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Buckfastleigh, Devon [56]

Buckfastleigh, Newton Abbot, Devon [2]

Buckfastleigh, Ashburton, Devon [1]

Buckfastleigh, Devon, England [1]

Buckfastleigh, Totnes, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [3]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Chief Petty officer [1]

Corporal [1]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Gunner [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

HMS Vivid [2]

Canadian Infantry [1]

HMS "Bellerophon" [1]

HMS "Rifleman" [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [37]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

British Army [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [13]

C [9]

H [8]

F [5]

L [4]

A [3]

M [3]

S [3]

W [3]

G [2]

P [2]

R [2]

D [1]

K [1]

N [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [57]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Canada [1]

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People [61] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Buckfastleigh, Devon [56] Buckfastleigh, Newton Abbot, Devon [2] Buckfastleigh, Ashburton, Devon [1] Buckfastleigh, Devon, England [1] Buckfastleigh, Totnes, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [3] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Boy 1st Class [1] Chief Petty officer [1] Corporal [1] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Gunner [1] Leading Seaman [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

HMS Vivid [2] Canadian Infantry [1] HMS "Bellerophon" [1] HMS "Rifleman" [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS LION [1] HMS TIGER [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [37] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19] British Army [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [13] C [9] H [8] F [5] L [4] A [3] M [3] S [3] W [3] G [2] P [2] R [2] D [1] K [1] N [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [57] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2] Canada [1]

John Fearnley Ripley

Born 1888

Royal Navy 229499

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James Edwin Caseley

Born 1881

Royal Navy 291466

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Ernest Gidley

Born 1881

Royal Navy 307503

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Henry Rowe Buckingham

Born 1888

Royal Navy 310932

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Herbert George Luscombe

Born 1882

Royal Navy 344723

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William Cornelius Anstiss

Born 1882

Royal Navy 358766

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George Boucher Bartlett

Born 1890

Royal Navy F5858

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Charles Clinch

Born 1885

Royal Navy K3957

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William Henry Abbott

Born 1884

Royal Navy K26755

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Leonard George Bonathan

Born 1895

Royal Navy M30174

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Charles Clinch

Born 1885

Royal Navy SS100965

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Alvin George Hunt

Born 1885

Royal Navy 224421

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Philip Lee

Born 1885

Royal Navy 226471

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Edwin Percy Voisey

Born 1885

Royal Navy 226468

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Frederick Edward Ripley

Born 1886

Royal Navy 224765 Leading Seaman HMS TIGER

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William Gidley

Born 1889

Royal Navy M4355 Electrical Artificer 3rd Class HMS BELLEROPHON

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William John Furniaux

Born 1892

Died 1970

Royal Navy 14975 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS COLLINGWOOD

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Frank Houghton Parsons

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244572

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George Frederick Maughan

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265604

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Sidney Knowling

Born 1889

Royal Navy 12149 Royal Marine Artillery

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