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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [22]

Newcastle, Northumberland [11]

Leeds, Yorkshire [10]

Sunderland, Durham [10]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [9]

Gateshead, Durham [8]

Southampton, Hampshire [8]

Brighton, Sussex [7]

Hull, Yorkshire [7]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [6]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [6]

Islington, London [5]

Bermondsey, London [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Bradford, Yorkshire [4]

Camberwell, London [4]

Gosport, Hampshire [4]

Lambeth, London [4]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [4]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

South Shields, Durham [4]

Chatham, Kent [3]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [3]

Chichester, Sussex [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Ramsgate, Kent [3]

Southport, Lancashire [3]

Weymouth, Dorset [3]

Widnes, Lancashire [3]

Alderney, Channel Islands [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [2]

Batley, Yorkshire [2]

Blyth, Northumberland [2]

Bromley, Kent [2]

Deptford, London [2]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

Durham [2]

Hartlepool, Durham [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2]

Morpeth, Northumberland [2]

North Shields, Northumberland [2]

Oswestry, Shropshire [2]

Petersfield, Hampshire [2]

Rank

Ordinary Seaman [451]

Deck Hand [374]

Able Seaman [80]

Boy 2nd Class [70]

Master At Arms [53]

Boy 1st Class [48]

Leading Seaman [15]

Cook's Mate [13]

2nd Cook's Mate [11]

Petty Officer [10]

Stoker 2nd Class [9]

Signal Boy [8]

Ordinary Signalman [7]

Signalman [7]

Acting 2nd Cook's Mate [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Master at Arms [5]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [5]

3rd Writer [4]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [4]

Boy I [4]

Boy II [4]

Leading Signalman [4]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [4]

Private [4]

Telegraphist [4]

Acting Chief Master at Arms [3]

Acting Leading Cook's Mate [3]

Boy Telegraphist [3]

Chief Petty Officer [3]

Leading Cook's Mate [3]

Leading Telegraphist [3]

Probationary 2nd Cook's Mate [3]

Probationary Sick Berth Attendant [3]

Ships Corporal 2nd Class [3]

Sick Berth Attendant [3]

Trimmer [3]

Acting 2nd Class Cook's Mate [2]

Acting Petty Officer [2]

Boy Servant [2]

Bugler [2]

Master At Arms (Pensioner) [2]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [2]

Officers Steward 2nd Class [2]

Officers Steward 3rd Class [2]

Officer’s Steward 3rd Class [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Ship's Steward Assistant [2]

Ship's Steward's Assistant [2]

Ships Corporal 1st Class [2]

Unit

HMS Victory I [551]

Royal Naval Reserve [382]

HMS Pembroke I [68]

HMS Agincourt [48]

HMS Impregnable [26]

HMS Fearless [22]

HMS St Vincent [17]

HMS Ganges [14]

Royal Naval Division [13]

HMS Excellent [12]

HMS Vernon [12]

HMS Vivid I [12]

HMS Victory [11]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [9]

HMS "Victory I" [8]

HMS Erin [8]

HMS Ajax [7]

HMS Powerful [7]

HMS Vindictive [7]

HMS Victory II [6]

HMS Boscawen [5]

HMS Barham [4]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

HMS Asia [3]

HMS Centurion [3]

HMS Crescent [3]

HMS Dolphin [3]

HMS Fisgard [3]

HMS Formidable [3]

HMS Ganges II [3]

HMS Leviathan [3]

HMS Minotaur [3]

HMS Pekin [3]

HMS Thunderer [3]

In Cells [3]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2]

H.M.S. "Victory I" [2]

H.M.S. Victory I [2]

HMS "Pembroke I" [2]

HMS Albermarle [2]

HMS Alexandra [2]

HMS Bayano [2]

HMS Benbow [2]

HMS Blake [2]

HMS Cormorant [2]

HMS Cornwallis [2]

HMS Cruizer [2]

HMS Dartmouth [2]

HMS Dido [2]

HMS Drake [2]

Service

Royal Navy [588]

British Army [10]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [100]

R [62]

S [46]

P [45]

M [42]

L [39]

B [36]

W [35]

J [28]

C [24]

A [18]

N [18]

T [17]

K [16]

O [15]

D [10]

F [9]

G [9]

E [6]

Y [6]

I [4]

Q [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [528]

Country

United Kingdom [82]

Australia [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [22] Newcastle, Northumberland [11] Leeds, Yorkshire [10] Sunderland, Durham [10] Portsmouth, Hampshire [9] Gateshead, Durham [8] Southampton, Hampshire [8] Brighton, Sussex [7] Hull, Yorkshire [7] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [6] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [6] Islington, London [5] Bermondsey, London [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Bradford, Yorkshire [4] Camberwell, London [4] Gosport, Hampshire [4] Lambeth, London [4] Salisbury, Wiltshire [4] Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] South Shields, Durham [4] Chatham, Kent [3] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [3] Chichester, Sussex [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Ramsgate, Kent [3] Southport, Lancashire [3] Weymouth, Dorset [3] Widnes, Lancashire [3] Alderney, Channel Islands [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Alverstoke, Hampshire [2] Batley, Yorkshire [2] Blyth, Northumberland [2] Bromley, Kent [2] Deptford, London [2] Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] Durham [2] Hartlepool, Durham [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Marylebone, London [2] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2] Morpeth, Northumberland [2] North Shields, Northumberland [2] Oswestry, Shropshire [2] Petersfield, Hampshire [2]

Rank

Ordinary Seaman [451] Deck Hand [374] Able Seaman [80] Boy 2nd Class [70] Master At Arms [53] Boy 1st Class [48] Leading Seaman [15] Cook's Mate [13] 2nd Cook's Mate [11] Petty Officer [10] Stoker 2nd Class [9] Signal Boy [8] Ordinary Signalman [7] Signalman [7] Acting 2nd Cook's Mate [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Master at Arms [5] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [5] 3rd Writer [4] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [4] Boy I [4] Boy II [4] Leading Signalman [4] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [4] Private [4] Telegraphist [4] Acting Chief Master at Arms [3] Acting Leading Cook's Mate [3] Boy Telegraphist [3] Chief Petty Officer [3] Leading Cook's Mate [3] Leading Telegraphist [3] Probationary 2nd Cook's Mate [3] Probationary Sick Berth Attendant [3] Ships Corporal 2nd Class [3] Sick Berth Attendant [3] Trimmer [3] Acting 2nd Class Cook's Mate [2] Acting Petty Officer [2] Boy Servant [2] Bugler [2] Master At Arms (Pensioner) [2] Officer's Steward 1st Class [2] Officers Steward 2nd Class [2] Officers Steward 3rd Class [2] Officer’s Steward 3rd Class [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Ship's Steward Assistant [2] Ship's Steward's Assistant [2] Ships Corporal 1st Class [2]

Unit

HMS Victory I [551] Royal Naval Reserve [382] HMS Pembroke I [68] HMS Agincourt [48] HMS Impregnable [26] HMS Fearless [22] HMS St Vincent [17] HMS Ganges [14] Royal Naval Division [13] HMS Excellent [12] HMS Vernon [12] HMS Vivid I [12] HMS Victory [11] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [9] HMS "Victory I" [8] HMS Erin [8] HMS Ajax [7] HMS Powerful [7] HMS Vindictive [7] HMS Victory II [6] HMS Boscawen [5] HMS Barham [4] Royal Marine Artillery [4] HMS Asia [3] HMS Centurion [3] HMS Crescent [3] HMS Dolphin [3] HMS Fisgard [3] HMS Formidable [3] HMS Ganges II [3] HMS Leviathan [3] HMS Minotaur [3] HMS Pekin [3] HMS Thunderer [3] In Cells [3] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2] H.M.S. "Victory I" [2] H.M.S. Victory I [2] HMS "Pembroke I" [2] HMS Albermarle [2] HMS Alexandra [2] HMS Bayano [2] HMS Benbow [2] HMS Blake [2] HMS Cormorant [2] HMS Cornwallis [2] HMS Cruizer [2] HMS Dartmouth [2] HMS Dido [2] HMS Drake [2]

Service

Royal Navy [588] British Army [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [100] R [62] S [46] P [45] M [42] L [39] B [36] W [35] J [28] C [24] A [18] N [18] T [17] K [16] O [15] D [10] F [9] G [9] E [6] Y [6] I [4] Q [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [528]

Country

United Kingdom [82] Australia [1] South Africa [1]

Robert John Henderson

Born 1870

Royal Navy 133188 Boy 2nd Class HMS Clyde

Royal Navy 133188 Boy 2nd Class HMS Boscawen

Royal Navy Acting Chief Master at Arms

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Walter Hobby

Born 1870

Royal Navy 135875 Boy 2nd Class HMS St Vincent

Royal Navy 135875 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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Sydney Thomas Wesley Smith

Born 1879

Died 1923

Royal Navy 175466 Boy 2nd Class HMS St Vincent

Royal Navy 175466 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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Alfred George Cousins

Born 1868

Royal Navy 124372 Boy 2nd Class HMS St Vincent

Royal Navy 124372 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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Vallance Cruttenden

Born 1886

Died 1918

Royal Navy 347357 Chief Writer H.M.S. "Raglan"

Royal Navy 347357 3rd Writer HMS "Victory I"

Royal Navy 347357 Chief Writer HMS Raglan

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Edward Charles Bunn

Born 1900

Died 1961

Royal Navy J43542 Boy II HMS Vivid BTE

Royal Navy J43542 Boy I HMS Vivid BTE

Royal Navy J43542 Boy I HMS Cornwallis

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Ernest Broadhouse

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy J75950 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I

Royal Navy J75950 Ordinary Seaman HMS Louvain

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George Herbert Pierson

Born 1891

Died 1941

Royal Navy L10803 Officer’s Steward 3rd Class HMS Victory I

Royal Navy P/L10803 Leading Steward HMS Greyhound

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William Kitchener Butcher

Born 1899

Died 1918

Royal Navy J77294 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I

Royal Navy J77294 Ordinary Seaman HMS Louvain

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Harry Denham Hicks

Born 1885

Died 1967

Royal Navy L7080 Officer's Steward 2nd Class HMS Galatea

Royal Navy L7080 Officer's Steward 3rd Class Victory I

Royal Navy L7080 Officer's Steward 3rd Class HMS Galatea

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William Robert Cruttenden

Born 1878

Died 1961

Royal Navy 342344 Cooper HMS Caroline

Royal Navy 342344 Car Crew HMS Victory I

Royal Navy 342344 Chief Cooper HMS Victory III

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Alfred Adams

Born 1866

Died 1918

Royal Navy 123528 Boy 2nd Class HMS St Vincent

Royal Navy 123528 Boy 1st Class HMS St Vincent

Royal Navy 123528 Boy 1st Class HMS Pegasus

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Frank Richard Lewis

Born 1897

Died 1974

Royal Navy M13647 Acting 2nd Cook's Mate HMS Victory I

Royal Navy M13647 2nd Cook's Mate HMS Victory I

Royal Navy M13647 Cook's Mate HMS Fearless

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Albert Ernest Clark

Born 1892

Royal Navy M2347 Acting 2nd Class Cook's Mate HMS Victory I

Royal Navy M2347 Cook's Mate 2nd Class HMS Victory I

Royal Navy M2347 Cook's Mate HMS Roxburgh

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George Robert Yates

Born 1868

Royal Navy 350015 Ships Corporal 1st Class

Royal Navy 350015 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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Alfred James Wilkins

Born 1868

Royal Navy 124806 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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Frank Burrows

Born 1867

Royal Navy 124734 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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William Robert Goldfinch

Born 1863

Royal Navy 107784 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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William Root

Born 1870

Royal Navy 350048 Master at Arms

Royal Navy 350048 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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Frank Main

Born 1874

Royal Navy 154239 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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