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Great Torrington, Devon [10]

Great Torrington [2]

Great Torrington England [1]

Great Torrington, Devon, England [1]

Sheepwash, Great Torrington, Devon [1]

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Second Lieutenant [2]

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Lancashire Regiment [1]

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North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment attached Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

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Royal Navy [7]

British Army [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

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Military Service [14]

Merchant Navy [1]

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United Kingdom [2]

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People [15] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Great Torrington, Devon [10] Great Torrington [2] Great Torrington England [1] Great Torrington, Devon, England [1] Sheepwash, Great Torrington, Devon [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Captain [1] Captain [1] Officers' Steward 2nd class [1] Sapper [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [2] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment attached Leicestershire Regiment [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [7] British Army [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [2] S [2] T [2] A [1] B [1] E [1] F [1] H [1] J [1] L [1] M [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [14] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

John Bredel Matthews

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Captain North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Captain North Staffordshire Regiment attached Leicestershire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Tom Aubrey Heywood

Born 1894

Died 1971

British Army 48165 Royal Engineers

British Army 104207 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Regiment

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John Smale

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292151

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Herbert Richard Tanton

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy L8181

Royal Navy Officers' Steward 2nd class HMS Indefatigable

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Claude Ewart Leate Langbridge

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223246

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Gerald Oscar Boundy

Born 1895

Died 1964

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

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Frederick John Stoneman

Born 1871

Died 1961

British Army WR 201108 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Thomas William Elsworthy

Australian Imperial Force 3167

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Augustus Thomas Drayton

Born 1883

Royal Navy 202622

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Sydney Pickard

Born 1881

Royal Navy K42118

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William Evan Tanton

Born 1889

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Thomas Drayton

Born 1888

Royal Navy 305380

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Tom Jacques

Born 1885

Royal Navy 362798

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Edward Arnold

Born 1883

Royal Navy 365482

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Ernest Finnamore

Born 1883

Royal Navy 302721 Stoker Petty Officer HMS BENBOW

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