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Exmouth, Devon [284]

Exmouth, Devon, England [40]

Littleham, Exmouth, Devon [10]

Exmouth, St Thomas, Devon [4]

Lympstone, Exmouth, Devon [3]

Budleigh Salterton, Exmouth, Devon [2]

Withycombe Raleigh, Exmouth, Devon [2]

Exmouth Devon [1]

Exmouth St. Thomas Devon [1]

Exmouth, Exeter, Devon [1]

Exmouth,Devon [1]

Litteham, Exmouth, Devon [1]

Littleham-cum-Exmouth, Devon [1]

New Street, Withycombe Raleigh Exmouth, Devon [1]

St Thomas District, Exmouth, Devon, England [1]

St. Thomas, Exmouth, Devon [1]

St.Thomas,Exmouth,Exeter,Devon. [1]

Stanley Lodge, Exmouth, Devon [1]

Withycombe Raleigh, Nr Exmouth, Devon [1]

Withycombe, Exmouth, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [15]

Able Seaman [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Corporal [4]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Captain [2]

Gunner [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Midshipman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Serjeant [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Cadet [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chief Armourer [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Sick Berth Steward [1]

Chief Steward 2nd Class [1]

Commander [1]

Commander (Retd) [1]

Corporal Sadler [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

L/Cpl [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Major [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Sapper [1]

Seaman [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Engineer [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

HMS Goliath [3]

HMS THUNDERER [3]

HMS TIGER [3]

HMS VALIANT [3]

HMS DEFENCE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

12th Lancers [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

H.M.S. "Prize." [1]

HMS Bellerophon [1]

HMS Carnarvon [1]

HMS Dominion [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS NEW ZEALAND [1]

HMS NOTTINGHAM [1]

HMS PORPOISE [1]

HMS Temeraire [1]

HMS Vivid [1]

HMS Wallace [1]

HMS Warrior [1]

HMSs Forth for Submarine C14, Dolphin for Submarine E24 [1]

HMSs Isis, Endymion, Mars, Martin, Mars [1]

HMSs Mercury, Forth, King Edward VII, Forth [1]

HMSs Swordfish, Halcyon, Blackwater, Bullfinch, Thames [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hampshire Regiment Territorial Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lancashire Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

North Somerset Yeomanry [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Punjabis [1]

Rand Rifles [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [236]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [58]

British Army [25]

Last name first letter

P [45]

S [43]

B [34]

H [31]

C [25]

W [23]

D [21]

L [21]

T [20]

G [19]

M [16]

R [12]

F [10]

E [8]

A [7]

J [7]

N [5]

K [4]

V [3]

Y [2]

I [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [313]

Merchant Navy [40]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Canada [1]

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People [358] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Exmouth, Devon [284] Exmouth, Devon, England [40] Littleham, Exmouth, Devon [10] Exmouth, St Thomas, Devon [4] Lympstone, Exmouth, Devon [3] Budleigh Salterton, Exmouth, Devon [2] Withycombe Raleigh, Exmouth, Devon [2] Exmouth Devon [1] Exmouth St. Thomas Devon [1] Exmouth, Exeter, Devon [1] Exmouth,Devon [1] Litteham, Exmouth, Devon [1] Littleham-cum-Exmouth, Devon [1] New Street, Withycombe Raleigh Exmouth, Devon [1] St Thomas District, Exmouth, Devon, England [1] St. Thomas, Exmouth, Devon [1] St.Thomas,Exmouth,Exeter,Devon. [1] Stanley Lodge, Exmouth, Devon [1] Withycombe Raleigh, Nr Exmouth, Devon [1] Withycombe, Exmouth, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [15] Able Seaman [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Lieutenant [5] Corporal [4] Boy 2nd Class [2] Captain [2] Gunner [2] Lance Corporal [2] Midshipman [2] Rifleman [2] Serjeant [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Cadet [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chief Armourer [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Sick Berth Steward [1] Chief Steward 2nd Class [1] Commander [1] Commander (Retd) [1] Corporal Sadler [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] L/Cpl [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Major [1] Naval Cadet [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Rear Admiral [1] Sapper [1] Seaman [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Warrant Engineer [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [5] Royal Field Artillery [4] HMS Goliath [3] HMS THUNDERER [3] HMS TIGER [3] HMS VALIANT [3] HMS DEFENCE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] 12th Lancers [1] Army Service Corps [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] H.M.S. "Prize." [1] HMS Bellerophon [1] HMS Carnarvon [1] HMS Dominion [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS LION [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS NEW ZEALAND [1] HMS NOTTINGHAM [1] HMS PORPOISE [1] HMS Temeraire [1] HMS Vivid [1] HMS Wallace [1] HMS Warrior [1] HMSs Forth for Submarine C14, Dolphin for Submarine E24 [1] HMSs Isis, Endymion, Mars, Martin, Mars [1] HMSs Mercury, Forth, King Edward VII, Forth [1] HMSs Swordfish, Halcyon, Blackwater, Bullfinch, Thames [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hampshire Regiment Territorial Force [1] Indian Army [1] Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps [1] Lancashire Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] North Somerset Yeomanry [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Punjabis [1] Rand Rifles [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Engineers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [236] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [58] British Army [25]

Last name first letter

P [45] S [43] B [34] H [31] C [25] W [23] D [21] L [21] T [20] G [19] M [16] R [12] F [10] E [8] A [7] J [7] N [5] K [4] V [3] Y [2] I [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [313] Merchant Navy [40]

Country

United Kingdom [20] Canada [1]

Samuel Ernest Dewdney

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army G/96307 Private Middlesex Regiment

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William John Perriam

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10007

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Henry Edwin Paul

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280451

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Leslie George Carder

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 20160 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Richard Henry Valentine Hoskings

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 7794 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 35698 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 7794 Private Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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John Lurburam Gilliland

Died 1916

British Army 9261 Corporal Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9261 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Charles Solway

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 19980 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 14738 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Arthur George Pannell

Born 1888

Died 1941

Royal Navy 229395

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Irvine Raleigh Wilmot

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219466

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Frederick Greenaway

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227175

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Stanley William Francis

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232900

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Harry Tillman

Died 1915

British Army 466 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick John Phillips

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 724

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Leslie Russell Smith

Born 1894

Died 1955

Royal Navy M30324

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Arthur Thomas Smith

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221183

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Alfred Bertie Pyne

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221616

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Percy Thomas Mclarin

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224376

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Wallace Edward Vowden

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 66445 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Frank Mortimore

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236074

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Albert Eli Street

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 11604 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 11604 L/Cpl Devonshire Regiment 10th (Service) Battalion

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