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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [6]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Bexley, Kent [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Dublin [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Kingsbridge, Devon [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Stoke Damerel, Devon [2]

Willesden, London [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Ashburton, Devon [1]

Axmouth, Devon [1]

Baldock, Hertfordshire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Bloomsbury, London [1]

Brighouse, Yorkshire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cannock, Ross [1]

Carluke, Lanarkshire [1]

Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Chester, Cheshire [1]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1]

Chiswick, Middlesex [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Clapton Park, London [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Clifton,Bristol. [1]

Cloyne, Cork [1]

Darfield, Yorkshire [1]

Deptford [1]

Derby [1]

Diamond End, Hertfordshire [1]

Dundee Forfar [1]

Dysart, Fifeshire [1]

Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland [1]

Eltham, Kent [1]

Eton, Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Boy 2nd Class [113]

Boy 1st Class [66]

Ordinary Seaman [40]

Able Seaman [24]

Stoker 1st Class [14]

Leading Seaman [9]

Boy Telegraphist [8]

Private [8]

Petty Officer [7]

Stoker 2nd Class [7]

Telegraphist [7]

Ordinary Telegraphist [6]

Signal Boy [6]

Boy II [5]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [4]

Boy I [4]

Chief Petty Officer [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Boy 1st class [3]

Stoker [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Acting Petty Officer [2]

Boy 1 [2]

Boy 2 [2]

Boy 2nd class [2]

Boy Telegrapher [2]

Captain [2]

Corporal [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [2]

Stoker First Class [2]

Able Seaman (Rigger) [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Chief Petty Officer [1]

Acting Conductor [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Stoker [1]

Acting Stoker I [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy [1]

Boy (2nd class, then 1st class from 29 Sep 1918) [1]

Boy 2nd CLass [1]

Boy Class 2 [1]

Boy Sailor [1]

Boy Tel [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chief Boatswain [1]

Unit

HMS Powerful [145]

HMS Ajax [23]

HMS Vivid I [13]

HMS Agincourt [12]

HMS Impregnable [12]

HMS Ganges [10]

HMS "Powerful" [9]

HMS Erin [9]

HMS Victory I [8]

HMS Fearless [4]

HMS Nelson [4]

HMS St Vincent (Haslar) [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

HMS "Pembroke I" [3]

HMS Pembroke [3]

HMS Pembroke I [3]

HMS Royal Oak [3]

HMS Vernon [3]

HMS Victory II [3]

HMS Vivid II [3]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [3]

HM Submarine J6 [2]

HMS "Defiance" [2]

HMS Benbow [2]

HMS Cochrane [2]

HMS Collingwood [2]

HMS Fisgard [2]

HMS Majestic [2]

HMS Malaya [2]

HMS Royal Arthur [2]

HMS Terrible [2]

HMS Titania [2]

HMS Victory [2]

Naval And Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit) [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

5th Lancers [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

H.M.S. Barham [1]

H.M.S. Powerful [1]

H.M.S. Victory I [1]

HM Submarine G8 [1]

HM Submarine H5 [1]

HM Yacht Victoria and Albert [1]

HMS "Apollo" [1]

HMS "Beaver" [1]

HMS "Blenheim" [1]

HMS "Capetown" [1]

Service

Royal Navy [161]

British Army [6]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [29]

S [20]

C [19]

M [12]

A [11]

F [9]

P [9]

D [7]

H [6]

T [6]

W [6]

E [4]

G [4]

R [4]

J [3]

L [3]

I [2]

K [2]

O [2]

V [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [149]

Country

United Kingdom [46]

Australia [1]

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People [162] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [6] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Bexley, Kent [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Dublin [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Hampstead, London [2] Kingsbridge, Devon [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Stoke Damerel, Devon [2] Willesden, London [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Ashburton, Devon [1] Axmouth, Devon [1] Baldock, Hertfordshire [1] Battersea, London [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Bloomsbury, London [1] Brighouse, Yorkshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brixton, London [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cannock, Ross [1] Carluke, Lanarkshire [1] Chelmsford, Essex [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Chiswick, Middlesex [1] Clapham, London [1] Clapton Park, London [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Clifton,Bristol. [1] Cloyne, Cork [1] Darfield, Yorkshire [1] Deptford [1] Derby [1] Diamond End, Hertfordshire [1] Dundee Forfar [1] Dysart, Fifeshire [1] Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland [1] Eltham, Kent [1] Eton, Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Boy 2nd Class [113] Boy 1st Class [66] Ordinary Seaman [40] Able Seaman [24] Stoker 1st Class [14] Leading Seaman [9] Boy Telegraphist [8] Private [8] Petty Officer [7] Stoker 2nd Class [7] Telegraphist [7] Ordinary Telegraphist [6] Signal Boy [6] Boy II [5] Acting Stoker 1st Class [4] Boy I [4] Chief Petty Officer [4] Deck Hand [4] Boy 1st class [3] Stoker [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Acting Petty Officer [2] Boy 1 [2] Boy 2 [2] Boy 2nd class [2] Boy Telegrapher [2] Captain [2] Corporal [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [2] Stoker First Class [2] Able Seaman (Rigger) [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Chief Petty Officer [1] Acting Conductor [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Stoker [1] Acting Stoker I [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy [1] Boy (2nd class, then 1st class from 29 Sep 1918) [1] Boy 2nd CLass [1] Boy Class 2 [1] Boy Sailor [1] Boy Tel [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chief Boatswain [1]

Unit

HMS Powerful [145] HMS Ajax [23] HMS Vivid I [13] HMS Agincourt [12] HMS Impregnable [12] HMS Ganges [10] HMS "Powerful" [9] HMS Erin [9] HMS Victory I [8] HMS Fearless [4] HMS Nelson [4] HMS St Vincent (Haslar) [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] HMS "Pembroke I" [3] HMS Pembroke [3] HMS Pembroke I [3] HMS Royal Oak [3] HMS Vernon [3] HMS Victory II [3] HMS Vivid II [3] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [3] HM Submarine J6 [2] HMS "Defiance" [2] HMS Benbow [2] HMS Cochrane [2] HMS Collingwood [2] HMS Fisgard [2] HMS Majestic [2] HMS Malaya [2] HMS Royal Arthur [2] HMS Terrible [2] HMS Titania [2] HMS Victory [2] Naval And Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit) [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] 5th Lancers [1] Army Service Corps [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] H.M.S. Barham [1] H.M.S. Powerful [1] H.M.S. Victory I [1] HM Submarine G8 [1] HM Submarine H5 [1] HM Yacht Victoria and Albert [1] HMS "Apollo" [1] HMS "Beaver" [1] HMS "Blenheim" [1] HMS "Capetown" [1]

Service

Royal Navy [161] British Army [6] Australian Imperial Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [29] S [20] C [19] M [12] A [11] F [9] P [9] D [7] H [6] T [6] W [6] E [4] G [4] R [4] J [3] L [3] I [2] K [2] O [2] V [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [149]

Country

United Kingdom [46] Australia [1]

Percy Frank Hughes

Born 1900

Died 1977

Royal Navy J83742 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy Boy 1st Class HMS Powerful

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William Glen

Born 1901

Died 1918

Royal Navy J/92648 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

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James Easton Mcfarlane

Born 1901

Died 1918

Royal Navy J90174

Royal Navy J/90174 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

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Jethro Critchard

Born 1874

Died 1920

Royal Navy 167879 Stoker 1st Class HMS Powerful

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Alfred Forbes

Born 1900

Died 1977

Royal Navy SS121698 Boy II HMS Powerful Devonport, England

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Edward Arda

Born 1898

Died 1916

Royal Navy J39295 Boy 1st class HMS Malaya

Royal Navy J39295 Boy 1st Class HMS Victory

Royal Navy J39295 Boy 1st class HMS Powerful

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Alexander Whigham Mcintosh

Born 1900

Died 1985

Royal Navy J69874 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J69874 Telegraphist HMS Neptune

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John Roberts Bargent

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy J92233 HMS Powerful

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John Whiddon

Born 1876

Died 1916

Royal Navy 350539 Chief Sick Berth Steward HMS Powerful

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Cornelius Keohane

Born 1869

Died 1916

Royal Navy 155486 Stoker 1st Class HMS Powerful

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Walter John Marley

Born 1869

Died 1917

Royal Navy 129009 Chief Petty Officer HMS Powerful

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Henry Thomas Tudor

Born 1874

Died 1918

Royal Navy 150450 Chief Sick Berk Steward HMS Powerful

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William Clark

Born 1860

Died 1917

Royal Navy 91749 Petty Officer HMS Powerful

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William Philip Flood

Born 1863

Died 1918

Royal Navy 110205 Carpenter's Crew HMS Powerful

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Sidney Herbert Stagg

Born 1901

Died 1919

Royal Navy J94424 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

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George Francis Vosper

Born 1867

Died 1915

Royal Navy Chief Boatswain HMS Powerful

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Arthur George Austin

Born 1901

Died 1919

Royal Navy BOY. 2nd. Class. J93548 HMS. Powerful

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Albert Griffiths

Born 1900

Died 1974

Royal Navy SS122582

Royal Navy J54008 Boy II HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J54008 Boy I HMS Powerful

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Henry Augustus Anstiss

Born 1899

Died 1964

Royal Navy J39713 Boy 1st class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J39713 Boy 2nd class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J39713 Boy 1st Class HMS Royal Oak

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Archibald Ernest Child

Born 1899

Died 1919

Royal Navy J31371 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J31371 Boy 1st Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy Ordinary Seaman HMS Ajax

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