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Devonport, Devon [3155]

Devonport, Devon, England [179]

Stoke, Devonport, Devon [42]

Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Devon [18]

Stoke Devonport, Devon [16]

Morice Town, Devonport, Devon [11]

Keyham, Devonport, Devon [7]

Devonport, Plymouth, Devon [6]

Ford, Devonport, Devon [6]

Devonport Devon [4]

Saint Aubyn Devonport, Devon [4]

Saint Pauls Devonport, Devon [4]

Tamar Devonport, Devon [4]

Ford Devonport, Devon [3]

Saint James Devonport, Devon [2]

St Budeaux, Devonport, Devon [2]

Weston Mill Devonport, Devon [2]

1 Keppel St, Devonport, Devon [1]

19 Pasley St, Devonport, Devon [1]

Devonport, Devon England [1]

Devonport, now part of Plymouth, Devon [1]

Devonport,Stoke Damerel,Devon. [1]

Keyham Barton Devonport, Devon [1]

Saint Aubin, Devonport, Devon [1]

Saint Aubyn's Devonport, Devon [1]

Saint Aubyn, Devonport, Devon [1]

Saint Aubyns Devonport, Devon [1]

Saint John's Devonport, Devon [1]

Saint Johns Devonport, Devon [1]

Saint Johns, Devonport, Devon [1]

Saint Judes Devonport, Devon [1]

Saint Marks Devonport, Devon [1]

Saint Mary's Devonport, Devon [1]

Saint Paul Devonport, Devon [1]

Saint Stephens Devonport, Devon [1]

St Aubyne, Devonport, Devon [1]

St John's, Devonport, Devon [1]

St Mary's, Devonport, Devon [1]

St Michaels, Devonport, Devon [1]

St Paul's, Devonport, Devon [1]

St Thomas, Devonport, Devon [1]

Stoke Damerel Devonport, Devon [1]

Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon [1]

Stoke Demeral (Devonport), Devon [1]

Stoke Devonport, Devon, Devonshire [1]

Stokes Devonport, Devon [1]

Stone Devonport, Devon [1]

Stonehouse, Devonport, Devon [1]

The Female Hospital, Raglan Barracks, Devonport, Devon [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [63]

Stoker 1st Class [51]

Private [23]

Leading Seaman [19]

Boy 1st Class [18]

Ordinary Seaman [18]

Petty Officer [18]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [16]

Shipwright 1st Class [15]

Leading Stoker [13]

Stoker Petty Officer [12]

Stoker 2nd Class [11]

Boy 2nd Class [10]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [10]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [10]

Shipwright 2nd Class [9]

Ship's Steward's Assistant [8]

Corporal [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Cook's Mate [6]

Petty Officer Stoker [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Captain [5]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [5]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [5]

Painter 1st Class [5]

Artificer Engineer [4]

Boy Shipwright [4]

Bugler [4]

Chief Armourer [4]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [4]

Serjeant [4]

2nd Cook's Mate [3]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Blacksmith [3]

Chief Electrical Artificer 1st Class [3]

Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [3]

Chief Shipwright [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Leading Cook's Mate [3]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [3]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [3]

Probationary 2nd Cook's Mate [3]

Ship's Steward [3]

Stoker [3]

Armourer [2]

Boy [2]

Carpenter [2]

Carpenter's Crew [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [2]

Unit

HMS LION [35]

HMS TIGER [25]

HMS THUNDERER [21]

HMS Vivid [19]

HMS BELLEROPHON [18]

HMS VALIANT [16]

HMS Monmouth [15]

HMS Ajax [14]

HMS Erin [14]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [13]

HMS Vivid II [13]

HMS BENBOW [11]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [10]

HMS Goliath [9]

HMS Impregnable [9]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [8]

HMS Defence [8]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8]

HMS Marlborough [7]

HMS Colossus [6]

HMS DEFENCE [6]

HMS Vivid I [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Air Service [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

HMS Active [4]

HMS Duke of Edinburgh [4]

HMS Indefatigable [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Devonport Yard [3]

HMS Collingwood [3]

HMS DUBLIN [3]

HMS Defiance [3]

HMS INDOMITABLE [3]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

HMS Orion [3]

HMS Warrior [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Various HM Ships and Establishments [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS Asia [2]

HMS Benbow [2]

HMS Britannia [2]

HMS Conqueror [2]

HMS Egmont [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

Service

Royal Navy [2998]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [270]

British Army [60]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [425]

S [323]

H [311]

C [296]

W [282]

P [243]

M [241]

T [177]

R [163]

L [161]

D [152]

G [135]

F [100]

A [89]

J [87]

E [75]

K [73]

N [63]

O [43]

V [35]

Y [13]

Q [6]

I [3]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3230]

Merchant Navy [176]

Country

United Kingdom [81]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

Ireland [1]

Jamaica [1]

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Place of birth

Devonport, Devon [3155] Devonport, Devon, England [179] Stoke, Devonport, Devon [42] Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Devon [18] Stoke Devonport, Devon [16] Morice Town, Devonport, Devon [11] Keyham, Devonport, Devon [7] Devonport, Plymouth, Devon [6] Ford, Devonport, Devon [6] Devonport Devon [4] Saint Aubyn Devonport, Devon [4] Saint Pauls Devonport, Devon [4] Tamar Devonport, Devon [4] Ford Devonport, Devon [3] Saint James Devonport, Devon [2] St Budeaux, Devonport, Devon [2] Weston Mill Devonport, Devon [2] 1 Keppel St, Devonport, Devon [1] 19 Pasley St, Devonport, Devon [1] Devonport, Devon England [1] Devonport, now part of Plymouth, Devon [1] Devonport,Stoke Damerel,Devon. [1] Keyham Barton Devonport, Devon [1] Saint Aubin, Devonport, Devon [1] Saint Aubyn's Devonport, Devon [1] Saint Aubyn, Devonport, Devon [1] Saint Aubyns Devonport, Devon [1] Saint John's Devonport, Devon [1] Saint Johns Devonport, Devon [1] Saint Johns, Devonport, Devon [1] Saint Judes Devonport, Devon [1] Saint Marks Devonport, Devon [1] Saint Mary's Devonport, Devon [1] Saint Paul Devonport, Devon [1] Saint Stephens Devonport, Devon [1] St Aubyne, Devonport, Devon [1] St John's, Devonport, Devon [1] St Mary's, Devonport, Devon [1] St Michaels, Devonport, Devon [1] St Paul's, Devonport, Devon [1] St Thomas, Devonport, Devon [1] Stoke Damerel Devonport, Devon [1] Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon [1] Stoke Demeral (Devonport), Devon [1] Stoke Devonport, Devon, Devonshire [1] Stokes Devonport, Devon [1] Stone Devonport, Devon [1] Stonehouse, Devonport, Devon [1] The Female Hospital, Raglan Barracks, Devonport, Devon [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [63] Stoker 1st Class [51] Private [23] Leading Seaman [19] Boy 1st Class [18] Ordinary Seaman [18] Petty Officer [18] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [16] Shipwright 1st Class [15] Leading Stoker [13] Stoker Petty Officer [12] Stoker 2nd Class [11] Boy 2nd Class [10] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [10] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [10] Shipwright 2nd Class [9] Ship's Steward's Assistant [8] Corporal [7] Lieutenant [7] Cook's Mate [6] Petty Officer Stoker [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Captain [5] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [5] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [5] Painter 1st Class [5] Artificer Engineer [4] Boy Shipwright [4] Bugler [4] Chief Armourer [4] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [4] Serjeant [4] 2nd Cook's Mate [3] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Blacksmith [3] Chief Electrical Artificer 1st Class [3] Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [3] Chief Shipwright [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Leading Cook's Mate [3] Officer's Steward 1st Class [3] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [3] Probationary 2nd Cook's Mate [3] Ship's Steward [3] Stoker [3] Armourer [2] Boy [2] Carpenter [2] Carpenter's Crew [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer [2]

Unit

HMS LION [35] HMS TIGER [25] HMS THUNDERER [21] HMS Vivid [19] HMS BELLEROPHON [18] HMS VALIANT [16] HMS Monmouth [15] HMS Ajax [14] HMS Erin [14] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [13] HMS Vivid II [13] HMS BENBOW [11] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [10] HMS Goliath [9] HMS Impregnable [9] HMS COLLINGWOOD [8] HMS Defence [8] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8] HMS Marlborough [7] HMS Colossus [6] HMS DEFENCE [6] HMS Vivid I [6] Royal Air Force [6] Devonshire Regiment [5] Royal Naval Air Service [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] HMS Active [4] HMS Duke of Edinburgh [4] HMS Indefatigable [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Devonport Yard [3] HMS Collingwood [3] HMS DUBLIN [3] HMS Defiance [3] HMS INDOMITABLE [3] HMS NEPTUNE [3] HMS Orion [3] HMS Warrior [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Various HM Ships and Establishments [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS Asia [2] HMS Benbow [2] HMS Britannia [2] HMS Conqueror [2] HMS Egmont [2] HMS Good Hope [2]

Service

Royal Navy [2998] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [270] British Army [60] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [425] S [323] H [311] C [296] W [282] P [243] M [241] T [177] R [163] L [161] D [152] G [135] F [100] A [89] J [87] E [75] K [73] N [63] O [43] V [35] Y [13] Q [6] I [3] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3230] Merchant Navy [176]

Country

United Kingdom [81] Canada [1] Germany [1] Ireland [1] Jamaica [1]

Marrack Sennett

Born 1865

Died 1935

Royal Navy Acting Assistant Engineer HMS Asia

Royal Navy Acting Assistant Engineer HMS President

Royal Navy Assistant Engineer HMS President

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Thomas William Morris

Born 1894

Died 1979

British Army 3485 Private Welsh Guards

British Army 3485 Private / Lance Corporal Welsh Guards 1st

British Army 3950715 Private Welsh Regiment 6th (Glamorgan)

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Joseph Alfred Hannaford

Born 1889

Died 1914

Royal Navy 365834 Officer's Steward 2nd Class HMS Monmouth

Royal Navy 365834 Various HM Ships and Establishments

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Douglas Marrack Southwood

Born 1894

Died 1971

Royal Navy M4537 Provisional 2nd Class Cook's Mate HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy M4537 2nd Class Cook's Mate HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy M4537 2nd Class Cook's Mate HMS Theseus

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Charles Darbon

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army 5858 Company Serjeant Major South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 5858 Warrant Officer Class 2 South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 5858 Colour Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Arthur Thomas Trethewy

Born 1875

Died 1943

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain 110th Overseas Battalion

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Fredrick John Williams

Born 1885

Died 1916

Royal Navy 223977 Able Seaman HMS LION

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Hubert Donnithorne Bickle

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy M5200 Electrical Artificer 3rd Class HMS DEFENCE

Royal Navy M5200 Electrical Artificer 3rd Class HMS Defence

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John Henry Bell

Born 1878

Died 1921

Royal Navy Acting Warrant Victualling Officer H.M.S. "Queen Elizabeth"

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William Henry Grundy

Born 1868

Died 1915

Royal Navy 145545 Chief Armourer HMS Goliath

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Alphaeus Ball

Born 1895

Died 1981

Royal Navy M21617 Blacksmith 4th Class

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Percy Bartlett Oliver

Born 1892

Died 1974

Canadian Expeditionary Force 334565 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 63rd Depot Battery

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Alfred Edgar Dart

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 16768 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Albert Frederick William Semmens

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 30111 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Margaret Edith Basford

Born 1895

Died 1970

British Army VAD British Red Cross Society Fargo Military Hospital, Salisbury Plain

British Army VAD Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service No 4 General Hospital, France

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Robert Heath Knight

Born 1869

Died 1940

Royal Navy 131132 Domestic 3rd Class HMS Asia

Royal Navy 131132 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Asia

Royal Navy 131132 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Jumna

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Alfred Charles De Gruchy

Born 1900

Died 1960

Royal Navy M7909 Shipfitter Class II

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John Charles Richard Blampey

Born 1881

Died 1916

Royal Navy Artificer Engineer HMS Genista

Royal Navy 270820 Artificer Engineer Various HM Ships and Establishments

Royal Navy 270820 Artificer Engineer Various HM Ships and Establishments

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Frederick James Allison

Born 1894

Died 1951

Royal Navy M2190

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William John Blackwood

Born 1885

Died 1917

Royal Navy 213650

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Mary Rose

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