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Heavitree, Exeter, Devon [30]

Heavitree, Exeter [4]

Heavitree Exeter [1]

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Military Service [33]

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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]

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United Kingdom [3] India [1]

Alfred George Bennett

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195276

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Wilfred George Lowton

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240262

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Cecil John Richards

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242958

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Stanley Frederick Page Hockaday

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 250814

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Alfred Henry Copp

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224829

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Samuel Jackman

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235905

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Stanley Hurved

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238633

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Richard Cecil Tonkin

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245857

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Albert Edward Coles

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 157186

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A Robert Thorn

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 203714

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Alfred George Dorman

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy 14493 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS LION

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Albert John Vinnicombe

Born 1885

Died 1958

Royal Navy 12140 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS VALIANT

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Thomas William Paddon

Born 1893

Royal Navy 13186 Bombardier Royal Marine Artillery - HMS NEW ZEALAND

Royal Navy 213186 Sergeant Royal Marines Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 13186 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery - HMS NEW ZEALAND

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William James Vickery

Born 1880

Royal Navy 10144 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy 16753 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Eliza Sanford

Born 1897

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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