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Place of birth

Bristol [2]

Leicester [2]

Ashorne, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Dublin [1]

Enderby, Leicestershire [1]

Fishponds, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Lelant, St. Ives, Cornwall [1]

Maidenhead, Berkshire [1]

Millbrook, Cornwall [1]

New Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire [1]

Penzance, Cornwall [1]

Pimlico, London [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Radnor [1]

Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

Southampton, Hampshire [1]

St Winnow, Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

Sutterton, Lincolnshire [1]

Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Wimbledon, London [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [60]

Ordinary Seaman [17]

Signalman [8]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Private [2]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

Boy 2nd class [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Surgeon [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [39]

HMS Bristol [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR Bristol - HMS VALIANT [6]

RNVR Bristol - HMS Collingwood [5]

RNVR Bristol - HMS Superb [5]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR Bristol - HMS MALAYA [5]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR Bristol - HMS IRON DUKE [4]

RNVR Bristol - HMS Princess Royal [3]

RNVR Bristol - HMS St. Vincent [3]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR Bristol - HMS BLACK PRINCE [3]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR Bristol - HMS INFLEXIBLE [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: Bristol Division: HMS CANADA [3]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS St Vincent [2]

RNVR Bristol - HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

RNVR Bristol - HMS Royal Oak [2]

RNVR Bristol - HMS Warspite [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: Bristol Division [2]

7th Armoured Car Company (Motors) [1]

British Naval Siege Guns [1]

Dover Patrol [1]

HMS Ariadne [1]

HMS Caesar [1]

HMS Colossus [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Ganges II [1]

HMS Glasgow [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS Illustrious [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Kent [1]

HMS Leviathan [1]

HMS Nelson [1]

HMS Skirmisher [1]

HMS Usk [1]

HMS Vindictive [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

HMS Vivid II [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Motors) [1]

RNVR Bristol [1]

RNVR Bristol - HMS Arrogant [1]

RNVR Bristol - HMS Bellona [1]

RNVR Bristol - HMS Benbow [1]

RNVR Bristol - HMS Crescent [1]

RNVR Bristol - HMS Hampshire [1]

RNVR Bristol - HMS Kempenfelt [1]

RNVR Bristol - HMS LION [1]

RNVR Bristol - HMS Magic [1]

Service

Royal Navy [83]

British Army [2]

Last name first letter

C [14]

W [9]

B [8]

M [7]

H [5]

R [5]

S [5]

T [5]

A [3]

G [3]

L [3]

N [3]

P [3]

F [2]

J [2]

K [2]

D [1]

E [1]

O [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [70]

Country

United Kingdom [67]

France [1]

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People [83] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bristol [2] Leicester [2] Ashorne, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Dublin [1] Enderby, Leicestershire [1] Fishponds, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Lelant, St. Ives, Cornwall [1] Maidenhead, Berkshire [1] Millbrook, Cornwall [1] New Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire [1] Penzance, Cornwall [1] Pimlico, London [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Radnor [1] Rugby, Warwickshire [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] St Winnow, Bodmin, Cornwall [1] Sutterton, Lincolnshire [1] Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Wimbledon, London [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [60] Ordinary Seaman [17] Signalman [8] Boy 1st Class [3] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [2] Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [2] Private [2] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Boy 2nd class [1] Cook's Mate [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1] Leading Stoker [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Signal Boy [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Surgeon [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [39] HMS Bristol [10] Royal Naval Division [10] Royal Naval Division/RNVR Bristol - HMS VALIANT [6] RNVR Bristol - HMS Collingwood [5] RNVR Bristol - HMS Superb [5] Royal Naval Division/RNVR Bristol - HMS MALAYA [5] Royal Naval Division/RNVR Bristol - HMS IRON DUKE [4] RNVR Bristol - HMS Princess Royal [3] RNVR Bristol - HMS St. Vincent [3] Royal Naval Division/RNVR Bristol - HMS BLACK PRINCE [3] Royal Naval Division/RNVR Bristol - HMS INFLEXIBLE [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: Bristol Division: HMS CANADA [3] HMS Ajax [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS St Vincent [2] RNVR Bristol - HMS BELLEROPHON [2] RNVR Bristol - HMS Royal Oak [2] RNVR Bristol - HMS Warspite [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: Bristol Division [2] 7th Armoured Car Company (Motors) [1] British Naval Siege Guns [1] Dover Patrol [1] HMS Ariadne [1] HMS Caesar [1] HMS Colossus [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Ganges II [1] HMS Glasgow [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS Illustrious [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Kent [1] HMS Leviathan [1] HMS Nelson [1] HMS Skirmisher [1] HMS Usk [1] HMS Vindictive [1] HMS Vivid I [1] HMS Vivid II [1] Machine Gun Corps (Motors) [1] RNVR Bristol [1] RNVR Bristol - HMS Arrogant [1] RNVR Bristol - HMS Bellona [1] RNVR Bristol - HMS Benbow [1] RNVR Bristol - HMS Crescent [1] RNVR Bristol - HMS Hampshire [1] RNVR Bristol - HMS Kempenfelt [1] RNVR Bristol - HMS LION [1] RNVR Bristol - HMS Magic [1]

Service

Royal Navy [83] British Army [2]

Last name first letter

C [14] W [9] B [8] M [7] H [5] R [5] S [5] T [5] A [3] G [3] L [3] N [3] P [3] F [2] J [2] K [2] D [1] E [1] O [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [70]

Country

United Kingdom [67] France [1]

John Henry White

Born 1888

Died 1979

Royal Navy M2472 HMS Glasgow

Royal Navy M2472 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS Bristol Carpenter Crew

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Victor Craner

Born 1895

Died 1919

Royal Navy M10421 Cook's Mate HMS Bristol

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Charles Halligan

Born 1880

Died 1915

Royal Navy 189926 Able Seaman HMS Bristol

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John F Mcqueen

Royal Navy Temporary Surgeon HMS Bristol

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Herbert George Fanning

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy Z/1656 Able Seaman RNVR Bristol - HMS Magic

Royal Navy Bristol Z/1656 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Bristol

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Charles Roberts

Born 1890

Royal Navy K2098

Royal Navy K2098 Stoker HMS Nelson

Royal Navy K2098 Stoker HMS Illustrious

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Reginald Joseph Parsons

Born 1897

Royal Navy Z/1177 Able Seaman RNVR Bristol - HMS Warspite

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Charles Evis

Born 1896

Royal Navy Z/1071 Able Seaman RNVR Bristol - HMS Southampton

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Charles Percy Lewis

Born 1894

Royal Navy 1/1081 Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class RNVR Bristol - HMS BELLEROPHON

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William Alfred Cruxton

Born 1891

Royal Navy B.Z/3455 Signalman RNVR Bristol - HMS Superb

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Cyril Harry Cox

Born 1895

Royal Navy Z/3452 Signalman RNVR Bristol - HMS Superb

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Joseph William Wright

Born 1897

Royal Navy Z/4806 Signalman RNVR Bristol - HMS Benbow

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James Fry

Born 1897

Royal Navy Z/1099 Able Seaman RNVR Bristol - HMS Superb

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William John Chaplin

Born 1893

Died 1970

Royal Navy J6854 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J6854 Boy 1st Class HMS Caesar

Royal Navy J6854 Ordinary Seaman HMS Bristol

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Charles Knigton Cooper

Born 1895

Died 1961

Royal Navy Z/3011 Able Seaman RNVR Bristol - HMS Princess Royal

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Robert John Coombs

Born 1891

Royal Navy K10332 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy K10332 Stoker 1st Class HMS Bristol

Royal Navy K10332 Stoker 1st Class HMS Erin

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Ralph Ives Herbert Carryatt

Born 1893

Royal Navy 3/1309 Electrical Artificer 2nd Class RNVR Bristol - HMS St. Vincent

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Edward Ryan

Born 1899

Royal Navy Bristol Z/10394 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/10394 Ordinary Seaman RNVR Bristol - HMS Crescent

Royal Navy Z/10394 Ordinary Seaman RNVR Bristol - HMS Vindictive - Seaman Storming Party

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Charles William Henry Wathen

Born 1894

Royal Navy 1/1287 Able Seaman RNVR Bristol - HMS Royal Oak

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Spencer Woodgate

Born 1892

Royal Navy 1/934 Electrical Artificer 2nd Class RNVR Bristol - HMS St. Vincent

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