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Maidstone, Kent [78]

Ramsgate, Kent [61]

Dover, Kent [12]

Islington, London [12]

Bermondsey, London [11]

Poplar, London [10]

Deptford, London [9]

Battersea, London [8]

Maidstone [8]

Bethnal Green, London [7]

Camberwell, London [7]

Hoxton, London [7]

Kensington, London [7]

Lambeth, London [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

West Ham, Essex [7]

Aberdeen [6]

Brixton, London [6]

Chatham, Kent [6]

Gravesend, Kent [6]

Sunderland, Durham [6]

Tottenham, London [6]

Walworth, London [6]

Croydon, Surrey [5]

Hackney, London [5]

Sittingbourne, Kent [5]

Stockton [5]

Westminster, London [5]

Clapham, London [4]

Colchester, Essex [4]

East Malling, Kent [4]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [4]

Ipswich, Suffolk [4]

Norwich, Norfolk [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Sheerness, Kent [4]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [4]

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [3]

Bow, London [3]

Boxley, Kent [3]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [3]

East Ham, Essex [3]

Hammersmith, London [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Nottingham [3]

Old Ford, London [3]

Otham, Kent [3]

Plumstead, Kent [3]

Saint Pancras, London [3]

Salford, Lancashire [3]

Rank

Private [693]

Ordinary Seaman [351]

Able Seaman [216]

Deck Hand [210]

Stoker 1st Class [147]

Stoker 2nd Class [127]

Corporal [82]

Serjeant [79]

Boy 2nd Class [66]

Boy 1st Class [61]

Stoker 2 [61]

Leading Stoker [55]

Stoker 1 [52]

Seaman [51]

Second Lieutenant [51]

Leading Seaman [46]

Petty Officer [42]

Stoker [37]

Lieutenant [34]

Gunner [31]

Captain [30]

Sapper [30]

Petty Officer Stoker [25]

Trimmer [24]

Chief Petty Officer [23]

Stoker Petty Officer [22]

Acting Serjeant [20]

Acting Corporal [19]

Acting Leading Stoker [18]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [17]

Signalman [17]

Major [16]

Engineman [14]

Boy II [13]

Lance Corporal [13]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [12]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [11]

Chief Stoker [11]

Leading Signalman [10]

Petty Officer 1st Class [10]

Boy I [9]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [9]

Able Bodied Seaman [8]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [8]

Ord. Seaman [8]

Cooks Mate [7]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [6]

Armourer's Crew [5]

Unit

Pembroke Yeomanry [954]

Welsh Regiment [529]

Royal Naval Reserve [328]

HMS Pembroke I [264]

HMS Pembroke [183]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [159]

HMS Pembroke II [113]

HMS "Pembroke II" [100]

HMS Vindictive [86]

HMS Victory I [66]

Royal Engineers [61]

Corps of Hussars [52]

Machine Gun Corps [48]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Pembroke [47]

HMS "Pembroke I" [43]

Labour Corps [39]

H.M.S. Pembroke I [35]

Royal Air Force [28]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [28]

H.M.S. Pembroke [25]

Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Pembroke [25]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Pembroke." [24]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [24]

H.M.S. Pembroke II [21]

Pembroke II [21]

HMS Ganges [19]

HMS Impregnable [18]

HMS Natal [18]

HMS "Pembroke" [17]

Pembroke [17]

South Wales Borderers [17]

HMS Erin [16]

Army Service Corps [15]

HMS Indomitable [15]

Imperial Camel Corps [15]

2/1st Pembroke Yeomanry [14]

HMS Ajax [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery Pembroke [14]

Royal Naval Division [14]

H.M.S. "Pembroke" [12]

H.M.S. "Pembroke." [12]

HMS Hindustan [12]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [12]

H.M.S. Ganges [11]

HMS Yarmouth [11]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

HMS "Impregnable" [9]

HMS Actaeon [9]

HMS Vivid I [9]

Service

Royal Navy [1229]

British Army [1046]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29]

Other Empire Force [14]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Canadian Navy [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [212]

M [206]

J [182]

H [179]

W [153]

C [149]

S [145]

R [131]

P [130]

D [126]

T [104]

E [97]

L [97]

G [87]

A [80]

F [47]

K [37]

N [36]

O [26]

V [11]

I [9]

Y [7]

Q [2]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [2001]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [454]

Malta [6]

Gibraltar [4]

Australia [2]

Ireland [2]

Canada [1]

Greece [1]

India [1]

Iran, Islamic Republic of [1]

New Zealand [1]

Tonga [1]

Turkey [1]

United States [1]

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People [2255] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [78] Ramsgate, Kent [61] Dover, Kent [12] Islington, London [12] Bermondsey, London [11] Poplar, London [10] Deptford, London [9] Battersea, London [8] Maidstone [8] Bethnal Green, London [7] Camberwell, London [7] Hoxton, London [7] Kensington, London [7] Lambeth, London [7] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] West Ham, Essex [7] Aberdeen [6] Brixton, London [6] Chatham, Kent [6] Gravesend, Kent [6] Sunderland, Durham [6] Tottenham, London [6] Walworth, London [6] Croydon, Surrey [5] Hackney, London [5] Sittingbourne, Kent [5] Stockton [5] Westminster, London [5] Clapham, London [4] Colchester, Essex [4] East Malling, Kent [4] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [4] Ipswich, Suffolk [4] Norwich, Norfolk [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Sheerness, Kent [4] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [4] Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [3] Bow, London [3] Boxley, Kent [3] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [3] East Ham, Essex [3] Hammersmith, London [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Nottingham [3] Old Ford, London [3] Otham, Kent [3] Plumstead, Kent [3] Saint Pancras, London [3] Salford, Lancashire [3]

Rank

Private [693] Ordinary Seaman [351] Able Seaman [216] Deck Hand [210] Stoker 1st Class [147] Stoker 2nd Class [127] Corporal [82] Serjeant [79] Boy 2nd Class [66] Boy 1st Class [61] Stoker 2 [61] Leading Stoker [55] Stoker 1 [52] Seaman [51] Second Lieutenant [51] Leading Seaman [46] Petty Officer [42] Stoker [37] Lieutenant [34] Gunner [31] Captain [30] Sapper [30] Petty Officer Stoker [25] Trimmer [24] Chief Petty Officer [23] Stoker Petty Officer [22] Acting Serjeant [20] Acting Corporal [19] Acting Leading Stoker [18] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [17] Signalman [17] Major [16] Engineman [14] Boy II [13] Lance Corporal [13] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [12] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [11] Chief Stoker [11] Leading Signalman [10] Petty Officer 1st Class [10] Boy I [9] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [9] Able Bodied Seaman [8] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [8] Ord. Seaman [8] Cooks Mate [7] Acting Stoker 1st Class [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [6] Armourer's Crew [5]

Unit

Pembroke Yeomanry [954] Welsh Regiment [529] Royal Naval Reserve [328] HMS Pembroke I [264] HMS Pembroke [183] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [159] HMS Pembroke II [113] HMS "Pembroke II" [100] HMS Vindictive [86] HMS Victory I [66] Royal Engineers [61] Corps of Hussars [52] Machine Gun Corps [48] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Pembroke [47] HMS "Pembroke I" [43] Labour Corps [39] H.M.S. Pembroke I [35] Royal Air Force [28] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [28] H.M.S. Pembroke [25] Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Pembroke [25] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Pembroke." [24] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [24] H.M.S. Pembroke II [21] Pembroke II [21] HMS Ganges [19] HMS Impregnable [18] HMS Natal [18] HMS "Pembroke" [17] Pembroke [17] South Wales Borderers [17] HMS Erin [16] Army Service Corps [15] HMS Indomitable [15] Imperial Camel Corps [15] 2/1st Pembroke Yeomanry [14] HMS Ajax [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Royal Garrison Artillery Pembroke [14] Royal Naval Division [14] H.M.S. "Pembroke" [12] H.M.S. "Pembroke." [12] HMS Hindustan [12] Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [12] H.M.S. Ganges [11] HMS Yarmouth [11] Royal Field Artillery [10] HMS "Impregnable" [9] HMS Actaeon [9] HMS Vivid I [9]

Service

Royal Navy [1229] British Army [1046] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29] Other Empire Force [14] Australian Imperial Force [4] Canadian Navy [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [212] M [206] J [182] H [179] W [153] C [149] S [145] R [131] P [130] D [126] T [104] E [97] L [97] G [87] A [80] F [47] K [37] N [36] O [26] V [11] I [9] Y [7] Q [2] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [2001] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [454] Malta [6] Gibraltar [4] Australia [2] Ireland [2] Canada [1] Greece [1] India [1] Iran, Islamic Republic of [1] New Zealand [1] Tonga [1] Turkey [1] United States [1]

Charles Henry Port

Born 1885

Royal Navy 215491 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy 215491 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy 215491 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pactolus

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Ernest Butterwick

Born 1887

Royal Navy 231293 Boy 2nd Class HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy 231293 Boy 1st Class HMS Northampton

Royal Navy 231293 Ordinary Seaman HMS Majestic

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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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Harry Darnell Jeckells

Born 1888

Royal Navy J66218 Ordinary Seaman HMS Duke of Edinburgh

Royal Navy J66218 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy J66218 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

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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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Sidney Benjamin James Davies

Born 1892

British Army 73477 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 91674 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 619774 Private Labour Corps

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Benjamin Powell

British Army 38198 Private King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 77372 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 59881 Private Pembroke Yeomanry

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Joseph Cadwallader

Born 1887

Royal Navy 232640 Boy 2nd Class HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy 232640 Boy 1st Class HMS Hawke

Royal Navy 232640 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid I

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Alfred Thorner

Born 1882

British Army 696768 Private Labour Corps E C L C

British Army 696768 Private Labour Corps 182 Company

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239625 Royal Air Force

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Ernest Alfred Plumb

Born 1898

Royal Navy J27424 Boy I Ganges

Royal Navy J27424 Boy I Royal Arthur

Royal Navy J27424 Boy I Pembroke I

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William Brickwood

Born 1887

Royal Navy 231009 Boy 2nd Class HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy 231009 Boy 1st Class HMS Northampton

Royal Navy 231009 Ordinary Seaman HMS Magnificent

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Herbert George Barrow

Born 1887

Royal Navy 233122 Boy 2nd Class HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy 233122 Boy 1st Class HMS Boscawen III

Royal Navy 233122 Ordinary Seaman HMS Hawke

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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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Charles Guest

Born 1883

Royal Navy Z/7015 Able Seaman HMS Pembroke

Royal Navy Z/7015 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/7015 Able Seaman HMS Yarmouth

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Edward Joseph Read

Born 1891

Royal Navy J62427 Ordinary Seaman HMS Agincourt

Royal Navy J62427 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I

Royal Navy J62427 Ordinary Seaman HMS Pembroke I

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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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Frederick William Everitt

Born 1898

Royal Navy J31797 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J31797 Boy 1st Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J31797 Ordinary Seaman HMS Ajax

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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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Frederick Blackman

Born 1890

Royal Navy 235329 Boy 2nd Class HMS "Impregnable"

Royal Navy 235329 Boy 1st Class HMS "Impregnable"

Royal Navy 235329 Ordinary Seaman HMS "Illustrious"

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George William Barrett

Born 1887

Royal Navy 230978 Boy 2nd Class HMS Pembroke I

Royal Navy 230978 Boy 1st Class HMS Northampton

Royal Navy 230978 Ordinary Seaman HMS Ringdove

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