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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire [1]

Balsall Heath, Worcestershire [1]

Barming, Kent [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Corgerrick, Kuggar, Cornwall [1]

Corstophine Edinburgh [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Devonport, Devon, England [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dulverton, Devon [1]

Exeter England [1]

Forest Gate, London [1]

Hertford [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Mappowder, Dorset [1]

Myross, Cork [1]

Portsea, Hampshire [1]

Rickham, Devon [1]

Rochester, Kent [1]

Runcorn, Cheshire [1]

Saint Austell, Cornwall [1]

St Pancras, London [1]

Stonehouse, Devon [1]

Tavistock, Devon [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [14]

Stoker 2nd Class [10]

Able Seaman [6]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Petty Officer [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Boy 2nd class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Officers Steward 2nd Class [2]

Stoker [2]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Chief Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Mate [1]

Acting Mechanician [1]

Acting Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Boy I Class [1]

Boy II Class [1]

Boy Signaller [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Chief Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Domestic Servant 2nd Class [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading seaman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant (Acting) [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Mechanician [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Officers Steward 3rd Class [1]

Unit

HMS Leander [20]

HMS Vivid II [11]

HMS Erin [4]

HMS "Leander" [3]

HMS Ajax [3]

HMS Ganges [3]

HMS Vivid I [3]

Leander [3]

HMS Cambridge [2]

HMS Goliath [2]

HMS Hecla [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Lion [2]

HMS Marlborough [2]

HMS New Zealand [2]

HMS Pembroke II [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [2]

2nd Division - 6th Field Artillery Brigade [1]

Blake [1]

Britannia (Royal Naval College) [1]

Challenger [1]

Defiance [1]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

Europa II [1]

Ganges [1]

Ganges II [1]

Ganges II, Victory I, Minerva, Dido, Excellent, Woolwich, Nimrod, Leander [1]

Gibraltar [1]

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

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

HM Yacht Fire Queen [1]

HMCS Niobe [1]

HMCS Rainbow [1]

HMS Leander [1]

HMS "Halcyon" [1]

HMS "Hecla" [1]

HMS "Hogue" [1]

HMS "Impregnable" [1]

HMS "Kent" [1]

HMS "Orion" [1]

HMS "Pembroke II" [1]

HMS "Proserpine" [1]

HMS "Tyne" [1]

HMS "Vivid II" [1]

HMS Albion [1]

HMS Algerine [1]

HMS Arab (base ship HMS Leander) [1]

HMS Ardent [1]

HMS Attentive II [1]

Service

Royal Navy [34]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [5]

C [3]

H [3]

M [3]

A [2]

F [2]

G [2]

J [2]

R [2]

S [2]

T [2]

D [1]

I [1]

L [1]

N [1]

P [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [31]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Ireland [4]

Egypt [1]

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People [34] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [3] Exeter, Devon [2] Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire [1] Balsall Heath, Worcestershire [1] Barming, Kent [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Corgerrick, Kuggar, Cornwall [1] Corstophine Edinburgh [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Devonport, Devon, England [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dulverton, Devon [1] Exeter England [1] Forest Gate, London [1] Hertford [1] Islington, London [1] Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Mappowder, Dorset [1] Myross, Cork [1] Portsea, Hampshire [1] Rickham, Devon [1] Rochester, Kent [1] Runcorn, Cheshire [1] Saint Austell, Cornwall [1] St Pancras, London [1] Stonehouse, Devon [1] Tavistock, Devon [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [14] Stoker 2nd Class [10] Able Seaman [6] Ordinary Seaman [5] Boy 1st Class [4] Boy 2nd Class [4] Leading Seaman [4] Leading Stoker [4] Petty Officer [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Boy 2nd class [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Officers Steward 2nd Class [2] Stoker [2] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Chief Stoker Petty Officer [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Mate [1] Acting Mechanician [1] Acting Petty Officer Stoker [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Boy Artificer [1] Boy I Class [1] Boy II Class [1] Boy Signaller [1] Chief Stoker [1] Chief Stoker Petty Officer [1] Deck Hand [1] Domestic Servant 2nd Class [1] Driver [1] Engine Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading seaman [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant (Acting) [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Mechanician [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Officers Steward 3rd Class [1]

Unit

HMS Leander [20] HMS Vivid II [11] HMS Erin [4] HMS "Leander" [3] HMS Ajax [3] HMS Ganges [3] HMS Vivid I [3] Leander [3] HMS Cambridge [2] HMS Goliath [2] HMS Hecla [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Lion [2] HMS Marlborough [2] HMS New Zealand [2] HMS Pembroke II [2] HMS Vivid [2] HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [2] 2nd Division - 6th Field Artillery Brigade [1] Blake [1] Britannia (Royal Naval College) [1] Challenger [1] Defiance [1] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1] Europa II [1] Ganges [1] Ganges II [1] Ganges II, Victory I, Minerva, Dido, Excellent, Woolwich, Nimrod, Leander [1] Gibraltar [1] H.M.S. "Bullfinch." [1] H.M.S. "Leander." [1] HM Yacht Fire Queen [1] HMCS Niobe [1] HMCS Rainbow [1] HMS Leander [1] HMS "Halcyon" [1] HMS "Hecla" [1] HMS "Hogue" [1] HMS "Impregnable" [1] HMS "Kent" [1] HMS "Orion" [1] HMS "Pembroke II" [1] HMS "Proserpine" [1] HMS "Tyne" [1] HMS "Vivid II" [1] HMS Albion [1] HMS Algerine [1] HMS Arab (base ship HMS Leander) [1] HMS Ardent [1] HMS Attentive II [1]

Service

Royal Navy [34] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [5] C [3] H [3] M [3] A [2] F [2] G [2] J [2] R [2] S [2] T [2] D [1] I [1] L [1] N [1] P [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [31]

Country

United Kingdom [14] Ireland [4] Egypt [1]

Edward Scarlett

Born 1881

Died 1916

Royal Navy 271096 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMSs Pembroke II, Wildfire

Royal Navy 271096 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Wildfire

Royal Navy 271096 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class HMSs Wildfire, Leander, Pembroke II, Irresistible, Pembroke I, Blake, Tyne, St George

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Alfred Ashby

Born 1879

Died 1965

Royal Navy 293432 Stoker 2 HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy 293432 Stoker 1 HMS "Leander"

Royal Navy 293432 Leading Stoker HMS "Orion"

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James Odiorne Robertson-Luxford

Born 1882

Royal Navy K31887 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy K31887 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Leander (Lively)

Royal Navy Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

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George Maunder

Born 1884

Australian Imperial Force 287N Driver 2nd Division - 6th Field Artillery Brigade

Royal Navy 363409 Officers Steward 2nd Class HMS Blake

Royal Navy 363409 Domestic Servant 2nd Class HMS Leander

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Robert John Collins

Born 1877

Died 1958

Royal Navy 179651

Royal Navy Devonport A.4671 Boy II Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy Boy I Class HMS Ganges

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Ted Brown

Born 1887

Died 1961

Royal Navy 224822 Boy 2nd Class HMS "Impregnable"

Royal Navy 224822 Boy 1st Class HMS "Impregnable"

Royal Navy 224822 Ordinary Seaman HMS "Leander"

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Edgar George Monk

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy K4266

Royal Navy Sto. 2 HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy Sto. 2 HMS Leander

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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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Ralph Ireland

Born 1888

Died 1917

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Terrible

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Leviathan

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Ocean

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William Henry Gillard

Born 1879

Royal Navy RFR/B/2200 Royal Fleet Reserve - Devonport

Royal Navy 291546 Stoker 1st Class HMS Leander

Royal Navy 291546 Stoker 1st Class Royal Naval Division - Nelson Battalion

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Joseph Nixon

Born 1896

Royal Navy J49904 Ordinary Seaman HMS Leander

Royal Navy J49904 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy J49904 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid I

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Albert David Smith

Born 1879

Royal Navy 303896 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy 303896 Stoker HMS Perseus

Royal Navy 303896 Stoker 1st Class HMS Leander

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George Hayward Holmes

Born 1891

Royal Navy 239820

Royal Navy 239820 Able Seaman HMS Natal

Royal Navy 239820 Ordinary Seaman HMS Natal

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Edward Charles White

Born 1879

Died 1916

Royal Navy 183342 Able Seaman HMS Ardent

Royal Navy 183342 Able Seaman HMS Hecla

Royal Navy 183342 Able Seaman Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Duke of Wellington)

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