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Newton Abbot, Devon [395]

Newton Abbot, Devon, England [14]

Wolborough, Newton Abbot, Devon [6]

Bovey Tracey, Newton Abbot, Devon [4]

Chudleigh, Newton Abbot, Devon [4]

Ipplepen, Newton Abbot, Devon [4]

Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot, Devon [4]

Moretonhampstead, Newton Abbot, Devon [4]

Ideford, Newton Abbot, Devon [3]

Teignmouth, Newton Abbot, Devon [3]

Buckfastleigh, Newton Abbot, Devon [2]

Highweek, Newton Abbot, Devon [2]

Teignmouth, Newton Abbot, Devon, England [2]

Ashburton Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Ashburton, Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Bishopsteignton, Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Brixham, Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Broadhempston, Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Chagford, Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Chudleigh Knighton, Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Coffinwells, Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Combe-in-Teignhead, Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Combeinteignhead, Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Denbury, Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Drewsteignton, Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

East Ogwell, Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Halford Liverton Newton Abbot Devon [1]

Heathfield, Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Hennock, Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Highweek, Newton Abbot,Devon [1]

Highweek,Newton Abbot,Devon [1]

Highwick near Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Islington,Newton Abbot,Devon [1]

Kinkerswell, Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Newton Abbot Devon [1]

Newton Abbot Devon [1]

Newton Abbot Workhouse, Devon [1]

Newton Abbot, Devon, [1]

Newton Abbot, Devon. [1]

Newton Abbot, Torquay, Devon [1]

Newton Abbot,Devon. [1]

Newton, Abbot Devon [1]

Teignmouth,Newton Abbot,Devon. [1]

Torquay, Devon Registered Newton Abbot [1]

Torquay, Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [24]

Stoker 1st Class [15]

Able Seaman [8]

Captain [6]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Gunner [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Sapper [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Cook's Mate [3]

Corporal [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Major [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Armourer [1]

Blacksmith's Mate [1]

Boy1class [1]

Boy2class [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Brigadier [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain and Brevet Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Directrice [1]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Engineer Commander [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Lady Superintendent-in-Chief [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant General [1]

Major General/Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Major and Brevet Colonel Temporary Major General [1]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Ord seaman [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Pioneer [1]

Plumber’s Mate [1]

Probationary 2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [10]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [9]

HMS VALIANT [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

HMS DEFENCE [4]

HMS TIGER [4]

HMS LION [3]

HMS Monmouth [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

HMS Warrior [2]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS WARSPITE [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS COLLINGWOOD [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

10th Hussars [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Black Watch [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

GOC 68th Brigade [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

HMAS Melbourne [1]

HMS Amphion [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS Centurion [1]

HMS Collingwood [1]

HMS Commonwealth [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

HMS Magic [1]

HMS Marlborough [1]

HMS NEW ZEALAND [1]

HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1]

HMS Pomone [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

HMS Thunderer [1]

Service

Royal Navy [320]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [97]

British Army [46]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [50]

B [49]

C [46]

H [46]

S [36]

M [35]

G [27]

P [26]

L [25]

T [19]

D [14]

E [14]

F [14]

V [14]

N [13]

R [12]

A [11]

J [10]

O [6]

K [5]

U [4]

I [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [449]

Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

New Zealand [1]

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Newton Abbot, Devon [395] Newton Abbot, Devon, England [14] Wolborough, Newton Abbot, Devon [6] Bovey Tracey, Newton Abbot, Devon [4] Chudleigh, Newton Abbot, Devon [4] Ipplepen, Newton Abbot, Devon [4] Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot, Devon [4] Moretonhampstead, Newton Abbot, Devon [4] Ideford, Newton Abbot, Devon [3] Teignmouth, Newton Abbot, Devon [3] Buckfastleigh, Newton Abbot, Devon [2] Highweek, Newton Abbot, Devon [2] Teignmouth, Newton Abbot, Devon, England [2] Ashburton Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Ashburton, Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Bishopsteignton, Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Brixham, Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Broadhempston, Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Chagford, Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Chudleigh Knighton, Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Coffinwells, Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Combe-in-Teignhead, Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Combeinteignhead, Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Denbury, Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Drewsteignton, Newton Abbot, Devon [1] East Ogwell, Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Halford Liverton Newton Abbot Devon [1] Heathfield, Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Hennock, Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Highweek, Newton Abbot,Devon [1] Highweek,Newton Abbot,Devon [1] Highwick near Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Islington,Newton Abbot,Devon [1] Kinkerswell, Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Newton Abbot Devon [1] Newton Abbot Devon [1] Newton Abbot Workhouse, Devon [1] Newton Abbot, Devon, [1] Newton Abbot, Devon. [1] Newton Abbot, Torquay, Devon [1] Newton Abbot,Devon. [1] Newton, Abbot Devon [1] Teignmouth,Newton Abbot,Devon. [1] Torquay, Devon Registered Newton Abbot [1] Torquay, Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [24] Stoker 1st Class [15] Able Seaman [8] Captain [6] Boy 1st Class [4] Gunner [4] Leading Stoker [4] Lieutenant [4] Sapper [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Cook's Mate [3] Corporal [3] Lance Corporal [3] Major [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Armourer [1] Blacksmith's Mate [1] Boy1class [1] Boy2class [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1] Brigadier [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain and Brevet Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Chief Stoker [1] Colonel [1] Commander [1] Deck Hand [1] Directrice [1] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Engineer Commander [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Lady Superintendent-in-Chief [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant General [1] Major General/Temporary Brigadier General [1] Major and Brevet Colonel Temporary Major General [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1] Ord seaman [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Pioneer [1] Plumber’s Mate [1] Probationary 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [10] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [9] HMS VALIANT [5] Royal Engineers [5] HMS DEFENCE [4] HMS TIGER [4] HMS LION [3] HMS Monmouth [3] Army Service Corps [2] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS Vivid II [2] HMS Warrior [2] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS WARSPITE [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division: HMS COLLINGWOOD [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] 10th Hussars [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Black Watch [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] GOC 68th Brigade [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] HMAS Melbourne [1] HMS Amphion [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS Centurion [1] HMS Collingwood [1] HMS Commonwealth [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] HMS Magic [1] HMS Marlborough [1] HMS NEW ZEALAND [1] HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1] HMS Pomone [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] HMS Thunderer [1]

Service

Royal Navy [320] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [97] British Army [46] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [50] B [49] C [46] H [46] S [36] M [35] G [27] P [26] L [25] T [19] D [14] E [14] F [14] V [14] N [13] R [12] A [11] J [10] O [6] K [5] U [4] I [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [449] Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [14] New Zealand [1]

William Charles Fuller

Died 1917

British Army 24856 Private Devonshire Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army 24856 Private Devonshire Regiment 6th Infantry Works Company

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Arthur George Beer

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28112

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Thomas Richard Withycombe

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290721

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John Stanley Mills.

Born 1888

Died 1967

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Lieutenant R.N.A.S.

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Edgar Thomas Yea

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army 2733 Private Royal Devon Yeomanry 1st Battalion

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Stanley Harry George Stephens

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 5620 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 7623 Rfleman London Regiment 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

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Lewis James Hammacott

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190988

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Frederick Henry Weeks

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306177

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George Furneaux

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278080

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William John Clark

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194640

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George Northcote Colvile

Born 1867

Died 1940

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General Reserve of Officers/Staff

British Army Brigadier General GOC 68th Brigade

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Arthur Robert Best

Born 1884

Died 1940

British Army 269716 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/271656 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Wallace Francis Call

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9295

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William John Blackbeard

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217749

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Henry John Crocker

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304376

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Robert Howard

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7804

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George Henry Roberts

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231897

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Robert Charles Carnell Lawrence

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 59568 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 5th (Reserve) Battalion-Territorial

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John Henry George Hayman

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 466627 Sapper Royal Engineers Tyne Electrical Engineers

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Frederick George Wills

Born 1895

Died 1914

Royal Navy J13147 Ordinary Seaman HMS Monmouth

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