Navy
H J Gibbs
Rank: Bombardier
Regiment: Royal Marine Artillery
Ship: HMS Iron Duke
Cousins: James H Mercer, E A Harman & A Barnes
Published: December 1917
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Navy
William James Selmes Parks
Rank: 3rd Writer
Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves
Ship: HMS Iron Duke
Brothers: T E Parks & Frederick J Parks
Cousins: William J Grindrod & H R Parks
Address: St Leonards
Other Info: “We have been afloat on this ship over 10 weeks. Shall we have Christmas at home? We are having the time of our lives, and are waiting to train our 13.5’s on the German Fleet. Can they face us?”
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Published: October 1914 & November 1917
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Navy
F Griffith
Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves
Ship: HMS Iron Duke
Address: Eastbourne
Other Info: We have been afloat on this ship over 10 weeks. Shall we have Christmas at home? We are having the time of our lives, and are waiting to train our 13.5’s on the German Fleet. Can they face us?
Published: October 1914
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Navy
William Rowe
Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves
Ship: HMS Iron Duke
Address: Brighton
Other Info: We have been afloat on this ship over 10 weeks. Shall we have Christmas at home? We are having the time of our lives, and are waiting to train our 13.5’s on the German Fleet. Can they face us?
Published: October 1914
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Navy
H Field
Rank: Signalman
Ship: HMS Iron Duke / HMS Lucia
Parents: Mr & Mrs Field
Brother: Percy Frederick Field
Address: 68 Church Road, St Leonards
Published: October 1916 & February 1918
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Navy
Edmund William Waters
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: HMS Iron Duke
Parents: Mr & Mrs Waters
Address: 21 Waldegrave Street, Hastings
Other Info: We have been afloat on this ship over 10 weeks. Shall we have Christmas at home? We are having the time of our lives, and are waiting to train our 13.5’s on the German Fleet. Can they face us?
Published: October 1914, May 1915 & February 1918
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Navy
D D Honeysett
Rank: Petty Officer
Ship: HMS Iron Duke
Sister: Mrs T H Suggitt
Brother-in-Law: T H Suggitt
Address: 37 Manor Road, Hastings
Published: December 1914
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Navy
Frank Homewood
Rank: 1st Class Stoker
Ship: HMS Iron Duke
Parents: Mr & Mrs Homewood
Brother: Dick Homewood
Address: 33 Church Street, Ore
Published: November 1914
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Navy
Edgar Lepper
Ship: HMS Iron Duke
Address: 19 Courthouse Street, Hastings
Published: November 1914
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Navy
Sydney Jas Pilcher
Ship: HMS Iron Duke
Mother: Mrs Pilcher
Brother: Francis Gordon Pilcher
Address: The Cottage, Val Mascal, Hollington Park, St Leonards
Published: October 1914
Other Info: Their great-grandfather on the father’s side was in the Crimean War at Sevastopol, also in the Indian Mutiny
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