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Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [7]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Blackpool, Lancashire [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Twickenham, Middlesex [2]

Ahmednuggar, Bombay [1]

Alresford, Hampshire [1]

Armagh, Northern Ireland [1]

Arnol, Rossshire [1]

Balham, London [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blaydon-on-Tyne, Durham [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bridgeton, Lanarkshire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Chislehurst, Kent [1]

Claines, Worcestershire [1]

Clapton Park, London [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Corfe Mullen, Dorset [1]

Cork [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1]

Ebley, Gloucestershire [1]

Elie, Fifeshire [1]

Eltham, Kent [1]

Fishtoft, Lincolnshire [1]

Fowey, Cornwall [1]

Freshwater Isle of Wight [1]

Gillingham, Kent [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Howestrand, County Cork [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire [1]

Kings Norton, Worcestershire [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Landport, Hampshire [1]

Lewes, Sussex [1]

Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

Maldon, Essex [1]

Malo, Cork [1]

Margate, Kent [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [28]

Ordinary Seaman [24]

Boy 1st Class [22]

Boy 2nd Class [22]

Leading Seaman [14]

Wireman 2nd Class [12]

Petty Officer [9]

Armourer's Crew [8]

Boy Telegraphist [6]

Chief Petty Officer [6]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Telegraphist [5]

Acting Gunner [4]

Electrician 4th Class [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Ordinary Telegraphist [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Acting Petty Officer [3]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Electrician 3rd Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Gunner [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Petty Officer 1st Class [3]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [3]

Seaman [3]

Stoker - 1st Class [3]

Wireman 1st Class [3]

Able Bodied Seaman [2]

Acting Electrical Artificer [2]

Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2]

Acting Electrician [2]

Acting Electrician 4th Class [2]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Boy - 2nd Class [2]

Boy I [2]

Boy II [2]

Cook's Mate [2]

Electrical Artificer [2]

Engine Room Artificer [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [2]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2]

Private [2]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [2]

Signalman [2]

Stoker [2]

Unit

HMS Vernon [83]

HMS Victory I [15]

HMS Fearless [12]

HMS Impregnable [12]

HMS Agincourt [11]

HMS Ajax [9]

HMS Victory [8]

HMS Ganges [7]

HMS Dolphin [5]

HMS Erin [5]

HMS Excellent [5]

HMS Fisgard [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

HMS "Vernon" [3]

HMS Blenheim [3]

HMS Despatch [3]

HMS Eclipse [3]

HMS Hecla [3]

HMS Nelson [3]

HMS Titania [3]

HMS Victory II [3]

HMS Vindictive [3]

HMS Vivid I [3]

Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Vernon [3]

HM Submarine E18 [2]

HMS Amethyst [2]

HMS Australia [2]

HMS Benbow [2]

HMS Blanche [2]

HMS Boscawen [2]

HMS Bulwark [2]

HMS Calliope [2]

HMS Centurion [2]

HMS Colombo [2]

HMS Conqueror [2]

HMS Conquest [2]

HMS Cormorant [2]

HMS Crescent [2]

HMS Duke of Wellington [2]

HMS Enterprise [2]

HMS Essex [2]

HMS Forte [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS Mars [2]

HMS Northampton [2]

HMS Orion [2]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

HMS Powerful [2]

HMS Revenge [2]

HMS Royal Sovereign [2]

Service

Royal Navy [101]

British Army [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

H [11]

M [10]

W [10]

B [9]

S [9]

C [7]

K [7]

A [5]

D [5]

L [5]

E [3]

F [3]

G [3]

P [3]

R [3]

T [2]

Y [2]

I [1]

J [1]

N [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [80]

Country

United Kingdom [41]

Argentina [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [7] Maidstone, Kent [3] Blackpool, Lancashire [2] Lambeth, London [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Twickenham, Middlesex [2] Ahmednuggar, Bombay [1] Alresford, Hampshire [1] Armagh, Northern Ireland [1] Arnol, Rossshire [1] Balham, London [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blaydon-on-Tyne, Durham [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bridgeton, Lanarkshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Chislehurst, Kent [1] Claines, Worcestershire [1] Clapton Park, London [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Corfe Mullen, Dorset [1] Cork [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1] Ebley, Gloucestershire [1] Elie, Fifeshire [1] Eltham, Kent [1] Fishtoft, Lincolnshire [1] Fowey, Cornwall [1] Freshwater Isle of Wight [1] Gillingham, Kent [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Hackney, London [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Howestrand, County Cork [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire [1] Kings Norton, Worcestershire [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Landport, Hampshire [1] Lewes, Sussex [1] Luton, Bedfordshire [1] Maldon, Essex [1] Malo, Cork [1] Margate, Kent [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [28] Ordinary Seaman [24] Boy 1st Class [22] Boy 2nd Class [22] Leading Seaman [14] Wireman 2nd Class [12] Petty Officer [9] Armourer's Crew [8] Boy Telegraphist [6] Chief Petty Officer [6] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Telegraphist [5] Acting Gunner [4] Electrician 4th Class [4] Leading Stoker [4] Ordinary Telegraphist [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Acting Petty Officer [3] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [3] Electrician 3rd Class [3] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3] Gunner [3] Lieutenant [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Petty Officer 1st Class [3] Petty Officer 2nd Class [3] Seaman [3] Stoker - 1st Class [3] Wireman 1st Class [3] Able Bodied Seaman [2] Acting Electrical Artificer [2] Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2] Acting Electrician [2] Acting Electrician 4th Class [2] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Boy - 2nd Class [2] Boy I [2] Boy II [2] Cook's Mate [2] Electrical Artificer [2] Engine Room Artificer [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [2] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2] Private [2] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [2] Signalman [2] Stoker [2]

Unit

HMS Vernon [83] HMS Victory I [15] HMS Fearless [12] HMS Impregnable [12] HMS Agincourt [11] HMS Ajax [9] HMS Victory [8] HMS Ganges [7] HMS Dolphin [5] HMS Erin [5] HMS Excellent [5] HMS Fisgard [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] HMS "Vernon" [3] HMS Blenheim [3] HMS Despatch [3] HMS Eclipse [3] HMS Hecla [3] HMS Nelson [3] HMS Titania [3] HMS Victory II [3] HMS Vindictive [3] HMS Vivid I [3] Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Vernon [3] HM Submarine E18 [2] HMS Amethyst [2] HMS Australia [2] HMS Benbow [2] HMS Blanche [2] HMS Boscawen [2] HMS Bulwark [2] HMS Calliope [2] HMS Centurion [2] HMS Colombo [2] HMS Conqueror [2] HMS Conquest [2] HMS Cormorant [2] HMS Crescent [2] HMS Duke of Wellington [2] HMS Enterprise [2] HMS Essex [2] HMS Forte [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS Mars [2] HMS Northampton [2] HMS Orion [2] HMS Pembroke I [2] HMS Powerful [2] HMS Revenge [2] HMS Royal Sovereign [2]

Service

Royal Navy [101] British Army [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

H [11] M [10] W [10] B [9] S [9] C [7] K [7] A [5] D [5] L [5] E [3] F [3] G [3] P [3] R [3] T [2] Y [2] I [1] J [1] N [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [80]

Country

United Kingdom [41] Argentina [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1]

Henry James Beed

Born 1893

Died 1918

Royal Navy J11742 Able Seaman HMS Vernon

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Thomas Henry Hugman

Born 1866

Died 1952

Royal Navy 118705 HMS Vernon

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Roger Arthur Lilley

Born 1898

Died 1919

Royal Navy M29898 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMS Vernon

Royal Navy M29898 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class L55

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William Percy Hulbert

Born 1895

Royal Navy M19105 Wireman 2nd Class HMS Ajax

Royal Navy M19105 Wireman 2nd Class HMS Vernon

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Reuben Denny

Born 1873

Royal Navy 350189 Ship's Corporal 1st Class HMS Vernon

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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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Charles Dimmock

Born 1881

Died 1914

Royal Navy Ship's Corporal HMS Vernon

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Mars

Royal Navy 192556 Ship's Corporal 1st Class HMS Good Hope

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Albert Edward Pyne Ching

Born 1897

Royal Navy M14732 Armourer's Crew HMS Vernon

Royal Navy M14732 Wireman HMS Ajax

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John Jack Fox

Born 1894

Royal Navy L4229 Officer's Steward 3rd Class HMS Vernon

Royal Navy L4229 Officer's Steward 2nd Class HMS Erin

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Fred Hamer

Born 1891

Royal Navy M6672 HMS Vernon

Royal Navy M6672 Electrical Artificer 4th Class HMS Agincourt

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Harry Joseph Holt

Born 1890

Royal Navy M10192 Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class HMS Vernon

Royal Navy M10192 Electrical Artificer 4th Class HMS Ajax

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Sidney Richard John Baker

Born 1896

Royal Navy M18687 Wireman 2nd Class HMS Vernon

Royal Navy M18687 Wireman 2nd Class HMS Agincourt

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Frederick William Molteno

Born 1880

Royal Navy M14736 Armourer's Crew HMS Vernon

Royal Navy M14736 Wireman 2nd Class HMS Fearless

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Hugh Francis King

Born 1891

Royal Navy M14733 Armourer's Crew Wireman HMS Vernon

Royal Navy M14733 Wireman 2nd Class HMS Fearless

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John Bamber

Born 1893

Royal Navy M19109 Wireman 2nd Class HMS Vernon

Royal Navy M19109 Wireman 2nd Class HMS Erin

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William Thomas Warren

Born 1892

Royal Navy M6831 Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class HMS Vernon

Royal Navy M6831 Electrical Artificer 4th Class HMS Agincourt

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Alexander George

Born 1888

Royal Navy M18680 Wireman 2nd Class HMS Vernon

Royal Navy M18680 Wireman 2nd Class HMS Agincourt

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Wilfred O'stagan Perry

Born 1895

Royal Navy M11886 Armourer's Crew HMS Vernon

Royal Navy M11886 Wireman 2nd Class HMS Fearless

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George Edward Shawyer

Born 1891

Royal Navy M6828 Acting Electrical Artificer HMS Vernon

Royal Navy M6828 Electrical Artificer 4th Class HMS Agincourt

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Harry Rands

Born 1887

Royal Navy M11596 Armourer's Crew HMS Vernon

Royal Navy M11596 Wireman 2nd Class HMS Fearless

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