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Place of birth

Bermondsey, London [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Nottingham [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Aislaby, Yorkshire [1]

Barkham, Berkshire [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bigbury, Devon [1]

Bishop Auckland, County Durham [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bradninch, Tiverton, Devon, England [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Castle Hill, County Louth [1]

Church Taunton Honiton, Devon [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Cox, Wiltshire [1]

Croydon [1]

Dawlish, Devon [1]

Deptford, Kent [1]

Derby [1]

Diss, Norfolk [1]

Dudley [1]

Dundee, Forfar, Scotland [1]

East Peckham, Kent [1]

East Worldham, Alton, Hampshire [1]

Eastchurch, Kent [1]

Faversham, Kent [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Goa, Portuguese India, British Subject [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Highworth Wiltshire [1]

Hindley, Lancashire [1]

Holborn, London [1]

Kennington, Surrey [1]

Keynsham, Somerset [1]

Letham, Fife [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

London [1]

Lossiemouth, Elgin, Scotland [1]

Madras [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Medomsley, Durham [1]

Merryworth, Kent [1]

Merton, London [1]

Mile End Old Town [1]

Naas, Kildare [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [81]

Stoker 1st Class [34]

Petty Officer [18]

Leading Seaman [15]

Ordinary Seaman [15]

Private [13]

Boy 1st Class [8]

Boy 2nd Class [8]

Chief Petty Officer [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Stoker 2nd Class [5]

Able Seaman RNVR [4]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Sub Lieutenant [4]

Sub Lieutenant RNVR [4]

Sub-Lieutenant [4]

Able Seaman Acting Leading Seaman [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Midshipman [3]

Recruit [3]

Able Bodied Seaman [2]

Boy II [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Commander [2]

Corporal [2]

Engine Room Artificer [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Master At Arms [2]

Stoker [2]

Stoker II [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Yeoman of Signals [2]

Able Seaman (Rigger) [1]

Acting Chief Petty Officer [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Bandsman [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Bugler [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain [1]

Unit

Hood Battalion Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [61]

Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion [61]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [24]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [22]

HMS Hood [20]

Hood Battalion/Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [16]

Royal Naval Division [12]

H.M.S. Hood [7]

Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division [7]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Hood Battalion [7]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [4]

HMS Impregnable [3]

Hood Battalion [3]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

H.M.S. Victory II [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS Europa [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division [2]

(RFR/CH/B/5670) Hood Bn. R.N. Div [1]

127th Queen Mary's Own Baluch Light Infantry [1]

63rd (Royal Naval) Division [1]

Attached Battery Naval Brigade [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Centaur [1]

Commanding Hood Battalion Royal Naval Division His Eminency The Viceroy's Private Staff [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Erebus [1]

Gloucester II [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Grenadier Guards attd. Hood Battalion [1]

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

H.M.S. Bellerophon [1]

H.M.S. Cochrane [1]

H.M.S. Ganges [1]

H.M.S. Impregnable [1]

H.M.S. Orion [1]

HM Submarine E22 [1]

HMAS Canberra [1]

HMS "Hood" [1]

HMS ? [1]

HMS Aboukir [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Ajax a [1]

HMS Arab (base ship HMS Leander) [1]

HMS Ascania F.68 Atlantic Convoy Escort [1]

HMS Barham [1]

HMS Basilisk [1]

Service

Royal Navy [119]

British Army [107]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [24]

M [23]

D [19]

H [19]

B [17]

C [15]

W [15]

A [11]

F [11]

E [10]

R [8]

T [8]

G [6]

K [5]

L [5]

J [4]

N [4]

O [3]

P [3]

I [1]

Q [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [208]

Country

United Kingdom [70]

Egypt [1]

South Africa [1]

Turkey [1]

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People [213] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bermondsey, London [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Nottingham [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Aislaby, Yorkshire [1] Barkham, Berkshire [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bigbury, Devon [1] Bishop Auckland, County Durham [1] Bow, London [1] Bradninch, Tiverton, Devon, England [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Canning Town, London [1] Castle Hill, County Louth [1] Church Taunton Honiton, Devon [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Cox, Wiltshire [1] Croydon [1] Dawlish, Devon [1] Deptford, Kent [1] Derby [1] Diss, Norfolk [1] Dudley [1] Dundee, Forfar, Scotland [1] East Peckham, Kent [1] East Worldham, Alton, Hampshire [1] Eastchurch, Kent [1] Faversham, Kent [1] Glasgow [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Goa, Portuguese India, British Subject [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Hartlepool, Durham [1] Highworth Wiltshire [1] Hindley, Lancashire [1] Holborn, London [1] Kennington, Surrey [1] Keynsham, Somerset [1] Letham, Fife [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London [1] Lossiemouth, Elgin, Scotland [1] Madras [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Marylebone, London [1] Medomsley, Durham [1] Merryworth, Kent [1] Merton, London [1] Mile End Old Town [1] Naas, Kildare [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [81] Stoker 1st Class [34] Petty Officer [18] Leading Seaman [15] Ordinary Seaman [15] Private [13] Boy 1st Class [8] Boy 2nd Class [8] Chief Petty Officer [5] Lieutenant [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Stoker 2nd Class [5] Able Seaman RNVR [4] Acting Bombardier [4] Leading Stoker [4] Sub Lieutenant [4] Sub Lieutenant RNVR [4] Sub-Lieutenant [4] Able Seaman Acting Leading Seaman [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Midshipman [3] Recruit [3] Able Bodied Seaman [2] Boy II [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer [2] Chief Stoker [2] Commander [2] Corporal [2] Engine Room Artificer [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Master At Arms [2] Stoker [2] Stoker II [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Yeoman of Signals [2] Able Seaman (Rigger) [1] Acting Chief Petty Officer [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Bandsman [1] Boy Artificer [1] Bugler [1] Cadet [1] Captain [1]

Unit

Hood Battalion Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [61] Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion [61] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [24] Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [22] HMS Hood [20] Hood Battalion/Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [16] Royal Naval Division [12] H.M.S. Hood [7] Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division [7] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Hood Battalion [7] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [4] HMS Impregnable [3] Hood Battalion [3] Durham Light Infantry [2] H.M.S. Victory II [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS Europa [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS Victory I [2] HMS Vivid II [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division [2] (RFR/CH/B/5670) Hood Bn. R.N. Div [1] 127th Queen Mary's Own Baluch Light Infantry [1] 63rd (Royal Naval) Division [1] Attached Battery Naval Brigade [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Centaur [1] Commanding Hood Battalion Royal Naval Division His Eminency The Viceroy's Private Staff [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Erebus [1] Gloucester II [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Grenadier Guards attd. Hood Battalion [1] H.M.S. "Cornwallis" [1] H.M.S. Bellerophon [1] H.M.S. Cochrane [1] H.M.S. Ganges [1] H.M.S. Impregnable [1] H.M.S. Orion [1] HM Submarine E22 [1] HMAS Canberra [1] HMS "Hood" [1] HMS ? [1] HMS Aboukir [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Ajax a [1] HMS Arab (base ship HMS Leander) [1] HMS Ascania F.68 Atlantic Convoy Escort [1] HMS Barham [1] HMS Basilisk [1]

Service

Royal Navy [119] British Army [107] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [24] M [23] D [19] H [19] B [17] C [15] W [15] A [11] F [11] E [10] R [8] T [8] G [6] K [5] L [5] J [4] N [4] O [3] P [3] I [1] Q [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [208]

Country

United Kingdom [70] Egypt [1] South Africa [1] Turkey [1]

Andrew Elder

Born 1877

Died 1915

Royal Navy 285914 Stoker 1st Class Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion

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John Anderson

Born 1890

Died 1941

Royal Navy M5709

Royal Navy P/M 5709 Chief Engine Room Artificer H.M.S. Hood

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Sydney Hingston

Born 1885

Died 1920

Royal Navy 306670

Royal Navy 306670 Chief Stoker HMS "Hood"

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Arthur Reginald Batchelor

Born 1900

Died 1941

Royal Navy J54353 Boy II H.M.S. Impregnable

Royal Navy P/J 54353 Yeoman of Signals H.M.S. Hood

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Reginald Frank Edmiston

Born 1903

Died 1941

Royal Navy M33264 Boy Artificer HMS Fisgard

Royal Navy P/M33264 Chief Engine Room Artificer HMS Hood

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Ralph Kerr

Born 1891

Died 1941

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant

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Richard Henry Tobin

Born 1894

Died 1979

Royal Navy Mersey 7/174 Chief Petty Officer Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion

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Leonard Tom Edwards

Born 1900

Died 1921

Royal Navy L10673 Officer's Steward 2nd Class HMS Hood

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Robert Terence Grogan

Born 1899

Died 1941

Royal Navy

Royal Navy Midshipman H.M.S. Bellerophon

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant

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Arthur Leslie Nevett

Born 1901

Died 1941

Royal Navy J65737 Boy II H.M.S. Ganges

Royal Navy P/J 65737 Yeoman of Signals H.M.S. Hood

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John Lee Machin

Born 1902

Died 1941

Royal Navy Cadet

Royal Navy Midshipman H.M.S. Orion

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant

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Harold Fenwick

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army Private Durham Light Infantry

Royal Navy KX/419 Able Seaman Hood Battalion

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Herbert John Mahoney

Born 1896

Died 1940

Royal Navy K. 8540 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Taurus

Royal Navy K8540

Royal Navy K.8540 Stoker 1st class HMS Carnarvon

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Walden John Biggenden

Born 1891

Died 1941

Royal Navy K22108

Royal Navy P/KX88862 Chief Stoker HMS Hood

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Joseph Murray

Born 1896

Died 1994

Royal Navy Z/276 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion

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Frederick Ernest Cullingford

Born 1880

Died 1918

Royal Navy R/5413 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division RNVR Hood

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Albert Foxwell

Born 1870

Royal Navy 350113 Ship's Corporal HMS Hood

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Carmelo Magri

Born 1876

Royal Navy 354721

Royal Navy 354721 Domestic 2nd Class HMS Hood

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Albert Luther Martin

Born 1881

Royal Navy 355987

Royal Navy 355987 Cook's Mate HMS Hood

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Thomas Longman Gill

Born 1888

Royal Navy SS100607 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy SS100607 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy B5842 Stoker 1st Class Hood Battalion

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