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St Thomas, Exeter, Devon [58]

St Thomas, Devon [18]

St. Thomas, Surrey [18]

St. Thomas [14]

St. Thomas, Exeter [9]

St Thomas, Swansea, Glamorganshire [6]

St Thomas ON [5]

Exmouth, St Thomas, Devon [4]

St. Thomas, Devon [4]

St Thomas [3]

St Thomas Mount, Madras [3]

St Thomas,Devon [3]

St. Thomas, Ontario [3]

Cedar Valley, St. Thomas, Surrey [2]

Littleham, St Thomas, Devon [2]

St Thomas Birmingham [2]

St Thomas England [2]

St Thomas, Birmingham [2]

St Thomas, Derby [2]

St Thomas, Devon, England [2]

St Thomas, Ontario [2]

St Thomas, Oxford [2]

St thomas Exeter Devon [2]

St. Thomas, Douglas, Isle Of Man [2]

St. Thomas, Swansea [2]

St. Thomas, Winchester [2]

127 Thomas St Miles Platting Manchester [1]

Alphington, St Thomas, Devon [1]

Arcadia, St. Thomas [1]

Bath PO, St. Thomas [1]

Bath, St Thomas, Surrey [1]

Bath, St. Thomas [1]

Bath, St. Thomas, Surrey [1]

Bull Bay, St. Thomas, Surrey [1]

Clyst St. George (St Thomas Devon) [1]

Cricket St Thomas near Chard, Somerset [1]

East Prospect, St. Thomas, Surrey [1]

Exeter St. Thomas, Devon [1]

Exmouth St. Thomas Devon [1]

Golden Grove, St. Thomas, Surrey [1]

Hagley Gap, St. Thomas [1]

Hampstead, St. Thomas, Surrey [1]

Lanscore Road, St. Thomas, Exeter [1]

Morant Bay, St. Thomas [1]

Morant Bay, St. Thomas, Cornwall [1]

Morant Bay, St. Thomas, Surrey [1]

Olivedale, St Thomas, Exeter [1]

ST. THOMAS, STOURBRIDGE, WORCS [1]

St Thomas Devon [1]

St Thomas District, Exmouth, Devon, England [1]

Rank

Private [110]

Serjeant [17]

Lance Corporal [13]

Corporal [12]

Lieutenant [8]

Captain [7]

Sapper [7]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Driver [4]

Gunner [4]

Sergeant [4]

Lance Sergeant [3]

Major [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Rifleman [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal Private [1]

Fleet Surgeon [1]

Flight Sergeant [1]

Hon Cpt [1]

L/Cpl [1]

Lance Corp[oral [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Musician [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private (Acting Corporal) [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant /Temporary Serjeant Major [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Shipwright 1st Class [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Surgeon Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

British West Indies Regiment [34]

Jamaica War Contingent [17]

Devonshire Regiment [15]

West India Regiment [15]

Royal Engineers [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [5]

Army Service Corps [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

Training Reserve [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

2/4th Rajputs [1]

72nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Attached Nigeria Regiment [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Chaplain Services [1]

Canadian Garrison Artillery [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Canadian Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

Cavalry Infantry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Derby Yeomanry [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Service

British Army [161]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [57]

Other Empire Force [19]

Royal Navy [19]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [17]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [30]

C [29]

W [25]

L [24]

H [22]

M [19]

S [18]

G [13]

P [13]

R [12]

A [10]

D [8]

T [8]

F [5]

K [5]

E [4]

J [3]

N [2]

I [1]

O [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [238]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [62]

Canada [4]

Jamaica [3]

India [2]

Barbados [1]

France [1]

Panama [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

St Thomas, Exeter, Devon [58] St Thomas, Devon [18] St. Thomas, Surrey [18] St. Thomas [14] St. Thomas, Exeter [9] St Thomas, Swansea, Glamorganshire [6] St Thomas ON [5] Exmouth, St Thomas, Devon [4] St. Thomas, Devon [4] St Thomas [3] St Thomas Mount, Madras [3] St Thomas,Devon [3] St. Thomas, Ontario [3] Cedar Valley, St. Thomas, Surrey [2] Littleham, St Thomas, Devon [2] St Thomas Birmingham [2] St Thomas England [2] St Thomas, Birmingham [2] St Thomas, Derby [2] St Thomas, Devon, England [2] St Thomas, Ontario [2] St Thomas, Oxford [2] St thomas Exeter Devon [2] St. Thomas, Douglas, Isle Of Man [2] St. Thomas, Swansea [2] St. Thomas, Winchester [2] 127 Thomas St Miles Platting Manchester [1] Alphington, St Thomas, Devon [1] Arcadia, St. Thomas [1] Bath PO, St. Thomas [1] Bath, St Thomas, Surrey [1] Bath, St. Thomas [1] Bath, St. Thomas, Surrey [1] Bull Bay, St. Thomas, Surrey [1] Clyst St. George (St Thomas Devon) [1] Cricket St Thomas near Chard, Somerset [1] East Prospect, St. Thomas, Surrey [1] Exeter St. Thomas, Devon [1] Exmouth St. Thomas Devon [1] Golden Grove, St. Thomas, Surrey [1] Hagley Gap, St. Thomas [1] Hampstead, St. Thomas, Surrey [1] Lanscore Road, St. Thomas, Exeter [1] Morant Bay, St. Thomas [1] Morant Bay, St. Thomas, Cornwall [1] Morant Bay, St. Thomas, Surrey [1] Olivedale, St Thomas, Exeter [1] ST. THOMAS, STOURBRIDGE, WORCS [1] St Thomas Devon [1] St Thomas District, Exmouth, Devon, England [1]

Rank

Private [110] Serjeant [17] Lance Corporal [13] Corporal [12] Lieutenant [8] Captain [7] Sapper [7] Second Lieutenant [6] Acting Corporal [4] Driver [4] Gunner [4] Sergeant [4] Lance Sergeant [3] Major [3] Nursing Sister [3] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Rifleman [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal Private [1] Fleet Surgeon [1] Flight Sergeant [1] Hon Cpt [1] L/Cpl [1] Lance Corp[oral [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Musician [1] Petty Officer [1] Pioneer [1] Private (Acting Corporal) [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Quarter Master Serjeant /Temporary Serjeant Major [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Shipwright 1st Class [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Surgeon Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

British West Indies Regiment [34] Jamaica War Contingent [17] Devonshire Regiment [15] West India Regiment [15] Royal Engineers [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] Royal Field Artillery [7] Hampshire Regiment [6] Canadian Army Medical Corps [5] Army Service Corps [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] London Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2] HMS Vivid [2] Labour Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] Training Reserve [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 2/4th Rajputs [1] 72nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Attached Nigeria Regiment [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Chaplain Services [1] Canadian Garrison Artillery [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Canadian Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] Cavalry Infantry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Derby Yeomanry [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1]

Service

British Army [161] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [57] Other Empire Force [19] Royal Navy [19] Canadian Expeditionary Force [17] Australian Imperial Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [30] C [29] W [25] L [24] H [22] M [19] S [18] G [13] P [13] R [12] A [10] D [8] T [8] F [5] K [5] E [4] J [3] N [2] I [1] O [1] U [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [238] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [62] Canada [4] Jamaica [3] India [2] Barbados [1] France [1] Panama [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1] United States [1]

Charles Ernest E Bellamy

Born 1880

British Army 2947 Corporal West India Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 2947 Serjeant West India Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Eugene Foreman

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Richmond Hammond Bryan

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 242363 Company Serjeant Major Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd/6th Battalion

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Edmund Bullard

Born 1892

Canadian Expeditionary Force 931241 Private No 2 Construction Battalion

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George Albert Stalley

Born 1886

British Army 7482 Private Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

Other Empire Force Trinidad Light Infantry Volunteers

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Alphaeus Henry Wicliffe Grant

Born 1882

Died 1982

British Army 3953 Private West India Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 3953 Corporal West India Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 3953 Serjeant West India Regiment

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Thomas Parkes

Born 1888

British Army 146445 Corporal Royal Engineers No 2nd OC Battalion

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Alvin Edwin Gordon

Born 1887

Died 1919

Other Empire Force 1341 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 3609 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

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John James Baker

Born 1877

Died 1954

British Army 463001 Quarter Master Serjeant /Temporary Serjeant Major Royal Army Medical Corps

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Frederick William Puddicombe

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 75996 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army Private Territorial Force Wessex Division, Royal Engineers

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William King

Born 1879

British Army 74 Private West India Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 2651 Private West India Regiment

British Army 2651 Lance Sergeant West India Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edmund Lynch Thomas

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 180393 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 180393 Sergeant Royal Air Force

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Joseph Thomas Whittaker

Born 1876

British Army 1830 Serjeant West India Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alexander Brown

Born 1886

Other Empire Force 10592 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 14313 Private British West Indies Regiment 10th Battalion

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David Gape

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 6374 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army 6374 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Ernest Fulton Risdon

Born 1880

Died 1968

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Army Medical Corps

Canadian Expeditionary Force 372-4-142 Acting Major Canadian Army Medical Corps

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John Fitzgerald

Died 1918

British Army 104310 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Jerry Matthew Love

Born 1893

Canadian Expeditionary Force 931772 Private No.2 Construction Battalion

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Thomas Small

Born 1894

British Army 4967 Private West India Regiment 1st Battalion

Other Empire Force 12667 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 16154 Private British West Indies Regiment 11th Battalion

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Robert Simon

Born 1898

British Army 7061 Private West India Regiment 1st Battalion

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