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Place of birth

Melbourne, Australia [2]

Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Bettyhill, Sutherlandshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Camberwell [1]

Cardigan, Cardiganshire [1]

Dartford, Kent [1]

Derby [1]

Douglas [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Durham, South Africa [1]

East Mey, Caithness-Shire [1]

Elie, Fifeshire [1]

Forest Gate, West Ham [1]

Glasgow [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Kennington, London [1]

Ladybank, Fifeshire [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lewisham, London [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Longhill, Sandwick [1]

Loughborough, Leicestershire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Melbourne [1]

Port Skerra, Sutherlandshire [1]

Potto, Yorkshire [1]

Raernish, Rossshire [1]

Sheshader, Rossshire [1]

South Shields, Durham [1]

Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire [1]

Stowmarket, Suffolk [1]

Sutterton, Lincolnshire [1]

Tingwall, Shetland [1]

Tolsta, Rossshire [1]

Unst [1]

Whitby, Yorkshire [1]

Wimbledon, Surrey [1]

Workington, Cumberland [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [13]

Ordinary Seaman [10]

Seaman [8]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [6]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Leading Seaman [5]

Petty Officer Mechanic [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Acting Leading Seaman [2]

Engineer (Temporary) [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Paymaster Sub Lieutenant [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

ACM II [1]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

Acting Air Marshall [1]

Acting Leading Seaman RNVR [1]

Acting Squadron Leader [1]

Air Commodore [1]

Air Marshall [1]

Air Vice Marshal [1]

Assistant Engineer (Temporary) [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Flight Commander [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flight Sergeant [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Group Captain [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Mechanic (Engineer) [1]

Paymaster Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Private [1]

Probationary Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Recruit [1]

Signalman [1]

Squadron Leader [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Sub Lieutenant [1]

Wing Commander [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [24]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [22]

Royal Naval Air Service [11]

HMS President II [8]

HMS President III [6]

HMS Vivid I [6]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS President III [5]

Royal Naval Reserve: HMS President III [5]

HMS President II (Crystal Palace) [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Naval Reserve (Shetland Section) [3]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS President [3]

Crystal Palace depot (HMS President II) [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

HMS President II (Tregantle) [2]

RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS President IV [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: HMS President [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: HMS President III [2]

Crystal Palace [1]

D.A.M.S (HMS President III) [1]

Dover [1]

Grain [1]

HMS Boscawen III [1]

HMS Campania [1]

HMS Canning [1]

HMS Daedalus [1]

HMS Daedalus (Dover) [1]

HMS Daedalus (Portsmouth) [1]

HMS Pembroke III [1]

HMS President II (Chingford) [1]

HMS President II (Eastchurch) [1]

HMS President II (Excellent) [1]

HMS President II (Roehampton) [1]

HMS President II (Staff) [1]

HMS President II (Turnhouse) [1]

London Regiment [1]

Ministry of Munitions [1]

RAF Reserve [1]

RNVR Clyde - HMS TIGER [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "President III." [1]

Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Arrogant [1]

Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Pembroke [1]

Royal Naval Reserve: HMS PRESIDENT [1]

Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Vivid [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - Anti Aircraft Corps [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS "President IV" (War Signal Station, Kinnaird Head). [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS President [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS President III [1]

Service

Royal Navy [48]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

British Army [3]

Last name first letter

S [8]

M [7]

A [4]

H [4]

W [4]

F [3]

J [3]

P [3]

K [2]

R [2]

T [2]

B [1]

C [1]

D [1]

G [1]

L [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [27]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

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People [48] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Melbourne, Australia [2] Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Bettyhill, Sutherlandshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Camberwell [1] Cardigan, Cardiganshire [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Derby [1] Douglas [1] Dover, Kent [1] Durham, South Africa [1] East Mey, Caithness-Shire [1] Elie, Fifeshire [1] Forest Gate, West Ham [1] Glasgow [1] Hackney, London [1] Kennington, London [1] Ladybank, Fifeshire [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lewisham, London [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Longhill, Sandwick [1] Loughborough, Leicestershire [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Melbourne [1] Port Skerra, Sutherlandshire [1] Potto, Yorkshire [1] Raernish, Rossshire [1] Sheshader, Rossshire [1] South Shields, Durham [1] Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire [1] Stowmarket, Suffolk [1] Sutterton, Lincolnshire [1] Tingwall, Shetland [1] Tolsta, Rossshire [1] Unst [1] Whitby, Yorkshire [1] Wimbledon, Surrey [1] Workington, Cumberland [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [13] Ordinary Seaman [10] Seaman [8] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [6] Air Mechanic 1st Class [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Leading Seaman [5] Petty Officer Mechanic [4] Lieutenant [3] Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Acting Leading Seaman [2] Engineer (Temporary) [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Paymaster Sub Lieutenant [2] Petty Officer [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] ACM II [1] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Acting Air Marshall [1] Acting Leading Seaman RNVR [1] Acting Squadron Leader [1] Air Commodore [1] Air Marshall [1] Air Vice Marshal [1] Assistant Engineer (Temporary) [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Captain [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Flight Commander [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flight Sergeant [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Group Captain [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Mechanic (Engineer) [1] Paymaster Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant [1] Private [1] Probationary Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Recruit [1] Signalman [1] Squadron Leader [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary Sub Lieutenant [1] Wing Commander [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [24] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [22] Royal Naval Air Service [11] HMS President II [8] HMS President III [6] HMS Vivid I [6] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS President III [5] Royal Naval Reserve: HMS President III [5] HMS President II (Crystal Palace) [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Naval Reserve (Shetland Section) [3] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS President [3] Crystal Palace depot (HMS President II) [2] East Kent Regiment [2] HMS President II (Tregantle) [2] RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS President IV [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: HMS President [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: HMS President III [2] Crystal Palace [1] D.A.M.S (HMS President III) [1] Dover [1] Grain [1] HMS Boscawen III [1] HMS Campania [1] HMS Canning [1] HMS Daedalus [1] HMS Daedalus (Dover) [1] HMS Daedalus (Portsmouth) [1] HMS Pembroke III [1] HMS President II (Chingford) [1] HMS President II (Eastchurch) [1] HMS President II (Excellent) [1] HMS President II (Roehampton) [1] HMS President II (Staff) [1] HMS President II (Turnhouse) [1] London Regiment [1] Ministry of Munitions [1] RAF Reserve [1] RNVR Clyde - HMS TIGER [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "President III." [1] Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Arrogant [1] Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Pembroke [1] Royal Naval Reserve: HMS PRESIDENT [1] Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Vivid [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - Anti Aircraft Corps [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS "President IV" (War Signal Station, Kinnaird Head). [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS President [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS President III [1]

Service

Royal Navy [48] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] British Army [3]

Last name first letter

S [8] M [7] A [4] H [4] W [4] F [3] J [3] P [3] K [2] R [2] T [2] B [1] C [1] D [1] G [1] L [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [27]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Matthew Chisam

Born 1872

Died 1918

Royal Navy D2062 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2062D Leading Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS President III

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James Burnett

Born 1871

Died 1918

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: HMS President

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George Frederick Green

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 2057 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 2057 Lance Corporal London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

Royal Navy Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

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Maurice Patrick Mcmahon

Born 1876

Died 1919

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander Royal Naval Reserve HMS President

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander Royal Naval Reserve - HMS President

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George Edwin Wilson

Born 1880

Died 1918

Royal Navy C 3657 Leading Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 3657C Leading Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - HMS President III

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Malcolm Macleod

Born 1893

Died 1919

Royal Navy A 5478 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 5478.A. (Ch) Acting Leading Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS President III

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John George Smithson

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy A 4913 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 4913A(Ch) Leading Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS President III

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James Macdonald

Born 1892

Died 1920

Royal Navy A 8122 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 8122/A Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - HMS President III

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John Robertson

Born 1882

Died 1919

Royal Navy B 4083 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 4083/B Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - HMS President III

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Donald Mackay-Oag

Born 1896

Died 1919

Royal Navy A 7936 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 7936/A Leading Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - HMS President III

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Thomas Paling Thompson

Born 1889

Died 1917

Royal Navy BZ/3955 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Bristol Z/3955 Able Seaman Royal Naval Reserve: HMS President III

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Norman George Perkins

Born 1899

Died 1919

Royal Navy Z/7455 Ordinary Telegraphist Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS President IV Detached Duty, Aberdeen wireless station

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Arthur Leonard Watkins

Died 1917

Royal Navy Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve: HMS President

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Norman Macleod

Born 1890

Died 1919

Royal Navy A 4803 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Pembroke

Royal Navy A 4803 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Arrogant

Royal Navy A 4803 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Pembroke

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William Spence

Born 1889

Died 1920

Royal Navy L 187 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 187/L Seaman Royal Naval Reserve (Shetland Section)

Royal Navy 187/L Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - HMS President III

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Laurence Laurenson Smith

Born 1885

Died 1915

Royal Navy L 91 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 91/L Seaman Royal Naval Reserve (Shetland Section)

Royal Navy 91/L Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - HMS President

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Harold Joseph Hambrook Penn

Born 1890

Died 1971

Royal Navy Dover AA/1130 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Paymaster Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy F15737 Air Mechanic 1st Class HMS President II

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Frederick George Walker

Born 1896

Died 1919

Royal Navy B.Z/3644 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Bristol Z/3644 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Bristol Z/3644 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS President III

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George William Jamieson

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy L 788 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 788/L Seaman Royal Naval Reserve (Shetland Section)

Royal Navy 788/L Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - HMS President

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Hubert Leslie Rolt, M.s.m.

Born 1891

Royal Navy Assistant Engineer (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy F5678 Leading Mechanic Ministry of Munitions

Royal Navy F5678 Probationary Petty Officer Mechanic HMS President II

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