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Place of birth

West Ham, Essex [4]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Shoreditch, London [3]

Battersea, London [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Deal, Kent [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Islington, London [2]

London [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Whitstable, Kent [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Bambridge, Down [1]

Beccles, Suffolk [1]

Bedford Park,Chiswick,Middlesex. [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Belvedere, Kent [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bracknell, Berkshire [1]

Bridlington, Yorkshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Bromley, London [1]

Burham, Kent [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cambridge [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Charlton, London [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Colwyn, Wales [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dublin [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire [1]

Failand, Somerset [1]

Faversham, Kent [1]

Ferryden, Forfarshire [1]

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1]

Gaywood, Norfolk [1]

Glasgow [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Gosport, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [1]

Greenwich, Kent [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [36]

Ordinary Seaman [36]

Boy 2nd Class [33]

Boy 1st Class [32]

Stoker 1st Class [16]

Lieutenant [15]

Gunner [12]

Private [12]

Midshipman [11]

Naval Cadet [11]

Leading Seaman [10]

Stoker 2nd Class [10]

Sub Lieutenant [10]

Commander [9]

Leading Stoker [9]

Boy 1st class [7]

Gunner 2nd Class [7]

Petty Officer [7]

Captain [6]

Boy 2nd class [5]

Acting Leading Stoker [4]

Musician [4]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Stoker [3]

Telegraphist [3]

Acting Artificer Engineer [2]

Acting Gunner [2]

Admiral [2]

Artificer Engineer [2]

Officers Steward 3rd Class [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Rear Admiral [2]

Ship's Steward Assistant [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Signaller [2]

Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Vice Admiral [2]

Acting Chief Petty Officer [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Band Boy [1]

Band boy [1]

Boatswain [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Boy Servant [1]

Boy Signaller [1]

Capenter's Crew [1]

Unit

HMS Natal [134]

HMS Ganges [19]

Royal Marine Artillery [14]

HMS Impregnable [11]

HMS Pembroke I [8]

HMS Ganges II [7]

HMS Britannia [6]

HMS Pembroke [6]

Royal Marine Artillery, HMS Natal [6]

HMS Ajax [4]

Royal Marines Band [4]

H.M.S. "Natal." [3]

HMS Agincourt [3]

HMS Caledonia [3]

HMS Pembroke II [3]

HMS Vivid [3]

HMS Acheron [2]

HMS Achilles [2]

HMS Agamemnon [2]

HMS Antrim [2]

HMS Black Prince [2]

HMS Cyclops [2]

HMS Dominion [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS Forward [2]

HMS Hecla [2]

HMS Kent [2]

HMS Lion [2]

HMS New Zealand [2]

HMS St George [2]

HMS Triumph [2]

HMS Venerable [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

HMS Warspite [2]

Royal Marine Artillery; HMS Natal [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Natal [2]

Britannia [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Chatham Naval Hospital [1]

H [1]

HM Natal [1]

HM Submarine E36 [1]

HM Submarine H3 [1]

HMS "Calliope" [1]

HMS "Natal" [1]

HMS "Pembroke II" [1]

HMS "Sutlej" [1]

HMS "Topaz" [1]

HMS 'Natal' [1]

HMS Aboukir [1]

Service

Royal Navy [150]

British Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [17]

S [16]

A [14]

M [12]

W [12]

G [11]

R [11]

D [10]

C [9]

H [8]

P [8]

T [7]

L [5]

N [3]

F [2]

O [2]

Y [2]

J [1]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [144]

Country

United Kingdom [40]

Ireland [1]

Jersey [1]

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People [151] Stories Communities

Place of birth

West Ham, Essex [4] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Shoreditch, London [3] Battersea, London [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Deal, Kent [2] Hackney, London [2] Islington, London [2] London [2] Marylebone, London [2] Whitstable, Kent [2] Aberdeen [1] Bambridge, Down [1] Beccles, Suffolk [1] Bedford Park,Chiswick,Middlesex. [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Belvedere, Kent [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bracknell, Berkshire [1] Bridlington, Yorkshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Bromley, London [1] Burham, Kent [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cambridge [1] Canning Town, London [1] Charlton, London [1] Clapham, London [1] Colwyn, Wales [1] Deptford, London [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dublin [1] Dundee, Forfarshire [1] Failand, Somerset [1] Faversham, Kent [1] Ferryden, Forfarshire [1] Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1] Gaywood, Norfolk [1] Glasgow [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Gosport, Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Greenock, Renfrewshire [1] Greenwich, Kent [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [36] Ordinary Seaman [36] Boy 2nd Class [33] Boy 1st Class [32] Stoker 1st Class [16] Lieutenant [15] Gunner [12] Private [12] Midshipman [11] Naval Cadet [11] Leading Seaman [10] Stoker 2nd Class [10] Sub Lieutenant [10] Commander [9] Leading Stoker [9] Boy 1st class [7] Gunner 2nd Class [7] Petty Officer [7] Captain [6] Boy 2nd class [5] Acting Leading Stoker [4] Musician [4] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Stoker [3] Telegraphist [3] Acting Artificer Engineer [2] Acting Gunner [2] Admiral [2] Artificer Engineer [2] Officers Steward 3rd Class [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Rear Admiral [2] Ship's Steward Assistant [2] Signal Boy [2] Signaller [2] Sub-Lieutenant [2] Vice Admiral [2] Acting Chief Petty Officer [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Band Boy [1] Band boy [1] Boatswain [1] Bombardier [1] Boy Artificer [1] Boy Servant [1] Boy Signaller [1] Capenter's Crew [1]

Unit

HMS Natal [134] HMS Ganges [19] Royal Marine Artillery [14] HMS Impregnable [11] HMS Pembroke I [8] HMS Ganges II [7] HMS Britannia [6] HMS Pembroke [6] Royal Marine Artillery, HMS Natal [6] HMS Ajax [4] Royal Marines Band [4] H.M.S. "Natal." [3] HMS Agincourt [3] HMS Caledonia [3] HMS Pembroke II [3] HMS Vivid [3] HMS Acheron [2] HMS Achilles [2] HMS Agamemnon [2] HMS Antrim [2] HMS Black Prince [2] HMS Cyclops [2] HMS Dominion [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS Forward [2] HMS Hecla [2] HMS Kent [2] HMS Lion [2] HMS New Zealand [2] HMS St George [2] HMS Triumph [2] HMS Venerable [2] HMS Vivid II [2] HMS Warspite [2] Royal Marine Artillery; HMS Natal [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Natal [2] Britannia [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Chatham Naval Hospital [1] H [1] HM Natal [1] HM Submarine E36 [1] HM Submarine H3 [1] HMS "Calliope" [1] HMS "Natal" [1] HMS "Pembroke II" [1] HMS "Sutlej" [1] HMS "Topaz" [1] HMS 'Natal' [1] HMS Aboukir [1]

Service

Royal Navy [150] British Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [17] S [16] A [14] M [12] W [12] G [11] R [11] D [10] C [9] H [8] P [8] T [7] L [5] N [3] F [2] O [2] Y [2] J [1] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [144]

Country

United Kingdom [40] Ireland [1] Jersey [1]

Leonard John Appleyard

Born 1893

Died 1915

Royal Navy K14564 Leading Stoker HMS Natal

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John William Allen

Born 1893

Died 1915

Royal Navy K/14874 Acting Leading Stoker HMS Natal

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Bertie Houghton Jago

Born 1893

Died 1915

Royal Navy M6971 Ship's Steward Assistant HMS Natal

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Victor Albert Edward Gardner

Born 1897

Died 1915

Royal Navy M14725 Ship's Steward Assistant HMS Natal

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John Reitano

Born 1889

Died 1915

Royal Navy L3810 Officers Steward 3rd Class HMS Natal

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Guy Titley

Born 1891

Died 1915

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

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Victor George Hurn

Born 1889

Died 1915

Royal Navy K.240 Stoker 1st Class HMS Natal

Royal Navy K240 Stoker 1st Class HMS Penelope

Royal Navy K240 Stoker 1st Class Hermes

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Eric Percy Coventry Back

Born 1870

Died 1915

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Alexandria

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant HMS Alexandria

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Clement Greatorex

Born 1869

Died 1937

Royal Navy Naval Cadet HMS Britannia

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

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Arthur Wright

Born 1896

Died 1915

Royal Navy L6016 Officers Steward 3rd Class HMS Pembroke

Royal Navy L6016 Officers Steward 3rd class HMS Natal

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Robert Woodney

Born 1898

Died 1915

Royal Navy J39160 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J39160 Boy 1st Class HMS Natal

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Joseph Smith

Born 1894

Died 1915

Royal Navy M8543 Writer 3rd Class HMS Pembroke

Royal Navy M8543 Writer 3rd Class HMS Natal

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David Thomas Gilbert

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy K7396 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy K7396 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Forward

Royal Navy K7396 Stoker 1st Class HMS Forward

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Ridley St. Bernard Samways

Born 1878

Died 1915

Royal Navy 177440 Ship's Steward HMS Natal

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Leonard Laurence Young

Born 1877

Died 1915

Royal Navy 167769 Painter 1st Class HMS Natal

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Denis Quintin Fildes

Born 1889

Died 1975

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS Natal

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Ernest John Rowe

Born 1897

Died 1915

Royal Navy J23223 Boy 1st class HMS Natal

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Joseph Richard Mason

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy K24603 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy K24603 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Natal

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Henry Thomas Rose

Born 1890

Royal Navy 234568 Able Seaman HMS Natal

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John Edwin Wright

Born 1885

Died 1915

Royal Navy 217825 Able Seaman HMS Natal

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