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Place of birth

Marylebone, London [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Battersea, London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bridport, Dorset [1]

Broomfield, Essex [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Dartford, Kent [1]

Dorchester, Dorset [1]

Dublin [1]

East Ruston, Norfolk [1]

Farnham, Surrey [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Glastonbury, Somerset [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Hambledon, Hampshire [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Ibstone, Buckinghamshire [1]

Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire [1]

Kempley, Newent, Gloucestershire [1]

Kempston, Bedfordshire [1]

Kenmare, County Kerry [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Leicester [1]

Llechylched, Llangetrie, Anglesey [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Mile End London [1]

Milford, Pembrokeshire [1]

Mountfield, Sussex [1]

Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Peckham, London [1]

Pokesdown, Dorset [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Potten End, Hertfordshire [1]

Richmond, Yorkshire [1]

Rye, Sussex [1]

Saint Andrews the Less, Cambridgeshire [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

The Borough, London [1]

Valetta [1]

Warsash, Hampshire [1]

Whaplode, Lincolnshire [1]

Whitwell, Welwyn, Hertfordshire [1]

Winchester, Hampshire [1]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [22]

Ordinary Seaman [14]

Boy 1st Class [9]

Boy 2nd Class [7]

Leading Seaman [7]

Stoker [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [5]

Leading Stoker [4]

Petty Officer [4]

Stoker Petty Officer [4]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Midshipman [2]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

Able Seaman (Rigger) [1]

Acting Chief Petty Officer [1]

Acting ERA 4 [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Sublieutenant [1]

Admiral [1]

Boy 1st Class (B1C) [1]

Boy 2nd Class (B2C) [1]

Boy I [1]

Boy II [1]

Boy Shipwright [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain [1]

Captain (Retd) [1]

Chief ERA 2nd Class [1]

Commander [1]

Domestic 1st Class [1]

EA2 [1]

EA3 [1]

EA4 [1]

EA5 [1]

ERA 2nd Class [1]

ERA 3rd Class [1]

ERA 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1]

Gunner (T) [1]

Leading Boatswain [1]

Leading Seaman (Leading Boatswain) [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Unit

HMS Royal Sovereign [42]

HMS Agincourt [7]

HMS Hindustan [6]

Seaman Storming Party - "C" Company (Demolition) [6]

HMS Good Hope [4]

HMS Impregnable [4]

HMS Blenheim [3]

HMS Excellent [3]

HMS Fisgard [3]

HMS Lion [3]

HMS Vernon [3]

HMS Victory [3]

HMS Victory I [3]

HMS Australia [2]

HMS Boscawen [2]

HMS Britannia [2]

HMS Daffodil (Victory X) [2]

HMS Duke of Wellington [2]

HMS Duke of Wellington II [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

HMS Formidable [2]

HMS New Zealand [2]

HMS Northampton [2]

HMS Pembroke [2]

HMS Sandhurst [2]

HMS Victory II [2]

HMS Vindictive [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

HMS Volage [2]

Nelson [2]

Royal Sovereign [2]

Argus [1]

Cornflower [1]

Dolphin [1]

Fisgard [1]

Ganges [1]

H.M.S. "Royal Sovereign." [1]

H.M.S. Royal Sovereign [1]

HMS "Marshal Soult" [1]

HMS "Royal Sovereign" [1]

HMS "Titania" [1]

HMS "Undaunted" [1]

HMS "Vernon" [1]

HMS Acheron [1]

HMS Achilles & Victoria [1]

HMS Active [1]

HMS Agamemnon [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Alexandra [1]

HMS Amethyst [1]

Service

Royal Navy [49]

Last name first letter

B [11]

H [10]

C [5]

A [4]

D [3]

L [3]

J [2]

M [2]

P [2]

S [2]

W [2]

E [1]

O [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [39]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Malta [1]

South Africa [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

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Place of birth

Marylebone, London [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Battersea, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bridport, Dorset [1] Broomfield, Essex [1] Camberwell, London [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Dorchester, Dorset [1] Dublin [1] East Ruston, Norfolk [1] Farnham, Surrey [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Glastonbury, Somerset [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Hambledon, Hampshire [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Ibstone, Buckinghamshire [1] Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire [1] Kempley, Newent, Gloucestershire [1] Kempston, Bedfordshire [1] Kenmare, County Kerry [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Leicester [1] Llechylched, Llangetrie, Anglesey [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Mile End London [1] Milford, Pembrokeshire [1] Mountfield, Sussex [1] Northwich, Cheshire [1] Peckham, London [1] Pokesdown, Dorset [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Potten End, Hertfordshire [1] Richmond, Yorkshire [1] Rye, Sussex [1] Saint Andrews the Less, Cambridgeshire [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] Swindon, Wiltshire [1] The Borough, London [1] Valetta [1] Warsash, Hampshire [1] Whaplode, Lincolnshire [1] Whitwell, Welwyn, Hertfordshire [1] Winchester, Hampshire [1] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [22] Ordinary Seaman [14] Boy 1st Class [9] Boy 2nd Class [7] Leading Seaman [7] Stoker [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Stoker 2nd Class [5] Leading Stoker [4] Petty Officer [4] Stoker Petty Officer [4] Chief Petty Officer [2] Chief Stoker [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Midshipman [2] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] Able Seaman (Rigger) [1] Acting Chief Petty Officer [1] Acting ERA 4 [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Sublieutenant [1] Admiral [1] Boy 1st Class (B1C) [1] Boy 2nd Class (B2C) [1] Boy I [1] Boy II [1] Boy Shipwright [1] Cadet [1] Captain [1] Captain (Retd) [1] Chief ERA 2nd Class [1] Commander [1] Domestic 1st Class [1] EA2 [1] EA3 [1] EA4 [1] EA5 [1] ERA 2nd Class [1] ERA 3rd Class [1] ERA 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1] Gunner (T) [1] Leading Boatswain [1] Leading Seaman (Leading Boatswain) [1] Lieutenant [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Unit

HMS Royal Sovereign [42] HMS Agincourt [7] HMS Hindustan [6] Seaman Storming Party - "C" Company (Demolition) [6] HMS Good Hope [4] HMS Impregnable [4] HMS Blenheim [3] HMS Excellent [3] HMS Fisgard [3] HMS Lion [3] HMS Vernon [3] HMS Victory [3] HMS Victory I [3] HMS Australia [2] HMS Boscawen [2] HMS Britannia [2] HMS Daffodil (Victory X) [2] HMS Duke of Wellington [2] HMS Duke of Wellington II [2] HMS Fearless [2] HMS Formidable [2] HMS New Zealand [2] HMS Northampton [2] HMS Pembroke [2] HMS Sandhurst [2] HMS Victory II [2] HMS Vindictive [2] HMS Vivid II [2] HMS Volage [2] Nelson [2] Royal Sovereign [2] Argus [1] Cornflower [1] Dolphin [1] Fisgard [1] Ganges [1] H.M.S. "Royal Sovereign." [1] H.M.S. Royal Sovereign [1] HMS "Marshal Soult" [1] HMS "Royal Sovereign" [1] HMS "Titania" [1] HMS "Undaunted" [1] HMS "Vernon" [1] HMS Acheron [1] HMS Achilles & Victoria [1] HMS Active [1] HMS Agamemnon [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Alexandra [1] HMS Amethyst [1]

Service

Royal Navy [49]

Last name first letter

B [11] H [10] C [5] A [4] D [3] L [3] J [2] M [2] P [2] S [2] W [2] E [1] O [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [39]

Country

United Kingdom [22] Malta [1] South Africa [1] Sri Lanka [1]

John Joseph Craft

Born 1885

Died 1968

Royal Navy Leading Stoker

Royal Navy 309366 Stoker Petty Officer

Royal Navy 309366 Chief Stoker HMS Royal Sovereign

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Henry Heaford

Born 1888

Died 1918

Royal Navy 229535

Royal Navy 229535 Able Seaman H.M.S. Royal Sovereign

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Cyril Charles Butterfield

Born 1900

Died 1957

Royal Navy J91438 Ordinary Seaman HMS Royal Sovereign

Royal Navy SS125066 Stoker HMS Royal Sovereign

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Thomas William Jelley

Born 1887

Died 1917

Royal Navy J65756

Royal Navy J.65756 (Ch) Ordinary Seaman HMS Royal Sovereign

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Joseph Harris

Born 1886

Died 1917

Royal Navy 220479

Royal Navy (Dev).220479 Petty Officer Telegraphist H.M.S. "Royal Sovereign."

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Dudley Frank Prentice

Born 1891

Died 1918

Royal Navy M19118 Wireman 2nd Class HMS Royal Sovereign

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John Hogwood

Born 1884

Died 1902

Royal Navy 208974

Royal Navy 208974 Ordinary Seaman HMS Royal Sovereign

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Frederick Charles Prevett

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy J64254

Royal Navy J/64254 (CH) Boy 1st Class HMS Royal Sovereign

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John Thomas Crittenden

Born 1885

Died 1959

Royal Navy SS100508

Royal Navy K922

Royal Navy SS100508 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Acheron

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Victor George Watling

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy J49170 Able Seaman HMS Royal Sovereign

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Samuel Jones

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy J49154 Able Seaman HMS Royal Sovereign

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Herbert Alfred Harris

Born 1897

Royal Navy M6218 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class HMS Royal Sovereign

Royal Navy M6218 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Royal Sovereign

Royal Navy M6218 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Vindictive

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Constantine Borg

Born 1875

Royal Navy 354806

Royal Navy 354806 Domestic 1st Class HMS Royal Sovereign

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George Ernest Millington

Born 1881

Died 1914

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Royal Sovereign

Royal Navy 195050 Able Seaman HMS Good Hope

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William George Ward

Born 1881

Died 1914

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Royal Sovereign

Royal Navy 194032 Able Seaman HMS Good Hope

Royal Navy 194032 HMS Good Hope

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Thomas William Bertie Lubbock

Born 1894

Died 1960

Royal Navy K15145 Stoker HMS Pembroke

Royal Navy K15145 Stoker HMS Pembroke, HMS Cadmus, HMS Conquest, HMS St George

Royal Navy K15145 Stoker HMS Pembroke, HMS Actaeon, HMS Colmbo, HMS Hecla, HMS Kinsha

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Alfred Burgoyne

Born 1882

Royal Navy 305170

Royal Navy 305170 Stoker 2nd Class Nelson

Royal Navy 305170 Stoker Royal Sovereign

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William Henry Hesp Bennett

Born 1881

Died 1914

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Royal Sovereign

Royal Navy 194125 Able Seaman HMS Good Hope

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Robert Suddes

Born 1900

Royal Navy K44976 Stoker 1st Class HMS Royal Sovereign

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Mark Hurford

Born 1868

Royal Navy 350140 Ship's Corporal 1st Class HMS Royal Sovereign

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