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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]

Malcolm Reay Cumberledge

Born 1889

Died 1966

British Army 932 Sapper Royal Engineers 4th Reserve Battalion

British Army 932 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 4th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 932 Corporal Royal Engineers 4th (Reserve) Battalion

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Phillip John Trembath Reed

Born 1898

British Army 52414 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Leonard Tambling

Born 1886

Died 1914

Royal Navy 305790 Mechanician HMS Monmouth

Royal Navy 305790 Various HM Ships and Establishments

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Reginald Sydney Coombes

Born 1890

Died 1921

Australian Imperial Force 20305

Australian Imperial Force 20778

Australian Imperial Force 3668 Corporal Australian Army Service Corps 4th M.T. Coy

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William Robins Guy

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 2785 Corporal Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 240555 Corporal Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1/5th Battalion

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Gerald De Legh

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army

British Army 64 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Thomas John Moore

Born 1873

Died 1919

British Army 307363 Lance Corporal Labour Corps

British Army 307363 Private Labour Corps 729th

British Army SS/14330 Private Army Service Corps 871st Area Employment Company

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Kenneth Mckay Cumberledge

Born 1893

Died 1982

Royal Navy M22510 Electrical Artificer 4

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Samuel John Seabright

Born 1885

Died 1924

British Army 7900 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Walter Gerald Hicks

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 8th Battalion

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Lewis Richards

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 126007 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 275th Siege Bty

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Claude Martin

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Coldstream Guards

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Charles Woolcock

Born 1891

Died 1921

Royal Navy F37809 Aircraftman II HMS President II

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237809 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Air Force

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Reginald Montague Coon

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 2965 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 30458 Private Devonshire Regiment

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John George Chapman

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 321866 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Cornwall

British Army 321866 Private Royal Garrison Artillery Clearing Office Cornwall, 4th Siege Battery

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John Alfred Brewins

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 33233 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd Bn

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Archibald Winter Moyses

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army WR/208064 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John Thomas Hoar

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308593

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William Henry Lovering

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285766

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Ladas Trethewey

Born 1894

British Army 20283 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment 2nd

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