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Place of birth

Canterbury, Kent [3]

Chelmsford, Essex [3]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Aylesford, Kent [1]

Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Beccles, Suffolk [1]

Bexley, Kent [1]

Bicester, Oxfordshire [1]

Birkdale, Lancashire [1]

Braintree, Essex [1]

Brasted, Kent [1]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Canning Town, Essex [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Craigellachie, Banffshire [1]

Crosby, Lancashire [1]

Deal, Kent [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dunbar, Scotland [1]

East Peckham, Kent [1]

Eltham, Kent [1]

Finsbury Park, London [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Halesworth, Suffolk [1]

Harwich, Essex [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Hessle, Yorkshire [1]

Hunton, Kent [1]

Inverness [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kentish Town, London [1]

Kings Norton, Worcs [1]

Leith, Midlothian [1]

Lurgan, Down [1]

Maldon, Essex [1]

Minster, Kent [1]

Missenden, Buckinghamshire [1]

Old Ford, London [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Reigate, Surrey [1]

Saint Helens, Lancashire [1]

Saint Luke's, London [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [20]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Leading Seaman [7]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Petty Officer [3]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Stoker 1 [2]

Stoker 2 [2]

AM I [1]

Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Engine Room Articifer [1]

Engine Room Articifer 4th class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1]

LM [1]

Leading Cooks Mate [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenantt Commander [1]

Master at Arms [1]

Mechanician [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

P O Stoker [1]

Plumbers mate [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Stoker 1st class [1]

Stoker 2nd class [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

HMS Pathfinder [63]

HMS "Pembroke II" [3]

H.M.S. "Pathfinder" [2]

HMS "Pathfinder" [2]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

HMS "Acheron" [1]

HMS "Lord Nelson" [1]

HMS "Victory II" [1]

HMS PATHFINDER [1]

HMS Pathfinder [lead ship of the Pathfinder class of scout cruisers] [1]

HMS Pathfinder. [1]

HMS Pembroke II [1]

Hms Pathfinder [1]

RNAS HMS "Daedalus" [1]

RNAS HMS "President II" [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Pathfinder [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion [1]

Service

Royal Navy [72]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

S [11]

A [10]

B [6]

M [6]

P [5]

R [5]

F [4]

H [4]

L [4]

C [3]

D [3]

T [3]

G [2]

W [2]

E [1]

K [1]

N [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [71]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Gibraltar [1]

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People [72] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Canterbury, Kent [3] Chelmsford, Essex [3] Bethnal Green, London [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Aylesford, Kent [1] Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Battersea, London [1] Beccles, Suffolk [1] Bexley, Kent [1] Bicester, Oxfordshire [1] Birkdale, Lancashire [1] Braintree, Essex [1] Brasted, Kent [1] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Canning Town, Essex [1] Canning Town, London [1] Craigellachie, Banffshire [1] Crosby, Lancashire [1] Deal, Kent [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dunbar, Scotland [1] East Peckham, Kent [1] Eltham, Kent [1] Finsbury Park, London [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Halesworth, Suffolk [1] Harwich, Essex [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Hessle, Yorkshire [1] Hunton, Kent [1] Inverness [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Islington, London [1] Kensington, London [1] Kentish Town, London [1] Kings Norton, Worcs [1] Leith, Midlothian [1] Lurgan, Down [1] Maldon, Essex [1] Minster, Kent [1] Missenden, Buckinghamshire [1] Old Ford, London [1] Paddington, London [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Reigate, Surrey [1] Saint Helens, Lancashire [1] Saint Luke's, London [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [20] Ordinary Seaman [8] Leading Seaman [7] Stoker 1st Class [5] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Petty Officer [3] Chief Petty Officer [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Stoker 1 [2] Stoker 2 [2] AM I [1] Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Acting Gunner [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Boy Artificer [1] Engine Room Articifer [1] Engine Room Articifer 4th class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1] LM [1] Leading Cooks Mate [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenantt Commander [1] Master at Arms [1] Mechanician [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] P O Stoker [1] Plumbers mate [1] Sergeant [1] Signal Boy [1] Stoker 1st class [1] Stoker 2nd class [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

HMS Pathfinder [63] HMS "Pembroke II" [3] H.M.S. "Pathfinder" [2] HMS "Pathfinder" [2] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] HMS "Acheron" [1] HMS "Lord Nelson" [1] HMS "Victory II" [1] HMS PATHFINDER [1] HMS Pathfinder [lead ship of the Pathfinder class of scout cruisers] [1] HMS Pathfinder. [1] HMS Pembroke II [1] Hms Pathfinder [1] RNAS HMS "Daedalus" [1] RNAS HMS "President II" [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Pathfinder [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion [1]

Service

Royal Navy [72] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

S [11] A [10] B [6] M [6] P [5] R [5] F [4] H [4] L [4] C [3] D [3] T [3] G [2] W [2] E [1] K [1] N [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [71]

Country

United Kingdom [22] Gibraltar [1]

Basil Hovenden Neve

Born 1875

Died 1914

Royal Navy 270424 Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class HMS Pathfinder

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Roderick Donald Lardner

Born 1886

Died 1914

Royal Navy 221290 Yeoman of Signals HMS Pathfinder 8th Destroyer Flotilla

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Thomas Arnold Venning

Born 1875

Died 1914

Royal Navy Engineer Lieutenant

Royal Navy Engineer Lieutenant Commander HMS PATHFINDER

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Eccles James Carter

Born 1891

Died 1914

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant HMS Pathfinder

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Charles Henry Terry

Born 1880

Died 1914

Royal Navy 293803

Royal Navy 293803 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Pathfinder

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Edward Oliver Stallybrass

Born 1894

Died 1969

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy HMS Pathfinder

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Thomas Whiteway

Born 1883

Died 1914

Royal Navy 208492

Royal Navy 208492 (Ch) Petty Officer HMS Pathfinder

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Richard Edward Magee

Born 1876

Died 1914

Royal Navy 164813 Master at Arms HMS Pathfinder

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William Morris

Born 1886

Died 1914

Royal Navy 214875

Royal Navy 214875 Leading Seaman HMS Pathfinder

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William James Evans

Born 1886

Died 1914

Royal Navy 221679

Royal Navy 221679 Able Seaman HMS Pathfinder

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Charles Henry Pettman

Born 1887

Died 1914

Royal Navy 226607

Royal Navy 226607 Petty Officer HMS Pathfinder

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Leo Lambert Taylor

Born 1881

Died 1914

Royal Navy 298742 Mechanician HMS Pathfinder 8th Destroyer flotilla

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Ernest Torre Favell

Born 1884

Died 1914

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Lieutenantt Commander HMS Pathfinder

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James Mckay

Born 1881

Died 1914

Royal Navy 270946

Royal Navy Artificer Engineer HMS Pathfinder

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James Armstrong

Born 1881

Died 1914

Royal Navy 294264 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Pathfinder

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Cecil Aldous

Born 1884

Died 1914

Royal Navy 211922

Royal Navy 211922 Able Seaman HMS Pathfinder

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Victor Emanuel Axup

Born 1885

Died 1914

Royal Navy 215587 Leading Signalman HMS Pathfinder

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Sidney Herbert Bloomfield

Born 1894

Died 1914

Royal Navy J8083 Able Seaman HMS Pathfinder 8th Destroyer Flotilla

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William Beaton Brett

Born 1895

Royal Navy J25154

Royal Navy J13723 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pathfinder

Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer

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William Frank Austen

Born 1895

Died 1914

Royal Navy J13723 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pathfinder

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