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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [106]

Ramsgate, Kent [30]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

East Farleigh, Kent [5]

Loose, Kent [4]

Barming, Kent [3]

Birmingham [3]

Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, Kent [3]

Greenwich, London [3]

Ramsgate, Kent. [3]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [2]

Forest Gate, London [2]

Greenwich, Kent [2]

Islington, London, Middlesex [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Leeds, Kent [2]

Lewisham, London [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London [2]

Loose, Maidstone, Kent [2]

Luton, Bedfordshire [2]

Melbourne, Australia [2]

Nottingham [2]

Peckham, London [2]

Penzance, Cornwall [2]

Perth, Perthshire [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Workington, Cumberland [2]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [1]

Ashmansworth, Berkshire [1]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Back, Rossshire [1]

Balham, London [1]

Barnes, Surrey [1]

Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1]

Battersea Surrey [1]

Battersea, Wandsworth, London [1]

Bayble [1]

Belfast, Country Antrim [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Berwick [1]

Bettyhill, Sutherlandshire [1]

Rank

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [56]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [43]

AC II [35]

Able Seaman [33]

AC I [23]

Ordinary Seaman [22]

Seaman [18]

AM II [17]

AM I [16]

ACM II [15]

AM I (E) [15]

Leading Seaman [15]

Lieutenant [15]

Petty Officer Mechanic [15]

AM1(c) [14]

Leading Mechanic [13]

Private [13]

AM II(E) [12]

LM [12]

Petty Officer [12]

Air Mechanic [10]

Boy 1st Class [8]

Acting AM I [7]

Captain [7]

Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [6]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [6]

AM1 [5]

Acting AM1(c) [5]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Commander [5]

Corporal Mechanic [5]

Flight Lieutenant [5]

Leading Air Mechanic [5]

AC2 [3]

AM II(C) [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [3]

Assistant Paymaster [3]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [3]

Chief Petty Officer [3]

Flying Officer [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Midshipman [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Sergeant Mechanic [3]

ACII [2]

ACM I [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Leading Seaman [2]

Air Mechanic 1 Grade [2]

Unit

Royal Air Force [177]

RNAS HMS "President II" [140]

HMS President II [51]

RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) [48]

RNAS HMS "Daedalus" [48]

Royal Naval Air Service [44]

HMS President [42]

Royal Naval Reserve [38]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [25]

President II [20]

H.M.S. President II [18]

HMS President III [12]

HMS Vivid I [9]

HMS "Pembroke II" [8]

HMS President II (Crystal Palace) [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

HMS "President II" [7]

HMS Daedalus [7]

Royal Naval Air Service: HMS President II [6]

HMS Pembroke III [5]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "President III." [5]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS President III [5]

H.M.S. Daedalus [4]

H.M.S. President [4]

HMS President II (Tregantle) [4]

HMS Victory I [4]

Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. "President III." [4]

Royal Naval Reserve: HMS President III [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Crystal Palace [3]

Crystal Palace depot (HMS President II) [3]

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

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

HMS "Daedalus" [3]

HMS "President V" [3]

HMS "President" [3]

HMS Pembroke [3]

HMS President I [3]

Daedalus [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

H.M.S. Daedalus. [2]

H.M.S. Pembroke [2]

H.M.S. Pembroke I [2]

HMS Asia [2]

HMS Boscawen [2]

HMS Collingwood [2]

HMS Duke of Wellington [2]

HMS Excellent [2]

HMS Juno [2]

HMS Manica [2]

Service

Royal Navy [460]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [247]

British Army [22]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [66]

W [50]

S [42]

H [41]

C [37]

M [34]

A [31]

P [22]

G [21]

L [17]

T [17]

D [16]

R [16]

J [10]

F [9]

K [9]

O [8]

N [7]

E [6]

V [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [398]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [262]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [106] Ramsgate, Kent [30] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] East Farleigh, Kent [5] Loose, Kent [4] Barming, Kent [3] Birmingham [3] Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, Kent [3] Greenwich, London [3] Ramsgate, Kent. [3] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [2] Forest Gate, London [2] Greenwich, Kent [2] Islington, London, Middlesex [2] Lambeth, London [2] Leeds, Kent [2] Lewisham, London [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London [2] Loose, Maidstone, Kent [2] Luton, Bedfordshire [2] Melbourne, Australia [2] Nottingham [2] Peckham, London [2] Penzance, Cornwall [2] Perth, Perthshire [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Workington, Cumberland [2] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Alton, Hampshire [1] Alverstoke, Hampshire [1] Ashmansworth, Berkshire [1] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Back, Rossshire [1] Balham, London [1] Barnes, Surrey [1] Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1] Battersea Surrey [1] Battersea, Wandsworth, London [1] Bayble [1] Belfast, Country Antrim [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Berwick [1] Bettyhill, Sutherlandshire [1]

Rank

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [56] Air Mechanic 1st Class [43] AC II [35] Able Seaman [33] AC I [23] Ordinary Seaman [22] Seaman [18] AM II [17] AM I [16] ACM II [15] AM I (E) [15] Leading Seaman [15] Lieutenant [15] Petty Officer Mechanic [15] AM1(c) [14] Leading Mechanic [13] Private [13] AM II(E) [12] LM [12] Petty Officer [12] Air Mechanic [10] Boy 1st Class [8] Acting AM I [7] Captain [7] Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [6] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [6] AM1 [5] Acting AM1(c) [5] Boy 2nd Class [5] Commander [5] Corporal Mechanic [5] Flight Lieutenant [5] Leading Air Mechanic [5] AC2 [3] AM II(C) [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3] Aircraftman 2nd Class [3] Assistant Paymaster [3] Chief Engine Room Artificer [3] Chief Petty Officer [3] Flying Officer [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Midshipman [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Sergeant Mechanic [3] ACII [2] ACM I [2] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Leading Seaman [2] Air Mechanic 1 Grade [2]

Unit

Royal Air Force [177] RNAS HMS "President II" [140] HMS President II [51] RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) [48] RNAS HMS "Daedalus" [48] Royal Naval Air Service [44] HMS President [42] Royal Naval Reserve [38] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [25] President II [20] H.M.S. President II [18] HMS President III [12] HMS Vivid I [9] HMS "Pembroke II" [8] HMS President II (Crystal Palace) [8] Royal Naval Division [8] HMS "President II" [7] HMS Daedalus [7] Royal Naval Air Service: HMS President II [6] HMS Pembroke III [5] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "President III." [5] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS President III [5] H.M.S. Daedalus [4] H.M.S. President [4] HMS President II (Tregantle) [4] HMS Victory I [4] Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. "President III." [4] Royal Naval Reserve: HMS President III [4] Army Service Corps [3] Crystal Palace [3] Crystal Palace depot (HMS President II) [3] H.M.S. "President." [3] H.M.S. President. II [3] HMS "Daedalus" [3] HMS "President V" [3] HMS "President" [3] HMS Pembroke [3] HMS President I [3] Daedalus [2] East Kent Regiment [2] H.M.S. Daedalus. [2] H.M.S. Pembroke [2] H.M.S. Pembroke I [2] HMS Asia [2] HMS Boscawen [2] HMS Collingwood [2] HMS Duke of Wellington [2] HMS Excellent [2] HMS Juno [2] HMS Manica [2]

Service

Royal Navy [460] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [247] British Army [22] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [66] W [50] S [42] H [41] C [37] M [34] A [31] P [22] G [21] L [17] T [17] D [16] R [16] J [10] F [9] K [9] O [8] N [7] E [6] V [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [398] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [262] Malta [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1]

Frederick Richard Lane

Born 1878

Died 1940

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234131

Royal Navy F34131 President 2

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234131

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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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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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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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William Arthur Wilmot

Born 1880

Died 1917

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

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John Forder

Born 1867

Died 1917

Royal Navy 126694

Royal Navy 126694 Chief Petty Officer HMS President

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Albert Asia Retter

Born 1883

Died 1919

Royal Navy F39512 Able Seaman HMS President

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239512 Air Mechanic 2nd Class

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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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Henry Gilbert Hawkins

Born 1895

Died 1949

Royal Navy 6550 Able Seaman HMS President Q Ships

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Harold Henry Huffer

Born 1895

Died 1990

Royal Navy A.B. R.N.V.R.

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240003 A/M 3

Royal Navy F 40003 A/C 1 President

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Marcus Littaur

Born 1887

Died 1969

Royal Navy F20906

Royal Navy F20906 President II

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William Jose Ford

Born 1857

Died 1917

Royal Navy Chief Carpenter HMS President

Royal Navy Chief Carpenter HMS President

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Percy Henry Coveney

Born 1897

Died 1986

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204850

Royal Navy F4850 Air Mechanic 2nd Class H.M.S. President II

Royal Navy F4850 Air Mechanic 1st Class President (Crystal Palace)

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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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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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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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Ernest Adolph Aalbregt

Born 1893

Died 1957

Royal Navy F207

Royal Navy F207 Air Mechanic Grade 1 HMS Pembroke III

Royal Navy F207 Petty Officer Mechanic HMS Pembroke III

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