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Place of birth

Newport, Monmouthshire [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Alderney [1]

Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Birdham, Sussex [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Cape Town, South Africa [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Greenwich, Kent [1]

Guildford, Surrey, England [1]

Hoxton, London [1]

Lewisham, Kent [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Mappowder, Dorset [1]

Near Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

New Brompton, Kent [1]

North Somercotes, near Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Rotherhithe, London [1]

Sidlesham, Sussex [1]

Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Stratford, London [1]

Taunton, Somerset [1]

Tenby, Pembrokeshire [1]

Rank

Ordinary Seaman [11]

Able Seaman [10]

Boy 1st Class [8]

Boy 2nd Class [8]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Leading Seaman [5]

Petty Officer [5]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Leading Cook [2]

Marine [2]

Private [2]

2nd Class Cook's Mate [1]

ACT FOR ...? [1]

ACT FOR ...? to Engine Room Artificer 4 on 4 April 1914 [1]

Acting Mechanician [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Boatman [1]

Boy 1 [1]

Boy 2 [1]

Boy Artificer to Engine Room Artificer 5C [1]

Boy Tel [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Chief Petty Officer Cook [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Corporal [1]

Domestic 2nd Cl [1]

Domestic 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2 [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3 [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3 to Engine Room Artificer 2 30 Dec 1919 [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4 to Engine Room Artificer 3 31 Dec 1915 [1]

Engine Room Artificer 5C [1]

Leading Boatman [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Mechanician [1]

Ord Tel [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [1]

Petty Officer Cook [1]

Provisional 2nd Class Cook's Mate [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sick Berth Steward [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

HMS Royal Arthur [24]

HMS Vivid I [8]

HMS Euryalus [3]

HMS Excellent [3]

HMS Impregnable [3]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS Blenheim [2]

HMS Caledonia [2]

HMS Crescent [2]

HMS Ganges II [2]

HMS Hogue [2]

HMS Indus [2]

HMS Kent [2]

HMS Pembroke [2]

HMS Russell [2]

HMS St Vincent (Haslar) [2]

HMS Venus [2]

HMS Victory [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

HMS Wildfire [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

7 Days Cells [1]

Apollo [1]

Blenheim [1]

Diligence [1]

Fisgard [1]

Gibraltar [1]

H.M.S. "Cricket." [1]

HM Coastguard [1]

HM Trawler Agamemnon II [1]

HMS Acheron then HMS Pembroke II then HMS Irresistible [1]

HMS Acteon [1]

HMS Active [1]

HMS Agamemnon [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Amethyst [1]

HMS Argonaut [1]

HMS Ariadne [1]

HMS Attentive II [1]

HMS Attentive II (HMS Afridi) [1]

HMS Bacchante [Cressy Class armoured cruiser] [1]

HMS Bellerophon [1]

HMS Black Prince [1]

HMS Boadicea [1]

HMS Boomerang [1]

HMS Britannia [1]

HMS Caesar [1]

HMS Canada [1]

Service

Royal Navy [29]

British Army [1]

Last name first letter

C [5]

W [4]

B [3]

S [3]

D [2]

E [2]

J [2]

R [2]

A [1]

F [1]

G [1]

H [1]

I [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [23]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Guernsey [1]

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Place of birth

Newport, Monmouthshire [2] Aberdeen [1] Alderney [1] Bedminster, Somerset [1] Birdham, Sussex [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Cape Town, South Africa [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Greenwich, Kent [1] Guildford, Surrey, England [1] Hoxton, London [1] Lewisham, Kent [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Mappowder, Dorset [1] Near Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] New Brompton, Kent [1] North Somercotes, near Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Rotherhithe, London [1] Sidlesham, Sussex [1] Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Stratford, London [1] Taunton, Somerset [1] Tenby, Pembrokeshire [1]

Rank

Ordinary Seaman [11] Able Seaman [10] Boy 1st Class [8] Boy 2nd Class [8] Stoker 1st Class [6] Leading Seaman [5] Petty Officer [5] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Deck Hand [2] Leading Cook [2] Marine [2] Private [2] 2nd Class Cook's Mate [1] ACT FOR ...? [1] ACT FOR ...? to Engine Room Artificer 4 on 4 April 1914 [1] Acting Mechanician [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Boatman [1] Boy 1 [1] Boy 2 [1] Boy Artificer to Engine Room Artificer 5C [1] Boy Tel [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Chief Petty Officer Cook [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Cook's Mate [1] Corporal [1] Domestic 2nd Cl [1] Domestic 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 2 [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3 [1] Engine Room Artificer 3 to Engine Room Artificer 2 30 Dec 1919 [1] Engine Room Artificer 4 to Engine Room Artificer 3 31 Dec 1915 [1] Engine Room Artificer 5C [1] Leading Boatman [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Leading Stoker [1] Mechanician [1] Ord Tel [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Petty Officer 2nd Class [1] Petty Officer Cook [1] Provisional 2nd Class Cook's Mate [1] Sergeant [1] Sick Berth Steward [1] Stoker [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

HMS Royal Arthur [24] HMS Vivid I [8] HMS Euryalus [3] HMS Excellent [3] HMS Impregnable [3] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS Blenheim [2] HMS Caledonia [2] HMS Crescent [2] HMS Ganges II [2] HMS Hogue [2] HMS Indus [2] HMS Kent [2] HMS Pembroke [2] HMS Russell [2] HMS St Vincent (Haslar) [2] HMS Venus [2] HMS Victory [2] HMS Victory I [2] HMS Vivid II [2] HMS Wildfire [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] 7 Days Cells [1] Apollo [1] Blenheim [1] Diligence [1] Fisgard [1] Gibraltar [1] H.M.S. "Cricket." [1] HM Coastguard [1] HM Trawler Agamemnon II [1] HMS Acheron then HMS Pembroke II then HMS Irresistible [1] HMS Acteon [1] HMS Active [1] HMS Agamemnon [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Amethyst [1] HMS Argonaut [1] HMS Ariadne [1] HMS Attentive II [1] HMS Attentive II (HMS Afridi) [1] HMS Bacchante [Cressy Class armoured cruiser] [1] HMS Bellerophon [1] HMS Black Prince [1] HMS Boadicea [1] HMS Boomerang [1] HMS Britannia [1] HMS Caesar [1] HMS Canada [1]

Service

Royal Navy [29] British Army [1]

Last name first letter

C [5] W [4] B [3] S [3] D [2] E [2] J [2] R [2] A [1] F [1] G [1] H [1] I [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [23]

Country

United Kingdom [8] Guernsey [1]

Charles Ely

Born 1879

Died 1918

Royal Navy 291586 (RFR Ch B7427) Stoker 1st Class HMS Royal Arthur

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George Wilson Florence

Born 1893

Died 1920

Royal Navy M4585 Leading Cook HMS Royal Arthur

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Gilbert Preston Collins

Born 1890

Died 1920

Royal Navy 223640 Petty Officer HMS Royal Arthur

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Harry Whales

Born 1875

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Royal Arthur

Royal Navy 149639 Petty Officer HMS Castor

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William James Emery

Born 1882

Died 1914

Royal Navy Ordinary Seaman HMS Royal Arthur

Royal Navy 195662 Able Seaman HMS Good Hope

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Thomas John Woods

Born 1886

Royal Navy 309921 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Royal Arthur

Royal Navy 309921 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy 309921 Acting Leading Stoker

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Alexander Alfred Cairo Clarke

Born 1882

Died 1917

Royal Navy Ordinary Seaman Royal Arthur

Royal Navy 199515 Able Seaman HMS Mary Rose

Royal Navy 199515 Able Seaman HMS Mary Rose

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William Jones

Born 1879

Royal Navy 355960

Royal Navy 355960 Domestic 3rd Class HMS Royal Arthur

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Ernest John Reynolds

Born 1875

Royal Navy 353138 Domestic 2nd Cl HMS Royal Arthur

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Francis George Chapman

Born 1885

Royal Navy 351382 Sick Berth Steward HMS Royal Arthur

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William John Staple

Born 1872

Died 1915

Royal Navy 142861 Ordinary Seaman HMS Boadicea

Royal Navy 142861 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory

Royal Navy 142861 Able Seaman HMS Active

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Alexander Edward Mckellow

Born 1888

Died 1957

Royal Navy SS105463

Royal Navy SS105463 Stoker HMS Endymion

Royal Navy SS105463 Stoker HMS Cochrane

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Douglas Marrack Southwood

Born 1894

Died 1971

Royal Navy M4537 Provisional 2nd Class Cook's Mate HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy M4537 2nd Class Cook's Mate HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy M4537 2nd Class Cook's Mate HMS Theseus

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Albert Henry Woolven

Born 1881

Died 1915

Royal Navy 302856 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Nelson

Royal Navy 302856 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Duke of Wellington II

Royal Navy 302856 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Firequeen

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Eli Barnes

Born 1888

Died 1971

Royal Navy 228810 Ordinary Seaman HMS St George

Royal Navy 228810 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I

Royal Navy 228810 Ordinary Seaman HMS Royal Arthur

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Reginald Walter Cuff

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 309680

Royal Navy 309680 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy 309680 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Hogue

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William Frederick Richards

Born 1897

Royal Navy J27170 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J27170 Boy 1st Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J27170 Boy 1st Class HMS Royal Arthur

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James Goodfield

Born 1893

Died 1920

Royal Navy J8320 Boy 1st Class HMS Euryalus

Royal Navy J8320 Ordinary Seaman HMS Euryalus

Royal Navy J8320 Ordinary Seaman HMS Royal Arthur

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William Francis Campbell

Born 1894

Royal Navy 16242 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/16242 Marine HMS Royal Arthur Ingoldmells near Skegness, Lincolnshire

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James Edward Dennison

Born 1887

Royal Navy 230228 Boy 2nd Class HMS Caledonia

Royal Navy 230228 Boy 1st Class HMS Caledonia

Royal Navy 230228 Ordinary Seaman HMS Royal Arthur

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