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Torquay, Devon [887]

Torquay, Devon, England [88]

Torquay England [44]

Torquay [32]

Torquay, Devonshire [12]

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, Exeter [2]

Torquay, Oxfordshire [2]

Torquay, South Devon [2]

Torquay, St Marychurch [2]

Atkinson's Hotel, Torquay [1]

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 Kirkcudbright [1]

Torquay Tasmania [1]

Torquay Victoria [1]

Torquay, Devon [1]

Torquay, Chelston [1]

Torquay, Devon Registered Newton Abbot [1]

Torquay, Devon, England. [1]

Torquay, England [1]

Torquay, London [1]

Torquay, Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Totnes, Torquay, Devon [1]

Wellswood, Torquay [1]

Rank

Private [45]

Stoker 1st Class [23]

Able Seaman [17]

Captain [17]

Lieutenant [15]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Stoker Petty Officer [9]

Petty Officer [8]

Corporal [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Driver [6]

Leading Stoker [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Boy 2nd Class [5]

Leading Seaman [5]

Major [5]

Sergeant [4]

Serjeant [4]

Gunner [3]

Midshipman [3]

Nurse [3]

Sapper [3]

Able Seaman Driver [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

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]

2nd Lietenant [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

AM1 Driver [1]

Adjutant [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Boy1class [1]

Boy2class [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain Brevet Major [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Colonel [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [14]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [11]

Army Service Corps [10]

HMS TIGER [8]

HMS LION [6]

HMS DEFENCE [5]

HMS Impregnable [5]

HMS VALIANT [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

HMS Ajax [4]

HMS THUNDERER [4]

HMS BELLEROPHON [3]

HMS BENBOW [3]

HMS Monmouth [3]

HMS Vivid [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Labour Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

17th Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

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]

Indian Army [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

158e Régiment d'Infanterie [1]

16th Lancers [1]

17th Indian Infantry (Loyal Regiment) [1]

17th Infantry Infantry (Loyal Regiment) [1]

19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars [1]

22nd Punjabis [1]

25th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [751]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [146]

British Army [99]

Australian Imperial Force [46]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [121]

B [118]

H [105]

M [92]

S [90]

W [81]

P [80]

T [67]

G [52]

D [48]

R [46]

L [45]

E [37]

F [34]

A [30]

K [26]

J [22]

N [20]

V [7]

O [6]

I [4]

Q [1]

Y [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1025]

Merchant Navy [86]

Country

United Kingdom [53]

Canada [2]

France [2]

Denmark [1]

Germany [1]

India [1]

Tanzania, United Republic of [1]

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People [1134] Stories Communities

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Torquay, Devon [887] Torquay, Devon, England [88] Torquay England [44] Torquay [32] Torquay, Devonshire [12] 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, Exeter [2] Torquay, Oxfordshire [2] Torquay, South Devon [2] Torquay, St Marychurch [2] Atkinson's Hotel, Torquay [1] 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 Kirkcudbright [1] Torquay Tasmania [1] Torquay Victoria [1] Torquay, Devon [1] Torquay, Chelston [1] Torquay, Devon Registered Newton Abbot [1] Torquay, Devon, England. [1] Torquay, England [1] Torquay, London [1] Torquay, Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Totnes, Torquay, Devon [1] Wellswood, Torquay [1]

Rank

Private [45] Stoker 1st Class [23] Able Seaman [17] Captain [17] Lieutenant [15] Second Lieutenant [14] Stoker Petty Officer [9] Petty Officer [8] Corporal [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Boy 1st Class [6] Driver [6] Leading Stoker [6] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Boy 2nd Class [5] Leading Seaman [5] Major [5] Sergeant [4] Serjeant [4] Gunner [3] Midshipman [3] Nurse [3] Sapper [3] Able Seaman Driver [2] Acting Serjeant [2] 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] 2nd Lietenant [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] AM1 Driver [1] Adjutant [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Boy1class [1] Boy2class [1] Brevet Major [1] Cadet [1] Captain Brevet Major [1] Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Stoker [1] Colonel [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [14] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [11] Army Service Corps [10] HMS TIGER [8] HMS LION [6] HMS DEFENCE [5] HMS Impregnable [5] HMS VALIANT [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] HMS Ajax [4] HMS THUNDERER [4] HMS BELLEROPHON [3] HMS BENBOW [3] HMS Monmouth [3] HMS Vivid [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Labour Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] 17th Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] 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] Indian Army [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] 158e Régiment d'Infanterie [1] 16th Lancers [1] 17th Indian Infantry (Loyal Regiment) [1] 17th Infantry Infantry (Loyal Regiment) [1] 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars [1] 22nd Punjabis [1] 25th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [751] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [146] British Army [99] Australian Imperial Force [46] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [121] B [118] H [105] M [92] S [90] W [81] P [80] T [67] G [52] D [48] R [46] L [45] E [37] F [34] A [30] K [26] J [22] N [20] V [7] O [6] I [4] Q [1] Y [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1025] Merchant Navy [86]

Country

United Kingdom [53] Canada [2] France [2] Denmark [1] Germany [1] India [1] Tanzania, United Republic of [1]

Mildred Maclaverty

Born 1881

Died 1973

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve Mesopotamia - Basra, Baghdad and Amarah

Other Empire Force Sister Serbian Relief Fund Mrs Stobart's Unit

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Geoffrey Bruce Barchard

Born 1899

Died 1914

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Aboukir

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William Coniam

Born 1882

Died 1950

British Army T1/1333 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army S/11461 Driver Army Ordnance Corps

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Arthur Roy Cole

Born 1895

Died 1979

Royal Navy K17308 Stoker 1st class HMS Lion

Royal Navy K17308 Stoker 2nd Class HMS LION

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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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Alfred John Brown

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 13139 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Fredrick Cecil Edward Burton

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 12952 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Reginald Mortimer

Died 1918

British Army GS/52045 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Arthur Eddy

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 5793 Private Hussars

British Army 5793 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 5793 Private 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars

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Alfred Edgar Willing

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 11724 Private Devonshire Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion

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Joseph Henry Bowden

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 50585 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Percy Leonard Shepherd

Born 1893

Died 1920

Canadian Expeditionary Force 53506

Canadian Expeditionary Force 53506 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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Reginald Morgan

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2284

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Thomas Harold Trewin Hole

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 374520 Rifleman London Regiment 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 8576 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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The Hon Archibald Rodney Hewitt

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army Captain East Surrey Regiment

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Arthur Leyland Harrison

Born 1886

Died 1918

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander HMS Lion

Royal Navy Lieutenant HMS Lion

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

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Joshua Shapcott

Born 1860

Died 1916

British Army 505 Company Sergeant Major Royal Engineers 2nd/1st Devon Fortress Coy

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Henry John Evens

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 166114 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

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Tom Adams

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265273

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Frederick John Dustan

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army A/202307 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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