealing, Middlesex [1] East Stonehouse, Devon [1] Falmouth, Cornwall [1] Felling on Tyne, Durham [1] Fermoy, Cork [1] Ford, Devon [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Goole, Yorkshire [1] Great Yarmouth, Suffolk [1] Gunnislake, Cornwall [1] Hatherleigh, Devon [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [47] Stoker 1st Class [16] Ordinary Seaman [11] Leading Seaman [7] Boy 1st Class [6] Commander [5] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [5] Gunner [5] Petty Officer [5] Boy 2nd Class [4] Leading Stoker [4] Stoker Petty Officer [4] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [3] Chief Stoker [3] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Lieutenant [3] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [3] Private [3] Shipwright 2nd Class [3] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Armourer [2] Captain [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Cook's Mate [2] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Lieutenant (Acting) [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Major [2] Marine [2] Sergeant [2] Signal Boatswain [2] Signalman [2] Stoker [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Telegraphist [2] Yeoman of Signals [2] 2nd Writer [1] Able Seaman - Acting Torpedoman [1] Able Seaman - Torpedoman [1] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Acting Paymaster [1] Admiral [1] Armourer's Mate [1] Assistant Clerk [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Boy (2nd class, then 1st class from 29 Sep 1918) [1] Boy Artificer [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Cadet [1]

Unit

HMS Marlborough [129] RNVR Clyde - HMS Marlborough [21] HMS MARLBOROUGH [11] HMS Hindustan [8] HMS Iris II - Seaman Storming Party ("D" Company) [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [3] HMS Lion [3] HMS Vivid II [3] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Marlborough [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Marlborough [3] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2] HMS Iphigenia [2] HMS Leander [2] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS MARLBOROUGH [2] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Marlborough [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Marlborough [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [2] Admiralty Civilian - HMS Marlborough [1] Armed Steam Yacht Lorna [1] H.M.S. Defiance [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Alcantara [1] HMS Ardent [1] HMS Audacious [1] HMS Badger (Shore Establishment) [1] HMS Black Prince [1] HMS Blenheim [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Coventry [1] HMS DEFIANCE [1] HMS Dido [1] HMS Drake [1] HMS Dreadnought [1] HMS Emperor of India [1] HMS Erebus [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Forward [1] HMS Glorious [1] HMS Hannibal [1] HMS Hecla [1] HMS Hercules [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Impregnable (School Ship) [1] HMS Indus [1] HMS Maelborough [1] HMS Monmouth (China Station) [1] HMS Natal [1]

Service

Royal Navy [178] British Army [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [19] H [19] C [15] W [14] M [13] P [13] A [12] F [12] S [12] R [10] D [8] G [6] L [6] J [5] N [5] T [5] O [2] E [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [126]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

John James Smith

Born 1895

Royal Navy SS114996 Stoker 1c HMS Marlborough

Royal Navy SS114996 Stoker 1c HMS Marlborough

Royal Navy SS114996 Stoker 2c HMS Marlborough

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Joseph Smith

Born 1897

Royal Navy J26676 Ordinary Signalman HMS Marlborough

Royal Navy J26676 Signalman HMS Marlborough

Royal Navy J26676 Signal Boy HMS Marlborough

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Frederick William Sutton

Born 1890

Died 1944

Royal Navy K1974 Acting Leading Stoker HMS Marlborough

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John Edward Attrill

Born 1884

Died 1955

Royal Navy 209693 Yeoman Armed Steam Yacht Lorna

Royal Navy 209693 Yeoman HMS Marlborough

Royal Navy 209693 Yeoman HMS Audacious

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Harry Brown

Born 1898

Died 1976

Royal Navy J30749

Royal Navy J30749 Ordinary Telegraphist HMS Marlborough

Royal Navy J30749 Telegraphist HMS Marlborough

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William Rustage

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy K20877

Royal Navy Stoker 1st Class Marlborough

Royal Navy Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

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Arthur Prestwich Henry Rouquette

Born 1888

Died 1918

Royal Navy Acting Paymaster

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Acting Paymaster HMS Marlborough

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Arthur H Harty

Born 1890

Died 1977

Royal Navy

Royal Navy Temporary Surgeon HMS Marlborough

Royal Navy HMS Dreadnought

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Wallace Harold Whillock

Born 1888

Died 1963

Royal Navy M7813 Electrical Artificer 3c HMS Maelborough

Royal Navy M7813 Electrical Artificer 4c HMS Marlborough

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Lawrence John Arden Hodges

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy J28634 Able Seaman HMS Marlborough

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Frank Louis Appleby

Born 1898

Died 1917

Royal Navy J31246 Ordinary Seaman HMS Marlborough

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Cecil Alexander Laffitte

Born 1897

Died 1952

Royal Navy Lieutenant (Acting)

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Acting Sub-Lieutenant HMS Marlborough

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William George Crump

Born 1886

Died 1919

Royal Navy 220097 Yeoman of Signals HMS Marlborough

Royal Navy 220097 Yeoman of Signals HMS Revenge

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Bernard George Clynick

Born 1896

Died 1940

Royal Navy M3278 Boy Artificer HMS Indus

Royal Navy M3278 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMS Indus

Royal Navy Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMS Marlborough

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Thomas Frederick Britton

Born 1875

Died 1969

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Royal Navy Chief Gunner HMS Marlborough

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Philip Weyland Bowyer-Smyth

Born 1894

Died 1978

Royal Navy Cadet

Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS Marlborough

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David Duncan Cuninghame

Born 1879

Died 1917

Royal Navy Engineer Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Engineer Lieutenant Commander HMS Marlborough

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William Crisp

Born 1877

Died 1960

Royal Navy 354236 Officer's Steward 2nd Class HMS Marlborough

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Guy Charles Cecil Royle

Born 1885

Died 1954

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Admiral

Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS Marlborough

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Thomas Charles Jacques

Born 1892

Died 1940

Royal Navy J12761 Able Seaman HMS Marlborough

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