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Place of birth

Portsea, Hampshire [4]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Fareham, Hampshire [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Antwerp [1]

Aylesford, Kent [1]

Baldock, Hertfordshire [1]

Banbury, Northamptonshire [1]

Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Basford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Bridgend, Glamorgan [1]

Burton on Trent, Derbyshire [1]

Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Dublin, Ireland [1]

East Clandon, Surrey [1]

Edmonton, Middlesex [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Forest Gate [1]

Frome, Somerset [1]

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1]

Garlinge, Margate, Kent [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Halstead, Essex [1]

Hanwell, Middlesex [1]

Hayling, Hampshire [1]

Holloway, London [1]

Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales [1]

Hoylake, Cheshire [1]

Huby, Yorkshire. [1]

Hunston, Chichester, Sussex [1]

Islington, London [1]

Jarrow, Northumberland [1]

Kidderminster, Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [74]

Stoker 2nd Class [65]

Leading Stoker [32]

Able Seaman [22]

Stoker [22]

Acting Leading Stoker [18]

Stoker Petty Officer [14]

Ordinary Seaman [11]

Boy 2nd Class [7]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Leading Seaman [6]

Petty Officer [4]

Stoker - 1st Class [4]

Stoker - 2nd Class [4]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Corporal [3]

Recruit [3]

Acting Leading Seaman [2]

Boatman [2]

Captain [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Commander [2]

Domestic 3rd Class [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Midshipman [2]

Naval Cadet [2]

Private [2]

Sergeant [2]

Signalman [2]

Stoker 1 [2]

Stoker 1st class [2]

Stoker 2 [2]

Vice Admiral [2]

Acting 2nd Cook’s Mate [1]

Acting Chief Petty Officer [1]

Acting ERA 4 [1]

Acting Leading Cook’s Mate [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Stoker [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Admiral of the Fleet [1]

Bomadier [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy - 2nd Class [1]

Boy Shipwright [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Bugler [1]

Carpenters Crew [1]

Chief Master At Arms [1]

Unit

HMS Nelson [73]

HMS Fearless [31]

HMS Lord Nelson [22]

Royal Naval Division - Nelson Battalion [18]

HMS Agincourt [14]

HMS Fisgard [13]

HMS Victory II [10]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Devonport [7]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [7]

HMS Formidable [6]

HMS Good Hope [6]

HMS Powerful [6]

HMS Ariadne [5]

HMS Terrible [5]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [4]

HMS Ganges [4]

HMS Illustrious [4]

HMS St Vincent [4]

HMS Victory 2 [4]

HMS "Nelson" [3]

HMS "Pembroke II" [3]

HMS Dolphin [3]

HMS Drake [3]

HMS Excellent [3]

HMS Furious [3]

HMS Hecla [3]

HMS Pembroke I [3]

HMS Prince of Wales [3]

HMS Revenge [3]

HMS Vernon [3]

HM Submarine E36 [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS Alecto [2]

HMS Assistance [2]

HMS Aurora [2]

HMS Berwick [2]

HMS Blenheim [2]

HMS Britannia [2]

HMS Chester [2]

HMS Cressy [2]

HMS Exmouth [2]

HMS Firequeen [2]

HMS Goliath [2]

HMS Hindustan [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Mercury [2]

HMS Orion [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

HMS Renown [2]

HMS Repulse [2]

Service

Royal Navy [123]

British Army [3]

Last name first letter

B [12]

C [12]

S [11]

W [10]

A [8]

G [8]

H [8]

M [8]

D [7]

R [6]

F [5]

J [5]

L [5]

P [5]

T [5]

K [3]

E [2]

O [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [120]

Country

United Kingdom [54]

Gibraltar [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Portsea, Hampshire [4] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Brighton, Sussex [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Fareham, Hampshire [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Antwerp [1] Aylesford, Kent [1] Baldock, Hertfordshire [1] Banbury, Northamptonshire [1] Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Basford, Nottinghamshire [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Bridgend, Glamorgan [1] Burton on Trent, Derbyshire [1] Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Dublin, Ireland [1] East Clandon, Surrey [1] Edmonton, Middlesex [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Forest Gate [1] Frome, Somerset [1] Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1] Garlinge, Margate, Kent [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Greenwich, London [1] Halstead, Essex [1] Hanwell, Middlesex [1] Hayling, Hampshire [1] Holloway, London [1] Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales [1] Hoylake, Cheshire [1] Huby, Yorkshire. [1] Hunston, Chichester, Sussex [1] Islington, London [1] Jarrow, Northumberland [1] Kidderminster, Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [74] Stoker 2nd Class [65] Leading Stoker [32] Able Seaman [22] Stoker [22] Acting Leading Stoker [18] Stoker Petty Officer [14] Ordinary Seaman [11] Boy 2nd Class [7] Boy 1st Class [6] Leading Seaman [6] Petty Officer [4] Stoker - 1st Class [4] Stoker - 2nd Class [4] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [3] Corporal [3] Recruit [3] Acting Leading Seaman [2] Boatman [2] Captain [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Commander [2] Domestic 3rd Class [2] Lieutenant [2] Midshipman [2] Naval Cadet [2] Private [2] Sergeant [2] Signalman [2] Stoker 1 [2] Stoker 1st class [2] Stoker 2 [2] Vice Admiral [2] Acting 2nd Cook’s Mate [1] Acting Chief Petty Officer [1] Acting ERA 4 [1] Acting Leading Cook’s Mate [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Stoker [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Admiral of the Fleet [1] Bomadier [1] Bombardier [1] Boy - 2nd Class [1] Boy Shipwright [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Bugler [1] Carpenters Crew [1] Chief Master At Arms [1]

Unit

HMS Nelson [73] HMS Fearless [31] HMS Lord Nelson [22] Royal Naval Division - Nelson Battalion [18] HMS Agincourt [14] HMS Fisgard [13] HMS Victory II [10] Royal Fleet Reserve - Devonport [7] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [7] HMS Formidable [6] HMS Good Hope [6] HMS Powerful [6] HMS Ariadne [5] HMS Terrible [5] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [4] HMS Ganges [4] HMS Illustrious [4] HMS St Vincent [4] HMS Victory 2 [4] HMS "Nelson" [3] HMS "Pembroke II" [3] HMS Dolphin [3] HMS Drake [3] HMS Excellent [3] HMS Furious [3] HMS Hecla [3] HMS Pembroke I [3] HMS Prince of Wales [3] HMS Revenge [3] HMS Vernon [3] HM Submarine E36 [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS Alecto [2] HMS Assistance [2] HMS Aurora [2] HMS Berwick [2] HMS Blenheim [2] HMS Britannia [2] HMS Chester [2] HMS Cressy [2] HMS Exmouth [2] HMS Firequeen [2] HMS Goliath [2] HMS Hindustan [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Mercury [2] HMS Orion [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] HMS Renown [2] HMS Repulse [2]

Service

Royal Navy [123] British Army [3]

Last name first letter

B [12] C [12] S [11] W [10] A [8] G [8] H [8] M [8] D [7] R [6] F [5] J [5] L [5] P [5] T [5] K [3] E [2] O [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [120]

Country

United Kingdom [54] Gibraltar [1] New Zealand [1]

Peter Joseph H Day

Born 1891

Died 1930

Royal Navy K6063

Royal Navy Petty Officer HMS Nelson

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William Clements Melhuish

Born 1895

Died 1963

Royal Navy SS4796 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy SS4796 Ordinary Seaman HMS Lord Nelson

Royal Navy SS4796 Able Seaman HMS Lord Nelson

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Stanley Edgar Cullum

Born 1885

Died 1915

Royal Navy CH/225791 Leading Seaman HMS Lord Nelson

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Walter Jubilee Dyer

Born 1887

Died 1972

Royal Navy 311742 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Nelson

Royal Navy 311742 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy 311742 Acting Leading Stoker

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Alfred Crittenden

Born 1880

Royal Navy K42854

Royal Navy K42854 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy K42854 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Lord Nelson

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Henry Percy Douglas

Born 1876

Died 1939

Royal Navy Vice Admiral

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Midshipman

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Frederick Thomas Mott Hyde

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy CH/J/21153 Able Seaman HMS Lord Nelson

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Ephraim Beer

Born 1884

Died 1970

Royal Navy 308797

Royal Navy 308797 Private HMS NELSON

Royal Navy 308797 Private HMS Victory III

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John Skelton

Born 1889

Died 1917

Royal Navy K3416 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Nelson

Royal Navy K3416 Stoker 1st Class HMS Blenheim

Royal Navy K3416 Leading Stoker HM Submarine E49

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Godfrey Alan Walker

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Surgeon HMS Lord Nelson

Royal Navy Surgeon Royal Naval Division

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Leonard Fletcher Foulsham

Born 1886

Royal Navy K3215 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Nelson

Royal Navy K3215 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy K3215 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fearless

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Charles Banfield

Born 1888

Royal Navy SS104399 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Nelson

Royal Navy SS104399 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy SS104399 Stoker 1st Class HMS Agincourt

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Herbert William George Winstone

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy Bristol Z/1189 Able Seaman HMS Nelsom The Nelson Battalion

Royal Navy Bristol Z/1189 Able Seaman HMS Nelson The Nelson Battalion

Royal Navy Z/1189 Able Seaman 63rd ( Royal Naval ) Division Nelson Battalion

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Robert Edward Hodges

Born 1895

Died 1966

Royal Navy J12937 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J 12937 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J 12937 Ordinary Seaman HMS Lord Nelson

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Arthur Reginald Kemble Wells

Born 1883

Died 1964

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplain's Department

Royal Navy Reverend HMS Lord Nelson Acting Chaplain

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Edward Terry

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy 312274 Stoker 2nd Class HMS "Nelson"

Royal Navy 312274 Stoker Petty Officer H.M.S. "Queen Mary"

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Albert Parfitt

Born 1887

Royal Navy K3181 Stoker 2nd class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K3181 Stoker 2nd class HMS Nelson

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Henry Alfred Bart Green

Born 1891

Royal Navy 238024

Royal Navy 238024 Able Seaman HMS Lord Nelson

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Charles Henry Smith

Born 1896

Royal Navy J28377

Royal Navy J28377 Able Seaman HMS Lord Nelson

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Charles Albert Smith

Born 1896

Royal Navy J27753

Royal Navy J27753 Able Seaman HMS Lord Nelson

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