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Maidstone, Kent [106]

Ramsgate, Kent [27]

East Farleigh, Kent [5]

Loose, Kent [4]

Ramsgate, Kent. [4]

Barming, Kent [3]

Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, Kent [3]

Greenwich, London [3]

Birmingham [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Leeds, Kent [2]

Loose, Maidstone, Kent [2]

Melbourne, Australia [2]

Penzance, Cornwall [2]

St Lawrence, Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Ashmansworth, Berkshire [1]

Barnes, Surrey [1]

Battersea, Wandsworth, London [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [1]

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1]

Britford, Wiltshire [1]

Britwell, Oxfordshire [1]

Burham, Kent [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Camborne, Cornwall [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Catsfield, Sussex [1]

Cheddington, Buckinghamshire [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Crossgates, Fifeshire [1]

Croydon, London [1]

Dalgety, Fifeshire [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Detling, Maidstone, Kent [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dublin [1]

Durham, South Africa [1]

Earlsfield, London [1]

East Malling, Kent [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Eccles, Kent [1]

Edmonton, London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

AC II [34]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [26]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [24]

AC I [22]

AM II [17]

AM I [16]

ACM II [15]

AM I (E) [15]

AM1(c) [14]

Petty Officer Mechanic [14]

AM II(E) [12]

LM [12]

Leading Mechanic [11]

Able Seaman [9]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Private [8]

Acting AM I [7]

AM1 [5]

Acting AM1(c) [5]

Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [5]

Air Mechanic [5]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [5]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Corporal Mechanic [5]

Flight Lieutenant [5]

Petty Officer [5]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [4]

Boy 1st Class [4]

AC2 [3]

AM II(C) [3]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [3]

Boy Mechanic [3]

Flying Officer [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

ACII [2]

ACM I [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic I [2]

Aircraftman 1st Class [2]

Aircraftsman 2nd Class [2]

Boy [2]

Boy Mec [2]

Boy Servant [2]

Captain [2]

Cyclist [2]

Flight Sergeant [2]

Lieutenant [2]

M II [2]

Off Std 3 [2]

P O Mech [2]

Unit

Royal Air Force [176]

RNAS HMS "President II" [140]

HMS President II [51]

RNAS HMS "Daedalus" [48]

Royal Naval Air Service [38]

President II [20]

H.M.S. President II [18]

Royal Naval Reserve [9]

HMS "Pembroke II" [8]

HMS President II (Crystal Palace) [8]

HMS "President II" [7]

Royal Naval Air Service: HMS President II [6]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6]

HMS Daedalus [5]

HMS President [5]

H.M.S. Daedalus [4]

HMS Pembroke III [4]

HMS President II (Tregantle) [4]

Crystal Palace [3]

Crystal Palace depot (HMS President II) [3]

H.M.S. President. II [3]

HMS "Daedalus" [3]

HMS "President V" [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Daedalus [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

H.M.S. Daedalus. [2]

H.M.S. Pembroke [2]

HMS Majestic [2]

HMS Manica [2]

HMS Pembroke [2]

HMS Pembroke II [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

Polegate [2]

RAF Tregantle [2]

RNAS HMS "Daedalous" [2]

RNVR [2]

(Manston) [1]

(RFR/PO/67116). H.M.S. "President II." [1]

(Westgate) [1]

1st Fifeshire Battalion, Volunteer Training Corps [1]

3 Squadron [1]

5 Brigade [1]

50 Training Depot Station [1]

53 Training Depot Station [1]

66 Wing [1]

Administrative and Special Duties Branch [1]

Air Service HMS President II [1]

Blandford [1]

Blenheim (Torch) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [283]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [227]

British Army [16]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [43]

W [36]

C [25]

S [25]

A [23]

H [21]

M [17]

P [15]

G [14]

L [13]

R [10]

T [9]

D [7]

J [6]

K [5]

N [4]

O [4]

F [3]

E [2]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [278]

Country

United Kingdom [213]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [106] Ramsgate, Kent [27] East Farleigh, Kent [5] Loose, Kent [4] Ramsgate, Kent. [4] Barming, Kent [3] Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, Kent [3] Greenwich, London [3] Birmingham [2] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [2] Lambeth, London [2] Leeds, Kent [2] Loose, Maidstone, Kent [2] Melbourne, Australia [2] Penzance, Cornwall [2] St Lawrence, Ramsgate, Kent [2] Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Alton, Hampshire [1] Ashmansworth, Berkshire [1] Barnes, Surrey [1] Battersea, Wandsworth, London [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [1] Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1] Britford, Wiltshire [1] Britwell, Oxfordshire [1] Burham, Kent [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Camborne, Cornwall [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Catsfield, Sussex [1] Cheddington, Buckinghamshire [1] Chelsea, London [1] Crossgates, Fifeshire [1] Croydon, London [1] Dalgety, Fifeshire [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Detling, Maidstone, Kent [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dublin [1] Durham, South Africa [1] Earlsfield, London [1] East Malling, Kent [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Eccles, Kent [1] Edmonton, London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

AC II [34] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [26] Air Mechanic 1st Class [24] AC I [22] AM II [17] AM I [16] ACM II [15] AM I (E) [15] AM1(c) [14] Petty Officer Mechanic [14] AM II(E) [12] LM [12] Leading Mechanic [11] Able Seaman [9] Ordinary Seaman [8] Private [8] Acting AM I [7] AM1 [5] Acting AM1(c) [5] Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [5] Air Mechanic [5] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [5] Boy 2nd Class [5] Corporal Mechanic [5] Flight Lieutenant [5] Petty Officer [5] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [4] Boy 1st Class [4] AC2 [3] AM II(C) [3] Aircraftman 2nd Class [3] Boy Mechanic [3] Flying Officer [3] Leading Seaman [3] ACII [2] ACM I [2] Acting Corporal [2] Air Mechanic I [2] Aircraftman 1st Class [2] Aircraftsman 2nd Class [2] Boy [2] Boy Mec [2] Boy Servant [2] Captain [2] Cyclist [2] Flight Sergeant [2] Lieutenant [2] M II [2] Off Std 3 [2] P O Mech [2]

Unit

Royal Air Force [176] RNAS HMS "President II" [140] HMS President II [51] RNAS HMS "Daedalus" [48] Royal Naval Air Service [38] President II [20] H.M.S. President II [18] Royal Naval Reserve [9] HMS "Pembroke II" [8] HMS President II (Crystal Palace) [8] HMS "President II" [7] Royal Naval Air Service: HMS President II [6] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6] HMS Daedalus [5] HMS President [5] H.M.S. Daedalus [4] HMS Pembroke III [4] HMS President II (Tregantle) [4] Crystal Palace [3] Crystal Palace depot (HMS President II) [3] H.M.S. President. II [3] HMS "Daedalus" [3] HMS "President V" [3] Army Service Corps [2] Daedalus [2] East Kent Regiment [2] H.M.S. Daedalus. [2] H.M.S. Pembroke [2] HMS Majestic [2] HMS Manica [2] HMS Pembroke [2] HMS Pembroke II [2] HMS Victory I [2] Polegate [2] RAF Tregantle [2] RNAS HMS "Daedalous" [2] RNVR [2] (Manston) [1] (RFR/PO/67116). H.M.S. "President II." [1] (Westgate) [1] 1st Fifeshire Battalion, Volunteer Training Corps [1] 3 Squadron [1] 5 Brigade [1] 50 Training Depot Station [1] 53 Training Depot Station [1] 66 Wing [1] Administrative and Special Duties Branch [1] Air Service HMS President II [1] Blandford [1] Blenheim (Torch) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [283] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [227] British Army [16] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [43] W [36] C [25] S [25] A [23] H [21] M [17] P [15] G [14] L [13] R [10] T [9] D [7] J [6] K [5] N [4] O [4] F [3] E [2] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [278]

Country

United Kingdom [213] Malta [1] New Zealand [1]

Alfred Ernest Jenkinson

Born 1877

Died 1972

Royal Navy F. 20771 Air Mechanic HMS President II

Royal Navy F. 20771 Air Mechanic HMS President II (Felixstowe)

Royal Navy F. 20771 Air Mechanic 1st Class HMS President II

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Richard Ernest Baker

Born 1879

Died 1955

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213967

Royal Navy F13967 Air Mechanic President II (White City)

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Abraham George Watson

Born 1884

Died 1953

Royal Navy F5750 AM 1 (G) HMS. President II

Royal Navy F5750 Ldg. Mechanic HMS President II

Royal Navy F5750 Ldg. Mechanic HMS President (Croydon Hospital)

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Reginald Alfred Parkins

Born 1900

Died 1978

Royal Navy F41012 Boy Mechanic HMS President II (Crystal Palace)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241012

Royal Navy F41012 Boy Mechanic HMS President II (Cranwell)

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Marcus Littaur

Born 1887

Died 1969

Royal Navy F20906

Royal Navy F20906 President II

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Reginald Marcus Littaur

Born 1900

Died 1976

Royal Navy F50646 A/C 2 President II

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 250949 Pte. 2

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Henry Charles Gussin

Born 1895

Died 1978

Royal Navy Elec Air Mech II

Royal Navy F31943 Air Mech II Elec President II

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Herbert Stanley Perry

Born 1895

Died 1945

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240629

Royal Navy Engineer President II

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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William Arthur Wilmot

Born 1880

Died 1917

Royal Navy F/29851 Air Mechanic 2nd Class HMS President II

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Gilbert Napier Stiles

Born 1893

Died 1941

Royal Navy F8819 President II Crystal Palace

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William Alfred Scruby

Born 1882

Died 1933

Royal Navy F9871 H.M.S. President II

Royal Navy F9871 H.M.S. President II

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209871

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Alfred Leslie Sharpe

Born 1892

Royal Navy Cyclist HMS President II

Royal Navy AM1 HMS President II

Royal Navy F6492 HMS President II Petty Officer (Probationary)

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Stephenson Priestley

Born 1881

Died 1951

Royal Navy F44422 Act. Air Mechanic 1st Class H.M.S. President II

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244422

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Horace Reginald Clements

Born 1884

Died 1934

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205462

Royal Navy F5462 President II

Royal Navy F5462 Air Mechanic 1st Class Daedalus

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Joseph Alexander Savage

Born 1893

Died 1958

Royal Navy F12492 H.M.S. President II

Royal Navy F12492 H.M.S. President II

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212492

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Sidney Cecil Sherwood

Born 1899

Died 1974

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 248865

Royal Navy F48865 President II

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Olaf Thomas Moody

Born 1892

Died 1973

Royal Navy Y23183 R.N.V.R.

Royal Navy F27214 AM2 (D) HMS President II (W. Scrubbs)

Royal Navy AM2 (D) HMS President II (Oldbury)

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Frederick Charles Bax

Born 1880

Died 1959

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211154 Royal Air Force

Royal Navy F11154 Air Mechanic 1st Class HMS President II Chingford

Royal Navy F11154 Petty Officer Mechanic HMS President II Chingford

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Herbert Thomas Ralph

Born 1885

Died 1931

Royal Navy F10771 AM I HMS President II (Redcar)

Royal Navy F.10771 LM HMS President II (Redcar)

Royal Navy F.10771 LM (Westgate)

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Thomas Philpot Langridge

Born 1882

Died 1963

Royal Navy F21652 H.M.S. President II

Air Force (RAF/RFC) F/21652 Royal Air Force

Royal Navy F21652 H.M.S. President II

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