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Stokenham, Devon [5]

Kingsbridge, Devon [4]

Chivelstone, Devon [3]

Torcross, Stokenham, Devon [3]

Hallsands, Stokenham, Devon [2]

Aldeburgh Suffolk [1]

Beeson, Stokenham, Devon [1]

Blackawton, Devon [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Chillington, Devon [1]

Chillington, devon [1]

Collegiate School, Avenue Park,Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1]

Dartmouth, Devon [1]

E Portlemouth [1]

East Dulwich [1]

East Portlemouth, Devon [1]

East Stonehouse, Plymouth [1]

Goodshelter, E Portlemouth [1]

Halifax, Canada [1]

Huccombe, Stokenham, Devon [1]

Huddesfield [1]

Kellaton, Devon [1]

Kingsbridge [1]

Kingsbridge registration [1]

Kingsbridge registry office, S Devon [1]

Lower Sydenham, Kent [1]

Mortehoe, Devon [1]

Poole, Dorset [1]

Rickham, East Portlemouth, Devon [1]

Salcombe [1]

South Kensington, London [1]

South Pool, devon [1]

Southpool, Devon [1]

Stokenham [1]

Streatham, Surrey [1]

Swainston, Ermington, Devon [1]

Sydenham, Kent [1]

Torcross [1]

Torcross, Devon [1]

Torquay [1]

Torquay, Devon Registered Newton Abbot [1]

Westmoreland [1]

Wigton, Cumberland [1]

reg Kingbridge [1]

Rank

Private [38]

Gunner [6]

AB [5]

Leading seaman [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

B1C [3]

B2C [3]

Captain [3]

Driver [3]

2nd Lieut [2]

Able seaman [2]

Boy1class [2]

L/Cpl [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieut [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Ord seaman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Serjeant [2]

2nd Lietenant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Adjutant [1]

B1c [1]

B2c [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2class [1]

Boy 2nd class [1]

Boy2class [1]

Corporal [1]

L/bdr [1]

Lieutenant Colonel, [1]

Major [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Ordinary seaman [1]

Ordy Able seaman [1]

PO [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Reverend [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sto1cl [1]

Sto2c [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 1st class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker 2nd class [1]

Stoker PO [1]

Temp 2nd Lt [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [16]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Devonshire regiment [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Indefatigable [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Impregnable [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

12th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

14th Reserve Cavalry [1]

2nd Royal Marine Battalion [1]

2nd Royal Marines [1]

43rd Erinpura Regiment [1]

43rd Regiment [1]

45th Rattray Sikhs [1]

45th Sikhs [1]

Amphion [1]

Apollo [1]

Argonaut [1]

Argyll [1]

BEF [1]

Boscawen111 [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Class V11 army reserve [1]

Colossus [1]

Commonwealth [1]

Devon Militia [1]

Diadem [1]

Diana [1]

Dorset Regiment [1]

Drake battalion MEF [1]

Duke of Edinburgh [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Erinpura Regiment, Indian Army [1]

Excellent [1]

Ganges II [1]

Service

British Army [47]

Royal Navy [19]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Indian Army [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [11]

S [8]

R [7]

C [5]

G [5]

L [5]

M [5]

W [5]

H [4]

F [3]

J [3]

K [3]

B [2]

O [1]

T [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [66]

Country

United Kingdom [47]

Canada [1]

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Stokenham, Devon [5] Kingsbridge, Devon [4] Chivelstone, Devon [3] Torcross, Stokenham, Devon [3] Hallsands, Stokenham, Devon [2] Aldeburgh Suffolk [1] Beeson, Stokenham, Devon [1] Blackawton, Devon [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Camberwell, London [1] Chillington, Devon [1] Chillington, devon [1] Collegiate School, Avenue Park,Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [1] Dartmouth, Devon [1] E Portlemouth [1] East Dulwich [1] East Portlemouth, Devon [1] East Stonehouse, Plymouth [1] Goodshelter, E Portlemouth [1] Halifax, Canada [1] Huccombe, Stokenham, Devon [1] Huddesfield [1] Kellaton, Devon [1] Kingsbridge [1] Kingsbridge registration [1] Kingsbridge registry office, S Devon [1] Lower Sydenham, Kent [1] Mortehoe, Devon [1] Poole, Dorset [1] Rickham, East Portlemouth, Devon [1] Salcombe [1] South Kensington, London [1] South Pool, devon [1] Southpool, Devon [1] Stokenham [1] Streatham, Surrey [1] Swainston, Ermington, Devon [1] Sydenham, Kent [1] Torcross [1] Torcross, Devon [1] Torquay [1] Torquay, Devon Registered Newton Abbot [1] Westmoreland [1] Wigton, Cumberland [1] reg Kingbridge [1]

Rank

Private [38] Gunner [6] AB [5] Leading seaman [4] Lieutenant [4] Able Seaman [3] B1C [3] B2C [3] Captain [3] Driver [3] 2nd Lieut [2] Able seaman [2] Boy1class [2] L/Cpl [2] Lance Corporal [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieut [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Ord seaman [2] Petty Officer [2] Serjeant [2] 2nd Lietenant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Adjutant [1] B1c [1] B2c [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2class [1] Boy 2nd class [1] Boy2class [1] Corporal [1] L/bdr [1] Lieutenant Colonel, [1] Major [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Ordinary seaman [1] Ordy Able seaman [1] PO [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Reverend [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sto1cl [1] Sto2c [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 1st class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker 2nd class [1] Stoker PO [1] Temp 2nd Lt [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [16] Canadian Infantry [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] Labour Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Devonshire regiment [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Indefatigable [2] HMS Monmouth [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Impregnable [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] 12th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] 14th Reserve Cavalry [1] 2nd Royal Marine Battalion [1] 2nd Royal Marines [1] 43rd Erinpura Regiment [1] 43rd Regiment [1] 45th Rattray Sikhs [1] 45th Sikhs [1] Amphion [1] Apollo [1] Argonaut [1] Argyll [1] BEF [1] Boscawen111 [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Class V11 army reserve [1] Colossus [1] Commonwealth [1] Devon Militia [1] Diadem [1] Diana [1] Dorset Regiment [1] Drake battalion MEF [1] Duke of Edinburgh [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Erinpura Regiment, Indian Army [1] Excellent [1] Ganges II [1]

Service

British Army [47] Royal Navy [19] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Indian Army [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [11] S [8] R [7] C [5] G [5] L [5] M [5] W [5] H [4] F [3] J [3] K [3] B [2] O [1] T [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [66]

Country

United Kingdom [47] Canada [1]

George Jarmin Prettejohn

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 29089 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 110254 Private Labour Corps

British Army 20656 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Bertram Lewis Ball

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 22406 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 6539 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 22406 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Louis Charles Graham

Born 1879

Died 1951

British Army B/19699 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion

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John Henry Gillard

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 20630 Private Devonshire Regiment

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J A Longridge

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 43rd Regiment

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel 43rd Erinpura Regiment

British Army Royal West Surrey

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Mark Yalland

Born 1877

Died 1916

Royal Navy 182062 Able Seaman HMS Musketeer

Royal Navy

Royal Navy 182062 Able seaman HMS Flora

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William George Keast

Born 1881

Died 1916

Royal Navy 294824

Royal Navy 294824 Petty Officer Stoker

South African Services 294824 Sto2c Vivid11

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Ernest Alfred Rogers

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 18652 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Gustavus Adolphus Gyllenship

Born 1881

Died 1917

Royal Navy 194276 Leading Seaman HMS Pheasant

Royal Navy 194276 B2c St Vincent- Chatham

Royal Navy 194276 B1c St Vincent Chatham

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Harold Nathaniel Pound

Born 1894

Royal Navy J11125

Royal Navy J11125 Boy 2nd class Ganges II

Royal Navy J11125 Boy 1st Class Irresistible

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William George Luscombe

Born 1889

Died 1914

Royal Navy 235610

Royal Navy 235610 Leading Seaman HMS Monmouth

Royal Navy 235610 B2C Boscawen111

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Roderick Coles Mitchelmore

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 22157 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 22157 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battallion

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Charles Anthony Johns

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy Z/ 860 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Z/ 860 AB Royal naval Division

Royal Navy Z/ 860 AB Drake battalion MEF 1st battallian

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Sidney John Lewis

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy 1934 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/1934(S) Private Royal Marine Light Infantry 1st R.M. Bn. R.N. Div.

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Frederick William Pound

Born 1896

Died 1914

Royal Navy K18451

Royal Navy K/18451 Stoker 1st Class HMS Amphion

Royal Navy K18451 Stoker 2nd class Vivid - Plymouth

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Ernest Albert Wakeham

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 24354 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Oliver Edward Kitson

Born 1898

Died 1978

British Army 45679 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 172136 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Samuel James Perring

Born 1883

Died 1916

Royal Navy 203184 Petty Officer HMS Indefatigable

Royal Navy 203184 B2C Impregnable

Royal Navy 203184 B1C Lion

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James Charles Warren

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 9021 Corporal Devonshire Regiment

British Army 9021 Acting Serjeant Devonshire Regiment

British Army 9021 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment

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George Moore Cranch

Born 1892

Died 1917

Royal Navy 1210 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/1210/S Private 2nd Royal Marine Battalion Royal Marine Light Infantry (short-service)

Royal Navy 1210 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry Co D

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