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Devonport, Devon [3155]

Devonport Tasmania [289]

Devonport [249]

Devonport, Devon, England [179]

Devonport England [57]

Stoke, Devonport, Devon [42]

Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Devon [18]

Devonport Tas Tasmania [16]

Stoke Devonport, Devon [16]

Devonport, Devonshire [14]

Stoke Devonport [12]

Morice Town, Devonport, Devon [11]

Morice Town, Devonport [9]

Stoke, Devonport [9]

Morice Town Devonport [8]

Keyham, Devonport, Devon [7]

Stoke Damerel, Devonport [7]

Devonport, Plymouth, Devon [6]

Ford, Devonport, Devon [6]

Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Plymouth [6]

Saint Aubyn Devonport [5]

Devonport Devon [4]

East Devonport Tasmania [4]

Saint Aubyn Devonport, Devon [4]

Saint James Devonport [4]

Saint Pauls Devonport, Devon [4]

Tamar Devonport, Devon [4]

Devonport East Tasmania [3]

Devonport, Tasmania [3]

Ford Devonport, Devon [3]

Ford, Devonport [3]

Plymouth Devonport [3]

Saint Johns Devonport [3]

Stoke Damerel Devonport [3]

Tamar, Devonport [3]

West Devonport Tasmania [3]

Devonport Auckland [2]

Devonport Greenwich [2]

Devonport, Devonport [2]

Devonport, England [2]

Saint James Devonport, Devon [2]

St Budeaux, Devonport, Devon [2]

Weston Mill Devonport, Devon [2]

1 Keppel St, Devonport, Devon [1]

18 Fort St, Devonport [1]

19 Pasley St, Devonport, Devon [1]

21 Moon St Moricetown Stoke Dameral Devonport [1]

8 Duncan Street Devonport [1]

9 Haddington Rd, Devonport [1]

90 Hotham Place, Stoke, Devonport [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [67]

Stoker 1st Class [55]

Private [53]

Leading Seaman [20]

Petty Officer [19]

Boy 1st Class [18]

Ordinary Seaman [18]

Shipwright 1st Class [18]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [17]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [14]

Stoker 2nd Class [14]

Leading Stoker [13]

Stoker Petty Officer [13]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [11]

Lieutenant [11]

Boy 2nd Class [10]

Captain [9]

Corporal [9]

Shipwright 2nd Class [9]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Serjeant [8]

Ship's Steward's Assistant [8]

Bugler [7]

Cook's Mate [7]

Petty Officer Stoker [6]

Sick Berth Steward [6]

Artificer Engineer [5]

Chief Armourer [5]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [5]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [5]

Chief Stoker [5]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Painter 1st Class [5]

Ship's Steward [5]

Boy Shipwright [4]

2nd Cook's Mate [3]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Armourer [3]

Blacksmith [3]

Chief Electrical Artificer 1st Class [3]

Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [3]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [3]

Chief Shipwright [3]

Chief Writer [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Leading Cook's Mate [3]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [3]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [3]

Unit

HMS LION [36]

HMS TIGER [27]

HMS THUNDERER [21]

HMS Vivid [20]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [20]

HMS BELLEROPHON [19]

HMS Monmouth [19]

HMS VALIANT [18]

HMS Ajax [17]

HMS Erin [15]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [15]

HMS Vivid II [15]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [15]

HMS Goliath [13]

HMS BENBOW [11]

Devonshire Regiment [10]

HMS Defence [9]

HMS Impregnable [9]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [7]

HMS Marlborough [7]

Royal Naval Reserve [7]

HMS Indefatigable [6]

HMS Vivid I [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5]

HMS Colossus [5]

HMS DEFENCE [5]

HMS Lion [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Royal Naval Air Service [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

HMS Active [4]

HMS Duke of Edinburgh [4]

HMS Pegasus [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Devonport Yard [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

HMS Agincourt [3]

HMS Britannia [3]

HMS DUBLIN [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS INDOMITABLE [3]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

HMS Orion [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

HMS Warrior [3]

HMS Warspite [3]

Service

Royal Navy [3319]

Australian Imperial Force [378]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [270]

British Army [111]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [518]

S [399]

H [388]

C [353]

W [329]

M [302]

P [275]

L [214]

T [205]

R [198]

D [181]

G [164]

F [132]

A [115]

J [110]

E [96]

K [83]

N [77]

O [51]

V [38]

Y [13]

Q [8]

I [6]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3955]

Merchant Navy [179]

Country

United Kingdom [109]

New Zealand [3]

Australia [2]

Malta [2]

Bermuda [1]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

Ireland [1]

Jamaica [1]

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Devonport, Devon [3155] Devonport Tasmania [289] Devonport [249] Devonport, Devon, England [179] Devonport England [57] Stoke, Devonport, Devon [42] Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Devon [18] Devonport Tas Tasmania [16] Stoke Devonport, Devon [16] Devonport, Devonshire [14] Stoke Devonport [12] Morice Town, Devonport, Devon [11] Morice Town, Devonport [9] Stoke, Devonport [9] Morice Town Devonport [8] Keyham, Devonport, Devon [7] Stoke Damerel, Devonport [7] Devonport, Plymouth, Devon [6] Ford, Devonport, Devon [6] Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Plymouth [6] Saint Aubyn Devonport [5] Devonport Devon [4] East Devonport Tasmania [4] Saint Aubyn Devonport, Devon [4] Saint James Devonport [4] Saint Pauls Devonport, Devon [4] Tamar Devonport, Devon [4] Devonport East Tasmania [3] Devonport, Tasmania [3] Ford Devonport, Devon [3] Ford, Devonport [3] Plymouth Devonport [3] Saint Johns Devonport [3] Stoke Damerel Devonport [3] Tamar, Devonport [3] West Devonport Tasmania [3] Devonport Auckland [2] Devonport Greenwich [2] Devonport, Devonport [2] Devonport, England [2] Saint James Devonport, Devon [2] St Budeaux, Devonport, Devon [2] Weston Mill Devonport, Devon [2] 1 Keppel St, Devonport, Devon [1] 18 Fort St, Devonport [1] 19 Pasley St, Devonport, Devon [1] 21 Moon St Moricetown Stoke Dameral Devonport [1] 8 Duncan Street Devonport [1] 9 Haddington Rd, Devonport [1] 90 Hotham Place, Stoke, Devonport [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [67] Stoker 1st Class [55] Private [53] Leading Seaman [20] Petty Officer [19] Boy 1st Class [18] Ordinary Seaman [18] Shipwright 1st Class [18] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [17] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [14] Stoker 2nd Class [14] Leading Stoker [13] Stoker Petty Officer [13] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [11] Lieutenant [11] Boy 2nd Class [10] Captain [9] Corporal [9] Shipwright 2nd Class [9] Second Lieutenant [8] Serjeant [8] Ship's Steward's Assistant [8] Bugler [7] Cook's Mate [7] Petty Officer Stoker [6] Sick Berth Steward [6] Artificer Engineer [5] Chief Armourer [5] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [5] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [5] Chief Stoker [5] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [5] Lance Corporal [5] Painter 1st Class [5] Ship's Steward [5] Boy Shipwright [4] 2nd Cook's Mate [3] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Armourer [3] Blacksmith [3] Chief Electrical Artificer 1st Class [3] Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [3] Chief Engine Room Artificer [3] Chief Shipwright [3] Chief Writer [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [3] Leading Cook's Mate [3] Officer's Steward 1st Class [3] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [3]

Unit

HMS LION [36] HMS TIGER [27] HMS THUNDERER [21] HMS Vivid [20] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [20] HMS BELLEROPHON [19] HMS Monmouth [19] HMS VALIANT [18] HMS Ajax [17] HMS Erin [15] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [15] HMS Vivid II [15] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [15] HMS Goliath [13] HMS BENBOW [11] Devonshire Regiment [10] HMS Defence [9] HMS Impregnable [9] HMS COLLINGWOOD [7] HMS Marlborough [7] Royal Naval Reserve [7] HMS Indefatigable [6] HMS Vivid I [6] Royal Air Force [6] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5] HMS Colossus [5] HMS DEFENCE [5] HMS Lion [5] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Royal Naval Air Service [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] HMS Active [4] HMS Duke of Edinburgh [4] HMS Pegasus [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Devonport Yard [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] HMS Agincourt [3] HMS Britannia [3] HMS DUBLIN [3] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS INDOMITABLE [3] HMS NEPTUNE [3] HMS Orion [3] HMS Vanguard [3] HMS Warrior [3] HMS Warspite [3]

Service

Royal Navy [3319] Australian Imperial Force [378] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [270] British Army [111] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [518] S [399] H [388] C [353] W [329] M [302] P [275] L [214] T [205] R [198] D [181] G [164] F [132] A [115] J [110] E [96] K [83] N [77] O [51] V [38] Y [13] Q [8] I [6] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3955] Merchant Navy [179]

Country

United Kingdom [109] New Zealand [3] Australia [2] Malta [2] Bermuda [1] 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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Arthur Martin Cowd

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplains Department

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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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Alexander Croom Cardno

Born 1890

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12/327 Sergeant New Zealand Machine Gun Corps 2 Company

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John Alfred Edward Alison

Born 1891

Died 1966

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 13/2153 Trooper

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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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Harold Alexander Alison

Born 1892

Died 1967

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 24862

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 24862 Trooper NZ Mounted Rifles

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Thomas Alfred Wing

Born 1882

Died 1917

Royal Navy 5118 2nd Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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John Olver

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 6775 Private London Regiment

British Army 323574 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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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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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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