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Maidstone, Kent [7]

Ramsgate, Kent [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Bexley, Kent [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Dublin [2]

Hammersmith, London [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Kingsbridge, Devon [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Stoke Damerel, Devon [2]

Willesden, London [2]

Aldeburgh, Suffolk [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Ashburton, Devon [1]

Axmouth, Devon [1]

Baldock, Hertfordshire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Bloomsbury, London [1]

Brighouse, Yorkshire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cannock, Ross [1]

Carluke, Lanarkshire [1]

Castle Combe, Wiltshire [1]

Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Chester, Cheshire [1]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1]

Chiswick, Middlesex [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Clapton Park, London [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Clifton,Bristol. [1]

Cloyne, Cork [1]

Collingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Darfield, Yorkshire [1]

Deptford [1]

Derby [1]

Diamond End, Hertfordshire [1]

Dufftown, Banffshire [1]

Dundee Forfar [1]

Rank

Boy 2nd Class [120]

Boy 1st Class [68]

Ordinary Seaman [41]

Able Seaman [25]

Stoker 1st Class [15]

Boy II [11]

Leading Seaman [10]

Boy Telegraphist [8]

Petty Officer [8]

Private [8]

Stoker 2nd Class [8]

Telegraphist [8]

Ordinary Telegraphist [6]

Signal Boy [6]

Boy I [5]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [4]

Chief Petty Officer [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Boy 1st class [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Stoker [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Acting Petty Officer [2]

Boy 1 [2]

Boy 2 [2]

Boy 2nd class [2]

Boy Telegrapher [2]

Captain [2]

Corporal [2]

Leading Telegraphist [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [2]

Stoker First Class [2]

Able Seaman (Rigger) [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Act ERA 3 cl [1]

Acting Ch ERA 2 cl [1]

Acting Chief Petty Officer [1]

Acting Conductor [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Acting Stoker [1]

Acting Stoker I [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy [1]

Boy (2nd Class) [1]

Boy (2nd class, then 1st class from 29 Sep 1918) [1]

Unit

HMS Powerful [145]

HMS Ajax [23]

HMS Vivid I [13]

HMS Agincourt [12]

HMS Impregnable [12]

H.M.S. Powerful [11]

HMS Ganges [10]

HMS "Powerful" [9]

HMS Erin [9]

HMS Victory I [8]

H.M.S. "Powerful" [4]

HMS Fearless [4]

HMS Nelson [4]

HMS St Vincent (Haslar) [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

HMS "Pembroke I" [3]

HMS Pembroke [3]

HMS Victory II [3]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [3]

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

H.M.S. Barham [2]

H.M.S. Victory I [2]

HM Submarine J6 [2]

HMS "Defiance" [2]

HMS Benbow [2]

HMS Cochrane [2]

HMS Collingwood [2]

HMS Fisgard [2]

HMS Majestic [2]

HMS Malaya [2]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

HMS Royal Oak [2]

HMS Vernon [2]

HMS Victory [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

Naval And Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit) [2]

Powerful [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Thunderer [2]

5th Lancers [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Attentive II (Ghurka) [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Caesar [1]

Challenger [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

D of Welln II [1]

Defiance [1]

Europa II [1]

Service

Royal Navy [180]

British Army [6]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [32]

C [20]

S [20]

M [18]

A [11]

P [10]

F [9]

D [8]

H [8]

W [7]

T [6]

R [5]

E [4]

G [4]

K [4]

L [4]

J [3]

I [2]

O [2]

V [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [168]

Country

United Kingdom [53]

Australia [1]

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People [181] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [7] Ramsgate, Kent [4] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Bexley, Kent [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Dublin [2] Hammersmith, London [2] Hampstead, London [2] Kingsbridge, Devon [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Stoke Damerel, Devon [2] Willesden, London [2] Aldeburgh, Suffolk [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Ashburton, Devon [1] Axmouth, Devon [1] Baldock, Hertfordshire [1] Battersea, London [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Bloomsbury, London [1] Brighouse, Yorkshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brixton, London [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cannock, Ross [1] Carluke, Lanarkshire [1] Castle Combe, Wiltshire [1] Chelmsford, Essex [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Chiswick, Middlesex [1] Clapham, London [1] Clapton Park, London [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Clifton,Bristol. [1] Cloyne, Cork [1] Collingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Darfield, Yorkshire [1] Deptford [1] Derby [1] Diamond End, Hertfordshire [1] Dufftown, Banffshire [1] Dundee Forfar [1]

Rank

Boy 2nd Class [120] Boy 1st Class [68] Ordinary Seaman [41] Able Seaman [25] Stoker 1st Class [15] Boy II [11] Leading Seaman [10] Boy Telegraphist [8] Petty Officer [8] Private [8] Stoker 2nd Class [8] Telegraphist [8] Ordinary Telegraphist [6] Signal Boy [6] Boy I [5] Acting Stoker 1st Class [4] Chief Petty Officer [4] Deck Hand [4] Boy 1st class [3] Leading Stoker [3] Stoker [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Acting Petty Officer [2] Boy 1 [2] Boy 2 [2] Boy 2nd class [2] Boy Telegrapher [2] Captain [2] Corporal [2] Leading Telegraphist [2] Lieutenant [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [2] Stoker First Class [2] Able Seaman (Rigger) [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Act ERA 3 cl [1] Acting Ch ERA 2 cl [1] Acting Chief Petty Officer [1] Acting Conductor [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Petty Officer Stoker [1] Acting Stoker [1] Acting Stoker I [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy [1] Boy (2nd Class) [1] Boy (2nd class, then 1st class from 29 Sep 1918) [1]

Unit

HMS Powerful [145] HMS Ajax [23] HMS Vivid I [13] HMS Agincourt [12] HMS Impregnable [12] H.M.S. Powerful [11] HMS Ganges [10] HMS "Powerful" [9] HMS Erin [9] HMS Victory I [8] H.M.S. "Powerful" [4] HMS Fearless [4] HMS Nelson [4] HMS St Vincent (Haslar) [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] HMS "Pembroke I" [3] HMS Pembroke [3] HMS Victory II [3] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [3] H.M.S. "Powerful." [2] H.M.S. Barham [2] H.M.S. Victory I [2] HM Submarine J6 [2] HMS "Defiance" [2] HMS Benbow [2] HMS Cochrane [2] HMS Collingwood [2] HMS Fisgard [2] HMS Majestic [2] HMS Malaya [2] HMS Pembroke I [2] HMS Royal Oak [2] HMS Vernon [2] HMS Victory [2] HMS Vivid II [2] Naval And Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit) [2] Powerful [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Thunderer [2] 5th Lancers [1] Army Service Corps [1] Attentive II (Ghurka) [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Caesar [1] Challenger [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] D of Welln II [1] Defiance [1] Europa II [1]

Service

Royal Navy [180] British Army [6] Australian Imperial Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [32] C [20] S [20] M [18] A [11] P [10] F [9] D [8] H [8] W [7] T [6] R [5] E [4] G [4] K [4] L [4] J [3] I [2] O [2] V [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [168]

Country

United Kingdom [53] Australia [1]

Thomas William Orpe

Born 1897

Royal Navy J24932 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J24932 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J24932 Boy 1st Class HMS Powerful

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Frederick William Hennessey

Born 1899

Royal Navy J36181 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J36181 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J36181 Signal Boy HMS Ganges

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Thomas James Ives

Born 1891

Royal Navy 240012 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy 240012 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy 240012 Ordinary Telegraphist HMS Cochrane

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Arthur Albert Beale

Born 1898

Royal Navy J38320 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J38320 HMS Powerful Boy 1st Class

Royal Navy J38320 Signal Boy HMS Ganges

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Walter James Fray

Born 1896

Royal Navy J25995 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J25995 Boy 1st Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J25995 Ordinary seaman HMS Hermione

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George Thomas Dillon

Born 1899

Royal Navy J38268 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J38268 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J38268 Signal Boy HMS Ganges

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Patrick Christie

Born 1879

Royal Navy 292738 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy 292738 Stoker HMS Royal Sovereign

Royal Navy 292738 Stoker 1st Class HMS Powerful

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Reginald Edward Bilton

Born 1887

Died 1919

Royal Navy 224787 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy 224787 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy 224787 Signalman HMS Prometheus

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Wilfred Cecil Crook

Born 1899

Died 1917

Royal Navy J32232 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J32232 Boy 1st class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J32232 Boy Telegraphist HMS Impregnable

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William Phillips

Born 1881

Royal Navy 11835 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/11835 Serjeant Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 11835 Serjeant HMS Powerful

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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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James Blake Barclay

Born 1900

Royal Navy J48060

Royal Navy J48060 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful II

Royal Navy J48060 Boy 1st Class HMS Powerful II

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James William Dunbar

Born 1885

Royal Navy 224545

Royal Navy 224545 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid I, Donegal

Royal Navy 224545 Able Seaman HMS Vivid I, Monmouth, Majestic, Cornwallis

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George Thomas Bitmead

Born 1876

Royal Navy 176045 Able Seaman HMS Majestic

Australian Imperial Force 518 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

Australian Imperial Force 487 Corporal Naval And Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit)

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Francis Joseph Byrne

Born 1882

Royal Navy 208178 Acting Chief Petty Officer Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion

Royal Navy 208178 Petty Officer (New Scheme) Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion

Royal Navy 208178 Petty Officer (New Scheme) HMS Powerful

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George Roberts Moon

Born 1900

Royal Navy Clyde Z/9748 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy J49486 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J49486 Boy Telegrapher HMS Ganges

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William Cape Snow

Born 1889

Royal Navy K2042 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Nelson

Royal Navy K2042 Stoker 1st Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy K2042 Leading Stoker HMS Victory II

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James George Maund

Born 1897

Royal Navy J32078 Boy 2nd Class HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy J32078 Boy 1st Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J32078 Boy Telegraphist HMS Impregnable

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Walter George Adams

Born 1900

Royal Navy J72275 Boy 2nd Class HMS "Powerful"

Royal Navy J72275 Boy 1st Class HMS "Impregnable"

Royal Navy J72275 Able Seaman HMS "Apollo"

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James Shackleton Illingworth

Born 1899

Royal Navy J34128

Royal Navy J34128 Boy 2 HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J34128 Boy 1 HMS Impregnable

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