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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [22]

Leeds, Yorkshire [11]

Newcastle, Northumberland [11]

Sunderland, Durham [10]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [9]

Gateshead, Durham [8]

Hull, Yorkshire [8]

Southampton, Hampshire [8]

Brighton, Sussex [7]

Ramsgate, Kent [7]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [6]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [6]

Gosport, Hampshire [5]

Islington, London [5]

Bermondsey, London [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Bradford, Yorkshire [4]

Camberwell, London [4]

Chichester, Sussex [4]

Hastings, Sussex [4]

Lambeth, London [4]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [4]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

South Shields, Durham [4]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Chatham, Kent [3]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Southport, Lancashire [3]

Weymouth, Dorset [3]

Widnes, Lancashire [3]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3]

Alderney, Channel Islands [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [2]

Ashford, Kent [2]

Batley, Yorkshire [2]

Blyth, Northumberland [2]

Bromley, Kent [2]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

Dudley, Staffordshire [2]

Durham [2]

Hartlepool, Durham [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Lymington, Hampshire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Rank

Ordinary Seaman [466]

Deck Hand [375]

Able Seaman [95]

Boy 2nd Class [71]

Master At Arms [53]

Boy 1st Class [51]

Leading Seaman [17]

Cook's Mate [14]

Petty Officer [13]

2nd Cook's Mate [11]

Ordinary Signalman [9]

Stoker 2nd Class [9]

Leading Signalman [8]

Signal Boy [8]

Signalman [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [7]

Acting 2nd Cook's Mate [6]

Telegraphist [6]

Master at Arms [5]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [5]

Sick Berth Attendant [5]

3rd Writer [4]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [4]

Boy I [4]

Boy II [4]

Leading Telegraphist [4]

Private [4]

Acting Chief Master at Arms [3]

Acting Leading Cook's Mate [3]

Boy Servant [3]

Boy Telegraphist [3]

Chief Petty Officer [3]

Leading Cook's Mate [3]

Probationary 2nd Cook's Mate [3]

Probationary Sick Berth Attendant [3]

Ships Corporal 2nd Class [3]

Trimmer [3]

Acting 2nd Class Cook's Mate [2]

Acting Petty Officer [2]

Boy [2]

Bugler [2]

Junior Reserve Attendant [2]

Master At Arms (Pensioner) [2]

Officers Steward 2nd Class [2]

Officers Steward 3rd Class [2]

Officer’s Steward 3rd Class [2]

Ship's Steward Assistant [2]

Ship's Steward's Assistant [2]

Ships Corporal 1st Class [2]

Unit

HMS Victory I [551]

Royal Naval Reserve [384]

HMS Pembroke I [68]

HMS Agincourt [48]

H.M.S. "Victory I" [43]

HMS Impregnable [26]

HMS Fearless [22]

HMS St Vincent [17]

HMS Ganges [14]

Royal Naval Division [13]

HMS Excellent [12]

HMS Vernon [12]

HMS Vivid I [12]

HMS Victory [11]

H.M.S. Victory I [9]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [9]

HMS "Victory I" [8]

HMS Erin [8]

HMS Ajax [7]

HMS Powerful [7]

HMS Vindictive [7]

Victory I [7]

HMS Victory II [6]

HMS Boscawen [5]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

H.M.S. Pembroke I [3]

HMS Asia [3]

HMS Barham [3]

HMS Centurion [3]

HMS Crescent [3]

HMS Dolphin [3]

HMS Fisgard [3]

HMS Formidable [3]

HMS Ganges II [3]

HMS Leviathan [3]

HMS Minotaur [3]

HMS Pekin [3]

HMS Thunderer [3]

In Cells [3]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2]

H.M.S. Powerful [2]

HMS "Pembroke I" [2]

HMS Albermarle [2]

HMS Bayano [2]

HMS Benbow [2]

HMS Blake [2]

HMS Cormorant [2]

HMS Cornwallis [2]

HMS Cruizer [2]

HMS Dartmouth [2]

Service

Royal Navy [648]

British Army [10]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

H [109]

R [65]

S [53]

M [48]

P [45]

W [43]

L [40]

B [39]

C [29]

J [28]

A [20]

T [19]

K [18]

N [18]

O [16]

D [13]

F [13]

G [11]

E [6]

Y [6]

I [4]

V [3]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [583]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [125]

Australia [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [648] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [22] Leeds, Yorkshire [11] Newcastle, Northumberland [11] Sunderland, Durham [10] Portsmouth, Hampshire [9] Gateshead, Durham [8] Hull, Yorkshire [8] Southampton, Hampshire [8] Brighton, Sussex [7] Ramsgate, Kent [7] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [6] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [6] Gosport, Hampshire [5] Islington, London [5] Bermondsey, London [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire [4] Bradford, Yorkshire [4] Camberwell, London [4] Chichester, Sussex [4] Hastings, Sussex [4] Lambeth, London [4] Salisbury, Wiltshire [4] Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] South Shields, Durham [4] Bethnal Green, London [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Chatham, Kent [3] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Southport, Lancashire [3] Weymouth, Dorset [3] Widnes, Lancashire [3] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3] Alderney, Channel Islands [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Alverstoke, Hampshire [2] Ashford, Kent [2] Batley, Yorkshire [2] Blyth, Northumberland [2] Bromley, Kent [2] Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] Dudley, Staffordshire [2] Durham [2] Hartlepool, Durham [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Lymington, Hampshire [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Marylebone, London [2]

Rank

Ordinary Seaman [466] Deck Hand [375] Able Seaman [95] Boy 2nd Class [71] Master At Arms [53] Boy 1st Class [51] Leading Seaman [17] Cook's Mate [14] Petty Officer [13] 2nd Cook's Mate [11] Ordinary Signalman [9] Stoker 2nd Class [9] Leading Signalman [8] Signal Boy [8] Signalman [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [7] Acting 2nd Cook's Mate [6] Telegraphist [6] Master at Arms [5] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [5] Sick Berth Attendant [5] 3rd Writer [4] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [4] Boy I [4] Boy II [4] Leading Telegraphist [4] Private [4] Acting Chief Master at Arms [3] Acting Leading Cook's Mate [3] Boy Servant [3] Boy Telegraphist [3] Chief Petty Officer [3] Leading Cook's Mate [3] Probationary 2nd Cook's Mate [3] Probationary Sick Berth Attendant [3] Ships Corporal 2nd Class [3] Trimmer [3] Acting 2nd Class Cook's Mate [2] Acting Petty Officer [2] Boy [2] Bugler [2] Junior Reserve Attendant [2] Master At Arms (Pensioner) [2] Officers Steward 2nd Class [2] Officers Steward 3rd Class [2] Officer’s Steward 3rd Class [2] Ship's Steward Assistant [2] Ship's Steward's Assistant [2] Ships Corporal 1st Class [2]

Unit

HMS Victory I [551] Royal Naval Reserve [384] HMS Pembroke I [68] HMS Agincourt [48] H.M.S. "Victory I" [43] HMS Impregnable [26] HMS Fearless [22] HMS St Vincent [17] HMS Ganges [14] Royal Naval Division [13] HMS Excellent [12] HMS Vernon [12] HMS Vivid I [12] HMS Victory [11] H.M.S. Victory I [9] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [9] HMS "Victory I" [8] HMS Erin [8] HMS Ajax [7] HMS Powerful [7] HMS Vindictive [7] Victory I [7] HMS Victory II [6] HMS Boscawen [5] Royal Marine Artillery [4] H.M.S. Pembroke I [3] HMS Asia [3] HMS Barham [3] HMS Centurion [3] HMS Crescent [3] HMS Dolphin [3] HMS Fisgard [3] HMS Formidable [3] HMS Ganges II [3] HMS Leviathan [3] HMS Minotaur [3] HMS Pekin [3] HMS Thunderer [3] In Cells [3] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2] H.M.S. Powerful [2] HMS "Pembroke I" [2] HMS Albermarle [2] HMS Bayano [2] HMS Benbow [2] HMS Blake [2] HMS Cormorant [2] HMS Cornwallis [2] HMS Cruizer [2] HMS Dartmouth [2]

Service

Royal Navy [648] British Army [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

H [109] R [65] S [53] M [48] P [45] W [43] L [40] B [39] C [29] J [28] A [20] T [19] K [18] N [18] O [16] D [13] F [13] G [11] E [6] Y [6] I [4] V [3] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [583] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [125] Australia [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1]

Norman Hector Vallace

Born 1899

Died 1918

Royal Navy J82006 Able Seaman H.M.S. "Victory I"

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Harry Walter Moss

Born 1899

Died 1918

Royal Navy J84318 Ordinary Seaman H.M.S. "Victory I"

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Albert Henry Chippendale

Born 1892

Died 1920

Royal Navy J2645 Leading Seaman H.M.S. "Victory I"

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Frederick Albert Habgood

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy J5218 Leading Signalman H.M.S. "Victory I"

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Thomas Leslie Tobias

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy J18012 Telegraphist H.M.S. "Victory I"

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Reginald Reece

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy L5838 Officer's Steward 2nd Class H.M.S. "Victory I"

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John Leslie Warner

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy L11499 Boy Servant H.M.S. "Victory I"

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William Harold Holmshaw

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy L11388 Officer's Steward 3rd Class H.M.S. "Victory I"

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Arthur William George Mazonowicz

Born 1891

Died 1918

Royal Navy M5959 Sick Berth Attendant H.M.S. "Victory I"

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Harry Devenport

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy SS5584 Able Seaman H.M.S. "Victory I"

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Frederick William Stubbs

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy SS9198 Ordinary Seaman H.M.S. "Victory I"

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Alfred George Gould

Born 1884

Died 1919

Royal Navy 208490 Petty Officer H.M.S. "Victory I"

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Charles Hemming

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy 217661 Petty Officer H.M.S. "Victory I"

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Harry Thomas Watts

Born 1886

Died 1918

Royal Navy 219692 Able Seaman H.M.S. "Victory I"

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Walter Henry Chappell

Born 1901

Died 1918

Royal Navy J79442 Boy 1st Class H.M.S. "Victory I"

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Frederick Harwood

Born 1900

Died 1967

Royal Navy J86273

Royal Navy Able Seaman Victory I/Dolphin

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Charles Hucklesby, Medaille Militaire

Born 1876

Died 1937

Royal Navy 160142 Boy 2nd Class HMS Boscawen

Royal Navy 160142 Boy 1st Class HMS Boscawen

Royal Navy 160142 Boy 1st Class HMS Alexandra

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Arthur Frederick Parsons Gibson

Born 1893

Died 1964

Royal Navy J9406 Boy II HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J9406 Boy I HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J9406 Boy I HMS Victorious

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William James Smart

Born 1865

Royal Navy 2463 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 150092 Ships Corporal 2nd Class HMS Victory I

Royal Navy 150092 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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James Campbell

Born 1869

Royal Navy Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy Acting Chief Master at Arms

Royal Navy 132748 Master At Arms HMS Victory I

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