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Place of birth

West Ham, Essex [21]

Hackney, London [11]

Dover, Kent [10]

Liverpool, Lancashire [9]

Belfast, Antrim [7]

Lambeth, London [7]

Battersea, London [6]

Edinburgh [6]

Faversham, Kent [6]

Fulham, London [6]

Hull, Yorkshire [6]

Poplar, London [6]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [5]

Ipswich, Suffolk [5]

Islington, London [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Woolwich, London [5]

Bethnal Green, London [4]

Canterbury, Kent [4]

Gateshead, Durham [4]

Hammersmith, London [4]

Holloway, London [4]

Kentish Town, London [4]

Norwich, Norfolk [4]

Southwark, London [4]

Sunderland, Durham [4]

Wandsworth, London [4]

Camberwell, London [3]

Colchester, Essex [3]

Croydon, Surrey [3]

Darlington, Durham [3]

Deptford, London [3]

Gillingham, Kent [3]

Greenwich, Kent [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Paddington, London [3]

Plumstead, Kent [3]

Staines, Middlesex [3]

Stepney, London [3]

Barnstaple, Devon [2]

Biggleswade, Bedfordshire [2]

Birchington, Kent [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Blyth [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Bootle, Lancashire [2]

Bromley, London [2]

Charlton, London [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Rank

Able Seaman [155]

Stoker 1st Class [139]

Ordinary Seaman [74]

Boy 1st Class [54]

Private [39]

Leading Seaman [34]

Gunner [33]

Petty Officer [32]

Stoker 2nd Class [23]

Stoker Petty Officer [22]

Lieutenant [20]

Leading Stoker [17]

Stoker [16]

Midshipman [14]

Musician [11]

Signal Boy [10]

Signalman [10]

Carpenter's Crew [9]

Chief Stoker [9]

Commander [9]

Lieutenant Commander [9]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [8]

Acting Leading Stoker [7]

Boy 2nd Class [7]

Armourer's Crew [6]

Boy Telegraphist [6]

Chief Petty Officer [6]

Corporal [6]

Captain [5]

Cook's Mate [5]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [5]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [5]

Petty Officer Stoker [5]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [4]

Mechanician [4]

Sergeant [4]

Shipwright 2nd Class [4]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3]

Leading Signalman [3]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [3]

Ship's Steward Assistant [3]

Shipwright 1st Class [3]

Wireman 2nd Class [3]

3rd Writer [2]

Acting Artificer Engineer [2]

Acting Chief Petty Officer [2]

Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Bandmaster 1st Class [2]

Blacksmith's Mate [2]

Unit

HMS Vanguard [656]

HMS 'Vanguard' [61]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [39]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [37]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Vanguard [35]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Vanguard [35]

Royal Marine Artillery [32]

RNVR Wales - HMS Vanguard [13]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Vanguard [13]

Royal Marines Band [12]

H.M.S. "Vanguard." [11]

Royal Marines Band - HMS Vanguard [11]

HMS VANGUARD [9]

RNVR Clyde - HMS Vanguard [7]

RNVR Mersey - HMS Vanguard [7]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [7]

HMS "Pembroke II" [6]

HMS Ajax [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

HMS Ganges [3]

HMS Impregnable [3]

RNVR London - HMS Vanguard [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

HMS "Vanguard" [2]

HMS Bulwark [2]

HMS Implacable [2]

HMS Magnificent [2]

HMS Mischief [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

RNVR - HMS Vanguard [2]

RNVR Sussex - HMS Vanguard [2]

RNVR Tyneside - HMS Vanguard [2]

Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

4th (Queen's Own) Hussars [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

H M S Vanguard [1]

H.M. Australian Squadron [1]

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

H.M.S. Birmingham [1]

H.M.S. Pembroke II [1]

H.M.S. Vanguard [1]

HM Submarine E22 [1]

HM Submarine K4 [1]

HMS "Diligence" [1]

HMS 'Victory' [1]

HMS Aboukir [1]

HMS Agamemnon [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

Service

Royal Navy [846]

British Army [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [109]

C [96]

H [81]

S [75]

M [63]

P [44]

G [42]

W [41]

A [39]

R [34]

D [33]

L [31]

T [31]

J [29]

F [25]

E [22]

K [17]

O [12]

I [6]

V [5]

N [4]

Y [3]

Q [2]

U [1]

X [1]

Contribution

Military Service [742]

Country

United Kingdom [86]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

West Ham, Essex [21] Hackney, London [11] Dover, Kent [10] Liverpool, Lancashire [9] Belfast, Antrim [7] Lambeth, London [7] Battersea, London [6] Edinburgh [6] Faversham, Kent [6] Fulham, London [6] Hull, Yorkshire [6] Poplar, London [6] Bristol, Gloucestershire [5] Ipswich, Suffolk [5] Islington, London [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Woolwich, London [5] Bethnal Green, London [4] Canterbury, Kent [4] Gateshead, Durham [4] Hammersmith, London [4] Holloway, London [4] Kentish Town, London [4] Norwich, Norfolk [4] Southwark, London [4] Sunderland, Durham [4] Wandsworth, London [4] Camberwell, London [3] Colchester, Essex [3] Croydon, Surrey [3] Darlington, Durham [3] Deptford, London [3] Gillingham, Kent [3] Greenwich, Kent [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Paddington, London [3] Plumstead, Kent [3] Staines, Middlesex [3] Stepney, London [3] Barnstaple, Devon [2] Biggleswade, Bedfordshire [2] Birchington, Kent [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Blyth [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Bootle, Lancashire [2] Bromley, London [2] Charlton, London [2] Chatham, Kent [2]

Rank

Able Seaman [155] Stoker 1st Class [139] Ordinary Seaman [74] Boy 1st Class [54] Private [39] Leading Seaman [34] Gunner [33] Petty Officer [32] Stoker 2nd Class [23] Stoker Petty Officer [22] Lieutenant [20] Leading Stoker [17] Stoker [16] Midshipman [14] Musician [11] Signal Boy [10] Signalman [10] Carpenter's Crew [9] Chief Stoker [9] Commander [9] Lieutenant Commander [9] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [8] Acting Leading Stoker [7] Boy 2nd Class [7] Armourer's Crew [6] Boy Telegraphist [6] Chief Petty Officer [6] Corporal [6] Captain [5] Cook's Mate [5] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [5] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [5] Petty Officer Stoker [5] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [4] Mechanician [4] Sergeant [4] Shipwright 2nd Class [4] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3] Leading Signalman [3] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [3] Ship's Steward Assistant [3] Shipwright 1st Class [3] Wireman 2nd Class [3] 3rd Writer [2] Acting Artificer Engineer [2] Acting Chief Petty Officer [2] Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [2] Bandmaster 1st Class [2] Blacksmith's Mate [2]

Unit

HMS Vanguard [656] HMS 'Vanguard' [61] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [39] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [37] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Vanguard [35] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Vanguard [35] Royal Marine Artillery [32] RNVR Wales - HMS Vanguard [13] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Vanguard [13] Royal Marines Band [12] H.M.S. "Vanguard." [11] Royal Marines Band - HMS Vanguard [11] HMS VANGUARD [9] RNVR Clyde - HMS Vanguard [7] RNVR Mersey - HMS Vanguard [7] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [7] HMS "Pembroke II" [6] HMS Ajax [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] HMS Ganges [3] HMS Impregnable [3] RNVR London - HMS Vanguard [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] HMS "Vanguard" [2] HMS Bulwark [2] HMS Implacable [2] HMS Magnificent [2] HMS Mischief [2] HMS Vivid II [2] RNVR - HMS Vanguard [2] RNVR Sussex - HMS Vanguard [2] RNVR Tyneside - HMS Vanguard [2] Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Division [2] 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] H M S Vanguard [1] H.M. Australian Squadron [1] H.M.S. "Vanguard" [1] H.M.S. Birmingham [1] H.M.S. Pembroke II [1] H.M.S. Vanguard [1] HM Submarine E22 [1] HM Submarine K4 [1] HMS "Diligence" [1] HMS 'Victory' [1] HMS Aboukir [1] HMS Agamemnon [1] HMS Agincourt [1]

Service

Royal Navy [846] British Army [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [109] C [96] H [81] S [75] M [63] P [44] G [42] W [41] A [39] R [34] D [33] L [31] T [31] J [29] F [25] E [22] K [17] O [12] I [6] V [5] N [4] Y [3] Q [2] U [1] X [1]

Contribution

Military Service [742]

Country

United Kingdom [86] Ireland [1]

Claude Du Pre Stansfeld Mauleverer Gowan Mauleverer

Born 1899

Died 1917

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS 'Vanguard'

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Vanguard

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Robert Ackrill

Born 1898

Died 1917

Royal Navy J.39685(Po) Ordinary Seaman HMS 'Vanguard'

Royal Navy J39685 Boy 1st Class HMS VANGUARD

Royal Navy J39685 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vanguard

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Francis Adam

Born 1899

Died 1917

Royal Navy J48012 Signal Boy HMS 'Vanguard'

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Robert Wait

Born 1898

Died 1917

Royal Navy J/27168 (CH) Signalman HMS Vanguard

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Henry Thomas Monk

Born 1895

Died 1917

Royal Navy K20999 Stoker 1st Class HMS Vanguard

Royal Navy K20999 Stoker 1st Class HMS Vanguard

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Arthur Charles William Hollis

Born 1899

Died 1917

Royal Navy J32515 Boy HMS 'Vanguard'

Royal Navy J32515 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vanguard

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Effizio Repetto

Born 1880

Died 1917

Royal Navy Artificer Engineer

Royal Navy Artificer Engineer HMS 'Vanguard'

Royal Navy Acting Artificer Engineer HMS Vanguard

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Frederick Albert Jakeway

Born 1892

Died 1917

Royal Navy J6966 Petty Officer HMS 'Vanguard'

Royal Navy J6966 Leading Seaman HMS Vanguard

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Alexander Baird

Born 1898

Died 1917

Royal Navy J34064 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vanguard

Royal Navy Ordinary Seaman HMS Vanguard

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Harold Armitage

Born 1890

Died 1917

Royal Navy K16328 Leading Stoker HMS VANGUARD

Royal Navy K16328 Stoker Petty Officer HMS 'Vanguard'

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Otto Sidney Grinham

Born 1894

Died 1917

Royal Navy J9844 Leading Seaman HMS 'Vanguard'

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Vanguard

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Albert Edward Oxley

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy 238408 Leading Seaman HMS 'Vanguard'

Royal Navy 238408 Able Seaman HMS Vanguard

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Albert Barker

Born 1898

Died 1917

Royal Navy J31493 Able Seaman HMS Vanguard

Royal Navy J31493 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vanguard

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Ernest Balaam

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy K27501 Leading Stoker HMS 'Vanguard'

Royal Navy K27501 Acting Leading Stoker HMS Vanguard

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Ernest Bolton Atkins

Born 1895

Died 1917

Royal Navy K21358 Leading Stoker HMS 'Vanguard'

Royal Navy K21358 Stoker 1st Class HMS Vanguard

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Algernon Claude Beevers-Belvoir

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy J23241 Able Seaman HMS 'Vanguard'

Royal Navy J23241 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vanguard

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Alfred Charles Buttle

Born 1899

Died 1917

Royal Navy J40521 Ordinary Seaman HMS 'Vanguard'

Royal Navy J40521 Boy 1st Class HMS Vanguard

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Alick Gray

Born 1893

Died 1917

Royal Navy J4210 Able Seaman HMS Vanguard

Royal Navy J/4210 Leading Seaman HMS Vanguard

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Stanley Harold Cardy

Born 1895

Died 1917

Royal Navy J14520 Able Seaman HMS 'Vanguard'

Royal Navy J14520 Able Seaman HMS Vanguard

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David Bacon

Born 1893

Died 1917

Royal Navy K30993 Leading Stoker HMS Vanguard

Royal Navy K30993 Acting Leading Stoker HMS Vanguard

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