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Portsmouth, Hampshire [26]

Liverpool, Lancashire [19]

Portsea, Hampshire [16]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [14]

Southampton, Hampshire [14]

Hull, Yorkshire [13]

Battersea, London [11]

Leicester [9]

Durham, County Durham [7]

Gosport, Hampshire [7]

Leeds, Yorkshire [7]

Manchester, Lancashire [7]

Nottingham [7]

Dublin [6]

Liverpool [6]

Newcastle, Northumberland [6]

Brighton, Sussex [5]

Fareham, Hampshire [5]

Gateshead, Durham [5]

Glasgow [5]

Wandsworth, London [5]

Winchester, Hampshire [5]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Camberwell, London [4]

Chelsea, London [4]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [4]

Islington, London [4]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [4]

Reading, Berkshire [4]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

Sunderland, Durham [4]

Aldershot, Hampshire [3]

Alresford, Hampshire [3]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [3]

Belfast [3]

Blandford, Dorset [3]

Bognor, Sussex [3]

Bridport, Dorset [3]

Chelmsford, Essex [3]

Chichester, Sussex [3]

Derby [3]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [3]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [3]

Edmonton, Middlesex [3]

Emsworth, Hampshire [3]

Fulham, London [3]

Guildford, Surrey [3]

Hereford [3]

Kingston, Surrey [3]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [258]

Able Seaman [179]

Leading Stoker [91]

Stoker [73]

Ordinary Seaman [36]

Boy 1st Class [31]

Gunner [29]

Petty Officer [29]

Stoker Petty Officer [29]

Leading Seaman [27]

Private [21]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [18]

Chief Stoker [16]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [16]

Midshipman [16]

Petty Officer Stoker [12]

Lieutenant [11]

Boy Telegraphist [10]

Ordinary Signalman [8]

Petty Officer 1st Class [7]

Stoker 2nd Class [7]

Acting Leading Stoker [6]

Chief Petty Officer [6]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [6]

Shipwright 2nd Class [6]

Canteen Assistant [5]

Commander [5]

Leading Signalman [5]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

Wireman 2nd Class [5]

Armourer's Crew [4]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [4]

Stoker 1st class [4]

Stoker First Class [4]

Acting Gunner [3]

Bombardier [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Musician [3]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [3]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [3]

Signalman [3]

Stoker 2nd class [3]

Acting Lieutenant [2]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [2]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Artificer Engineer [2]

Blacksmith [2]

Captain [2]

Carpenter's Crew [2]

Unit

HMS QUEEN MARY [471]

HMS Queen Mary [420]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [82]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS QUEEN MARY [16]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Queen Mary [16]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [16]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Queen Mary [14]

Royal Marine Artillery [13]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [12]

Royal Naval Reserve [12]

Admiralty Civilian - HMS Queen Mary [6]

HMS Victory II [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5]

HMS "Queen Mary" [3]

RNVR Tyneside - HMS Queen Mary [3]

Royal Marines Band [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

HMS Excellent [2]

HMS Renown [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

HMS Vivid I [2]

Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory) [2]

RNVR London - HMS Queen Mary [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

Royal Marines Band - HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

Royal Naval Division - Hawke Battalion [2]

Royal Naval Division HMS Queen Mary [2]

2 different ships [1]

4th Royal Marine Battalion [1]

8 different ships [1]

Boscawen [1]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

Excellent [1]

Garnet [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Greenock base ship HMS Orlando [1]

H.M.S. "Queen Mary" [1]

H.M.S. "Queen Mary." [1]

HMS "Nelson" [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Bulwark [1]

HMS Caledonia [1]

HMS Cyclops [1]

HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Ganges II [1]

HMS Garnet [1]

HMS Hannibal [1]

HMS Hercules [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1063]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [129]

S [97]

W [90]

H [88]

M [86]

C [64]

P [58]

L [54]

F [52]

R [49]

D [45]

G [41]

A [35]

T [35]

K [33]

E [25]

J [25]

N [16]

O [16]

V [13]

Y [5]

I [4]

Q [2]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [832]

Country

United Kingdom [123]

Guernsey [1]

Ireland [1]

Netherlands [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [26] Liverpool, Lancashire [19] Portsea, Hampshire [16] Birmingham, Warwickshire [14] Southampton, Hampshire [14] Hull, Yorkshire [13] Battersea, London [11] Leicester [9] Durham, County Durham [7] Gosport, Hampshire [7] Leeds, Yorkshire [7] Manchester, Lancashire [7] Nottingham [7] Dublin [6] Liverpool [6] Newcastle, Northumberland [6] Brighton, Sussex [5] Fareham, Hampshire [5] Gateshead, Durham [5] Glasgow [5] Wandsworth, London [5] Winchester, Hampshire [5] Bournemouth, Hampshire [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Camberwell, London [4] Chelsea, London [4] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [4] Islington, London [4] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [4] Reading, Berkshire [4] Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] Sunderland, Durham [4] Aldershot, Hampshire [3] Alresford, Hampshire [3] Basingstoke, Hampshire [3] Belfast [3] Blandford, Dorset [3] Bognor, Sussex [3] Bridport, Dorset [3] Chelmsford, Essex [3] Chichester, Sussex [3] Derby [3] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [3] Doncaster, Yorkshire [3] Edmonton, Middlesex [3] Emsworth, Hampshire [3] Fulham, London [3] Guildford, Surrey [3] Hereford [3] Kingston, Surrey [3]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [258] Able Seaman [179] Leading Stoker [91] Stoker [73] Ordinary Seaman [36] Boy 1st Class [31] Gunner [29] Petty Officer [29] Stoker Petty Officer [29] Leading Seaman [27] Private [21] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [18] Chief Stoker [16] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [16] Midshipman [16] Petty Officer Stoker [12] Lieutenant [11] Boy Telegraphist [10] Ordinary Signalman [8] Petty Officer 1st Class [7] Stoker 2nd Class [7] Acting Leading Stoker [6] Chief Petty Officer [6] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [6] Shipwright 2nd Class [6] Canteen Assistant [5] Commander [5] Leading Signalman [5] Lieutenant Commander [5] Wireman 2nd Class [5] Armourer's Crew [4] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [4] Stoker 1st class [4] Stoker First Class [4] Acting Gunner [3] Bombardier [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [3] Musician [3] Officer's Steward 1st Class [3] Petty Officer 2nd Class [3] Signalman [3] Stoker 2nd class [3] Acting Lieutenant [2] Acting Sub Lieutenant [2] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [2] Artificer Engineer [2] Blacksmith [2] Captain [2] Carpenter's Crew [2]

Unit

HMS QUEEN MARY [471] HMS Queen Mary [420] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [82] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS QUEEN MARY [16] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Queen Mary [16] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [16] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Queen Mary [14] Royal Marine Artillery [13] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [12] Royal Naval Reserve [12] Admiralty Civilian - HMS Queen Mary [6] HMS Victory II [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5] HMS "Queen Mary" [3] RNVR Tyneside - HMS Queen Mary [3] Royal Marines Band [3] Royal Naval Division [3] HMS Excellent [2] HMS Renown [2] HMS Victory I [2] HMS Vivid I [2] Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory) [2] RNVR London - HMS Queen Mary [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS QUEEN MARY [2] Royal Marines Band - HMS QUEEN MARY [2] Royal Naval Division - Hawke Battalion [2] Royal Naval Division HMS Queen Mary [2] 2 different ships [1] 4th Royal Marine Battalion [1] 8 different ships [1] Boscawen [1] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1] Excellent [1] Garnet [1] Gibraltar [1] Greenock base ship HMS Orlando [1] H.M.S. "Queen Mary" [1] H.M.S. "Queen Mary." [1] HMS "Nelson" [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Bulwark [1] HMS Caledonia [1] HMS Cyclops [1] HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Ganges II [1] HMS Garnet [1] HMS Hannibal [1] HMS Hercules [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1063] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [129] S [97] W [90] H [88] M [86] C [64] P [58] L [54] F [52] R [49] D [45] G [41] A [35] T [35] K [33] E [25] J [25] N [16] O [16] V [13] Y [5] I [4] Q [2] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [832]

Country

United Kingdom [123] Guernsey [1] Ireland [1] Netherlands [1] United States [1]

Andrew Stevenson Brown

Died 1916

Royal Navy 1272EA Engine Room Artificer Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary

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Herbert Ernest Hughes

Born 1889

Died 1943

Royal Navy K6445 Stoker Petty Officer Greenock base ship HMS Orlando paid via HMS Rooke, depot ship to Boom Defense Central Depot at Rosyth

Royal Navy K6445 Acting Leading Stoker HMS Queen Mary

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John James Moore

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy 10866 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 10866 Bombardier Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Queen Mary

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John Hugh Lhoyd-Owen

Born 1895

Died 1980

Royal Navy Midshipman Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary

Royal Navy Midshipman (Probationary) Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Midshipman

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James Francis Graham

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy Z/ 7234 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Tyneside Z/7234 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Queen Mary

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Sydney James Selway

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy 13045 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy RMA/13045 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Queen Mary

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William Henry Mutters

Born 1870

Died 1916

Royal Navy 16964 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS QUEEN MARY

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Ernest Webb

Born 1882

Died 1916

Royal Navy 9611 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 9611 Sergeant Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Queen Mary

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Henry Richardson

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy 12070 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 1365 Musician Royal Marines Band - HMS QUEEN MARY

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Joseph Burns

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy S 1914 Stoker Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1914S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary

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Albert Edwards

Born 1885

Died 1950

Royal Navy T 2924 Stoker Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2924T Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary

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William John Macdonald

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy S 7610 Stoker Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 7610S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary

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William Baker

Born 1884

Died 1916

Royal Navy 12745 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/12745 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Queen Mary

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Charles William Argent

Born 1881

Died 1916

Royal Navy 11232 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/11232 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Queen Mary

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Frank Smith

Born 1894

Royal Navy K17778 Stoker 1st Class Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)

Royal Navy K17778 Stoker 1st Class HMS QUEEN MARY

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James Henry Buglass

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy Z/6786 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Tyneside/Z/6786 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Queen Mary

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Chisuko Shimomura

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Commander Imperial Japanese Navy on board HMS Queen Mary

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David Wilson Scott

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy 6749S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve *mistake in CWGC records

Royal Navy 6794.S. (PO) Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary

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Michael Flynn

Born 1882

Died 1916

Royal Navy 1782U Stoker Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1782U Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary

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Arthur William Thomas Williams

Born 1894

Royal Navy 12915 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy RMA/12915 Gunner RMA HMS Queen Mary

Royal Navy RMA/12915 Bombardier

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