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Place of birth

Callington, Cornwall [143]

Callington, Cornwall, England [4]

Linkinhorne, Callington, Cornwall [2]

Callington Cornwall [1]

Callington,Launceston,Cornwall [1]

South Hill, Callington, Cornwall [1]

St Mellion, Callington, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Leading Stoker [4]

Private [3]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Blacksmith [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Corporal [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1c [1]

Stoker 2c [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

acting Leading Stoker [1]

Unit

HMS Monmouth [3]

HMS TIGER [3]

HMS Vivid II [3]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

HMS Defence [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS LION [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

H.M.S. "Marmion.", [1]

HMS Benbow [1]

HMS Benbow - 14 days cells [1]

HMS Benbow - 7 day Cells [1]

HMS Caesar [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Gloucester [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS NESSUS [1]

HMS Northampton [1]

HMS Nymphe [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [122]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

British Army [8]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [21]

S [16]

B [15]

C [15]

D [10]

W [9]

R [8]

G [7]

J [7]

L [7]

P [7]

M [6]

E [5]

A [4]

F [4]

T [4]

N [3]

K [2]

O [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [148]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [153] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Callington, Cornwall [143] Callington, Cornwall, England [4] Linkinhorne, Callington, Cornwall [2] Callington Cornwall [1] Callington,Launceston,Cornwall [1] South Hill, Callington, Cornwall [1] St Mellion, Callington, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [7] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Leading Stoker [4] Private [3] Boy 2nd Class [2] Leading Seaman [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Blacksmith [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Corporal [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker 1c [1] Stoker 2c [1] Temporary Captain [1] acting Leading Stoker [1]

Unit

HMS Monmouth [3] HMS TIGER [3] HMS Vivid II [3] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] HMS Defence [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS LION [2] Royal Engineers [2] Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] H.M.S. "Marmion.", [1] HMS Benbow [1] HMS Benbow - 14 days cells [1] HMS Benbow - 7 day Cells [1] HMS Caesar [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Gloucester [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS NESSUS [1] HMS Northampton [1] HMS Nymphe [1] HMS Vivid I [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [122] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19] British Army [8] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [21] S [16] B [15] C [15] D [10] W [9] R [8] G [7] J [7] L [7] P [7] M [6] E [5] A [4] F [4] T [4] N [3] K [2] O [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [148] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Harry Griffin

Born 1895

Royal Navy M6795

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John Prouse Northam

Born 1893

Royal Navy M8397

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Spencer Barnett Spurrell

Born 1896

Royal Navy M12070

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Samuel John Eva

Born 1896

Royal Navy M14446

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Garfield James Richards

Born 1897

Royal Navy M15975

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Joseph Spear

Born 1896

Royal Navy M22166

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Herbert Jane

Born 1884

Royal Navy 211899

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Charles Henry Abel

Born 1886

Royal Navy 225675

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William James Sambells Willcocks

Born 1881

Royal Navy 270761

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Stanley Bawden

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211198

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Sidney Bond

Born 1901

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Reginald Sell

Born 1890

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Francis Wesley Hobbs

Born 1891

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