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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [8]

Maidstone, Kent [8]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [8]

Hull, Yorkshire [5]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [5]

Gateshead, Durham [4]

Gosport, Hampshire [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Chichester, Sussex [3]

Dorchester, Dorset [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Marylebone, London [3]

Portland, Dorset [3]

Winchester, Hampshire [3]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Burton Bradstock, Dorset [2]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2]

Deptford, London [2]

Dysart, Fifeshire [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Islington, London [2]

Lincoln [2]

Midleton, Cork [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Paddington, London [2]

South Shields, Durham [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Southsea, Hampshire [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Widnes, Lancashire [2]

Woolwich, Kent [2]

Abbotsbury, Dorset [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Addlestone, Surrey [1]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Ashbourne, Derbyshire [1]

Athlone, Ireland [1]

Ballymena, Antrim [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Barrhead, Renfrewshire [1]

Battersea, [1]

Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Belfast, County Antrim [1]

Belgrave, Leicestershire [1]

Bere Regis, Dorset [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bexhill, Sussex [1]

Birdham, Sussex [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [187]

Stoker 2nd Class [177]

Able Seaman [31]

Ordinary Seaman [25]

Leading Stoker [24]

Acting Leading Stoker [18]

Boy 1st Class [16]

Boy 2nd Class [15]

Stoker [13]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [11]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [11]

Stoker Petty Officer [11]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [10]

Leading Seaman [7]

Stoker 2nd class [7]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [6]

Private [6]

Stoker 1 [6]

Stoker 2 [6]

Carpenter's Crew [5]

Stoker 1st class [5]

Boy I [4]

Boy II [4]

Petty Officer [4]

Shipwright 2nd Class [4]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer [3]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [3]

Leading Carpenter's Crew [3]

Trimmer [3]

Acting ERA 4th Class [2]

Acting Engine Room Artificer [2]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Blacksmith's Mate [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Driver [2]

ERA 3rd Class [2]

ERA 4th Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2]

Master At Arms [2]

Officers Steward 2nd Class [2]

Officers Steward 3rd Class [2]

Painter 2nd Class [2]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Signalman [2]

Stoker 2 class [2]

Stoker II [2]

2nd Cooper [1]

Unit

HMS Victory II [222]

HMS Fearless [101]

HMS Agincourt [42]

HMS Iris II (Victory X) [29]

HMS Victory I [19]

HMS Fisgard [11]

Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory) [11]

HMS "Victory II" [9]

HMS Nelson [9]

HMS Excellent [8]

HMS Hindustan [8]

HMS Victory [8]

HMS Venerable [7]

HMS Vivid II [7]

HMS Ajax [6]

HMS Duke of Wellington II [6]

HMS Good Hope [6]

HMS Liverpool [6]

HMS Pembroke II [6]

HMS Queen Mary [6]

Royal Naval Reserve [6]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [5]

HMS Dolphin [5]

HMS King Edward VII [5]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [4]

HMS Black Prince [4]

HMS Cochrane [4]

HMS Cullist [4]

HMS Drake [4]

HMS Egmont [4]

HMS Iris II - Seaman Storming Party ("D" Company) [4]

HMS Minerva II [4]

HMS Mischief [4]

HMS Prince George [4]

HMS Princess Royal [4]

HMS Renown [4]

HMS St Vincent [4]

HMS Vernon [4]

HMS Vindictive [4]

HM Submarine G8 [3]

HMS "Pembroke II" [3]

HMS Attentive II [3]

HMS Ganges II [3]

HMS Glatton [3]

HMS Iron Duke [3]

HMS Jupiter [3]

HMS Maori [3]

HMS Minotaur [3]

HMS Pembroke I [3]

HMS Powerful [3]

Service

Royal Navy [302]

British Army [9]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [47]

C [34]

H [28]

A [26]

S [23]

W [21]

D [15]

P [14]

G [13]

L [13]

F [11]

R [9]

T [9]

M [8]

E [6]

J [5]

K [5]

N [5]

O [5]

I [2]

U [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [293]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [91]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

United States [1]

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People [302] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [8] Maidstone, Kent [8] Portsmouth, Hampshire [8] Hull, Yorkshire [5] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [5] Gateshead, Durham [4] Gosport, Hampshire [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Chichester, Sussex [3] Dorchester, Dorset [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Marylebone, London [3] Portland, Dorset [3] Winchester, Hampshire [3] Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Burton Bradstock, Dorset [2] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2] Deptford, London [2] Dysart, Fifeshire [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Islington, London [2] Lincoln [2] Midleton, Cork [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Paddington, London [2] South Shields, Durham [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Southsea, Hampshire [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Widnes, Lancashire [2] Woolwich, Kent [2] Abbotsbury, Dorset [1] Aberdeen [1] Addlestone, Surrey [1] Alton, Hampshire [1] Ashbourne, Derbyshire [1] Athlone, Ireland [1] Ballymena, Antrim [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Barrhead, Renfrewshire [1] Battersea, [1] Bedminster, Somerset [1] Belfast, County Antrim [1] Belgrave, Leicestershire [1] Bere Regis, Dorset [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bexhill, Sussex [1] Birdham, Sussex [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [187] Stoker 2nd Class [177] Able Seaman [31] Ordinary Seaman [25] Leading Stoker [24] Acting Leading Stoker [18] Boy 1st Class [16] Boy 2nd Class [15] Stoker [13] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [11] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [11] Stoker Petty Officer [11] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [10] Leading Seaman [7] Stoker 2nd class [7] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [6] Private [6] Stoker 1 [6] Stoker 2 [6] Carpenter's Crew [5] Stoker 1st class [5] Boy I [4] Boy II [4] Petty Officer [4] Shipwright 2nd Class [4] Acting Stoker 1st Class [3] Engine Room Artificer [3] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [3] Leading Carpenter's Crew [3] Trimmer [3] Acting ERA 4th Class [2] Acting Engine Room Artificer [2] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [2] Blacksmith's Mate [2] Chief Stoker [2] Deck Hand [2] Driver [2] ERA 3rd Class [2] ERA 4th Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2] Master At Arms [2] Officers Steward 2nd Class [2] Officers Steward 3rd Class [2] Painter 2nd Class [2] Petty Officer 2nd Class [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Signalman [2] Stoker 2 class [2] Stoker II [2] 2nd Cooper [1]

Unit

HMS Victory II [222] HMS Fearless [101] HMS Agincourt [42] HMS Iris II (Victory X) [29] HMS Victory I [19] HMS Fisgard [11] Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory) [11] HMS "Victory II" [9] HMS Nelson [9] HMS Excellent [8] HMS Hindustan [8] HMS Victory [8] HMS Venerable [7] HMS Vivid II [7] HMS Ajax [6] HMS Duke of Wellington II [6] HMS Good Hope [6] HMS Liverpool [6] HMS Pembroke II [6] HMS Queen Mary [6] Royal Naval Reserve [6] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [5] HMS Dolphin [5] HMS King Edward VII [5] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [4] HMS Black Prince [4] HMS Cochrane [4] HMS Cullist [4] HMS Drake [4] HMS Egmont [4] HMS Iris II - Seaman Storming Party ("D" Company) [4] HMS Minerva II [4] HMS Mischief [4] HMS Prince George [4] HMS Princess Royal [4] HMS Renown [4] HMS St Vincent [4] HMS Vernon [4] HMS Vindictive [4] HM Submarine G8 [3] HMS "Pembroke II" [3] HMS Attentive II [3] HMS Ganges II [3] HMS Glatton [3] HMS Iron Duke [3] HMS Jupiter [3] HMS Maori [3] HMS Minotaur [3] HMS Pembroke I [3] HMS Powerful [3]

Service

Royal Navy [302] British Army [9] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [47] C [34] H [28] A [26] S [23] W [21] D [15] P [14] G [13] L [13] F [11] R [9] T [9] M [8] E [6] J [5] K [5] N [5] O [5] I [2] U [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [293] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [91] Australia [1] Canada [1] Gibraltar [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1] United States [1]

William Sellers

Born 1896

Died 1918

Royal Navy K32144 Stoker 1st Class HMS Victory II

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James Benjamin William Morling

Born 1879

Died 1924

Royal Navy 193823 Boy 2nd Class

Royal Navy 193823 Stoker 1st Class HMS Victory II

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William George Griffiths

Born 1864

Died 1919

Royal Navy Chief Stoker HMS Victory II

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Arthur Frederick Parsons Gibson

Born 1893

Died 1964

Royal Navy J9406 Boy II HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J9406 Boy I HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J9406 Boy I HMS Victorious

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Frederick William Aylmore

Born 1890

Died 1913

Royal Navy K1617 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Nelson

Royal Navy K1617 Stoker 1st Class HMS Assistance

Royal Navy K1617 Stoker 1st Class HMS Victory II

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Archibald Douglas Randall

Born 1901

Royal Navy J93863 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J93863 Boy 1st Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy K56629 Stoker 1st Class HMS Vivid

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Joseph Holmes

Born 1886

Died 1914

Royal Navy SS102041

Royal Navy SS102041 Stoker Class 2 HMS Nelson

Royal Navy SS 102041 Training HMS Victory II

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Jesse Ansell

Born 1901

Died 1919

Royal Navy K55316 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K55316 Acting Stoker 1st Class HMS Cleopatra

Royal Navy K/55316(PO) Stoker 1st Class HMS Cleopatra

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Cyril George Dawes

Born 1899

Royal Navy K/42559 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Attentive II

Royal Navy K/42559 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K/42559 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Princess Royal

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Bernard Leven

Born 1892

Died 1919

Royal Navy K11579 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory Ii

Royal Navy K11579 Stoker 1st Class HMS Egmont

Royal Navy K11579 Acting Leading Stoker L55

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Thomas Calligan Elligate

Born 1894

Died 1957

Royal Navy M13873 Plumber’s Mate HMS Victory II

Royal Navy M13873 Plumber’s Mate HMS Agincourt

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Henry Francis Feasey

Born 1894

Died 1917

Royal Navy SS116173 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy SS116173 Stoker 1st Class HMS Agincourt

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Thompson Smith

Born 1894

Died 1918

Royal Navy K51330 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K51330 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Glatton

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Alfred Beatty

Born 1896

Died 1918

Royal Navy M28409 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy M28409 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Glatton

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Douglas Harry Gull

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy K23469 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K23469 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Britannia

Royal Navy K23469 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

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Joseph Cuthbert Fram

Born 1897

Died 1973

Royal Navy M33546 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMS Victory II [a shore base at Crystal Palace London]

Royal Navy M33546 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Victory II [a shore base at Crystal Palace London]

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Edmund Depledge

Born 1892

Died 1968

Royal Navy K9354 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

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Thomas Philip Mitchell

Born 1898

Died 1921

Royal Navy M7080 Artificer HMS Fisgard

Royal Navy M7080 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy M7080 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMS Dreadnought

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Harold Vine Aylmore

Born 1894

Died 1965

Royal Navy KT17142 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Crocus

Royal Navy KT17142 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Victory II

Royal Navy KT17142 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Osprey (Rowena)

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Harry Butler

Born 1892

Died 1919

Royal Navy K15724 Stoker II HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K15724 Stoker 1st Class HMS Halcyon

Royal Navy K15724 Stoker 1st Class L55

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