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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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People [129] Stories Communities

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]

George Ernest Rowe

Born 1882

British Army 8456 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8456 Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Sydney Herbert Nancarrow

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286251

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Fred Wesley Snell

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166733

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Frederick John Grose

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214849

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Edward Ernest Barbery

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220097

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Sydney Nile

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227313

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Luther Hore

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 16083 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 15215 Private Somerset Light Infantry 8th Btn

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William Richard Hendy

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2099 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1st/5th Battalion

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John Allan Menear

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261522

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Jonathan Toms Nancarrow

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405287

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Frederick Charles Peters

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261008

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William Henry Lakeman

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279696

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Richard Edmonds Luke

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220339

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Thomas Guy Hill

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238369

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James Richard Percy Rowse

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279579

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John Vian

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236506

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Arthur Kent

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238077

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Frederick John Lobb

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222101

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Alfred Tabb

Born 1874

Died 1920

Royal Navy 282746 Stoker 1st Class HMS Orion

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James Menear Pearce

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221713

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