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Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Ailsworth, Peterborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Bahrak Rees, Ross-Shire [1]

Ballyroyan, County Louth [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Boxley, Kent [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Carlshalton, Surrey [1]

Catford, London [1]

Chislehurst, Kent [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Corfe Mullen, Dorset [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Devonport, Devon, England [1]

Devonport, Devonshire [1]

Dore or Totley, Derbyshire, now part of Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dublin [1]

Ebley, Gloucestershire [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Harringay, Middlesex [1]

Haselbury Plucknett, Somerset [1]

Honiton, Devon [1]

Hoxton, London [1]

Kidderminster, Worcestershire [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Lewisham, London [1]

Londonderry, Northern Ireland [1]

Maitland West, New South Wales [1]

Melksham, Wiltshire [1]

Near Borough Green, Kent [1]

Newcastle-on-Tyne [1]

Old Ford, London OR Redcross Street, City of London [1]

Orlestone, Tenterden, Kent [1]

Peckham, London [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Redditch, Worcestershire [1]

Richmond, Surrey [1]

Saint Vigeans, Forfarshire [1]

Stepney, London [1]

Steyning District, Sussex [1]

Stonehouse, Devon [1]

Wallasey, Cheshire [1]

Walton in Gordano, Somerset [1]

Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales [1]

Yateley, Hampshire [1]

York [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [15]

Able Seaman [13]

Boy 2nd Class [13]

Stoker 2nd Class [13]

Boy 1st Class [12]

Ordinary Seaman [12]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [8]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [6]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4]

Acting Leading Stoker [4]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [4]

Leading Seaman [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Stoker [4]

Boy Artificer [3]

Commander [3]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Sub-Lieutenant [3]

Able Bodied Seaman [2]

Boy Telegraphist [2]

Cadet [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Midshipman [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Stoker - 1st Class [2]

Telegraphist [2]

Act. Eng. Rm. Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Stoker [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Assistant Storekeeper [1]

Boy - 2nd Class [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain [1]

Commodore 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th class [1]

Engine room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Leading Signaller [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Officer's Cook 3rd Class [1]

Officers Cook 3rd class [1]

Unit

HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [12]

HMS Maidstone [10]

HMS Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [8]

HMS Dolphin [5]

HMS Impregnable [4]

HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone HM Submarine E24 [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Dolphin [2]

Ganges [2]

H.M.S. "Maidstone." [2]

H.M.S. Maidstone [2]

HMS Britannia [2]

HMS Dominion [2]

HMS Fisgard [2]

HMS Ganges II [2]

HMS Mercury [2]

HMS Nelson [2]

HMS New Zealand [2]

HMS Shannon [2]

HMS Titania [2]

HMS Victory [2]

HMS Victory 2 [2]

Maidstone [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Maidstone [2]

4th Submarine Flotilla, China Station [1]

Attentive [1]

Blonde [1]

Bonaventure [1]

Britannia Royal Naval College [1]

Collingwood [1]

Columbine [1]

Defiance [1]

Ganges, St Vincent, Vivid I & Colllingwood [1]

H.M. Submarine K.17. [1]

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

H.M.S. Ganges [1]

H.M.S. Shannon [1]

HM Dockyard Gibraltar [1]

HM Dockyard Sheerness [1]

HM Submarine E 19 [1]

HM Submarine E20 [1]

HM Submarine E3 [1]

HM Submarine E50 [1]

HM Submarine G9 [1]

HMS Achilles [1]

HMS Actaeon [1]

HMS Antrim [1]

HMS Apollo [1]

HMS Arrogant [1]

HMS Assistance [1]

Service

Royal Navy [53]

Other Empire Force [2]

British Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [9]

M [8]

W [6]

C [5]

S [5]

K [4]

D [3]

F [3]

G [3]

H [3]

T [3]

L [1]

O [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [48]

Country

United Kingdom [40]

Ireland [2]

Malta [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Ailsworth, Peterborough, Northamptonshire [1] Bahrak Rees, Ross-Shire [1] Ballyroyan, County Louth [1] Battersea, London [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Boxley, Kent [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Carlshalton, Surrey [1] Catford, London [1] Chislehurst, Kent [1] Clapham, London [1] Corfe Mullen, Dorset [1] Deptford, London [1] Devonport, Devon, England [1] Devonport, Devonshire [1] Dore or Totley, Derbyshire, now part of Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dublin [1] Ebley, Gloucestershire [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Harringay, Middlesex [1] Haselbury Plucknett, Somerset [1] Honiton, Devon [1] Hoxton, London [1] Kidderminster, Worcestershire [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Lewisham, London [1] Londonderry, Northern Ireland [1] Maitland West, New South Wales [1] Melksham, Wiltshire [1] Near Borough Green, Kent [1] Newcastle-on-Tyne [1] Old Ford, London OR Redcross Street, City of London [1] Orlestone, Tenterden, Kent [1] Peckham, London [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Redditch, Worcestershire [1] Richmond, Surrey [1] Saint Vigeans, Forfarshire [1] Stepney, London [1] Steyning District, Sussex [1] Stonehouse, Devon [1] Wallasey, Cheshire [1] Walton in Gordano, Somerset [1] Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales [1] Yateley, Hampshire [1] York [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [15] Able Seaman [13] Boy 2nd Class [13] Stoker 2nd Class [13] Boy 1st Class [12] Ordinary Seaman [12] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [8] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [6] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4] Acting Leading Stoker [4] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [4] Leading Seaman [4] Leading Stoker [4] Stoker [4] Boy Artificer [3] Commander [3] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3] Lieutenant [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Petty Officer [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Sub-Lieutenant [3] Able Bodied Seaman [2] Boy Telegraphist [2] Cadet [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Midshipman [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Stoker - 1st Class [2] Telegraphist [2] Act. Eng. Rm. Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Stoker [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Assistant Storekeeper [1] Boy - 2nd Class [1] Bugler [1] Captain [1] Commodore 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th class [1] Engine room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Leading Signaller [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Officer's Cook 3rd Class [1] Officers Cook 3rd class [1]

Unit

HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [12] HMS Maidstone [10] HMS Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [8] HMS Dolphin [5] HMS Impregnable [4] HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone HM Submarine E24 [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Dolphin [2] Ganges [2] H.M.S. "Maidstone." [2] H.M.S. Maidstone [2] HMS Britannia [2] HMS Dominion [2] HMS Fisgard [2] HMS Ganges II [2] HMS Mercury [2] HMS Nelson [2] HMS New Zealand [2] HMS Shannon [2] HMS Titania [2] HMS Victory [2] HMS Victory 2 [2] Maidstone [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Maidstone [2] 4th Submarine Flotilla, China Station [1] Attentive [1] Blonde [1] Bonaventure [1] Britannia Royal Naval College [1] Collingwood [1] Columbine [1] Defiance [1] Ganges, St Vincent, Vivid I & Colllingwood [1] H.M. Submarine K.17. [1] H.M.S. "Maidstone" [1] H.M.S. Ganges [1] H.M.S. Shannon [1] HM Dockyard Gibraltar [1] HM Dockyard Sheerness [1] HM Submarine E 19 [1] HM Submarine E20 [1] HM Submarine E3 [1] HM Submarine E50 [1] HM Submarine G9 [1] HMS Achilles [1] HMS Actaeon [1] HMS Antrim [1] HMS Apollo [1] HMS Arrogant [1] HMS Assistance [1]

Service

Royal Navy [53] Other Empire Force [2] British Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [9] M [8] W [6] C [5] S [5] K [4] D [3] F [3] G [3] H [3] T [3] L [1] O [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [48]

Country

United Kingdom [40] Ireland [2] Malta [1] Sri Lanka [1]

Isaac Bastarrechea

Born 1881

Died 1916

Royal Navy 271517 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMSs Vivid II, Firequeen, Vivid II, Defiance, Vivid II, Excellent, Vivid II

Royal Navy 271517 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class HMSs Duke of Edinburgh, Vivid II, Mars, Forth

Royal Navy 271517 Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class HMSs Forth, Pactolus, Vivid II, Centurion, Vivid II

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Walter Henry Sewell

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 12138 Bugler Royal Marines Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 227577 Boy 2nd Class St Vincent

Royal Navy 227577 Boy 1st Class HMSs St Vincent, Boscawen III, St Vincent, Grafton, Terrible

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Russell Ernest Birch

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy Cadet Training Establishments

Royal Navy Midshipman HMSs Hibernia, Dido, Ness, Dreadnought, Formidable, Illustrious

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant HMSs Lancaster, King George V, Blake for Fury, Dolphin

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Samuel David Mitchell Fitzwater

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy 271709 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMSs Tenedos, Sappho, Egmont, Queen

Royal Navy 271709 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Queen

Royal Navy 271709 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMSs Queen, Vivid II, Leander,Forth, Egmont

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William Harry Maeers

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy 236964 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy 236964 Boy 1st Class HMSs Ganges II, Victorious

Royal Navy 236964 Ordinary Seaman HMSs Victorious, Vivid I, Crescent, Flora

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Frederick Arthur Trendell

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy J3319

Royal Navy J3319 Boy 2nd Class HMSs Ganges, Impregnable

Royal Navy J3319 Boy 1st Class HMSs Impregnable, Berwick, Bulwark, Dominion

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Frank Wilks

Born 1893

Died 1919

Royal Navy J7669 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J7669 Boy 1st Class HMS Antrim

Royal Navy J7669 Ordinary Seaman HMS Bulwark

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Walter Henry Meek

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy 271695 Boy Artificer HMS Indus II

Royal Navy 271695 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMS Fisgard

Royal Navy 271695 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS New Zealand

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Alfred Geoffrey Crummack

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Excellent

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Maidstone

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Patia

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Percival Hall Rodgers

Born 1891

Died 1915

Royal Navy K2482 Stoker 1st Class HM Submarine E20

Royal Navy K.2482 Stoker - 2nd Class HMS Mercury

Royal Navy K.2482 Stoker - 1st Class HMS Mercury

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William Alfred Drake

Born 1893

Died 1974

Royal Navy K11071 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K11071 Stoker 1st Class HMS Minotaur

Royal Navy K11071 Acting Leading Stoker HMS Maidstone

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Frank Leopold James Knight

Born 1899

Died 1943

Royal Navy J38885

Royal Navy J38885 Boy - 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J38885 Boy - 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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R B Mccoy

British Army 493540 Private Royal Army Medical Corps attached Royal Air Force Maidstone

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Albert Edward Smith

Born 1893

Died 1971

Royal Navy J8230 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J8230 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J8230 Boy 1st Class HMS Essex

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William Wilcox Cooper

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy 239571 Boy 1st Class

Royal Navy 239571 Ordinary Signalman

Royal Navy 239571 Signalman

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