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Kingsbridge, Devon [455]

Kingsbridge, Devon, England [6]

Malborough, Kingsbridge, Devon [3]

Near Kingsbridge, Devon [3]

Dodbrooke, Kingsbridge, Devon [2]

Kingston, Kingsbridge, Devon [2]

Stokenham, Kingsbridge, Devon [2]

Averton Gifford Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Aveton Gifford, Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Beesands, Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Chivelstone, Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

East Allington, Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Hallsands, Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Hallsands, Kingsbridge, Stokenham, Devon [1]

HopeCove, Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Kingsbridge registry office, S Devon [1]

Kingsbridge, Devon, England [1]

Kingsbridge, Devon. [1]

Kingsbridge, Salcombe, Devon [1]

Kingsbridge, South Devon [1]

Kingston Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Malborough Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Marbury, Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Modbury, Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Modbury, nr Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Nr Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Plymouth, Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Ringmore, Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Salcombe, Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

South Huish Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

South Milton, Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Stokeham Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Thurlestone Kingsbridge Devon. [1]

West Alvington, Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Whitchcombe Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [16]

Stoker 2nd Class [13]

Private [12]

Leading Stoker [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Leading Seaman [7]

Cook's Mate [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Chief Stoker [3]

Gunner [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Petty Officer Stoker [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Serjeant [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Captain [2]

Corporal [2]

Driver [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Messenger [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sapper [2]

Sergeant [2]

Shipwright 2nd Class [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Acting Cook's Mate 2 [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Boy 2nd class [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Captain and Brevet Major [1]

Chief Ship's Cook [1]

Colonel [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer Third Class [1]

General Domestic Worker [1]

Honorary Brigadier [1]

Joiner [1]

L/bdr [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Leading seaman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Master Mariner [1]

Midshipman [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Unit

HMS LION [10]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

HMS Vivid II [6]

HMS TIGER [5]

HMS BELLEROPHON [4]

HMS Erin [4]

HMS Monmouth [4]

HMS Vivid [4]

HMS Ajax [3]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Powerful [2]

HMS Resolution [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

Women's Royal Naval Service [2]

47th Sikhs [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Ganges II [1]

General Staff [1]

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

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

HM Submarine E17 [1]

HM Submarine E22 [1]

HM Submarine K17 [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Ariadne [1]

HMS BOADICEA [1]

HMS Bellerophon [1]

HMS Bittern [1]

HMS Botha [1]

HMS Cassandra [1]

HMS DEFENCE [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS Exeter [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

HMS Kilross [1]

HMS Lion [1]

HMS MARLBOROUGH [1]

HMS Minotaur [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

HMS Nottingham [1]

HMS Q-1 [1]

Service

Royal Navy [428]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39]

British Army [26]

Other Empire Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [55]

P [46]

S [45]

T [38]

C [37]

B [36]

L [34]

W [31]

R [28]

M [26]

D [22]

E [22]

F [21]

J [16]

G [13]

K [9]

A [8]

Y [6]

Q [3]

I [2]

O [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [483]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Kingsbridge, Devon [455] Kingsbridge, Devon, England [6] Malborough, Kingsbridge, Devon [3] Near Kingsbridge, Devon [3] Dodbrooke, Kingsbridge, Devon [2] Kingston, Kingsbridge, Devon [2] Stokenham, Kingsbridge, Devon [2] Averton Gifford Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Aveton Gifford, Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Beesands, Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Chivelstone, Kingsbridge, Devon [1] East Allington, Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Hallsands, Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Hallsands, Kingsbridge, Stokenham, Devon [1] HopeCove, Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Kingsbridge registry office, S Devon [1] Kingsbridge, Devon, England [1] Kingsbridge, Devon. [1] Kingsbridge, Salcombe, Devon [1] Kingsbridge, South Devon [1] Kingston Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Malborough Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Marbury, Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Modbury, Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Modbury, nr Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Nr Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Plymouth, Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Ringmore, Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Salcombe, Kingsbridge, Devon [1] South Huish Kingsbridge, Devon [1] South Milton, Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Stokeham Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Thurlestone Kingsbridge Devon. [1] West Alvington, Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Whitchcombe Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [16] Stoker 2nd Class [13] Private [12] Leading Stoker [8] Able Seaman [7] Leading Seaman [7] Cook's Mate [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Chief Stoker [3] Gunner [3] Petty Officer [3] Petty Officer Stoker [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Serjeant [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Captain [2] Corporal [2] Driver [2] Lance Corporal [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant [2] Messenger [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sapper [2] Sergeant [2] Shipwright 2nd Class [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Acting Cook's Mate 2 [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Boy 2nd class [1] Brevet Major [1] Captain and Brevet Major [1] Chief Ship's Cook [1] Colonel [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer Third Class [1] General Domestic Worker [1] Honorary Brigadier [1] Joiner [1] L/bdr [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Leading seaman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Master Mariner [1] Midshipman [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Unit

HMS LION [10] Devonshire Regiment [7] HMS Vivid II [6] HMS TIGER [5] HMS BELLEROPHON [4] HMS Erin [4] HMS Monmouth [4] HMS Vivid [4] HMS Ajax [3] HMS COLLINGWOOD [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Powerful [2] HMS Resolution [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] Women's Royal Naval Service [2] 47th Sikhs [1] Army Service Corps [1] Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Ganges II [1] General Staff [1] H.M.S. "Sandhurst." [1] H.M.S. "Vivid" [1] HM Submarine E17 [1] HM Submarine E22 [1] HM Submarine K17 [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Ariadne [1] HMS BOADICEA [1] HMS Bellerophon [1] HMS Bittern [1] HMS Botha [1] HMS Cassandra [1] HMS DEFENCE [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS Exeter [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] HMS Kilross [1] HMS Lion [1] HMS MARLBOROUGH [1] HMS Minotaur [1] HMS New Zealand [1] HMS Nottingham [1] HMS Q-1 [1]

Service

Royal Navy [428] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39] British Army [26] Other Empire Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [55] P [46] S [45] T [38] C [37] B [36] L [34] W [31] R [28] M [26] D [22] E [22] F [21] J [16] G [13] K [9] A [8] Y [6] Q [3] I [2] O [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [483] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [23] India [1] New Zealand [1]

George Stephen Brunskill

Born 1892

Indian Army Lieutenant 47th Sikhs

Indian Army Temporary Major 47th Sikhs Attached to General Staff

Indian Army Brevet Major 47th Sikhs Attached to General Staff

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George Marrack Thomas

Born 1854

Died 1928

Other Empire Force Master Mariner Merchant Navy, "Barrow"

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Fred Spurrell Kerswell

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 1798 Sapper Royal Engineers Transport

British Army 514940 Sapper Royal Engineers 570th (Devon)

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Sidney Arthur Putt

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army 913 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery 3rd/2nd Devon Battery: 4th Wessex Brigade

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Florence Ada Whittle

Born 1898

Died 1994

Royal Navy G4978 General Domestic Worker Women's Royal Naval Service London Division

Royal Navy G4978 Telephonist Women's Royal Naval Service London Division

Royal Navy G4978 Messenger Women's Royal Naval Service HMS Shikari [an S-class destroyer under construction till 1919]

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Bertram William Cranch

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 10505 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 10505 Private Devonshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Charley Norman Rich

Born 1889

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235147 Private 1st Class

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William Frederick Stone

Born 1900

Died 2009

Royal Navy SS119909 Vivid II

Royal Navy SS9765 Tiger

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Anthony John Prowse

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 8343 Private Hussars

British Army 8343 Private Hussars 3rd

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John Henry Burgoyne

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 7978 Lance Corporal Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 7978 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 7978 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Walter Francis Coles

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 7831 Lance Corporal Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7831 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7831 Lance Corporal Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Charles Reginald Henry Hale

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 8851 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 8851 Private Devonshire Regiment

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William Ernest Wood

Born 1877

Died 1915

Royal Navy 288222 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Goliath

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John Harry Pedrick

Born 1888

Died 1918

Royal Navy 230402 Leading Seaman HMS LION

Royal Navy 230402 Petty Officer HMS Valorous

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Robert Ernest Hannaford

Born 1883

Died 1920

British Army 31084 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 548735 Private Labour Corps 809th Area Employment Coy

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Frederick Lidstone

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306913

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Harold Nathaniel Pound

Born 1894

Royal Navy J11125

Royal Navy J11125 Boy 2nd class Ganges II

Royal Navy J11125 Boy 1st Class Irresistible

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Frederick John Pepperell

Born 1886

Died 1965

Royal Navy 220275 Able Seaman

Royal Navy 220275 Ordinary Seaman

Royal Navy 220275 Leading Seaman

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Alfred Distin

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy M6749 Shipwright 2nd Class HMS Botha

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Robert Maitland Kelly

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry

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