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Exeter, Devon [1901]

Exeter, Devon, England [109]

St Thomas, Exeter, Devon [58]

Topsham, Exeter, Devon [46]

Heavitree, Exeter, Devon [30]

Exminster, Exeter, Devon [8]

Exeter Devon [7]

Trinity, Exeter, Devon [6]

Alphington, Exeter, Devon [5]

Dunsford, Exeter, Devon [4]

Ide, Exeter, Devon [4]

Starcross, Exeter, Devon [4]

Woodbury, Exeter, Devon [4]

Honiton, Exeter, Devon [3]

Newtown, Exeter, Devon [3]

Whimple, Exeter, Devon [3]

Budleigh Salterton, Exeter, Devon [2]

Crediton, Exeter, Devon [2]

Cullompton, Exeter, Devon [2]

Exeter Devon [2]

Kenton, Exeter, Devon [2]

Near Exeter, Devon [2]

Newton St Cyres, Exeter, Devon [2]

Poltimore, Exeter, Devon [2]

Saint Davids Exeter, Devon [2]

Saint Thomas Exeter, Devon [2]

Sowton, Exeter, Devon [2]

St Mary Major, Exeter, Devon [2]

St Mary's Steps, Exeter, Devon [2]

St thomas Exeter Devon [2]

Thorverton, Exeter, Devon [2]

Topsham, Exeter, devon [2]

Wonford, Exeter, Devon [2]

34 Beaufort Road, Saint Thomas, Exeter, Devon [1]

Axminster, Exeter, Devon [1]

Barnfield House, Exeter, Devon [1]

Bishopsteignton, Exeter, Devon [1]

Bow, Exeter, Devon [1]

Brampford Speke, Exeter, Devon [1]

Branscombe, Exeter, Devon [1]

Broadclyst Exeter, Devon [1]

Broadclyst, Exeter, Devon [1]

Chawleigh, Exeter, Devon [1]

Cheriton Bishop, Exeter, Devon [1]

Christow, Exeter, Devon [1]

Chudleigh, Exeter, Devon [1]

Darlwood,Axminster,Exeter,Devon. [1]

Exe Island, Exeter, Devon [1]

Exeter St. Thomas, Devon [1]

Exeter, Devon, [1]

Rank

Private [122]

Able Seaman [44]

Stoker 1st Class [40]

Ordinary Seaman [31]

Corporal [18]

Boy 1st Class [17]

Leading Stoker [16]

Lieutenant [16]

Serjeant [16]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Petty Officer [13]

Gunner [12]

Boy 2nd Class [10]

Lance Corporal [10]

Sapper [10]

Stoker 2nd Class [9]

Captain [8]

Driver [8]

Leading Seaman [7]

Stoker Petty Officer [7]

Deck Hand [6]

Pioneer [6]

Sergeant [6]

Cook's Mate [5]

Rifleman [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Bombardier [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Major [3]

Midshipman [3]

Officer's Cook 1st Class [3]

Officer’s Steward 3rd Class [3]

Petty Officer Stoker [3]

Stoker [3]

2nd Corporal [2]

3rd Writer [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Boy [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Commander [2]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2]

Probationary 2nd Cook's Mate [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2/Lt [1]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [60]

Royal Engineers [28]

HMS LION [20]

HMS TIGER [16]

Royal Field Artillery [16]

HMS Vivid [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

HMS Ajax [11]

HMS Impregnable [11]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [11]

HMS BELLEROPHON [10]

HMS Erin [10]

Somerset Light Infantry [10]

Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

HMS DEFENCE [7]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

HMS Vivid I [6]

Labour Corps [6]

Royal Naval Reserve [6]

HMS INVINCIBLE [5]

HMS THUNDERER [5]

HMS VALIANT [5]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [4]

HMS MALAYA [4]

HMS Monmouth [4]

HMS Vivid II [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS VALIANT [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

West Somerset Yeomanry [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

HMS Agincourt [3]

HMS Benbow [3]

HMS Defender [3]

HMS Duke of Edinburgh [3]

HMS Goliath [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [3]

HMS Indefatigable [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1520]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [456]

British Army [210]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Indian Army [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

South African Services [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [251]

B [250]

C [241]

H [213]

P [174]

W [158]

M [121]

L [116]

D [108]

G [105]

T [102]

R [97]

F [70]

E [61]

A [60]

K [38]

J [37]

N [30]

V [24]

I [14]

Y [8]

O [7]

Q [7]

U [6]

Contribution

Military Service [2149]

Merchant Navy [106]

Country

United Kingdom [142]

India [2]

South Africa [2]

Barbados [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Exeter, Devon [1901] Exeter, Devon, England [109] St Thomas, Exeter, Devon [58] Topsham, Exeter, Devon [46] Heavitree, Exeter, Devon [30] Exminster, Exeter, Devon [8] Exeter Devon [7] Trinity, Exeter, Devon [6] Alphington, Exeter, Devon [5] Dunsford, Exeter, Devon [4] Ide, Exeter, Devon [4] Starcross, Exeter, Devon [4] Woodbury, Exeter, Devon [4] Honiton, Exeter, Devon [3] Newtown, Exeter, Devon [3] Whimple, Exeter, Devon [3] Budleigh Salterton, Exeter, Devon [2] Crediton, Exeter, Devon [2] Cullompton, Exeter, Devon [2] Exeter Devon [2] Kenton, Exeter, Devon [2] Near Exeter, Devon [2] Newton St Cyres, Exeter, Devon [2] Poltimore, Exeter, Devon [2] Saint Davids Exeter, Devon [2] Saint Thomas Exeter, Devon [2] Sowton, Exeter, Devon [2] St Mary Major, Exeter, Devon [2] St Mary's Steps, Exeter, Devon [2] St thomas Exeter Devon [2] Thorverton, Exeter, Devon [2] Topsham, Exeter, devon [2] Wonford, Exeter, Devon [2] 34 Beaufort Road, Saint Thomas, Exeter, Devon [1] Axminster, Exeter, Devon [1] Barnfield House, Exeter, Devon [1] Bishopsteignton, Exeter, Devon [1] Bow, Exeter, Devon [1] Brampford Speke, Exeter, Devon [1] Branscombe, Exeter, Devon [1] Broadclyst Exeter, Devon [1] Broadclyst, Exeter, Devon [1] Chawleigh, Exeter, Devon [1] Cheriton Bishop, Exeter, Devon [1] Christow, Exeter, Devon [1] Chudleigh, Exeter, Devon [1] Darlwood,Axminster,Exeter,Devon. [1] Exe Island, Exeter, Devon [1] Exeter St. Thomas, Devon [1] Exeter, Devon, [1]

Rank

Private [122] Able Seaman [44] Stoker 1st Class [40] Ordinary Seaman [31] Corporal [18] Boy 1st Class [17] Leading Stoker [16] Lieutenant [16] Serjeant [16] Second Lieutenant [14] Petty Officer [13] Gunner [12] Boy 2nd Class [10] Lance Corporal [10] Sapper [10] Stoker 2nd Class [9] Captain [8] Driver [8] Leading Seaman [7] Stoker Petty Officer [7] Deck Hand [6] Pioneer [6] Sergeant [6] Cook's Mate [5] Rifleman [5] Acting Corporal [3] Bombardier [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Major [3] Midshipman [3] Officer's Cook 1st Class [3] Officer’s Steward 3rd Class [3] Petty Officer Stoker [3] Stoker [3] 2nd Corporal [2] 3rd Writer [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Boy [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Commander [2] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2] Probationary 2nd Cook's Mate [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2/Lt [1] 2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [60] Royal Engineers [28] HMS LION [20] HMS TIGER [16] Royal Field Artillery [16] HMS Vivid [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] HMS Ajax [11] HMS Impregnable [11] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [11] HMS BELLEROPHON [10] HMS Erin [10] Somerset Light Infantry [10] Army Service Corps [8] Royal Air Force [8] HMS DEFENCE [7] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] HMS Vivid I [6] Labour Corps [6] Royal Naval Reserve [6] HMS INVINCIBLE [5] HMS THUNDERER [5] HMS VALIANT [5] London Regiment [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] HMS COLLINGWOOD [4] HMS MALAYA [4] HMS Monmouth [4] HMS Vivid II [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS VALIANT [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] West Somerset Yeomanry [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] HMS Agincourt [3] HMS Benbow [3] HMS Defender [3] HMS Duke of Edinburgh [3] HMS Goliath [3] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [3] HMS Indefatigable [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1520] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [456] British Army [210] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Indian Army [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] South African Services [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [251] B [250] C [241] H [213] P [174] W [158] M [121] L [116] D [108] G [105] T [102] R [97] F [70] E [61] A [60] K [38] J [37] N [30] V [24] I [14] Y [8] O [7] Q [7] U [6]

Contribution

Military Service [2149] Merchant Navy [106]

Country

United Kingdom [142] India [2] South Africa [2] Barbados [1] United States [1]

Eddy Elias Underhill

Born 1887

Died 1975

British Army 23954 Corporal Devonshire Regiment

British Army 70435 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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Fred Coombes

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 24718 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Christopher John Newman

Born 1883

Died 1917

Royal Navy K39050

Royal Navy K/39050 Stoker, 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

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Victor Thomas Truman

Born 1887

Died 1951

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232670

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232670 Air Mechanic Cranfield

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William Henry Franklin

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 4338 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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James Frank Griffin

Born 1892

Died 1920

British Army 11482 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army Guardsman Coldstream Guards

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Charles Percy Attwood

Born 1885

Died 1968

British Army 452558 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 971 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 452558 Sapper R.E. Signal L. Signal Battalion

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Robert John Webber

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 10532 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Percy Alford

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 56651 Private Hampshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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Albert Charles Mingo

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 5683 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 242042 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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William Grimes

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 514024 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers 494th Field Coy

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John Thomas Chard

Born 1874

Died 1914

Royal Navy PLY/5971 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth

Royal Navy PLY*5971 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: HMS Talbot

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Noel Conway Carter

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 1549 Captain South Africa Division

South African Services 1549 Corporal 2nd South African Horse

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Arthur James Needs

Born 1885

Died 1952

British Army 457456 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Thomas Edwin Welch

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296705

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Walter James Crossman

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208072

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Francis Michael Redmond

Born 1875

Died 1958

British Army DM2/112155 Serjeant Army Service Corps attached Siege Battery

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William Lewis

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260097

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Albert Coles

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196449

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Herbert Knowles

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206349

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