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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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People [101] Stories Communities

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]

Frederick Walter Maitland Coker

Born 1882

Died 1954

Royal Navy 205893 Boy 2nd Class HMS Northampton

Royal Navy 205893 Boy 1st Class HMS Curacoa

Royal Navy 205893 Ordinary Seaman HMS Curacoa

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Harry Cummings

Born 1899

Died 1939

Royal Navy M30403 Electrical Artificer 5th Class HMS Vernon

Royal Navy P/M30403 Ordnance Artificer HMS Royal Oak

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Harry Combes

Born 1896

Died 1918

Royal Navy J28776 Boy 2nd Class HMS Carnarvon

Royal Navy J28776 Boy 1st Class HMS Carnarvon

Royal Navy J28776 Ordinary Seaman HMS Carnarvon

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Leonard Penhorwood Beer

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy M2714 Electrician 4th Class HMS Hibernia

Royal Navy M2714 Acting Electrician 4th Class HMS Vernon

Royal Navy M2714 Electrical Artificer 4th Class HMS Hibernia

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Herbert Crook

Born 1892

Died 1919

Royal Navy J4894 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J4894 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J4894 Ordinary Seaman HMS Hannibal

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Edwin Wallace Gange

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy J6270

Royal Navy J6270 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J6270 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

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Frederick Horn

Born 1894

Died 1965

Royal Navy L4259 Officer's Steward 3rd Class HMS Victory I

Royal Navy L4259 Officer's Cook 3rd Class HMS Vernon

Royal Navy L4259 Officer's Steward 2nd Class HMS Erin

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Harry Wilson

Born 1878

Died 1960

Royal Navy 181351 Able Seaman HMS Terrible

Royal Navy 181351 Able Seaman HMS Vernon Portsmouth

Royal Navy 181351 Able Seaman HMS Doris

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Stanley Austin

Born 1903

Died 1983

Royal Navy J91175 Boy II HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J91175 Boy I HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J91175 Boy I HMS Royal Sovereign

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Harold Shoard

Born 1899

Died 1974

Royal Navy J32668

Royal Navy J32668 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J32668 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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James Frank Treagus

Born 1879

Died 1919

Royal Navy 293328

Royal Navy 293328 Stoker - 2nd Class HMS Duke of Wellington 2

Royal Navy 293328 Stoker - 2nd Class HMS Iris

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Harry James Dowland

Born 1882

Died 1957

Royal Navy Boy 2nd Class (B2C) HMS Boscawen

Royal Navy Boy 1st Class (B1C) HMS Boscawen

Royal Navy Boy 1st Class HMS Minotaur

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Charles Alexander Sims

Born 1891

Royal Navy K6843 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K6843 Stoker 1st Class HMS Vernon

Royal Navy K6843 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fearless

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William Thomas Henry Hines

Born 1893

Royal Navy M10195 Armourer's Crew HMS Vernon

Royal Navy M10195 Wireman 2nd Class HMS Ajax

Royal Navy M10195 Wireman 1st Class HMS Ajax

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Edgar Kershaw

Born 1890

Royal Navy M10003 Armourer's Crew HMS Vernon

Royal Navy M10003 Wireman 2nd Class HMS Fearless

Royal Navy M10003 Wireman 1st Class HMS Fearless

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Frederick Parnell Walters

Born 1888

Died 1983

Royal Navy M1736 Acting Electrician HMS Vernon

Royal Navy M1736 Electrician 4th Class HMS Defiance

Royal Navy M1736 Electrician 3rd Class HMS Warrior

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Arthur Pinnock

Born 1901

Died 1987

Royal Navy J69610 Boy II HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J69610 Boy I HMS Victory I

Royal Navy J69610 Boy I HMS Kildonan Castle

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Charles John Moss

Born 1882

Died 1917

Royal Navy Acting Gunner

Royal Navy Acting Gunner HMS Constant

Royal Navy Acting Gunner HMS Vernon torpedo school

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Frederick James Knight

Born 1879

Died 1940

Royal Navy 342354 Stoker 1st Class HMS Sparrowhawk

Royal Navy 342354 Carpenters Crew HMS Victory 2

Royal Navy 342354 Carpenters Crew HMS Majestic

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William Thomas Christmas

Born 1879

Died 1917

Royal Navy Acting Gunner

Royal Navy Acting Gunner HMS Garland

Royal Navy Acting Gunner HMS Vernon torpedo school

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