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Calstock, Cornwall [138]

Calstock, Cornwall, England [7]

Calstock, Gunnislake, Cornwall [4]

Calstock Cornwall [1]

Calstock, Tavistock,Cornwall. [1]

Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [10]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Leading Stoker [5]

Leading Seaman [2]

Private [2]

Stoker [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

2nd Ship's Steward [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Chief Armourer [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Naval Schoolmaster [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Sapper [1]

Serjeant [1]

Shipwright 1st Class [1]

Stoker (1st Class) [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Trimmer [1]

Unit

HMS LION [4]

HMS THUNDERER [3]

HMS Vivid II [3]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

HMS VALIANT [2]

HMS WARRIOR [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

12th Bttln [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

HMS Aboukir [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS Cornwallis [1]

HMS Exmouth [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Idaho (Colonel) [1]

HMS Indus [1]

HMS Lively [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

HMS ORION [1]

HMS Phoebe [1]

HMS Valiant [1]

HMS Vivid [1]

HMS Westco II [1]

Prometheus [1]

RFR Devonport [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Vivid [1]

Service

Royal Navy [123]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17]

British Army [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [21]

C [17]

S [14]

H [13]

M [13]

L [11]

P [11]

R [9]

W [7]

D [6]

V [5]

A [4]

G [4]

K [4]

E [3]

N [3]

Y [3]

J [2]

T [2]

Contribution

Military Service [142]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

Canada [1]

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People [152] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Calstock, Cornwall [138] Calstock, Cornwall, England [7] Calstock, Gunnislake, Cornwall [4] Calstock Cornwall [1] Calstock, Tavistock,Cornwall. [1] Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [10] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Leading Stoker [5] Leading Seaman [2] Private [2] Stoker [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] 2nd Ship's Steward [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Chief Armourer [1] Chief Stoker [1] Cook's Mate [1] Naval Schoolmaster [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Sapper [1] Serjeant [1] Shipwright 1st Class [1] Stoker (1st Class) [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Trimmer [1]

Unit

HMS LION [4] HMS THUNDERER [3] HMS Vivid II [3] HMS Ajax [2] HMS TIGER [2] HMS VALIANT [2] HMS WARRIOR [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] 12th Bttln [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] HMS Aboukir [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS Cornwallis [1] HMS Exmouth [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Idaho (Colonel) [1] HMS Indus [1] HMS Lively [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS New Zealand [1] HMS ORION [1] HMS Phoebe [1] HMS Valiant [1] HMS Vivid [1] HMS Westco II [1] Prometheus [1] RFR Devonport [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Vivid [1]

Service

Royal Navy [123] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17] British Army [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [21] C [17] S [14] H [13] M [13] L [11] P [11] R [9] W [7] D [6] V [5] A [4] G [4] K [4] E [3] N [3] Y [3] J [2] T [2]

Contribution

Military Service [142] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [3] Canada [1]

James Henry Trethewey

Born 1891

Royal Navy K30833 Stoker (1st Class)

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William George Millman

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299689

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Charles Davis

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 20573 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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William George Rowe

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6945

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William James Jope

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214391

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Reginald Percy Dormer Barrett

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229870

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Richard Henry Copp

Born 1882

Died 1918

Royal Navy 295964 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy 295964 Stoker HMS Phoebe

Royal Navy 295964 Stoker 1st Class HMS Cornwallis

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Russell Percy Stephens

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230813

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Charles E Phare

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 300950 Acting Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

British Army 300950 Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

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John Knight

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy M12121 Naval Schoolmaster HMS Vivid

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Joseph Reep Palmer

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232748

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William George Essery

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234722

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William Cyrus Bone

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243861

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William Glanville

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278659

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William Percy Southcott

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 33806 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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William Anderson

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 159384

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William Vinton

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205500

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William Bratchley

Born 1881

Royal Navy 305529

Royal Navy 305529 Stoker 2nd Class Vivid

Royal Navy 305529 Stoker Prometheus

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Richard Barrett Hambly

Born 1875

Died 1919

Royal Navy 172334 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Westco II

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Christopher Alfred Wadge

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 155068 Sapper Royal Engineers

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