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Torquay, Devon [887]

Torquay, Devon, England [88]

Upton, Torquay, Devon [10]

Ellacombe, Torquay, Devon [7]

Babbacombe, Torquay, Devon [6]

Chelston, Torquay, Devon [4]

Torre, Torquay, Devon [4]

Cockington, Torquay, Devon [3]

Upton Torquay, Devon [3]

Brixham, Torquay, Devon [2]

Ellacombe Torquay, Devon [2]

Torquay Devon [2]

Torquay, South Devon [2]

Babbacombe Torquay, Devon [1]

Brixham Torquay, Devon [1]

Chelston Torquay, Devon [1]

Exeter, Torquay, Devon [1]

Newton Abbot, Torquay, Devon [1]

Saint Mary Church, Torquay, Devon [1]

Torquay , Devon [1]

Torquay, Devon [1]

Torquay, Devon Registered Newton Abbot [1]

Torquay, Devon, England. [1]

Torquay, Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Totnes, Torquay, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [28]

Stoker 1st Class [23]

Able Seaman [17]

Captain [11]

Lieutenant [11]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Stoker Petty Officer [9]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Petty Officer [7]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Driver [6]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Corporal [5]

Leading Seaman [5]

Leading Stoker [5]

Stoker 2nd Class [5]

Major [4]

Midshipman [3]

Nurse [3]

Sapper [3]

Sergeant [3]

Serjeant [3]

Chief Gunner [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Naval Cadet [2]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2]

Plumber [2]

Stoker [2]

Stoker 1st class [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

AM1 Driver [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Adjutant [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Boy1class [1]

Boy2class [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain Brevet Major [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Cook's Mate 2nd Class [1]

Dispenser [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [9]

HMS TIGER [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

HMS LION [6]

HMS Impregnable [5]

HMS VALIANT [5]

HMS THUNDERER [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

HMS Ajax [3]

HMS BELLEROPHON [3]

HMS BENBOW [3]

HMS DEFENCE [3]

HMS Monmouth [3]

HMS Vivid [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS DUBLIN [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS Goliath [2]

HMS Hindustan [2]

HMS Indefatigable [2]

HMS Lion [2]

HMS New Zealand [2]

HMS Northampton [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

HMS WARSPITE [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

158e Régiment d'Infanterie [1]

22nd Punjabis [1]

47th Sikhs [1]

5th Divisional Troops - 14th Field Company Engineers [1]

6th King Edward's Own Cavalry [1]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

British Red Cross Hospital [1]

British Red Cross Torquay Hospital [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

Devonshire Regiment Territorial Force [1]

Service

Royal Navy [733]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [144]

British Army [61]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [3]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [109]

B [106]

H [94]

M [85]

S [81]

W [78]

P [74]

T [62]

G [50]

D [41]

L [41]

R [40]

E [34]

F [28]

A [27]

K [24]

J [21]

N [20]

V [6]

O [5]

I [3]

Q [1]

Y [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [925]

Merchant Navy [86]

Country

United Kingdom [46]

Canada [1]

Denmark [1]

France [1]

Germany [1]

India [1]

Tanzania, United Republic of [1]

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Place of birth

Torquay, Devon [887] Torquay, Devon, England [88] Upton, Torquay, Devon [10] Ellacombe, Torquay, Devon [7] Babbacombe, Torquay, Devon [6] Chelston, Torquay, Devon [4] Torre, Torquay, Devon [4] Cockington, Torquay, Devon [3] Upton Torquay, Devon [3] Brixham, Torquay, Devon [2] Ellacombe Torquay, Devon [2] Torquay Devon [2] Torquay, South Devon [2] Babbacombe Torquay, Devon [1] Brixham Torquay, Devon [1] Chelston Torquay, Devon [1] Exeter, Torquay, Devon [1] Newton Abbot, Torquay, Devon [1] Saint Mary Church, Torquay, Devon [1] Torquay , Devon [1] Torquay, Devon [1] Torquay, Devon Registered Newton Abbot [1] Torquay, Devon, England. [1] Torquay, Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Totnes, Torquay, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [28] Stoker 1st Class [23] Able Seaman [17] Captain [11] Lieutenant [11] Second Lieutenant [9] Stoker Petty Officer [9] Ordinary Seaman [7] Petty Officer [7] Boy 1st Class [6] Driver [6] Boy 2nd Class [5] Corporal [5] Leading Seaman [5] Leading Stoker [5] Stoker 2nd Class [5] Major [4] Midshipman [3] Nurse [3] Sapper [3] Sergeant [3] Serjeant [3] Chief Gunner [2] Lance Corporal [2] Naval Cadet [2] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2] Plumber [2] Stoker [2] Stoker 1st class [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] AM1 Driver [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Adjutant [1] Air Mechanic [1] Boy1class [1] Boy2class [1] Brevet Major [1] Cadet [1] Captain Brevet Major [1] Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Stoker [1] Colonel [1] Commander [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cook's Mate [1] Cook's Mate 2nd Class [1] Dispenser [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [9] HMS TIGER [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] HMS LION [6] HMS Impregnable [5] HMS VALIANT [5] HMS THUNDERER [4] Royal Engineers [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] HMS Ajax [3] HMS BELLEROPHON [3] HMS BENBOW [3] HMS DEFENCE [3] HMS Monmouth [3] HMS Vivid [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS DUBLIN [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS Goliath [2] HMS Hindustan [2] HMS Indefatigable [2] HMS Lion [2] HMS New Zealand [2] HMS Northampton [2] HMS Vivid II [2] HMS WARSPITE [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] 158e Régiment d'Infanterie [1] 22nd Punjabis [1] 47th Sikhs [1] 5th Divisional Troops - 14th Field Company Engineers [1] 6th King Edward's Own Cavalry [1] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] British Red Cross Hospital [1] British Red Cross Torquay Hospital [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1] Devonshire Regiment Territorial Force [1]

Service

Royal Navy [733] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [144] British Army [61] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [3] Australian Imperial Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [109] B [106] H [94] M [85] S [81] W [78] P [74] T [62] G [50] D [41] L [41] R [40] E [34] F [28] A [27] K [24] J [21] N [20] V [6] O [5] I [3] Q [1] Y [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [925] Merchant Navy [86]

Country

United Kingdom [46] Canada [1] Denmark [1] France [1] Germany [1] India [1] Tanzania, United Republic of [1]

Albert Edward Avery

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97035

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Robert Wager Wilkinson

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191569

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Charles Bastable Willis

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196218

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William Arthur Pridham

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227841

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Herbert Middleton

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265428

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Frederick Henry Kitto

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162836

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Ernest Fred Smerdon

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191252

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William Stephen Tothill

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191324

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Basil Reginald Albert Hornby

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94249

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Cecil Radcliffe Goldie-Taubman

Born 1885

Died 1938

British Army Temp. Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment

Indian Army 2103 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment

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William John Wall Fletcher

Born 1883

Died 1916

Royal Navy 202696

Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS Black Prince

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Ernest James Soper

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army S/4/084853 Sergeant Army Service Corps "A" Supply Company

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Edward John Narracott Lee

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303420

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Arthur Ernest Bishop

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241473

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Cuthbert Thomas Hatcher

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263700

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Charles Victor Prouse

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87342

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James Rawle

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57789

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Alfred Kellow

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191562

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William John Canniford

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7078

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Charles Daniel

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38135 AM1 Driver 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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