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Maidstone, Kent [77]

Ramsgate, Kent [22]

Islington, London [12]

Bermondsey, London [10]

Dover, Kent [10]

Poplar, London [10]

Battersea, London [8]

Deptford, London [8]

Maidstone [8]

Bethnal Green, London [7]

Hoxton, London [7]

Kensington, London [7]

Lambeth, London [7]

West Ham, Essex [7]

Camberwell, London [6]

Gravesend, Kent [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire [6]

Tottenham, London [6]

Walworth, London [6]

Hackney, London [5]

Sittingbourne, Kent [5]

Chatham, Kent [4]

East Malling, Kent [4]

Ipswich, Suffolk [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Sunderland, Durham [4]

Beccles, Suffolk [3]

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [3]

Bow, London [3]

Boxley, Kent [3]

Colchester, Essex [3]

Croydon, Surrey [3]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [3]

East Ham, Essex [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Nottingham [3]

Old Ford, London [3]

Otham, Kent [3]

Saint Pancras, London [3]

Sheshader, Rossshire [3]

Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Tovil, Kent [3]

Twickenham, Middlesex [3]

Willesden, London [3]

Ballymena, Antrim [2]

Barming, Kent [2]

Blackheath, London [2]

Bromley, Kent [2]

Buckie, Banffshire [2]

Cambridge [2]

Rank

Ordinary Seaman [334]

Deck Hand [197]

Able Seaman [187]

Stoker 1st Class [135]

Stoker 2nd Class [119]

Boy 2nd Class [64]

Stoker 2 [60]

Boy 1st Class [59]

Stoker 1 [52]

Leading Stoker [51]

Leading Seaman [39]

Seaman [38]

Petty Officer [36]

Stoker [24]

Petty Officer Stoker [22]

Stoker Petty Officer [21]

Trimmer [19]

Acting Leading Stoker [17]

Chief Petty Officer [17]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [14]

Private [14]

Signalman [14]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [11]

Chief Stoker [11]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [11]

Engineman [9]

Petty Officer 1st Class [9]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [8]

Leading Signalman [7]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [6]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [6]

Petty Officer Mechanic [6]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [5]

Chief Stoker Petty Officer [5]

Cook's Mate [5]

Leading Mechanic [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Ordinary Signalman [5]

Sapper [5]

Telegraphist [5]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [4]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [4]

Boy I [4]

Boy II [4]

Boy Servant [4]

Carpenter's Crew [4]

Cooks Mate [4]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [4]

Shipwright 2nd Class [4]

Acting ERA 4th Class [3]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [281]

HMS Pembroke I [264]

HMS Pembroke [183]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [159]

HMS Pembroke II [113]

HMS "Pembroke II" [100]

HMS Vindictive [86]

HMS Victory I [66]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Pembroke [47]

HMS "Pembroke I" [43]

Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Pembroke [25]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [25]

HMS Ganges [19]

HMS Impregnable [18]

HMS Natal [18]

HMS "Pembroke" [17]

HMS Erin [16]

HMS Indomitable [15]

HMS Ajax [14]

Royal Air Force [14]

HMS Hindustan [12]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [12]

HMS Yarmouth [11]

Royal Naval Division [11]

HMS "Impregnable" [9]

HMS Actaeon [9]

HMS Vivid I [9]

HMS Agamemnon [8]

HMS Agincourt [8]

HMS Boadicea [8]

HMS Osiris [8]

Pembroke [8]

British Naval Siege Guns [7]

HMS "Blenheim" [7]

HMS "Ganges" [7]

HMS Repulse [7]

HMS Shannon [7]

HMS "Acheron" [6]

HMS Antrim [6]

HMS Blenheim [6]

HMS Cyclops [6]

HMS Hogue [6]

HMS Victory II [6]

Pembroke II [6]

RNAS HMS "President II" [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

HMS "Ganges II" [5]

HMS Inflexible [5]

HMS Jupiter [5]

HMS Powerful [5]

Service

Royal Navy [1026]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21]

British Army [19]

Other Empire Force [9]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Canadian Navy [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [137]

M [106]

S [94]

H [93]

C [84]

P [70]

W [57]

R [54]

A [53]

T [40]

K [34]

L [33]

J [29]

D [27]

G [27]

E [26]

F [21]

N [21]

O [9]

I [6]

V [5]

Y [3]

Q [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [842]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [347]

Malta [6]

Gibraltar [4]

Australia [2]

Ireland [2]

Canada [1]

Greece [1]

India [1]

Iran, Islamic Republic of [1]

New Zealand [1]

Turkey [1]

United States [1]

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People [1032] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [77] Ramsgate, Kent [22] Islington, London [12] Bermondsey, London [10] Dover, Kent [10] Poplar, London [10] Battersea, London [8] Deptford, London [8] Maidstone [8] Bethnal Green, London [7] Hoxton, London [7] Kensington, London [7] Lambeth, London [7] West Ham, Essex [7] Camberwell, London [6] Gravesend, Kent [6] Liverpool, Lancashire [6] Tottenham, London [6] Walworth, London [6] Hackney, London [5] Sittingbourne, Kent [5] Chatham, Kent [4] East Malling, Kent [4] Ipswich, Suffolk [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Sunderland, Durham [4] Beccles, Suffolk [3] Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [3] Bow, London [3] Boxley, Kent [3] Colchester, Essex [3] Croydon, Surrey [3] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [3] East Ham, Essex [3] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Nottingham [3] Old Ford, London [3] Otham, Kent [3] Saint Pancras, London [3] Sheshader, Rossshire [3] Southampton, Hampshire [3] Tovil, Kent [3] Twickenham, Middlesex [3] Willesden, London [3] Ballymena, Antrim [2] Barming, Kent [2] Blackheath, London [2] Bromley, Kent [2] Buckie, Banffshire [2] Cambridge [2]

Rank

Ordinary Seaman [334] Deck Hand [197] Able Seaman [187] Stoker 1st Class [135] Stoker 2nd Class [119] Boy 2nd Class [64] Stoker 2 [60] Boy 1st Class [59] Stoker 1 [52] Leading Stoker [51] Leading Seaman [39] Seaman [38] Petty Officer [36] Stoker [24] Petty Officer Stoker [22] Stoker Petty Officer [21] Trimmer [19] Acting Leading Stoker [17] Chief Petty Officer [17] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [14] Private [14] Signalman [14] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [11] Chief Stoker [11] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [11] Engineman [9] Petty Officer 1st Class [9] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [8] Leading Signalman [7] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [6] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [6] Petty Officer Mechanic [6] Acting Stoker 1st Class [5] Chief Stoker Petty Officer [5] Cook's Mate [5] Leading Mechanic [5] Lieutenant [5] Ordinary Signalman [5] Sapper [5] Telegraphist [5] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [4] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [4] Boy I [4] Boy II [4] Boy Servant [4] Carpenter's Crew [4] Cooks Mate [4] Petty Officer 2nd Class [4] Shipwright 2nd Class [4] Acting ERA 4th Class [3]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [281] HMS Pembroke I [264] HMS Pembroke [183] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [159] HMS Pembroke II [113] HMS "Pembroke II" [100] HMS Vindictive [86] HMS Victory I [66] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Pembroke [47] HMS "Pembroke I" [43] Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Pembroke [25] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [25] HMS Ganges [19] HMS Impregnable [18] HMS Natal [18] HMS "Pembroke" [17] HMS Erin [16] HMS Indomitable [15] HMS Ajax [14] Royal Air Force [14] HMS Hindustan [12] Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [12] HMS Yarmouth [11] Royal Naval Division [11] HMS "Impregnable" [9] HMS Actaeon [9] HMS Vivid I [9] HMS Agamemnon [8] HMS Agincourt [8] HMS Boadicea [8] HMS Osiris [8] Pembroke [8] British Naval Siege Guns [7] HMS "Blenheim" [7] HMS "Ganges" [7] HMS Repulse [7] HMS Shannon [7] HMS "Acheron" [6] HMS Antrim [6] HMS Blenheim [6] HMS Cyclops [6] HMS Hogue [6] HMS Victory II [6] Pembroke II [6] RNAS HMS "President II" [6] Royal Engineers [6] HMS "Ganges II" [5] HMS Inflexible [5] HMS Jupiter [5] HMS Powerful [5]

Service

Royal Navy [1026] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21] British Army [19] Other Empire Force [9] Australian Imperial Force [4] Canadian Navy [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [137] M [106] S [94] H [93] C [84] P [70] W [57] R [54] A [53] T [40] K [34] L [33] J [29] D [27] G [27] E [26] F [21] N [21] O [9] I [6] V [5] Y [3] Q [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [842] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [347] Malta [6] Gibraltar [4] Australia [2] Ireland [2] Canada [1] Greece [1] India [1] Iran, Islamic Republic of [1] New Zealand [1] Turkey [1] United States [1]

Arthur Pinnock

Born 1901

Died 1987

Royal Navy J69610 Boy II HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J69610 Boy I HMS Victory I

Royal Navy J69610 Boy I HMS Kildonan Castle

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Albert Edward Humberstone

Born 1898

Died 1924

Royal Navy J30497 Boy 2 then Boy 1 HMS Ganges HMS Pembroke I and HMS Warrior

Royal Navy J30497 Ordinary Seaman HMS Glorious HMS Pembroke I HMS Attentive

Royal Navy J30497 Able Seaman HMS Blake HMS Diligence HMS Pembroke I

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Alexander Glass Simpson

Born 1878

Died 1916

Royal Navy 181971 Able Seaman HMS INVINCIBLE

Royal Navy Able Seaman Pembroke

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Henry Gilbert Hogbin

Born 1896

Died 1967

Royal Navy K51704 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

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Thomas Leonard Imms

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy L8764

Royal Navy L8764 Officers Steward 1 HMS Pembroke

Royal Navy L8764 Officers Steward 1 HMS Wallaroo

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Arthur Reddick

Born 1896

Died 1988

Royal Navy J18016

Royal Navy J18016 Boy Class 2

Royal Navy HMS Impregnable

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Edward George Crittenden

Born 1876

Royal Navy 281505 Chief Stoker

Royal Navy 281505 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy 281505 Chief Stoker HMS Pembroke II

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Archibald Baden Lay

Born 1900

Died 1967

Royal Navy J83655

Royal Navy J83655 Ordinary Seaman Pembroke

Royal Navy J83655 Ordinary Seaman HMS Duke

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William John Staple

Born 1872

Died 1915

Royal Navy 142861 Ordinary Seaman HMS Boadicea

Royal Navy 142861 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory

Royal Navy 142861 Able Seaman HMS Active

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Harry Doughty

Born 1886

Royal Navy M22696 Cook's Mate HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy M22696 Cook's Mate HMS Weymouth

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William Thomas Brown

Born 1879

Died 1951

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 329135 Aircraftman 2nd Class Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 329135 Corporal (10898B)

Royal Navy RFR/B/3334 Signalman Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham

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William Jesse Harlow

Born 1898

Royal Navy SS7434 Ord. Seaman HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy SS7434 Ord. Seaman HMS Ganges

Royal Navy SS7434 Able Seaman HMS Ganges

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Frederick Wouldhave

Born 1882

Died 1918

Royal Navy 303106 Leading Stoker HMS Pembroke

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Ernest Arthur Wright

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy J65174 Able Seaman HMS Pembroke

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Alfred Henry Parry

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy J85028

Royal Navy J/83028 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke

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Percy Edwin Moore

Born 1889

Died 1917

Royal Navy K11676

Royal Navy K/11676 Leading Stoker HMS Pembroke

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William Baden Lennox

Born 1900

Died 1919

Royal Navy SS/9172 Able Seaman HMS Pembroke

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Percival Christopher Mitchell

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy SS8734 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke

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Alfred Gibbs

Born 1893

Died 1917

Royal Navy SS/111831 Stoker 1st Class HMS Pembroke

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Thomas Pindard

Born 1887

Died 1915

Royal Navy 220472 Leading Seaman HMS Pembroke

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