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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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Place of birth

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]

Richard James Needs

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 24681 Private Devonshire Regiment

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George William Slack

Born 1881

British Army 5977 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 91985 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Cecil Parr

Born 1884

Died 1914

Royal Navy 10884 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division HMS Good Hope

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Rowland Woosley Adams

Born 1894

Died 1921

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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Sidney Lemon

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 301396 Private Durham Light Infantry 2nd/8th Battalion

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Albert Edward Thomas Burridge

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army T1/3257 Driver Army Service Corps

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George Samuel Glyde

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 305543 Private Tank Battalion Tank Corps

British Army 305543 Private Tank Corps 5th Battalion

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Henry Louis Selley

Born 1876

Died 1921

British Army 1850599 Musician Royal Engineers R.E. Band

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Wilfred Aggett

Born 1895

Died 1956

Royal Navy M10134

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Alfred James Webber

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 514025 Corporal Royal Engineers 571st Works Company

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Arthur Richard Petherick

Born 1898

Died 1977

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60879

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William John Copland

Born 1883

Died 1914

Royal Navy 271454

Royal Navy 271454 Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class HM Submarine D5

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Herbert Augustine Carter

Born 1874

Died 1916

Indian Army Major 101st Indian Grenadiers, attached 40th Pathans

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Helen Isabella Court

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy G2405 Steward Women's Royal Naval Service

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William Henry Boucher

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 2952 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 301923 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 301923 Rifleman London Regiment 1/5 lond Battalion

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Thomas Harold Carling Bissett

Born 1885

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654123

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654123 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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William Hedley Iremonger

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 21796 Private Somerset Light Infantry 6th Battalion

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Harold Frank Williams

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 5404 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372716 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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James William Pope

Born 1879

Died 1921

Royal Navy 291747 Stoker 1st Class HMS Vivid

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Albert Edward Puddicombe

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 61181 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 508071 Private Royal Engineers

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