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Launceston, Cornwall [215]

Launceston, Cornwall, England [10]

Altarnun, Launceston, Cornwall [2]

Boyton, Launceston, Cornwall [2]

Lawhitton, Launceston, Cornwall [2]

launceston cornwall [2]

Callington,Launceston,Cornwall [1]

Coads Green Launceston, Cornwall [1]

Egloskerry, Launceston Cornwall [1]

Egloskerry, Launceston, Cornwall [1]

Ink Lane Launceston, Cornwall [1]

Launceston Cornwall England [1]

Launceston, Newport, Cornwall [1]

Lewannick, Launceston, Cornwall. [1]

Lezant, Launceston, Cornwall [1]

North Hill, Launceston, Cornwall [1]

Northill, Launceston, Cornwall [1]

St. Stephen's, Launceston, Cornwall [1]

St. Thomas, Launceston, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [15]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Able Seaman [3]

Corporal [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Gunner [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Paymaster [1]

Boy 2nd class [1]

Captain [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Nurse [1]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Reverend [1]

Ship's Corporal [1]

Writer 3rd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [4]

HMS LION [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

HMS NESSUS [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

1st Battalion South Wales Borderers [1]

Army Dental Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HMS "Q4" [1]

HMS Achilles [1]

HMS Active [1]

HMS Anchusa [1]

HMS Auricula [1]

HMS Carrigan Head [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Ganges II [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Indus [1]

HMS Majestic [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS Morning Star [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

HMS Nottingham [1]

HMS Tiger [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS Vala [1]

HMS Valkyrie [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) [1]

London Regiment. [1]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Service

Royal Navy [174]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32]

British Army [24]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [29]

P [29]

B [24]

C [23]

S [23]

W [14]

D [13]

T [13]

L [12]

R [12]

G [11]

M [10]

F [8]

J [8]

A [6]

K [3]

N [3]

O [3]

E [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [226]

Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Canada [1]

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People [246] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Launceston, Cornwall [215] Launceston, Cornwall, England [10] Altarnun, Launceston, Cornwall [2] Boyton, Launceston, Cornwall [2] Lawhitton, Launceston, Cornwall [2] launceston cornwall [2] Callington,Launceston,Cornwall [1] Coads Green Launceston, Cornwall [1] Egloskerry, Launceston Cornwall [1] Egloskerry, Launceston, Cornwall [1] Ink Lane Launceston, Cornwall [1] Launceston Cornwall England [1] Launceston, Newport, Cornwall [1] Lewannick, Launceston, Cornwall. [1] Lezant, Launceston, Cornwall [1] North Hill, Launceston, Cornwall [1] Northill, Launceston, Cornwall [1] St. Stephen's, Launceston, Cornwall [1] St. Thomas, Launceston, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [15] Stoker 1st Class [8] Able Seaman [3] Corporal [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Gunner [2] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Paymaster [1] Boy 2nd class [1] Captain [1] Chaplain [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Nurse [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Petty Officer [1] Reverend [1] Ship's Corporal [1] Writer 3rd Class [1]

Unit

London Regiment [4] HMS LION [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] HMS NESSUS [2] HMS Vivid II [2] Welsh Regiment [2] 1st Battalion South Wales Borderers [1] Army Dental Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HMS "Q4" [1] HMS Achilles [1] HMS Active [1] HMS Anchusa [1] HMS Auricula [1] HMS Carrigan Head [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Ganges II [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Indus [1] HMS Majestic [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS Morning Star [1] HMS New Zealand [1] HMS Nottingham [1] HMS Tiger [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS Vala [1] HMS Valkyrie [1] HMS Vivid I [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) [1] London Regiment. [1] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Service

Royal Navy [174] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32] British Army [24] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [29] P [29] B [24] C [23] S [23] W [14] D [13] T [13] L [12] R [12] G [11] M [10] F [8] J [8] A [6] K [3] N [3] O [3] E [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [226] Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [12] Canada [1]

John Ellicott Turner

Born 1884

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Albert Burling

Born 1891

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James Black

Born 1879

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Eric Barton

Born 1894

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Arthur Fowler Kemp

Born 1880

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William Henry Sleep

Born 1898

Royal Navy J65559

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Search found 246 results

Type

Place of birth

Rank

Unit

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Last name first letter

Contribution

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John Ellicott Turner

Albert Burling

James Black

Eric Barton

Arthur Fowler Kemp

William Henry Sleep