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Bristol, Gloucestershire [21]

Southampton, Hampshire [14]

Maidstone, Kent [13]

Plymouth, Devon [13]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [11]

Exeter, Devon [10]

Liverpool, Lancashire [10]

West Ham, Essex [10]

Devonport, Devon [8]

Hackney, London [7]

Bethnal Green, London [6]

Camberwell, London [6]

Poplar, London [6]

Belfast, Antrim [5]

Islington, London [5]

Ramsgate, Kent [5]

Barnstaple, Devon [4]

Battersea, London [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [4]

Marylebone, London [4]

Peckham, London [4]

Rotherhithe, London [4]

Stonehouse, Devon [4]

Torquay, Devon [4]

Bermondsey, London [3]

Bristol, Somerset [3]

Edmonton, London [3]

Holborn, London [3]

Ludlow, Shropshire [3]

Reading, Berkshire [3]

Stroud, Gloucestershire [3]

Westminster, London [3]

Alderney, Channel Islands [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Bodmin, Cornwall [2]

Bridport, Dorset [2]

Canning Town, London [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Dartmouth, Devon [2]

Gloucester [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

King's Norton, Worcestershire [2]

Kingsbridge, Devon [2]

Lewisham, London [2]

Limehouse, London [2]

Midhurst, Sussex [2]

Mile End, London [2]

Rank

Boy 2nd Class [530]

Boy 1st Class [399]

Ordinary Seaman [350]

Able Seaman [301]

Leading Seaman [83]

Petty Officer [38]

Boy Telegraphist [27]

Signalman [26]

Telegraphist [26]

Ordinary Telegraphist [25]

Ordinary Signalman [23]

Signal Boy [20]

Boy II [16]

Leading Signalman [16]

Leading Telegraphist [14]

Boy 2nd class [11]

Private [10]

Boy I [9]

Chief Petty Officer [9]

Boy 1st class [7]

Ordinary Signaller [7]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Boy [6]

Boy 2c [6]

Master At Arms [6]

Gunner [5]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [5]

Stoker 2nd Class [5]

Boy (2nd Class) [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Signaller [4]

Able Seaman (Rigger) [3]

B1C [3]

B2C [3]

Boy (Second Class) [3]

Boy 1 [3]

Boy Sailor [3]

Corporal [3]

Musician [3]

Yeoman of Signals [3]

AB [2]

Able Bodied Seaman [2]

Able seaman [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Acting Petty Officer [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Boy - 2nd Class [2]

Boy First Class [2]

Boy1class [2]

Unit

HMS Impregnable [563]

HMS Ajax [141]

HMS Ganges [68]

HMS Agincourt [67]

HMS Erin [62]

HMS Vivid I [40]

HMS Fearless [38]

HMS Lion [28]

HMS Victory I [27]

HMS "Impregnable" [20]

H.M.S. Impregnable [17]

Impregnable [15]

HMS Vivid [14]

HMS Hindustan [12]

HMS Powerful [12]

HMS Natal [11]

HMS Collingwood [10]

HMS Vernon [10]

HMS Excellent [9]

HMS Pembroke I [9]

H.M.S. "Impregnable" [8]

HMS Commonwealth [8]

HMS Pembroke [8]

Royal Naval Reserve [8]

HMS Dolphin [7]

HMS Monmouth [7]

HMS Bellerophon [6]

HMS Colossus [6]

HMS Diana [6]

HMS Minotaur [6]

HMS New Zealand [6]

HMS "Pembroke I" [5]

HMS Black Prince [5]

HMS Blake [5]

HMS Cornwallis [5]

HMS Donegal [5]

HMS Hibernia [5]

HMS Morning Star [5]

HMS Orion [5]

H.M.S. Pembroke I [4]

HM Submarine H3 [4]

HM Submarine H5 [4]

HMS Cyclops [4]

HMS Defiance [4]

HMS Edgar [4]

HMS Essex [4]

HMS Hermione [4]

HMS Majestic [4]

HMS Victory [4]

H.M.S. Ganges [3]

Service

Royal Navy [649]

British Army [9]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [100]

C [65]

S [53]

H [45]

W [45]

M [43]

G [40]

D [39]

P [32]

A [30]

F [29]

L [24]

R [24]

T [21]

E [16]

K [16]

J [9]

O [7]

I [4]

N [2]

Y [2]

Q [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [615]

Country

United Kingdom [211]

Ireland [4]

Australia [2]

Guernsey [2]

Malta [2]

Gibraltar [1]

Iran, Islamic Republic of [1]

New Zealand [1]

Turkey [1]

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People [649] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bristol, Gloucestershire [21] Southampton, Hampshire [14] Maidstone, Kent [13] Plymouth, Devon [13] Portsmouth, Hampshire [11] Exeter, Devon [10] Liverpool, Lancashire [10] West Ham, Essex [10] Devonport, Devon [8] Hackney, London [7] Bethnal Green, London [6] Camberwell, London [6] Poplar, London [6] Belfast, Antrim [5] Islington, London [5] Ramsgate, Kent [5] Barnstaple, Devon [4] Battersea, London [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Cardiff, Glamorgan [4] Marylebone, London [4] Peckham, London [4] Rotherhithe, London [4] Stonehouse, Devon [4] Torquay, Devon [4] Bermondsey, London [3] Bristol, Somerset [3] Edmonton, London [3] Holborn, London [3] Ludlow, Shropshire [3] Reading, Berkshire [3] Stroud, Gloucestershire [3] Westminster, London [3] Alderney, Channel Islands [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Bodmin, Cornwall [2] Bridport, Dorset [2] Canning Town, London [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Dartmouth, Devon [2] Gloucester [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] King's Norton, Worcestershire [2] Kingsbridge, Devon [2] Lewisham, London [2] Limehouse, London [2] Midhurst, Sussex [2] Mile End, London [2]

Rank

Boy 2nd Class [530] Boy 1st Class [399] Ordinary Seaman [350] Able Seaman [301] Leading Seaman [83] Petty Officer [38] Boy Telegraphist [27] Signalman [26] Telegraphist [26] Ordinary Telegraphist [25] Ordinary Signalman [23] Signal Boy [20] Boy II [16] Leading Signalman [16] Leading Telegraphist [14] Boy 2nd class [11] Private [10] Boy I [9] Chief Petty Officer [9] Boy 1st class [7] Ordinary Signaller [7] Stoker 1st Class [7] Boy [6] Boy 2c [6] Master At Arms [6] Gunner [5] Petty Officer Telegraphist [5] Stoker 2nd Class [5] Boy (2nd Class) [4] Deck Hand [4] Leading Stoker [4] Signaller [4] Able Seaman (Rigger) [3] B1C [3] B2C [3] Boy (Second Class) [3] Boy 1 [3] Boy Sailor [3] Corporal [3] Musician [3] Yeoman of Signals [3] AB [2] Able Bodied Seaman [2] Able seaman [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Acting Petty Officer [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Boy - 2nd Class [2] Boy First Class [2] Boy1class [2]

Unit

HMS Impregnable [563] HMS Ajax [141] HMS Ganges [68] HMS Agincourt [67] HMS Erin [62] HMS Vivid I [40] HMS Fearless [38] HMS Lion [28] HMS Victory I [27] HMS "Impregnable" [20] H.M.S. Impregnable [17] Impregnable [15] HMS Vivid [14] HMS Hindustan [12] HMS Powerful [12] HMS Natal [11] HMS Collingwood [10] HMS Vernon [10] HMS Excellent [9] HMS Pembroke I [9] H.M.S. "Impregnable" [8] HMS Commonwealth [8] HMS Pembroke [8] Royal Naval Reserve [8] HMS Dolphin [7] HMS Monmouth [7] HMS Bellerophon [6] HMS Colossus [6] HMS Diana [6] HMS Minotaur [6] HMS New Zealand [6] HMS "Pembroke I" [5] HMS Black Prince [5] HMS Blake [5] HMS Cornwallis [5] HMS Donegal [5] HMS Hibernia [5] HMS Morning Star [5] HMS Orion [5] H.M.S. Pembroke I [4] HM Submarine H3 [4] HM Submarine H5 [4] HMS Cyclops [4] HMS Defiance [4] HMS Edgar [4] HMS Essex [4] HMS Hermione [4] HMS Majestic [4] HMS Victory [4] H.M.S. Ganges [3]

Service

Royal Navy [649] British Army [9] Australian Imperial Force [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [100] C [65] S [53] H [45] W [45] M [43] G [40] D [39] P [32] A [30] F [29] L [24] R [24] T [21] E [16] K [16] J [9] O [7] I [4] N [2] Y [2] Q [1] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [615]

Country

United Kingdom [211] Ireland [4] Australia [2] Guernsey [2] Malta [2] Gibraltar [1] Iran, Islamic Republic of [1] New Zealand [1] Turkey [1]

William Edward Snell

Born 1862

Died 1919

Royal Navy 104092 Shipwright 1st Class HMS Impregnable

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Alfred Edward Gough

Born 1869

Died 1916

Royal Navy 126624 Petty Officer HMS Impregnable

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William Oppy

Born 1866

Died 1915

Royal Navy 118054 Chief Petty Officer HMS Impregnable

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Claude Theodore Barnard

Born 1898

Died 1915

Royal Navy J35330 Boy 1st Class H.M.S. "Impregnable."

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Edward Owen Mytton

Born 1898

Died 1915

Royal Navy J33520

Royal Navy J/33520 Boy 2nd Class HMS "Impregnable"

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Alexander Lowndes

Born 1874

Died 1921

Royal Navy Captain HMS Impregnable

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John Gordon Dunn

Born 1899

Died 1916

Royal Navy J45953

Royal Navy J/45953 Boy (2nd Class) H.M.S. "Impregnable"

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Charles Henry Hancock

Born 1900

Died 1916

Royal Navy J52064

Royal Navy J/52064 Boy (2nd Class) H.M.S. "Impregnable"

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Frederick James Westbrook

Born 1902

Died 1918

Royal Navy J91574 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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Harold Herbert Gilbert Appleton

Born 1903

Died 1918

Royal Navy J92139 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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Joseph Stanley Davey

Born 1902

Died 1919

Royal Navy J93961

Royal Navy J/93961 Boy (2nd Class) H.M.S. "Impregnable"

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Arthur Samuel Wheaton

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy L10500 Officer's Cook 3rd Class HMS Impregnable

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Bertram Carr

Born 1902

Died 1918

Royal Navy J91992 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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Frederick John Taylor

Born 1902

Died 1918

Royal Navy J/89912 (Dev) Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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Stanley Thorpe

Born 1902

Died 1918

Royal Navy J/90833 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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Frederick William Horne

Born 1870

Died 1916

Royal Navy 134203 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS Impregnable

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Henry James Paramore

Born 1874

Died 1915

Royal Navy 148470 Chief Petty Officer HMS Impregnable

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James Bowen

Born 1891

Died 1925

Royal Navy J572

Royal Navy J572 Boy Sailor HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J572 Ordinary Seaman HMS Hannibal

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William Frank Martin

Born 1900

Died 1983

Royal Navy J45529

Royal Navy J45529 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J45529 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

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Francis Sealey

Born 1896

Died 1971

Royal Navy J20964 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J20964 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J20964 Ordinary Seaman HMS Ajax

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