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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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Place of birth

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]

Alice Rose Whitear

Born 1895

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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George Henry Kerswell

Born 1869

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Henry Cornelious

Born 1890

Royal Navy K1955 Leading Stoker HMS TIGER

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John Henry Northcott

Born 1894

Royal Navy K15097 Stoker 1st Class HMS LION

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Samuel John Taylor

Born 1898

Royal Navy J30228 Boy 1st Class HMS INFLEXIBLE

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Arthur Northcott

Born 1883

Royal Navy 208818 Leading Seaman HMS VALIANT

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Albert Victor Woollacott

Born 1892

Royal Navy K22557 Stoker 1st Class HMS TIGER

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Frederick Thomas Gilpin

Born 1891

Royal Navy K5761 Stoker 1st Class HMS VALIANT

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Reginald Ernest Brock

Born 1897

Royal Navy J20382 Able Seaman HMS Warrior

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Frederick Jordan

Born 1890

Royal Navy SS3312 Able Seaman HMS TIGER

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Robert Newton

Born 1895

Royal Navy K20237 Stoker 1st Class HMS Marlborough

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Samuel Moist Bickham

Born 1888

Royal Navy 311556 Stoker Petty Officer HMS LION

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William Henry Easton

Born 1883

Royal Navy 299485 Leading Stoker HMS COLLINGWOOD

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Frank James Haywood

Born 1878

Royal Navy 269835 Engine Room Artificer 1st Class HMS INDOMITABLE

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Henry Lentern

Born 1894

Royal Navy K23343 Stoker 1st Class HMS THUNDERER

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Wilfred Davey

Born 1882

Royal Navy 311082 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy 311082 Stoker 1st Class HMS Commonwealth

Royal Navy 311082 Plumber’s Mate HMS Collingwood

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Edwin Neiass

Born 1871

Royal Navy 153260 Stoker 1st Class Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid)

Australian Imperial Force 7123 Stoker RAN HMAS Melbourne

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William Vanstone

Born 1889

Royal Navy K29930

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Harry Rice Clark

Born 1883

Died 1919

Royal Navy 9842 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery - HMS INFLEXIBLE

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