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Place of birth

West Ham, Essex [5]

Kingstown, Dublin [3]

Barking, Essex [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Canterbury, Kent [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Folkestone, Kent [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Islington, London [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Northfleet, Kent [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Tottenham, London [2]

Wandsworth, London [2]

Ballingar, Roscommon [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Barnsbury, London [1]

Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1]

Beccles, Suffolk [1]

Belfast, Down [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Bury Saint Edmund, Suffolk [1]

Buxted, Sussex [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Charlton Dover, Kent [1]

Chearsley, Thame, Buckinghamshire [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Chingford, Essex [1]

City of London, London [1]

Clapton, London [1]

Custom House, Essex [1]

Dalton, London [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dublin, Dublin [1]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1]

Durham [1]

Erith, Kent [1]

Eton, Buckinghamshire [1]

Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [49]

Able Seaman [37]

Ordinary Seaman [19]

Boy 1st Class [12]

Leading Seaman [11]

Private [11]

Leading Stoker [10]

Stoker 2nd Class [10]

Petty Officer [7]

Stoker Petty Officer [6]

Acting Leading Stoker [5]

Chief Stoker [5]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Chief Petty Officer [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Signalman [3]

Stoker [3]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Captain [2]

Commander [2]

Leading Telegraphist [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Signal Boy [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

A/CERA c2c [1]

Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Acting Chaplain [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Paymaster [1]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Asistant Paymaster [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Blacksmith [1]

Boy [1]

Boy First Class [1]

Boy Second Class [1]

CERA 2 [1]

CERA 2c [1]

Cadet [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chief Armourer [1]

Chief Blacksmith [1]

Chief Enginer Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 1st Grade [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 2nd Grade [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 3rd Grade [1]

Unit

HMS Yarmouth [141]

HMS YARMOUTH [25]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [11]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8]

HMS Pembroke [7]

Royal Naval Division [5]

HMS Pembroke II [3]

Pembroke [3]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

HMS Wallace [2]

RNAS Yarmouth (HMS President) [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Yarmouth [2]

12 Squadron RNAS [1]

Centurion [1]

H. M. S. Niger [1]

HM Submarine "L.10" [1]

HM Submarine E49 [1]

HM Submarine J6 [1]

HMCS Naden [1]

HMCS Naden (Vancouver) [1]

HMCS Stadacona [1]

HMS "Pembroke II" [1]

HMS "Yarmouth" [1]

HMS ? [1]

HMS Acteon I (TB 113) [1]

HMS Alecto [1]

HMS Antrim [1]

HMS Argus [1]

HMS Argus (T.A.A.)? [1]

HMS Ariel [1]

HMS Bacchante [1]

HMS Blake [1]

HMS Broke [1]

HMS Cerberus [1]

HMS Chester [1]

HMS Columbine [1]

HMS Columbine (HMS Waterhen) [1]

HMS Columbine (Tetrarch) [1]

HMS Columbine (Tower) [1]

HMS Crocus [1]

HMS Cyclops (K26) [1]

HMS Danae [1]

HMS Dolphin [1]

HMS Dolphin (H27) [1]

HMS Dolphin (K26) [1]

HMS Dragon [1]

HMS Eclipse [1]

Service

Royal Navy [154]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

British Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [33]

C [27]

H [24]

A [14]

G [14]

D [11]

F [9]

E [5]

S [4]

W [4]

T [2]

I [1]

J [1]

K [1]

L [1]

M [1]

P [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [146]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [75]

Ireland [3]

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People [154] Stories Communities

Place of birth

West Ham, Essex [5] Kingstown, Dublin [3] Barking, Essex [2] Battersea, London [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Camberwell, London [2] Canterbury, Kent [2] Dover, Kent [2] Folkestone, Kent [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Islington, London [2] Marylebone, London [2] Northfleet, Kent [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Tottenham, London [2] Wandsworth, London [2] Ballingar, Roscommon [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Barnsbury, London [1] Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1] Beccles, Suffolk [1] Belfast, Down [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brixton, London [1] Bury Saint Edmund, Suffolk [1] Buxted, Sussex [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Charlton Dover, Kent [1] Chearsley, Thame, Buckinghamshire [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Chingford, Essex [1] City of London, London [1] Clapton, London [1] Custom House, Essex [1] Dalton, London [1] Deptford, London [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dublin, Dublin [1] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1] Durham [1] Erith, Kent [1] Eton, Buckinghamshire [1] Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [49] Able Seaman [37] Ordinary Seaman [19] Boy 1st Class [12] Leading Seaman [11] Private [11] Leading Stoker [10] Stoker 2nd Class [10] Petty Officer [7] Stoker Petty Officer [6] Acting Leading Stoker [5] Chief Stoker [5] Boy 2nd Class [3] Chief Petty Officer [3] Lieutenant [3] Signalman [3] Stoker [3] Boy Telegraphist [2] Captain [2] Commander [2] Leading Telegraphist [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Signal Boy [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] A/CERA c2c [1] Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Acting Chaplain [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Paymaster [1] Acting Stoker 1st Class [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Asistant Paymaster [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Blacksmith [1] Boy [1] Boy First Class [1] Boy Second Class [1] CERA 2 [1] CERA 2c [1] Cadet [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chief Armourer [1] Chief Blacksmith [1] Chief Enginer Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 1st Grade [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 2nd Grade [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 3rd Grade [1]

Unit

HMS Yarmouth [141] HMS YARMOUTH [25] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [11] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8] HMS Pembroke [7] Royal Naval Division [5] HMS Pembroke II [3] Pembroke [3] HMS Ganges [2] HMS Pembroke I [2] HMS Wallace [2] RNAS Yarmouth (HMS President) [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Yarmouth [2] 12 Squadron RNAS [1] Centurion [1] H. M. S. Niger [1] HM Submarine "L.10" [1] HM Submarine E49 [1] HM Submarine J6 [1] HMCS Naden [1] HMCS Naden (Vancouver) [1] HMCS Stadacona [1] HMS "Pembroke II" [1] HMS "Yarmouth" [1] HMS ? [1] HMS Acteon I (TB 113) [1] HMS Alecto [1] HMS Antrim [1] HMS Argus [1] HMS Argus (T.A.A.)? [1] HMS Ariel [1] HMS Bacchante [1] HMS Blake [1] HMS Broke [1] HMS Cerberus [1] HMS Chester [1] HMS Columbine [1] HMS Columbine (HMS Waterhen) [1] HMS Columbine (Tetrarch) [1] HMS Columbine (Tower) [1] HMS Crocus [1] HMS Cyclops (K26) [1] HMS Danae [1] HMS Dolphin [1] HMS Dolphin (H27) [1] HMS Dolphin (K26) [1] HMS Dragon [1] HMS Eclipse [1]

Service

Royal Navy [154] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] British Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [33] C [27] H [24] A [14] G [14] D [11] F [9] E [5] S [4] W [4] T [2] I [1] J [1] K [1] L [1] M [1] P [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [146] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [75] Ireland [3]

Albert George Frayne

Born 1898

Died 1978

Royal Navy J35244 Boy 1st Class HMS YARMOUTH

Royal Navy J35244 Able Seaman HMS Yarmouth

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Leonard Richardson Dukes

Born 1899

Died 1962

Royal Navy J39779 Leading Telegraphist

Royal Navy J39779 Boy Telegraphist HMS Yarmouth

Royal Navy J39779 Ordinary Telegraphist HMS YARMOUTH

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Reginald Hart Bowgen

Born 1891

Died 1979

Royal Navy 238389 Petty Officer

Royal Navy 238389 Leading Seaman HMS Yarmouth

Royal Navy 238389 Able Seaman HMS YARMOUTH

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Arthur Fredrick Maxted

Born 1894

Died 1963

Royal Navy K15972 Stoker 2nd Class HMS YARMOUTH

Royal Navy K15972 Stoker 1st Class HMS YARMOUTH

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William George Coombs

Born 1899

Royal Navy J39901 Signalman HMS Yarmouth

Royal Navy J39901 Ordinary Signalman HMS YARMOUTH

Royal Navy J39901 Signal Boy HMS YARMOUTH

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Herbert Guest

Born 1899

Died 1982

Royal Navy J35897 Ordinary Seaman HMS Yarmouth

Royal Navy J35897 Boy 1st Class HMS YARMOUTH

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William Gamblin

Born 1897

Died 1935

Royal Navy J37808 Able Seaman HMS Yarmouth

Royal Navy J37808 Boy 1st Class HMS Yarmouth

Royal Navy J37808 Boy 2nd Class

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George Albert Hirst

Born 1878

Royal Navy 270188

Royal Navy 270188 ERA 1c HMS Yarmouth

Royal Navy 270188 A/CERA c2c HMS Yarmouth

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Robert Houseman

Born 1898

Died 1992

Royal Navy J33273 Signal Boy HMS YARMOUTH

Royal Navy J33273 Signalman HMS Yarmouth

Royal Navy J33273 Ordinary Signalman HMS YARMOUTH

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Joseph Carter

Born 1889

Royal Navy K26317 Stoker 1st Class HMS YARMOUTH

Royal Navy K26317 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Yarmouth

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Joseph William Hardy

Born 1896

Royal Navy M17804 Victualling Assistant HMS YARMOUTH

Royal Navy M17804 Ship's Steward's Assistant HMS Yarmouth

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John William Anderson

Born 1898

Royal Navy J32380 Boy HMS Yarmouth

Royal Navy J32380 Able Seaman

Royal Navy J32380 Ordinary Seaman HMS Yarmouth

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Philip Cecil Bourgoise

Born 1899

Royal Navy J39537 Ordinary Seaman HMS Yarmouth

Royal Navy J39537

Royal Navy J39537 Boy 1st Class HMS Yarmouth

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John Going

Born 1894

Royal Navy K20611 Stoker 2nd Class HMS YARMOUTH

Royal Navy K20611 Stoker 1st Class HMS Yarmouth

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Thomas Edward Haynes

Born 1898

Royal Navy J32388 Able Seaman

Royal Navy J32388 Boy 1st Class HMS YARMOUTH

Royal Navy J32388 Able Seaman HMS Yarmouth

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William Henry Campbell

Born 1895

Royal Navy K20713 Acting Leading Stoker HMS Yarmouth

Royal Navy K20713 Stoker 1st Class HMS YARMOUTH

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Ernest Hornby

Born 1895

Royal Navy K20653 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy K20653 Stoker 1st Class HMS YARMOUTH

Royal Navy K20653 Acting Leading Stoker HMS Yarmouth

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Alfred John Castley

Born 1896

Died 1960

Royal Navy SS115999 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy SS115999 Stoker 1st Class HMS Yarmouth

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Ernest Alewood

Born 1893

Died 1954

Royal Navy K28644

Royal Navy K28644 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Yarmouth

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Charles Richard Budden

Born 1897

Died 1999

Royal Navy K26321 Stoker 1st Class HMS Yarmouth

Royal Navy K26321 Stoker 1st Class

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