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Padstow, Cornwall [69]

Padstow, Cornwall, England [35]

Padstow, St Columb, Cornwall [1]

Padstow, Wadebridge, Cornwall [1]

Saint Columb, Padstow, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Private [2]

Bach [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain and 4th Class Chaplain The Reverend [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Major The Reverend [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [1]

Regulating Petty Officer [1]

Reverend / 4th Class Chaplain [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1]

Ship's Steward's Assistant [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Signalman [1]

Unit

HMS Vivid [3]

Army Chaplains Department [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Donegal [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

H.M.S. "King Alfred" [1]

H.M.S. Canopus [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS Theseus [1]

HMS Tiger [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

Highflyer [1]

Hogue [1]

Impregnable [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Monmouth [1]

Royal Arthur [1]

Sutlej [1]

Talbot [1]

Tamar [1]

Victory [1]

Vivid [1]

Vivid I [1]

Service

Royal Navy [61]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

British Army [3]

Last name first letter

B [18]

M [14]

H [11]

C [10]

D [6]

J [6]

R [6]

E [5]

G [5]

S [5]

P [4]

W [4]

L [3]

N [3]

T [3]

A [1]

F [1]

I [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [67]

Merchant Navy [35]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

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People [107] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Padstow, Cornwall [69] Padstow, Cornwall, England [35] Padstow, St Columb, Cornwall [1] Padstow, Wadebridge, Cornwall [1] Saint Columb, Padstow, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Private [2] Bach [1] Boy [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain and 4th Class Chaplain The Reverend [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Major The Reverend [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer 2nd Class [1] Regulating Petty Officer [1] Reverend / 4th Class Chaplain [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1] Ship's Steward's Assistant [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1] Signalman [1]

Unit

HMS Vivid [3] Army Chaplains Department [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Donegal [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] H.M.S. "King Alfred" [1] H.M.S. Canopus [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS Theseus [1] HMS Tiger [1] HMS Vivid I [1] Highflyer [1] Hogue [1] Impregnable [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Monmouth [1] Royal Arthur [1] Sutlej [1] Talbot [1] Tamar [1] Victory [1] Vivid [1] Vivid I [1]

Service

Royal Navy [61] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] British Army [3]

Last name first letter

B [18] M [14] H [11] C [10] D [6] J [6] R [6] E [5] G [5] S [5] P [4] W [4] L [3] N [3] T [3] A [1] F [1] I [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [67] Merchant Navy [35]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Alfred James Williams

Born 1889

Died 1914

Royal Navy 236410

Royal Navy 236410 Bach Impregnable

Royal Navy 236410 Boy Impregnable

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Richard Dale

Born 1866

Died 1915

Royal Navy 133488 Petty Officer 2nd Class H.M.S. Canopus

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William George Masters

Born 1877

Died 1917

Royal Navy 181926 Able Seaman H.M.S. "King Alfred"

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Ernest Edgar Bragg

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294112

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William Clarence Stribley

Born 1899

Died 1973

Royal Navy J44110 Boy 1st Class HMS CANADA

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Richard Brenton Bate

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 17189 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 17189 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Joseph Patrick Flanagan

Born 1896

Died 1983

Royal Navy M12925

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James Brokenshire

Born 1862

Died 1915

Royal Navy 107654 Shipwright 2nd Class HMS Vivid

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Frederick William Turner Matthews

Born 1883

Died 1919

Royal Navy 300592 Regulating Petty Officer HMS Tiger

Royal Navy 300592 Ship's Corporal 1st Class HMS TIGER

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Vera Annie Gwendolyn Hornabrook

Born 1898

Died 1996

Air Force (RAF/RFC) G3019

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William Henry Rosevere

Born 1868

Died 1914

Royal Navy 126623 Chief Petty Officer HMS Vivid

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Edward Coe

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218491

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William Edred Cock

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294256

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George Grubb

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283122

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Joseph Thomas Julieff

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298548

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Edgar Dale Donkin

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304232

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Samuel Magor

Born 1889

Died 1964

British Army Major The Reverend Army Chaplains Department

British Army Reverend / 4th Class Chaplain Army Chaplains Department

British Army Captain and 4th Class Chaplain The Reverend Army Chaplains Department

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Richard Thomas Currow

Born 1876

Died 1920

Royal Navy 165525 Chief Petty Officer HMS Vivid

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Nathaniel Percy England

Born 1893

Royal Navy M12590 Ship's Steward's Assistant HMS THUNDERER

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Thomas Henry Prior

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231287

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