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Plymouth, Devon [5180]

Plymouth, Devon, England [609]

Plymouth England [261]

Plymouth [257]

Charles, Plymouth, Devon [94]

New Plymouth [34]

Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon [20]

St Jude's, Plymouth, Devon [18]

East Stonehouse, Plymouth [17]

St Andrews, Plymouth [17]

Plymouth, Devonshire [15]

Charles Plymouth, Devon [12]

Mutley, Plymouth, Devon [9]

Saint Andrews Plymouth [9]

Plymouth, England [8]

Saint Peters Plymouth, Devon [8]

Devonport, Plymouth, Devon [6]

Plymouth, Cornwall [6]

Saint Andrews Plymouth, Devon [6]

Stoke Damerel, Plymouth, Devon [6]

Stonehouse, Plymouth [6]

Charles, Plymouth [5]

Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Plymouth [5]

Charles Plymouth [4]

Stoke, Plymouth, Devon [4]

Near Plymouth, Devon [3]

Plymouth Devonport [3]

Plympton, Plymouth, Devon [3]

Plymstock, Plymouth, Devon [3]

St Andrews, Plymouth, Devon [3]

Turnchapel, Plymouth [3]

20 Oakfield Tce, Cattedown, Plymouth [2]

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]

Laira, Plymouth [2]

Modbury, Plymouth, Devon [2]

New Plymouth NZ [2]

New Plymouth, New Zealand [2]

Newton Ferrers, Plymouth, Devon [2]

Plymouth Devon [2]

Plymouth Devon England [2]

Plymouth, Dover [2]

Plymouth, Hampshire [2]

Saint Andrew Plymouth [2]

Saint Andrews, Plymouth [2]

Rank

Private [184]

Stoker 1st Class [159]

Able Seaman [101]

Leading Stoker [60]

Stoker 2nd Class [43]

Leading Seaman [34]

Lieutenant [33]

Second Lieutenant [33]

Ordinary Seaman [29]

Captain [27]

Stoker Petty Officer [27]

Boy 1st Class [24]

Petty Officer [24]

Lance Corporal [19]

Serjeant [19]

Corporal [17]

Gunner [17]

Petty Officer Stoker [17]

Boy 2nd Class [16]

Cook's Mate [16]

Major [13]

Sapper [13]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [12]

Shipwright 1st Class [11]

Acting Leading Stoker [10]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [10]

Chief Petty Officer [9]

Rifleman [9]

Seaman [9]

Chief Stoker [8]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [8]

Petty Officer 1st Class [8]

Driver [7]

Mechanician [7]

Shipwright 2nd Class [7]

Sick Berth Attendant [7]

Boy Telegraphist [6]

Deck Hand [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Plumber [6]

Stoker [6]

Sergeant [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Boy [4]

Chief Armourer [4]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [4]

Officer's Cook 1st Class [4]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [4]

Signal Boy [4]

Trimmer [4]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [73]

HMS LION [50]

HMS TIGER [50]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [46]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [46]

HMS Ajax [36]

HMS Monmouth [35]

HMS THUNDERER [35]

HMS BELLEROPHON [33]

HMS VALIANT [33]

HMS Vivid [32]

Royal Naval Reserve [31]

HMS Vivid II [30]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [24]

Royal Engineers [24]

HMS Erin [18]

HMS New Zealand [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [17]

HMS DEFENCE [16]

Labour Corps [16]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [15]

HMS Defence [15]

HMS Goliath [15]

London Regiment [15]

HMS Impregnable [13]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

HMS Indefatigable [11]

HMS IRON DUKE [10]

HMS Vivid I [10]

HMS Warrior [10]

HMS BENBOW [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Somerset Light Infantry [9]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

HMS Falmouth [7]

HMS WARRIOR [7]

Welsh Regiment [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

HMS Benbow [6]

HMS Indus [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Various HM Ships and Establishments [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

HMS INVINCIBLE [5]

HMS NEPTUNE [5]

HMS NEW ZEALAND [5]

Service

Royal Navy [4965]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [585]

British Army [344]

Australian Imperial Force [300]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [20]

Other Empire Force [12]

Indian Army [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [698]

H [666]

S [564]

C [553]

W [515]

P [466]

M [462]

R [369]

T [347]

L [317]

D [311]

G [264]

F [225]

J [218]

E [195]

A [172]

K [138]

N [130]

O [68]

V [58]

I [29]

Y [26]

Q [14]

U [9]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6013]

Merchant Navy [605]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [228]

India [4]

New Zealand [3]

Canada [2]

France [2]

Germany [2]

China [1]

Egypt [1]

Ireland [1]

Isle of Man [1]

Malta [1]

South Africa [1]

Spain [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [5180] Plymouth, Devon, England [609] Plymouth England [261] Plymouth [257] Charles, Plymouth, Devon [94] New Plymouth [34] Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon [20] St Jude's, Plymouth, Devon [18] East Stonehouse, Plymouth [17] St Andrews, Plymouth [17] Plymouth, Devonshire [15] Charles Plymouth, Devon [12] Mutley, Plymouth, Devon [9] Saint Andrews Plymouth [9] Plymouth, England [8] Saint Peters Plymouth, Devon [8] Devonport, Plymouth, Devon [6] Plymouth, Cornwall [6] Saint Andrews Plymouth, Devon [6] Stoke Damerel, Plymouth, Devon [6] Stonehouse, Plymouth [6] Charles, Plymouth [5] Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Plymouth [5] Charles Plymouth [4] Stoke, Plymouth, Devon [4] Near Plymouth, Devon [3] Plymouth Devonport [3] Plympton, Plymouth, Devon [3] Plymstock, Plymouth, Devon [3] St Andrews, Plymouth, Devon [3] Turnchapel, Plymouth [3] 20 Oakfield Tce, Cattedown, Plymouth [2] 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] Laira, Plymouth [2] Modbury, Plymouth, Devon [2] New Plymouth NZ [2] New Plymouth, New Zealand [2] Newton Ferrers, Plymouth, Devon [2] Plymouth Devon [2] Plymouth Devon England [2] Plymouth, Dover [2] Plymouth, Hampshire [2] Saint Andrew Plymouth [2] Saint Andrews, Plymouth [2]

Rank

Private [184] Stoker 1st Class [159] Able Seaman [101] Leading Stoker [60] Stoker 2nd Class [43] Leading Seaman [34] Lieutenant [33] Second Lieutenant [33] Ordinary Seaman [29] Captain [27] Stoker Petty Officer [27] Boy 1st Class [24] Petty Officer [24] Lance Corporal [19] Serjeant [19] Corporal [17] Gunner [17] Petty Officer Stoker [17] Boy 2nd Class [16] Cook's Mate [16] Major [13] Sapper [13] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [12] Shipwright 1st Class [11] Acting Leading Stoker [10] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [10] Chief Petty Officer [9] Rifleman [9] Seaman [9] Chief Stoker [8] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [8] Petty Officer 1st Class [8] Driver [7] Mechanician [7] Shipwright 2nd Class [7] Sick Berth Attendant [7] Boy Telegraphist [6] Deck Hand [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Plumber [6] Stoker [6] Sergeant [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Boy [4] Chief Armourer [4] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [4] Officer's Cook 1st Class [4] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [4] Signal Boy [4] Trimmer [4]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [73] HMS LION [50] HMS TIGER [50] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [46] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [46] HMS Ajax [36] HMS Monmouth [35] HMS THUNDERER [35] HMS BELLEROPHON [33] HMS VALIANT [33] HMS Vivid [32] Royal Naval Reserve [31] HMS Vivid II [30] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [24] Royal Engineers [24] HMS Erin [18] HMS New Zealand [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [17] HMS DEFENCE [16] Labour Corps [16] HMS COLLINGWOOD [15] HMS Defence [15] HMS Goliath [15] London Regiment [15] HMS Impregnable [13] Royal Field Artillery [13] HMS Indefatigable [11] HMS IRON DUKE [10] HMS Vivid I [10] HMS Warrior [10] HMS BENBOW [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Somerset Light Infantry [9] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [8] Royal Naval Division [8] Canadian Infantry [7] HMS Falmouth [7] HMS WARRIOR [7] Welsh Regiment [7] Army Service Corps [6] HMS Benbow [6] HMS Indus [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Various HM Ships and Establishments [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] HMS INVINCIBLE [5] HMS NEPTUNE [5] HMS NEW ZEALAND [5]

Service

Royal Navy [4965] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [585] British Army [344] Australian Imperial Force [300] Canadian Expeditionary Force [20] Other Empire Force [12] Indian Army [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [698] H [666] S [564] C [553] W [515] P [466] M [462] R [369] T [347] L [317] D [311] G [264] F [225] J [218] E [195] A [172] K [138] N [130] O [68] V [58] I [29] Y [26] Q [14] U [9] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6013] Merchant Navy [605] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [228] India [4] New Zealand [3] Canada [2] France [2] Germany [2] China [1] Egypt [1] Ireland [1] Isle of Man [1] Malta [1] South Africa [1] Spain [1] Turkey [1]

Charles Samuel James Duke

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 459089 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 459089 Lance Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 8096 Devonshire Regt.

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Reginald Chave Parsons

Born 1892

Died 1984

British Army M2/031403 Serjeant Army Service Corps

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Stanley Richard Thomas Ball

Born 1884

Died 1963

British Army 89575 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1064 Boy The Royal Regiment of Artillery

British Army 22779 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery A Depot

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Herbert John Mahoney

Born 1896

Died 1940

Royal Navy K. 8540 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Taurus

Royal Navy K8540

Royal Navy K.8540 Stoker 1st class HMS Carnarvon

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Henry Devenish Skinner

Born 1886

Died 1978

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/1837 Lance-Corporal Otago Infantry Battalion

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Percy Andrew

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 2240 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 2240 Private Duke Of Cornwall Light Infantry 1st/5th Battalion

British Army 2240 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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William Frederick Jary

Born 1891

Died 1966

British Army 1848 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

1848 (Renumbered in early 1917 to 459083) Private Royal Army Medical Corp 25th Field Ambulance

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William James Baker

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army F/521 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

British Army F/521 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

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Alister Ralph Speirs Alexander

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army Captain Indian Army

Indian Army Captain 2/7 Gurkha Rifles

Indian Army Indian Medical Service

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Frederick Darke

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 66068 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 66068 Sapper Royal Engineers B Corps Signal Company

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Richard Charles Brenton

Born 1892

Died 1947

Royal Navy 2566 Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Train: Deal

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Fernleigh Winter Penny

Born 1897

Royal Navy 5552 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 244369 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Samuel Edward Spurr

Born 1900

Died 1976

Royal Navy K48281 Stoker Various HM Ships and naval Establishments

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Thomas Alfred Gidley

Born 1882

Died 1917

Royal Navy R/580 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy R/580 Able Seaman Reserves

British Army Reserve

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Percy George Passmore

Born 1880

Died 1919

British Army M2/134280 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M2/134280 Army Service Corp (MT)

British Army M2/134280 Private Royal Army Service Corp "A" Siege Park

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William Redvers Lamble

Born 1901

Died 1965

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 157258 Boy RFC

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 157258 Boy RAF

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 157258 AC2 RAF

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Leslie George Groves

Born 1898

Died 1993

British Army 61694 Driver Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 61694 Driver Royal Horse Artillery A Battery

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George Henry Soper

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 2254 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 240610 Private Devonshire Regiment 1/5th Btn

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Henry Thomson Dunbar

Born 1890

British Army 24307 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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William Alfred Bowring Mid

Born 1894

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 24/9 Captain New Zealand Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1/574 Captain New Zealand Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

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