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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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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]

Maurice Wisley Haddy

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228976

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Wingfield Woolley Alton

Born 1863

Died 1916

Royal Navy Fleet Paymaster HMS Defence 1st cruiser squadron

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Henry Jenkins Brock

Born 1870

Died 1933

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Brigadier General Royal Field Artillery

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Walter Harper

Born 1885

Died 1916

Royal Navy K9268 Leading Stoker HMS INDEFATIGABLE

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Edwin James Wedlock Stuart

Born 1865

Died 1915

Royal Navy 115385 (RFR Dev A1120) Petty Officer 2nd Class HMS Vivid

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William Charles Davie

Born 1861

Died 1916

Royal Navy A215 Royal Fleet Reserve: Devon

Royal Navy 99229 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS Pekin

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Albert Sullivan

Born 1872

Died 1919

Other Empire Force 142339 Coastguardsman (Grade II) HM Coastguard Pentewan, Cornwall Station

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Philip Sydney Lamerton

Born 1890

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Labourer HM Dockyard: HM Trawler Abelard

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Henry James Paramore

Born 1874

Died 1915

Royal Navy 148470 Chief Petty Officer HMS Impregnable

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James Jago Burnell

Born 1884

Died 1915

Royal Navy 208272

Royal Navy Acting Gunner

Royal Navy Acting Mate

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Henry James Fairfax Johns

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12873

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Alan George Bath

Born 1890

Died 1955

Royal Navy Paymaster Lieutenant

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Lewis Henry Macneill Alford

Born 1898

Died 1961

British Army Second Lieutenant 17th Lancers

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William Henry Wood

Born 1881

Died 1940

Canadian Expeditionary Force Hon Cpt Canadian YMCA

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James Henry Haynes

Born 1865

Died 1915

Royal Navy 111333 Petty Officer HMS Vivid

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William Philip Flood

Born 1863

Died 1918

Royal Navy 110205 Carpenter's Crew HMS Powerful

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Charles William John Smith

Born 1866

Died 1916

Royal Navy 130048 Petty Officer HM Coastguard H.M. Coastguard Station (Western Porthoustock)

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George Macdonald Mcleod

Born 1864

Died 1918

Royal Navy 110024 Petty Officer 2nd Class HMS Crescent

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James Henry Hoskin

Born 1872

Died 1914

Royal Navy 145895 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS BULWARK

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Cecil Godfrey Rawling

Born 1870

Died 1917

British Army Major/Temporary Brigadier General Somerset Light Infantry/Staff

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