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Exeter, Devon [1901]

Exeter England [117]

Exeter [116]

Exeter, Devon, England [109]

Exeter South Australia [86]

St Thomas, Exeter, Devon [58]

Topsham, Exeter, Devon [46]

Heavitree, Exeter, Devon [30]

Exeter, Devonshire [18]

Exeter New South Wales [12]

St. Thomas, Exeter [9]

Exminster, Exeter, Devon [8]

Exeter Devon [7]

Exeter, Ontario [6]

Trinity, Exeter, Devon [6]

Alphington, Exeter, Devon [5]

Exeter, England [5]

Dunsford, Exeter, Devon [4]

Heavitree, Exeter [4]

Ide, Exeter, Devon [4]

Starcross, Exeter, Devon [4]

Exeter ON [3]

Exeter Tasmania [3]

Honiton, Exeter, Devon [3]

Newtown, Exeter, Devon [3]

St Matthews, Exeter [3]

Woodbury, Exeter, Devon [3]

Alphington, Exeter [2]

Budleigh Salterton, Exeter, Devon [2]

Crediton, Exeter [2]

Crediton, Exeter, Devon [2]

Cullompton, Exeter, Devon [2]

Exeter Devon [2]

Exminster Exeter [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 Sidwells Exeter [2]

Saint Thomas Exeter [2]

Saint Thomas Exeter, Devon [2]

Shillingford, Exeter [2]

St Mary Major, Exeter, Devon [2]

St thomas Exeter Devon [2]

Thorverton, Exeter, Devon [2]

Torquay, Exeter [2]

Whimple, Exeter, Devon [2]

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

46 Exeter St, Plymouth [1]

Rank

Private [182]

Able Seaman [47]

Stoker 1st Class [40]

Ordinary Seaman [31]

Corporal [24]

Lieutenant [20]

Serjeant [19]

Gunner [18]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Boy 1st Class [17]

Sapper [17]

Leading Stoker [16]

Lance Corporal [14]

Petty Officer [13]

Driver [12]

Boy 2nd Class [11]

Captain [10]

Sergeant [10]

Stoker 2nd Class [9]

Acting Corporal [7]

Leading Seaman [7]

Stoker Petty Officer [7]

Deck Hand [6]

Pioneer [6]

Cook's Mate [5]

Rifleman [5]

Bombardier [4]

Major [4]

Chief Petty Officer [3]

Lieutenant Commander [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]

Commander [2]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Musician [2]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2]

Probationary 2nd Cook's Mate [2]

Reverend [2]

Sick Berth Steward [2]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [85]

Royal Engineers [35]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [31]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [28]

Royal Field Artillery [21]

HMS LION [20]

HMS TIGER [16]

HMS Vivid [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Army Service Corps [11]

HMS Ajax [11]

HMS Impregnable [11]

Somerset Light Infantry [11]

HMS BELLEROPHON [10]

HMS Erin [10]

Royal Air Force [10]

London Regiment [8]

HMS DEFENCE [7]

Labour Corps [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

HMS Vivid I [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Naval Reserve [6]

HMS THUNDERER [5]

HMS VALIANT [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [4]

HMS INVINCIBLE [4]

HMS Monmouth [4]

HMS Vivid II [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

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

West Somerset Yeomanry [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

HMS Agincourt [3]

HMS Duke of Edinburgh [3]

HMS Goliath [3]

HMS MALAYA [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Service

Royal Navy [1629]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [458]

British Army [306]

Australian Imperial Force [220]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [21]

Indian Army [4]

South African Services [4]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [304]

S [289]

C [272]

H [249]

P [212]

W [211]

M [148]

G [134]

L [133]

D [130]

T [116]

R [115]

F [83]

E [73]

A [70]

J [46]

K [41]

N [35]

V [27]

I [16]

O [11]

Y [10]

Q [8]

U [7]

Contribution

Military Service [2576]

Merchant Navy [106]

Country

United Kingdom [172]

Canada [3]

India [3]

South Africa [2]

Barbados [1]

United States [1]

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Exeter, Devon [1901] Exeter England [117] Exeter [116] Exeter, Devon, England [109] Exeter South Australia [86] St Thomas, Exeter, Devon [58] Topsham, Exeter, Devon [46] Heavitree, Exeter, Devon [30] Exeter, Devonshire [18] Exeter New South Wales [12] St. Thomas, Exeter [9] Exminster, Exeter, Devon [8] Exeter Devon [7] Exeter, Ontario [6] Trinity, Exeter, Devon [6] Alphington, Exeter, Devon [5] Exeter, England [5] Dunsford, Exeter, Devon [4] Heavitree, Exeter [4] Ide, Exeter, Devon [4] Starcross, Exeter, Devon [4] Exeter ON [3] Exeter Tasmania [3] Honiton, Exeter, Devon [3] Newtown, Exeter, Devon [3] St Matthews, Exeter [3] Woodbury, Exeter, Devon [3] Alphington, Exeter [2] Budleigh Salterton, Exeter, Devon [2] Crediton, Exeter [2] Crediton, Exeter, Devon [2] Cullompton, Exeter, Devon [2] Exeter Devon [2] Exminster Exeter [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 Sidwells Exeter [2] Saint Thomas Exeter [2] Saint Thomas Exeter, Devon [2] Shillingford, Exeter [2] St Mary Major, Exeter, Devon [2] St thomas Exeter Devon [2] Thorverton, Exeter, Devon [2] Torquay, Exeter [2] Whimple, Exeter, Devon [2] 34 Beaufort Road, Saint Thomas, Exeter, Devon [1] 46 Exeter St, Plymouth [1]

Rank

Private [182] Able Seaman [47] Stoker 1st Class [40] Ordinary Seaman [31] Corporal [24] Lieutenant [20] Serjeant [19] Gunner [18] Second Lieutenant [18] Boy 1st Class [17] Sapper [17] Leading Stoker [16] Lance Corporal [14] Petty Officer [13] Driver [12] Boy 2nd Class [11] Captain [10] Sergeant [10] Stoker 2nd Class [9] Acting Corporal [7] Leading Seaman [7] Stoker Petty Officer [7] Deck Hand [6] Pioneer [6] Cook's Mate [5] Rifleman [5] Bombardier [4] Major [4] Chief Petty Officer [3] Lieutenant Commander [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] Commander [2] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Musician [2] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2] Probationary 2nd Cook's Mate [2] Reverend [2] Sick Berth Steward [2]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [85] Royal Engineers [35] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [31] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [28] Royal Field Artillery [21] HMS LION [20] HMS TIGER [16] HMS Vivid [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Army Service Corps [11] HMS Ajax [11] HMS Impregnable [11] Somerset Light Infantry [11] HMS BELLEROPHON [10] HMS Erin [10] Royal Air Force [10] London Regiment [8] HMS DEFENCE [7] Labour Corps [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] HMS Vivid I [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Naval Reserve [6] HMS THUNDERER [5] HMS VALIANT [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] South Wales Borderers [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Canadian Infantry [4] HMS COLLINGWOOD [4] HMS INVINCIBLE [4] HMS Monmouth [4] HMS Vivid II [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Marine Artillery [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS VALIANT [4] West Somerset Yeomanry [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] Canadian Army Medical Corps [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] HMS Agincourt [3] HMS Duke of Edinburgh [3] HMS Goliath [3] HMS MALAYA [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Service

Royal Navy [1629] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [458] British Army [306] Australian Imperial Force [220] Canadian Expeditionary Force [21] Indian Army [4] South African Services [4] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [304] S [289] C [272] H [249] P [212] W [211] M [148] G [134] L [133] D [130] T [116] R [115] F [83] E [73] A [70] J [46] K [41] N [35] V [27] I [16] O [11] Y [10] Q [8] U [7]

Contribution

Military Service [2576] Merchant Navy [106]

Country

United Kingdom [172] Canada [3] India [3] South Africa [2] Barbados [1] United States [1]

William Phillip Anstey

Born 1875

Died 1933

British Army 2540 Private Devonshire Regiment 4th

British Army 2540 Private Devonshire Regiment 4th

Canadian Expeditionary Force 26161

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William Henry Franklin

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 4338 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alfred Lichigavay Clare

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 7519 Private London Regiment 13th lond Battalion

British Army 493493 Private London Regiment

British Army 493493 Private London Regiment 13th (County of London) Battalion

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Percy Fricker Allen

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 8557 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 8557 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frederick Cornelius White

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 535265 Private London Regiment

British Army 535265 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Thomas Foster

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 8465 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 8465 Lance Corporal Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Osborne

Born 1878

Died 1974

British Army 24816 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 474402 Private Labour Corps

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Arthur Charles Carpenter

Died 1916

British Army 9147 Lance Corporal Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Thomas James Willcox

Died 1916

British Army R4/140696 Private Army Service Corps

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Walter Thomas Wills

Born 1891

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 40275

Canadian Expeditionary Force 40275 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery

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Arthur Whitton

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 1673 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd/7th (Cyclist) Bn

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Henry Frank Denham

Born 1879

Died 1916

Royal Navy 193997 Able Seaman HMS Valiant (RFR Dev. B.1221).

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Ernest Edward Lethby

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army G/50159 Private Middlesex Regiment

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John Leonard Veitch

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army Captain Devonshire Regiment

British Army Major Devonshire Regiment

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Sefton Francis Bastin

Born 1895

Died 1986

British Army 309 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 865037 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery Transport

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Robert Stanley Lang

Born 1885

British Army British Red CrosShoeing Smithciety

British Army 399058 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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William George Gallin

Born 1893

Died 1985

Royal Navy 15290 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/15290 Private HMS Colossus

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Walter Frederick James Carr

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 9150 Drummer Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 9150 Drummer Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Albert Ernest Heard

Died 1918

British Army 44529 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 43332 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Reginald Wilson

Born 1900

Died 1915

British Army 3/7006 Private Devonshire Regiment

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