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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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People [470] Stories Communities

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]

Cyril Lloyd Jones

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295009

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Charles Wickens

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307402

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William Ernest Moyes

Born 1892

Died 1917

Royal Navy J5979 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J5979 Boy 1st Class HMS Antrim

Royal Navy J5979 Ordinary Seaman HMS King Alfred

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William James Rowe

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS113044 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid

Royal Navy SS113044 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Indefatigable

Royal Navy SS113044 Stoker 1st Class HMS Indefatigable

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William Frederick George Underhay

Born 1881

Died 1914

Royal Navy 195322 Able Seaman

Royal Navy 195322 (PO) Able Seaman HMS Bulwark

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John Efford Beadon

Born 1881

Died 1916

Other Empire Force First Mate Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force First Mate Mercantile Marine - SS 'Lorca' (London)

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Cecil Wilfred Odam

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

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John Cyril Lock

Born 1889

Died 1914

Royal Navy 236925 Leading Stoker HMS Monmouth

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William Walter Frederick Newland

Born 1884

Died 1914

Royal Navy 358523 Mechanician HMS Monmouth

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George Mace

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy J12026

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Frederick Roy Pym

Born 1895

Died 1914

Royal Navy K22232 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Monmouth

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Frederick John Santillo

Born 1873

Died 1915

Royal Navy 269048 Engine Room Artificer 1st Class HMS DUBLIN

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Percy Nicholas Kendall

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy K17321 Stoker 1st Class HMS INDEFATIGABLE

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Charles Gibbs

Born 1878

Died 1916

Royal Navy 356185 Officer's Steward 1st Class HMS Indefatigable

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Reginald Owen Gurowich

Born 1893

Royal Navy K15069

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Percy John Lake

Born 1895

Died 1914

Royal Navy K21996 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Monmouth

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George Light

Born 1888

Royal Navy L5490

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Albert Edward Case

Born 1887

Royal Navy M4436

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Langmead Farrier Pillar

Born 1892

Died 1914

Royal Navy M7582 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Monmouth

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William Charles Brown

Born 1897

Died 1973

Royal Navy J19053 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J19053 Boy 1st Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy J19053 Ordinary Seaman HMS Ajax

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