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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [33]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [14]

Devonport, Devon [14]

Manchester, Lancashire [10]

Liverpool, Lancashire [9]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5]

Kingsbridge, Devon [5]

Stonehouse, Devon [5]

Bath, Somerset [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Exeter, Devon [4]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [4]

Callington, Cornwall [3]

Calstock, Cornwall [3]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [3]

Cupar, Fifeshire [3]

Barnstaple, Devon [2]

Bedminster, Somerset [2]

Brighouse, Yorkshire [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Brixham, Devon [2]

Clonakilty, Cork [2]

Crediton, Devon [2]

Dorchester, Dorset [2]

Dublin [2]

Falmouth, Cornwall [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2]

Launceston, Cornwall [2]

Looe, Cornwall [2]

Plympton, Devon [2]

Saltash, Cornwall [2]

Taunton, Somerset [2]

Teignmouth, Devon [2]

Torquay, Devon [2]

Wadebridge, Cornwall [2]

Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire [2]

Aghada, Cork [1]

Alderney, Channel Islands [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1]

Almondsbury, Gloucestershire [1]

Amlwch, Anglesey [1]

Antony, Cornwall [1]

Arklow, Wicklow [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire [1]

Ballymena, Antrim [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Barrow, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Stoker 2nd Class [261]

Stoker 1st Class [234]

Leading Stoker [61]

Acting Leading Stoker [39]

Ordinary Seaman [34]

Stoker [32]

Able Seaman [31]

Stoker Petty Officer [24]

Boy 1st Class [23]

Boy 2nd Class [20]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [13]

Leading Seaman [13]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [12]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [10]

Trimmer [10]

Carpenter's Crew [9]

ERA 4th Class [8]

Private [7]

Acting ERA 4th Class [6]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [6]

Shipwright 2nd Class [6]

Shipwright [5]

Chief Stoker [4]

ERA 3rd Class [4]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [4]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [3]

Armourer's Crew [3]

Boy II [3]

Boy Shipwright [3]

Leading Carpenter's Crew [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Petty Officer Stoker [3]

Shipwright 1st Class [3]

Stoker 2nd class [3]

Acting Chief Stoker [2]

Acting Engine Room Artificer [2]

Boy 2c [2]

Boy 2nd class [2]

Boy Artificer [2]

Boy I [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Cook's Mate [2]

Deck Hand [2]

ERA 2nd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer [2]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2]

Mechanician [2]

Painter 2nd Class [2]

Stoker 1st class [2]

Unit

HMS Vivid II [328]

HMS Ajax [164]

HMS Erin [73]

HMS Vivid I [22]

HMS Indus [17]

Royal Naval Reserve [14]

HMS Argyll [12]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [10]

HMS Ganges II [10]

HMS Cornwallis [9]

HMS Leander [9]

HMS King Alfred [7]

HMS Lion [7]

HMS Pembroke II [7]

HMS Vivid [7]

HMS Defence [6]

HMS Hindustan [6]

HMS Q1 [6]

Vivid II [6]

HMS Blake [5]

HMS Commonwealth [5]

HMS Cornwall [5]

HMS Hogue [5]

HMS Impregnable [5]

HMS Iris II (Victory X) [5]

HMS Monmouth [5]

HMS Orion [5]

HMS Royal Arthur [5]

Royal Fleet Reserve [5]

HMS Agincourt [4]

HMS Diana [4]

HMS Iris II - Seaman Storming Party ("D" Company) [4]

HMS Magnificent [4]

HMS Morning Star [4]

HMS New Zealand [4]

HMS Northampton [4]

HMS Sapphire II [4]

HMS vivid II [4]

Gibraltar [3]

HMS Arrogant [3]

HMS Ganges [3]

HMS Kent [3]

HMS Lancaster [3]

HMS Marlborough [3]

HMS Mars [3]

HMS Pembroke [3]

HMS Q-1 [3]

HMS Suffolk [3]

HMS Thunderer [3]

Vivid [3]

Service

Royal Navy [380]

British Army [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [62]

C [39]

H [39]

D [26]

M [22]

W [22]

S [21]

A [18]

G [18]

P [17]

F [14]

R [14]

E [11]

J [11]

O [10]

L [9]

T [9]

N [8]

K [7]

I [1]

Q [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [369]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [87]

Ireland [3]

Australia [1]

Egypt [1]

Guernsey [1]

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People [380] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [33] Bristol, Gloucestershire [14] Devonport, Devon [14] Manchester, Lancashire [10] Liverpool, Lancashire [9] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5] Kingsbridge, Devon [5] Stonehouse, Devon [5] Bath, Somerset [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire [4] Exeter, Devon [4] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [4] Callington, Cornwall [3] Calstock, Cornwall [3] Cardiff, Glamorgan [3] Cupar, Fifeshire [3] Barnstaple, Devon [2] Bedminster, Somerset [2] Brighouse, Yorkshire [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Brixham, Devon [2] Clonakilty, Cork [2] Crediton, Devon [2] Dorchester, Dorset [2] Dublin [2] Falmouth, Cornwall [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2] Launceston, Cornwall [2] Looe, Cornwall [2] Plympton, Devon [2] Saltash, Cornwall [2] Taunton, Somerset [2] Teignmouth, Devon [2] Torquay, Devon [2] Wadebridge, Cornwall [2] Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire [2] Aghada, Cork [1] Alderney, Channel Islands [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1] Almondsbury, Gloucestershire [1] Amlwch, Anglesey [1] Antony, Cornwall [1] Arklow, Wicklow [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire [1] Ballymena, Antrim [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Barrow, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Stoker 2nd Class [261] Stoker 1st Class [234] Leading Stoker [61] Acting Leading Stoker [39] Ordinary Seaman [34] Stoker [32] Able Seaman [31] Stoker Petty Officer [24] Boy 1st Class [23] Boy 2nd Class [20] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [13] Leading Seaman [13] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [12] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [10] Trimmer [10] Carpenter's Crew [9] ERA 4th Class [8] Private [7] Acting ERA 4th Class [6] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [6] Shipwright 2nd Class [6] Shipwright [5] Chief Stoker [4] ERA 3rd Class [4] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [4] Acting Stoker 1st Class [3] Armourer's Crew [3] Boy II [3] Boy Shipwright [3] Leading Carpenter's Crew [3] Petty Officer [3] Petty Officer Stoker [3] Shipwright 1st Class [3] Stoker 2nd class [3] Acting Chief Stoker [2] Acting Engine Room Artificer [2] Boy 2c [2] Boy 2nd class [2] Boy Artificer [2] Boy I [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Cook's Mate [2] Deck Hand [2] ERA 2nd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer [2] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2] Mechanician [2] Painter 2nd Class [2] Stoker 1st class [2]

Unit

HMS Vivid II [328] HMS Ajax [164] HMS Erin [73] HMS Vivid I [22] HMS Indus [17] Royal Naval Reserve [14] HMS Argyll [12] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [10] HMS Ganges II [10] HMS Cornwallis [9] HMS Leander [9] HMS King Alfred [7] HMS Lion [7] HMS Pembroke II [7] HMS Vivid [7] HMS Defence [6] HMS Hindustan [6] HMS Q1 [6] Vivid II [6] HMS Blake [5] HMS Commonwealth [5] HMS Cornwall [5] HMS Hogue [5] HMS Impregnable [5] HMS Iris II (Victory X) [5] HMS Monmouth [5] HMS Orion [5] HMS Royal Arthur [5] Royal Fleet Reserve [5] HMS Agincourt [4] HMS Diana [4] HMS Iris II - Seaman Storming Party ("D" Company) [4] HMS Magnificent [4] HMS Morning Star [4] HMS New Zealand [4] HMS Northampton [4] HMS Sapphire II [4] HMS vivid II [4] Gibraltar [3] HMS Arrogant [3] HMS Ganges [3] HMS Kent [3] HMS Lancaster [3] HMS Marlborough [3] HMS Mars [3] HMS Pembroke [3] HMS Q-1 [3] HMS Suffolk [3] HMS Thunderer [3] Vivid [3]

Service

Royal Navy [380] British Army [4] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [62] C [39] H [39] D [26] M [22] W [22] S [21] A [18] G [18] P [17] F [14] R [14] E [11] J [11] O [10] L [9] T [9] N [8] K [7] I [1] Q [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [369] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [87] Ireland [3] Australia [1] Egypt [1] Guernsey [1]

Harry Thomas Smith

Born 1889

Died 1977

Royal Navy K26448

Royal Navy K26448 Stoker II HMS Vivid II, Devonport

Royal Navy K26448 Stoker II HMS Argyll

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Christopher John Newman

Born 1883

Died 1917

Royal Navy K39050

Royal Navy K/39050 Stoker, 2nd Class HMS Vivid 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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Frank Edgington Nicholls

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy K30333 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

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Wilfred Charlton

Born 1890

Died 1918

Royal Navy K27497

Royal Navy K/27497 Stoker 1st Class HMS Vivid II

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Francis Palmer Selleck Horne

Born 1878

Died 1916

Royal Navy 290860 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Defence

Royal Navy 290860 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy 290860 Stoker HMS Vivid II

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Reginald Peter Burt

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS116668 HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy SS116668 Stoker 1st Class HMS Lion

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John William Inch

Born 1864

Died 1916

Royal Navy 147240 Chief Stoker HMS Vivid II

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Frederick Thomas Raggatt

Born 1897

Died 1919

Royal Navy M13065 Engine Room Artificer HMS Vivid II/HMS Leonidas/HMS Albatross

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Frank Evans

Born 1896

Died 1968

Royal Navy K23995 Stoker 1st Class HMS LION

Royal Navy K23995 HMS Vivid II

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Arthur James

Born 1896

Died 1959

Royal Navy SS116185 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy SS116185 Stoker 1st Class HMS Ajax

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George Stephen Beswick

Born 1889

Died 1951

Royal Navy K25999 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy K25999 Stoker 1st class HMS Ajax

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Walter Stenhouse Kingsbury

Born 1888

Died 1918

Royal Navy K52659 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy K52659 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Cassandra

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Robert Makepeace Steele

Born 1900

Died 1939

Royal Navy SS118695 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy K60833 Stoker 1st Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy D/K60833 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Exeter

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Robert Ryder

Born 1896

Died 1914

Royal Navy K22281 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

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Frederick Francis Acreman

Born 1876

Died 1934

Royal Navy 281004 Stoker HMS Vivid II

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Thomas Sheehan

Born 1891

Died 1918

Royal Navy K34209 Stoker 1st Class RNVR - HMS "Vivid II"

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Marrack Sennett

Born 1865

Died 1935

Royal Navy Acting Assistant Engineer HMS Asia

Royal Navy Acting Assistant Engineer HMS President

Royal Navy Assistant Engineer HMS President

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Jesse Samuel Hancock

Born 1899

Died 1965

Royal Navy K43378

British Army 20733 Private Wiltshire Regiment 8th Battalion

Royal Navy K43378 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II, HMS Tiger

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Reginald Walter Cuff

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 309680

Royal Navy 309680 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy 309680 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Hogue

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