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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [33]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [14]

Devonport, Devon [14]

Manchester, Lancashire [10]

Liverpool, Lancashire [9]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5]

Kingsbridge, Devon [5]

Stonehouse, Devon [5]

Bath, Somerset [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Exeter, Devon [4]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [4]

Callington, Cornwall [3]

Calstock, Cornwall [3]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [3]

Cupar, Fifeshire [3]

Barnstaple, Devon [2]

Bedminster, Somerset [2]

Brighouse, Yorkshire [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Brixham, Devon [2]

Clonakilty, Cork [2]

Crediton, Devon [2]

Dorchester, Dorset [2]

Dublin [2]

Falmouth, Cornwall [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2]

Launceston, Cornwall [2]

Looe, Cornwall [2]

Plympton, Devon [2]

Saltash, Cornwall [2]

Taunton, Somerset [2]

Teignmouth, Devon [2]

Torquay, Devon [2]

Wadebridge, Cornwall [2]

Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire [2]

Aghada, Cork [1]

Alderney, Channel Islands [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1]

Almondsbury, Gloucestershire [1]

Amlwch, Anglesey [1]

Antony, Cornwall [1]

Arklow, Wicklow [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire [1]

Ballymena, Antrim [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Barrow, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Stoker 2nd Class [261]

Stoker 1st Class [234]

Leading Stoker [61]

Acting Leading Stoker [39]

Ordinary Seaman [34]

Stoker [32]

Able Seaman [31]

Stoker Petty Officer [24]

Boy 1st Class [23]

Boy 2nd Class [20]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [13]

Leading Seaman [13]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [12]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [10]

Trimmer [10]

Carpenter's Crew [9]

ERA 4th Class [8]

Private [7]

Acting ERA 4th Class [6]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [6]

Shipwright 2nd Class [6]

Shipwright [5]

Chief Stoker [4]

ERA 3rd Class [4]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [4]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [3]

Armourer's Crew [3]

Boy II [3]

Boy Shipwright [3]

Leading Carpenter's Crew [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Petty Officer Stoker [3]

Shipwright 1st Class [3]

Stoker 2nd class [3]

Acting Chief Stoker [2]

Acting Engine Room Artificer [2]

Boy 2c [2]

Boy 2nd class [2]

Boy Artificer [2]

Boy I [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Cook's Mate [2]

Deck Hand [2]

ERA 2nd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer [2]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2]

Mechanician [2]

Painter 2nd Class [2]

Stoker 1st class [2]

Unit

HMS Vivid II [328]

HMS Ajax [164]

HMS Erin [73]

HMS Vivid I [22]

HMS Indus [17]

Royal Naval Reserve [14]

HMS Argyll [12]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [10]

HMS Ganges II [10]

HMS Cornwallis [9]

HMS Leander [9]

HMS King Alfred [7]

HMS Lion [7]

HMS Pembroke II [7]

HMS Vivid [7]

HMS Defence [6]

HMS Hindustan [6]

HMS Q1 [6]

Vivid II [6]

HMS Blake [5]

HMS Commonwealth [5]

HMS Cornwall [5]

HMS Hogue [5]

HMS Impregnable [5]

HMS Iris II (Victory X) [5]

HMS Monmouth [5]

HMS Orion [5]

HMS Royal Arthur [5]

Royal Fleet Reserve [5]

HMS Agincourt [4]

HMS Diana [4]

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

HMS Magnificent [4]

HMS Morning Star [4]

HMS New Zealand [4]

HMS Northampton [4]

HMS Sapphire II [4]

HMS vivid II [4]

Gibraltar [3]

HMS Arrogant [3]

HMS Ganges [3]

HMS Kent [3]

HMS Lancaster [3]

HMS Marlborough [3]

HMS Mars [3]

HMS Pembroke [3]

HMS Q-1 [3]

HMS Suffolk [3]

HMS Thunderer [3]

Vivid [3]

Service

Royal Navy [380]

British Army [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [62]

C [39]

H [39]

D [26]

M [22]

W [22]

S [21]

A [18]

G [18]

P [17]

F [14]

R [14]

E [11]

J [11]

O [10]

L [9]

T [9]

N [8]

K [7]

I [1]

Q [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [369]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [87]

Ireland [3]

Australia [1]

Egypt [1]

Guernsey [1]

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People [380] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [33] Bristol, Gloucestershire [14] Devonport, Devon [14] Manchester, Lancashire [10] Liverpool, Lancashire [9] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5] Kingsbridge, Devon [5] Stonehouse, Devon [5] Bath, Somerset [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire [4] Exeter, Devon [4] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [4] Callington, Cornwall [3] Calstock, Cornwall [3] Cardiff, Glamorgan [3] Cupar, Fifeshire [3] Barnstaple, Devon [2] Bedminster, Somerset [2] Brighouse, Yorkshire [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Brixham, Devon [2] Clonakilty, Cork [2] Crediton, Devon [2] Dorchester, Dorset [2] Dublin [2] Falmouth, Cornwall [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2] Launceston, Cornwall [2] Looe, Cornwall [2] Plympton, Devon [2] Saltash, Cornwall [2] Taunton, Somerset [2] Teignmouth, Devon [2] Torquay, Devon [2] Wadebridge, Cornwall [2] Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire [2] Aghada, Cork [1] Alderney, Channel Islands [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1] Almondsbury, Gloucestershire [1] Amlwch, Anglesey [1] Antony, Cornwall [1] Arklow, Wicklow [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire [1] Ballymena, Antrim [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Barrow, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Stoker 2nd Class [261] Stoker 1st Class [234] Leading Stoker [61] Acting Leading Stoker [39] Ordinary Seaman [34] Stoker [32] Able Seaman [31] Stoker Petty Officer [24] Boy 1st Class [23] Boy 2nd Class [20] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [13] Leading Seaman [13] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [12] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [10] Trimmer [10] Carpenter's Crew [9] ERA 4th Class [8] Private [7] Acting ERA 4th Class [6] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [6] Shipwright 2nd Class [6] Shipwright [5] Chief Stoker [4] ERA 3rd Class [4] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [4] Acting Stoker 1st Class [3] Armourer's Crew [3] Boy II [3] Boy Shipwright [3] Leading Carpenter's Crew [3] Petty Officer [3] Petty Officer Stoker [3] Shipwright 1st Class [3] Stoker 2nd class [3] Acting Chief Stoker [2] Acting Engine Room Artificer [2] Boy 2c [2] Boy 2nd class [2] Boy Artificer [2] Boy I [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Cook's Mate [2] Deck Hand [2] ERA 2nd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer [2] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2] Mechanician [2] Painter 2nd Class [2] Stoker 1st class [2]

Unit

HMS Vivid II [328] HMS Ajax [164] HMS Erin [73] HMS Vivid I [22] HMS Indus [17] Royal Naval Reserve [14] HMS Argyll [12] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [10] HMS Ganges II [10] HMS Cornwallis [9] HMS Leander [9] HMS King Alfred [7] HMS Lion [7] HMS Pembroke II [7] HMS Vivid [7] HMS Defence [6] HMS Hindustan [6] HMS Q1 [6] Vivid II [6] HMS Blake [5] HMS Commonwealth [5] HMS Cornwall [5] HMS Hogue [5] HMS Impregnable [5] HMS Iris II (Victory X) [5] HMS Monmouth [5] HMS Orion [5] HMS Royal Arthur [5] Royal Fleet Reserve [5] HMS Agincourt [4] HMS Diana [4] HMS Iris II - Seaman Storming Party ("D" Company) [4] HMS Magnificent [4] HMS Morning Star [4] HMS New Zealand [4] HMS Northampton [4] HMS Sapphire II [4] HMS vivid II [4] Gibraltar [3] HMS Arrogant [3] HMS Ganges [3] HMS Kent [3] HMS Lancaster [3] HMS Marlborough [3] HMS Mars [3] HMS Pembroke [3] HMS Q-1 [3] HMS Suffolk [3] HMS Thunderer [3] Vivid [3]

Service

Royal Navy [380] British Army [4] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [62] C [39] H [39] D [26] M [22] W [22] S [21] A [18] G [18] P [17] F [14] R [14] E [11] J [11] O [10] L [9] T [9] N [8] K [7] I [1] Q [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [369] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [87] Ireland [3] Australia [1] Egypt [1] Guernsey [1]

William James Harries

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy K31623 Stoker 2nd Class HMS vivid II

Royal Navy K31623 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Q1

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Garnet Suttle

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy K31610 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy K31610 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Q1

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John Sidney Vincent

Born 1885

Died 1916

Royal Navy K31612 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy Stoker 2nd Class HMS Q1

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Harold William Warren

Born 1894

Died 1919

Royal Navy K18826 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy K18826 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy K18826 Leading Seaman HMS Ajax

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Herbert Leslie Blake

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy K31710 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy K31710 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Q1

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Ernest George Bawden

Born 1881

Died 1955

Royal Navy K26350 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy K26350 Stoker 1st Class HMS Ajax

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Frank Randle

Born 1898

Died 1939

Royal Navy K37155 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy K37155 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy D/K37155 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Exeter

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James Edward Pengelly

Born 1879

Died 1962

Royal Navy 344386 Shipwright HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy Warrant Shipwright

Royal Navy Warrant Shipwright HMS Ajax

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Sidney Dowrick

Born 1896

Died 1957

Royal Navy K26002 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy K26002 Stoker 1st Class HMS Ajax

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Alban Bodenham

Born 1895

Died 1973

Royal Navy K26010 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy K26010 Stoker 1st Class HMS Ajax

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Harry Banks

Born 1896

Died 1977

Royal Navy M15307 Armourer's Crew HMS vivid II

Royal Navy M15307 Armourer's Crew HMS Erin

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John Lonergan

Born 1886

Royal Navy K26012 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy K26012 Stoker 1st Class HMS Ajax

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James Francis Beard

Born 1893

Died 1921

Royal Navy K10768

Royal Navy K10768 Stoker II Cumberland

Royal Navy K10768 Stoker I Cumberland

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Edgar George Monk

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy K4266

Royal Navy Sto. 2 HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy Sto. 2 HMS Leander

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Thomas Henry Hewitt

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy 311244 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy 311244 Stoker 1st Class HMS Hogue

Royal Navy 311244 Leading Stoker HMS Ajax

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Alfred Breeley

Born 1892

Died 1917

Royal Navy M11286 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy M11286 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy M11286 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HM Submarine E49

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Charles Pedler

Born 1880

Royal Navy 344026 Carpenter's Crew HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy 344026 Leading Carpenter HMS Commonwealth

Royal Navy 344026 Shipwright 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

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Thomas Millar Arnot

Born 1884

Royal Navy K39870 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy K39870 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Orion

Royal Navy K39870 Stoker 1st Class HMS Orion

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Percy Everest

Born 1894

Royal Navy J38659 Able Seaman HMS Vivid II

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Ben Trethewey

Born 1880

Royal Navy 289881 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

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