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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]

Leonard Victor Boarer

Born 1900

Died 1976

Royal Navy K52147 Stoker 2 HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy K52147 Acting Stoker 1 HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy K52147 Acting Stoker 1 HMS "Pembroke II"

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Albert Victor Norris

Born 1902

Royal Navy M34352 Boy

Royal Navy M34352 Shipwright Pembroke II

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George Henry Stevens Wren

Born 1880

Died 1951

Royal Navy 298494 H.M.S. Pembroke II

Royal Navy 298494 H.M.S. Pembroke II

Royal Navy 298494 Mechanician H.M.S. Shannon

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Alfred Ernest Bail

Born 1885

Died 1955

Royal Navy 304620 Stoker, 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy 304620 Stoker, 2nd Class HMS Northumberland

Royal Navy 304620 Stoker, 2nd Class HMS Acheron

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Frederick James Norris

Born 1882

Died 1965

Royal Navy 345279

Royal Navy H.M.S. Encounter

Royal Navy 345279 H.M.S. Pembroke II

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Alfred Annan Studham

Born 1887

Died 1974

Royal Navy K38955 H.M.S. Pembroke II

Royal Navy K38955 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. Iphigenia

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Henry Wate

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy K30723 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy K30723 Stoker 1st Class HMS Pembroke II

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Sidney Ernest Manuel

Born 1900

Died 1957

Royal Navy K52129 Stoker 2 HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy K52129 Stoker 1 HMS "Pembroke II"

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Edward George Newing

Born 1893

Died 1924

Royal Navy K22771 Pembroke II

Royal Navy K22771 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. Dolphin

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William Payne

Born 1899

Royal Navy K42837

Royal Navy HMS Lancaster

Royal Navy Pembroke II

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Alfred James Goldfinch

Born 1895

Died 1982

Royal Navy K21376 Pembroke II

Royal Navy K21376 Stoker H.M.S. Repulse

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Albert William Garland Symonds

Born 1888

Royal Navy 346355 1st Writer HMS Southampton

Royal Navy 346355 Boy Wtr Pembroke II

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Charles Frederick Offen

Born 1899

Died 1972

Royal Navy K47027 Stoker 2nd Class Daelalus

Royal Navy K47027 Stoker 2nd Class Pembroke II

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Stephen Ernest Springett

Born 1900

Died 1960

Royal Navy K51534 Stoker 2 HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy K51534 Stoker 1 HMS "Pembroke II"

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Alfred William Costen

Born 1899

Died 1959

Royal Navy K34677 H.M.S. Pembroke II

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Ebenezer Sinclair Pendrich

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy 307046 Mechanician HMS Pembroke II

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Harold Jordan

Born 1887

Died 1917

Royal Navy Pembroke II

Royal Navy Triumph

Royal Navy Pembroke

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Charles William Whiffing

Born 1893

Royal Navy M22879 Arm. Car Pembroke II

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George Edward Frederick Whiffing

Born 1887

Died 1953

Royal Navy Warrant Engineer

Royal Navy Artificer Engineer

Royal Navy Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class

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Bernard Phillips

Born 1894

Died 1975

Royal Navy M5493 Carpenter's Crew HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy M5493 Carpenter's Crew HMS Implacable

Royal Navy M5493 Leading Carpenter's Crew HMS Implacable

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