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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [6]

Hull, Yorkshire [5]

Liverpool [5]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [4]

Lambeth, London [4]

Bow, London [3]

Edinburgh [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Stratford, London [3]

Aberdeen [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bridport, Dorset [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Deptford, Kent [2]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Horsham, Sussex [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Nottingham [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Adisham, Kent [1]

Aislaby, Yorkshire [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Andover, Hampshire [1]

Aston, Oxfordshire [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire [1]

Ballyheige, Kerry [1]

Barking, Essex [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire [1]

Beckton, North Greenwich, Essex [1]

Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Belvedere, Kent [1]

Benenden, Kent [1]

Bensham, Gateshead, County Durham [1]

Birdham, Sussex [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham [1]

Bishopsteignton, Devon [1]

Bittern, Hampshire [1]

Blackwater, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [109]

Able Seaman [52]

Leading Seaman [25]

Private [20]

Petty Officer 1st Class [18]

Petty Officer [17]

Boy 2nd Class [15]

Chief Petty Officer [15]

Ordinary Seaman [15]

Stoker 2nd Class [14]

Boy 1st Class [13]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [10]

Leading Stoker [9]

Stoker [8]

Private RMLI [7]

Acting Petty Officer [6]

Gunner [5]

Acting Leading Seaman [4]

Chief Stoker [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Stoker Petty Officer [4]

Gunner RMA [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Master at Arms [3]

Serjeant [3]

Ships Corporal [3]

Skipper [3]

Sub Lieutenant [3]

1st Class Petty Officer [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Chief Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Leading Mechanic [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Petty Officer (1st Class) [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Rigger [2]

Second Hand [2]

Signalman [2]

Sub-Lieutenant [2]

A.B. Seaman [1]

Able Bodied Seaman [1]

Able Seaman Sapper [1]

Acting Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Boatman [1]

Boy [1]

Boy II [1]

Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Fleet Reserve [152]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [78]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Portsmouth [60]

Royal Naval Division [44]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Devonport [36]

Royal Naval Division - Nelson Battalion [26]

Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion [23]

Royal Naval Division - Collingwood Battalion [17]

HMS Vivid [14]

Royal Naval Reserve [14]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [13]

Royal Naval Division - Benbow Battalion [10]

Royal Naval Division - Hawke Battalion [10]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [8]

Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [8]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [8]

Royal Fleet Reserve: Devon [7]

Royal Naval Division - Howe Battalion [7]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [6]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6]

HMS Euryalus [5]

HMS Vivid II [5]

Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory) [5]

Royal Marine Brigade - Portsmouth Battalion [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5]

Royal Naval Division - Drake Battalion [5]

Fishery Reserve [4]

Fishery Reserve - Steam Trawler "Ethelwulf" (North Shields) [4]

HMS Good Hope [4]

HMS Majestic [4]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [4]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

British Naval Siege Guns [3]

HMS Albion [3]

HMS Excellent [3]

HMS Vindictive [3]

HMS Vivid I [3]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Campanula" (Ramsgate) [2]

HMCS Niobe [2]

HMS Ariadne [2]

HMS Arrogant [2]

HMS Black Prince [2]

HMS Blenheim [2]

HMS Cambridge [2]

HMS Chester [2]

HMS Cornwallis [2]

HMS Cumberland [2]

HMS Defiance [2]

HMS Exmouth [2]

HMS Lion [2]

Service

Royal Navy [354]

Other Empire Force [14]

British Army [9]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Canadian Navy [2]

Indian Army [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [45]

C [40]

M [37]

W [27]

S [25]

G [23]

D [22]

A [21]

H [20]

R [16]

L [15]

T [12]

J [11]

F [10]

P [9]

K [8]

E [6]

Y [6]

N [2]

O [2]

V [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [274]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [146]

Turkey [4]

Australia [1]

Gibraltar [1]

New Zealand [1]

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People [360] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [6] Hull, Yorkshire [5] Liverpool [5] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [4] Lambeth, London [4] Bow, London [3] Edinburgh [3] Hackney, London [3] Stratford, London [3] Aberdeen [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bridport, Dorset [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Deptford, Kent [2] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Horsham, Sussex [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] North Shields, Northumberland, England [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Nottingham [2] Poplar, London [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Adisham, Kent [1] Aislaby, Yorkshire [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Andover, Hampshire [1] Aston, Oxfordshire [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire [1] Ballyheige, Kerry [1] Barking, Essex [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Battersea, London [1] Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire [1] Beckton, North Greenwich, Essex [1] Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Belvedere, Kent [1] Benenden, Kent [1] Bensham, Gateshead, County Durham [1] Birdham, Sussex [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham [1] Bishopsteignton, Devon [1] Bittern, Hampshire [1] Blackwater, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [109] Able Seaman [52] Leading Seaman [25] Private [20] Petty Officer 1st Class [18] Petty Officer [17] Boy 2nd Class [15] Chief Petty Officer [15] Ordinary Seaman [15] Stoker 2nd Class [14] Boy 1st Class [13] Petty Officer 2nd Class [10] Leading Stoker [9] Stoker [8] Private RMLI [7] Acting Petty Officer [6] Gunner [5] Acting Leading Seaman [4] Chief Stoker [4] Deck Hand [4] Stoker Petty Officer [4] Gunner RMA [3] Lieutenant [3] Master at Arms [3] Serjeant [3] Ships Corporal [3] Skipper [3] Sub Lieutenant [3] 1st Class Petty Officer [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Chief Stoker Petty Officer [2] Leading Mechanic [2] Leading Signalman [2] Petty Officer (1st Class) [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Rigger [2] Second Hand [2] Signalman [2] Sub-Lieutenant [2] A.B. Seaman [1] Able Bodied Seaman [1] Able Seaman Sapper [1] Acting Battery Sergeant Major [1] Acting Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Boatman [1] Boy [1] Boy II [1] Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Fleet Reserve [152] Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [78] Royal Fleet Reserve - Portsmouth [60] Royal Naval Division [44] Royal Fleet Reserve - Devonport [36] Royal Naval Division - Nelson Battalion [26] Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion [23] Royal Naval Division - Collingwood Battalion [17] HMS Vivid [14] Royal Naval Reserve [14] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [13] Royal Naval Division - Benbow Battalion [10] Royal Naval Division - Hawke Battalion [10] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [8] Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [8] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [8] Royal Fleet Reserve: Devon [7] Royal Naval Division - Howe Battalion [7] Royal Marine Light Infantry [6] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [6] HMS Euryalus [5] HMS Vivid II [5] Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory) [5] Royal Marine Brigade - Portsmouth Battalion [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5] Royal Naval Division - Drake Battalion [5] Fishery Reserve [4] Fishery Reserve - Steam Trawler "Ethelwulf" (North Shields) [4] HMS Good Hope [4] HMS Majestic [4] Mercantile Marine Reserve [4] Royal Marine Artillery [4] British Naval Siege Guns [3] HMS Albion [3] HMS Excellent [3] HMS Vindictive [3] HMS Vivid I [3] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Campanula" (Ramsgate) [2] HMCS Niobe [2] HMS Ariadne [2] HMS Arrogant [2] HMS Black Prince [2] HMS Blenheim [2] HMS Cambridge [2] HMS Chester [2] HMS Cornwallis [2] HMS Cumberland [2] HMS Defiance [2] HMS Exmouth [2] HMS Lion [2]

Service

Royal Navy [354] Other Empire Force [14] British Army [9] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Australian Imperial Force [3] Canadian Navy [2] Indian Army [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [45] C [40] M [37] W [27] S [25] G [23] D [22] A [21] H [20] R [16] L [15] T [12] J [11] F [10] P [9] K [8] E [6] Y [6] N [2] O [2] V [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [274] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [146] Turkey [4] Australia [1] Gibraltar [1] New Zealand [1]

Robert Baillie

Born 1895

Royal Navy J19373 Boy 2nd Class

Royal Navy J19373 Boy 1st Class

Royal Navy J19373 Ordinary Seaman

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Ernest Hall

Born 1893

Royal Navy SS3771 Able Seaman Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)

Royal Navy RFR/B/8254 Royal Fleet Reserve - Portsmouth

Royal Navy SS3771 Able Seaman Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)

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John Braddock

Born 1880

Royal Navy 194952 Able Seaman HMS Orlando

Royal Navy 194952 Able Seaman Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)

Royal Navy RFR/B/1768 Able Seaman Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham

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Eli Barnes

Born 1888

Died 1971

Royal Navy 228810 Ordinary Seaman HMS St George

Royal Navy 228810 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I

Royal Navy 228810 Ordinary Seaman HMS Royal Arthur

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Harry Austin

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force

Royal Navy RFR/B/9723 Petty Officer Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham

Royal Navy 234300 Petty Officer Class 1 Royal Naval Division - Anson Battalion

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Alfred Bashford

Born 1885

Died 1914

Royal Navy 217071 Boy 2nd Class HMS Lion

Royal Navy 217071 Boy 1st Class HMS Lion

Royal Navy 217071 Boy 1st Class HMS Minotaur

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William Miatt

Born 1860

Royal Navy RFR/1361 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy 99152

Royal Navy Dev/99152, RFR A/1361 Master at Arms Royal Naval Division Hood Battalion

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Robert Thomson

Born 1885

Royal Navy RFR/B/2326 Stoker 1st Class Royal Fleet Reserve - Devonport

Royal Navy SS100082 Stoker 1st Class Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid)

Royal Navy SS100082 Stoker 2nd Class Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid)

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Albert Ernest Loder

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Major SO2 HQ South Eastern Area

Royal Navy Paymaster Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary Swift

Royal Navy Paymaster Royal Naval Reserve

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Ernest Wood

Born 1879

Died 1916

Royal Navy 193330 Able Seaman HMS Defence

Royal Navy 193330 Boy 2nd Class HMS Curacoa

Royal Navy 193330 Boy 1st Class HMS Curacoa

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Walter Sumner

Born 1886

Royal Navy RFR/B/6113 Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham

Royal Navy 219621 Able Seaman Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)

Royal Navy 219621 Able Seaman HMS Lord Nelson

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James Adam

Born 1895

Royal Navy SS115207 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy SS115207 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Leander (Griffon)

Royal Navy SS115207 Stoker 1st Class HMS Leander (Griffon)

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John Deary

Born 1882

Died 1969

Royal Navy SS100005 Stoker 1st Class Royal Naval Division - Benbow Battalion

Royal Navy RFR/B/5313 Stoker 1st Class Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham

Royal Navy SS100005 Stoker 1st Class Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)

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William Arnott

Born 1893

Royal Navy SS113023 Stoker 1st Class HMS BELLEROPHON

Royal Navy SS113023 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy SS113023 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Bellerophon

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Richard Cottle

Born 1883

Royal Navy RFR/B/5127 Stoker 1st Class Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham

Royal Navy 207631 Stoker 1st Class Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid)

Royal Navy 207631 Stoker 1st Class Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid)

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Arthur Harry Goodheart

Born 1884

Australian Imperial Force 201 Able Seaman Sapper Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

Australian Imperial Force 201N Sapper 4th Divisional Troops - 13th Field Company Engineers

Royal Navy 201718 Able Seaman Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid)

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Mitchell Anderson

Born 1889

Royal Navy SS113739

Royal Navy SS113739 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy SS113739 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Thunderer

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Charles Sellar Barclay

Born 1898

Royal Navy J38553 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J38553 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J38553 Boy 1st Class HMS Europa I

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William Armstrong

Born 1885

Royal Navy 217076 Boy 2nd Class

Royal Navy 217076 Boy 1st Class

Royal Navy 217076 Ordinary Seaman

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William Aitken

Born 1885

Royal Navy SS24

Royal Navy SS24 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy SS24 Ordinary Seaman HMS Arrogant

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