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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]

Leslie William Beard

Born 1897

Royal Navy J29851 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J29851 Boy 1st Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J29851 Ordinary Seaman HMS Ajax

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William Clarke

Born 1899

Royal Navy J31380 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J31380 Boy 1st Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J31380 Boy 1st Class HMS Erin

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George Leonard Bush

Born 1898

Royal Navy J32480 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J32480 Boy 1st Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J32480 Boy 1st Class HMS Erin

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Ernest Alexander Bottom

Born 1899

Royal Navy J39375 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J39375 Boy 1st Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J39375 Boy 1st Class HMS Erin

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Albert Henry Elson

Born 1899

Royal Navy J32613 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J32613 Boy 1st Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J32613 Boy 1st Class HMS Ajax

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William Francis Atherton

Born 1898

Royal Navy J35386 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J35386 Boy 1st Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J35386 Boy 1st Class HMS Agincourt

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William Arnott

Born 1900

Royal Navy J90300

Royal Navy J90300 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J90300 Boy 1st Class HMS Powerful

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Fred Cousins

Born 1898

Died 1971

Royal Navy J39348 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J39348 Boy 1st Class HMS Erin

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Thomas William Snashall

Born 1898

Royal Navy J36112 Ordinary Seaman HMS Minerva

Royal Navy Boy Sailor HMS Powerful

Royal Navy K54069 Stoker First Class

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Anthony Bolton

Born 1899

Died 1979

Royal Navy J34087

Royal Navy J34087 Boy 1 HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J34087 Ordinary Seaman HMS Endymion

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Horace Honey Burr

Born 1900

Died 1976

Royal Navy J78957 Boy 2nd Class HMS "Powerful"

Royal Navy J78957 Boy 1st Class HMS "Powerful"

Royal Navy J78957 Boy Telegrapher HMS "Ganges II"

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Archibald Douglas Randall

Born 1901

Royal Navy J93863 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J93863 Boy 1st Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy K56629 Stoker 1st Class HMS Vivid

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Alfred Joseph Mcgonigle

Born 1875

Royal Navy 350183 Ship's Corporal 1st Class HMS Powerful

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Thomas Scarr

Born 1900

Royal Navy J57416 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

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Albert Charles Cruttenden

Born 1901

Royal Navy J91874

Royal Navy K56207

Royal Navy SS121782

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Ephraim Beer

Born 1884

Died 1970

Royal Navy 308797

Royal Navy 308797 Private HMS NELSON

Royal Navy 308797 Private HMS Victory III

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Alexander William Allen

Born 1900

Royal Navy J91897

Royal Navy SS124576 Stoker First Class

Royal Navy J91897 Boy (2nd class, then 1st class from 29 Sep 1918) HMS Powerful

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Arthur Thomas Hatton

Born 1898

Royal Navy J29881 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J29881 Boy 1st Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J29881 Boy Telegraphist HMS Ajax

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Alfred Edgar Crowther

Born 1898

Died 1915

Royal Navy J31376 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J31376 Signal Boy HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J31376 Ordinary Signalman HMS Natal

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Frank Simpson

Born 1896

Died 1918

Royal Navy J31130 Boy 2nd Class HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy J31130 Boy 1st Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J31130 Able Seaman HMS Powerful

…

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