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Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Queenstown, Cork [4]

Exeter, Devon [3]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Islington, London [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Abergavenny Monmouthshire [1]

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [1]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [1]

Ballylesson, Down [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Beaulieu, Hampshire [1]

Bedworth, Warwickshire [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Bere Regis, Wareham, Dorset [1]

Berehaven, Cork [1]

Bridgewater, Somerset [1]

Bridport, Dorset [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Brownshill, Stroud, Gloucestershire [1]

Burntisland, Fifeshire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Carrigtwohill, Cork [1]

Combe Martin, Devon [1]

Darwin, Lancashire [1]

Dorking, Surrey [1]

Forton, Gosport, Hants [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Hapton, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Harpenden, Hertfordshire [1]

Henley, Oxfordshire [1]

Hereford, Herefordshire [1]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1]

Holyhead, Anglesey [1]

Huby, Yorkshire. [1]

Kenmare, Kerry [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Landport, Hampshire [1]

Laverton, Gloucestershire [1]

Listowel, Kerry [1]

Malton, Yorkshire [1]

Martinhoe, Devon [1]

Morebath, Devon [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [22]

Boy 1st Class [15]

Ordinary Seaman [11]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Leading Stoker [7]

Lieutenant Commander [7]

Petty Officer [7]

Boy 2nd Class [6]

Stoker Petty Officer [5]

Acting Leading Stoker [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Boy Telegraphist [3]

Captain [3]

Commander [3]

Cook's Mate [3]

Gunner [3]

Midshipman [3]

Private [3]

Shipwright 1st Class [3]

Stoker [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Boatman [2]

Carpenters Crew [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Musician [2]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [2]

Stoker - 1st Class [2]

Stoker - 2nd Class [2]

Stoker 1st class [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Acting 2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Engineer Captain [1]

Acting Stoker [1]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Admiral [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Bandsman [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy - 2nd Class [1]

Boy 1 [1]

Boy 1st class [1]

Boy 2 [1]

Boy 2nd class [1]

Boy I [1]

Unit

HMS Revenge [107]

HMS REVENGE [10]

HMS Fearless [5]

HMS Fisgard [4]

HMS Impregnable [4]

HMS Victory 2 [4]

HMS Vivid I [4]

HMS Black Prince [3]

HMS Hindustan [3]

HMS Nelson [3]

HMS Prince of Wales [3]

HMS Vindictive [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [2]

HMS Birmingham [2]

HMS Conqueror [2]

HMS Defence [2]

HMS Defiance [2]

HMS Excellent [2]

HMS Firequeen 2 [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS Hampshire [2]

HMS Hecla [2]

HMS Indomitable [2]

HMS London [2]

HMS Minotaur [2]

HMS Orion [2]

HMS St Vincent (Haslar) [2]

HMS Vernon [2]

HMS Victory [2]

HMS Victory 1 [2]

HMS Vivid 2 [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Revenge [2]

Duke of Wellington 2 [1]

H.M.S. 'Ajax' [1]

HM Submarine H3 [1]

HMAS Cerberus [1]

HMS ? [1]

HMS Aboukir [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Albemarle [1]

HMS Alexandria [1]

HMS Antrim [1]

HMS Apollo [1]

HMS Ariadne [1]

HMS Assistance [1]

HMS Aurora [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

Service

Royal Navy [125]

Last name first letter

C [17]

A [16]

B [12]

H [12]

M [11]

P [11]

R [7]

S [7]

W [7]

D [5]

G [4]

F [3]

K [3]

L [3]

T [2]

Y [2]

E [1]

J [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [95]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

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People [125] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Queenstown, Cork [4] Exeter, Devon [3] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Islington, London [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Abergavenny Monmouthshire [1] Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [1] Alverstoke, Hampshire [1] Ballylesson, Down [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Beaulieu, Hampshire [1] Bedworth, Warwickshire [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Bere Regis, Wareham, Dorset [1] Berehaven, Cork [1] Bridgewater, Somerset [1] Bridport, Dorset [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Brownshill, Stroud, Gloucestershire [1] Burntisland, Fifeshire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Carrigtwohill, Cork [1] Combe Martin, Devon [1] Darwin, Lancashire [1] Dorking, Surrey [1] Forton, Gosport, Hants [1] Fulham, London [1] Hampstead, London [1] Hapton, Burnley, Lancashire [1] Harpenden, Hertfordshire [1] Henley, Oxfordshire [1] Hereford, Herefordshire [1] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1] Holyhead, Anglesey [1] Huby, Yorkshire. [1] Kenmare, Kerry [1] Lambeth, London [1] Landport, Hampshire [1] Laverton, Gloucestershire [1] Listowel, Kerry [1] Malton, Yorkshire [1] Martinhoe, Devon [1] Morebath, Devon [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [22] Boy 1st Class [15] Ordinary Seaman [11] Stoker 1st Class [9] Lieutenant [8] Leading Stoker [7] Lieutenant Commander [7] Petty Officer [7] Boy 2nd Class [6] Stoker Petty Officer [5] Acting Leading Stoker [4] Leading Seaman [4] Boy Telegraphist [3] Captain [3] Commander [3] Cook's Mate [3] Gunner [3] Midshipman [3] Private [3] Shipwright 1st Class [3] Stoker [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [2] Boatman [2] Carpenters Crew [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Musician [2] Officer's Steward 1st Class [2] Stoker - 1st Class [2] Stoker - 2nd Class [2] Stoker 1st class [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Acting 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Engineer Captain [1] Acting Stoker [1] Acting Stoker 1st Class [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Admiral [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Bandsman [1] Bombardier [1] Boy - 2nd Class [1] Boy 1 [1] Boy 1st class [1] Boy 2 [1] Boy 2nd class [1] Boy I [1]

Unit

HMS Revenge [107] HMS REVENGE [10] HMS Fearless [5] HMS Fisgard [4] HMS Impregnable [4] HMS Victory 2 [4] HMS Vivid I [4] HMS Black Prince [3] HMS Hindustan [3] HMS Nelson [3] HMS Prince of Wales [3] HMS Vindictive [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [2] HMS Birmingham [2] HMS Conqueror [2] HMS Defence [2] HMS Defiance [2] HMS Excellent [2] HMS Firequeen 2 [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS Hampshire [2] HMS Hecla [2] HMS Indomitable [2] HMS London [2] HMS Minotaur [2] HMS Orion [2] HMS St Vincent (Haslar) [2] HMS Vernon [2] HMS Victory [2] HMS Victory 1 [2] HMS Vivid 2 [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Revenge [2] Duke of Wellington 2 [1] H.M.S. 'Ajax' [1] HM Submarine H3 [1] HMAS Cerberus [1] HMS ? [1] HMS Aboukir [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Albemarle [1] HMS Alexandria [1] HMS Antrim [1] HMS Apollo [1] HMS Ariadne [1] HMS Assistance [1] HMS Aurora [1] HMS BULWARK [1]

Service

Royal Navy [125]

Last name first letter

C [17] A [16] B [12] H [12] M [11] P [11] R [7] S [7] W [7] D [5] G [4] F [3] K [3] L [3] T [2] Y [2] E [1] J [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [95]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

Albert John 'jack' Hancock

Born 1888

Died 1941

Royal Navy 347303

Royal Navy 347303 HMS Revenge

Royal Navy 347303 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Revenge

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Sidney Coggins

Born 1894

Died 1943

Royal Navy K17299 Acting Leading Stoker HMS Revenge

Royal Navy K17299 Leading Stoker HMS Revenge

Royal Navy K17299 Stoker 1st class HMS Revenge

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Squire Tempest

Born 1895

Died 1920

Royal Navy K17334 Acting Leading Stoker HMS Revenge

Royal Navy K17334 Leading Stoker HMS Revenge

Royal Navy K17334 Stoker 1st class HMS Revenge

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Wilfred Ewart Dunning

Born 1898

Died 1976

Royal Navy J41393

Royal Navy J41393 Able Seaman HMS Revenge

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Frederick Aylott

Born 1899

Died 1916

Royal Navy J41613 Boy 1st Class HMS Revenge

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Harold Trevelyan Atlay

Born 1874

Died 1914

Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander

Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander HMS Revenge

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Frederick Charles Arthur Short

Born 1899

Died 1988

Royal Navy J41095 Leading Telegraphist

Royal Navy J41095 Boy Telegraphist HMS REVENGE

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William George Crump

Born 1886

Died 1919

Royal Navy 220097 Yeoman of Signals HMS Marlborough

Royal Navy 220097 Yeoman of Signals HMS Revenge

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Frederick William Mcgillivray

Born 1899

Died 1918

Royal Navy J74723 Able Seaman HMS Revenge

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George James Ford

Born 1887

Royal Navy 223054

Royal Navy 223054 Petty Officer HMS Revenge

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George Delbridge

Born 1866

Died 1918

Royal Navy 119301 Petty Officer HMS Revenge

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William Rattey O.b.e.

Born 1871

Died 1939

Royal Navy Acting Engineer Captain HMS Revenge 1st Battle Squadron

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Arthur Sheppard

Born 1898

Royal Navy J36952

Royal Navy J36952 HMS Revenge

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Donald Ricketts

Born 1893

Died 1918

Royal Navy L6620 Officer's Steward 1st Class HMS Revenge

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Frederick George White

Born 1898

Died 1919

Royal Navy M25637 Writer 3rd HMS Revenge

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Peveril Barton Reibey Wallop William-Powlett

Born 1898

Died 1985

Royal Navy Vice Admiral

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Acting Sub-Lieutenant HMS Revenge

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Donald Craig Wallace

Born 1901

Died 1920

Royal Navy J69473 Able Seaman

Royal Navy J69473 Able Seaman HMS Revenge

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John Robson Heseltine

Born 1899

Died 1919

Royal Navy J39607 Able Seaman HMS Defiance

Royal Navy J39607 Boy 1st Class HMS REVENGE

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Thomas Tranter

Born 1885

Died 1921

Royal Navy 220796 Petty Officer HMS Vivid

Royal Navy 220796 Petty Officer HMS REVENGE

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Henry George Miller

Born 1899

Royal Navy J36848 Boy Telegraphist HMS Revenge

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