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Portsmouth, Hampshire [28]

Liverpool, Lancashire [19]

Portsea, Hampshire [17]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [14]

Southampton, Hampshire [14]

Hull, Yorkshire [13]

Battersea, London [12]

Leicester [10]

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]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [5]

Fareham, Hampshire [5]

Gateshead, Durham [5]

Glasgow [5]

Wandsworth, London [5]

Winchester, Hampshire [5]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [4]

Camberwell, London [4]

Chelsea, London [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [4]

Islington, London [4]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [4]

Reading, Berkshire [4]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

Sunderland, Durham [4]

Willesden, London [4]

Aldershot, Hampshire [3]

Alresford, Hampshire [3]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [3]

Bath, Somerset [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]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [260]

Able Seaman [197]

Leading Stoker [91]

Stoker [73]

Ordinary Seaman [52]

Boy 1st Class [46]

Petty Officer [34]

Leading Seaman [32]

Gunner [30]

Stoker Petty Officer [29]

Private [23]

Midshipman [20]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [19]

Boy 2nd Class [17]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [17]

Chief Stoker [16]

Lieutenant [15]

Petty Officer Stoker [13]

Boy Telegraphist [10]

Ordinary Signalman [9]

Stoker 2nd Class [9]

Chief Petty Officer [7]

Lieutenant Commander [7]

Petty Officer 1st Class [7]

Acting Leading Stoker [6]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [6]

Shipwright 2nd Class [6]

Canteen Assistant [5]

Commander [5]

Leading Signalman [5]

Signalman [5]

Sub-Lieutenant [5]

Telegraphist [5]

Wireman 2nd Class [5]

Armourer's Crew [4]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [4]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [4]

Stoker 1st class [4]

Stoker First Class [4]

Acting Gunner [3]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Captain [3]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Musician [3]

Sergeant [3]

Stoker 2nd class [3]

Sub Lieutenant [3]

Surgeon [3]

Yeoman of Signals [3]

Unit

HMS QUEEN MARY [471]

HMS Queen Mary [420]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [82]

HMS Queen [22]

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 [15]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Queen Mary [14]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [13]

Royal Naval Reserve [13]

HMS Queen Elizabeth [8]

HMS Ajax [7]

Admiralty Civilian - HMS Queen Mary [6]

HMS Ganges [6]

HMS Victory II [6]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6]

HMS Ganges II [5]

HMS Excellent [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

HMS "Queen Mary" [3]

HMS Vivid I [3]

Royal Marines Band [3]

HM Submarine E18 [2]

HMS Argyll [2]

HMS Britannia [2]

HMS Caledonia [2]

HMS Calliope [2]

HMS Exmouth [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Lion [2]

HMS Lizard [2]

HMS Natal [2]

HMS Northampton [2]

HMS Renown [2]

HMS Russell [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

Queen Elizabeth [2]

RNVR London - HMS Queen Mary [2]

RNVR Tyneside - HMS Queen Mary [2]

Royal Marines Band - HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

Royal Naval Division [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]

Britannia [1]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1105]

British Army [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [132]

S [105]

H [92]

W [92]

M [91]

C [68]

P [61]

L [56]

F [55]

R [50]

D [46]

G [44]

A [36]

T [36]

K [33]

E [25]

J [25]

O [18]

N [16]

V [13]

Y [6]

I [4]

Q [2]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [869]

Country

United Kingdom [139]

Guernsey [1]

Ireland [1]

Netherlands [1]

Turkey [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [28] Liverpool, Lancashire [19] Portsea, Hampshire [17] Birmingham, Warwickshire [14] Southampton, Hampshire [14] Hull, Yorkshire [13] Battersea, London [12] Leicester [10] 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] Bristol, Gloucestershire [5] Fareham, Hampshire [5] Gateshead, Durham [5] Glasgow [5] Wandsworth, London [5] Winchester, Hampshire [5] Bournemouth, Hampshire [4] Camberwell, London [4] Chelsea, London [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [4] Islington, London [4] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [4] Reading, Berkshire [4] Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] Sunderland, Durham [4] Willesden, London [4] Aldershot, Hampshire [3] Alresford, Hampshire [3] Basingstoke, Hampshire [3] Bath, Somerset [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]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [260] Able Seaman [197] Leading Stoker [91] Stoker [73] Ordinary Seaman [52] Boy 1st Class [46] Petty Officer [34] Leading Seaman [32] Gunner [30] Stoker Petty Officer [29] Private [23] Midshipman [20] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [19] Boy 2nd Class [17] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [17] Chief Stoker [16] Lieutenant [15] Petty Officer Stoker [13] Boy Telegraphist [10] Ordinary Signalman [9] Stoker 2nd Class [9] Chief Petty Officer [7] Lieutenant Commander [7] Petty Officer 1st Class [7] Acting Leading Stoker [6] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [6] Shipwright 2nd Class [6] Canteen Assistant [5] Commander [5] Leading Signalman [5] Signalman [5] Sub-Lieutenant [5] Telegraphist [5] Wireman 2nd Class [5] Armourer's Crew [4] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [4] Officer's Steward 1st Class [4] Stoker 1st class [4] Stoker First Class [4] Acting Gunner [3] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [3] Bombardier [3] Captain [3] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [3] Musician [3] Sergeant [3] Stoker 2nd class [3] Sub Lieutenant [3] Surgeon [3] Yeoman of Signals [3]

Unit

HMS QUEEN MARY [471] HMS Queen Mary [420] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Queen Mary [82] HMS Queen [22] 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 [15] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Queen Mary [14] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [13] Royal Naval Reserve [13] HMS Queen Elizabeth [8] HMS Ajax [7] Admiralty Civilian - HMS Queen Mary [6] HMS Ganges [6] HMS Victory II [6] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6] HMS Ganges II [5] HMS Excellent [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] HMS "Queen Mary" [3] HMS Vivid I [3] Royal Marines Band [3] HM Submarine E18 [2] HMS Argyll [2] HMS Britannia [2] HMS Caledonia [2] HMS Calliope [2] HMS Exmouth [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Lion [2] HMS Lizard [2] HMS Natal [2] HMS Northampton [2] HMS Renown [2] HMS Russell [2] HMS Victory I [2] Queen Elizabeth [2] RNVR London - HMS Queen Mary [2] RNVR Tyneside - HMS Queen Mary [2] Royal Marines Band - HMS QUEEN MARY [2] Royal Naval Division [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] Britannia [1] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1105] British Army [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [132] S [105] H [92] W [92] M [91] C [68] P [61] L [56] F [55] R [50] D [46] G [44] A [36] T [36] K [33] E [25] J [25] O [18] N [16] V [13] Y [6] I [4] Q [2] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [869]

Country

United Kingdom [139] Guernsey [1] Ireland [1] Netherlands [1] Turkey [1] United States [1]

Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten

Born 1900

Died 1979

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Lion

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant

Royal Navy Acting-Lieutenant

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Maurice Henry De Jersey Harper

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy Surgeon HMS Queen Mary

Royal Navy Surgeon HMS Queen Mary

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Joseph Baker

Born 1878

Died 1916

Royal Navy 286450 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Queen Mary

Royal Navy 286450 Acting Chief Stoker HMS Queen Mary

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Harry Lewin Lee Pennell

Born 1882

Died 1916

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Lieutenant

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Thomas William Morrison

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy J20256

Royal Navy J/20256 Boy HMS QUEEN MARY

Royal Navy J/20256 Ordinary Seaman HMS QUEEN MARY

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Charles Manners Sutton Chapman

Born 1889

Died 1919

Royal Navy Naval Cadet HMS Britannia

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Queen

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant

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Charles Hucklesby, Medaille Militaire

Born 1876

Died 1937

Royal Navy 160142 Boy 2nd Class HMS Boscawen

Royal Navy 160142 Boy 1st Class HMS Boscawen

Royal Navy 160142 Boy 1st Class HMS Alexandra

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Frederick Charles Leat

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 361751 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Queen Mary

Royal Navy 361751 Leading Stoker HMS Queen Mary

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William Fean Angell

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS112796 Stoker First Class HMS Queen Mary

Royal Navy SS/112796 Stoker 1st Class HMS Queen Mary

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John Milford

Born 1876

Died 1916

Royal Navy 167342 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS Queen Mary

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Walter Snow

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy K14693 Leading Stoker HMS Queen Mary

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Horace Thomas Andrews

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy J19720 Signalman HMS Queen Mary

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Vernon George Midlane

Born 1877

Died 1916

Royal Navy 181332 Able Seaman HMS Queen Mary

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James Henley Johnson

Born 1878

Died 1916

Royal Navy 174479 Ship's Steward HMS Queen Mary

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Joseph Robert Haigh

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy K2363 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Queen Mary

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John Allsop

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS111310 Stoker 1st Class HMS Queen Mary

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Harry Abrames

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy K16215

Royal Navy K.16215. (Po) Stoker 1st Class HMS Queen Mary

Royal Navy K16215 Stoker 1st Class HMS Queen Mary

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Albert George Gale

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy Stoker First Class HMS Queen Mary

Royal Navy K17139 Stoker 1st Class HMS Queen Mary

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Samuel Anderson

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS112795 Stoker 1st Class HMS Queen Mary

Royal Navy SS/112795 Stoker 1st Class HMS Queen Mary

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George Doling

Born 1883

Died 1916

Royal Navy 211338

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Queen Mary

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