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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [49]

Ramsgate, Kent [31]

Maidstone [6]

Otham, Kent [4]

Chart Sutton, Kent [3]

Cowdenbeath, Fifeshire [3]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [3]

East Farleigh, Kent [3]

East Malling, Kent [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Barming, Kent [2]

Boxley, Kent [2]

Deptford, London [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Greenwich, London [2]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Larkfield, Kent [2]

Leeds, Kent [2]

Lochgelly, Fifeshire [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Mereworth, Kent [2]

Oxford [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Stratford, Essex [2]

Wrotham, Kent [2]

Ashmansworth, Berkshire [1]

Aylesford, Kent [1]

Ayleston, Leicestershire [1]

Aylsham, Norfolk [1]

Ballymena, Antrim [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Barnes, Surrey [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Birchington, Kent [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birkenshaw, near Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Birling, Kent [1]

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1]

Bradenham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bradwell, Suffolk [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Buckie, Banffshire [1]

Bury Saint Edmund, Suffolk [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Rank

Stoker 2nd Class [93]

Stoker 1st Class [88]

Stoker 2 [57]

Stoker 1 [48]

Leading Stoker [37]

Ordinary Seaman [35]

Able Seaman [22]

Acting Leading Stoker [14]

Boy 1st Class [14]

Boy 2nd Class [14]

Petty Officer Stoker [14]

Stoker [13]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [11]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [11]

Private [11]

Stoker Petty Officer [11]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [10]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [8]

Chief Stoker [7]

Leading Seaman [7]

Deck Hand [6]

Trimmer [6]

Chief Petty Officer [5]

Petty Officer [5]

Acting ERA 4th Class [4]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [4]

Armourer's Crew [4]

Carpenter's Crew [4]

Cooks Mate [4]

Mechanician [4]

Stoker II [4]

Boy II [3]

ERA 4th Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer [3]

P O Stoker [3]

2nd Cooks Mate [2]

AM1 [2]

Acting Stoker 1 [2]

Air Mechanic [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Artificer Engineer [2]

Boy [2]

Boy Artificer [2]

Boy I [2]

Captain [2]

Car Crew [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

ERA 3c [2]

ERA 3rd Class [2]

ERA 4 [2]

Unit

HMS Pembroke II [113]

HMS "Pembroke II" [100]

H.M.S. Pembroke II [21]

Pembroke II [21]

Royal Air Force [16]

Royal Naval Reserve [14]

HMS Pembroke I [13]

HMS Pembroke [10]

HMS Ajax [8]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [7]

HMS "Acheron" [6]

HMS Actaeon [6]

HMS Erin [6]

HMS Victory II [6]

HMS Vivid II [6]

RNAS HMS "President II" [6]

HMS "Ganges II" [5]

HMS "Pembroke I" [5]

HMS Hogue [5]

HMS Natal [5]

HMS President II [5]

H.M.S. President II [4]

HMS "Blenheim" [4]

HMS Vindictive [4]

HMS Vivid I [4]

HMS Yarmouth [4]

HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

Greenwich [3]

HMS "Pembroke" [3]

HMS Acheron [3]

HMS Berwick [3]

HMS Blenheim [3]

HMS Ganges II [3]

HMS Hindustan [3]

HMS Implacable [3]

HMS Indomitable [3]

HMS Marlborough [3]

HMS Pembroke III [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

HMS Wildfire [3]

Royal Naval Air Service [3]

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

H.M.S. Pembroke [2]

HM Submarine E36 [2]

HMS "Actaeon" [2]

HMS "Blanche" [2]

HMS "Diamond" [2]

HMS "Dragon" [2]

Service

Royal Navy [314]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

British Army [15]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [59]

W [29]

A [28]

S [27]

C [26]

M [23]

P [18]

H [13]

R [12]

G [11]

F [10]

D [9]

T [9]

E [8]

L [6]

N [6]

J [5]

K [5]

O [5]

Q [2]

I [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [304]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [198]

Malta [4]

Gibraltar [2]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

Tonga [1]

United States [1]

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People [314] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [49] Ramsgate, Kent [31] Maidstone [6] Otham, Kent [4] Chart Sutton, Kent [3] Cowdenbeath, Fifeshire [3] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [3] East Farleigh, Kent [3] East Malling, Kent [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Barming, Kent [2] Boxley, Kent [2] Deptford, London [2] Dover, Kent [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Greenwich, London [2] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [2] Lambeth, London [2] Larkfield, Kent [2] Leeds, Kent [2] Lochgelly, Fifeshire [2] Marylebone, London [2] Mereworth, Kent [2] Oxford [2] Poplar, London [2] Stratford, Essex [2] Wrotham, Kent [2] Ashmansworth, Berkshire [1] Aylesford, Kent [1] Ayleston, Leicestershire [1] Aylsham, Norfolk [1] Ballymena, Antrim [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Barnes, Surrey [1] Battersea, London [1] Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Birchington, Kent [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birkenshaw, near Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Birling, Kent [1] Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1] Bradenham, Buckinghamshire [1] Bradwell, Suffolk [1] Brixton, London [1] Buckie, Banffshire [1] Bury Saint Edmund, Suffolk [1] Camberwell, London [1] Canning Town, London [1] Chelsea, London [1]

Rank

Stoker 2nd Class [93] Stoker 1st Class [88] Stoker 2 [57] Stoker 1 [48] Leading Stoker [37] Ordinary Seaman [35] Able Seaman [22] Acting Leading Stoker [14] Boy 1st Class [14] Boy 2nd Class [14] Petty Officer Stoker [14] Stoker [13] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [11] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [11] Private [11] Stoker Petty Officer [11] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [10] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [8] Chief Stoker [7] Leading Seaman [7] Deck Hand [6] Trimmer [6] Chief Petty Officer [5] Petty Officer [5] Acting ERA 4th Class [4] Acting Stoker 1st Class [4] Armourer's Crew [4] Carpenter's Crew [4] Cooks Mate [4] Mechanician [4] Stoker II [4] Boy II [3] ERA 4th Class [3] Engine Room Artificer [3] P O Stoker [3] 2nd Cooks Mate [2] AM1 [2] Acting Stoker 1 [2] Air Mechanic [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Artificer Engineer [2] Boy [2] Boy Artificer [2] Boy I [2] Captain [2] Car Crew [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] ERA 3c [2] ERA 3rd Class [2] ERA 4 [2]

Unit

HMS Pembroke II [113] HMS "Pembroke II" [100] H.M.S. Pembroke II [21] Pembroke II [21] Royal Air Force [16] Royal Naval Reserve [14] HMS Pembroke I [13] HMS Pembroke [10] HMS Ajax [8] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [7] HMS "Acheron" [6] HMS Actaeon [6] HMS Erin [6] HMS Victory II [6] HMS Vivid II [6] RNAS HMS "President II" [6] HMS "Ganges II" [5] HMS "Pembroke I" [5] HMS Hogue [5] HMS Natal [5] HMS President II [5] H.M.S. President II [4] HMS "Blenheim" [4] HMS Vindictive [4] HMS Vivid I [4] HMS Yarmouth [4] HMSs Dolphin, Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] Greenwich [3] HMS "Pembroke" [3] HMS Acheron [3] HMS Berwick [3] HMS Blenheim [3] HMS Ganges II [3] HMS Hindustan [3] HMS Implacable [3] HMS Indomitable [3] HMS Marlborough [3] HMS Pembroke III [3] HMS Vanguard [3] HMS Wildfire [3] Royal Naval Air Service [3] H.M.S. "Pathfinder" [2] H.M.S. Pembroke [2] HM Submarine E36 [2] HMS "Actaeon" [2] HMS "Blanche" [2] HMS "Diamond" [2] HMS "Dragon" [2]

Service

Royal Navy [314] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] British Army [15] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [59] W [29] A [28] S [27] C [26] M [23] P [18] H [13] R [12] G [11] F [10] D [9] T [9] E [8] L [6] N [6] J [5] K [5] O [5] Q [2] I [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [304] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [198] Malta [4] Gibraltar [2] Canada [1] Ireland [1] Tonga [1] United States [1]

Andrew Carnochan

Born 1899

Died 1919

Royal Navy J/32306 Able Seaman HMS Hindustan

Royal Navy J32306 Boy 1st Class HMS Marlborough

Royal Navy J32306 Ordinary Seaman HMS Marlborough

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Frank Quarington

Born 1887

Royal Navy 222316 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy 222316 Boy 1st Class HMS Lion

Royal Navy 222316 Ordinary Seaman HMS Lancaster

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Herbert Thomas Davis

Born 1881

British Army 90963 Private Middlesex Regiment 29th (Infantry Works) Battalion

British Army 2887 Driver Royal Army Medical Corps 3/1st Home Counties Field Ambulance

Royal Navy 294219 Stoker 2 HMS "Pembroke II"

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Thomas Watson

Born 1895

Royal Navy J47917 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy SS116594 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy J72389 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I as "James Dunscath"

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John Ernest George

Born 1886

Royal Navy 308973 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy 308973 Stoker 1st Class HMS Kent

Royal Navy 308973 Stoker 1st Class HMS Natal

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Lawrence Anderson

Born 1891

Royal Navy M23636

Royal Navy Y7985 Carpenter's Crew Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy M23636 Carpenter's Crew HMS Pembroke II

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Archibald Percy Dormer

Born 1890

Royal Navy 272023 Boy Artificer HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy 272023 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMS Fisgard

Royal Navy 272023 Engine Room Artificer HMS King Edward VII

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James Smith

Born 1882

Royal Navy 300156 Stoker 2nd class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy 300156 Stoker HMS Drake

Royal Navy 300156 Probationary Armourer's Crew HMS Wildfire

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John Rose

Born 1898

Royal Navy J31447 Able Seaman Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)

Royal Navy J31447 Able Seaman HMS Hindustan

Royal Navy J31447 Able Seaman HMS Marlborough

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Walter Thomas James

Born 1894

Royal Navy J56879 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy J56879 Ordinary Seaman HMS Dido (Beaver)

Royal Navy J56879 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory II (Beaver)

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John Rutherford Jacques

Born 1890

Royal Navy K33409 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Blake (Marne)

Royal Navy K33409 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy K33409 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

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James Adam

Born 1898

Royal Navy F50973 Air Mechanic 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy F50973 Air Mechanic 2nd Class HMS Tregantle

Royal Navy F50973 Air Mechanic 2nd Class HMS Blandford

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Andrew Robertson Corstorphine

Born 1899

Royal Navy J78416

Royal Navy J78416 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J78416 Boy 1st Class HMS Powerful

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David Muir Anderson

Born 1894

Royal Navy J11142

Royal Navy J11142 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J11142 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

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