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Looe, Cornwall [121]

Looe, Cornwall, England [24]

East Looe, Cornwall [6]

West Looe, Cornwall [5]

East Looe, Cornwall, England [4]

East Looe, Looe, Cornwall [2]

Looe, Liskeard, Cornwall [2]

Flint near Looe, Cornwall [1]

Plynt, Looe, Cornwall [1]

Saint Martin Looe, Cornwall [1]

Saint Martin by Looe, Cornwall [1]

Saint Martins by Looe, Cornwall [1]

St Martin, Looe, Cornwall [1]

West Looe Liskeard, Cornwall [1]

West Looe, Cornwall, England [1]

Rank

Private [6]

Able Seaman [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Able Seaman (Petty Officer 2nd Class Coast Guard) [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Armourer [1]

Commissioned Gunner (Retd) [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Gunner [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Mechanician [1]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [1]

Plumber [1]

Sapper [1]

Seaman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Army Service Corps [1]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Challenger [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

HMS Indus [1]

HMS Iris II (Victory X) [1]

HMS Lion [1]

HMS Minerva [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS Q1 [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

HMS Tiger [1]

HMS Vivid II [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve: HM Drifter Acuba [1]

Royal Naval Reserve: HM Trawler Nodzu [1]

Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Pembroke [1]

Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Talbot [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers Depot [1]

Service

Royal Navy [126]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

British Army [7]

Last name first letter

S [22]

P [20]

B [16]

C [14]

L [14]

W [14]

M [13]

H [11]

T [10]

D [7]

R [6]

F [5]

N [5]

J [4]

O [3]

I [2]

K [2]

A [1]

G [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [133]

Merchant Navy [29]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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People [172] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Looe, Cornwall [121] Looe, Cornwall, England [24] East Looe, Cornwall [6] West Looe, Cornwall [5] East Looe, Cornwall, England [4] East Looe, Looe, Cornwall [2] Looe, Liskeard, Cornwall [2] Flint near Looe, Cornwall [1] Plynt, Looe, Cornwall [1] Saint Martin Looe, Cornwall [1] Saint Martin by Looe, Cornwall [1] Saint Martins by Looe, Cornwall [1] St Martin, Looe, Cornwall [1] West Looe Liskeard, Cornwall [1] West Looe, Cornwall, England [1]

Rank

Private [6] Able Seaman [2] Deck Hand [2] Leading Stoker [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Able Seaman (Petty Officer 2nd Class Coast Guard) [1] Acting Corporal [1] Armourer [1] Commissioned Gunner (Retd) [1] Cook's Mate [1] Gunner [1] Leading Seaman [1] Mechanician [1] Petty Officer 2nd Class [1] Plumber [1] Sapper [1] Seaman [1] Sergeant [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1] Stoker [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [4] Devonshire Regiment [2] HMS LION [2] HMS TIGER [2] HMS Vivid [2] Labour Corps [2] Army Service Corps [1] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Challenger [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] HMS Indus [1] HMS Iris II (Victory X) [1] HMS Lion [1] HMS Minerva [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS Q1 [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] HMS Tiger [1] HMS Vivid II [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve: HM Drifter Acuba [1] Royal Naval Reserve: HM Trawler Nodzu [1] Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Pembroke [1] Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Talbot [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers Depot [1]

Service

Royal Navy [126] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] British Army [7]

Last name first letter

S [22] P [20] B [16] C [14] L [14] W [14] M [13] H [11] T [10] D [7] R [6] F [5] N [5] J [4] O [3] I [2] K [2] A [1] G [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [133] Merchant Navy [29]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

John Sidney Vincent

Born 1885

Died 1916

Royal Navy K31612 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy Stoker 2nd Class HMS Q1

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Thomas Oswald Welman

Born 1890

Died 1966

British Army T/24564 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 546284 Private Army Service Corps

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Charley Pengelly

Born 1892

Royal Navy M2979

Royal Navy M/2979 Cook's Mate Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid)

Royal Navy M/2979 Cook's Mate Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid)

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William Joseph Pearn

Born 1881

Died 1916

Royal Navy 345666

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Richard Lamerton

Born 1874

Died 1916

Royal Navy 155927 Petty Officer 2nd Class HMS Indefatigable

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Joseph Cox

Born 1887

Died 1918

Royal Navy DA 22152 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA/22152 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Pembroke

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James Albert Fiddick

Born 1868

Royal Navy 340298 Plumber HMS TIGER

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Alfred William Cook

Born 1894

Royal Navy J56384

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James Henry Thurston

Born 1900

Royal Navy J70882

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Arnold Stanley Isbell

Born 1883

Royal Navy F15270

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John Robert Barber

Born 1886

Royal Navy F30317

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Harry Carew

Born 1890

Royal Navy F36195

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George Ewart Marshall

Born 1899

Royal Navy F43523

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Percy Peak

Born 1891

Royal Navy K4937

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Joseph Langmaid

Born 1891

Royal Navy K11172

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William Ough

Born 1896

Royal Navy K22730

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Charlie Brake Jago

Born 1882

Royal Navy K39034

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Charles Pengelly

Born 1897

Royal Navy L4676

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William Henry Hambly

Born 1892

Royal Navy M2420

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William Leonard Langmaid

Born 1894

Royal Navy M5629

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