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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [23]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

Devonport, Devon [4]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Edinburgh [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Queenstown, Cork [3]

Taunton, Somerset [3]

Barnstaple, Devon [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Bedminster, Somerset [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Bideford, Devon [2]

Blackpool, Lancashire [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Cork, Cork [2]

Dartmouth, Devon [2]

Dulwich, London [2]

Frome, Somerset [2]

Islington, London [2]

Ivybridge, Devon [2]

Leamington, Warwickshire [2]

Leominster, Herefordshire [2]

Paignton, Devon [2]

Pembroke [2]

Penzance, Cornwall [2]

Rotherhithe, London [2]

Stonehouse, Devon [2]

Tavistock, Devon [2]

Teignmouth, Devon [2]

Walworth, London [2]

Abingdon, Oxfordshire [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1]

Ashburton Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Athlone, Ireland [1]

Attleborough, Norfolk [1]

Auckland [1]

Aughadown, Cork [1]

Ballymoney, Antrim [1]

Ballynamultina, Clashmore, County Waterford [1]

Balsall Heath, Worcestershire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Bathwick, Somerset [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, London, Surrey [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [75]

Able Seaman [74]

Boy 1st Class [45]

Ordinary Seaman [37]

Stoker 2nd Class [22]

Boy 2nd Class [20]

Lieutenant Commander [20]

Leading Seaman [18]

Gunner [17]

Midshipman [17]

Lieutenant [13]

Commander [12]

Leading Stoker [11]

Petty Officer [11]

Captain [10]

Stoker Petty Officer [10]

Private [9]

Chief Petty Officer [7]

Acting Leading Stoker [6]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [5]

Musician [5]

Signal Boy [5]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [4]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4]

Serjeant [4]

Stoker [4]

Bombardier [3]

Boy I [3]

Boy Telegraphist [3]

Cook's Mate [3]

Corporal [3]

Mechanician [3]

Naval Cadet [3]

Ordinary Telegraphist [3]

Stoker 1st class [3]

Admiral [2]

Armourer [2]

Artificer Engineer [2]

Bugler [2]

Carpenter's Crew [2]

Chief Armourer [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Engineer Commander [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [2]

Unit

HMS New Zealand [233]

HMS NEW ZEALAND [87]

New Zealand Naval Forces - HMS Philomel [17]

Royal Naval Division [16]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS NEW ZEALAND [13]

HMS Ajax [10]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [9]

HMS Impregnable [8]

New Zealand Naval Forces [8]

RNVR London - HMS New Zealand [8]

Royal Marine Artillery [8]

HMS Philomel [7]

HMS Pioneer [6]

HMS Erin [5]

HMS Hindustan [5]

HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party, "A" Company [5]

HMS Vivid II [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS New Zealand [5]

RNVR Clyde - HMS New Zealand [4]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS New Zealand [4]

Royal Navy [4]

HMS Psyche [3]

HMS Royal Sovereign [3]

HMS Vivid [3]

Royal Marines Band [3]

Royal Marines Band - HMS New Zealand [3]

Australian Squadron Naval Force - HMS Pioneer [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS Black Prince [2]

HMS Emerald [2]

HMS Ganges II [2]

HMS Indus [2]

HMS Leander [2]

HMS Majestic [2]

HMS Mars [2]

HMS Natal [2]

HMS Sandhurst [2]

HMS Vernon [2]

RNVR Wales - HMS New Zealand [2]

Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS New Zealand [2]

(New Zealand Naval Forces) HMS Philomel [1]

5th (Wellington) Regiment [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Collingwood [1]

Columbine [1]

Defiance [1]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

Dolphin [1]

Ganges [1]

Service

Royal Navy [395]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [72]

C [44]

H [27]

S [27]

P [26]

D [25]

G [23]

M [23]

A [16]

R [16]

F [15]

W [14]

E [11]

J [11]

T [11]

K [10]

L [8]

N [7]

O [6]

I [3]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [363]

Country

United Kingdom [40]

New Zealand [19]

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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [23] Bristol, Gloucestershire [7] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] Devonport, Devon [4] Belfast, Antrim [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Edinburgh [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Queenstown, Cork [3] Taunton, Somerset [3] Barnstaple, Devon [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Bedminster, Somerset [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Bideford, Devon [2] Blackpool, Lancashire [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Cork, Cork [2] Dartmouth, Devon [2] Dulwich, London [2] Frome, Somerset [2] Islington, London [2] Ivybridge, Devon [2] Leamington, Warwickshire [2] Leominster, Herefordshire [2] Paignton, Devon [2] Pembroke [2] Penzance, Cornwall [2] Rotherhithe, London [2] Stonehouse, Devon [2] Tavistock, Devon [2] Teignmouth, Devon [2] Walworth, London [2] Abingdon, Oxfordshire [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1] Ashburton Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Athlone, Ireland [1] Attleborough, Norfolk [1] Auckland [1] Aughadown, Cork [1] Ballymoney, Antrim [1] Ballynamultina, Clashmore, County Waterford [1] Balsall Heath, Worcestershire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Bathwick, Somerset [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, London, Surrey [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [75] Able Seaman [74] Boy 1st Class [45] Ordinary Seaman [37] Stoker 2nd Class [22] Boy 2nd Class [20] Lieutenant Commander [20] Leading Seaman [18] Gunner [17] Midshipman [17] Lieutenant [13] Commander [12] Leading Stoker [11] Petty Officer [11] Captain [10] Stoker Petty Officer [10] Private [9] Chief Petty Officer [7] Acting Leading Stoker [6] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [5] Musician [5] Signal Boy [5] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [4] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4] Serjeant [4] Stoker [4] Bombardier [3] Boy I [3] Boy Telegraphist [3] Cook's Mate [3] Corporal [3] Mechanician [3] Naval Cadet [3] Ordinary Telegraphist [3] Stoker 1st class [3] Admiral [2] Armourer [2] Artificer Engineer [2] Bugler [2] Carpenter's Crew [2] Chief Armourer [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [2] Engineer Commander [2] Leading Signalman [2] Officer's Steward 1st Class [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Sergeant [2] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [2]

Unit

HMS New Zealand [233] HMS NEW ZEALAND [87] New Zealand Naval Forces - HMS Philomel [17] Royal Naval Division [16] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS NEW ZEALAND [13] HMS Ajax [10] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [9] HMS Impregnable [8] New Zealand Naval Forces [8] RNVR London - HMS New Zealand [8] Royal Marine Artillery [8] HMS Philomel [7] HMS Pioneer [6] HMS Erin [5] HMS Hindustan [5] HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party, "A" Company [5] HMS Vivid II [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS New Zealand [5] RNVR Clyde - HMS New Zealand [4] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS New Zealand [4] Royal Navy [4] HMS Psyche [3] HMS Royal Sovereign [3] HMS Vivid [3] Royal Marines Band [3] Royal Marines Band - HMS New Zealand [3] Australian Squadron Naval Force - HMS Pioneer [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS Black Prince [2] HMS Emerald [2] HMS Ganges II [2] HMS Indus [2] HMS Leander [2] HMS Majestic [2] HMS Mars [2] HMS Natal [2] HMS Sandhurst [2] HMS Vernon [2] RNVR Wales - HMS New Zealand [2] Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS New Zealand [2] (New Zealand Naval Forces) HMS Philomel [1] 5th (Wellington) Regiment [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Collingwood [1] Columbine [1] Defiance [1] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1] Dolphin [1] Ganges [1]

Service

Royal Navy [395] Australian Imperial Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [72] C [44] H [27] S [27] P [26] D [25] G [23] M [23] A [16] R [16] F [15] W [14] E [11] J [11] T [11] K [10] L [8] N [7] O [6] I [3] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [363]

Country

United Kingdom [40] New Zealand [19]

George Louis Victor Henry Sergius Mountbatten

Born 1892

Died 1938

Royal Navy Captain

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander HMS New Zealand

Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS New Zealand

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James John Eames

Born 1899

Died 1984

Royal Navy J32456 Boy 1st Class HMS New Zealand

Royal Navy

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Sydney Walter Hodson

Born 1897

Royal Navy J26460 Ordinary Seaman

Royal Navy Boy I HMS New Zealand

Royal Navy J26460 AB Seaman HMS New Zealand

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Richard Charles Conner

Born 1888

Died 1962

Royal Navy K17363 Leading Stoker HMS New Zealand

Royal Navy SS107790 Stoker 1st class HMS New Zealand

Royal Navy K17363 - changed from SS107790 Stoker 1st class HMS New Zealand

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James Frank Widger

Born 1883

Died 1953

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Gunner HMS New Zealand

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Sydney Robert Thorne

Born 1884

Died 1920

Royal Navy 216932 Petty Officer HMS New Zealand

Royal Navy 216932 HMS Temeraire

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Harry Parsons

Born 1891

Royal Navy M11884 Armourer's Crew HMS New Zealand

Royal Navy M11884 Wireman 2nd Class HMS New Zealand

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John Sullivan

Born 1878

Died 1953

Royal Navy 342386 Shipwright 1st Class HMS New Zealand

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Alfred William Hedley Joyce

Born 1894

Died 1953

Royal Navy K15329 Stoker 2nd class HMS New Zealand

Royal Navy K15329 Stoker 1st class HMS New Zealand

Royal Navy K15329 Acting Leading Stoker HMS New Zealand

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Edmund Garrett

Born 1888

Died 1950

Royal Navy SS107354 Stoker 1st class HMS New Zealand

Royal Navy K17364 - service number changed from SS107354 Stoker 1st class HMS New Zealand

Royal Navy K17364 Stoker 1st class HMS New Zealand - 3 days cells

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William Aubrey Charlick

Born 1891

Royal Navy M7809 ERA 3c HMS New Zealand

Royal Navy M7809 ERA 4c HMS New Zealand

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Sidney Mockett

Born 1898

Royal Navy J33933 Signal Boy HMS NEW ZEALAND

Royal Navy J33933 Ordinary Signalman HMS NEW ZEALAND

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William Thomas Humpage

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy L6176 Officer's Cook 1st Class HMS New Zealand

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Cuthbert Francis Bond Bowlby

Born 1895

Died 1969

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant HMS New Zealand

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Acting Captain

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Thomas Henry Freeman

Born 1891

Died 1914

Royal Navy K8956 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy K8956 Stoker 1st Class HMS New Zealand

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Charles Robert Wakefield

Born 1890

Died 1918

Royal Navy M1641 Leading Cook's Mate HMS New Zealand

Royal Navy M1641 Leading Cook's Mate HMS Cumberland

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Ronald Evea

Born 1889

Died 1920

Royal Navy 271890 Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class HMS Vivid

Royal Navy 271890 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class HMS NEW ZEALAND

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David Reeves

Born 1898

Royal Navy J33001 Ordinary Seaman HMS New Zealand

Royal Navy J33001 Ordinary Seaman HMS New Zealand - 7 days cells

Royal Navy J33001 Ordinary Seaman HMS New Zealand

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Alfred Charles Edward Brock

Born 1891

HMS New Zealand

Royal Navy K20307 Stoker 1st Class HMS New Zealand

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John Baynes

Born 1892

Royal Navy K28304 Stoker 1st Class HMS NEW ZEALAND

Royal Navy K28304 Stoker 2nd Class HMS NEW ZEALAND

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