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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]

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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]

John Thomas Wood

Born 1879

Died 1961

British Army GS/516 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/516 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

Royal Navy 300540 Stoker 2nd Class HMS "Pembroke II"

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Jack Nicholson

Died 1917

Royal Navy Bristol Z/9731 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteeer Reserve

Royal Navy Bristol Z/9731 Able Seaman R.N.V.R. HMS Pembroke

Royal Navy Bristol Z/9731 Ordinary Telegraphist Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Ernest Septimus Audas

Born 1881

Died 1915

Royal Navy RFR/B/5025 Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham

Royal Navy 292404 Stoker 1st Class Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)

Royal Navy 292404 Stoker 1st Class Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion

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Henry Paton Jackson

Born 1879

Australian Imperial Force 216 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

Australian Imperial Force 216N Private ANZAC Provost Corps

Australian Imperial Force 216N Private 3rd Brigade - 1st Australian Division 9th Battalion

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Harry Robinson

Born 1877

British Army 306250 Sapper Royal Engineers

Royal Navy Fireman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Stoker Royal Naval Reserve

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Herbert James Kirby

Born 1892

Royal Navy Paymaster Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Z/99 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy London Z/99 Writer 2nd Class Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Norman Read

Born 1893

Royal Navy M9679 Junior Reserve Attendant HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy M9679 Junior Reserve Attendant Hospital Ship Magic

Royal Navy M9679 Senior Reserve Attendant Hospital Ship Magic

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Herbert Thomas Davis

Born 1881

British Army 90963 Private Middlesex Regiment 29th (Infantry Works) Battalion

British Army 2887 Driver Royal Army Medical Corps 3/1st Home Counties Field Ambulance

Royal Navy 294219 Stoker 2 HMS "Pembroke II"

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John Rutherford Jacques

Born 1890

Royal Navy K33409 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Blake (Marne)

Royal Navy K33409 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy K33409 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

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Charles James Wild

Born 1886

Royal Navy London 8/2988 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy London 8/2988 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Conqueror

Royal Navy London 8/2988 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Pembroke I

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Ernest Arthur Perry

Born 1899

Royal Navy J69595 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy A 11554 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy B 7249 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

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Jack Butcher

Born 1891

Royal Navy K7482

Royal Navy CH/16466 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/16466 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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