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Liskeard, Cornwall [313]

Liskeard, Cornwall, England [4]

Pensilva, Liskeard, Cornwall [4]

Looe, Liskeard, Cornwall [2]

Menheniot, Liskeard, Cornwall [2]

Duloe Liskeard, Cornwall [1]

Duloe, Liskeard, Cornwall [1]

Lanteglos, Liskeard, Cornwall [1]

Liskeard Saint Ives, Cornwall [1]

Liskeard. Cornwall [1]

Morval, Liskeard, Cornwall [1]

Old Park, Liskeard, Cornwall [1]

Pelynt, Liskeard, Cornwall [1]

Saint Ive Liskeard, Cornwall [1]

Saint Ives Pensilva Liskeard, Cornwall [1]

St Keyne, Liskeard, Cornwall [1]

St Neot, Liskeard, Cornwall [1]

Stoke Climsland,Liskeard,Cornwall. [1]

Talland, Liskeard, Cornwall [1]

Tremale, Liskeard, Cornwall [1]

Trevelmond, Liskeard, Cornwall [1]

West Looe Liskeard, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Leading Stoker [7]

Private [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Stoker Petty Officer [5]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Boatswain [2]

Chief Armourer [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Sergeant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Chaplain 4th Class Reverend [1]

Chauffeur [1]

Chief Blacksmith [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Commander [1]

Coporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Gunner [1]

Joiner [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Plumber [1]

Plumber's Mate [1]

Private II [1]

Sapper [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

HMS TIGER [6]

HMS Monmouth [5]

Royal Air Force [4]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [3]

HMS LION [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

HMS DUBLIN [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

2nd Battalion, The South African Rifles [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Apollo [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS BROKE [1]

HMS Collingwood [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Iris II (Victory X) [1]

HMS Lion [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Majestic [1]

HMS Moorsom [1]

HMS Nasturtium [1]

HMS Nottingham [1]

HMS Success [1]

HMS Thetis [1]

HMS Tiger [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS Vivid II [1]

HMS Warrior [1]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Nigeria Regiment - West African Frontier Force [1]

North Somerset Yeomanry [1]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department attached Wessex Field Ambulance [1]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Pembroke [1]

Service

Royal Navy [268]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [53]

British Army [15]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [49]

S [46]

B [33]

W [25]

M [22]

T [19]

G [18]

P [18]

C [17]

R [17]

L [13]

O [13]

J [10]

D [9]

A [8]

E [8]

K [7]

F [3]

N [3]

V [3]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [327]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

South Africa [1]

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People [342] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liskeard, Cornwall [313] Liskeard, Cornwall, England [4] Pensilva, Liskeard, Cornwall [4] Looe, Liskeard, Cornwall [2] Menheniot, Liskeard, Cornwall [2] Duloe Liskeard, Cornwall [1] Duloe, Liskeard, Cornwall [1] Lanteglos, Liskeard, Cornwall [1] Liskeard Saint Ives, Cornwall [1] Liskeard. Cornwall [1] Morval, Liskeard, Cornwall [1] Old Park, Liskeard, Cornwall [1] Pelynt, Liskeard, Cornwall [1] Saint Ive Liskeard, Cornwall [1] Saint Ives Pensilva Liskeard, Cornwall [1] St Keyne, Liskeard, Cornwall [1] St Neot, Liskeard, Cornwall [1] Stoke Climsland,Liskeard,Cornwall. [1] Talland, Liskeard, Cornwall [1] Tremale, Liskeard, Cornwall [1] Trevelmond, Liskeard, Cornwall [1] West Looe Liskeard, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Leading Stoker [7] Private [7] Able Seaman [6] Stoker Petty Officer [5] Ordinary Seaman [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Boatswain [2] Chief Armourer [2] Lieutenant [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Sergeant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Major [1] Chaplain 4th Class Reverend [1] Chauffeur [1] Chief Blacksmith [1] Chief Stoker [1] Commander [1] Coporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Gunner [1] Joiner [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Petty Officer [1] Plumber [1] Plumber's Mate [1] Private II [1] Sapper [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

HMS TIGER [6] HMS Monmouth [5] Royal Air Force [4] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [3] HMS LION [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] HMS DUBLIN [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] HMS Vivid [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] 2nd Battalion, The South African Rifles [1] Army Service Corps [1] British Red Cross Society [1] French Red Cross [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Apollo [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS BROKE [1] HMS Collingwood [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Iris II (Victory X) [1] HMS Lion [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Majestic [1] HMS Moorsom [1] HMS Nasturtium [1] HMS Nottingham [1] HMS Success [1] HMS Thetis [1] HMS Tiger [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS Vivid II [1] HMS Warrior [1] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Nigeria Regiment - West African Frontier Force [1] North Somerset Yeomanry [1] Royal Army Chaplain's Department attached Wessex Field Ambulance [1] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Pembroke [1]

Service

Royal Navy [268] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [53] British Army [15] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [49] S [46] B [33] W [25] M [22] T [19] G [18] P [18] C [17] R [17] L [13] O [13] J [10] D [9] A [8] E [8] K [7] F [3] N [3] V [3] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [327] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [8] South Africa [1]

George Bray

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218721

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Richard Edwin Yeo

Born 1891

Died 1920

British Army 21186 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 21186 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 21186 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 6th Battalion

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William Walter Lloyd Jenkin

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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William Kendall

Born 1879

Died 1919

British Army WR/26512 Coporal Royal Engineers 343rd Road Construction Company

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Arthur Thomas Healey

Born 1893

Died 1915

Royal Navy J4447 Able Seaman HMS Goliath

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Ernest Mitchell

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226302

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Arthur Edward Rule

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263044

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Frederick James Stephens

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306243

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Albert Charles Kendall

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239548

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Hector Clifford Stuart Warne

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy J85351 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid

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Frank Spurway

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236022

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Hedley Lashbrook

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237379

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Thomas Pengelly

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249823

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Frederick Richard Evely

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 89429 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 89429 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 25th Battalion

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Percy George Prinn

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243158

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William Davey

Born 1874

Died 1918

Royal Navy 340918 Chief Blacksmith HMS Apollo

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Harry Willcocks

Born 1885

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211218 Sergeant Royal Air Force

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William Albert Davey

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142970

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Earnest Theodore Spurrell

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 410395

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Frederick George Hooper

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 159035

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