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Camborne, Cornwall [211]

Camborne, Cornwall, England [9]

Camborne Cornwall [2]

Camborne, Beacon, Cornwall [2]

Camborne, Tuckingmill, Cornwall [2]

Crowan, Camborne, Cornwall [2]

Camborne Bray, Cornwall [1]

Camborne, Gwinear, Cornwall [1]

Saint Martins Camborne, Cornwall [1]

Treswithian, Camborne, Cornwall [1]

Troon, Camborne, Cornwall [1]

Tuckingmill Camborne, Cornwall [1]

Tuckingmill, Camborne, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [10]

Able Seaman [4]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Reverend [2]

Sapper [2]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Major [1]

Nurse [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Devonshire [1]

Devonshire Regiment Territorial Force [1]

HMS Anchusa [1]

HMS Donegal [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Lucifer [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS Obedient [1]

HMS St George [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

HMS Vivid [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Royal Army Chaplains Department [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Automobile Club Department [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Air Service: HMS President II [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

Training Reserve [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Welsh Regiment [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Young Mens Christian Association [1]

Service

Royal Navy [149]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [56]

British Army [20]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [29]

B [27]

S [22]

H [21]

T [18]

C [17]

R [14]

W [13]

M [12]

G [9]

J [9]

D [8]

L [8]

A [6]

F [4]

N [4]

E [3]

K [3]

V [3]

I [2]

Q [2]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [223]

Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

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People [235] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Camborne, Cornwall [211] Camborne, Cornwall, England [9] Camborne Cornwall [2] Camborne, Beacon, Cornwall [2] Camborne, Tuckingmill, Cornwall [2] Crowan, Camborne, Cornwall [2] Camborne Bray, Cornwall [1] Camborne, Gwinear, Cornwall [1] Saint Martins Camborne, Cornwall [1] Treswithian, Camborne, Cornwall [1] Troon, Camborne, Cornwall [1] Tuckingmill Camborne, Cornwall [1] Tuckingmill, Camborne, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [10] Able Seaman [4] Stoker 1st Class [3] Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Reverend [2] Sapper [2] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Major [1] Nurse [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Serjeant [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] HMS Ajax [2] Labour Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Devonshire [1] Devonshire Regiment Territorial Force [1] HMS Anchusa [1] HMS Donegal [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Lucifer [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS Obedient [1] HMS St George [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS Vanguard [1] HMS Vivid [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Royal Army Chaplains Department [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Automobile Club Department [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Air Service: HMS President II [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] Training Reserve [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Welsh Regiment [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Young Mens Christian Association [1]

Service

Royal Navy [149] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [56] British Army [20] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [29] B [27] S [22] H [21] T [18] C [17] R [14] W [13] M [12] G [9] J [9] D [8] L [8] A [6] F [4] N [4] E [3] K [3] V [3] I [2] Q [2] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [223] Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

John Reginald Bache

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193721

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Edwin James Finn

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406411

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Percy Vivian Tregoning

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241004

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William James Jose

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39907

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Albert Barker

Born 1898

Died 1917

Royal Navy J31493 Able Seaman HMS Vanguard

Royal Navy J31493 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vanguard

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Stanley Reynolds

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141936

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Percy Rule

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405396

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William Matthew Nettle

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407321

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Alfred Charles Holman

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 149020

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Ernest Redvers Martin

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 149021

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Bertram Verender Cloke

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319739

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Frank Holman

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166899

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John Wilson Nankwell

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194464

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John Davies

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 6845 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 241954 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Edwin Ewart Bennett

Born 1882

Died 1934

British Army Reverend Young Mens Christian Association

British Army Reverend Royal Automobile Club Department

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Frank Batt

Born 1879

Australian Imperial Force 477 Private

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Everett Ferriday

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army TR7/10126 Private Training Reserve

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John Tellam

Born 1896

Died 1918

Royal Navy J54711 Able Seaman HMS Lucifer

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William John Pascoe

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242665

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Joseph Charles Prisk

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247878

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