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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [9]

Plymouth, Devon [5]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Devonport, Devon [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [3]

Bermondsey, London [3]

Clapham, London [3]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [3]

Hornsey, London [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Aghada, Cork [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bedminster, Somerset [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Brixton, London [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Edmonton, Middlesex [2]

Falmouth, Cornwall [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [2]

Kennington, London [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Luton, Bedfordshire [2]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2]

Nantwich, Cheshire [2]

Peckham, London [2]

Queenstown, Cork [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Sevenoaks, Kent [2]

Southwark, London [2]

Torquay, Devon [2]

Twickenham, Middlesex [2]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

Acton, Warwickshire [1]

Amwell, Ware, Herts [1]

Appleton-Roebuck,Tadcaster,Yorkshire. [1]

Armagh, Northern Ireland [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Aylesford, Kent [1]

Barling, Essex [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Barton on Humber, Lincolnshire [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Belgrave, London [1]

Belper, Derbyshire [1]

Rank

Boy 1st Class [83]

Able Seaman [77]

Gunner [32]

Ordinary Seaman [28]

Petty Officer [14]

Stoker 1st Class [10]

Commander [9]

Lieutenant [9]

Midshipman [9]

Boy Telegraphist [8]

Leading Seaman [8]

Stoker Petty Officer [8]

Lieutenant Commander [7]

Private [7]

Boy 2nd Class [6]

Signal Boy [6]

Acting Electrical Artificer 4c [5]

Captain [5]

Electrical Artificer 3c [5]

Electrical Artificer 4c [5]

Naval Cadet [4]

Shipwright 1c [4]

Shipwright 2c [4]

Sub Lieutenant [4]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Ordinary Signalman [3]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [3]

Sub-Lieutenant [3]

Assistant Paymaster [2]

Canteen Assistant [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Chief Ship's Cook [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Corporal [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Mechanician [2]

Paymaster [2]

Paymaster Commander [2]

Paymaster Lieutenant Commander [2]

Petty Officer 1st Class [2]

Shipwright 2c ns [2]

Sick Berth Steward [2]

Signalman [2]

Staff Paymaster [2]

Stoker [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Yeoman of Signals [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Abel Seaman [1]

Unit

HMS WARSPITE [198]

HMS Warspite [119]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS WARSPITE [30]

H.M.S. "Warspite." [6]

Royal Marine Artillery [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Warspite [5]

HMS Impregnable [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

RNVR Clyde - HMS Warspite [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Admiralty Civilian - HMS Warspite [2]

HMS Cumberland [2]

HMS Dido [2]

HMS Indomitable [2]

HMS Iphigenia [2]

HMS Natal [2]

HMS Powerful [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

HMS Vivid I [2]

RNVR Bristol - HMS Warspite [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Warspite [2]

Warspite [2]

4th Royal Marine Battalion [1]

7th Armoured Car Company (Motors) [1]

Centaur [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Collingwood [1]

Columbine [1]

Defiance [1]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

Dolphin [1]

Erebus [1]

Ganges [1]

Ganges, St Vincent, Vivid I & Colllingwood [1]

Gloucester II [1]

H.M.S. Warrior [1]

HMAS Canberra [1]

HMS [1]

HMS "Northampton" [1]

HMS "Roxburgh" [1]

HMS "Warspite" [1]

HMS Albemarle [1]

HMS Alexandria [1]

HMS Australia [1]

HMS Blake [1]

HMS Britannia [1]

HMS Capetown [1]

Service

Royal Navy [373]

British Army [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [43]

H [43]

C [37]

S [25]

W [25]

G [23]

P [23]

M [21]

T [18]

D [17]

A [15]

R [15]

F [14]

L [10]

K [9]

N [9]

J [7]

E [6]

Y [4]

I [3]

O [3]

Q [3]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [323]

Country

United Kingdom [44]

Chile [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [374] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [9] Plymouth, Devon [5] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Devonport, Devon [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Barnsley, Yorkshire [3] Bermondsey, London [3] Clapham, London [3] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [3] Hornsey, London [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Aghada, Cork [2] Battersea, London [2] Bedminster, Somerset [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Brixton, London [2] Camberwell, London [2] Chelsea, London [2] Edmonton, Middlesex [2] Falmouth, Cornwall [2] Fulham, London [2] Greenock, Renfrewshire [2] Kennington, London [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Luton, Bedfordshire [2] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2] Nantwich, Cheshire [2] Peckham, London [2] Queenstown, Cork [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Sevenoaks, Kent [2] Southwark, London [2] Torquay, Devon [2] Twickenham, Middlesex [2] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] Acton, Warwickshire [1] Amwell, Ware, Herts [1] Appleton-Roebuck,Tadcaster,Yorkshire. [1] Armagh, Northern Ireland [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Aylesford, Kent [1] Barling, Essex [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Barton on Humber, Lincolnshire [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Belgrave, London [1] Belper, Derbyshire [1]

Rank

Boy 1st Class [83] Able Seaman [77] Gunner [32] Ordinary Seaman [28] Petty Officer [14] Stoker 1st Class [10] Commander [9] Lieutenant [9] Midshipman [9] Boy Telegraphist [8] Leading Seaman [8] Stoker Petty Officer [8] Lieutenant Commander [7] Private [7] Boy 2nd Class [6] Signal Boy [6] Acting Electrical Artificer 4c [5] Captain [5] Electrical Artificer 3c [5] Electrical Artificer 4c [5] Naval Cadet [4] Shipwright 1c [4] Shipwright 2c [4] Sub Lieutenant [4] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [3] Leading Stoker [3] Ordinary Signalman [3] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [3] Sub-Lieutenant [3] Assistant Paymaster [2] Canteen Assistant [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Chief Ship's Cook [2] Chief Stoker [2] Corporal [2] Leading Signalman [2] Mechanician [2] Paymaster [2] Paymaster Commander [2] Paymaster Lieutenant Commander [2] Petty Officer 1st Class [2] Shipwright 2c ns [2] Sick Berth Steward [2] Signalman [2] Staff Paymaster [2] Stoker [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Yeoman of Signals [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Abel Seaman [1]

Unit

HMS WARSPITE [198] HMS Warspite [119] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS WARSPITE [30] H.M.S. "Warspite." [6] Royal Marine Artillery [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Warspite [5] HMS Impregnable [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] RNVR Clyde - HMS Warspite [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Admiralty Civilian - HMS Warspite [2] HMS Cumberland [2] HMS Dido [2] HMS Indomitable [2] HMS Iphigenia [2] HMS Natal [2] HMS Powerful [2] HMS Vivid [2] HMS Vivid I [2] RNVR Bristol - HMS Warspite [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Warspite [2] Warspite [2] 4th Royal Marine Battalion [1] 7th Armoured Car Company (Motors) [1] Centaur [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Collingwood [1] Columbine [1] Defiance [1] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1] Dolphin [1] Erebus [1] Ganges [1] Ganges, St Vincent, Vivid I & Colllingwood [1] Gloucester II [1] H.M.S. Warrior [1] HMAS Canberra [1] HMS [1] HMS "Northampton" [1] HMS "Roxburgh" [1] HMS "Warspite" [1] HMS Albemarle [1] HMS Alexandria [1] HMS Australia [1] HMS Blake [1] HMS Britannia [1] HMS Capetown [1]

Service

Royal Navy [373] British Army [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [43] H [43] C [37] S [25] W [25] G [23] P [23] M [21] T [18] D [17] A [15] R [15] F [14] L [10] K [9] N [9] J [7] E [6] Y [4] I [3] O [3] Q [3] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [323]

Country

United Kingdom [44] Chile [1] Ireland [1]

William James Killpartrick

Born 1875

Died 1946

Royal Navy Paymaster Commander

Royal Navy Assistant Clerk HMS Trafalgar

Royal Navy Clerk HMS Trafalgar

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Rupert Victor Law

Born 1889

Died 1957

Royal Navy EA 1150 Engine Room Artificer Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy EA 1150 Engine Room Artificer RNR Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Warspite

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Fred Fisher

Born 1895

Royal Navy 3799 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 14330 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery - HMS WARSPITE

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George Werran

Born 1896

Royal Navy 17061 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/17061 Private HMS Warspite

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Michael Peter Heron

Born 1892

Royal Navy 5/2433 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Clyde Division

Royal Navy 5/2433 Shipwright 3rd Class RNVR Clyde - HMS Warspite

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Charles Jarvis

Born 1874

Royal Navy PO/7159 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/7159 Private HMS Warspite

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James Shackleton Illingworth

Born 1899

Royal Navy J34128

Royal Navy J34128 Boy 2 HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J34128 Boy 1 HMS Impregnable

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Ernest Andrews

Born 1897

Died 1921

British Army 7811920 Private 7th Armoured Car Company (Motors)

British Army 7611920 Private Machine Gun Corps (Motors)

Royal Navy Bristol Z/4340 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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John Spencer Tyndall

Born 1882

Royal Navy Naval Cadet HMS Britannia

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Repulse

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant HMS Warspite

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Tom Remick

Born 1900

Died 1939

Royal Navy D/J45240 Chief Yeoman of Signals HMS Exeter

Royal Navy J45240 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J45240 Signal Boy HMS Ganges

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William Walker

Born 1893

Royal Navy 3/2302 Able Seaman Nelson Battalion, Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Clyde 3/2302 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Warspite

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William Robert Quayle

Born 1894

Royal Navy 1/2268 Able Seaman RNVR Clyde - HMS Warspite

Royal Navy 1/2268 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Clyde 1/2268 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Raymond Alfred Poland

Born 1887

Died 1918

Royal Navy 2nd Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy Acting Major (Captain) Royal Naval Division - 3rd (Royal Marine) Brigade 1st Royal Marine Battalion

Royal Navy Captain Royal Naval Division - 3rd (Royal Marine) Brigade 1st Royal Marine Battalion

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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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