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Saltash, Cornwall [22]

Saltash [4]

Buenos Ayres [2]

Saint Germans, Cornwall [2]

Ascension Island [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Burraton, Cornwall [1]

Callington, Cornwall [1]

Colebrook, Plympton [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Devonport, Devonshire. [1]

Forder St. Stephens, Cornwall [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Kilburn, Middx. [1]

Launceston, Cornwall [1]

Leeds [1]

Loee, Cornwall [1]

Looe, Cornwall [1]

Marylebone, Middx. [1]

Mawgan, Cornwall [1]

Morval, Cornwall [1]

North Hill, Cornwall [1]

Northill, Launceston, Cornwall [1]

Old Trematon, Trematon. St. Stephens [1]

Penryn, Cornwall [1]

Plymouth [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Port Simpson, British Columbia [1]

Saltash, Cornwall, England [1]

Saltash, Devon [1]

Southwell,Notts [1]

St John's Glastonbury, Somerset [1]

St Stephen by Saltash, Cornwall, [1]

St. Juliot, Cornwall. [1]

St. Stephen's-By-Saltash, Cornwall [1]

St. Stephens by Saltash [1]

St. Stephens, Cornwall [1]

Tavistock, Devon [1]

Tideford, Cornwall [1]

Truro, Cornwall [1]

Walthamstow, Essex [1]

Worcester [1]

Rank

Private [56]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Able Seaman [4]

Gunner [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Leading Seaman [3]

Petty Officer Stoker [3]

Captain [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Chief Writer [2]

Commander [2]

Corporal [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Serjeant [2]

ALIAS Chief Yeoman of Signals [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Mate [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Bombardier [1]

Canteen Manager [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Chief Yeoman of Signals [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Engineer Commander [1]

Guardsman [1]

Master at Arms [1]

Mechanician [1]

Naval Instructor [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Sick Berth Steward [1]

Staff Sergeant [1]

Surgeon Lieutenant Commander [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [14]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [12]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [11]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

H.M.S. "Vivid." [4]

HMS Defence [3]

HMS Monmouth [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

52nd Graduate Battalion [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

H.M.S. "Pegasus." [2]

HMS Goliath [2]

HMS Indefatigable [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) [2]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

(RFR/DEV/B/5640), S.S. Ascanius. [1]

10th Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

1st Battalion Attached 3rd Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

1st Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Air Service [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

H M Submarine H10 [1]

H.M.S. "Amphion [1]

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

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

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

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

H.M.S. "Marmion.", [1]

H.M.S. Amphion [1]

H.M.S. Brisk [1]

H.M.S. Centaur [1]

H.M.S. Valkyrie [1]

HMS 'Seagull' [1]

HMS Ariadne [1]

HMS Dragon [1]

Service

British Army [73]

Royal Navy [54]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [15]

C [13]

B [12]

H [12]

M [11]

R [11]

T [9]

S [8]

W [6]

G [5]

O [5]

D [4]

K [4]

N [4]

A [3]

E [2]

F [2]

J [2]

L [2]

V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [102]

Country

United Kingdom [53]

Canada [1]

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People [132] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Saltash, Cornwall [22] Saltash [4] Buenos Ayres [2] Saint Germans, Cornwall [2] Ascension Island [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Burraton, Cornwall [1] Callington, Cornwall [1] Colebrook, Plympton [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Devonport, Devonshire. [1] Forder St. Stephens, Cornwall [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Kilburn, Middx. [1] Launceston, Cornwall [1] Leeds [1] Loee, Cornwall [1] Looe, Cornwall [1] Marylebone, Middx. [1] Mawgan, Cornwall [1] Morval, Cornwall [1] North Hill, Cornwall [1] Northill, Launceston, Cornwall [1] Old Trematon, Trematon. St. Stephens [1] Penryn, Cornwall [1] Plymouth [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Port Simpson, British Columbia [1] Saltash, Cornwall, England [1] Saltash, Devon [1] Southwell,Notts [1] St John's Glastonbury, Somerset [1] St Stephen by Saltash, Cornwall, [1] St. Juliot, Cornwall. [1] St. Stephen's-By-Saltash, Cornwall [1] St. Stephens by Saltash [1] St. Stephens, Cornwall [1] Tavistock, Devon [1] Tideford, Cornwall [1] Truro, Cornwall [1] Walthamstow, Essex [1] Worcester [1]

Rank

Private [56] Second Lieutenant [10] Stoker 1st Class [6] Able Seaman [4] Gunner [4] Lieutenant [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Leading Seaman [3] Petty Officer Stoker [3] Captain [2] Chief Stoker [2] Chief Writer [2] Commander [2] Corporal [2] Lance Corporal [2] Leading Stoker [2] Petty Officer [2] Rifleman [2] Serjeant [2] ALIAS Chief Yeoman of Signals [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Mate [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Bombardier [1] Canteen Manager [1] Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Chief Yeoman of Signals [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Engineer Commander [1] Guardsman [1] Master at Arms [1] Mechanician [1] Naval Instructor [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Sick Berth Steward [1] Staff Sergeant [1] Surgeon Lieutenant Commander [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [14] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [12] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [11] London Regiment [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] H.M.S. "Vivid." [4] HMS Defence [3] HMS Monmouth [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] 52nd Graduate Battalion [2] Canadian Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] H.M.S. "Pegasus." [2] HMS Goliath [2] HMS Indefatigable [2] HMS TIGER [2] HMS Vivid [2] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) [2] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] (RFR/DEV/B/5640), S.S. Ascanius. [1] 10th Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] 1st Battalion Attached 3rd Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] 1st Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Air Service [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Auckland Infantry Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Essex Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H M Submarine H10 [1] H.M.S. "Amphion [1] H.M.S. "Brisk." [1] H.M.S. "Impregnable." [1] H.M.S. "Indefatigable." [1] H.M.S. "Marlborough." [1] H.M.S. "Marmion.", [1] H.M.S. Amphion [1] H.M.S. Brisk [1] H.M.S. Centaur [1] H.M.S. Valkyrie [1] HMS 'Seagull' [1] HMS Ariadne [1] HMS Dragon [1]

Service

British Army [73] Royal Navy [54] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [15] C [13] B [12] H [12] M [11] R [11] T [9] S [8] W [6] G [5] O [5] D [4] K [4] N [4] A [3] E [2] F [2] J [2] L [2] V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [102]

Country

United Kingdom [53] Canada [1]

John Buckingham

Born 1880

Died 1917

Royal Navy 293892

Royal Navy 293892 Petty Officer Stoker H.M.S. Brisk

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Samuel Arthur George Daymond

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy J16013 Able Seaman HMS INDEFATIGABLE

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Eddie Smale

Died 1916

British Army 3187 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Percy George Gilbert

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy 233033

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Defence

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Brandon Leslie Coward

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 8/8854 52nd Graduate Battalion

British Army 31480 Private Devonshire Regiment

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William Coombe

Born 1892

Died 1917

Royal Navy J4743

Royal Navy J/4743 Leading Seaman H.M.S. "Marmion.",

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William Henry Cudmore

Died 1918

British Army 21100 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Cyril V G Moorshead

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 31959 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 93887 Private Labour Corps

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Charles Keefe Masey

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 11526 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Robert Azoff Alford

Born 1887

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 140501

Canadian Expeditionary Force 140501 Private Canadian Infantry

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Frederick Charles Organ

Born 1865

Died 1920

Royal Navy 140974 Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class HMS President

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Frederick Thomas Tamblyn

Born 1891

Died 1918

Royal Navy J53828

Royal Navy J/53828 Ordinary Seaman H.M.S. "Vivid."

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Theodore Samuel Marshall

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army Staff Sergeant Royal Engineers Tyne Electrical Engineers.

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers Tyne Electrical Engineers.

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Charles Sidney Ralph

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 3049 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Spts/3049 Private Royal Fusiliers

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William Henry Norman

Born 1889

Died 1920

Royal Navy M2535

Royal Navy M/2535 Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class H.M.S. Centaur

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Walter Norman Hocking

Born 1895

Died 1921

British Army 5739 Private London Regiment

British Army 652595 Private London Regiment

British Army 652595 Rifleman London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)

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Albert George Jane

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 19597 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Albert Watters

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy 213782

Royal Navy 213782 Petty Officer H M Submarine H10

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William Reginald Pryn

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

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James Henry Glanville Lamerton

Born 1866

Died 1919

Royal Navy 117580

Royal Navy 117580 Master at Arms H.M.S. "Impregnable."

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