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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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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]

Victor Stanley Stanton

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243337

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Ernest William Hawke

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment

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Harold Harris Climo

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234884

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Cyril Rickard

Born 1900

Died 1934

British Army 3817 Private Royal Guernsey Light Infantry

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Harvey Arnall

Born 1888

Died 1918

Royal Navy SD 855 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy L1126

Royal Navy Bristol Z/729 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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William Ough

Born 1860

Died 1914

Royal Navy 1729 Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Alfred Ernest Johns

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295419

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Henry Richard Cyril Curgenven

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 974

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Harvey Britt

Born 1883

Died 1964

Royal Navy 203988 Ship's Corporal 2nd Class HMS Collingwood

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Henry Thomas Francis

Born 1886

Died 1917

Royal Navy K38325 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid

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Frederick Charles Stevens

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232569

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John James Jones

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237300

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Herbert William Stripp

Born 1890

Died 1956

British Army 200541 Serjeant Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 2259 Sergeant Somerset Light Infantry

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Thomas Walliker

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282630

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Maxwell Rupert Johnson

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302783

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William Kenney

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199846

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Reginald Jago

Born 1873

Died 1918

British Army 1727 Battery Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 861021 Battery Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Edgar Cecil Trethewey

Born 1893

Died 1914

Royal Navy M515 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Monmouth

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Arthur Voss Smale

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy M31630 Armourer HMS Impregnable

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George Henry Fradd

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210280

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