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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]

George Cockram Hunt

Born 1904

Died 1921

British Army 5608449 Band Boy Devonshire Regiment

British Army 69432 Band Boy Devonshire Regiment 1st Bn.

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Reginald Gale

Born 1900

Died 1917

British Army 235209 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Richard Henry Slater

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 6016 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Joseph Roberts

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 6245 Private London Regiment

British Army 723014 Private London Regiment

British Army 20791 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Cecil Stanley Henson

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 11967 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Kenneth Richard Scott

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 267155

Canadian Expeditionary Force 267155 Private Canadian Infantry

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Lewis John Beer

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204875

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George St John Llewellyn

Born 1887

Died 1966

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant

Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS Pegasus

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

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Reginald Thomas Reed

Died 1917

British Army 51442 Private Devonshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Richard Crook

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 233307 Pioneer Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

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Sydney John Budd

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 25775 Private Somerset Light Infantry 3rd Btn

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Thomas Jaffray Read

Born 1883

Died 1916

South African Services 6445 Corporal 3rd South African Infantry

British Army 6445 Lance Corporal South African Infantry 3rd Regiment

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George Conrad Spring

Born 1887

Died 1923

Indian Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers

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Herbert Henry Capern

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294762

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Edward Rooks

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311854

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Sidney John Harvey

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210338

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Ernest F Burridge

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 28881 Private Devonshire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 28881 Private Devonshire Regiment

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William Roberts

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299163

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Robert Reynolds

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 9012 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Frederick George Hellier

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10217

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