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Stoke Damerel, Devon [126]

Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Devon [18]

Stoke Damerel, Plymouth, Devon [6]

Stoke Damerel Devon [3]

Stoke Damerel,Devon. [2]

Devonport,Stoke Damerel,Devon. [1]

Stoke Damerel Devon England [1]

Stoke Damerel Devonport, Devon [1]

Stoke Damerel District, Devon, England [1]

Stoke Damerel Ford, Devon [1]

Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon [1]

Stoke Damerel,Devon [1]

Stoke Damerel,Plymouth,Devon. [1]

stoke Damerel, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [9]

Petty Officer [8]

Chief Petty Officer [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Major [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Captain [4]

Petty Officer 1st Class [4]

Serjeant [4]

Acting Gunner [2]

Admiral [2]

Gunner [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [2]

1st Writer [1]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Able Seaman (Petty Officer 2nd Class Coast Guard) [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Mate [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chief Petty Officer Victualling [1]

Chief Shipwright [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Coastguardsman (Grade II) [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Commander (Retd) [1]

Conductor [1]

Corporal [1]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1]

Fleet Paymaster [1]

Hon Cpt [1]

Labourer [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander (Retd) [1]

Lt General [1]

Major/Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Mate [1]

Midshipman [1]

Unit

HMS Vivid [6]

HMS Impregnable [3]

HMS LION [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

HM Coastguard [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS Powerful [2]

Royal Irish Regiment [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

17th Lancers [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Canadian YMCA [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry attached Royal Dragoons [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

H.M. Coastguard Station Hythe [1]

H.M.S Venerable [1]

H.M.S. "Ajax." [1]

H.M.S. "Diadem" [1]

H.M.S. "Resolution." [1]

HM Dockyard: HM Trawler Abelard [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Benbow [1]

HMS Colossus [1]

HMS Crescent [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS Galatea [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

HMS Magpie [1]

HMS Marvel [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS Neptune [1]

HMS Nottingham [1]

HMS Obdurate [1]

HMS Pekin [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS Theseus [1]

HMS Vengeance [1]

HMS Victorian [1]

HMS Warrior [1]

King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [110]

British Army [29]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

Other Empire Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [22]

B [18]

S [17]

L [15]

W [11]

P [10]

R [10]

D [8]

G [8]

M [7]

T [7]

C [6]

F [6]

A [5]

J [5]

N [3]

E [2]

I [2]

K [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [129]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

Germany [1]

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People [164] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Stoke Damerel, Devon [126] Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Devon [18] Stoke Damerel, Plymouth, Devon [6] Stoke Damerel Devon [3] Stoke Damerel,Devon. [2] Devonport,Stoke Damerel,Devon. [1] Stoke Damerel Devon England [1] Stoke Damerel Devonport, Devon [1] Stoke Damerel District, Devon, England [1] Stoke Damerel Ford, Devon [1] Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon [1] Stoke Damerel,Devon [1] Stoke Damerel,Plymouth,Devon. [1] stoke Damerel, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [9] Petty Officer [8] Chief Petty Officer [6] Lieutenant [6] Major [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Captain [4] Petty Officer 1st Class [4] Serjeant [4] Acting Gunner [2] Admiral [2] Gunner [2] Leading Stoker [2] Petty Officer 2nd Class [2] 1st Writer [1] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] Able Seaman [1] Able Seaman (Petty Officer 2nd Class Coast Guard) [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Mate [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chief Petty Officer Victualling [1] Chief Shipwright [1] Chief Stoker [1] Coastguardsman (Grade II) [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Commander (Retd) [1] Conductor [1] Corporal [1] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1] Fleet Paymaster [1] Hon Cpt [1] Labourer [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander (Retd) [1] Lt General [1] Major/Temporary Brigadier General [1] Mate [1] Midshipman [1]

Unit

HMS Vivid [6] HMS Impregnable [3] HMS LION [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Army Service Corps [2] HM Coastguard [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS Powerful [2] Royal Irish Regiment [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 17th Lancers [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Canadian YMCA [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry attached Royal Dragoons [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] H.M. Coastguard Station Hythe [1] H.M.S Venerable [1] H.M.S. "Ajax." [1] H.M.S. "Diadem" [1] H.M.S. "Resolution." [1] HM Dockyard: HM Trawler Abelard [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Benbow [1] HMS Colossus [1] HMS Crescent [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS Galatea [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] HMS Magpie [1] HMS Marvel [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS Neptune [1] HMS Nottingham [1] HMS Obdurate [1] HMS Pekin [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS Theseus [1] HMS Vengeance [1] HMS Victorian [1] HMS Warrior [1] King's Liverpool Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [110] British Army [29] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] Other Empire Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [22] B [18] S [17] L [15] W [11] P [10] R [10] D [8] G [8] M [7] T [7] C [6] F [6] A [5] J [5] N [3] E [2] I [2] K [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [129] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [19] Germany [1]

Walter Ralph Banks

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Training

British Army PS/42 Private London Regiment 19th (Service) Battalion

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Walter Thomas Stanborough

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army 4187 Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers

British Army 4187 Quartermaster Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 4187 Quarter Master Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Herbert G Edwards

Born 1872

Died 1933

British Army SE/8517 Private Army Veterinary Corps

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Arthur Wilfred Golden

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army SD/1766 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment

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Edward Thomas Humphrys

Born 1863

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Captain Scottish Rifles

British Army Major Scottish Rifles

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Charles Fitzgerald Hamilton Trueman

Born 1877

Died 1914

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Stanley Andrew Harvey

Born 1895

Died 1946

British Army S4/122565 Private Army Service Corps

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Kenneth Foulkes

Born 1891

Died 1938

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Irish Regiment

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George William St George Grogan

Born 1875

Died 1962

British Army Major Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Temporary Brigadier General Worcestershire Regiment

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William Butteris

Born 1863

Died 1915

Royal Navy 106788 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS Victorian

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Thomas Henry Whitten

Born 1864

Died 1916

Other Empire Force 110039 Chief Petty Officer H.M. Coastguard Station Hythe

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Frederick William Dodd

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185951

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Thomas William Dowkes

Born 1901

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80987 Boy Royal Air Force

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John James Wilson

Born 1869

Died 1915

Royal Navy 131338 Chief Petty Officer HMS Goliath

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Charles Henry Northcott

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 865 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 865 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 865 Serjeant London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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George Nanscawen Baker

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208695

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George Edward Gore

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405528

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William Penaluna Dawe

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165262

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Arthur Thomas Hoskin

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221349

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Thomas Herbert Peters Woolland

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236245

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