Courtesy of Jon Saunders and Brian Budge
WILLIAM SISSONS
Service No.: Portsmouth J.16486
Born: Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Date of birth: 22/12/1895
Trade: Coach Builder
SERVICE
| Ship etc. | Detail | Rating | From | To |
| Impregnable | Training Ship, Devonport | Boy II | 8 Mar 12 | |
| Boy I | 8 Aug 12 | 11 Feb 13 | ||
| Theseus | Tender, Devonport | Boy I | 12 Feb 13 | 26 May 13 |
| Victory I | Depot, Portsmouth | Boy I | 27 May 13 | 18 Nov 13 |
| King George V | Dreadnought Battleship | Boy I | 19 Nov 13 | |
| Ord. Seaman | 22 Dec 13 | |||
| Able Seaman | 17 Sep 14 | 16 Apr 15 | ||
| Excellent | Gunnery School, Portsmouth | A.B. | 17 Apr 15 | 31 Mar 16 |
| Diligence, Opal | Depot Ship, M Class Destroyer | A.B. | 1 Apr 16 | 12 Jan 18 |
| Victory I | Depot, Portsmouth | A.B. | 13 Jan 18 | 14 May 18 |
| Excellent | Gunnery School, Portsmouth | A.B. | 15 May 18 | 9 Jan 19 |
| Blake, Vancouver | Depot Ship, V Class Destroyer | A.B. | 10 Jan 19 | 28 Feb 19 |
| Greenwich, Vancouver | ||||
| Depot Ship, V Class Destroyer | A.B. | 1 Mar 19 | 18 Dec 19 | |
| Columbine, Vancouver | Destroyer Depot (Queensferry), | A.B. | 19 Dec 19 | |
| V Class Destroyer | 30 Jun 21 | |||
| Columbine, Vivacious | Queensferry, V Class Destroyer | A.B. | 1 Jul 21 | 31 May 22 |
| Victory I | Depot, Portsmouth | A.B. | 1 Jun 22 | 22 Aug 22 |
| Vernon, Innpon? | Torpedo School, Portsmouth ? | A.B. | 23 Aug 22 | 19 Sep 24 |
| Excellent | Gunnery School, Portsmouth | A.B. | 20 Sep 24 | 13 Mar 25 |
| Greenwich, Vanessa | Depot Ship, V Class Destroyer | A.B. | 14 Mar 25 | 31 Oct 25 |
| Egmont II, Vanessa | Depot Malta, V Class Destroyer | A.B. | 1 Nov 25 | 31 Mar 27 |
| Victory II, Vanessa | Depot Ship at Portsmouth ?, | A.B. | 1 Apr 27 | |
| V Class Destroyer | 26 May 27 | |||
| Victory I | Depot, Portsmouth | A.B. | 27 May 27 | 31.12.28 |
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