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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]

Ernest Edward Webber

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192047

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William Henry Maddock

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67322

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William Thomas Gilley

Born 1867

Died 1949

British Army Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army Corporal Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army Serjeant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Charles Webber

Born 1872

Died 1920

Royal Navy 145131 Chief Petty Officer HMS Powerful

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Alfred Charles Reeby

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy K12463 Stoker 1st Class HMS LION

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Jabez William Pearse

Born 1893

Canadian Expeditionary Force 434874

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Bertram Harry Garland

Born 1893

Died 1918

Royal Navy K37168

Royal Navy K. 37168 (Dev) Stoker 1st Class HMS Anchusa

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Reginald John Gorman

Born 1899

Died 1967

British Army 16359 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Cyril Herod Cox

Born 1899

Died 1924

British Army 357198 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Frank Trethewey

Born 1894

Royal Navy K30155 Stoker (1)

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William Benjamin Roberts

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy K27565 Stoker 2nd Class HMS INDEFATIGABLE

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Ernest Roland Starkey

Born 1893

Died 1917

Royal Navy J5879 Able Seaman HMS Southampton

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Charles Herbert Lintern

Born 1898

Died 1915

Royal Navy J24345

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Andrew Newson

Born 1893

Royal Navy K28386

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Alec Henry Griffiths

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245777

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Francis James Tidball

Born 1880

Royal Navy F20064

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Harold Samuel Nicholson

Born 1896

Died 1990

Royal Navy K29440 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Vivid II

Royal Navy K29440 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Ajax

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William Henry Horton

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy K26425 Stoker 1st Class HMS INDEFATIGABLE

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James Henry Nichols

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy K6222 Leading Stoker HMS INDEFATIGABLE

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Francis Herbert Selden

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231201

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