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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]

Ernest Edward Thorne

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104156

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Frank Lane

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 533284 Labour Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

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Albert James Goff

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 19036 Private Devonshire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 34360 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 84750 Private Labour Corps

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Thomas John Lockyer Dicker

Born 1890

Died 1920

British Army 840 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 845611 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 295258 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Nott

Born 1876

Died 1918

Royal Navy 355539 Officer's Cook 1st Class HMS Defiance

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George Harding

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 8196 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Reginald J Kerslake

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 13638 Private Reserve Cavalry Regiment 11th Battalion

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Arthur Candey

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1716 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd/7th Bn.

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Albert Thomas Heale

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215080

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Hubert Leslie Thorne

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 51503 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Victor George Upham

Born 1894

Died 1987

British Army 1264 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army 320598 Private Welsh Regiment

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Frederick Moore

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy 13096 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery - HMS QUEEN MARY

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Vincent Christopher Brown

Born 1893

Died 1940

Royal Navy Colonel 2nd Commandant

Royal Navy 2nd Lieutenant Royal Marine Artillery

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Thomas Hawkins

Born 1888

Died 1917

Royal Navy 13391 Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Walter Brookes

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292460

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Richard Dyer

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191550

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James Frederick Holley

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy J19503

Royal Navy J/19503 Able Seaman

Royal Navy J19503(Dev) Able Seaman H.M.S. "Hampshire"

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Alfred Sydney Squire

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221867

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Arthur Edward Jarman

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229781

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William Rowe

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267635

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