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Totnes, Devon [278]

Totnes, Devon, England [13]

Stoke Gabriel, Totnes, Devon [4]

Totnes Devon [4]

Dartington, Totnes, Devon [3]

Totnes, South Devon [3]

Berry Pomeroy, Totnes, Devon [2]

Brixham,Totnes,Devon [2]

Totnes,Devon [2]

Ashprington, Totnes, Devon [1]

Berry Longcombe, Totnes, Devon [1]

Buckfastleigh, Totnes, Devon [1]

Cornworthy, Totnes, Devon [1]

Dartmouth, (Registered Totnes), Devon [1]

Dartmouth, Totnes, Devon [1]

Dartmouth,Totnes,Devon. [1]

Dittisham, Totnes, Devon [1]

Halberton,Totnes,Devon. [1]

Halwell, Totnes, Devon [1]

Harbertonford, Totnes, Devon [1]

Littlehempston, Totnes, Devon [1]

New Totnes, Devon [1]

North Huish, Totnes, Devon [1]

Paignton Totnes Devon. [1]

Paignton, Totnes, Devon [1]

South Brent, Totnes, Devon [1]

TOTNES, DEVON, DEVONSHIRE [1]

Totnes Devon England [1]

Totnes, Brixham, Devon [1]

Totnes, Torquay, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [19]

Stoker 1st Class [10]

Leading Stoker [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Stoker Petty Officer [4]

Leading Signalman [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Captain [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Acting Armourer's Mate [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief Armourer [1]

Commander [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Gunner [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Commander (Retd) [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Major [1]

Midshipman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Sick Berth Attendant [1]

Skipper [1]

Staff Surgeon [1]

Stoker 1st class [1]

Stoker 2nd class [1]

Surgeon [1]

Trimmer [1]

Vice Admiral [1]

Vice-Admiral [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [9]

HMS LION [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

10th Scottish [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

H.M.S. " Lion" [1]

HM Submarine C16 [1]

HMS Amphion [1]

HMS Amsterdam [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS Benbow [1]

HMS Bulwark [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

HMS Medea [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS Nottingham [1]

HMS Pembroke [1]

HMS Pheasant [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

HMS TEMERAIRE [1]

HMS Temeraire [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS Vivid [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

HMS Vivid II [1]

HMS Warrior [1]

HMS Warspite [1]

King's (Liverpool Regilent) [1]

Labour Corps [1]

London Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [252]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39]

British Army [28]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [50]

H [37]

C [33]

S [25]

W [20]

M [19]

P [19]

E [16]

G [15]

L [15]

D [14]

T [13]

F [9]

J [9]

R [9]

K [8]

N [7]

A [5]

O [3]

Y [3]

I [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [309]

Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Germany [1]

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People [332] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Totnes, Devon [278] Totnes, Devon, England [13] Stoke Gabriel, Totnes, Devon [4] Totnes Devon [4] Dartington, Totnes, Devon [3] Totnes, South Devon [3] Berry Pomeroy, Totnes, Devon [2] Brixham,Totnes,Devon [2] Totnes,Devon [2] Ashprington, Totnes, Devon [1] Berry Longcombe, Totnes, Devon [1] Buckfastleigh, Totnes, Devon [1] Cornworthy, Totnes, Devon [1] Dartmouth, (Registered Totnes), Devon [1] Dartmouth, Totnes, Devon [1] Dartmouth,Totnes,Devon. [1] Dittisham, Totnes, Devon [1] Halberton,Totnes,Devon. [1] Halwell, Totnes, Devon [1] Harbertonford, Totnes, Devon [1] Littlehempston, Totnes, Devon [1] New Totnes, Devon [1] North Huish, Totnes, Devon [1] Paignton Totnes Devon. [1] Paignton, Totnes, Devon [1] South Brent, Totnes, Devon [1] TOTNES, DEVON, DEVONSHIRE [1] Totnes Devon England [1] Totnes, Brixham, Devon [1] Totnes, Torquay, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [19] Stoker 1st Class [10] Leading Stoker [4] Lieutenant [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Stoker Petty Officer [4] Leading Signalman [3] Able Seaman [2] Captain [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Acting Armourer's Mate [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief Armourer [1] Commander [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Gunner [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Commander (Retd) [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Major [1] Midshipman [1] Petty Officer [1] Rear Admiral [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant [1] Sick Berth Attendant [1] Skipper [1] Staff Surgeon [1] Stoker 1st class [1] Stoker 2nd class [1] Surgeon [1] Trimmer [1] Vice Admiral [1] Vice-Admiral [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [9] HMS LION [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] HMS TIGER [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] 10th Scottish [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. " Lion" [1] HM Submarine C16 [1] HMS Amphion [1] HMS Amsterdam [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS Benbow [1] HMS Bulwark [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] HMS Medea [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS Nottingham [1] HMS Pembroke [1] HMS Pheasant [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] HMS TEMERAIRE [1] HMS Temeraire [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS Vivid [1] HMS Vivid I [1] HMS Vivid II [1] HMS Warrior [1] HMS Warspite [1] King's (Liverpool Regilent) [1] Labour Corps [1] London Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Monmouthshire Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [252] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39] British Army [28] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [50] H [37] C [33] S [25] W [20] M [19] P [19] E [16] G [15] L [15] D [14] T [13] F [9] J [9] R [9] K [8] N [7] A [5] O [3] Y [3] I [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [309] Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [15] Germany [1]

William Hinder Yeoman

Born 1867

Died 1929

British Army Captain West Riding Regiment

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Charles Phillips

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2952

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Horace Ackrell

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61147

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William Alfred Norrish

Born 1898

Died 1916

Royal Navy J37467 Boy 1st Class HMS QUEEN MARY

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Herbert Loram

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army TR7/15838 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 48233 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 11th Battalion

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Albert Pomeroy

Born 1882

Died 1915

Royal Navy 195300 Leading Signalman HMS Vivid RFR/Dev./B.4369

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Joseph Leonard Roe

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 3414 Private Scottish King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army Private 10th Scottish

British Army 3414 Private King's (Liverpool Regilent) 10th Battalion

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Cecil Wilfred Odam

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

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William Henry Yeoman

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 7484 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Aubrey Tall

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 2255 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Herbert William Elkanah Hill

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 14072 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Frederick George Underhay

Born 1881

Died 1914

Royal Navy 195322 Able Seaman

Royal Navy 195322 (PO) Able Seaman HMS Bulwark

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William Henry Narracott

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303100

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Joshua Wakeham

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199285

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Thomas Field

Born 1886

British Army 14516 Private Devonshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Arthur Smith

Born 1878

Died 1915

Royal Navy 172697 Royal Naval Division

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William John Murch

Born 1883

Died 1916

Royal Navy 305258 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Indefatigable

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Herbert Fitzherbert Kcie

Born 1885

Died 1958

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Vice-Admiral

Royal Navy Vice Admiral

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Arthur Hugh Warren

Born 1883

Royal Navy 10162 Private Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 10162 Sergeant Royal Marine Artillery; HMS Ajax

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John Henry Hodge Gribble

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy K1946 Stoker Petty Officer HMS INDEFATIGABLE

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