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St Austell, Cornwall [83]

St Austell, Cornwall, England [12]

St. Austell, Cornwall [6]

Roche, St Austell, Cornwall [3]

ST AUSTELL, CORNWALL [3]

St Stephens, St Austell, Cornwall [3]

St Mewan, St Austell, Cornwall [2]

Bethel, St. Austell, Cornwall [1]

Carluddon, St Austell, Cornwall [1]

Fowey, St Austell, Cornwall [1]

Gorran, St Austell, Cornwall [1]

Mevagissey, St Austell, Cornwall [1]

Mevagissey, St. Austell District, Cornwall, England [1]

Nanpean, St Austell, Cornwall [1]

Polgooth, St Austell, Cornwall [1]

ST AUSTELL CORNWALL [1]

St Austell RD, Cornwall [1]

St Austell Reg. District, Cornwall [1]

St Blazey, St. Austell, Cornwall [1]

St Dennis, St Austell, Cornwall [1]

St Ewe, St Austell, Cornwall [1]

St. Blazey, St. Austell, Cornwall [1]

Tregenissey near St Austell, Cornwall [1]

Trethowel, St. Austell, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [26]

Corporal [9]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Gunner [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Sapper [3]

Captain [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman II [1]

Boy [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Electrical Artificer 4 [1]

Major [1]

Mechanician [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Pilot (2nd Class) [1]

Private (1st Class Engineer) [1]

Private (2nd Class) [1]

Sergeant Mechanic Instructor [1]

Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

American Expeditionary Force [1]

American Expeditionary Force - 107th Engineers [1]

American Expeditionary Force - 16th Infantry [1]

American Expeditionary Force - 34th Engineers [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Army Service Corps [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

DCLI [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS Orion [1]

HMS President II [1]

HMS Vivid [1]

Indian Cavalry Supply Column [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

RAF [1]

RFC [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Defence Corps. [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Actaeon [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

Various HM Ships and Establishments [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62]

British Army [41]

Royal Navy [11]

Other Empire Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

T [17]

B [11]

S [11]

M [10]

C [9]

H [9]

R [9]

D [7]

G [7]

L [7]

P [7]

N [5]

W [5]

K [3]

A [2]

E [2]

J [2]

O [2]

V [2]

F [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [103]

Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Malta [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

St Austell, Cornwall [83] St Austell, Cornwall, England [12] St. Austell, Cornwall [6] Roche, St Austell, Cornwall [3] ST AUSTELL, CORNWALL [3] St Stephens, St Austell, Cornwall [3] St Mewan, St Austell, Cornwall [2] Bethel, St. Austell, Cornwall [1] Carluddon, St Austell, Cornwall [1] Fowey, St Austell, Cornwall [1] Gorran, St Austell, Cornwall [1] Mevagissey, St Austell, Cornwall [1] Mevagissey, St. Austell District, Cornwall, England [1] Nanpean, St Austell, Cornwall [1] Polgooth, St Austell, Cornwall [1] ST AUSTELL CORNWALL [1] St Austell RD, Cornwall [1] St Austell Reg. District, Cornwall [1] St Blazey, St. Austell, Cornwall [1] St Dennis, St Austell, Cornwall [1] St Ewe, St Austell, Cornwall [1] St. Blazey, St. Austell, Cornwall [1] Tregenissey near St Austell, Cornwall [1] Trethowel, St. Austell, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [26] Corporal [9] Second Lieutenant [5] Gunner [3] Lance Corporal [3] Sapper [3] Captain [2] Lieutenant [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Aircraftman II [1] Boy [1] Deck Hand [1] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1] Electrical Artificer 4 [1] Major [1] Mechanician [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Pilot (2nd Class) [1] Private (1st Class Engineer) [1] Private (2nd Class) [1] Sergeant Mechanic Instructor [1] Serjeant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5] Royal Engineers [5] Labour Corps [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] HMS Monmouth [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] American Expeditionary Force [1] American Expeditionary Force - 107th Engineers [1] American Expeditionary Force - 16th Infantry [1] American Expeditionary Force - 34th Engineers [1] Army Service Corps [1] Australian Army Service Corps [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] DCLI [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS Orion [1] HMS President II [1] HMS Vivid [1] Indian Cavalry Supply Column [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] RAF [1] RFC [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Defence Corps. [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Actaeon [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1] South Wales Borderers [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] Various HM Ships and Establishments [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1] Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62] British Army [41] Royal Navy [11] Other Empire Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

T [17] B [11] S [11] M [10] C [9] H [9] R [9] D [7] G [7] L [7] P [7] N [5] W [5] K [3] A [2] E [2] J [2] O [2] V [2] F [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [103] Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [20] Malta [1] United States [1]

Percy Trethewey

Born 1895

Died 1962

Other Empire Force 3129332 Private (1st Class Engineer) American Expeditionary Force - 34th Engineers Company A

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William Sweet

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 33680 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Alfred Albert Bennett

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219331

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Egbert Arthur Jane

Born 1884

Died 1955

British Army 36119 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 107618 Private Labour Corps

British Army 43450 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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John Thomas Mitchell

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194537

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James William Stacey

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261309

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George Courtney Edwards

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309108

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John Stanley Bray

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 68457 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 68457 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

British Army Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 46th Battalion

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Samuel John May

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 15200 Private Somerset Light Infantry 8th Btn

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Cyrenious Jack Mills

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 13042 Corporal Essex Regiment 12th Battalion

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Andrew Martin

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164329

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Henry Bobe

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33709

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Ernest John Osborn

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers

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John Varcoe

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33072

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Paul Trethewey

Born 1877

Died 1922

British Army 2290 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 200543 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Marshall Headley Trethewey

Born 1889

British Army 75596 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery 322 Siege Battery

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Joseph Trethewey

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 155079 Boy RFC

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 155079 Pilot (2nd Class) RAF

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 155079 Private (2nd Class) RAF

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Edwin Charles Trethewey

Born 1886

British Army 143036 Private Labour Corps

British Army 35780 Private Hampshire Regiment 3rd

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John Gilbert

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283527

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Sydney Maurice Gregory

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 6th city of lond Battalion

British Army London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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