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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [12]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [7]

London, Middlesex, England [7]

Liverpool [6]

Southampton [6]

Birkenhead [5]

Edinburgh [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Ramsgate, Kent [5]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [5]

Bootle, Lancashire [3]

Cowes, Isle of Wight [3]

Dublin [3]

Glasgow [3]

Gravesend, Kent [3]

Hastings, Sussex [3]

Poplar, London [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Sunderland [3]

Valetta, Malta [3]

Aberdeen [2]

Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Brixham, Devon [2]

Cork [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [2]

Gravesend [2]

Islington, London [2]

London [2]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [2]

Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire [2]

Portsmouth [2]

South Shields [2]

South Shields, Durham, England [2]

Stepney, London [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

West Mersea [2]

37 Hutcheon Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Abernethy [1]

Airdrie [1]

Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

Akaroa [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland [1]

Alva, Clackmannanshire [1]

Anstruther, Fife [1]

Anstruther, Fifeshire, Scotland [1]

Arbroath [1]

Rank

Fireman [129]

Able Seaman [85]

Trimmer [77]

Greaser [53]

Deck Hand [52]

Ordinary Seaman [40]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [39]

Private [39]

Lieutenant [30]

Steward [24]

Assistant Steward [22]

Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [17]

Cook [16]

Mate [16]

Seaman [15]

Skipper [15]

Captain [14]

Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [14]

Boatswain [12]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Assistant Cook [10]

Leading Fireman [10]

Engineer [9]

Stoker [9]

Sub Lieutenant [9]

Junior Officer [8]

Midshipman (Temporary) [8]

Second Engineer [8]

Temporary Lieutenant [8]

Carpenter [7]

Engineer Lieutenant (Temporary) [7]

Gunner [7]

Midshipman [7]

Assistant Engineer (Temporary) [6]

Chief Engineer [6]

Engineman [6]

Motor Boatman [6]

Sapper [6]

Storekeeper [6]

Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) [5]

Carpenter's Mate [5]

Donkeyman [5]

Second Hand [5]

Ship's Cook [5]

Chief Motor Mechanic [4]

Chief Petty Officer [4]

Commander [4]

Driver [4]

Junior Engineer [4]

Quartermaster [4]

Unit

Mercantile Marine Reserve [611]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [175]

Royal Naval Reserve [169]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [70]

Royal Naval Division [40]

Royal Engineers [21]

Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Bayano" [11]

Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Laurentic" [11]

Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Otranto" [10]

Mercantile Marine Reserve, R.F.A. "Industry" [10]

Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [8]

Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Clan McNaughton" [8]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M. Water Tanker "Progress" [7]

Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Viknor" [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

General List [6]

Mercantile Marine Reserve - M.F.A. "Eleanor." [6]

Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Louvain" [6]

Fishery Reserve [5]

Mercantile Marine [5]

Mercantile Marine Reserve - H.M.S. "Otranto." [5]

Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "India" [5]

Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Stephen Furness" [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Naval Air Service [5]

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

Mercantile Marine Reserve (Merchant Navy) [4]

Mercantile Marine Reserve: HM Yacht Iolaire [4]

Mine Clearance Service [4]

Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport [4]

Mercantile Marine Reserve - H.M.S. "India." [3]

Mercantile Marine Reserve - HMS 'Viknor' [3]

Mercantile Marine Reserve - HMS Laurentic [3]

Mercantile Marine Reserve - HMS Louvain [3]

Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Alcantara" [3]

Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Calgarian" [3]

Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Newmarket" [3]

Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Ramsey" [3]

Mercantile Marine Reserve: HMS Eaglet [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Australian Naval Reserve [3]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport [3]

Army Reserve [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Campanula" (Ramsgate) [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

Service

Other Empire Force [671]

Royal Navy [464]

British Army [102]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [156]

M [114]

A [97]

S [79]

H [68]

W [66]

C [63]

P [47]

R [45]

G [35]

F [32]

L [32]

D [30]

T [27]

J [21]

K [18]

N [15]

E [13]

V [8]

Y [8]

O [7]

I [6]

U [4]

Q [2]

X [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [277]

Merchant Navy [141]

Country

United Kingdom [140]

Ireland [2]

New Zealand [2]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [12] Birkenhead, Cheshire [7] London, Middlesex, England [7] Liverpool [6] Southampton [6] Birkenhead [5] Edinburgh [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Ramsgate, Kent [5] Southampton, Hampshire, England [5] Bootle, Lancashire [3] Cowes, Isle of Wight [3] Dublin [3] Glasgow [3] Gravesend, Kent [3] Hastings, Sussex [3] Poplar, London [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Sunderland [3] Valetta, Malta [3] Aberdeen [2] Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Brixham, Devon [2] Cork [2] Dover, Kent [2] Goole, Yorkshire, England [2] Gravesend [2] Islington, London [2] London [2] North Shields, Northumberland, England [2] Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire [2] Portsmouth [2] South Shields [2] South Shields, Durham, England [2] Stepney, London [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] West Mersea [2] 37 Hutcheon Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Abernethy [1] Airdrie [1] Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1] Akaroa [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland [1] Alva, Clackmannanshire [1] Anstruther, Fife [1] Anstruther, Fifeshire, Scotland [1] Arbroath [1]

Rank

Fireman [129] Able Seaman [85] Trimmer [77] Greaser [53] Deck Hand [52] Ordinary Seaman [40] Lieutenant (Temporary) [39] Private [39] Lieutenant [30] Steward [24] Assistant Steward [22] Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [17] Cook [16] Mate [16] Seaman [15] Skipper [15] Captain [14] Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [14] Boatswain [12] Second Lieutenant [11] Assistant Cook [10] Leading Fireman [10] Engineer [9] Stoker [9] Sub Lieutenant [9] Junior Officer [8] Midshipman (Temporary) [8] Second Engineer [8] Temporary Lieutenant [8] Carpenter [7] Engineer Lieutenant (Temporary) [7] Gunner [7] Midshipman [7] Assistant Engineer (Temporary) [6] Chief Engineer [6] Engineman [6] Motor Boatman [6] Sapper [6] Storekeeper [6] Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) [5] Carpenter's Mate [5] Donkeyman [5] Second Hand [5] Ship's Cook [5] Chief Motor Mechanic [4] Chief Petty Officer [4] Commander [4] Driver [4] Junior Engineer [4] Quartermaster [4]

Unit

Mercantile Marine Reserve [611] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [175] Royal Naval Reserve [169] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [70] Royal Naval Division [40] Royal Engineers [21] Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Bayano" [11] Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Laurentic" [11] Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Otranto" [10] Mercantile Marine Reserve, R.F.A. "Industry" [10] Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [8] Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Clan McNaughton" [8] Royal Field Artillery [8] Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M. Water Tanker "Progress" [7] Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Viknor" [7] Royal Air Force [7] General List [6] Mercantile Marine Reserve - M.F.A. "Eleanor." [6] Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Louvain" [6] Fishery Reserve [5] Mercantile Marine [5] Mercantile Marine Reserve - H.M.S. "Otranto." [5] Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "India" [5] Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Stephen Furness" [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Naval Air Service [5] Fishery Reserve - Steam Trawler "Ethelwulf" (North Shields) [4] Mercantile Marine Reserve (Merchant Navy) [4] Mercantile Marine Reserve: HM Yacht Iolaire [4] Mine Clearance Service [4] Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport [4] Mercantile Marine Reserve - H.M.S. "India." [3] Mercantile Marine Reserve - HMS 'Viknor' [3] Mercantile Marine Reserve - HMS Laurentic [3] Mercantile Marine Reserve - HMS Louvain [3] Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Alcantara" [3] Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Calgarian" [3] Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Newmarket" [3] Mercantile Marine Reserve, H.M.S. "Ramsey" [3] Mercantile Marine Reserve: HMS Eaglet [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Australian Naval Reserve [3] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport [3] Army Reserve [2] Army Service Corps [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Campanula" (Ramsgate) [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] HMS Pembroke I [2]

Service

Other Empire Force [671] Royal Navy [464] British Army [102] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [156] M [114] A [97] S [79] H [68] W [66] C [63] P [47] R [45] G [35] F [32] L [32] D [30] T [27] J [21] K [18] N [15] E [13] V [8] Y [8] O [7] I [6] U [4] Q [2] X [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [277] Merchant Navy [141]

Country

United Kingdom [140] Ireland [2] New Zealand [2] Trinidad and Tobago [1] United States [1]

John E Freeman

British Army 19137 Scots Guards

British Army 19228 Royal Fusiliers

British Army 6722318 Royal Fusiliers

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E O Richardson

British Army 485979 Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

British Army 485979 Mercantile Marine Reserve

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William Gibbons

Born 1882

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Royal Navy Gunner HMS Himalaya (Armed Merchant Cruiser)

Other Empire Force Gun Layer Merchant Ships

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F E Withey

British Army 4917 Able Seaman His Majesty's Transport Poto Mercantile Marine Reserve

British Army 4917 Driver Royal Field Artillery 1st Brigade

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David Alfred Ray

Born 1877

British Army Lieutenant General List

Royal Navy 1832 Lieutenant (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

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Cecil Cantilupe Harrison

Other Empire Force Medical Officer Mercantile Marine Reserve

British Army Cadet Officer Training Corps University of London

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps (Special Reserve)

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Arthur Hodgson Galloway

Born 1877

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Royal Navy Engineer (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

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Fred Smith

British Army Mercantile Marine Reserve

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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James Lane

Other Empire Force DLSAN0742466 Trimmer Mercantile Marine Reserve

British Army 137956 Private Labour Corps

British Army 608986 Sapper Royal Engineers

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C Stewart

British Army 6638 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 253371 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 253371 Private Mercantile Marine Reserve

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Clifton Ulric Hume Rothery

Born 1888

British Army Assistant Engineer Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Royal Navy Assistant Engineer (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

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John Bertram Pearse

Born 1873

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Royal Navy Lieutenant (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

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Walter Harold Ferguson Mattinson

Born 1886

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Royal Navy Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

British Army Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Hubert Claud Jones

Born 1893

Royal Navy J8053 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J8053 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J8053 Boy 1st Class HMS Vivid I

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Sydney Roy Taylor

Born 1885

British Army Captain Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Royal Navy Engineer (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

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