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Bodmin, Cornwall [274]

Bodmin, Cornwall, England [8]

Lanivet, Bodmin, Cornwall [5]

Bodmin Cornwall England [2]

Port Isaac, Bodmin, Cornwall [2]

St Mabyn, Bodmin, Cornwall [2]

Bodmin,Cornwall. [1]

Cardinham, Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

Lanivet Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

Lanlivery, Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

Nanstallion near Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

Port Isaac Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

Ruthern Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

ST TUDY BODMIN CORNWALL [1]

St Issey, Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

St Kew, Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

St Tudy, Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

St Winnow, Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

West Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [10]

Able Seaman [7]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Stoker Petty Officer [4]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Serjeant [3]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Captain [2]

Corporal [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Petty Officer 1st Class [2]

Shipwright 1st Class [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting ERA 4th Class [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Admiral [1]

Armourer [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Commander [1]

Driver [1]

ERA [1]

Engine Fitter [1]

Engine Room Artificer (2) [1]

Garment Mender [1]

Gunner [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Sergeant [1]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1]

Ship's Corporal 2nd Class [1]

Signalman [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class) The Reverend [1]

Unit

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5]

HMS LION [3]

HMS TIGER [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

HMS Temeraire [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

2/7th Gurkha Rifles [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

British Red Cross [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

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

HMS Benbow [1]

HMS Benlow [1]

HMS Collingwood [1]

HMS Defiance [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

HMS Nomad [1]

HMS Pembroke I [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS VIvid [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

HMS Vengeance [1]

HMS Vivid [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

HMS Warrior [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [1]

Mercantile Marine Reserve: HM Yacht Liberty [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

RNVR Bristol - HMS Nottingham [1]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Guernsey Light Infantry [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Sealark II." [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [228]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44]

British Army [22]

Other Empire Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [35]

T [32]

B [27]

S [26]

P [24]

W [22]

C [21]

M [20]

J [19]

G [13]

R [12]

K [10]

L [9]

D [7]

O [7]

E [6]

F [6]

A [4]

N [3]

I [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [280]

Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Malta [1]

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People [306] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bodmin, Cornwall [274] Bodmin, Cornwall, England [8] Lanivet, Bodmin, Cornwall [5] Bodmin Cornwall England [2] Port Isaac, Bodmin, Cornwall [2] St Mabyn, Bodmin, Cornwall [2] Bodmin,Cornwall. [1] Cardinham, Bodmin, Cornwall [1] Lanivet Bodmin, Cornwall [1] Lanlivery, Bodmin, Cornwall [1] Nanstallion near Bodmin, Cornwall [1] Port Isaac Bodmin, Cornwall [1] Ruthern Bodmin, Cornwall [1] ST TUDY BODMIN CORNWALL [1] St Issey, Bodmin, Cornwall [1] St Kew, Bodmin, Cornwall [1] St Tudy, Bodmin, Cornwall [1] St Winnow, Bodmin, Cornwall [1] West Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [10] Able Seaman [7] Ordinary Seaman [5] Stoker Petty Officer [4] Second Lieutenant [3] Serjeant [3] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Captain [2] Corporal [2] Deck Hand [2] Petty Officer 1st Class [2] Shipwright 1st Class [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 3rd Writer [1] Acting ERA 4th Class [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Admiral [1] Armourer [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Stoker [1] Commander [1] Driver [1] ERA [1] Engine Fitter [1] Engine Room Artificer (2) [1] Garment Mender [1] Gunner [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Reverend [1] Sergeant [1] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1] Ship's Corporal 2nd Class [1] Signalman [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class) The Reverend [1]

Unit

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5] HMS LION [3] HMS TIGER [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Monmouth [2] HMS Temeraire [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] 2/7th Gurkha Rifles [1] Army Service Corps [1] British Red Cross [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Vivid" [1] HMS Benbow [1] HMS Benlow [1] HMS Collingwood [1] HMS Defiance [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] HMS New Zealand [1] HMS Nomad [1] HMS Pembroke I [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS VIvid [1] HMS Vanguard [1] HMS Vengeance [1] HMS Vivid [1] HMS Vivid I [1] HMS Warrior [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine Reserve [1] Mercantile Marine Reserve: HM Yacht Liberty [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] RNVR Bristol - HMS Nottingham [1] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Guernsey Light Infantry [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Sealark II." [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [228] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44] British Army [22] Other Empire Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [35] T [32] B [27] S [26] P [24] W [22] C [21] M [20] J [19] G [13] R [12] K [10] L [9] D [7] O [7] E [6] F [6] A [4] N [3] I [1] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [280] Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [14] Malta [1]

Harry James Phillips Page

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 3/5568 Serjeant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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George Henry Simmonds

Born 1885

Died 1921

British Army SR/5919 Battery Quartermaster Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 280919 Battery Quartermaster Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 1418752 Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Reginald Alfred L Pearce

Born 1875

Died 1942

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261790

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Cecil Charles Duncan Phillips

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 145224 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery No 3 Depot Coy

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John Back

Born 1860

Died 1915

Royal Navy 93284 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS Goliath

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Harry Vernon Olver

Born 1892

Died 1943

British Army 9289 Serjeant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 102182 Captain Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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George Gilbert

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 389 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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Herman Cyril Mcneile

Born 1888

Died 1937

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Acting Lieutenant-Colonel Middlesex Regiment

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John Miles

Died 1916

British Army 1245 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1st/5th Battalion

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Leneva George Greenaway

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269839

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John Farley

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299252

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William John Gilbert

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 9740 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 9740 Private Devonshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Edward Nankwell Thomas

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190969

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Lilian Pretoria Patrick

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 46891 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps Clerical Staff

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Jack Pomery

Died 1916

British Army 2118 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry 1/5th Battalion

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William Jago

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308745

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Mary Ann Bazeley Burrell

Born 1849

Died 1925

Other Empire Force Garment Mender British Red Cross Trumpington Work Party

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William Vernon Collins

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy J17538

Royal Navy J/17538 Ordinary Seaman H.M.S. "Vivid"

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William John Rowe

Born 1882

Died 1917

Royal Navy 203613 Leading Seaman HMS Vengeance

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Andrew Badgery

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231533

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