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Heavitree, Exeter, Devon [30]

Heavitree, Exeter [4]

Heavitree Exeter [1]

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Gunner [3]

Lieutenant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Bombardier [1]

Captain [1]

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Lance Sergeant [1]

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Royal Field Artillery [2]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers attached to Nigeria Regiment - West African Frontier Force [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS NEW ZEALAND [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS LION [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS VALIANT [1]

Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

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Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

Royal Navy [7]

British Army [6]

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W [2]

A [1]

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L [1]

M [1]

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Military Service [33]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

India [1]

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People [35] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Heavitree, Exeter, Devon [30] Heavitree, Exeter [4] Heavitree Exeter [1]

Rank

Private [4] Gunner [3] Lieutenant [2] Sergeant [2] Bombardier [1] Captain [1] Commander [1] Corporal [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Midshipman [1] Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [2] Middlesex Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Northumberland Fusiliers attached to Nigeria Regiment - West African Frontier Force [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS NEW ZEALAND [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS LION [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS VALIANT [1] Royal Marines Portsmouth Division [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] Royal Navy [7] British Army [6]

Last name first letter

B [5] C [4] J [3] T [3] D [2] H [2] K [2] P [2] R [2] S [2] V [2] W [2] A [1] E [1] L [1] M [1]

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Military Service [33]

Country

United Kingdom [3] India [1]

Frank Gerald Anstey

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army F/1510 Private Middlesex Regiment 17th Battalion

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Lancelot Milman Shadwell

Born 1901

Died 1960

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

Royal Navy Lieutenant

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William Henry Berry

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 89321 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "B" Bty. 155th Bde

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Philip Henry Battishill

Born 1889

British Army 1249 Private Royal Fusiliers 18th Battalion

British Army 1249 Corporal Royal Fusiliers 18th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 4th west Battalion

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James Rowland Truscott

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 50 Sergeant Northumberland Fusiliers attached to Nigeria Regiment - West African Frontier Force

British Army 50 Lance Sergeant Northumberland Fusiliers

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Edmund Bailey Webber

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161999

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Frank Rider

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278713

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Frederick Knott

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299688

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Ernest George Pike

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 157619

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Thomas Edmund Jones

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200261

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Frank Frederick Cavill

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102235

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Frederick James Everett

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28712

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William Charles Knott

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193890

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Frederick Gandy Bradford

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230206

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Maurice Herbert Dorey

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 273335 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 3rd Reserve Brigade

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Archie Mitchell

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10894

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Thomas Edmund Jones

Born 1886

Royal Navy F261

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Thomas Henry Phillip Bellamy

Born 1895

Royal Navy K56683

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Charles Collard

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 157045

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Ernest Westcott

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 184292

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