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Dartmouth, Devon [372]

Dartmouth, Devon, England [83]

Clarence Street, Dartmouth, Devon [1]

Dartmouth, (Registered Totnes), Devon [1]

Dartmouth, Totnes, Devon [1]

Dartmouth,Devon [1]

Dartmouth,Devon, [1]

Dartmouth,Totnes,Devon. [1]

Dittisham, Dartmouth, Devon [1]

Higher Saint Dartmouth, Devon [1]

Kingswear Dartmouth, Devon [1]

Loddiswell, Dartmouth, Devon [1]

Newcomin Rd, St Petrox, Dartmouth, Devon [1]

Saint Clements Dartmouth, Devon [1]

Stoke Fleming, Dartmouth, Devon [1]

Strete, Dartmouth, Devon [1]

Townstal, Dartmouth, Devon [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [14]

Private [12]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Leading Stoker [7]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [3]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Chief Shipwright [2]

Corporal [2]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Stoker 1c [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Acting ERA 4th Class [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Boy Domestic [1]

Boy Servant [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Armourer [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Commander [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

ERA 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engineer Commander [1]

First Mate [1]

Leading Carpenter's Crew [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Mechanician [1]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Painter 1st Class [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Ship's Corporal 2nd Class [1]

Ships Steward [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sto1cl [1]

Sto2c [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker PO [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [6]

HMS Monmouth [6]

HMS TIGER [5]

HMS BELLEROPHON [4]

HMS Vivid [4]

HMS Ajax [3]

HMS LION [3]

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS Goliath [2]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Indefatigable [2]

HMS New Zealand [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

HMS Thunderer [2]

HMS VALIANT [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

5th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

6th Reserve Cavalry [1]

Amphion [1]

Anson Battalion [1]

Apollo - Noble [1]

Argyll [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Diligence - Noble [1]

Diligence - Noble - 14 days cells [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

Duke of Edinburgh [1]

HM Submarine E36 [1]

HM TB 114 [1]

HMS "Watchman" [1]

HMS Active [1]

HMS Adamant [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Antrim [1]

HMS Arabis [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS Broke [1]

HMS Bulwark [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS Colossus [1]

HMS Cressy [1]

HMS Cumberland [1]

HMS DUBLIN [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1]

HMS Ganges II [1]

HMS Gloucester [1]

Service

Royal Navy [343]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28]

British Army [17]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [48]

H [44]

C [39]

P [39]

S [37]

L [33]

T [33]

W [30]

M [25]

D [22]

A [21]

G [19]

R [17]

F [14]

E [11]

J [11]

K [8]

N [7]

V [6]

O [3]

U [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [365]

Merchant Navy [82]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Germany [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Dartmouth, Devon [372] Dartmouth, Devon, England [83] Clarence Street, Dartmouth, Devon [1] Dartmouth, (Registered Totnes), Devon [1] Dartmouth, Totnes, Devon [1] Dartmouth,Devon [1] Dartmouth,Devon, [1] Dartmouth,Totnes,Devon. [1] Dittisham, Dartmouth, Devon [1] Higher Saint Dartmouth, Devon [1] Kingswear Dartmouth, Devon [1] Loddiswell, Dartmouth, Devon [1] Newcomin Rd, St Petrox, Dartmouth, Devon [1] Saint Clements Dartmouth, Devon [1] Stoke Fleming, Dartmouth, Devon [1] Strete, Dartmouth, Devon [1] Townstal, Dartmouth, Devon [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [14] Private [12] Stoker 1st Class [8] Leading Stoker [7] Boy 1st Class [4] Boy 2nd Class [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [3] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3] Leading Seaman [3] Chief Shipwright [2] Corporal [2] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Gunner [2] Lieutenant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Stoker 1c [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Acting ERA 4th Class [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Boy Domestic [1] Boy Servant [1] Captain [1] Chief Armourer [1] Chief Stoker [1] Commander [1] Cook's Mate [1] ERA 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engineer Commander [1] First Mate [1] Leading Carpenter's Crew [1] Leading Signalman [1] Mechanician [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Painter 1st Class [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Ship's Corporal 2nd Class [1] Ships Steward [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sto1cl [1] Sto2c [1] Stoker [1] Stoker PO [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [6] HMS Monmouth [6] HMS TIGER [5] HMS BELLEROPHON [4] HMS Vivid [4] HMS Ajax [3] HMS LION [3] HMS BULWARK [2] HMS Goliath [2] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Indefatigable [2] HMS New Zealand [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] HMS Thunderer [2] HMS VALIANT [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 5th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] 6th Reserve Cavalry [1] Amphion [1] Anson Battalion [1] Apollo - Noble [1] Argyll [1] Border Regiment [1] Diligence - Noble [1] Diligence - Noble - 14 days cells [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] Duke of Edinburgh [1] HM Submarine E36 [1] HM TB 114 [1] HMS "Watchman" [1] HMS Active [1] HMS Adamant [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Antrim [1] HMS Arabis [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS Broke [1] HMS Bulwark [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS Colossus [1] HMS Cressy [1] HMS Cumberland [1] HMS DUBLIN [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1] HMS Ganges II [1] HMS Gloucester [1]

Service

Royal Navy [343] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28] British Army [17] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [48] H [44] C [39] P [39] S [37] L [33] T [33] W [30] M [25] D [22] A [21] G [19] R [17] F [14] E [11] J [11] K [8] N [7] V [6] O [3] U [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [365] Merchant Navy [82]

Country

United Kingdom [13] Germany [1] India [1]

John Edward Willis Brimicombe

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167109

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George Henry Prowse

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 7715 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army

British Army 7715 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Robert Light

Born 1890

Died 1920

Royal Navy K2544 Leading Stoker HMS Mistley

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Frederick Carder

Born 1893

Died 1917

Royal Navy K34863 Stoker 1st Class HMS Broke

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Alfred Criddle

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2109 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Henry Wellington

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy K21248 Stoker 2nd Class HMS President III

Royal Navy DEV/K/21248 Stoker 2nd Class Anson Battalion

Royal Navy K.21248. Stoker 2nd Class Royal Naval Division Anson Battalion

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Fred Bell

Born 1899

Died 1915

British Army 1171 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st/7th (Cyclist) Battalion (Territorials)

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Thomas Richard Trist Dunning

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236522

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Frank Herman Burridge

Born 1894

Died 1976

Royal Navy K17197 Stoker 1c HMS Hecla - HMS Nicator

Royal Navy K17197 Stoker 1c HMS Woolwich - HMS Nicator paid via HMS Woolwich, depot ship to the 13th Destroyer Flotilla

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William Nicholas Crabb

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245987

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John James Squires

Born 1870

Died 1918

Royal Navy 159526 Leading Stoker HMS Vivid

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Arthur George Edward Barnes

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227394

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Stewart John Aldous

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant 5th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Captain 5th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Louis Eric Torrie

Born 1896

Died 1921

British Army 20437 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 242480 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Elliott Stewart

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284690

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George Hammond Farrar Hill

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 66987 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 66987 Shoeing Smith Royal Field Artillery hq/110th Battalion

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William Robert Blake

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy J3711 Able Seaman

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William Ewart Lock

Born 1899

Died 1921

Royal Navy K55245 Able Seaman HMS Victory

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Robert Frederick Victor Cole

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267160

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Leonard William Bray

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299912

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