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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Dartmouth, Devon [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Calcutta [1]

Camberwell South East London [1]

Cheam, Surrey [1]

Cork [1]

Cupar, Fifeshire [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Devonport, Devonshire [1]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1]

Greenwich [1]

Hertford [1]

Holloway Islington London [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1]

London [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Merstham, Surrey [1]

Newcastle under Lyne, Staffordshire [1]

Penzance, Cornwall [1]

Portlemouth, Devon [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Reigate, Surrey [1]

Selsey, Sussex [1]

St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channels Islands [1]

Stockton on Tees, Durham [1]

Stonehouse, Devon [1]

Warrington, Cheshire [1]

Wood Green, London [1]

Worcester Park, Surrey [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [11]

Ordinary Seaman [9]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Munitions Worker [4]

Leading Seaman [3]

Major [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Cadet [2]

Captain [2]

Civilian [2]

Cleaner [2]

Colonel [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Stoker 1c [2]

2nd Class Cook's Mate [1]

Able Bodied Seaman [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Major [1]

Armourers Crew [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Boy First Class [1]

Boy Second Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

CERA 2c [1]

Carpenter [1]

Ch Shipwright [1]

Ch Shpt [1]

Chief Lady Superintendent [1]

Chief Petty Officer Cook [1]

Civilian Employee [1]

Commandant Major General [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Deck Hand [1]

ERA 1 [1]

Explosive Worker [1]

Foreman [1]

Forewoman [1]

Gentleman Cadet [1]

Inspector of Gun Carriage [1]

Leading Cook [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel Riding Master [1]

Major General [1]

Military Probationer [1]

Officers Cook 3rd class [1]

Unit

Woolwich Arsenal [7]

HMS Woolwich [6]

Woolwich [4]

HMS Victory I [3]

HMS Vivid I [3]

Royal Arsenal Woolwich [3]

Royal Military Academy Woolwich [3]

HMS Britannia [2]

HMS Imperieuse (Friend) [2]

HMS Imperieuse (Harmonie) [2]

HMS Victory II [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

HMS Woolwich (Videlte) [2]

R Herbert Hospital Woolwich [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Woolwich Dockyard [2]

Anglo-Russian Military Hospital [1]

Apollo - Noble [1]

Army Ordnance Depot [1]

Brook War Hospital Woolwich [1]

Collingwood [1]

Columbine [1]

Defiance [1]

Diligence - Noble [1]

Diligence - Noble - 14 days cells [1]

Dolphin [1]

Ganges [1]

Ganges II, Victory I, Minerva, Dido, Excellent, Woolwich, Nimrod, Leander [1]

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

General Staff [1]

H.M.S. "Woolwich." [1]

H.M.S. Apollo (Lawford) [1]

H.M.S. Good Hope [1]

H.M.S. London [1]

H.M.S. Pembroke II [1]

H.M.S. Woolwich [1]

HMS "Diligence" [1]

HMS "Pembroke I" [1]

HMS Albermarle [1]

HMS Amphitrite [1]

HMS Antrim [1]

HMS Ardent [1]

HMS Attentive [1]

HMS Attentive II (HMS Swift) [1]

HMS Attentive II (M25) [1]

HMS Bulwark [1]

HMS Chellenger [1]

HMS Cleopatra [1]

HMS Collumbine [1]

HMS Collumbine (Vidette) [1]

Service

British Army [30]

Royal Navy [28]

Other Empire Force [7]

Last name first letter

B [11]

C [6]

S [6]

W [6]

H [5]

A [4]

G [4]

P [4]

R [4]

T [4]

D [2]

L [2]

M [2]

E [1]

J [1]

K [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [55]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Australia [1]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Dartmouth, Devon [2] Aberdeen [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Bedminster, Somerset [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Calcutta [1] Camberwell South East London [1] Cheam, Surrey [1] Cork [1] Cupar, Fifeshire [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Devonport, Devonshire [1] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [1] Greenwich [1] Hertford [1] Holloway Islington London [1] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1] London [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Merstham, Surrey [1] Newcastle under Lyne, Staffordshire [1] Penzance, Cornwall [1] Portlemouth, Devon [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Reigate, Surrey [1] Selsey, Sussex [1] St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channels Islands [1] Stockton on Tees, Durham [1] Stonehouse, Devon [1] Warrington, Cheshire [1] Wood Green, London [1] Worcester Park, Surrey [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [11] Ordinary Seaman [9] Stoker 1st Class [5] Lieutenant [4] Munitions Worker [4] Leading Seaman [3] Major [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Cadet [2] Captain [2] Civilian [2] Cleaner [2] Colonel [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Stoker 1c [2] 2nd Class Cook's Mate [1] Able Bodied Seaman [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Major [1] Armourers Crew [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Boy First Class [1] Boy Second Class [1] Brigadier General [1] CERA 2c [1] Carpenter [1] Ch Shipwright [1] Ch Shpt [1] Chief Lady Superintendent [1] Chief Petty Officer Cook [1] Civilian Employee [1] Commandant Major General [1] Cook's Mate [1] Deck Hand [1] ERA 1 [1] Explosive Worker [1] Foreman [1] Forewoman [1] Gentleman Cadet [1] Inspector of Gun Carriage [1] Leading Cook [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel Riding Master [1] Major General [1] Military Probationer [1] Officers Cook 3rd class [1]

Unit

Woolwich Arsenal [7] HMS Woolwich [6] Woolwich [4] HMS Victory I [3] HMS Vivid I [3] Royal Arsenal Woolwich [3] Royal Military Academy Woolwich [3] HMS Britannia [2] HMS Imperieuse (Friend) [2] HMS Imperieuse (Harmonie) [2] HMS Victory II [2] HMS Vivid II [2] HMS Woolwich (Videlte) [2] R Herbert Hospital Woolwich [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Woolwich Dockyard [2] Anglo-Russian Military Hospital [1] Apollo - Noble [1] Army Ordnance Depot [1] Brook War Hospital Woolwich [1] Collingwood [1] Columbine [1] Defiance [1] Diligence - Noble [1] Diligence - Noble - 14 days cells [1] Dolphin [1] Ganges [1] Ganges II, Victory I, Minerva, Dido, Excellent, Woolwich, Nimrod, Leander [1] Ganges, St Vincent, Vivid I & Colllingwood [1] General Staff [1] H.M.S. "Woolwich." [1] H.M.S. Apollo (Lawford) [1] H.M.S. Good Hope [1] H.M.S. London [1] H.M.S. Pembroke II [1] H.M.S. Woolwich [1] HMS "Diligence" [1] HMS "Pembroke I" [1] HMS Albermarle [1] HMS Amphitrite [1] HMS Antrim [1] HMS Ardent [1] HMS Attentive [1] HMS Attentive II (HMS Swift) [1] HMS Attentive II (M25) [1] HMS Bulwark [1] HMS Chellenger [1] HMS Cleopatra [1] HMS Collumbine [1] HMS Collumbine (Vidette) [1]

Service

British Army [30] Royal Navy [28] Other Empire Force [7]

Last name first letter

B [11] C [6] S [6] W [6] H [5] A [4] G [4] P [4] R [4] T [4] D [2] L [2] M [2] E [1] J [1] K [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [55]

Country

United Kingdom [20] Australia [1] Malta [1]

Thomas Campbell

Born 1893

Royal Navy SS114093

Royal Navy SS114093 Stoker HMS Vivid 11

Royal Navy SS114093 Stoker HMS Devonshire

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Walter John White

Born 1895

Died 1950

Royal Navy J11718 Able Seaman HMS New Zealand

Royal Navy J11718 Boy 2nd Class Ganges

Royal Navy Boy 1st Class Ganges, St Vincent, Vivid I & Colllingwood

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Elsa Thomas

Born 1887

Died 1982

Other Empire Force Ministry of Munitions - Woolwich Arsenal

Other Empire Force Forewoman Ministry of Munitions - Barnbow

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Gladys Evelyn Care

British Army Cleaner R Herbert Hospital Woolwich

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A J Anderson

British Army Cadet Royal Military Artillery Woolwich

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Robert Gillies

British Army Royal Herbert Hospital Woolwich

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Arthur Frederick Down

Born 1873

Died 1951

Royal Navy 270070

Royal Navy 270070 ERA 1 Woolwich - HMS Lizard

Royal Navy 270070 ERA 1 Vivid II - HMS Lizard

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Sidney Albert Bradley

Born 1898

Died 1966

Royal Navy J65051 Ordinary Seaman HMS "Pembroke I"

Royal Navy J65051 Able Seaman HMS "Diligence"

Royal Navy J65051 Able Seaman Woolwich

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H A Goggin

British Army Military Probationer Brook War Hospital Woolwich

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F W T James

British Army Royal Military Academy Woolwich

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J Sylvester

British Army 7 Regimental Serjeant Major Personel Ordnance College - Woolwich

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W C Ashby

British Army Civilian Royal Arsenal Woolwich

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E Evans

British Army Munitions Worker Royal Arsenal Woolwich

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Gladys Evelyn Humphrys

British Army Cleaner R Herbert Hospital Woolwich

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J J Lilly

British Army Civilian Royal Arsenal Woolwich

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Emanuel L Smith

British Army Royal Arsenal Woolwich Examiners

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Frank Herman Burridge

Born 1894

Died 1976

Royal Navy K17197 Stoker 1c HMS Hecla - HMS Nicator

Royal Navy K17197 Stoker 1c HMS Woolwich - HMS Nicator paid via HMS Woolwich, depot ship to the 13th Destroyer Flotilla

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Alec Frederick Cheasley

Born 1896

Died 1975

Royal Navy J51643 Ordinary Seaman HMS Hecla

Royal Navy J51643 Ordinary Seaman HMS Attentive

Royal Navy J51643 Ordinary Seaman HMS Hecla

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John Stanling Candlish

Born 1900

Died 1940

Royal Navy J43839 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J43839 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J43839 Ordinary Seaman HMS Macedonia

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Robert James Hollis

Born 1889

Died 1942

Royal Navy 234462 Able Bodied Seaman

Royal Navy Leading Seaman H.M.S. Good Hope

Royal Navy 234462 Petty Officer H.M.S. Woolwich

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