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Plympton, Devon [297]

Plympton Saint Mary, Devon [13]

Plympton Devon [10]

Plympton, Devon, England [7]

Plympton St Mary, Devon [3]

Plympton, Plymouth, Devon [3]

Ermington, Plympton, Devon [2]

Plympton Saint Marys, Devon [2]

Yealmpton, Plympton, Devon [2]

Brixton, Plympton, Devon [1]

Colebrook, Plympton, Devon [1]

Plympton Plymouth, Devon [1]

Plympton st Mary, Devon [1]

Plympton, Saint Mary, Devon [1]

Plympton, St.Mary, Devon [1]

Plympton,Devon. [1]

Sparkwell, Plympton, Devon [1]

Tamerton Foliot, Plympton, Devon [1]

Underwood, Plympton, Devon [1]

Venton, Plympton, Devon [1]

West Plympton, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [25]

Stoker 1st Class [17]

Able Seaman [7]

Leading Stoker [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Chief Stoker [5]

Gunner [5]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Stoker Petty Officer [4]

Cook's Mate [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Stoker [3]

Corporal [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Major [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Serjeant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Chief Stoker [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

C.S.M. [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Writer [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cook [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Leading Stoker 1st Class [1]

Leading Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1]

Shipwright [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Shipwright Lieutenant Commander [1]

Stoker (1) [1]

Warrant Shipwright [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

HMS LION [6]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

HMS Ajax [3]

HMS Defence [3]

HMS Erin [3]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [3]

HMS Vivid II [3]

Vivid I [3]

Vivid II [3]

Coldstream Guards [2]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS Benbow [2]

HMS Ganges II [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

HMS VALIANT [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

HMS Vivid I [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Algerine [1]

Andromeda [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Carnarvon [1]

Challenger (Monmouth) [1]

Defence [1]

Defiance [1]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

Donegal [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Edgar [1]

Europa [1]

Euryalus [1]

Forth [1]

Gibraltar [1]

H.M.S. "Vivid I" [1]

H.M.S. "Vivid" [1]

HM Paddle Minesweeper Ascot [1]

HM Submarine E50 [1]

HMS Anchusa [1]

HMS Ariadne [1]

HMS Arrogant [1]

HMS Bonaventure [1]

HMS Capetown [1]

HMS Colossus [1]

HMS Cornwall [1]

Service

Royal Navy [286]

British Army [32]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [40]

H [36]

P [32]

C [26]

W [26]

B [25]

R [25]

L [23]

M [23]

G [22]

T [19]

N [11]

E [9]

J [8]

D [7]

F [7]

K [4]

A [3]

Y [3]

O [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [329]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

Bermuda [1]

Gibraltar [1]

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People [351] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Plympton, Devon [297] Plympton Saint Mary, Devon [13] Plympton Devon [10] Plympton, Devon, England [7] Plympton St Mary, Devon [3] Plympton, Plymouth, Devon [3] Ermington, Plympton, Devon [2] Plympton Saint Marys, Devon [2] Yealmpton, Plympton, Devon [2] Brixton, Plympton, Devon [1] Colebrook, Plympton, Devon [1] Plympton Plymouth, Devon [1] Plympton st Mary, Devon [1] Plympton, Saint Mary, Devon [1] Plympton, St.Mary, Devon [1] Plympton,Devon. [1] Sparkwell, Plympton, Devon [1] Tamerton Foliot, Plympton, Devon [1] Underwood, Plympton, Devon [1] Venton, Plympton, Devon [1] West Plympton, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [25] Stoker 1st Class [17] Able Seaman [7] Leading Stoker [6] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Chief Stoker [5] Gunner [5] Boy 2nd Class [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Stoker Petty Officer [4] Cook's Mate [3] Lieutenant [3] Petty Officer [3] Stoker [3] Corporal [2] Leading Seaman [2] Major [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Serjeant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Chief Stoker [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] C.S.M. [1] Captain [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Writer [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cook [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Leading Stoker 1st Class [1] Leading Stoker 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1] Shipwright [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1] Shipwright Lieutenant Commander [1] Stoker (1) [1] Warrant Shipwright [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] HMS LION [6] Canadian Infantry [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] HMS Ajax [3] HMS Defence [3] HMS Erin [3] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [3] HMS Vivid II [3] Vivid I [3] Vivid II [3] Coldstream Guards [2] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS Benbow [2] HMS Ganges II [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS TIGER [2] HMS VALIANT [2] HMS Vivid [2] HMS Vivid I [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Algerine [1] Andromeda [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Carnarvon [1] Challenger (Monmouth) [1] Defence [1] Defiance [1] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1] Donegal [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Edgar [1] Europa [1] Euryalus [1] Forth [1] Gibraltar [1] H.M.S. "Vivid I" [1] H.M.S. "Vivid" [1] HM Paddle Minesweeper Ascot [1] HM Submarine E50 [1] HMS Anchusa [1] HMS Ariadne [1] HMS Arrogant [1] HMS Bonaventure [1] HMS Capetown [1] HMS Colossus [1] HMS Cornwall [1]

Service

Royal Navy [286] British Army [32] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [40] H [36] P [32] C [26] W [26] B [25] R [25] L [23] M [23] G [22] T [19] N [11] E [9] J [8] D [7] F [7] K [4] A [3] Y [3] O [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [329] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [37] Bermuda [1] Gibraltar [1]

Harry Pearse

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 337 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery Devon

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Frederick Thomas Greep

Born 1878

Died 1915

Royal Navy Dev/281626(RFR/B/2055) Stoker 1st Class Nelson Battalion

Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy 281626 Stoker 2nd Class Vivid II

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William Harris Leaford

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 138053 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 187 Sge Bty

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Phillip Charles Triscott

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 43 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 291592 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Frederick James Spurr

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 41315 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 33690 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Walter Boyes

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 10145 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 10145 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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William Reginald Ernest Facey

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 8630 Private Coldstream Guards

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Leonard Stephen Battershell

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy M13410 Cook's Mate HMS Ariadne

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Thomas Collings

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 20672 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 20672 Private Devonshire Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion

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William John Birch

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 133007 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Alfred John Newson

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 9861 Private Coldstream Guards

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Ralph Conran Smythe

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 2nd Lieutenant

British Army Lieutenant

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William Wood

Born 1872

Died 1915

Royal Navy 163112 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Goliath

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Thomas Hemphill

Born 1874

Died 1914

Royal Navy 276909 Chief Stoker HMS Monmouth

Royal Navy 276909 Stoker 2nd Class Vivid II

Royal Navy 276909 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Sans Pareil

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Percival Maurice Hayman

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 41179 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 41179 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 1st 28th

British Army 8/20408 34th T.R

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Reginald James Muttram

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 32903 Private Household Calvary 7th Queen 's Own Hussars

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Harold James Gorman

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 89455 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 89455 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Francis Palmer Selleck Horne

Born 1878

Died 1916

Royal Navy 290860 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Defence

Royal Navy 290860 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy 290860 Stoker HMS Vivid II

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Leslie Thomas Pearse

Born 1898

Died 1958

British Army 116174 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 43788 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 1662785 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Percy Stephen Bate Hurrell

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 44096 Private Devonshire Regiment

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