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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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People [501] Stories Communities

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]

Ernest John Jarvis

Born 1886

Royal Navy 225927

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Frederick Hannaford

Born 1887

Royal Navy 229782 Leading Seaman HMS Agincourt

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William Henry Tucker

Born 1886

Royal Navy 228098 Leading Seaman HMS BELLEROPHON

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John Edgecombe

Born 1880

Royal Navy 295233 Leading Stoker HMS LION

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Alfred Cyril Quick

Born 1879

Royal Navy 344951 Shipwright 2nd Class HMS BELLEROPHON

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Henry Thomas Ford Harris

Born 1893

Royal Navy M7443 Acting Cook's Mate 2 HMS Victory I

Royal Navy M7443 2nd Cook's Mate HMS Victory I

Royal Navy M7443 Cook's Mate HMS Erin

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Edwin Thomas Soper

Born 1894

Royal Navy K16096 Stoker 1st Class HMS LION

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John William Pepperell Ellis

Born 1898

Royal Navy J30623 Ordinary Telegraphist HMS New Zealand

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Arthur William Southwood

Born 1888

Royal Navy 235534 Able Seaman HMS MARLBOROUGH

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George Shute

Born 1894

Royal Navy K17223 Stoker 1st Class HMS LION

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Gilbert Clemo

Born 1893

Royal Navy K11200 Leading Stoker HMS TIGER

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Lionel Elliott Port

Born 1897

Royal Navy K28242 Stoker 2nd Class HMS LION

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Alfred Oldridge

Born 1881

Royal Navy 201595 Petty Officer HMS Minotaur

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Walter Putt

Born 1897

Royal Navy K28508 Stoker 2nd Class HMS LION

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Frederick George Dure

Born 1883

Royal Navy 303925 Stoker Petty Officer HMS TIGER

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William Henry Cummins

Born 1883

Royal Navy 342022 Ship's Steward HMS Nottingham

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Edwin Harold Hingston

Born 1895

Royal Navy M2662 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS TIGER

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William Percy Distin

Born 1899

Died 1918

Royal Navy 22153(DA) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 22153 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Pembroke

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John Alfred Tucker

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237566

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Leslie Horace Clements

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238772

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