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Tiverton, Devon [368]

Tiverton, Devon, England [3]

Witheridge, Tiverton, Devon [3]

Dulverton near Tiverton, Devon [2]

Halberton, Tiverton, Devon [2]

Tiverton Devon [2]

Uffculme, Tiverton, Devon [2]

Bampton, Tiverton, Devon [1]

Bickleigh, Tiverton, Devon [1]

Bradninch, Tiverton, Devon, England [1]

Burlescombe, Tiverton, Devon [1]

Cadeleigh, Tiverton, Devon [1]

Christow,Tiverton,Devon [1]

Cove, Tiverton, Devon [1]

Cruwys Morchard, Tiverton, Devon [1]

Elmore, Tiverton, Devon [1]

Harberton, Tiverton, Devon [1]

Hayne,Tiverton,Devon. [1]

Lampford Tiverton, Devon [1]

Lodge Cottage, Tiverton, Devon [1]

Oakford Tiverton, Devon [1]

Rackenford, Tiverton, Devon [1]

St George's, Tiverton, Devon [1]

Tiverton, Exeter, Devon [1]

Tiverton, North Devon [1]

Tiverton,Devon [1]

Tiverton,Devon. [1]

Uffculme near Tiverton, Devon [1]

Washfield, Tiverton, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [52]

Able Seaman [13]

Lieutenant [6]

Corporal [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Captain [4]

Serjeant [3]

2nd Cook's Mate [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Driver [2]

Gunner [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Major [2]

Ship's Cook [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Air Mechanic, 1st Grade [1]

Band Boy [1]

Captain/Instructor [1]

Chief Motor Mechanic [1]

Colonel 2nd Commandant [1]

Commander (Retired) [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Master at Arms [1]

Officer's Cook 1st Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Pioneer [1]

Probationary 2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant Captain [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [19]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [12]

Somerset Light Infantry [8]

Labour Corps [5]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

HMS LION [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Glamorgan Yeomanry [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

HMS CANADA [2]

HMS Defiance [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

HMS VALIANT [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

1/1st Gurkha Rifles [1]

123rd Outram's Rifles, attd. 1st Bn. 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) [1]

125 Trench Mortar Battery [1]

2nd South Wales Borderers [1]

3rd South African Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Devon Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke Of Edinburgh's, Wiltshire Reg [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

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

H:S Cressy [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Bittern, [1]

HMS Blake [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS DUBLIN [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS Morning Star [1]

HMS Pegasus [1]

HMS Revenge [1]

HMS Triumph [1]

Service

Royal Navy [264]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [72]

British Army [66]

Indian Army [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [46]

B [39]

S [38]

R [34]

C [32]

P [26]

W [26]

G [23]

M [22]

D [20]

T [19]

L [16]

N [12]

E [11]

F [10]

A [9]

V [6]

J [5]

U [4]

K [3]

O [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [391]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

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Place of birth

Tiverton, Devon [368] Tiverton, Devon, England [3] Witheridge, Tiverton, Devon [3] Dulverton near Tiverton, Devon [2] Halberton, Tiverton, Devon [2] Tiverton Devon [2] Uffculme, Tiverton, Devon [2] Bampton, Tiverton, Devon [1] Bickleigh, Tiverton, Devon [1] Bradninch, Tiverton, Devon, England [1] Burlescombe, Tiverton, Devon [1] Cadeleigh, Tiverton, Devon [1] Christow,Tiverton,Devon [1] Cove, Tiverton, Devon [1] Cruwys Morchard, Tiverton, Devon [1] Elmore, Tiverton, Devon [1] Harberton, Tiverton, Devon [1] Hayne,Tiverton,Devon. [1] Lampford Tiverton, Devon [1] Lodge Cottage, Tiverton, Devon [1] Oakford Tiverton, Devon [1] Rackenford, Tiverton, Devon [1] St George's, Tiverton, Devon [1] Tiverton, Exeter, Devon [1] Tiverton, North Devon [1] Tiverton,Devon [1] Tiverton,Devon. [1] Uffculme near Tiverton, Devon [1] Washfield, Tiverton, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [52] Able Seaman [13] Lieutenant [6] Corporal [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Captain [4] Serjeant [3] 2nd Cook's Mate [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Driver [2] Gunner [2] Lance Corporal [2] Major [2] Ship's Cook [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Air Mechanic, 1st Grade [1] Band Boy [1] Captain/Instructor [1] Chief Motor Mechanic [1] Colonel 2nd Commandant [1] Commander (Retired) [1] Cook's Mate [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Master at Arms [1] Officer's Cook 1st Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Pioneer [1] Probationary 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant Captain [1] Sergeant [1] Signal Boy [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [19] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [12] Somerset Light Infantry [8] Labour Corps [5] London Regiment [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] South Wales Borderers [4] HMS LION [3] Royal Engineers [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Glamorgan Yeomanry [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] HMS CANADA [2] HMS Defiance [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] HMS TIGER [2] HMS VALIANT [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 1/1st Gurkha Rifles [1] 123rd Outram's Rifles, attd. 1st Bn. 1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) [1] 125 Trench Mortar Battery [1] 2nd South Wales Borderers [1] 3rd South African Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Devon Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke Of Edinburgh's, Wiltshire Reg [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Hampshire" [1] H:S Cressy [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Bittern, [1] HMS Blake [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS DUBLIN [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS Morning Star [1] HMS Pegasus [1] HMS Revenge [1] HMS Triumph [1]

Service

Royal Navy [264] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [72] British Army [66] Indian Army [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [46] B [39] S [38] R [34] C [32] P [26] W [26] G [23] M [22] D [20] T [19] L [16] N [12] E [11] F [10] A [9] V [6] J [5] U [4] K [3] O [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [391] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

Thomas Henry Sage

Born 1882

Died 1945

British Army 33316 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 33316 Somerset Light Infantry 8th Battalion

British Army 33316 Private Somerset Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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Stephen Barnes Gregory

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 2/4th Battalion

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Alfred Anstey

Born 1874

Died 1940

British Army Subaltern Devonshire Regiment 3rd Volunteer Battalion

British Army Major Devonshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Reginald Llewellyn Brown

Born 1895

Died 1983

British Army Military Cadet

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James Goss

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 2191 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army 320849 Private Welsh Regiment 24th Battalion

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John Stanley Froom

Born 1897

Died 1973

Royal Navy R/118 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Drake Battalion

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Philip Kenneth Perkin

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 12/213 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment 12th Battalion

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Albert Henry Webber

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 20793 Acting Sergeant Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Henry Gill

Born 1879

Died 1949

Royal Navy 9816 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy 20224 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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Archibald Annan Dickson

Born 1894

Died 1979

British Army Trench Mortar Officer Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 2/7th (Robin Hood) Battalion Sherwood Foresters

British Army Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 2/7th (Robin Hood) Battalion Sherwood Foresters

British Army Captain 125 Trench Mortar Battery 42nd Division

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William George Pleace

Born 1892

Died 1961

British Army 24072 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 24072 Private Duke Of Edinburgh's, Wiltshire Reg

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Ewart Morley Newcombe

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 555556 Private London Regiment

British Army 648164 Private London Regiment

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Harold Upham

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 204189 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1/5 Battalion

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William Cross

Died 1916

British Army 18796 Private 2nd South Wales Borderers

British Army 18796 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Francis John Vincent, Dfc

Born 1893

Died 1967

Royal Navy 15009 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy 15009 Air Mechanic, 1st Grade Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Navy Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service

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Walter Charles Venn

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army 20404 Corporal Somerset Light Infantry

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Gerald Eastbrook Rundell

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 20657 Private Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 9th Battalion

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James Gale

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 201891 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Edwin Phillott

Died 1915

British Army 24711 Private Welsh Regiment 8th Battalion.

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Thomas Hatswell

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290743

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