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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Sheerness, Kent [2]

14 Desborough Rd, Princerock, Plymouth, Devon [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Beer Ferrers, Devon [1]

Benbridge, Down [1]

Berealston, Devon [1]

Beverley, Yorkshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Calcutta [1]

Calstock, Cornwall [1]

Chiswick, Middlesex [1]

Clifden, Galway [1]

Clontarf, County Dublin [1]

Dalston, London [1]

Derby [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Devonport, Devon, England [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Hilltown, Cork [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kirkwall, Orkney [1]

Launceston, Cornwall [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Looe, Cornwall [1]

Mappowder, Dorset [1]

Melton Abbott, Devon [1]

Middleton, Yorkshire [1]

Modbury, Devon [1]

Mossley Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Near Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Newport, Isle of Wight [1]

Ottery Saint Mary, Devon [1]

Plympton, Devon [1]

Redditch, Worcestershire [1]

Rotherhithe, Surrey [1]

Stonehouse, Devon [1]

Stowford, Devon [1]

Temple, Bristol [1]

Torpoint, Cornwall [1]

Torquay, Devon [1]

Winkleigh, Devon [1]

Yealmpton, Devon [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [21]

Boy Artificer [18]

Stoker 2nd Class [17]

Leading Stoker [13]

Stoker Petty Officer [13]

ERA 5th Class [8]

Stoker [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [7]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [6]

Acting Leading Stoker [5]

ERA 4th Class [5]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [5]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Acting ERA 4th Class [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Mechanician [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Acting Assistant Engineer [1]

Acting ERA 4th class [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer [1]

Acting Mechanician [1]

Assistant Engineer [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Engineer [1]

Commissioned Engineer [1]

ERA 3rd class [1]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Electrical Artificer 5th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Engine room Articifer 4th class [1]

Engineer [1]

Engineer Captain [1]

Engineer Commander [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Engineer Rear Admiral [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer (Stoker) [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Ship's Corporal [1]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1]

Ship's Corporal 2nd Class [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Warrant Engineer [1]

Unit

HMS Indus [49]

HMS Vivid II [16]

HMS Ajax [11]

HMS Erin [11]

HMS Tenedos [4]

HMS Vivid I [4]

HMS Defence [3]

HMS Majestic [3]

HMS New Zealand [3]

HMS Vivid [3]

HMS Argyll [2]

HMS Blake [2]

HMS Cleopatra [2]

HMS Cornwall [2]

HMS Cornwallis [2]

HMS Diana [2]

HMS Emperor of India [2]

HMS Hogue [2]

HMS Leviathan [2]

HMS Lion [2]

HMS Phoebe [2]

HMS Royal Arthur [2]

Colossus [1]

Diana [1]

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

HM Submarine C3 [1]

HM Submarine E36 [1]

HM Submarine E37 [1]

HM Submarine E50 [1]

HM Submarine H5 [1]

HMS Adamant [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Albion [1]

HMS Ardent [1]

HMS Arrogant [1]

HMS Asia [1]

HMS Asia for HMS Pandora [1]

HMS Attentive II [1]

HMS Attentive II (HMS Afridi) [1]

HMS Bellerophon [1]

HMS Bonaventure [1]

HMS Bulwark [1]

HMS Calypso [1]

HMS Calyspso [1]

HMS Cambrian [1]

HMS Cambridge [1]

HMS Challenger [1]

HMS Collingwood [1]

HMS Commonwealth [1]

HMS Cordelia [1]

Service

Royal Navy [53]

Last name first letter

H [7]

W [7]

C [5]

D [5]

B [4]

P [4]

S [4]

G [3]

M [3]

J [2]

K [2]

R [2]

A [1]

E [1]

F [1]

N [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [41]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [6] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Sheerness, Kent [2] 14 Desborough Rd, Princerock, Plymouth, Devon [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Beer Ferrers, Devon [1] Benbridge, Down [1] Berealston, Devon [1] Beverley, Yorkshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Calcutta [1] Calstock, Cornwall [1] Chiswick, Middlesex [1] Clifden, Galway [1] Clontarf, County Dublin [1] Dalston, London [1] Derby [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Devonport, Devon, England [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Hilltown, Cork [1] Islington, London [1] Kirkwall, Orkney [1] Launceston, Cornwall [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Looe, Cornwall [1] Mappowder, Dorset [1] Melton Abbott, Devon [1] Middleton, Yorkshire [1] Modbury, Devon [1] Mossley Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Near Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Newport, Isle of Wight [1] Ottery Saint Mary, Devon [1] Plympton, Devon [1] Redditch, Worcestershire [1] Rotherhithe, Surrey [1] Stonehouse, Devon [1] Stowford, Devon [1] Temple, Bristol [1] Torpoint, Cornwall [1] Torquay, Devon [1] Winkleigh, Devon [1] Yealmpton, Devon [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [21] Boy Artificer [18] Stoker 2nd Class [17] Leading Stoker [13] Stoker Petty Officer [13] ERA 5th Class [8] Stoker [8] Able Seaman [7] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [7] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [6] Acting Leading Stoker [5] ERA 4th Class [5] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [5] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Acting ERA 4th Class [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Leading Seaman [2] Mechanician [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Acting Assistant Engineer [1] Acting ERA 4th class [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer [1] Acting Mechanician [1] Assistant Engineer [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Engineer [1] Commissioned Engineer [1] ERA 3rd class [1] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Electrical Artificer 5th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Engine room Articifer 4th class [1] Engineer [1] Engineer Captain [1] Engineer Commander [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Engineer Rear Admiral [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer (Stoker) [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Ship's Corporal [1] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1] Ship's Corporal 2nd Class [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1] Warrant Engineer [1]

Unit

HMS Indus [49] HMS Vivid II [16] HMS Ajax [11] HMS Erin [11] HMS Tenedos [4] HMS Vivid I [4] HMS Defence [3] HMS Majestic [3] HMS New Zealand [3] HMS Vivid [3] HMS Argyll [2] HMS Blake [2] HMS Cleopatra [2] HMS Cornwall [2] HMS Cornwallis [2] HMS Diana [2] HMS Emperor of India [2] HMS Hogue [2] HMS Leviathan [2] HMS Lion [2] HMS Phoebe [2] HMS Royal Arthur [2] Colossus [1] Diana [1] H.M.S. "Cricket." [1] HM Submarine C3 [1] HM Submarine E36 [1] HM Submarine E37 [1] HM Submarine E50 [1] HM Submarine H5 [1] HMS Adamant [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Albion [1] HMS Ardent [1] HMS Arrogant [1] HMS Asia [1] HMS Asia for HMS Pandora [1] HMS Attentive II [1] HMS Attentive II (HMS Afridi) [1] HMS Bellerophon [1] HMS Bonaventure [1] HMS Bulwark [1] HMS Calypso [1] HMS Calyspso [1] HMS Cambrian [1] HMS Cambridge [1] HMS Challenger [1] HMS Collingwood [1] HMS Commonwealth [1] HMS Cordelia [1]

Service

Royal Navy [53]

Last name first letter

H [7] W [7] C [5] D [5] B [4] P [4] S [4] G [3] M [3] J [2] K [2] R [2] A [1] E [1] F [1] N [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [41]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Frederick John Robbins

Born 1873

Died 1915

Royal Navy 277014 Stoker 1st Class HMS Indus

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Thomas John Stidston

Born 1865

Died 1918

Royal Navy 125221 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Indus

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Frederick Pepperell

Born 1865

Died 1918

Royal Navy 115715 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS Indus

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Ernest Westcott

Born 1874

Died 1920

Royal Navy 276200 Stoker 1st Class HMS Indus

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Charles James Pollington

Born 1866

Died 1918

Royal Navy 116563 Able Seaman HMS Indus

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John Kavanagh

Born 1871

Died 1917

Royal Navy 155777 Stoker 1st Class HMS Indus

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Frank Wharrad

Born 1868

Died 1915

Royal Navy 125567 Petty Officer HMS Indus

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Michael Kenny

Born 1873

Died 1919

Royal Navy 175623 Stoker 1st Class HMS Indus

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Leslie Thompson Wood

Born 1900

Died 1919

Royal Navy M18356 Boy Artificer HMS Indus

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Leonard Claude Atkins

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy M4830 Boy Artificer HMS Indus

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Christopher Barnett Berry

Born 1899

Died 1915

Royal Navy M11326 Boy Artificer HMS Indus

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Reginald Edward Woodley

Born 1901

Died 1920

Royal Navy M27006 Engine Room Artificer HMS Indus

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Horace Henry Barrack

Born 1878

Died 1919

Royal Navy 175021 Able Seaman HMS Indus

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Francis John Ebling

Born 1894

Died 1919

Royal Navy M2182 Boy Artificer HMS Indus

Royal Navy M2182 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Ajax

Royal Navy M2182 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class L55

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Samuel Harris George Prynn

Born 1887

Died 1921

Royal Navy 224200 Able Seaman HMS OAK

Royal Navy 224200 Able Seaman HMS Indus

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Gilbert Stevenson Gibson

Born 1896

Royal Navy M3835 Boy Artificer HMS Indus

Royal Navy M3835 ERA 5th Class HMS Indus

Royal Navy M3835 ERA 5th Class HMS Erin

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Henry Walter Davey

Born 1896

Royal Navy M3830 Boy Artificer HMS Indus

Royal Navy M3830 ERA 5th Class HMS Indus

Royal Navy M3830 ERA 5th Class HMS Ajax

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John Cory

Born 1872

Royal Navy 350134 Ship's Corporal

Royal Navy 350134 Ship's Corporal HMS Indus

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Arthur Victor Jameson

Born 1894

Died 1917

Royal Navy M1571 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Vanguard

Royal Navy M1571 Engine room Articifer 4th class HMS Indus

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Bernard George Clynick

Born 1896

Died 1940

Royal Navy M3278 Boy Artificer HMS Indus

Royal Navy M3278 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMS Indus

Royal Navy Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMS Marlborough

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