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Plymouth, Devon [5180]

Plymouth, Devon, England [609]

Charles, Plymouth, Devon [94]

Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon [20]

St Jude's, Plymouth, Devon [18]

Charles Plymouth, Devon [12]

Mutley, Plymouth, Devon [9]

Saint Peters Plymouth, Devon [8]

Saint Andrews Plymouth, Devon [7]

Devonport, Plymouth, Devon [6]

Stoke Damerel, Plymouth, Devon [6]

Plymstock, Plymouth, Devon [4]

St Andrews, Plymouth, Devon [4]

Stoke, Plymouth, Devon [4]

Near Plymouth, Devon [3]

Plympton, Plymouth, Devon [3]

7 Portland Square, Plymouth, Devon [2]

Brixton, Plymouth, Devon [2]

Cattedown, Plymouth, Devon [2]

Egg Buckland, Plymouth, Devon [2]

Ermington, Plymouth, Devon [2]

Holy Trinity Plymouth, Devon [2]

Ivybridge, Plymouth, Devon [2]

Modbury, Plymouth, Devon [2]

Newton Ferrers, Plymouth, Devon [2]

Plymouth Devon [2]

Plymouth Devon England [2]

Saint Andrew's Plymouth, Devon [2]

Saint Johns Plymouth, Devon [2]

Saint Judes Plymouth, Devon [2]

Stonehouse Plymouth, Devon [2]

Trinity, Plymouth, Devon [2]

14 Desborough Rd, Princerock, Plymouth, Devon [1]

20 Oakfield Tce, Charles, Plymouth, Devon [1]

24 St Johns Rd, Plymouth, Devon [1]

3 DudleyTerrace, St Judes, Plymouth, Devon [1]

5 Alma St, Parish of Sutton Plym, Plymouth, Devon [1]

60 Grenville Rd, Plymouth, Devon [1]

61 York St, Plymouth, Devon, England [1]

7 Lambhay St, Plymouth, Devon [1]

7 Moon St, Parish of Charles, Plymouth, Devon [1]

9 Summerland St, Plymouth, Devon [1]

All Saints Plymouth, Devon [1]

Bickleigh, Plymouth, Devon [1]

Brent, Plymouth, Devon [1]

Christchurch Plymouth, Devon [1]

Christchurch, Plymouth, Devon [1]

Cornwood, Plymouth, Devon [1]

Crabtree Plymouth, Devon [1]

Crownhill, Plymouth, Devon [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [156]

Private [98]

Able Seaman [95]

Leading Stoker [59]

Stoker 2nd Class [43]

Leading Seaman [30]

Ordinary Seaman [29]

Lieutenant [27]

Stoker Petty Officer [27]

Boy 1st Class [24]

Second Lieutenant [24]

Petty Officer [22]

Captain [20]

Boy 2nd Class [16]

Cook's Mate [16]

Petty Officer Stoker [16]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [12]

Gunner [12]

Lance Corporal [12]

Major [11]

Shipwright 1st Class [11]

Acting Leading Stoker [10]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [10]

Serjeant [9]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [8]

Chief Petty Officer [7]

Chief Stoker [7]

Driver [7]

Mechanician [7]

Rifleman [7]

Sapper [7]

Seaman [7]

Shipwright 2nd Class [7]

Sick Berth Attendant [7]

Boy Telegraphist [6]

Petty Officer 1st Class [6]

Deck Hand [5]

Plumber [5]

Stoker [5]

Armourer [4]

Boy [4]

Corporal [4]

Officer's Cook 1st Class [4]

Signal Boy [4]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [3]

Acting Gunner [3]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [3]

Boy Artificer [3]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3]

Unit

HMS LION [50]

HMS TIGER [50]

Devonshire Regiment [43]

HMS Ajax [36]

HMS THUNDERER [35]

HMS BELLEROPHON [33]

HMS VALIANT [33]

HMS Monmouth [30]

HMS Vivid [30]

HMS Vivid II [30]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [24]

Royal Naval Reserve [21]

HMS New Zealand [18]

HMS Erin [17]

HMS DEFENCE [16]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [15]

Royal Engineers [15]

HMS Defence [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

HMS Impregnable [13]

Labour Corps [12]

London Regiment [11]

HMS IRON DUKE [10]

HMS Vivid I [10]

HMS Warrior [10]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

HMS BENBOW [9]

HMS Goliath [9]

Somerset Light Infantry [8]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8]

HMS Falmouth [7]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Welsh Regiment [7]

HMS Benbow [6]

HMS Indefatigable [6]

HMS Indus [6]

HMS WARRIOR [6]

Various HM Ships and Establishments [6]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5]

HMS NEPTUNE [5]

HMS NEW ZEALAND [5]

HMS Tiger [5]

HMS Warspite [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

HMS DUBLIN [4]

HMS Good Hope [4]

Service

Royal Navy [4696]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [585]

British Army [192]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Other Empire Force [7]

Indian Army [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [620]

H [599]

S [503]

C [475]

W [456]

P [423]

M [411]

R [329]

T [314]

L [287]

D [281]

G [241]

F [208]

J [190]

E [164]

A [153]

K [125]

N [115]

O [61]

V [56]

I [27]

Y [25]

Q [10]

U [7]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5326]

Merchant Navy [603]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [159]

India [3]

France [2]

Germany [2]

Canada [1]

China [1]

Egypt [1]

Isle of Man [1]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [5180] Plymouth, Devon, England [609] Charles, Plymouth, Devon [94] Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon [20] St Jude's, Plymouth, Devon [18] Charles Plymouth, Devon [12] Mutley, Plymouth, Devon [9] Saint Peters Plymouth, Devon [8] Saint Andrews Plymouth, Devon [7] Devonport, Plymouth, Devon [6] Stoke Damerel, Plymouth, Devon [6] Plymstock, Plymouth, Devon [4] St Andrews, Plymouth, Devon [4] Stoke, Plymouth, Devon [4] Near Plymouth, Devon [3] Plympton, Plymouth, Devon [3] 7 Portland Square, Plymouth, Devon [2] Brixton, Plymouth, Devon [2] Cattedown, Plymouth, Devon [2] Egg Buckland, Plymouth, Devon [2] Ermington, Plymouth, Devon [2] Holy Trinity Plymouth, Devon [2] Ivybridge, Plymouth, Devon [2] Modbury, Plymouth, Devon [2] Newton Ferrers, Plymouth, Devon [2] Plymouth Devon [2] Plymouth Devon England [2] Saint Andrew's Plymouth, Devon [2] Saint Johns Plymouth, Devon [2] Saint Judes Plymouth, Devon [2] Stonehouse Plymouth, Devon [2] Trinity, Plymouth, Devon [2] 14 Desborough Rd, Princerock, Plymouth, Devon [1] 20 Oakfield Tce, Charles, Plymouth, Devon [1] 24 St Johns Rd, Plymouth, Devon [1] 3 DudleyTerrace, St Judes, Plymouth, Devon [1] 5 Alma St, Parish of Sutton Plym, Plymouth, Devon [1] 60 Grenville Rd, Plymouth, Devon [1] 61 York St, Plymouth, Devon, England [1] 7 Lambhay St, Plymouth, Devon [1] 7 Moon St, Parish of Charles, Plymouth, Devon [1] 9 Summerland St, Plymouth, Devon [1] All Saints Plymouth, Devon [1] Bickleigh, Plymouth, Devon [1] Brent, Plymouth, Devon [1] Christchurch Plymouth, Devon [1] Christchurch, Plymouth, Devon [1] Cornwood, Plymouth, Devon [1] Crabtree Plymouth, Devon [1] Crownhill, Plymouth, Devon [1]

Rank

Stoker 1st Class [156] Private [98] Able Seaman [95] Leading Stoker [59] Stoker 2nd Class [43] Leading Seaman [30] Ordinary Seaman [29] Lieutenant [27] Stoker Petty Officer [27] Boy 1st Class [24] Second Lieutenant [24] Petty Officer [22] Captain [20] Boy 2nd Class [16] Cook's Mate [16] Petty Officer Stoker [16] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [12] Gunner [12] Lance Corporal [12] Major [11] Shipwright 1st Class [11] Acting Leading Stoker [10] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [10] Serjeant [9] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [8] Chief Petty Officer [7] Chief Stoker [7] Driver [7] Mechanician [7] Rifleman [7] Sapper [7] Seaman [7] Shipwright 2nd Class [7] Sick Berth Attendant [7] Boy Telegraphist [6] Petty Officer 1st Class [6] Deck Hand [5] Plumber [5] Stoker [5] Armourer [4] Boy [4] Corporal [4] Officer's Cook 1st Class [4] Signal Boy [4] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [3] Acting Gunner [3] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [3] Acting Sub Lieutenant [3] Boy Artificer [3] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [3]

Unit

HMS LION [50] HMS TIGER [50] Devonshire Regiment [43] HMS Ajax [36] HMS THUNDERER [35] HMS BELLEROPHON [33] HMS VALIANT [33] HMS Monmouth [30] HMS Vivid [30] HMS Vivid II [30] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [24] Royal Naval Reserve [21] HMS New Zealand [18] HMS Erin [17] HMS DEFENCE [16] HMS COLLINGWOOD [15] Royal Engineers [15] HMS Defence [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] HMS Impregnable [13] Labour Corps [12] London Regiment [11] HMS IRON DUKE [10] HMS Vivid I [10] HMS Warrior [10] Royal Field Artillery [10] HMS BENBOW [9] HMS Goliath [9] Somerset Light Infantry [8] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8] HMS Falmouth [7] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Welsh Regiment [7] HMS Benbow [6] HMS Indefatigable [6] HMS Indus [6] HMS WARRIOR [6] Various HM Ships and Establishments [6] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5] HMS NEPTUNE [5] HMS NEW ZEALAND [5] HMS Tiger [5] HMS Warspite [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] HMS DUBLIN [4] HMS Good Hope [4]

Service

Royal Navy [4696] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [585] British Army [192] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Other Empire Force [7] Indian Army [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [620] H [599] S [503] C [475] W [456] P [423] M [411] R [329] T [314] L [287] D [281] G [241] F [208] J [190] E [164] A [153] K [125] N [115] O [61] V [56] I [27] Y [25] Q [10] U [7] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5326] Merchant Navy [603] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [159] India [3] France [2] Germany [2] Canada [1] China [1] Egypt [1] Isle of Man [1] Malta [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1] Turkey [1]

Andrew Lodin Beale

Born 1885

Died 1950

Royal Navy 351561 Chief Sick Berth Attendant Various HM Ships and Establishments

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Albert George Campbell

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 203380 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Stanley John Boggia

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 346022 Shipwright 1st Class H.M.S. 'Defence'

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Ronald Owen Bunker

Born 1897

Died 1921

Royal Navy J19911 Able Seaman

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Cyril Wilfred Newton

Born 1893

Died 1914

Royal Navy K17335 Stoker 1st Class HMS Monmouth

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Stanley George Frederick Charles Knight

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy M10392

Royal Navy M/10392 Leading Victualling Assistant H.M.S. Zinnia.

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William Alfred John Edmonds

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 50744 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Fredrick James Lake

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 270376 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 225372 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 225372 Private London Regiment

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Aubrey Antill Spencer

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 142658 Sapper Royal Engineers C Coy

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Henry Peverell Rogers

Born 1896

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Charles Frederick Howe

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 599 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion

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Thomas Edred Evel

Born 1897

Died 1941

British Army 28659 Sergeant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Herbert Edwin Walker

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263320 Private

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Charles Long

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy F/32858 Aircraftman 2nd Class Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Navy F/32858 Aircraftman 1st Class Royal Naval Air Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232858 Private 1st Class Royal Air Force 248 Squadron, Hornsea Mere Seaplane Base

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Cyril Raymond Crowley

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Alfred Cann

Born 1900

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 725244

Canadian Expeditionary Force 725244 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry

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Harold Thomas Coulthard Walker

Born 1891

Died 1975

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Admiral

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Joseph Burton

Born 1900

Died 1917

British Army 203606 Private Devonshire Regiment 4th Bn.

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Arthur Thorning

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 40970 York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 33676 Private Lincolnshire Regiment Labour Companies

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William Joseph Howell, M.s.m.

Born 1876

Died 1919

Royal Navy 269099 Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class HMS Seabear

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