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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [10]

Maidstone, Kent [8]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [8]

Hull, Yorkshire [6]

Gosport, Hampshire [5]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [5]

Gateshead, Durham [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Chichester, Sussex [3]

Deptford, London [3]

Dorchester, Dorset [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Marylebone, London [3]

Portland, Dorset [3]

Winchester, Hampshire [3]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Bedminster, Somerset [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Burton Bradstock, Dorset [2]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2]

Coatbridge, Lanarkshire [2]

Darlington, Durham [2]

Durham [2]

Dysart, Fifeshire [2]

Farnham, Surrey [2]

Goole, Yorkshire [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Islington, London [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Lincoln [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2]

Midleton, Cork [2]

Newbury, Berkshire [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [2]

South Shields, Durham [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Southsea, Hampshire [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

West Hartlepool, Durham [2]

Widnes, Lancashire [2]

Woolwich, Kent [2]

York, Yorkshire [2]

Abbotsbury, Dorset [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [210]

Stoker 2nd Class [194]

Able Seaman [32]

Leading Stoker [28]

Ordinary Seaman [25]

Acting Leading Stoker [18]

Stoker II [17]

Boy 1st Class [16]

Boy 2nd Class [15]

Stoker [15]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [12]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [12]

Stoker Petty Officer [12]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [10]

Private [9]

Petty Officer Stoker [8]

Stoker 2nd class [8]

Leading Seaman [7]

Carpenter's Crew [6]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [6]

Stoker 1 [6]

Stoker 1st class [6]

Stoker 2 [6]

Stoker I [6]

Chief Stoker [5]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [4]

Boy I [4]

Boy II [4]

Leading Carpenter's Crew [4]

Petty Officer [4]

Engine Room Artificer [3]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [3]

Shipwright 2nd Class [3]

Trimmer [3]

Acting ERA 4th Class [2]

Acting Engine Room Artificer [2]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Blacksmith's Mate [2]

Bugler [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Driver [2]

ERA 3rd Class [2]

ERA 4th Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2]

Master At Arms [2]

Officers Steward 2nd Class [2]

Officers Steward 3rd Class [2]

Painter 2nd Class [2]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [2]

Signalman [2]

Unit

HMS Victory II [222]

HMS Fearless [101]

HMS Agincourt [42]

HMS Iris II (Victory X) [29]

H.M.S. "Victory II" [28]

HMS Victory I [19]

Victory II [14]

HMS Fisgard [11]

Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory) [11]

H.M.S. Victory II [10]

HMS "Victory II" [9]

HMS Nelson [9]

HMS Excellent [8]

HMS Hindustan [8]

HMS Victory [8]

HMS Venerable [7]

HMS Vivid II [7]

H.M.S. "Victory II." [6]

HMS Ajax [6]

HMS Duke of Wellington II [6]

HMS Good Hope [6]

HMS Liverpool [6]

HMS Pembroke II [6]

HMS Queen Mary [6]

Royal Naval Reserve [6]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [5]

HMS Dolphin [5]

HMS King Edward VII [5]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [4]

H.M.S. Barham [4]

HMS Black Prince [4]

HMS Cochrane [4]

HMS Cullist [4]

HMS Drake [4]

HMS Egmont [4]

HMS Iris II - Seaman Storming Party ("D" Company) [4]

HMS Minerva II [4]

HMS Mischief [4]

HMS Prince George [4]

HMS Princess Royal [4]

HMS Renown [4]

HMS St Vincent [4]

HMS Vernon [4]

HMS Vindictive [4]

Victory [4]

Dolphin [3]

HM Submarine G8 [3]

HMS "Pembroke II" [3]

HMS Attentive II [3]

HMS Ganges II [3]

Service

Royal Navy [367]

British Army [11]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [56]

C [39]

H [30]

A [29]

W [28]

S [27]

D [19]

P [19]

G [17]

L [16]

M [14]

F [12]

T [12]

R [11]

N [8]

O [7]

E [6]

J [6]

K [6]

I [2]

U [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [354]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [132]

New Zealand [3]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Ireland [1]

Malta [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

United States [1]

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People [367] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [10] Maidstone, Kent [8] Portsmouth, Hampshire [8] Hull, Yorkshire [6] Gosport, Hampshire [5] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [5] Gateshead, Durham [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Chichester, Sussex [3] Deptford, London [3] Dorchester, Dorset [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Marylebone, London [3] Portland, Dorset [3] Winchester, Hampshire [3] Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Bedminster, Somerset [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Burton Bradstock, Dorset [2] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2] Coatbridge, Lanarkshire [2] Darlington, Durham [2] Durham [2] Dysart, Fifeshire [2] Farnham, Surrey [2] Goole, Yorkshire [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Islington, London [2] Lambeth, London [2] Lincoln [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2] Midleton, Cork [2] Newbury, Berkshire [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Paddington, London [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Salisbury, Wiltshire [2] South Shields, Durham [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Southsea, Hampshire [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] West Hartlepool, Durham [2] Widnes, Lancashire [2] Woolwich, Kent [2] York, Yorkshire [2] Abbotsbury, Dorset [1] Aberdeen [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [210] Stoker 2nd Class [194] Able Seaman [32] Leading Stoker [28] Ordinary Seaman [25] Acting Leading Stoker [18] Stoker II [17] Boy 1st Class [16] Boy 2nd Class [15] Stoker [15] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [12] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [12] Stoker Petty Officer [12] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [10] Private [9] Petty Officer Stoker [8] Stoker 2nd class [8] Leading Seaman [7] Carpenter's Crew [6] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [6] Stoker 1 [6] Stoker 1st class [6] Stoker 2 [6] Stoker I [6] Chief Stoker [5] Acting Stoker 1st Class [4] Boy I [4] Boy II [4] Leading Carpenter's Crew [4] Petty Officer [4] Engine Room Artificer [3] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [3] Shipwright 2nd Class [3] Trimmer [3] Acting ERA 4th Class [2] Acting Engine Room Artificer [2] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [2] Blacksmith's Mate [2] Bugler [2] Deck Hand [2] Driver [2] ERA 3rd Class [2] ERA 4th Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [2] Master At Arms [2] Officers Steward 2nd Class [2] Officers Steward 3rd Class [2] Painter 2nd Class [2] Petty Officer 2nd Class [2] Signalman [2]

Unit

HMS Victory II [222] HMS Fearless [101] HMS Agincourt [42] HMS Iris II (Victory X) [29] H.M.S. "Victory II" [28] HMS Victory I [19] Victory II [14] HMS Fisgard [11] Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory) [11] H.M.S. Victory II [10] HMS "Victory II" [9] HMS Nelson [9] HMS Excellent [8] HMS Hindustan [8] HMS Victory [8] HMS Venerable [7] HMS Vivid II [7] H.M.S. "Victory II." [6] HMS Ajax [6] HMS Duke of Wellington II [6] HMS Good Hope [6] HMS Liverpool [6] HMS Pembroke II [6] HMS Queen Mary [6] Royal Naval Reserve [6] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [5] HMS Dolphin [5] HMS King Edward VII [5] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [4] H.M.S. Barham [4] HMS Black Prince [4] HMS Cochrane [4] HMS Cullist [4] HMS Drake [4] HMS Egmont [4] HMS Iris II - Seaman Storming Party ("D" Company) [4] HMS Minerva II [4] HMS Mischief [4] HMS Prince George [4] HMS Princess Royal [4] HMS Renown [4] HMS St Vincent [4] HMS Vernon [4] HMS Vindictive [4] Victory [4] Dolphin [3] HM Submarine G8 [3] HMS "Pembroke II" [3] HMS Attentive II [3] HMS Ganges II [3]

Service

Royal Navy [367] British Army [11] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [56] C [39] H [30] A [29] W [28] S [27] D [19] P [19] G [17] L [16] M [14] F [12] T [12] R [11] N [8] O [7] E [6] J [6] K [6] I [2] U [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [354] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [132] New Zealand [3] Australia [1] Canada [1] Gibraltar [1] Ireland [1] Malta [1] Sri Lanka [1] United States [1]

Edwin Tyerman

Born 1887

Died 1964

Royal Navy M26228

Royal Navy 323753 Act. BRA4 Pembroke II

Royal Navy 323753 Victory

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George William Moore

Born 1895

Royal Navy SS117684 Stoker I Renown

Royal Navy SS117684 Stoker I Victory II

Royal Navy SS117684 Stoker I Enchantress

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Edwin Angelo Larby

Born 1894

Died 1985

Royal Navy SS115506 Stoker II Victory II

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David Frank Hewitt

Born 1898

Royal Navy K41343 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K41343 Stoker 1st Class HMS Victory

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William Edward Pugh

Born 1899

Died 1981

Royal Navy K48454 Stoker 2nd Class H.M.S. Britannia

Royal Navy K48454 Acting Stoker 1st Class Victory II

Royal Navy K48454 Acting Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. Fox Parent Ship H.M.S. Hyderabad

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Bernard Naylor

Born 1896

Royal Navy K34969 Stoker II Gibraltar

Royal Navy K34969 Stoker II Victory II

Royal Navy K34969 Stoker II Victory II

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Thomas Edward Swalwell

Born 1899

Died 1961

Royal Navy K46648

Royal Navy K46648 Stoker II Victory II

Royal Navy K46648 Stoker II Bristol

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Raymond Winstone

Born 1877

Died 1919

Royal Navy 297951 Petty Officer Stoker H.M.S. "Victory II"

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Alfred Edward Beckwith

Born 1875

Died 1919

Royal Navy 281274 Chief Stoker H.M.S. "Victory II"

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Reginald James Woodmore

Born 1899

Died 1948

Royal Navy K26460 Stoker II HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K26460 Stoker II HMS Neptune

Royal Navy K26460 Stoker I HMS Neptune

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Frank Corben

Born 1874

Died 1918

Royal Navy 152277

Royal Navy Boy Seaman HMS Boscawen

Royal Navy 152277 Stoker 1st Class HMS Victory II

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John James Foreman

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy 15000 Stoker 2 class Victory II

Royal Navy 15000 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy K15000 Stoker 1st Class HMS Queen Mary

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Robert Charles Turner

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy K21158 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Victory II"

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Edwin James Bower

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy K53747 Stoker 2nd Class H.M.S. "Victory II"

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Edward James Geater

Born 1896

Died 1918

Royal Navy M31978 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Victory II

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Robert Daysh

Born 1886

Died 1917

Royal Navy K39450 Stoker 2nd Class H.M.S. "Victory II"

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Walter Frederick Harris

Born 1886

Died 1918

Royal Navy K53767 Stoker 2nd Class H.M.S. "Victory II"

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Ernest Herbert Arnell

Born 1886

Died 1914

Royal Navy 309506 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy 309506 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Hecla

Royal Navy 309506 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

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William Alexander Beal

Born 1892

Died 1914

Royal Navy Stoker Second Class Victory II

Royal Navy Stoker Second Class Renown

Royal Navy Stoker Second Class Victory

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Bernard Phillips

Born 1894

Died 1975

Royal Navy M5493 Carpenter's Crew HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy M5493 Carpenter's Crew HMS Implacable

Royal Navy M5493 Leading Carpenter's Crew HMS Implacable

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