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Stonehouse, Devon [683]

East Stonehouse, Devon [64]

Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon [20]

Stonehouse, Devon, England [8]

St George, Stonehouse, Devon [4]

Saint Georges Stonehouse, Devon [3]

St Pauls, Stonehouse, Devon [3]

St Matthews, Stonehouse, Devon [2]

St Pauls Stonehouse Devon [2]

Stonehouse Plymouth, Devon [2]

East Stonehouse Greenwich, Devon [1]

East Stonehouse Plymouth, Devon [1]

East Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon [1]

Saint Matthews Stonehouse, Devon [1]

St George's, Stonehouse, Devon [1]

St.Andrews,East Stonehouse,Plymouth,Devon. [1]

Stonehouse Devon [1]

Stonehouse East, Devon [1]

Stonehouse, Devonport, Devon [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [25]

Private [21]

Stoker 1st Class [21]

Stoker 2nd Class [11]

Leading Seaman [10]

Leading Stoker [10]

Ordinary Seaman [10]

Petty Officer [9]

Boy 1st Class [7]

Chief Petty Officer [6]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [5]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Bugler [4]

Captain [4]

Gunner [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Major [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Stoker Petty Officer [4]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [3]

Corporal [3]

Mechanician [3]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [3]

Petty Officer Stoker [3]

Serjeant [3]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Boy [2]

Boy Artificer [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Driver [2]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [2]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [2]

Sapper [2]

Sergeant [2]

Shipwright 2nd Class [2]

Yeoman of Signals [2]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Chief Petty Officer [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting ERA 4th Class [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Armourer [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy Cooper [1]

Boy Shipwright [1]

Buglar [1]

C ERA 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [23]

HMS Vivid [9]

HMS Ajax [8]

HMS Goliath [8]

HMS VALIANT [8]

HMS LION [7]

HMS DEFENCE [6]

HMS Erin [6]

HMS Monmouth [6]

HMS TIGER [6]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [5]

HMS Vivid II [5]

HMS THUNDERER [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [4]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [3]

HMS Ganges [3]

HMS Impregnable [3]

HMS Marlborough [3]

HMS New Zealand [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

HMS Benbow [2]

HMS Defence [2]

HMS Defender [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS Indefatigable [2]

HMS Lion [2]

HMS Pegasus [2]

HMS Warrior [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Devonport [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Defence [2]

1/66th Punjabis [1]

21st Punjabis [1]

4th Royal Marine Battalion [1]

4th South African Infantry [1]

5th Cyclist Bn [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Europa II (M 33) [1]

Europa II - M 33 [1]

Ganges [1]

General List [1]

Service

Royal Navy [721]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [43]

British Army [27]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Canadian Navy [1]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [93]

B [87]

C [84]

W [59]

S [57]

M [52]

P [47]

R [44]

D [41]

G [40]

J [30]

L [29]

F [27]

A [23]

E [20]

T [20]

K [15]

N [14]

Y [6]

O [4]

V [4]

Q [2]

I [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [739]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Stonehouse, Devon [683] East Stonehouse, Devon [64] Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon [20] Stonehouse, Devon, England [8] St George, Stonehouse, Devon [4] Saint Georges Stonehouse, Devon [3] St Pauls, Stonehouse, Devon [3] St Matthews, Stonehouse, Devon [2] St Pauls Stonehouse Devon [2] Stonehouse Plymouth, Devon [2] East Stonehouse Greenwich, Devon [1] East Stonehouse Plymouth, Devon [1] East Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon [1] Saint Matthews Stonehouse, Devon [1] St George's, Stonehouse, Devon [1] St.Andrews,East Stonehouse,Plymouth,Devon. [1] Stonehouse Devon [1] Stonehouse East, Devon [1] Stonehouse, Devonport, Devon [1]

Rank

Able Seaman [25] Private [21] Stoker 1st Class [21] Stoker 2nd Class [11] Leading Seaman [10] Leading Stoker [10] Ordinary Seaman [10] Petty Officer [9] Boy 1st Class [7] Chief Petty Officer [6] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [5] Boy 2nd Class [4] Bugler [4] Captain [4] Gunner [4] Lieutenant [4] Major [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Stoker Petty Officer [4] Chief Engine Room Artificer [3] Corporal [3] Mechanician [3] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [3] Petty Officer Stoker [3] Serjeant [3] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Boy [2] Boy Artificer [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Chief Stoker [2] Driver [2] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [2] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [2] Petty Officer 2nd Class [2] Sapper [2] Sergeant [2] Shipwright 2nd Class [2] Yeoman of Signals [2] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Chief Petty Officer [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting ERA 4th Class [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Armourer [1] Bombardier [1] Boy Cooper [1] Boy Shipwright [1] Buglar [1] C ERA 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [23] HMS Vivid [9] HMS Ajax [8] HMS Goliath [8] HMS VALIANT [8] HMS LION [7] HMS DEFENCE [6] HMS Erin [6] HMS Monmouth [6] HMS TIGER [6] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [5] HMS Vivid II [5] HMS THUNDERER [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry [4] HMS COLLINGWOOD [3] HMS Ganges [3] HMS Impregnable [3] HMS Marlborough [3] HMS New Zealand [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] HMS Benbow [2] HMS Defence [2] HMS Defender [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS Indefatigable [2] HMS Lion [2] HMS Pegasus [2] HMS Warrior [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Fleet Reserve - Devonport [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Defence [2] 1/66th Punjabis [1] 21st Punjabis [1] 4th Royal Marine Battalion [1] 4th South African Infantry [1] 5th Cyclist Bn [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Europa II (M 33) [1] Europa II - M 33 [1] Ganges [1] General List [1]

Service

Royal Navy [721] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [43] British Army [27] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Canadian Navy [1] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [93] B [87] C [84] W [59] S [57] M [52] P [47] R [44] D [41] G [40] J [30] L [29] F [27] A [23] E [20] T [20] K [15] N [14] Y [6] O [4] V [4] Q [2] I [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [739] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [36] Ireland [1]

Herbert Isaac John Barrows

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205723

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Michael Leonard Greep

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243359 Private 1st Class

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Nathaniel George Edward Hammett

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192411

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Horace Charles Stone

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy 13948 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/13948 Bugler HMS Goliath Royal Marine Light Infantry

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Courtney William Bennett

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy 16123 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy HMS Defence RMLI

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Alfred Harry Mumford

Born 1899

Died 1915

Royal Navy 16371 Bugler Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/16371 Bugler HMS Goliath Royal Marine Light Infantry

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Albert Edward Cole

Born 1871

Died 1917

Royal Navy 268844 Engine Room Artifcer 1st Class HMS Recruit

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Harry Eakins

Born 1875

Died 1918

Royal Navy PLY/4555 Bugler Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division H.Q. Plymouth

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Alfred Ernest Santillo

Born 1880

Died 1915

Royal Navy 357386 Officer's Cook 1st Class HMS Goliath

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Frederick John Stowell

Born 1883

Died 1921

Royal Navy 342436 Chief Petty Officer HMS Vivid

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Alfred James Reed

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165598

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Walter Stoneman

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242795

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Erwin George Horrell

Born 1885

Died 1944

Royal Navy 220793 Able Seaman HMS Victorious

Royal Navy 220793 Leading Seaman HMS New Zealand

Royal Navy 220793 Petty Officer HMS Pegasus

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George Miller

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166548

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Valentine Howard Sutton Jones

Born 1882

Died 1917

Royal Navy Second Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy Captain Royal Marine Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Arthur George Pope

Born 1893

Died 1982

Royal Navy 13994 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Duke of Edinburgh

Royal Navy 13994 Boy Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Other Empire Force PO/RMP/X.121 Constable Royal Marine Police Service Portsmouth Divisional Unit

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Henry Charles Richard Full

Born 1868

Died 1915

Royal Navy Seaman

Royal Navy 126222 Petty Officer 2nd Class HMS Goliath

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Ernest Francis Wonnacott

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234853

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Richard Philip Elliott

Born 1860

Died 1917

Royal Navy 96832 Petty Officer HMS Vivid

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James Joseph Mcghee

Born 1865

Died 1916

Royal Navy 116217 Petty Officer 2nd Class HMS Wildfire

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