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Born 1887
Died 1942
Royal Navy HMS Victory
Royal Navy HMS Glory 4 (Askold)
Royal Navy HMS Caroline
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More about Walter John Hallifax -
Born 1897
Died 1937
Royal Navy K22181 Stoker 2nd Class Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
Royal Navy K/22180 Stoker 2nd Class Royal Naval Division - Collingwood Battalion
Royal Navy K22181 Stoker 1st Class Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
More about Albert George Miles -
Born 1878
Died 1953
Royal Navy 177382 Victualling Chief Petty Officer HMS Hindustan
Royal Navy 177382 Victualling Chief Petty Officer Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
Royal Navy 177382 Victualling Chief Petty Officer Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
More about Samuel Charles Kimpton -
Born 1894
Died 1984
Royal Navy M5846
Royal Navy M5846 Sick Berth Attendant Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
More about Charles Henry Cossins -
Born 1880
Died 1965
Royal Navy 191301 Ship's Corporal HMS Revenge
Royal Navy 191301 Master at Arms Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
Royal Navy 191301 Master at Arms Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
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More about Charles George Dunkason -
Born 1885
Royal Navy 215297 Signalman Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
Royal Navy 215297 Signalman Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
Royal Navy 215297 Signalman HMS Iris II (Victory X)
More about Thomas Charles Bryant -
Born 1894
Royal Navy J46855 Able Seaman Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
Royal Navy J46855 Leading Seaman Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
Royal Navy J46855 Leading Seaman HMS Vindictive
More about George James Turner -
Born 1899
Died 1987
Royal Navy SS9405 Ordinary Seaman Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
More about Frank Osborne Aiston -
Born 1878
Royal Navy 286751 Stoker Petty Officer unknown Jutland ship
Royal Navy 286751 Stoker Petty Officer Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
Royal Navy Stoker Petty Officer 4th Destroyer Flotilla paid via HMS Hecla, depot ship to the 4th Destroyer Flotilla
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More about John Watson -
Born 1898
Royal Navy K41230 Stoker 1st Class Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
Royal Navy K41230 Stoker 1st Class HMS Hindustan
Royal Navy K41230 Stoker 1st Class HMS Superb
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More about Walter Wilfred Jesse Cannon -
Born 1891
Died 1983
Royal Navy M6544
Royal Navy M/6544 Shipwright 1st Class HMS Iris II (Victory X)
Royal Navy M/6544 Shipwright 1st Class Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
More about Reginald John Tribbeck -
Born 1896
Died 1969
Royal Navy DA 6345 Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy DA 6345 Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
Royal Navy DA 6345 Deck Hand HM Trawler Triton paid via Osiris II, depot ship
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More about Richard Sharples -
Born 1892
Died 1954
Royal Navy M17295 Cook's Mate HMS Hindustan
Royal Navy M17295 Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
Royal Navy M17295 Cook's Mate HMS Vindictive
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More about Arthur Kelsey -
Born 1896
Died 1918
Royal Navy J22432 Able Seaman HMS Hardy paid via HMS Apollo, depot ship to the 4th Destroyer Flotilla
Royal Navy J22432 Able Seaman Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
Royal Navy J22432 Able Seaman HMS Hardy paid via HMS Hecla, depot ship to the 4th Destroyer Flotilla
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More about Reginald Bult -
Born 1899
Royal Navy J32522
Royal Navy J/32522 Able Seaman Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
Royal Navy J/32522 Able Seaman HMS Iris II (Victory X)
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More about Albert Charles Jones -
Born 1892
Royal Navy K16596
Royal Navy K/16596 acting Leading Stoker Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
Royal Navy K/16596 acting Leading Stoker Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
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More about Charles John Taylor -
Born 1889
Died 1919
Royal Navy 271948 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Superb
Royal Navy 271948 Boy Artificer Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
Royal Navy 271948 Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class HM Submarine L55
More about William Fleetwood Shaw -
Born 1895
Died 1989
Royal Navy SS5174 Able Seaman HMS Hercules
Royal Navy SS5174 Able Seaman Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
Royal Navy SS5174 Able Seaman HMS Viscount
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More about Thomas Hunt -
Born 1884
Royal Navy RFR/B/4136 Stoker 1st Class Royal Fleet Reserve - Portsmouth
Royal Navy SS102609 Stoker 1st Class Royal Naval Division - Benbow Battalion
Royal Navy SS102609 Stoker 1st Class Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
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More about Thomas Gratwick -
Born 1898
Royal Navy SS7315 Ordinary Seaman Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)
More about Robert Bell