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Ramsgate, Kent [9]

Ramsgate [8]

Cellardyke, Fifeshire [6]

Hull, Yorkshire [6]

London [4]

Hull [3]

Ramsgate, Kent. [3]

Bristol [2]

Brixham [2]

Faversham [2]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [2]

Yarmouth [2]

Barking. [1]

Belvedere [1]

Bradford [1]

Buckhaven [1]

Croydon [1]

Cudworth, Barnsley [1]

East Runton, Cromer [1]

Gorleston [1]

Gorleston, Great Yarmouth [1]

Great Yarmouth [1]

Greenock. [1]

Grimsby [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Hambleton, Yorks. [1]

Hastings [1]

Hornsea, Yorks [1]

Kessingland [1]

Leeds [1]

Liverpool [1]

Lowestoft [1]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Newport, Isle of Wight [1]

Northallerton, Yorks [1]

Northdown, Margate, Kent. [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Scarborough [1]

Scarborough, Yorkshire, England [1]

Sheffield [1]

St. Monance, Fifeshire [1]

St. Peters, Kent [1]

Thanet, Kent [1]

Wiggenhall [1]

Windsor [1]

Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Wrotham, Kent [1]

Yarmouth, Hampshire, England [1]

lowestoft [1]

Rank

Skipper [21]

Deck Hand [16]

Third Hand [15]

Mate [11]

Second Hand [10]

Cook [7]

Fourth Hand [6]

Second Engineer [6]

First Engineer [5]

Spare Hand [5]

Boatswain [4]

Trimmer [4]

Apprentice [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Apprentice and Cook [1]

Boat Hand [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief Engineer [1]

Corporal [1]

Engine Driver [1]

Engineer [1]

Engineman [1]

First Hand [1]

Mercantile Marine Mate [1]

Sapper [1]

Seaman [1]

Steward [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Supernumerary Deckhand [1]

Unit

Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [118]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Cornelian" (Hull) [10]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Halcyon" (Grimsby) [10]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Rio" (Grimsby) [9]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Shakespeare" (Hull) [9]

Royal Naval Reserve [8]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Campanula" (Ramsgate) [6]

Fishing Fleet - Trawler "Willing Boys" (Lowestoft) [5]

Fishery Reserve [4]

Fishery Reserve - Steam Trawler "Ethelwulf" (North Shields) [4]

Fishing Fleet - "Industry" (Ramsgate) [4]

Fishing Fleet - Smack "Ophir" (Ramsgate) [4]

Fishing Fleet - Trawler "Excel" (Lowestoft) [4]

Fishing Fleet - Trawler "Impulse" (Ramsgate) [4]

Fishing Fleet, Fishing Boat "Jane" (Berwick) [4]

Fishing Fleet - Fishing Vessel "Friendship" (Brixham) [3]

Fishing Fleet - Smack "L.S.D" (Ramsgate) [3]

Fishing Fleet - Smack "Our Tom" (Ramsgate) [3]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Eros" (Hull) [3]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Vulture" (Grimsby) [3]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler 'Campanula' (Ramsgate) [3]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Leeds" (Grimsby) [2]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Perseus" (Grimsby) [2]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler 'Argyll' (Hull) [2]

Friendship [2]

Fishing Fleet [1]

Fishing Fleet - Fishing vessel "Friendship" (Brixham) [1]

Fishing Fleet - H.M. Trawler "Ann Ford Melville." [1]

Fishing Fleet - H.M. Trawler "Eros" [1]

Fishing Fleet - HM Drifter Premier [1]

Fishing Fleet - Smack "Problem" (R.73) [1]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Bel Lily" (Grimsby) [1]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Cruiser" (Granton) [1]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Eros" (Grimsby). [1]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Fleetwood" (Grimsby) [1]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Lindsey" (Boston) [1]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Rosedale" (Grimsby) [1]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Windward Ho." [1]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler Yeovil (Grimsby) [1]

Fishing Fleet - Trawler "Susie" (Scarborough) [1]

Fishing Fleet - Trawler Vulcana (Grimsby). [1]

Fishing Fleet, Fishing Boat "Jane" (Berwick). [1]

Fishing Fleet, Steam Trawler "Aster" (Glasgow) [1]

Fishing Fleet, Steam Trawler "Primrose" (Dundee) [1]

Fishing Fleet: HM Trawler Norman II [1]

H.M.S. Pembroke II [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Mercantile Marine - H.M. Troopship Princess Victoria [1]

Mercantile Marine - HM Trawler Loch Garry [1]

Service

Other Empire Force [118]

Royal Navy [10]

British Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [19]

H [16]

M [14]

B [9]

S [6]

C [5]

F [5]

G [5]

P [5]

R [5]

T [5]

A [4]

K [4]

L [4]

N [4]

D [2]

E [2]

J [2]

O [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

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People [118] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ramsgate, Kent [9] Ramsgate [8] Cellardyke, Fifeshire [6] Hull, Yorkshire [6] London [4] Hull [3] Ramsgate, Kent. [3] Bristol [2] Brixham [2] Faversham [2] North Shields, Northumberland, England [2] Yarmouth [2] Barking. [1] Belvedere [1] Bradford [1] Buckhaven [1] Croydon [1] Cudworth, Barnsley [1] East Runton, Cromer [1] Gorleston [1] Gorleston, Great Yarmouth [1] Great Yarmouth [1] Greenock. [1] Grimsby [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Hambleton, Yorks. [1] Hastings [1] Hornsea, Yorks [1] Kessingland [1] Leeds [1] Liverpool [1] Lowestoft [1] Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Newport, Isle of Wight [1] Northallerton, Yorks [1] Northdown, Margate, Kent. [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Portsmouth [1] Scarborough [1] Scarborough, Yorkshire, England [1] Sheffield [1] St. Monance, Fifeshire [1] St. Peters, Kent [1] Thanet, Kent [1] Wiggenhall [1] Windsor [1] Windsor, Berkshire [1] Wrotham, Kent [1] Yarmouth, Hampshire, England [1] lowestoft [1]

Rank

Skipper [21] Deck Hand [16] Third Hand [15] Mate [11] Second Hand [10] Cook [7] Fourth Hand [6] Second Engineer [6] First Engineer [5] Spare Hand [5] Boatswain [4] Trimmer [4] Apprentice [2] Able Seaman [1] Apprentice and Cook [1] Boat Hand [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief Engineer [1] Corporal [1] Engine Driver [1] Engineer [1] Engineman [1] First Hand [1] Mercantile Marine Mate [1] Sapper [1] Seaman [1] Steward [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Supernumerary Deckhand [1]

Unit

Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [118] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Cornelian" (Hull) [10] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Halcyon" (Grimsby) [10] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Rio" (Grimsby) [9] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Shakespeare" (Hull) [9] Royal Naval Reserve [8] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Campanula" (Ramsgate) [6] Fishing Fleet - Trawler "Willing Boys" (Lowestoft) [5] Fishery Reserve [4] Fishery Reserve - Steam Trawler "Ethelwulf" (North Shields) [4] Fishing Fleet - "Industry" (Ramsgate) [4] Fishing Fleet - Smack "Ophir" (Ramsgate) [4] Fishing Fleet - Trawler "Excel" (Lowestoft) [4] Fishing Fleet - Trawler "Impulse" (Ramsgate) [4] Fishing Fleet, Fishing Boat "Jane" (Berwick) [4] Fishing Fleet - Fishing Vessel "Friendship" (Brixham) [3] Fishing Fleet - Smack "L.S.D" (Ramsgate) [3] Fishing Fleet - Smack "Our Tom" (Ramsgate) [3] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Eros" (Hull) [3] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Vulture" (Grimsby) [3] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler 'Campanula' (Ramsgate) [3] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Leeds" (Grimsby) [2] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Perseus" (Grimsby) [2] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler 'Argyll' (Hull) [2] Friendship [2] Fishing Fleet [1] Fishing Fleet - Fishing vessel "Friendship" (Brixham) [1] Fishing Fleet - H.M. Trawler "Ann Ford Melville." [1] Fishing Fleet - H.M. Trawler "Eros" [1] Fishing Fleet - HM Drifter Premier [1] Fishing Fleet - Smack "Problem" (R.73) [1] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Bel Lily" (Grimsby) [1] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Cruiser" (Granton) [1] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Eros" (Grimsby). [1] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Fleetwood" (Grimsby) [1] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Lindsey" (Boston) [1] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Rosedale" (Grimsby) [1] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Windward Ho." [1] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler Yeovil (Grimsby) [1] Fishing Fleet - Trawler "Susie" (Scarborough) [1] Fishing Fleet - Trawler Vulcana (Grimsby). [1] Fishing Fleet, Fishing Boat "Jane" (Berwick). [1] Fishing Fleet, Steam Trawler "Aster" (Glasgow) [1] Fishing Fleet, Steam Trawler "Primrose" (Dundee) [1] Fishing Fleet: HM Trawler Norman II [1] H.M.S. Pembroke II [1] HMS Impregnable [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Mercantile Marine - H.M. Troopship Princess Victoria [1] Mercantile Marine - HM Trawler Loch Garry [1]

Service

Other Empire Force [118] Royal Navy [10] British Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [19] H [16] M [14] B [9] S [6] C [5] F [5] G [5] P [5] R [5] T [5] A [4] K [4] L [4] N [4] D [2] E [2] J [2] O [1] U [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

Robert Edward Wright

Born 1875

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Skipper Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Skipper Fishing Fleet - Trawler "Willing Boys" (Lowestoft)

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Walter John Thompson

Born 1865

Died 1918

Other Empire Force First Engineer Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force First Engineer Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Leeds" (Grimsby)

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William Revell

Born 1874

Died 1919

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Fourth Hand Fishing Fleet - Trawler "Impulse" (Ramsgate)

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Stephen Frederick Avery

Born 1886

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Spare Hand Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Eros" (Hull)

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Charles Benjamin Sutton

Born 1879

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Third Hand Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Third Hand Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Rosedale" (Grimsby)

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George Kennard

Born 1895

Died 1920

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Skipper Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Campanula" (Ramsgate)

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John Kenny Bugden

Born 1882

Died 1914

Other Empire Force Third Hand Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Third Hand Fishing Fleet - Smack "L.S.D" (Ramsgate)

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John Saunders

Born 1889

Died 1920

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Third Hand Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Campanula" (Ramsgate)

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John Mcrae Reid

Born 1897

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Apprentice Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Apprentice Fishing Fleet - Fishing vessel "Friendship" (Brixham)

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Thomas Fisher Gowing

Born 1865

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Skipper Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Skipper Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Vulture" (Grimsby)

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David Muir Watson

Born 1874

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Mate Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Mate Fishing Fleet, Steam Trawler "Aster" (Glasgow)

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George Christopher Monckton

Born 1859

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Deck Hand Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) Steam Trawler "Perseus" (Grimsby)

Other Empire Force Deck Hand Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Perseus" (Grimsby)

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Fred Dornan

Born 1874

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force First Engineer Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Halcyon" (Grimsby)

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Ernest Henry Sanderson

Born 1869

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Third Hand Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Cornelian" (Hull)

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Albert George Westgate

Born 1890

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Spare Hand Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Shakespeare" (Hull)

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James Marshall

Born 1879

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Skipper Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Cornelian" (Hull)

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Henry Pigney

Born 1878

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Mate Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Rio" (Grimsby)

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Austin Harold Hammond Utting

Born 1884

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Fourth Hand Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Rio" (Grimsby)

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James Harrison

Born 1877

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Mate Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Shakespeare" (Hull)

More about James Harrison
William Morris

Born 1886

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Fourth Hand Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Rio" (Grimsby)

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