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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [35]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [15]

Devonport, Devon [15]

Manchester, Lancashire [11]

Liverpool, Lancashire [10]

Stonehouse, Devon [7]

Kingsbridge, Devon [6]

Exeter, Devon [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5]

Bath, Somerset [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [4]

Plympton, Devon [4]

Brixham, Devon [3]

Callington, Cornwall [3]

Calstock, Cornwall [3]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [3]

Cupar, Fifeshire [3]

Dublin [3]

Barnstaple, Devon [2]

Bedminster, Somerset [2]

Brighouse, Yorkshire [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [2]

Clonakilty, Cork [2]

Crediton, Devon [2]

Dorchester, Dorset [2]

Falmouth, Cornwall [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2]

Launceston, Cornwall [2]

Newport, Monmouthshire [2]

Saltash, Cornwall [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Taunton, Somerset [2]

Tavistock, Devon [2]

Teignmouth, Devon [2]

Torquay, Devon [2]

Wadebridge, Cornwall [2]

Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire [2]

Aghada, Cork [1]

Alderney, Channel Islands [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1]

Almondsbury, Gloucestershire [1]

Amlwch, Anglesey [1]

Antony, Cornwall [1]

Arklow, Wicklow [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire [1]

Rank

Stoker 2nd Class [268]

Stoker 1st Class [241]

Leading Stoker [66]

Able Seaman [42]

Acting Leading Stoker [42]

Ordinary Seaman [39]

Stoker [36]

Stoker Petty Officer [25]

Boy 1st Class [24]

Boy 2nd Class [21]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [15]

Leading Seaman [15]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [13]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [10]

Trimmer [10]

Carpenter's Crew [9]

ERA 4th Class [8]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [7]

Private [7]

Acting ERA 4th Class [6]

Shipwright 2nd Class [6]

Chief Stoker [5]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [5]

Petty Officer Stoker [5]

ERA 3rd Class [4]

Shipwright [4]

Stoker 1st class [4]

Acting Engine Room Artificer [3]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [3]

Armourer's Crew [3]

Boy Artificer [3]

Boy II [3]

Boy Shipwright [3]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [3]

Leading Carpenter's Crew [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Petty Officer (Stoker) [3]

Stoker 2nd class [3]

Stoker II [3]

Acting Chief Stoker [2]

Boy 2c [2]

Boy 2nd class [2]

Boy I [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Cook's Mate [2]

Deck Hand [2]

ERA 2nd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer [2]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Mechanician [2]

Unit

HMS Vivid II [328]

HMS Ajax [164]

HMS Erin [73]

HMS Vivid I [22]

Europa II - M 33 [19]

Vivid II - M 33 [19]

HMS Indus [17]

Royal Naval Reserve [14]

Vivid II [14]

HMS Argyll [12]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [10]

HMS Ganges II [10]

HMS Cornwallis [9]

HMS Leander [9]

HMS King Alfred [7]

HMS Lion [7]

HMS Pembroke II [7]

HMS Vivid [7]

Vivid [7]

HMS Defence [6]

HMS Hindustan [6]

HMS Q1 [6]

HMS Blake [5]

HMS Commonwealth [5]

HMS Cornwall [5]

HMS Hogue [5]

HMS Impregnable [5]

HMS Iris II (Victory X) [5]

HMS Monmouth [5]

HMS Orion [5]

HMS Royal Arthur [5]

Royal Fleet Reserve [5]

Vivid I [5]

Gibraltar [4]

HMS Agincourt [4]

HMS Diana [4]

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

HMS Magnificent [4]

HMS Morning Star [4]

HMS New Zealand [4]

HMS Northampton [4]

HMS Sapphire II [4]

HMS vivid II [4]

Europa II - M33 [3]

HMS Arrogant [3]

HMS Ganges [3]

HMS Kent [3]

HMS Lancaster [3]

HMS Marlborough [3]

HMS Mars [3]

Service

Royal Navy [416]

British Army [4]

Other Empire Force [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [67]

C [45]

H [42]

D [29]

M [26]

W [25]

S [23]

G [20]

P [19]

A [18]

F [15]

R [15]

E [14]

J [11]

L [10]

O [10]

T [9]

N [8]

K [7]

V [2]

I [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [404]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [107]

Ireland [4]

Australia [1]

Egypt [1]

Guernsey [1]

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People [417] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [35] Bristol, Gloucestershire [15] Devonport, Devon [15] Manchester, Lancashire [11] Liverpool, Lancashire [10] Stonehouse, Devon [7] Kingsbridge, Devon [6] Exeter, Devon [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5] Bath, Somerset [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire [4] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [4] Plympton, Devon [4] Brixham, Devon [3] Callington, Cornwall [3] Calstock, Cornwall [3] Cardiff, Glamorgan [3] Cupar, Fifeshire [3] Dublin [3] Barnstaple, Devon [2] Bedminster, Somerset [2] Brighouse, Yorkshire [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [2] Clonakilty, Cork [2] Crediton, Devon [2] Dorchester, Dorset [2] Falmouth, Cornwall [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2] Launceston, Cornwall [2] Newport, Monmouthshire [2] Saltash, Cornwall [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Taunton, Somerset [2] Tavistock, Devon [2] Teignmouth, Devon [2] Torquay, Devon [2] Wadebridge, Cornwall [2] Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire [2] Aghada, Cork [1] Alderney, Channel Islands [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1] Almondsbury, Gloucestershire [1] Amlwch, Anglesey [1] Antony, Cornwall [1] Arklow, Wicklow [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Auchtermuchty, Fifeshire [1]

Rank

Stoker 2nd Class [268] Stoker 1st Class [241] Leading Stoker [66] Able Seaman [42] Acting Leading Stoker [42] Ordinary Seaman [39] Stoker [36] Stoker Petty Officer [25] Boy 1st Class [24] Boy 2nd Class [21] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [15] Leading Seaman [15] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [13] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [10] Trimmer [10] Carpenter's Crew [9] ERA 4th Class [8] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [7] Private [7] Acting ERA 4th Class [6] Shipwright 2nd Class [6] Chief Stoker [5] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [5] Petty Officer Stoker [5] ERA 3rd Class [4] Shipwright [4] Stoker 1st class [4] Acting Engine Room Artificer [3] Acting Stoker 1st Class [3] Armourer's Crew [3] Boy Artificer [3] Boy II [3] Boy Shipwright [3] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [3] Leading Carpenter's Crew [3] Petty Officer [3] Petty Officer (Stoker) [3] Stoker 2nd class [3] Stoker II [3] Acting Chief Stoker [2] Boy 2c [2] Boy 2nd class [2] Boy I [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Cook's Mate [2] Deck Hand [2] ERA 2nd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer [2] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Mechanician [2]

Unit

HMS Vivid II [328] HMS Ajax [164] HMS Erin [73] HMS Vivid I [22] Europa II - M 33 [19] Vivid II - M 33 [19] HMS Indus [17] Royal Naval Reserve [14] Vivid II [14] HMS Argyll [12] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [10] HMS Ganges II [10] HMS Cornwallis [9] HMS Leander [9] HMS King Alfred [7] HMS Lion [7] HMS Pembroke II [7] HMS Vivid [7] Vivid [7] HMS Defence [6] HMS Hindustan [6] HMS Q1 [6] HMS Blake [5] HMS Commonwealth [5] HMS Cornwall [5] HMS Hogue [5] HMS Impregnable [5] HMS Iris II (Victory X) [5] HMS Monmouth [5] HMS Orion [5] HMS Royal Arthur [5] Royal Fleet Reserve [5] Vivid I [5] Gibraltar [4] HMS Agincourt [4] HMS Diana [4] HMS Iris II - Seaman Storming Party ("D" Company) [4] HMS Magnificent [4] HMS Morning Star [4] HMS New Zealand [4] HMS Northampton [4] HMS Sapphire II [4] HMS vivid II [4] Europa II - M33 [3] HMS Arrogant [3] HMS Ganges [3] HMS Kent [3] HMS Lancaster [3] HMS Marlborough [3] HMS Mars [3]

Service

Royal Navy [416] British Army [4] Other Empire Force [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [67] C [45] H [42] D [29] M [26] W [25] S [23] G [20] P [19] A [18] F [15] R [15] E [14] J [11] L [10] O [10] T [9] N [8] K [7] V [2] I [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [404] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [107] Ireland [4] Australia [1] Egypt [1] Guernsey [1]

John Flanagan

Born 1889

Royal Navy K2024 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy K2024 Stoker 1st Class HMS Kent

Royal Navy K2024 Stoker 1st Class HMS Ajax

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Edward Sargent Jope

Born 1884

Royal Navy 271043 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy 271043 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Essex

Royal Navy 271043 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class HMS Essex

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William Victor Baron

Born 1890

Royal Navy 236247 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy 236247 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy 236247 Ordinary Seaman HMS Prometheus

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Arthur Reginald Gill

Born 1890

Royal Navy 239941 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy 239941 Boy 1st Class HMS Magnificent

Royal Navy 239941 Ordinary Seaman HMS Leviathan

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Harold Percy Grundy

Born 1878

Royal Navy 270220 ERA 4th Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy 270220 ERA 3rd Class HMS Triumph

Royal Navy 270220 ERA 2nd Class HMS Orion

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Ernest Sidney Bracken

Born 1880

Royal Navy 344247 Carpenter's Crew HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy 344247 Leading Carpenter's Crew HMS Cornwallis

Royal Navy 344247 Shipwright HMS Cornwallis

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Ronald Callender Bain

Born 1894

Royal Navy 4/2047 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Clyde 4/2047 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy M12489 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class

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George Martin

Born 1885

Royal Navy 305941 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy 305941 Stoker HMS Cornwall

Royal Navy 305941 Stoker 1st Class HMS Cornwall

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John Keast

Born 1880

Royal Navy 291480 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy 291480 Stoker 1st Class HMS Cambrian

Royal Navy 291480 Leading Stoker HMS Talbot

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James Fitzpatrick

Born 1884

Royal Navy 300301 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy 300301 Stoker HMS Britannia

Royal Navy 300301 Stoker 1st Class HMS Sirius

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Sidney Fox

Born 1889

Royal Navy 366112 Domestic 3rd Class HMS St George

Royal Navy 366112 Officer's Steward 3rd Class

Royal Navy 366112 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

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William Aitken

Born 1885

Royal Navy SS24

Royal Navy SS24 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy SS24 Ordinary Seaman HMS Arrogant

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Andrew Robertson Corstorphine

Born 1899

Royal Navy J78416

Royal Navy J78416 Boy 2nd Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J78416 Boy 1st Class HMS Powerful

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Frederick William Woodrow

Born 1891

Royal Navy J2460 Leading Seaman

Royal Navy J2460 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J2460 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges II

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George Hayward Holmes

Born 1891

Royal Navy 239820

Royal Navy 239820 Able Seaman HMS Natal

Royal Navy 239820 Ordinary Seaman HMS Natal

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Thomas Campbell

Born 1895

Royal Navy Clyde Z/6290 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Z/6290 Able Seaman RNVR Clyde - HMS Hindustan

Royal Navy Z/6290 Able Seaman Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid)

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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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