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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]

Charles Henry Kirman

Born 1895

Died 1951

Royal Navy SS113399 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy SS113399 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fearless

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William Henry Dutchman

Born 1894

Died 1964

Royal Navy K21736 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K21736 Stoker 1st Class HMS Agincourt

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William Beadle

Born 1895

Died 1961

Royal Navy K21742 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K21742 Stoker 1st Class HMS Agincourt

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Albert Parfitt

Born 1887

Royal Navy K3181 Stoker 2nd class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K3181 Stoker 2nd class HMS Nelson

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James Mantle

Born 1894

Died 1974

Royal Navy SS113415 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fearless

Royal Navy SS113415 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

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Charles William Gardener

Born 1890

Died 1962

Royal Navy M13676 Shipwright 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy M13676 Shipwright 2nd Class HMS Agincourt

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Alexander Brown

Born 1888

Royal Navy M12563 Blacksmith's Mate HMS Victory II

Royal Navy M12563 Blacksmith's Mate HMS Agincourt

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Thomas Edward Gilmour

Born 1895

Died 1976

Royal Navy SS114530 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy SS114530 Stoker 1st Class HMS Agincourt

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Ernest George Nunn

Born 1894

Died 1975

Royal Navy SS113605 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy SS113605 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fearless

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Thomas Arnold Bacon

Born 1894

Royal Navy K20416 Stoker II HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K20416 Stoker 1st Class HMS Agincourt

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Herbert Gerald Worthington

Born 1895

Died 1985

Royal Navy M12886 Carpenter's Crew HMS Victory II

Royal Navy M12886 Carpenter's Crew HMS Fearless

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Cyril Charles Bevis

Born 1898

Died 1990

Royal Navy M6378

Royal Navy M.6378 Shipwright 2 Argus

Royal Navy M.6378 Shipwright 2 Fisgard

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Marrack Sennett

Born 1865

Died 1935

Royal Navy Acting Assistant Engineer HMS Asia

Royal Navy Acting Assistant Engineer HMS President

Royal Navy Assistant Engineer HMS President

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John James O'donnell

Born 1892

Royal Navy K24771 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K24771 Stoker 1st Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K24771 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fearless

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John William Armstrong

Born 1895

Royal Navy K22120 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K22120 Stoker 1st Class HMS Agincourt

Royal Navy K22120 Stoker 1st Class HMS Victory II

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James Dowling

Born 1894

Royal Navy K24128 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K24128 Stoker 1st Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K24128 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fearless

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John Smith

Born 1891

Royal Navy SS117282 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy SS117282 Stoker 1st Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy SS117282 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fearless

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John Richard Handyside

Born 1893

Royal Navy M4700 Carpenter's Crew HMS Victory II

Royal Navy M4700 Leading Carpenter's Crew HMS Victory II

Royal Navy M4700 Leading Carpenter's Crew HMS Fearless

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Edmund Gerald Barker

Born 1878

Royal Navy M21515

Royal Navy M21515 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy M21515 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Blenheim (Usk)

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David Gray Milne Walker

Born 1895

Royal Navy K27000 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K27000 Stoker 1st Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K27000 Stoker 1st Class HMS Fearless

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