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Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [8]

Nottingham [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bow, London [2]

Chichester, Sussex [2]

Gosport, Hampshire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Shoreditch, London [2]

Ailsworth, Peterborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Alderney, Channel Island [1]

Alverstoke, Gosport [1]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [1]

Andover, Hampshire [1]

Bamford, Sheffield [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Belfast [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birdham, Sussex [1]

Bishopwearmouth, Durham [1]

Bourne, Lincolnshire [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Bromley by Bow, London [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cape Town, South Africa [1]

Cheam, Surrey [1]

Chester [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Clun, Shropshire [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Compton, Dorset [1]

Cowes Isle of Wight [1]

Crewkerne, Somerset [1]

Dacenstown, Cork [1]

Denaby Main, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Derby [1]

Distington, Cumberland [1]

Feltham, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [39]

Stoker 1st Class [26]

Ordinary Seaman [14]

Boy 1st Class [10]

Boy 2nd Class [9]

Petty Officer [9]

Leading Seaman [8]

Leading Stoker [8]

Private [7]

Acting Leading Stoker [5]

Commander [5]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Signalman [3]

Stoker [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Captain [2]

Captain RMLI [2]

Chaplain [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Chief Warrant Engineer [2]

Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2]

Engineer Commander [2]

Gunner [2]

Midshipman [2]

Sick Berth Steward [2]

Stoker 1st class [2]

Stoker I [2]

Stoker II [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

1st Writer [1]

AB [1]

Able Seaman (Rigger) [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Wing Commander [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Band Corporal [1]

Bandmaster 2nd Class [1]

Blacksmith's Mate [1]

Boy Signaller [1]

Bugler [1]

Cadet [1]

Chief Armourer [1]

Unit

HMS Hercules [126]

RNVR Tyneside - HMS Hercules [13]

HMS HERCULES [8]

HMS Hindustan [7]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Hercules [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5]

Royal Naval Division [4]

HMS Agincourt [3]

HMS Benbow [3]

HMS Dido [3]

HMS Fearless [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS Impregnable [3]

HMS Pembroke [3]

HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party [3]

HMS Blenheim [2]

HMS Egmont [2]

HMS Excellent [2]

HMS Fisgard [2]

HMS Glatton [2]

HMS Iron Duke [2]

HMS Royal Arthur [2]

HMS St George [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

HMS Vivid I [2]

Hercules [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Hercules [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Hercules [2]

Seaman Storming Party [2]

1st Dragoon Guards [1]

Britannia [1]

Convolvulus [1]

Dockyard and RN Hospital Ship Bermuda [1]

Dolphin [1]

H.M.S. Hercules [1]

H.M.S. Impregnable [1]

HM Submarine E3 [1]

HM Submarine K4 [1]

HMS "Hercules" [1]

HMS Achilles [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Argonaut [1]

HMS Badger (Shore Establishment) [1]

HMS Birkenhead [Town-class light cruiser] [1]

HMS Black Prince [1]

HMS Caledonia [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Canada [1]

Service

Royal Navy [168]

British Army [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [21]

H [21]

M [16]

S [14]

C [13]

W [12]

D [11]

P [11]

G [10]

J [7]

L [6]

R [5]

T [5]

A [4]

F [4]

K [3]

N [3]

O [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [126]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

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People [169] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Portsmouth, Hampshire [8] Nottingham [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Southampton, Hampshire [3] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bow, London [2] Chichester, Sussex [2] Gosport, Hampshire [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Shoreditch, London [2] Ailsworth, Peterborough, Northamptonshire [1] Alderney, Channel Island [1] Alverstoke, Gosport [1] Alverstoke, Hampshire [1] Andover, Hampshire [1] Bamford, Sheffield [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Belfast [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birdham, Sussex [1] Bishopwearmouth, Durham [1] Bourne, Lincolnshire [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Brixton, London [1] Bromley by Bow, London [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cape Town, South Africa [1] Cheam, Surrey [1] Chester [1] Clapham, London [1] Clun, Shropshire [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Compton, Dorset [1] Cowes Isle of Wight [1] Crewkerne, Somerset [1] Dacenstown, Cork [1] Denaby Main, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Derby [1] Distington, Cumberland [1] Feltham, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [39] Stoker 1st Class [26] Ordinary Seaman [14] Boy 1st Class [10] Boy 2nd Class [9] Petty Officer [9] Leading Seaman [8] Leading Stoker [8] Private [7] Acting Leading Stoker [5] Commander [5] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4] Lieutenant [4] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Signalman [3] Stoker [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [2] Captain [2] Captain RMLI [2] Chaplain [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Chief Warrant Engineer [2] Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2] Engineer Commander [2] Gunner [2] Midshipman [2] Sick Berth Steward [2] Stoker 1st class [2] Stoker I [2] Stoker II [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] 1st Writer [1] AB [1] Able Seaman (Rigger) [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Wing Commander [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Band Corporal [1] Bandmaster 2nd Class [1] Blacksmith's Mate [1] Boy Signaller [1] Bugler [1] Cadet [1] Chief Armourer [1]

Unit

HMS Hercules [126] RNVR Tyneside - HMS Hercules [13] HMS HERCULES [8] HMS Hindustan [7] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Hercules [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5] Royal Naval Division [4] HMS Agincourt [3] HMS Benbow [3] HMS Dido [3] HMS Fearless [3] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS Impregnable [3] HMS Pembroke [3] HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party [3] HMS Blenheim [2] HMS Egmont [2] HMS Excellent [2] HMS Fisgard [2] HMS Glatton [2] HMS Iron Duke [2] HMS Royal Arthur [2] HMS St George [2] HMS Victory I [2] HMS Vivid I [2] Hercules [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Hercules [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Hercules [2] Seaman Storming Party [2] 1st Dragoon Guards [1] Britannia [1] Convolvulus [1] Dockyard and RN Hospital Ship Bermuda [1] Dolphin [1] H.M.S. Hercules [1] H.M.S. Impregnable [1] HM Submarine E3 [1] HM Submarine K4 [1] HMS "Hercules" [1] HMS Achilles [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Argonaut [1] HMS Badger (Shore Establishment) [1] HMS Birkenhead [Town-class light cruiser] [1] HMS Black Prince [1] HMS Caledonia [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Canada [1]

Service

Royal Navy [168] British Army [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [21] H [21] M [16] S [14] C [13] W [12] D [11] P [11] G [10] J [7] L [6] R [5] T [5] A [4] F [4] K [3] N [3] O [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [126]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

Charles Benjamin Heath

Born 1888

Died 1918

Royal Navy K41973

Royal Navy K41973 Stoker I HMS Glatton

Royal Navy K41973 Stoker II HMS Hercules

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George Stratford Condren

Born 1885

Died 1938

Royal Navy 219631 Able Seaman Hercules

Royal Navy 219631 Able Seaman Hercules

Royal Navy 219631 Able Seaman Vernon

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Bertie Thomas Coules

Born 1898

Died 1977

Royal Navy J33408 AB HMS Hercules

Royal Navy Boy 1st Class HMS Hercules

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John Edwin Parkin

Born 1894

Died 1981

Royal Navy SS112793 Stoker 2nd class HMS Hercules

Royal Navy SS112793 Stoker 1st class HMS Hercules

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Arthur Edwin George Coxhill

Born 1898

Died 1949

Royal Navy J33681 Signal Boy HMS Hercules

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Kenneth Jones

Born 1891

Died 1968

Royal Navy K15008 Acting Leading Stoker HMS Hercules

Royal Navy K15008 Leading Stoker HMS Hercules

Royal Navy K15008 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Hercules

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George William Healey

Born 1887

Died 1918

Royal Navy 227978 Petty Officer HMS "Hercules"

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Sidney Thomas Washburn

Born 1878

Died 1965

Royal Navy Royal Marine Gunner HMS Hercules Royal Marine

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Albert Norman Stanley Reed

Born 1896

Died 1970

Royal Navy J16986 Able Seaman HMS Hercules

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Edward George Lee

Born 1901

Royal Navy J68351 Boy Signaller HMS Hercules

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Louis Charles Le Roy

Born 1885

Royal Navy 217111 Master-at-Arms HMS Hercules

Royal Navy 217111 Ships Corporal 1st Class HMS Hercules

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Robert Mcdonald Baillie

Born 1894

Died 1919

Royal Navy K53085 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Hercules

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John William Lee

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy J85737 Ordinary Seaman HMS Hercules

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Stephen Wilfred Chrismas

Born 1896

Died 1940

Royal Navy K23551 Stoker HMS Hercules

Royal Navy K23551 Leading Stoker

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Albert Henry Murray

Born 1896

Died 1968

Royal Navy SS116050 Stoker 1st Class HMS Hercules

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Arthur Stopford

Born 1879

Died 1955

Royal Navy Vice-Admiral

Royal Navy Vice Admiral

Royal Navy Commander

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William Thomas Ransom

Born 1879

Royal Navy 183800 Leading Seamam HMS Hercules

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Lincoln William Boxall

Born 1899

Died 1917

Royal Navy J48316 Boy 2nd Class H.M.S. Impregnable

Royal Navy J48316 Boy 1st Class H.M.S. Impregnable

Royal Navy J48316 Boy 1st Class H.M.S. Hercules

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Frederick James Parker

Born 1891

Royal Navy SS111661 Stoker 1st Class HMS Hercules

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George Henry Dearnley

Born 1883

Royal Navy 347405 Electrical Artificer 2nd Class HMS Hercules

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