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Beer, Devon [19]

Beer, Devon, England [18]

Beer Alston, Devon [1]

Beer Devon [1]

Beer Ferrers, Devon [1]

Beer Ferris, Devon [1]

Beer, Seaton, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [5]

Able Seaman [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Engineer Captain [1]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer (Stoker) [1]

Sapper [1]

Seaman [1]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1]

Ship's Corporal 2nd Class [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [4]

HMS Defence [2]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Colossus [1]

Diana [1]

HM Submarine C3 [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Diana [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

Indus [1]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1]

Prometheus [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Defence [1]

Signal Company Royal Engineers [1]

Vivid [1]

Vivid I [1]

Vivid II [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

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Royal Navy [15]

British Army [7]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

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B [7]

C [7]

M [5]

H [4]

A [3]

F [3]

N [3]

L [2]

S [2]

W [2]

G [1]

J [1]

O [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [21]

Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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People [42] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Beer, Devon [19] Beer, Devon, England [18] Beer Alston, Devon [1] Beer Devon [1] Beer Ferrers, Devon [1] Beer Ferris, Devon [1] Beer, Seaton, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [5] Able Seaman [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Engineer Captain [1] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer (Stoker) [1] Sapper [1] Seaman [1] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1] Ship's Corporal 2nd Class [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [4] HMS Defence [2] Cheshire Regiment [1] Colossus [1] Diana [1] HM Submarine C3 [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Diana [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] Indus [1] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1] Prometheus [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Defence [1] Signal Company Royal Engineers [1] Vivid [1] Vivid I [1] Vivid II [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [15] British Army [7] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [7] C [7] M [5] H [4] A [3] F [3] N [3] L [2] S [2] W [2] G [1] J [1] O [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [21] Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

Edward Harper Saunders

Born 1865

Died 1920

Australian Imperial Force Private

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Leonard Charles William Harding

Born 1894

Died 1976

British Army 4276 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

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Archibald Walter Gush

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 66338 Sapper Signal Company Royal Engineers 23rd Divisional

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Edward Miller

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 31513 Farrier Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 95th Battery

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Edwin William Bridle

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 9747 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Adolphe John Alford

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 68238 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 57837 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2nd/8th Battalion

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Walter George Clarke

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 24827 Private Devonshire Regiment 13th (Works) Battalion

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William Collom

Born 1885

Died 1916

Royal Navy 305526

Royal Navy 305526. (DEV) Ship's Corporal 1st Class HMS Diana

Royal Navy 305526 Stoker 2nd Class Vivid

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George Dunsford Searle

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192028

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Walter Tom Abbott

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy 228498 Able Seaman HMS INVINCIBLE

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Norman Franklin

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy B 4269 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 4269B Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Defence

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Edgar Augustus Mutter

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228221

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John William Mutter

Born 1876

Died 1916

Royal Navy 162473 Stoker 1st Class HMS Defence

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William Robert Orley

Born 1881

Died 1916

Royal Navy 188973 Able Seaman HMS Defence

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John Tudor Benett-Dampier

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment cheshire regiment attached 2nd Battalion

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William John Harner

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy 308347 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Falmouth

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Walter Harner

Born 1887

Royal Navy 228795 Petty Officer HM Submarine C3

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Charles Frank Loveridge

Born 1895

Royal Navy K19731

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Percy George Franklin

Born 1896

Royal Navy K29431

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Edward William Abbott

Born 1885

Royal Navy 212823

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