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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [49]

Ramsgate, Kent [9]

Maidstone [6]

Otham, Kent [4]

Chart Sutton, Kent [3]

Cowdenbeath, Fifeshire [3]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [3]

East Farleigh, Kent [3]

East Malling, Kent [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Barming, Kent [2]

Boxley, Kent [2]

Deptford, London [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Greenwich, London [2]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Larkfield, Kent [2]

Leeds, Kent [2]

Lochgelly, Fifeshire [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Mereworth, Kent [2]

Oxford [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Southwark, London [2]

Stratford, Essex [2]

Wrotham, Kent [2]

Ashmansworth, Berkshire [1]

Aylesford, Kent [1]

Ayleston, Leicestershire [1]

Aylsham, Norfolk [1]

Ballymena, Antrim [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire [1]

Birchington, Kent [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birkenshaw, near Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Birling, Kent [1]

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1]

Bradwell, Suffolk [1]

Buckie, Banffshire [1]

Bury Saint Edmund, Suffolk [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1]

Christchurch Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1]

Cirencester, Gloucestershire [1]

City of London [1]

Rank

Stoker 2nd Class [89]

Stoker 1st Class [79]

Stoker 2 [56]

Stoker 1 [48]

Ordinary Seaman [34]

Leading Stoker [33]

Able Seaman [21]

Boy 1st Class [14]

Boy 2nd Class [14]

Acting Leading Stoker [13]

Petty Officer Stoker [12]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [10]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [10]

Stoker Petty Officer [10]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [9]

Stoker [9]

Chief Stoker [7]

Private [7]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [6]

Leading Seaman [6]

Petty Officer [6]

Trimmer [6]

Deck Hand [5]

Acting ERA 4th Class [4]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [4]

Armourer's Crew [4]

Chief Petty Officer [4]

P O Stoker [4]

Boy II [3]

Carpenter's Crew [3]

Cooks Mate [3]

ERA 4th Class [3]

Flight Lieutenant [3]

Leading Mechanic [3]

Mechanician [3]

AM1 [2]

Acting Stoker 1 [2]

Air Mechanic [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Boy Artificer [2]

Boy I [2]

Captain [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

ERA 3c [2]

ERA 3rd Class [2]

ERA 4 [2]

Engine Room Artificer [2]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2]

Ordinary Telegrapher [2]

Painter 2nd Class [2]

Unit

HMS Pembroke II [113]

HMS "Pembroke II" [100]

Royal Naval Reserve [14]

HMS Pembroke I [13]

Royal Air Force [11]

HMS Pembroke [10]

HMS Ajax [8]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [7]

HMS "Acheron" [7]

HMS "Ganges II" [6]

HMS Actaeon [6]

HMS Erin [6]

HMS Victory II [6]

HMS Vivid II [6]

Pembroke II [6]

RNAS HMS "President II" [6]

HMS "Pembroke I" [5]

HMS Hogue [5]

HMS Natal [5]

HMS President II [5]

HMS "Blenheim" [4]

HMS Vindictive [4]

HMS Vivid I [4]

HMS Yarmouth [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

Greenwich [3]

HMS "Pembroke" [3]

HMS Acheron [3]

HMS Berwick [3]

HMS Blenheim [3]

HMS Ganges II [3]

HMS Hindustan [3]

HMS Implacable [3]

HMS Indomitable [3]

HMS Marlborough [3]

HMS Pembroke III [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

HMS Wildfire [3]

HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [3]

H.M.S. "Pathfinder" [2]

HM Submarine E36 [2]

HMS "Actaeon" [2]

HMS "Blanche" [2]

HMS "Diamond" [2]

HMS "Dragon" [2]

HMS "Ganges" [2]

HMS "Gibraltar" [2]

HMS "Hogue" [2]

HMS "Lancaster" [2]

Service

Royal Navy [263]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15]

British Army [11]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [56]

A [26]

C [23]

S [22]

W [21]

M [19]

P [16]

H [11]

G [10]

R [10]

D [7]

E [7]

T [7]

F [6]

J [5]

K [5]

L [5]

N [3]

Q [2]

I [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [256]

Country

United Kingdom [159]

Malta [4]

Gibraltar [2]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

United States [1]

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People [263] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [49] Ramsgate, Kent [9] Maidstone [6] Otham, Kent [4] Chart Sutton, Kent [3] Cowdenbeath, Fifeshire [3] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [3] East Farleigh, Kent [3] East Malling, Kent [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Barming, Kent [2] Boxley, Kent [2] Deptford, London [2] Dover, Kent [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Greenwich, London [2] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [2] Lambeth, London [2] Larkfield, Kent [2] Leeds, Kent [2] Lochgelly, Fifeshire [2] Marylebone, London [2] Mereworth, Kent [2] Oxford [2] Poplar, London [2] Southwark, London [2] Stratford, Essex [2] Wrotham, Kent [2] Ashmansworth, Berkshire [1] Aylesford, Kent [1] Ayleston, Leicestershire [1] Aylsham, Norfolk [1] Ballymena, Antrim [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Battersea, London [1] Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire [1] Birchington, Kent [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birkenshaw, near Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Birling, Kent [1] Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1] Bradwell, Suffolk [1] Buckie, Banffshire [1] Bury Saint Edmund, Suffolk [1] Canning Town, London [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Christchurch Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1] Cirencester, Gloucestershire [1] City of London [1]

Rank

Stoker 2nd Class [89] Stoker 1st Class [79] Stoker 2 [56] Stoker 1 [48] Ordinary Seaman [34] Leading Stoker [33] Able Seaman [21] Boy 1st Class [14] Boy 2nd Class [14] Acting Leading Stoker [13] Petty Officer Stoker [12] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [10] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [10] Stoker Petty Officer [10] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [9] Stoker [9] Chief Stoker [7] Private [7] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [6] Leading Seaman [6] Petty Officer [6] Trimmer [6] Deck Hand [5] Acting ERA 4th Class [4] Acting Stoker 1st Class [4] Armourer's Crew [4] Chief Petty Officer [4] P O Stoker [4] Boy II [3] Carpenter's Crew [3] Cooks Mate [3] ERA 4th Class [3] Flight Lieutenant [3] Leading Mechanic [3] Mechanician [3] AM1 [2] Acting Stoker 1 [2] Air Mechanic [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Boy Artificer [2] Boy I [2] Captain [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] ERA 3c [2] ERA 3rd Class [2] ERA 4 [2] Engine Room Artificer [2] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2] Ordinary Telegrapher [2] Painter 2nd Class [2]

Unit

HMS Pembroke II [113] HMS "Pembroke II" [100] Royal Naval Reserve [14] HMS Pembroke I [13] Royal Air Force [11] HMS Pembroke [10] HMS Ajax [8] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [7] HMS "Acheron" [7] HMS "Ganges II" [6] HMS Actaeon [6] HMS Erin [6] HMS Victory II [6] HMS Vivid II [6] Pembroke II [6] RNAS HMS "President II" [6] HMS "Pembroke I" [5] HMS Hogue [5] HMS Natal [5] HMS President II [5] HMS "Blenheim" [4] HMS Vindictive [4] HMS Vivid I [4] HMS Yarmouth [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] Greenwich [3] HMS "Pembroke" [3] HMS Acheron [3] HMS Berwick [3] HMS Blenheim [3] HMS Ganges II [3] HMS Hindustan [3] HMS Implacable [3] HMS Indomitable [3] HMS Marlborough [3] HMS Pembroke III [3] HMS Vanguard [3] HMS Wildfire [3] HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [3] H.M.S. "Pathfinder" [2] HM Submarine E36 [2] HMS "Actaeon" [2] HMS "Blanche" [2] HMS "Diamond" [2] HMS "Dragon" [2] HMS "Ganges" [2] HMS "Gibraltar" [2] HMS "Hogue" [2] HMS "Lancaster" [2]

Service

Royal Navy [263] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15] British Army [11] Australian Imperial Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [56] A [26] C [23] S [22] W [21] M [19] P [16] H [11] G [10] R [10] D [7] E [7] T [7] F [6] J [5] K [5] L [5] N [3] Q [2] I [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [256]

Country

United Kingdom [159] Malta [4] Gibraltar [2] Canada [1] Ireland [1] United States [1]

Gerald William Green

Born 1899

Died 1989

Royal Navy M29998 Armourer's Crew HMS Pembroke II

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Edward George Crittenden

Born 1876

Royal Navy 281505 Chief Stoker

Royal Navy 281505 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy 281505 Chief Stoker HMS Pembroke II

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Bertram Henry Morris

Born 1881

Died 1963

Royal Navy F844 Petty Officer Mechanic HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy F844 Petty Officer Mechanic HMS President

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Henry Gilbert Hogbin

Born 1896

Died 1967

Royal Navy K51704 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

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Howard George Crittenden

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy K39087

Royal Navy K39087 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy K39087 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II (Foyle)

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Charles Augustus Batho

Born 1892

Died 1949

Royal Navy M6328 Plumber's Mate HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy M6328 Plumber's Mate HMS Pembroke II

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Leonard Victor Boarer

Born 1900

Died 1976

Royal Navy K52147 Stoker 2 HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy K52147 Acting Stoker 1 HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy K52147 Acting Stoker 1 HMS "Pembroke II"

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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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Bernard Phillips

Born 1894

Died 1975

Royal Navy M5493 Carpenter's Crew HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy M5493 Carpenter's Crew HMS Implacable

Royal Navy M5493 Leading Carpenter's Crew HMS Implacable

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Sidney Herbert Redman

Born 1899

Died 1969

Royal Navy K55350 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

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Henry Wate

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy K30723 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy K30723 Stoker 1st Class HMS Pembroke II

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Sidney Ernest Manuel

Born 1900

Died 1957

Royal Navy K52129 Stoker 2 HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy K52129 Stoker 1 HMS "Pembroke II"

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Stephen Ernest Springett

Born 1900

Died 1960

Royal Navy K51534 Stoker 2 HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy K51534 Stoker 1 HMS "Pembroke II"

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William Payne

Born 1899

Royal Navy K42837

Royal Navy HMS Lancaster

Royal Navy Pembroke II

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Albert William Garland Symonds

Born 1888

Royal Navy 346355 1st Writer HMS Southampton

Royal Navy 346355 Boy Wtr Pembroke II

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Oscar Augustus Norris

Born 1893

Died 1966

Royal Navy K21399

Royal Navy K21399 Stoker HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy K21399 Leading Stoker HMS Lowestoft

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Ebenezer Sinclair Pendrich

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy 307046 Mechanician HMS Pembroke II

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Thomas Edmonds

Born 1894

Died 1978

Royal Navy K26297 Stoker 2 HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy K26297 Stoker 1 HMS "Pembroke II"

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Richard Charles Martin

Born 1900

Died 1959

Royal Navy K53737 Stoker 2 HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy K53737 Stoker 1 HMS "Pembroke II"

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Ernest George Bolton

Born 1899

Died 1984

Royal Navy K49499 Stoker 2 HMS "Pembroke"

Royal Navy K49499 Acting Stoker 1 HMS "Pembroke II"

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