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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]

Thomas Edward Mardon

Born 1893

Died 1930

British Army 514519 Sapper Royal Engineers Devonshire Regiment 568th Devon Army Troops

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Theodore Percival Cameron Wilson

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army Temporary Lieutenant King's African Rifles to Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers/Staff

British Army Captain Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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William Tucker

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army SS/23349 Private Army Service Corps

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Reginald Frederick Prowse

Born 1880

Died 1955

Royal Navy 205337 Able Seaman Various HM Ships and Establishments

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William Ernest Allward Prowse

Born 1878

Died 1962

British Army 34785 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 106515 Private Labour Corps

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Cecil Gordon Finney

Born 1887

British Army 829 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 829 Corporal West Riding Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 829 Lance Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Thomas William Eric Dixon

Born 1893

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Mounted Rifles 4th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Mounted Rifles 4th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 109309 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 4th Battalion

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George A Spurr

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army R5184 Private / Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd attalion

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Cyril William Seymour-Hall

Born 1897

Died 1981

Royal Navy PI 39179 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

Royal Navy PI 39179 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Roehampton (Airship Instruction)-Cranwell

Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 39179 Lieutenant Royal Air Force Cranwell-Anglesey, Llangefni-Haverfordwest etc

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Harry Austin Plowman

Born 1885

Died 1966

Royal Navy 211232

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Ernest John Hatton

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 3/5673 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Edgar Prowse

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy 236024 Leading Seaman HMS DEFENCE

Royal Navy 236024 Leading Seaman Various HM Ships and Establishments

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The Hon. George Henry Douglas-Pennant

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army Captain Grenadier Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards

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Henry Northway

Born 1872

Died 1915

Royal Navy 166772 Stoker 1st Class HMS Goliath

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John Potterton Tucker

Born 1894

Died 1993

British Army 3118 Corporal Life Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

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Frederick Neville Parker

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1633 Private London Regiment 28th

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

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Eric Percy Coventry Back

Born 1870

Died 1915

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Alexandria

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant HMS Alexandria

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Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie

Born 1890

Died 1976

Other Empire Force Nurse British Red Cross Hospital

Other Empire Force Dispenser British Red Cross Torquay Hospital

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Samuel Perring

Born 1871

Died 1918

British Army T/425719 Driver Army Service Corps H.T.

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Walter Frank Pillage

Born 1896

Died 1966

Canadian Expeditionary Force 72158 Private 27th Battn

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