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Place of birth

Aston, Birmingham [1]

Axminster, Devon [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Briton Ferry [1]

Bromley by Bow, Poplar, London [1]

Bulford, Wiltshire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [1]

Dublin [1]

Henham, Bishop's Stortford, Essex [1]

Hindustan [1]

Innellan, Argyllshire [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kentish Town, London [1]

Kings Norton, Worcestershire [1]

Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Lewisham [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

South Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Southgate, Middlesex [1]

Swanscombe, Kent [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Tottenham, London [1]

Tufnell Park, Islington, London [1]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent, [1]

Waterlooville [1]

Wells, Somerset [1]

Whitechapel, London [1]

Wittingham, Sussex [1]

Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [88]

Private [40]

Second Lieutenant [25]

Lieutenant [24]

Captain [19]

Sapper [11]

Signalman [10]

Lance Corporal [8]

Major [8]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Serjeant [6]

Corporal [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Sub Lieutenant [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Sergeant [4]

Temporary Major [4]

Colonel [3]

Interpreter [3]

Brigadier General [2]

Cyclist [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Major General [2]

Rifleman [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

4th Class Chaplain [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Act. RSM [1]

Acting Brigadier General [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Cadet Officer [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Captain The Reverend [1]

Captain U.S.A.M.C. [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Commissary [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Deck Steward [1]

Dragoon [1]

Driver [1]

Drummer [1]

Electrician [1]

Unit

London Regiment [62]

Royal Naval Division [52]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [45]

London Division [13]

Royal Engineers [10]

Railway Operating Division Royal Engineers [9]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: London Division: HMS CANADA [9]

RNVR London - HMS New Zealand [8]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS BLACK PRINCE [8]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS MALAYA [8]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS BELLEROPHON [7]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS NEPTUNE [7]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS VALIANT [6]

RNVR London - HMS Royal Oak [5]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS INVINCIBLE [5]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS IRON DUKE [5]

London Division Territorial Army [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: London Division [4]

RNVR London - HMS LION [3]

RNVR London - HMS Superb [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Labour Corps [2]

London Division Cyclist [2]

London Division Cyclist Company [2]

London Division Cyclist Corps [2]

London Division Supply Column Army Service Corps [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

RNVR London - HMS Hindustan [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Engineers London Division [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS TIGER [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

1st Canadian Division Cyclist [1]

1st Division [1]

1st Division, 2nd Brigade [1]

1st Division, 3rd Brigade [1]

2nd Division Derbyshire [1]

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

4 Gorkha Rifles [1]

Service

Royal Navy [122]

British Army [110]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [28]

C [24]

S [22]

H [19]

W [19]

M [16]

R [15]

T [14]

A [10]

D [8]

L [8]

P [8]

F [6]

E [5]

G [5]

K [5]

J [2]

N [2]

I [1]

O [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [211]

Country

United Kingdom [111]

India [2]

Belgium [1]

Greece [1]

Malta [1]

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People [219] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Aston, Birmingham [1] Axminster, Devon [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Briton Ferry [1] Bromley by Bow, Poplar, London [1] Bulford, Wiltshire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [1] Dublin [1] Henham, Bishop's Stortford, Essex [1] Hindustan [1] Innellan, Argyllshire [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Islington, London [1] Kentish Town, London [1] Kings Norton, Worcestershire [1] Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Lewisham [1] Marylebone, London [1] South Lambeth, Surrey [1] Southgate, Middlesex [1] Swanscombe, Kent [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Tottenham, London [1] Tufnell Park, Islington, London [1] Tunbridge Wells, Kent, [1] Waterlooville [1] Wells, Somerset [1] Whitechapel, London [1] Wittingham, Sussex [1] Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [88] Private [40] Second Lieutenant [25] Lieutenant [24] Captain [19] Sapper [11] Signalman [10] Lance Corporal [8] Major [8] Ordinary Seaman [6] Serjeant [6] Corporal [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Sub Lieutenant [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Sergeant [4] Temporary Major [4] Colonel [3] Interpreter [3] Brigadier General [2] Cyclist [2] Leading Seaman [2] Major General [2] Rifleman [2] Shoeing Smith [2] 4th Class Chaplain [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Act. RSM [1] Acting Brigadier General [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Cadet Officer [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Captain The Reverend [1] Captain U.S.A.M.C. [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Chaplain [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Commissary [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Deck Hand [1] Deck Steward [1] Dragoon [1] Driver [1] Drummer [1] Electrician [1]

Unit

London Regiment [62] Royal Naval Division [52] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [45] London Division [13] Royal Engineers [10] Railway Operating Division Royal Engineers [9] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: London Division: HMS CANADA [9] RNVR London - HMS New Zealand [8] Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS BLACK PRINCE [8] Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS MALAYA [8] Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS BELLEROPHON [7] Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS NEPTUNE [7] Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS VALIANT [6] RNVR London - HMS Royal Oak [5] Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS INVINCIBLE [5] Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS IRON DUKE [5] London Division Territorial Army [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: London Division [4] RNVR London - HMS LION [3] RNVR London - HMS Superb [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Army Service Corps [2] Essex Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Labour Corps [2] London Division Cyclist [2] London Division Cyclist Company [2] London Division Cyclist Corps [2] London Division Supply Column Army Service Corps [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] RNVR London - HMS Hindustan [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Engineers London Division [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS TIGER [2] Welsh Regiment [2] 1st Canadian Division Cyclist [1] 1st Division [1] 1st Division, 2nd Brigade [1] 1st Division, 3rd Brigade [1] 2nd Division Derbyshire [1] 2nd Division - 6th Field Artillery Brigade [1] 4 Gorkha Rifles [1]

Service

Royal Navy [122] British Army [110] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [28] C [24] S [22] H [19] W [19] M [16] R [15] T [14] A [10] D [8] L [8] P [8] F [6] E [5] G [5] K [5] J [2] N [2] I [1] O [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [211]

Country

United Kingdom [111] India [2] Belgium [1] Greece [1] Malta [1]

Harry Valentine Tompkins

Born 1897

Royal Navy Z/1937 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/1937 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS IRON DUKE

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George Watson Arnold

Born 1889

Royal Navy Z/2359 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/2359 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS IRON DUKE

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Charles Lewes Mitchell

Born 1887

Royal Navy Z/2925 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/2925 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS VALIANT

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Edward Goodwin

Born 1892

Royal Navy Z/2597 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/ 2597 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS BELLEROPHON

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John Allen Woolford

Born 1895

Royal Navy Z/2921 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/2921 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS VALIANT

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Benjamin Smith

Born 1895

Royal Navy Z/2458 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/2458 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS NEPTUNE

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Joseph Barwick

Born 1894

Royal Navy Z/1722 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/1722 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS NEPTUNE

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James Watkins

Born 1896

Royal Navy Z/2918 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/2918 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS VALIANT

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Edward Bartlett

Born 1896

Royal Navy Z/2862 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/2862 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS VALIANT

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Percy Humphries

Born 1897

Royal Navy Z/2824 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/2824 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS NEPTUNE

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Ernest Theodore Holland

Born 1889

Royal Navy Z/4468 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/4468 Signalman Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS BELLEROPHON

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William George Hobney

Born 1896

Royal Navy Z/2687 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/2687 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS INFLEXIBLE

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George Douglas Walker

Born 1896

Royal Navy Z/2521 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/2521 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS NEPTUNE

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Albert Francis Miller

Born 1897

Royal Navy Z/3341 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/3341 Signalman Royal Naval Division/RNVR London - HMS INFLEXIBLE

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Walter Donald Carruthers

British Army Second Lieutenant Ordnance Corps 41st Sanitary Section Attached 24th Division Royal Army Medical Corps Transp

British Army Captain London Regiment 1st Battalion

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Walter Gregor Birnie

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment

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Roy Cuthbert Ruscoe

British Army 167 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps attached Railway Operating Division Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment

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Victor Louis Musgrave

Born 1899

British Army 26147

British Army M/25039 Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Royal Army Service Corps defence forces

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George Benet

British Army Temporary Honorary Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

Other Empire Force Temporary Honorary Captain RAMC Harvard Medical Unit attached Royal Army Medical Corps

Other Empire Force Temporary Honorary Captain RAMC No. 22 General Hospital B.E.F. Medical Officer

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