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Falmouth, Cornwall [546]

Falmouth, Cornwall, England [145]

Mawnan, Falmouth, Cornwall [4]

Falmouth, Trelawny, Cornwall [2]

13 New Street Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Budock Water, Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Constantine, Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Edgcombe, Near Falmouth, Cornwall, England [1]

Falmouth,Cornwall. [1]

Flushing, Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Gerrans, Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Hasling Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Penryn,Falmouth,Cornwall. [1]

St Just in Roseland, Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [15]

Able Seaman [9]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Deck Hand [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Captain [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Sapper [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Commander [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Gunner [2]

Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Seaman [2]

Shipwright 2nd Class [2]

Acting Instructor of cookery [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Armourer [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

CERA 2 [1]

Chief Armourer [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Commissioned Gunner [1]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Corporal [1]

Electrical Artificer 1st Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4c [1]

Engine Room artificer 4th Class [1]

Fifth Engineer Officer [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Engineer [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Master at Arms [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Officer's Steward (3rd Class) [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [7]

HMS BELLEROPHON [5]

HMS VALIANT [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

HMS Goliath [4]

HMS TIGER [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

HMS LION [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

West India Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

HMS Conqueror [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

Labour Corps [2]

14th (King's) Hussars [1]

??? [1]

??? Force Land operations [1]

Apollo [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Centurion [1]

Cumberland [1]

Diligence (Scout) [1]

Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Eclipse [1]

Emperor of India [1]

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

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

H.M.S. "Vivid I" [1]

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

H.M.S. Birmingham [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Argon [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Bellona [1]

HMS Colossus [1]

HMS Cumberland [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Fox [1]

HMS Hope [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

Service

Royal Navy [455]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [75]

British Army [35]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

W [72]

C [62]

B [58]

M [53]

R [49]

S [48]

H [47]

P [45]

T [40]

G [33]

D [29]

L [26]

J [23]

A [22]

E [20]

V [20]

F [18]

N [12]

O [10]

K [8]

I [5]

Y [5]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [540]

Merchant Navy [144]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

South Africa [2]

China [1]

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People [707] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Falmouth, Cornwall [546] Falmouth, Cornwall, England [145] Mawnan, Falmouth, Cornwall [4] Falmouth, Trelawny, Cornwall [2] 13 New Street Falmouth, Cornwall [1] Budock Water, Falmouth, Cornwall [1] Constantine, Falmouth, Cornwall [1] Edgcombe, Near Falmouth, Cornwall, England [1] Falmouth,Cornwall. [1] Flushing, Falmouth, Cornwall [1] Gerrans, Falmouth, Cornwall [1] Hasling Falmouth, Cornwall [1] Penryn,Falmouth,Cornwall. [1] St Just in Roseland, Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [15] Able Seaman [9] Stoker 1st Class [7] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Deck Hand [5] Lieutenant [5] Captain [3] Leading Stoker [3] Sapper [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Commander [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Gunner [2] Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Seaman [2] Shipwright 2nd Class [2] Acting Instructor of cookery [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Armourer [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] CERA 2 [1] Chief Armourer [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer [1] Commissioned Gunner [1] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Cook's Mate [1] Corporal [1] Electrical Artificer 1st Class [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Engine Room Artificer 4c [1] Engine Room artificer 4th Class [1] Fifth Engineer Officer [1] Leading Deck Hand [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Engineer [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Master at Arms [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Nursing Sister [1] Officer's Steward (3rd Class) [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [7] HMS BELLEROPHON [5] HMS VALIANT [5] Royal Engineers [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] HMS Goliath [4] HMS TIGER [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] HMS LION [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] West India Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] HMS Conqueror [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] Labour Corps [2] 14th (King's) Hussars [1] ??? [1] ??? Force Land operations [1] Apollo [1] Army Service Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Centurion [1] Cumberland [1] Diligence (Scout) [1] Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Eclipse [1] Emperor of India [1] H.M.S. "Seagull" [1] H.M.S. "Valkyrie" [1] H.M.S. "Vivid I" [1] H.M.S. "Vivid" [1] H.M.S. Birmingham [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Argon [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Bellona [1] HMS Colossus [1] HMS Cumberland [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Fox [1] HMS Hope [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Indefatigable [1]

Service

Royal Navy [455] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [75] British Army [35] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

W [72] C [62] B [58] M [53] R [49] S [48] H [47] P [45] T [40] G [33] D [29] L [26] J [23] A [22] E [20] V [20] F [18] N [12] O [10] K [8] I [5] Y [5] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [540] Merchant Navy [144]

Country

United Kingdom [26] South Africa [2] China [1]

James Francis Beard

Born 1893

Died 1921

Royal Navy K10768

Royal Navy K10768 Stoker II Cumberland

Royal Navy K10768 Stoker I Cumberland

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John George Carne

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army M/339926 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army 470115 Private Labour Corps

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Edward J Andrew

Born 1879

Died 1915

Royal Navy 271115

Royal Navy 189324 Able Seaman HMS Goliath

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Charles Cecil Ewart Deeble

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 1151 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 915696 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 915696 Gunner Royal Field Artillery D Battery, 317th Brigade

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Roger Vernon

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

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John Farnham Tresidder

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 315875 Private Devonshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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Cuthbert Lloyd Fox

Born 1885

Died 1972

British Army Major Royal Engineers 502nd Wessex Field coy.

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William James Henry Simmons

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 50712 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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Robert Cecil Drew

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22832

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William Raymond Frost

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28120

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Cyril Slates Bullocke

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62714

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Horace John Reynolds

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army T2221 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 546444 Sapper Royal Engineers 2nd/1st London Field Company

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Headley Vicars Price

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293161

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Charles Hydar Clemas

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76921

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Charles Ingledon Hopkins

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 149465

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Richard Norris

Born 1878

Died 1915

Royal Navy 189326 Able Seaman HMS Goliath

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William Bishop

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 3827 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 453921 Private Labour Corps

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Thomas James Bray

Born 1873

Died 1918

Royal Navy 147129 Master at Arms HMS Pegasus

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John Francis

Died 1917

British Army 3055 Serjeant 14th (King's) Hussars

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Harry Whitburn Vinson

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265145

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