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Place of birth

Islington, London [2]

Aird, Tong [1]

Ashford, Staines, Middlesex [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Catford, London [1]

Chilham Lees, Kent [1]

Cove, Dumbartonshire [1]

Friern Barnet, Middlesex [1]

Gillingham, Dorset [1]

Gloucester [1]

Gloucester, Gloustershire [1]

Harringay, London [1]

Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Hunslet, Leeds [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Lewisham, London [1]

Myton, Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne [1]

Northamptonshire [1]

Oxford [1]

Shedfield, Southampton [1]

South Shields, County Durham, England [1]

St Giles, Northampton [1]

St. George in the East, London [1]

Templemore, Londonderry [1]

Tottenham, London [1]

Treeton, Yorkshire [1]

Wallsend, Northumberland [1]

Watchett, Somerset [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [32]

Ordinary Seaman [16]

Leading Seaman [7]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Sub Lieutenant [6]

Petty Officer [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Private [4]

Able Seaman RNVR [3]

Captain [2]

Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Major [2]

Paymaster Sub Lieutenant [2]

Recruit [2]

Seaman [2]

Sub Lieutenant RNVR [2]

Sub-Lieutenant [2]

AB [1]

Able seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Bandmaster [1]

Bandmaster 1st Class [1]

Bandmaster Warrant Officer [1]

Driver [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Leading Seaman RNVR [1]

Lee Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant RNVR [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Serjeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Temporary Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Division - Drake Battalion [44]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [34]

Drake Battalion Royal Naval Division [7]

Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Portsmouth [4]

Drake Battalion [2]

Royal Naval Division, Drake Battalion [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

2nd Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division [1]

4th Canadian Division [1]

63rd Royal Naval Division [1]

74th Punjabis [1]

BEF [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Drake Battalion 63rd Royal Naval Division [1]

Drake battalion MEF [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Benbow" [1]

HMS Chester [1]

HMS Malaya [1]

HMS Pactolus [1]

HMS Tipperary [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Highland Cyclist Battalion [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

King Edward's Horse [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

MEF Mudros [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Maintenance Unit, R.N. Depot (Reserves), Crystal Palace (HMS Victory VI) [1]

Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory) [1]

R.N.V.R., Royal Naval Division, Drake Battalion [1]

RNVR London - HMS Hindustan [1]

RNVR London - HMS Royal Oak [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport [1]

Royal Field Artillery (Special Reserve) [1]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [1]

Royal Marines Band [1]

Royal Marines Band Service [1]

Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion [1]

Royal Naval Division - Nelson Battalion [1]

Royal Naval Division Blandford Camp [1]

Royal Naval Division, Nelson Battalion [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H M Yacht "Iolaire" [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS "Venerable" [1]

Service

Royal Navy [60]

British Army [16]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

F [9]

P [8]

C [7]

H [6]

B [5]

L [5]

R [5]

M [4]

W [4]

A [3]

T [3]

D [2]

G [2]

S [2]

E [1]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [66]

Country

United Kingdom [52]

Greece [1]

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People [67] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Islington, London [2] Aird, Tong [1] Ashford, Staines, Middlesex [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Catford, London [1] Chilham Lees, Kent [1] Cove, Dumbartonshire [1] Friern Barnet, Middlesex [1] Gillingham, Dorset [1] Gloucester [1] Gloucester, Gloustershire [1] Harringay, London [1] Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Hunslet, Leeds [1] Kensington, London [1] Lewisham, London [1] Myton, Hull, Yorkshire [1] Newcastle upon Tyne [1] Northamptonshire [1] Oxford [1] Shedfield, Southampton [1] South Shields, County Durham, England [1] St Giles, Northampton [1] St. George in the East, London [1] Templemore, Londonderry [1] Tottenham, London [1] Treeton, Yorkshire [1] Wallsend, Northumberland [1] Watchett, Somerset [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [32] Ordinary Seaman [16] Leading Seaman [7] Stoker 1st Class [7] Sub Lieutenant [6] Petty Officer [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Private [4] Able Seaman RNVR [3] Captain [2] Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Major [2] Paymaster Sub Lieutenant [2] Recruit [2] Seaman [2] Sub Lieutenant RNVR [2] Sub-Lieutenant [2] AB [1] Able seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Bandmaster [1] Bandmaster 1st Class [1] Bandmaster Warrant Officer [1] Driver [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Leading Seaman RNVR [1] Lee Serjeant [1] Lieutenant RNVR [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker [1] Temporary Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Division - Drake Battalion [44] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [34] Drake Battalion Royal Naval Division [7] Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Royal Fleet Reserve - Portsmouth [4] Drake Battalion [2] Royal Naval Division, Drake Battalion [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] 2nd Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division [1] 4th Canadian Division [1] 63rd Royal Naval Division [1] 74th Punjabis [1] BEF [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Drake Battalion 63rd Royal Naval Division [1] Drake battalion MEF [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Benbow" [1] HMS Chester [1] HMS Malaya [1] HMS Pactolus [1] HMS Tipperary [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Highland Cyclist Battalion [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] King Edward's Horse [1] Labour Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] MEF Mudros [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Maintenance Unit, R.N. Depot (Reserves), Crystal Palace (HMS Victory VI) [1] Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory) [1] R.N.V.R., Royal Naval Division, Drake Battalion [1] RNVR London - HMS Hindustan [1] RNVR London - HMS Royal Oak [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport [1] Royal Field Artillery (Special Reserve) [1] Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [1] Royal Marines Band [1] Royal Marines Band Service [1] Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion [1] Royal Naval Division - Nelson Battalion [1] Royal Naval Division Blandford Camp [1] Royal Naval Division, Nelson Battalion [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H M Yacht "Iolaire" [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS "Venerable" [1]

Service

Royal Navy [60] British Army [16] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

F [9] P [8] C [7] H [6] B [5] L [5] R [5] M [4] W [4] A [3] T [3] D [2] G [2] S [2] E [1] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [66]

Country

United Kingdom [52] Greece [1]

Edwin Asher

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy K.W/535 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Able Seaman Drake Battalion 1st Royal Navy Brigade

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Edward Frederick Cardall

Born 1899

Died 1918

Royal Navy R/6047 Able Seaman Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division

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John Edward Carpenter

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy Tyneside Z/1294 Able Seaman Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division Enlisted underage

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Willliam Thomas Lewis

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy R/3704 Able Seaman Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division

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Kenneth John Macdonald Fegan

Born 1895

Royal Navy Lieutenant RNVR Royal Naval Division - Drake Battalion

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William Bradley

Born 1895

Royal Navy Z/4189 Able Seaman Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division Taken Prisoner of War 4/2/1917

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Michael Eames

Born 1880

Royal Navy 289766 Stoker 1st Class Royal Naval Division - Drake Battalion

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Herbert Bertie Flower

Born 1875

Royal Navy 278897 Stoker 1st Class Royal Naval Division - Drake Battalion

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Ake Fraser

Born 1896

Royal Navy Royal Naval Division - Drake Battalion

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Joseph Faint

Born 1875

Royal Navy 284626 Stoker 1st Class Royal Naval Division - Drake Battalion

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Thomas James Harlow

Born 1879

Royal Navy 287049 Stoker 1st Class Royal Naval Division - Drake Battalion

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Albert Edward Dossett

Born 1896

Died 1972

Indian Army Captain 74th Punjabis

Royal Navy Z/286 Sub-Lieutenant Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division Somme 1916, wounded and awarded M.C.

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Ernest Rennie

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy London Z/147 Petty Officer Royal Naval Division, Nelson Battalion

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Division, Drake Battalion

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W T Barnes

British Army Sub Lieutenant Drake Battalion Royal Naval Division

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Joseph Lovatt

British Army K7606 Stoker Drake Battalion Royal Naval Division

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William Tompsett

Born 1887

Died 1918

Royal Navy London 9/3082 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy 9/3082 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division - Drake Battalion

Royal Navy 9/3082 Leading Seaman Royal Naval Division - Drake Battalion

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Alfred Place, Albert Medal

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy J/3080 (Devonport) Petty Officer 2nd Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division

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Charles Anthony Johns

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy Z/ 860 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Z/ 860 AB Royal naval Division

Royal Navy Z/ 860 AB Drake battalion MEF 1st battallian

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Basil Lavis

Born 1893

Died 1956

Royal Navy 9/2403 Leading Seaman Royal Naval Division - Drake Battalion

Royal Navy Paymaster Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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John Hays Chown

Born 1880

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant R.N.V.R., Royal Naval Division, Drake Battalion

Royal Navy Z/8388 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division, Drake Battalion

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