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Born 1897
Died 1919
Royal Navy J55974 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I
Royal Navy SD 5090 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 5090/SD Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. Colleen
More about James Edward Houghton -
Born 1898
Died 1918
Royal Navy J58667 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I
Royal Navy DA 13371 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 13371DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "W. Elliott."
More about Oswald Harper Messenger -
Born 1892
Died 1919
Royal Navy J57276
Royal Navy 12331 D.A (Ch) Leading Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy DA 12331 Leading Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve
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More about Albert Chilcraft -
Born 1897
Died 1918
Royal Navy J68349 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I
Royal Navy DA 15566 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 15566DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Plethos
More about Ernest Henry William Stacey -
Born 1900
Died 1918
Royal Navy London Z/9425 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve HMS Victory VI
Royal Navy London Z/9425 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Victory VI
More about Stanley Robert Beckwith -
Born 1897
Royal Navy Z/8190 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Clyde Division
Royal Navy Z/8/190 Able Seaman HMS City of Belfast
Royal Navy Z/8/190 Able Seaman HMS Pembroke I (believed to be a shore base at Chatham)
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More about Andrew Reid -
Born 1892
Died 1921
Royal Navy Boy Artificer to Engine Room Artificer 5C Fisgard
Royal Navy Engine Room Artificer 5C Victory II
Royal Navy Tremeraire
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More about Albert Edgar Adams -
Born 1897
Royal Navy Z/6334 Royal Naval Division
Royal Navy Clyde Z/6334 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Victory I
Royal Navy Z/6334 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Ajax
More about John Robertson -
Born 1887
Royal Navy J60692 Ordinary Seaman HMS Hermione
Royal Navy J60692 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I
Royal Navy MB/1798 Chief Motor Mechanic Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Motor Boats
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More about Harry Halcomb Hughes -
Born 1893
Australian Imperial Force 8079 Chief Petty Officer Steward HMAS Cerberus
Royal Navy L2052 Officer's Steward 3rd Class Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
Royal Navy L2052 Officer's Steward 3rd Class HMS King George V
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More about Joseph William Barker -
Born 1869
Royal Navy 128091 Naval Pensioner Royal Navy
Royal Navy 128091 Able Seaman Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
Royal Navy 128091 Able Seaman MFA Zaria Nominal depot ship for Northern Flotilla Trawlers since 25 Feb 1915
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More about William John Taylor -
Born 1898
Royal Navy J35073 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable
Royal Navy J35073 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable
Royal Navy J35073 Boy 1st Class HMS Illustrious
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More about Edward John Sully -
Born 1899
Died 1975
Royal Navy London Z/2350 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Royal Navy Z/2350 Able Seaman RNVR London - HMS Hindustan
Royal Navy Z/2350 Able Seaman Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
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More about William Edwin Ching -
Born 1888
Died 1956
Royal Navy Z.P/1094 Writer 1st Class Maintenance Unit, R.N. Depot (Reserves), Crystal Palace (HMS Victory VI)
Royal Navy Z.P/1094 Writer 1st Class Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
More about Herbert Kaenel -
Born 1894
Died 1925
Royal Navy Z/104 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Tyneside Division
Royal Navy Z/104 Able Seaman Maintenance Unit, R.N. Depot (Reserves), Crystal Palace (HMS Victory VI)
More about Henry Thomas Williams -
Born 1879
Died 1961
British Army GS/516 Private Royal West Kent Regiment
British Army G/516 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion
Royal Navy 300540 Stoker 2nd Class HMS "Pembroke II"
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More about John Thomas Wood -
Born 1864
Died 1920
Royal Navy RFR/A/1520 Petty Officer 2nd Class Royal Fleet Reserve - Portsmouth
Royal Navy 115924 Petty Officer 2nd Class Maintenance Unit, R.N. Depot (Reserves), Crystal Palace (HMS Victory VI)
Royal Navy 115924 Petty Officer 2nd Class Royal Naval Division - Hawke Battalion
More about George Godding -
Born 1889
Died 1917
Royal Navy K.X/344 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Hood Battalion
Royal Navy Kitchener X/344 Acting Petty Officer Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
British Army 11434 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 9th Battalion
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More about James Daley -
Born 1893
Royal Navy M9679 Junior Reserve Attendant HMS Pembroke I
Royal Navy M9679 Junior Reserve Attendant Hospital Ship Magic
Royal Navy M9679 Senior Reserve Attendant Hospital Ship Magic
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More about Norman Read -
Born 1895
Royal Navy Z/5289 Acting Leading Seaman Maintenance Unit, R.N. Depot (Reserves), Crystal Palace (HMS Victory VI)
Royal Navy Z/3289 Acting Leading Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
More about John Alfred Gustafson