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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]

Robert Armit

Born 1897

Royal Navy K28440 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Victory II

Royal Navy K28440 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Minotaur

Royal Navy K28440 Stoker 1st Class HMS Minotaur

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Arthur John Godfrey Lepper

Born 1891

Royal Navy J3624 Able Seaman HMS Hindustan

Royal Navy J3624 Able Seaman Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)

Royal Navy J3624 Able Seaman HMS Monarch

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James Blake Barclay

Born 1900

Royal Navy J48060

Royal Navy J48060 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful II

Royal Navy J48060 Boy 1st Class HMS Powerful II

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George Duff

Born 1892

Royal Navy 4/1936 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy M20462 Carpenter's Crew HMS Victory II

Royal Navy M20462 Carpenter's Crew HMS Fisgard

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William Frederick Frost

Born 1895

Royal Navy J15029 Able Seaman HMS Hindustan

Royal Navy J15029 Able Seaman HMS King George V

Royal Navy J15029 Able Seaman Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)

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William Ticehurst

Born 1893

Died 1969

Royal Navy J9632

Royal Navy M. 35793 Regulating Petty Officer

Royal Navy M. 35793 Regulating Petty Officer HMS Iron Duke

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Mitchell Anderson

Born 1889

Royal Navy SS113739

Royal Navy SS113739 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy SS113739 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Thunderer

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