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Place of birth

St. Ives, Cornwall [2]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Crewkerne, Somerset [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Ealing, London [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Forest Gate, London [1]

Grampound, Cornwall [1]

Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire [1]

Hoxton, London [1]

Ide, Devon [1]

Ladywell Park, Lewisham, Westminster, London [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Mevagissey, Cornwall [1]

Milton Abbott, Devon [1]

Modbury, Devon [1]

Oxford [1]

Peel, Isle of Man [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Radford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Southwark, London [1]

St Margarets, Rochester, Kent [1]

Stoke Newington, London [1]

West Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Worthing, Sussex [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Stoker 2nd Class [8]

Able Seaman [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Midshipman [5]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Lieutenant Commander [4]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Seaman [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Commander [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant (Acting) [2]

Stoker [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

AC I [1]

Able Seaman (Rigger) [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Air Mechanic, 1st Class [1]

Boatswain [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Boy Servant [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Officer's Cook 3rd Class [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer (1st Class) [1]

Petty Officer (2nd Class) [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Sergeant Mechanic [1]

Stoker, 1st Class [1]

Stoker, 2nd Class [1]

Writer 2nd [1]

Unit

HMS Albion [29]

HMS Goliath [7]

HMS Magnificent [3]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS Implacable [2]

HMS Lion [2]

HMS Pembroke II [2]

HMS Prince George [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

Royal Fleet Reserve [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Albion [2]

Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Albion [2]

ACHERON [1]

Calshot [1]

Felixstowe [1]

Gibraltar (MYOSOTIS) [1]

H M Submarine K10 [1]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

HM Submarine E18 [1]

HM Yacht Victoria and Albert [1]

HMS "Albion" [1]

HMS "Impregnable" [1]

HMS ALBION [1]

HMS Acheron [1]

HMS Actaeon [1]

HMS Berwick [1]

HMS Bonaventure [1]

HMS Boscawen III [1]

HMS Calypso [1]

HMS Calyspso [1]

HMS Cambridge [1]

HMS Champion [1]

HMS Cleopatra [1]

HMS Cornwallis [1]

HMS Cumberland [1]

HMS Curacoa [1]

HMS DAFFODIL [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS Defiance [1]

HMS Duke of Wellington II [1]

HMS Edgar [1]

HMS Excellent [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Firequeen II [1]

HMS Fisgard [1]

HMS Formidable [1]

HMS GLORY [1]

HMS GOLIATH [1]

HMS HANNIBAL [1]

HMS Hermes [1]

Service

Royal Navy [35]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

C [5]

B [4]

G [3]

K [3]

T [3]

W [3]

F [2]

H [2]

N [2]

S [2]

A [1]

D [1]

L [1]

M [1]

Q [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [28]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [35] Stories Communities

Place of birth

St. Ives, Cornwall [2] Brighton, Sussex [1] Crewkerne, Somerset [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Ealing, London [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Forest Gate, London [1] Grampound, Cornwall [1] Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire [1] Hoxton, London [1] Ide, Devon [1] Ladywell Park, Lewisham, Westminster, London [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Mevagissey, Cornwall [1] Milton Abbott, Devon [1] Modbury, Devon [1] Oxford [1] Peel, Isle of Man [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Radford, Nottinghamshire [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] Southwark, London [1] St Margarets, Rochester, Kent [1] Stoke Newington, London [1] West Hartlepool, Durham [1] Worthing, Sussex [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [9] Stoker 2nd Class [8] Able Seaman [5] Lieutenant [5] Midshipman [5] Boy 2nd Class [4] Lieutenant Commander [4] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Seaman [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Commander [3] Leading Stoker [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant (Acting) [2] Stoker [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] AC I [1] Able Seaman (Rigger) [1] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Air Mechanic, 1st Class [1] Boatswain [1] Boy Artificer [1] Boy Servant [1] Cook's Mate [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Officer's Cook 3rd Class [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer (1st Class) [1] Petty Officer (2nd Class) [1] Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Sergeant Mechanic [1] Stoker, 1st Class [1] Stoker, 2nd Class [1] Writer 2nd [1]

Unit

HMS Albion [29] HMS Goliath [7] HMS Magnificent [3] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS Implacable [2] HMS Lion [2] HMS Pembroke II [2] HMS Prince George [2] HMS Vivid [2] Royal Fleet Reserve [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Albion [2] Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Albion [2] ACHERON [1] Calshot [1] Felixstowe [1] Gibraltar (MYOSOTIS) [1] H M Submarine K10 [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] HM Submarine E18 [1] HM Yacht Victoria and Albert [1] HMS "Albion" [1] HMS "Impregnable" [1] HMS ALBION [1] HMS Acheron [1] HMS Actaeon [1] HMS Berwick [1] HMS Bonaventure [1] HMS Boscawen III [1] HMS Calypso [1] HMS Calyspso [1] HMS Cambridge [1] HMS Champion [1] HMS Cleopatra [1] HMS Cornwallis [1] HMS Cumberland [1] HMS Curacoa [1] HMS DAFFODIL [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS Defiance [1] HMS Duke of Wellington II [1] HMS Edgar [1] HMS Excellent [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Firequeen II [1] HMS Fisgard [1] HMS Formidable [1] HMS GLORY [1] HMS GOLIATH [1] HMS HANNIBAL [1] HMS Hermes [1]

Service

Royal Navy [35] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

C [5] B [4] G [3] K [3] T [3] W [3] F [2] H [2] N [2] S [2] A [1] D [1] L [1] M [1] Q [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [28]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

William James White

Born 1872

Died 1921

Royal Navy 142848

Royal Navy 142848 Petty Officer (1st Class) HMS Albion

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Henry Nancarrow

Born 1883

Died 1915

Royal Navy SS100654 Stoker 1st Class HMS Albion

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William Robert Williams

Born 1889

Died 1915

Royal Navy SS107538 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy SS107538 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy SS107538 Stoker 1st Class HMS Albion

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William Frederick Nicholls

Born 1890

Died 1917

Royal Navy M2704 Writer 2nd HMS Albion

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William John Tuffey

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy L3634 Officer's Steward 3rd Class HMS Albion

Royal Navy L3634 Officer's Cook 3rd Class HMS Goliath

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Richard Clark

Born 1894

Died 1915

Royal Navy L3635 Officer's Steward 3rd Class HMS Albion

Royal Navy L3635 Officer's Steward 3rd Class HMS Goliath

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Arthur Taylor

Born 1887

Died 1919

Royal Navy SS101436 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Cornwallis

Royal Navy SS101436 Stoker 1st Class HMS Prince George

Royal Navy SS101436 Stoker 1st Class HMS Albion

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Jesse Lovelock

Born 1896

Royal Navy J28798

Royal Navy J28798 Ordinary Seaman HMS Albion

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William Leslie Berridge

Born 1899

Died 1926

Royal Navy Lieutenant (Acting)

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Albion

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Frank Dawe

Born 1887

Royal Navy 231502

Royal Navy 231502 Able Seaman HMS Albion

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Arthur Bull

Born 1888

Died 1915

Royal Navy SS104596 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy SS104596 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy SS104596 Stoker 1st Class HMS Magnificent

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Gwynne Francis Grant

Born 1899

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Albion

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John Oliver Campbell

Born 1899

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Albion

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John Flynn

Born 1887

Died 1915

Royal Navy SS103555 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy SS103555 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy SS103555 (RFR DEV B3903) Stoker 1st Class HMS Magnificent

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Charles Wilhelm Ewan Corlett

Born 1899

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Neptune

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Ronald Crawford Wagstaff Bett

Born 1899

Royal Navy Lieutenant (Acting)

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Albion

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Alfred Ernest Bail

Born 1885

Died 1955

Royal Navy 304620 Stoker, 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy 304620 Stoker, 2nd Class HMS Northumberland

Royal Navy 304620 Stoker, 2nd Class HMS Acheron

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Edgar Ayton Holland

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy L2392 Officer's Steward 3rd Class HMS Pembroke

Royal Navy L2392 Officer's Steward 3rd Class HMS Albion

Royal Navy L2392 Officer's Steward 3rd Class HMS Goliath

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William Henry Kitchen

Born 1893

Royal Navy 4330 A Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Albion

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Frederick Gibson

Born 1880

Royal Navy 191025

Royal Navy B.3829 Royal Fleet Reserve

Royal Navy 191025 Petty Officer (2nd Class) HMS Albion

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