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Barnstaple, Devon [513]

Barnstaple, Devon, England [33]

Pilton, Barnstaple, Devon [11]

Trinity, Barnstaple, Devon [5]

Barnstaple, North Devon [4]

Newport, Barnstaple, Devon [4]

Shirwell, Barnstaple, Devon [4]

Braunton, Barnstaple, Devon [3]

Barnstaple Devon [2]

Barnstaple,Devon. [2]

Bickington, Barnstaple, Devon [2]

Fremington, Barnstaple, Devon [2]

Ilfracombe, Barnstaple, Devon [2]

Marwood, Barnstaple, Devon [2]

South Molton, Barnstaple, Devon [2]

Swimbridge, Barnstaple, Devon [2]

Arlington Barnstaple Devon [1]

Arlington, Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Atherington, Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Barnstaple , Devon [1]

Barnstaple Devon. [1]

Barnstaple Registration District, Devon [1]

Barnstaple, Ilfracombe, Devon [1]

Bishop's Tawton, Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Bittadon,Barnstaple,Devon. [1]

Bradiford, Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Braunton,Barnstaple,Devon. [1]

Brayford Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Combe Martin, Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Derby, Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Goodleigh, Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Landkey, Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Morthoe, Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Newton Tracey, Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Parracombe, Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Pilton Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Stoke, Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Tavistock, Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Tawstock Near Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Westleigh, Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Winkleigh, Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Woolwich Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Wrafton, Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [46]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Leading Stoker [4]

Captain [3]

Gunner [3]

Sapper [3]

Serjeant [3]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Corporal [2]

Gunner 2nd Class [2]

Major [2]

Shipwright 2c [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brigadier (Ret'd) [1]

CPO Writer [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

L/Cpl [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander (Engineer) (Retd) [1]

Mess Room Steward [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shipwright 1c [1]

Shipwright 2c ns [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Sick Berth Attendant [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Writer 1st Class [1]

Writer 2nd Class [1]

Writer 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [27]

HMS Impregnable [4]

London Regiment [4]

HMS Ajax [3]

HMS VALIANT [3]

HMS Vivid [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HMS Defence [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS New Zealand [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

HMS Warspite [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars [1]

2/6th Jats Indian Unattached List [1]

2/6th Royal Jats Light Infantry [1]

2nd Battalion West Riding Regiment [1]

4th South African Infantry [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Cavalry [1]

Devon Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

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

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS Bellerophon [1]

HMS Blake [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS COLOSSUS [1]

HMS Colossus [1]

HMS Cornwall [1]

HMS DEFENCE [1]

HMS DEevonshire [1]

HMS Doris [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

Service

Royal Navy [370]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [153]

British Army [66]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [77]

S [74]

C [45]

P [45]

H [42]

M [39]

W [39]

D [37]

T [36]

L [31]

R [31]

G [27]

J [19]

A [15]

K [13]

N [13]

F [7]

I [7]

E [6]

O [6]

V [5]

Y [5]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [582]

Merchant Navy [30]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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Barnstaple, Devon [513] Barnstaple, Devon, England [33] Pilton, Barnstaple, Devon [11] Trinity, Barnstaple, Devon [5] Barnstaple, North Devon [4] Newport, Barnstaple, Devon [4] Shirwell, Barnstaple, Devon [4] Braunton, Barnstaple, Devon [3] Barnstaple Devon [2] Barnstaple,Devon. [2] Bickington, Barnstaple, Devon [2] Fremington, Barnstaple, Devon [2] Ilfracombe, Barnstaple, Devon [2] Marwood, Barnstaple, Devon [2] South Molton, Barnstaple, Devon [2] Swimbridge, Barnstaple, Devon [2] Arlington Barnstaple Devon [1] Arlington, Barnstaple, Devon [1] Atherington, Barnstaple, Devon [1] Barnstaple , Devon [1] Barnstaple Devon. [1] Barnstaple Registration District, Devon [1] Barnstaple, Ilfracombe, Devon [1] Bishop's Tawton, Barnstaple, Devon [1] Bittadon,Barnstaple,Devon. [1] Bradiford, Barnstaple, Devon [1] Braunton,Barnstaple,Devon. [1] Brayford Barnstaple, Devon [1] Combe Martin, Barnstaple, Devon [1] Derby, Barnstaple, Devon [1] Goodleigh, Barnstaple, Devon [1] Landkey, Barnstaple, Devon [1] Morthoe, Barnstaple, Devon [1] Newton Tracey, Barnstaple, Devon [1] Parracombe, Barnstaple, Devon [1] Pilton Barnstaple, Devon [1] Stoke, Barnstaple, Devon [1] Tavistock, Barnstaple, Devon [1] Tawstock Near Barnstaple, Devon [1] Westleigh, Barnstaple, Devon [1] Winkleigh, Barnstaple, Devon [1] Woolwich Barnstaple, Devon [1] Wrafton, Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [46] Stoker 1st Class [8] Lance Corporal [7] Lieutenant [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Able Seaman [5] Boy 1st Class [5] Leading Stoker [4] Captain [3] Gunner [3] Sapper [3] Serjeant [3] Boy 2nd Class [2] Corporal [2] Gunner 2nd Class [2] Major [2] Shipwright 2c [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brigadier (Ret'd) [1] CPO Writer [1] Chief Stoker [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cook's Mate [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] L/Cpl [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander (Engineer) (Retd) [1] Mess Room Steward [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Shipwright 1c [1] Shipwright 2c ns [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Sick Berth Attendant [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major [1] Writer 1st Class [1] Writer 2nd Class [1] Writer 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [27] HMS Impregnable [4] London Regiment [4] HMS Ajax [3] HMS VALIANT [3] HMS Vivid [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Army Service Corps [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HMS Defence [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS LION [2] HMS New Zealand [2] HMS Vanguard [2] HMS Vivid II [2] HMS Warspite [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Labour Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars [1] 2/6th Jats Indian Unattached List [1] 2/6th Royal Jats Light Infantry [1] 2nd Battalion West Riding Regiment [1] 4th South African Infantry [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Australian Infantry [1] Cavalry [1] Devon Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS Bellerophon [1] HMS Blake [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS COLOSSUS [1] HMS Colossus [1] HMS Cornwall [1] HMS DEFENCE [1] HMS DEevonshire [1] HMS Doris [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

Service

Royal Navy [370] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [153] British Army [66] Australian Imperial Force [1] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [77] S [74] C [45] P [45] H [42] M [39] W [39] D [37] T [36] L [31] R [31] G [27] J [19] A [15] K [13] N [13] F [7] I [7] E [6] O [6] V [5] Y [5] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [582] Merchant Navy [30]

Country

United Kingdom [31] Australia [1] Canada [1]

James Silverwood

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200402

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Henry Hill

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222833

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Alfred Henry Toms

Born 1866

Died 1918

Royal Navy DEV A.90 Petty Officer 1st Class Royal Fleet Reserve

Royal Navy 118290 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS Vivid

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Frederick Charles Hobbs

Died 1914

British Army 2848 Private Devonshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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John Leworthy

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 11195 Private Devonshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Charles Alford

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196993

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Reginald Ernest Graham Reader

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253468

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Wesley Walter Cann

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy 311047

Royal Navy 311047 Leading Stoker HMS Defence

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Francis Tresise

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168558

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Frank Leworthy

Born 1887

British Army 8002 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 47425 Gunner Royal Field Artillery No 4 Depot

British Army 47425 Shoeing Smith Royal Field Artillery

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Sydney James Gratton

Born 1883

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 5018 Private Australian Infantry 22nd Battalion

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Albert Victor Berry

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 2083 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 267360 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 2/6th Battalion

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Percy Symons Cornish

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 6649 Private London Regiment 20th lond Battalion

British Army 633382 Private London Regiment 20th lond Battalion

British Army 633382 Private London Regiment 1st/20th Battalion

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Charles Welch

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 37804 Private Welsh Regiment

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Arthur Leonard Jack Youngs

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406729

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Wilfred John Squire

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213092

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Walter Thomas Cooke

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 404201

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Frank William Henwood

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 404287

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George Ivor Ware

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 180524

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Albert Edward Shobbrook

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 180639

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