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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [16]

Liverpool, Lancashire [6]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Devonport, Devon [4]

Tavistock, Devon [4]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [3]

Dublin [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Marylebone, London [3]

Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Stonehouse, Devon [3]

Bedminster, Somerset [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Brixton, London [2]

Calstock, Cornwall [2]

Derby [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Newton Abbot, Devon [2]

Queenstown, Cork [2]

Taunton, Somerset [2]

Valetta, Malta [2]

Walsall, Staffordshire [2]

Wigan, Lancashire [2]

12 Waldick Grove, West Norwood, London [1]

Aberdare, Glamorgan [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

All Souls, Marylebone, London [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Axminster, Devon [1]

Ballyally, Cork [1]

Ballymena, County Antrim, Ulster [1]

Barrowford, nr Nelson, Lancashire [1]

Barry, Glamorganshire [1]

Barton Stacey, Winchester, Hants [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bexhill, Sussex [1]

Birkenhead [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Bridgend, Glamorganshire [1]

Bridgewater, Somerset [1]

Brixham, Devon [1]

Brynmawr, Breconshire [1]

Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [64]

Able Seaman [41]

Leading Stoker [16]

Boy 1st Class [14]

Ordinary Seaman [12]

Stoker 2nd Class [9]

Stoker Petty Officer [8]

Chief Stoker [6]

Stoker [6]

Stoker 1st class [6]

Bandsman [5]

Commander [5]

Gunner [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Petty Officer [5]

Shipwright 1st Class [5]

Captain [4]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [4]

Leading Signalman [4]

Private [4]

Acting Leading Stoker [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [3]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Acting Mechanician [2]

Artificer Engineer [2]

Carpenter's Crew [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Engineer Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant-Commander [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Seaman [2]

Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Acting Artificer Engineer [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Chief Stoker [1]

Acting Electrician [1]

Acting Leading Deck Hand [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Mate [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Assistant Clerk [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Band Corporal [1]

Unit

HMS Warrior [180]

HMS WARRIOR [46]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Warrior [11]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [7]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Warrior [5]

RNVR Clyde - HMS Warrior [4]

RNVR London - HMS Warrior [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Warrior [4]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [3]

HMS Erin [3]

HMS Impregnable [3]

HMS Vivid I [3]

HMS Vivid II [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

HMS Ajax [2]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS WARRIOR [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Warrior [2]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Drake) [1]

Dido - Sturgeon - officer selection [1]

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

H.M.S. Warrior [1]

HM Submarine H5 [1]

HMAS Australia [1]

HMS Warrior [1]

HMS Acheron [Acheron Class destroyer] [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Blake HMS Diligence HMS Pembroke I [1]

HMS Caesar [1]

HMS Cassandra [1]

HMS Cochrane [Warrior Class armoured cruiser] [1]

HMS Collingwood [1]

HMS Comet [1]

HMS Defiance [1]

HMS Dido [1]

HMS Diligence (Noble) [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Ganges HMS Pembroke I and HMS Warrior [1]

HMS Glorious [1]

HMS Glorious HMS Pembroke I HMS Attentive [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [1]

HMS Mignonette [1]

HMS Minotaur [1]

HMS Mischief [1]

HMS Ramillies [1]

HMS Renowns [1]

HMS Resolution [1]

Service

Royal Navy [262]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [51]

M [21]

S [19]

A [18]

D [18]

C [17]

H [16]

W [16]

P [13]

F [12]

G [9]

L [8]

R [8]

T [8]

E [7]

J [6]

K [5]

O [4]

N [3]

I [2]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [216]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

Ireland [1]

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People [263] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [16] Liverpool, Lancashire [6] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Devonport, Devon [4] Tavistock, Devon [4] Barnsley, Yorkshire [3] Dublin [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Marylebone, London [3] Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Stonehouse, Devon [3] Bedminster, Somerset [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Brixton, London [2] Calstock, Cornwall [2] Derby [2] Hackney, London [2] Lambeth, London [2] Newton Abbot, Devon [2] Queenstown, Cork [2] Taunton, Somerset [2] Valetta, Malta [2] Walsall, Staffordshire [2] Wigan, Lancashire [2] 12 Waldick Grove, West Norwood, London [1] Aberdare, Glamorgan [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] All Souls, Marylebone, London [1] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Axminster, Devon [1] Ballyally, Cork [1] Ballymena, County Antrim, Ulster [1] Barrowford, nr Nelson, Lancashire [1] Barry, Glamorganshire [1] Barton Stacey, Winchester, Hants [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Battersea, London [1] Bexhill, Sussex [1] Birkenhead [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bodmin, Cornwall [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Bridgend, Glamorganshire [1] Bridgewater, Somerset [1] Brixham, Devon [1] Brynmawr, Breconshire [1] Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [64] Able Seaman [41] Leading Stoker [16] Boy 1st Class [14] Ordinary Seaman [12] Stoker 2nd Class [9] Stoker Petty Officer [8] Chief Stoker [6] Stoker [6] Stoker 1st class [6] Bandsman [5] Commander [5] Gunner [5] Lieutenant [5] Petty Officer [5] Shipwright 1st Class [5] Captain [4] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [4] Leading Signalman [4] Private [4] Acting Leading Stoker [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Leading Seaman [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Officer's Steward 1st Class [3] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Acting Mechanician [2] Artificer Engineer [2] Carpenter's Crew [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Engineer Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant-Commander [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Seaman [2] Sub-Lieutenant [2] Acting Artificer Engineer [1] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Chief Stoker [1] Acting Electrician [1] Acting Leading Deck Hand [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Mate [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Assistant Clerk [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Band Corporal [1]

Unit

HMS Warrior [180] HMS WARRIOR [46] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Warrior [11] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [7] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS Warrior [5] RNVR Clyde - HMS Warrior [4] RNVR London - HMS Warrior [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Warrior [4] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [3] HMS Erin [3] HMS Impregnable [3] HMS Vivid I [3] HMS Vivid II [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] HMS Ajax [2] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS WARRIOR [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Warrior [2] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Drake) [1] Dido - Sturgeon - officer selection [1] H.M.S. "Warrior." [1] H.M.S. Warrior [1] HM Submarine H5 [1] HMAS Australia [1] HMS Warrior [1] HMS Acheron [Acheron Class destroyer] [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Blake HMS Diligence HMS Pembroke I [1] HMS Caesar [1] HMS Cassandra [1] HMS Cochrane [Warrior Class armoured cruiser] [1] HMS Collingwood [1] HMS Comet [1] HMS Defiance [1] HMS Dido [1] HMS Diligence (Noble) [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Ganges HMS Pembroke I and HMS Warrior [1] HMS Glorious [1] HMS Glorious HMS Pembroke I HMS Attentive [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [1] HMS Mignonette [1] HMS Minotaur [1] HMS Mischief [1] HMS Ramillies [1] HMS Renowns [1] HMS Resolution [1]

Service

Royal Navy [262] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [51] M [21] S [19] A [18] D [18] C [17] H [16] W [16] P [13] F [12] G [9] L [8] R [8] T [8] E [7] J [6] K [5] O [4] N [3] I [2] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [216]

Country

United Kingdom [33] Ireland [1]

Frederick John Sambourne

Born 1890

Died 1981

Royal Navy 235519 Leading Signalman HMS Warrior

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Walter Dudley

Born 1898

Royal Navy Seaman HMS Warrior

Royal Navy J39578 Ordinary Signalman HMS Warrior

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John Napier Abbott

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy M4078 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class HMS Warrior

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Reuben Poole

Born 1895

Died 1975

Royal Navy J17071

Royal Navy Signalman HMS Warrior

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Thomas William Tottel

Born 1894

Royal Navy K17285 Stoker 1st class HMS Warrior

Royal Navy K17285 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Warrior

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Denis Driscoll

Born 1894

Royal Navy K17362 Stoker 1st class HMS Warrior

Royal Navy K17362 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Warrior

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Roger Hansell Cass

Born 1898

Royal Navy Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander

Royal Navy Paymaster Lieutenant

Royal Navy HMS Warrior

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Arthur Astin

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS113567 Stoker 1st Class HMS Warrior

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Ivan Stanley Millard

Born 1900

Royal Navy Boy HMS Warrior

Royal Navy J41361 Boy 1st Class HMS Warrior

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Albert William Street

Born 1897

Died 1968

Royal Navy J18075 Able Seaman HMS Warrior

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Anthony Alford

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy L1057 Officer's Steward 3rd Class HMS Warrior

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David Courtney

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy K17817

Royal Navy K17817 Stoker 1st Class HMS Warrior

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Bartholomew John Little

Born 1884

Royal Navy 360491 Cook's Mate HMS WARRIOR

Royal Navy 360491 Leading Cook's Mate HMS WARRIOR

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James Tierney

Born 1884

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Acting Boatswain

Royal Navy Acting Mate HMS Warrior

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Alfred John Bartlett

Born 1873

Died 1916

Royal Navy 268512 Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class HMS Warrior

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Herbert Cooper Baker

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy M3865 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class HMS Warrior

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Ernest George Burt

Born 1885

Died 1916

Royal Navy 214232 Leading Stoker HMS Warrior

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William Albert Holland

Born 1898

Died 1990

Royal Navy J38039 Able Seaman HMS Minotaur

Royal Navy J38039 Boy 1st Class HMS Warrior

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Thomas Charles Robinson

Born 1887

Royal Navy 225071 Petty Officer HMS Comet paid via HMS Blake, depot ship to the 11th Destroyer Flotilla

Royal Navy Warrant Gunner HMS Warrior

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Arthur Edgcombe

Born 1892

Died 1919

Royal Navy K18083 Leading Stoker HMS Resolution

Royal Navy K18083 Leading Stoker HS Warrior

Royal Navy K18083 Stoker 1st Class HMS Warrior

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