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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]

Charles Joseph Hamilton

Born 1865

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Deck Hand Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

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

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William Rackley

Born 1860

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Mate Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Mate Friendship Mercantile Marine

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine Mate Fishing Fleet - Fishing Vessel "Friendship" (Brixham)

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Harry William Moore

Born 1879

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Third Hand Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Third Hand Fishing Fleet - Smack "Ophir" (Ramsgate)

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Daniel Mynheer

Died 1919

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

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

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James Frederick Cox

Born 1875

Died 1920

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Royal Navy 164906 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Other Empire Force Trimmer Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler 'Campanula' (Ramsgate)

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William Frederick Blay

Born 1871

Died 1919

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Third Hand Mercantile Marine - H.M. Troopship Princess Victoria

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Albert Henry Tucker

Born 1875

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Skipper Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Skipper Fishing Fleet - Fishing Vessel "Friendship" (Brixham)

Other Empire Force Skipper Friendship Mercantile Marine

More about Albert Henry Tucker
Robert Bailey Fast

Born 1894

Died 1920

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

British Army 68066 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

British Army WR/500082 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

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Alfred Roland Cook West

Born 1892

Died 1920

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

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

Royal Navy DA 14290 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

More about Alfred Roland Cook West
Edward John Miller

Born 1889

Died 1920

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Royal Navy K.12926 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. Pembroke II

Other Empire Force Deck Hand Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler 'Campanula' (Ramsgate)

More about Edward John Miller
William Reginald Clarke

Born 1871

Died 1919

Royal Navy WSA 1472 Skipper Royal Naval Reserve

Other Empire Force Skipper Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Skipper Fishing Fleet - H.M. Trawler "Ann Ford Melville."

More about William Reginald Clarke
John James Eason

Born 1893

Died 1920

Royal Navy DA 1886 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Other Empire Force Third Hand Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Third Hand Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Lindsey" (Boston)

More about John James Eason
Harry Harvey

Born 1875

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Cook Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Cook Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Bel Lily" (Grimsby)

More about Harry Harvey
Frederick Samuel Halsey

Born 1891

Died 1920

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Royal Navy WSA 2184 Skipper Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy A 4401 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

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John Dodds

Born 1884

Died 1918

Royal Navy SE 96 Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Other Empire Force 10500 Second Hand Fishery Reserve

Other Empire Force Second Hand Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

…

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Robert Steedman

Born 1866

Died 1918

Royal Navy WSE 84 Skipper Royal Naval Reserve

Other Empire Force Skipper Fishery Reserve

Other Empire Force Skipper Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

…

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Andrew Kinnear

Born 1868

Died 1918

Royal Navy DE 388 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Other Empire Force 12329 Deck Hand Fishery Reserve

Other Empire Force Deck Hand Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

…

More about Andrew Kinnear
Arthur Temple Wray

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy DA 16691 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DE 479 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Other Empire Force Deck Hand Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

…

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