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Tavistock, Devon [405]

Tavistock, Devon, England [9]

Tavistock Devon [4]

Mary Tavy, Tavistock, Devon [3]

Bere Ferrers, Tavistock, Devon [2]

Whitchurch, Tavistock, Devon [2]

Buckland, Tavistock, Devon [1]

Coombe Tavistock, Devon [1]

Horrabridge Tavistock, Devon [1]

Horrabridge, Tavistock, Devon [1]

Kelly, Tavistock, Devon [1]

Lamerton, Tavistock, Devon [1]

Lewdown, Tavistock, Devon [1]

Lydford, Tavistock, Devon [1]

Peter Tavy, Tavistock, Devon [1]

Princetown, Tavistock, Devon [1]

South Milton, Tavistock, Devon [1]

Stowford, Tavistock, Devon [1]

Tavistock Hamlet, Devon [1]

Tavistock, Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Tavistock, Exeter, Devon [1]

Tavistock, North Devon [1]

Thrushelton, Tavistock, Devon [1]

Walkhampton, Tavistock, Devon [1]

Wellgrace near Tavistock, Devon [1]

Westchurch Tavistock, Devon [1]

Woodland View, Great Consols, Tavistock, Devon [1]

Yelverton Tavistock, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [15]

Stoker 1st Class [10]

Leading Stoker [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [5]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Captain [2]

Gunner [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Petty Officer 1st Class [2]

Sick Berth Steward [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Able Seaman R.A.N. [1]

Able Seamen [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Chief Stoker [1]

Acting Chief Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Bombardier [1]

CERA 2c [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Clerk 3rd Class [1]

Cooper [1]

Corporal [1]

Driver [1]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engineman [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

General Worker [1]

Greaser [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Major [1]

Mechanician [1]

Nurse [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Officers Clerk 1st Class [1]

Officers Steward 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [7]

HMS Ajax [7]

HMS LION [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5]

Royal Engineers [4]

HMS Monmouth [3]

HMS VALIANT [3]

HMS Vivid [3]

HMS Warrior [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS Defence [2]

HMS Duke of Edinburgh [2]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Marlborough [2]

HMS New Zealand [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

(RFR/DEV/B/5640), S.S. Ascanius. [1]

4th Royal Marine Battalion [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

British Red Cross [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Europa II - M 33 [1]

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

HM Submarine E17 [1]

HM Submarine E4 [1]

HMAS Sydney [1]

HMCS Niobe [1]

HMCS Rainbow [1]

HMS Algerine [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS Blake [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Cambridge [1]

HMS Colossus [1]

HMS Cornwall [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Gibraltar [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Isis [1]

Service

Royal Navy [353]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [55]

British Army [27]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [62]

C [53]

W [45]

M [34]

S [32]

H [31]

D [29]

P [26]

T [22]

F [16]

G [16]

R [16]

A [13]

J [11]

L [11]

E [9]

K [9]

N [6]

Y [3]

O [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [425]

Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Tavistock, Devon [405] Tavistock, Devon, England [9] Tavistock Devon [4] Mary Tavy, Tavistock, Devon [3] Bere Ferrers, Tavistock, Devon [2] Whitchurch, Tavistock, Devon [2] Buckland, Tavistock, Devon [1] Coombe Tavistock, Devon [1] Horrabridge Tavistock, Devon [1] Horrabridge, Tavistock, Devon [1] Kelly, Tavistock, Devon [1] Lamerton, Tavistock, Devon [1] Lewdown, Tavistock, Devon [1] Lydford, Tavistock, Devon [1] Peter Tavy, Tavistock, Devon [1] Princetown, Tavistock, Devon [1] South Milton, Tavistock, Devon [1] Stowford, Tavistock, Devon [1] Tavistock Hamlet, Devon [1] Tavistock, Barnstaple, Devon [1] Tavistock, Exeter, Devon [1] Tavistock, North Devon [1] Thrushelton, Tavistock, Devon [1] Walkhampton, Tavistock, Devon [1] Wellgrace near Tavistock, Devon [1] Westchurch Tavistock, Devon [1] Woodland View, Great Consols, Tavistock, Devon [1] Yelverton Tavistock, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [15] Stoker 1st Class [10] Leading Stoker [7] Able Seaman [6] Stoker 2nd Class [5] Boy 1st Class [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Boy 2nd Class [3] Leading Seaman [3] Lieutenant [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Petty Officer [3] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Captain [2] Gunner [2] Lance Corporal [2] Petty Officer 1st Class [2] Sick Berth Steward [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Able Seaman R.A.N. [1] Able Seamen [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Chief Stoker [1] Acting Chief Stoker Petty Officer [1] Acting Corporal [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Bombardier [1] CERA 2c [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Stoker Petty Officer [1] Clerk 3rd Class [1] Cooper [1] Corporal [1] Driver [1] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engineman [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] General Worker [1] Greaser [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Major [1] Mechanician [1] Nurse [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Officers Clerk 1st Class [1] Officers Steward 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [7] HMS Ajax [7] HMS LION [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5] Royal Engineers [4] HMS Monmouth [3] HMS VALIANT [3] HMS Vivid [3] HMS Warrior [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS Defence [2] HMS Duke of Edinburgh [2] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Marlborough [2] HMS New Zealand [2] HMS TIGER [2] HMS Vivid II [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] (RFR/DEV/B/5640), S.S. Ascanius. [1] 4th Royal Marine Battalion [1] Army Service Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] British Red Cross [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Europa II - M 33 [1] H.M.S. "Bullfinch." [1] HM Submarine E17 [1] HM Submarine E4 [1] HMAS Sydney [1] HMCS Niobe [1] HMCS Rainbow [1] HMS Algerine [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS Blake [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Cambridge [1] HMS Colossus [1] HMS Cornwall [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Gibraltar [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Isis [1]

Service

Royal Navy [353] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [55] British Army [27] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [62] C [53] W [45] M [34] S [32] H [31] D [29] P [26] T [22] F [16] G [16] R [16] A [13] J [11] L [11] E [9] K [9] N [6] Y [3] O [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [425] Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [20] United States [1]

Charles Montagu Tapsom

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195846

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Thomas Simeon Barkell

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25961

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James Bassett Trethewey

Born 1875

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280723 Clerk 3rd Class Royal Air Force

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Samuel Henry Tyrrell

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164308

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John Thomas Weeks Bobby

Born 1889

Died 1960

British Army 164799 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Tretheway

Born 1879

Died 1926

Canadian Expeditionary Force 47409 Private

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1358 Sergeant Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 17th Battalion

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George Butland

Born 1890

Died 1918

Royal Navy K3380

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Benoni Josephus Lake

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216147

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Percy William Whittley

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236564

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Percy William Whittley

Born 1885

Royal Navy F36564

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236564

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Francis Wollocombe

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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William James

Born 1864

Died 1916

Royal Navy 112114 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS Ganges

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George Perry

Born 1879

Died 1919

Royal Navy ES 5230 Engineman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 5230 Engineman Royal Naval Reserve - (Special Service) H.M.S. "Dargle."

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Robert Jackman

Born 1875

Royal Navy 279459 Stoker 1st Class HMS Cambridge

Royal Navy 279459 Acting Chief Stoker Petty Officer HMS Gibraltar

Royal Navy 279459 Acting Chief Stoker Petty Officer HMS Leander

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John Thomas Friend

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191327

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Arthur Hawkes

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12653

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John Greening

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165487

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Alfred John Adams

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407472

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Thomas Charles Brock

Born 1874

Died 1916

Royal Navy 340917 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS Colossus

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Harry John Fairchild

Born 1874

Died 1918

Royal Navy 157878 Chief Petty Officer HMS Vivid

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