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Plymouth, Devon [24]

South Shields, Durham [5]

Torquay, Devon [5]

East Stonehouse, Plymouth [3]

Holbeton, Devon [3]

Plympton, Devon [3]

20 Oakfield Tce, Cattedown, Plymouth [2]

Salcombe, Devon [2]

1 Court House, 2 Lawrence St, Birmingham, Warwick [1]

1 Keppel St, Devonport, Devon [1]

10 William St, Plymouth [1]

14 Desborough Rd, Princerock, Plymouth, Devon [1]

16 Wyndham Square, Plymouth [1]

17 Harwell St, Plymouth [1]

18 Fort St, Devonport [1]

19 Pasley St, Devonport, Devon [1]

2 Avenue Terrace, Chiswick, Misslesex [1]

2 Catherine St, Plymouth [1]

20 Baring St, Plymouth [1]

20 Haytor Cottage, Heathfield, Devon [1]

20 Oakfield Tce, Charles, Plymouth, Devon [1]

24 St Johns Rd, Plymouth, Devon [1]

3 DudleyTerrace, St Judes, Plymouth, Devon [1]

3 Egerton Place, St Judes, Plymouth [1]

34 Morley Place, Plymouth [1]

36 King Gardens, Plymouth [1]

37 Adelaide St, East Stonehouse, Plymouth [1]

46 Exeter St, Plymouth [1]

5 Alma St, Parish of Sutton Plym, Plymouth, Devon [1]

53 Barwin St, Deptford, London [1]

6 Victoria St, Plymouth [1]

60 Grenville Rd, Plymouth, Devon [1]

61 York St, Plymouth, Devon, England [1]

7 Lambhay St, Plymouth, Devon [1]

7 Moon St, Parish of Charles, Plymouth, Devon [1]

9 Haddington Rd, Devonport [1]

9 Summerland St, Plymouth, Devon [1]

90 Hotham Place, Stoke, Devonport [1]

Ashcott, Somerset [1]

Bagshot, Guilford, Surrey [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bigbury, Devon [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Castle W [1]

Cattedown, Plymouth [1]

Chudleigh Knighton [1]

Crediton, Devon [1]

Derby [1]

Devonport [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [70]

Gunner [9]

Sapper [8]

Serjeant [5]

Driver [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Boy [3]

L/Cpl [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

AB [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Boy Artificer [2]

Constable [2]

Corporal [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Stoker 1 [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

1st Mate [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lieutenants [1]

2nd Mate [1]

AB (2) [1]

AC2 [1]

Acting Adj [1]

Acting ERA 4th Class [1]

Acting Leader Stoker [1]

Apprentice [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

B 2 Cl (Boy 2 Class) [1]

BDR [1]

Boatswain [1]

Bombardier [1]

Bomber [1]

Boy Bugler [1]

C ERA 2 [1]

CH Plumber [1]

Captain [1]

Carpenter [1]

Ch Shipwright [1]

Ch Shpt [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer 1st Class [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer, 1st Class [1]

Chief Sick Berth Attendant [1]

ERA 4th Class [1]

ERA 5th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Lance Bombadier [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [26]

Various HM Ships and Establishments [21]

Royal Engineers [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Various HM Ships and Naval Establishments [3]

Devon Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS DEFENCE [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine [2]

Tank Corps [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

27th Canadians [1]

2nd Life Guards [1]

3 Devon Militia [1]

7th Battalion, Tank Corps [1]

Army Service Corp (MT) [1]

Bedford "a" Signals [1]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Ch Shipwright 1 [1]

Devon Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

HM Submarine E15 [1]

HM Submarine H5 [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Chellenger [1]

HMS Colossus [1]

Service

British Army [92]

Royal Navy [39]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [27]

B [18]

H [11]

C [10]

S [9]

R [8]

W [8]

L [7]

M [7]

D [6]

T [6]

G [5]

V [4]

A [2]

F [2]

J [2]

K [2]

N [2]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [134]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [131]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

China [1]

Egypt [1]

India [1]

Malta [1]

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People [137] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [24] South Shields, Durham [5] Torquay, Devon [5] East Stonehouse, Plymouth [3] Holbeton, Devon [3] Plympton, Devon [3] 20 Oakfield Tce, Cattedown, Plymouth [2] Salcombe, Devon [2] 1 Court House, 2 Lawrence St, Birmingham, Warwick [1] 1 Keppel St, Devonport, Devon [1] 10 William St, Plymouth [1] 14 Desborough Rd, Princerock, Plymouth, Devon [1] 16 Wyndham Square, Plymouth [1] 17 Harwell St, Plymouth [1] 18 Fort St, Devonport [1] 19 Pasley St, Devonport, Devon [1] 2 Avenue Terrace, Chiswick, Misslesex [1] 2 Catherine St, Plymouth [1] 20 Baring St, Plymouth [1] 20 Haytor Cottage, Heathfield, Devon [1] 20 Oakfield Tce, Charles, Plymouth, Devon [1] 24 St Johns Rd, Plymouth, Devon [1] 3 DudleyTerrace, St Judes, Plymouth, Devon [1] 3 Egerton Place, St Judes, Plymouth [1] 34 Morley Place, Plymouth [1] 36 King Gardens, Plymouth [1] 37 Adelaide St, East Stonehouse, Plymouth [1] 46 Exeter St, Plymouth [1] 5 Alma St, Parish of Sutton Plym, Plymouth, Devon [1] 53 Barwin St, Deptford, London [1] 6 Victoria St, Plymouth [1] 60 Grenville Rd, Plymouth, Devon [1] 61 York St, Plymouth, Devon, England [1] 7 Lambhay St, Plymouth, Devon [1] 7 Moon St, Parish of Charles, Plymouth, Devon [1] 9 Haddington Rd, Devonport [1] 9 Summerland St, Plymouth, Devon [1] 90 Hotham Place, Stoke, Devonport [1] Ashcott, Somerset [1] Bagshot, Guilford, Surrey [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bigbury, Devon [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Castle W [1] Cattedown, Plymouth [1] Chudleigh Knighton [1] Crediton, Devon [1] Derby [1] Devonport [1] Devonport, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [70] Gunner [9] Sapper [8] Serjeant [5] Driver [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Able Seaman [3] Boy [3] L/Cpl [3] Second Lieutenant [3] AB [2] Acting Corporal [2] Boy Artificer [2] Constable [2] Corporal [2] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Stoker 1 [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 1st Mate [1] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lieutenants [1] 2nd Mate [1] AB (2) [1] AC2 [1] Acting Adj [1] Acting ERA 4th Class [1] Acting Leader Stoker [1] Apprentice [1] Artificer Engineer [1] B 2 Cl (Boy 2 Class) [1] BDR [1] Boatswain [1] Bombardier [1] Bomber [1] Boy Bugler [1] C ERA 2 [1] CH Plumber [1] Captain [1] Carpenter [1] Ch Shipwright [1] Ch Shpt [1] Chief Electrical Artificer 1st Class [1] Chief Electrical Artificer, 1st Class [1] Chief Sick Berth Attendant [1] ERA 4th Class [1] ERA 5th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Lance Bombadier [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [26] Various HM Ships and Establishments [21] Royal Engineers [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6] Royal Field Artillery [5] Army Service Corps [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Various HM Ships and Naval Establishments [3] Devon Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS DEFENCE [2] HMS Monmouth [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine [2] Tank Corps [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 27th Canadians [1] 2nd Life Guards [1] 3 Devon Militia [1] 7th Battalion, Tank Corps [1] Army Service Corp (MT) [1] Bedford "a" Signals [1] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Ch Shipwright 1 [1] Devon Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] HM Submarine E15 [1] HM Submarine H5 [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Chellenger [1] HMS Colossus [1]

Service

British Army [92] Royal Navy [39] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [27] B [18] H [11] C [10] S [9] R [8] W [8] L [7] M [7] D [6] T [6] G [5] V [4] A [2] F [2] J [2] K [2] N [2] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [134] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [131] Australia [1] Canada [1] China [1] Egypt [1] India [1] Malta [1]

William Henry Thomas Furneaux

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy J8509 Able Seaman HMS DEFENCE

Royal Navy J8509 Able Seaman Various HM Ships and Establishments

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Reginald Richard Browning

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 38740 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Alfred John Vanstone

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 306077 Private Tank Corps 6th Btn

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Arthur Edward Commins

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 45657 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Aubrey Antill Spencer

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 142658 Sapper Royal Engineers C Coy

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Albert James Percival Caple

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 240860 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Thomas Robert Willis

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 16037 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Batt

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William Lovell

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 300212 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/7 Btn

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Cecil Ivan Vicary

Born 1896

Died 1964

Royal Navy 15731 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/15731 Private RMLI Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid)

Royal Navy PLY/15731 Private RMLI HMS Colossus

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Alfred King Tripe

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 2nd Lieutenants Royal Garrison Artillery Devonshire

British Army Lieutenant Tank Corps

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Charles Vaughan Murley

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army 70688 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 34421 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Stanley Cyril Hunt

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 38008 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 201464 Private 7th Battalion, Tank Corps

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Sydney Francis Bluett

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy M2161 Boy Artificer HMS Indus

Royal Navy M2161 ERA 5th Class HMS Ajax

Royal Navy M2161 Acting ERA 4th Class HMS Ajax

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C H Scoble

British Army 1429 Gunner Devon Royal Garrison Artillery

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Henry P Lambrick

British Army 212032 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Simon Archibald Palmer Jane

Born 1887

Died 1918

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Ralph Conran Smythe

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 2nd Lieutenant

British Army Lieutenant

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