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Place of birth

Plympton, Devon [16]

Plymouth, Devon [8]

Plympton Devon [5]

Plymouth [4]

Plympton St Mary, Devon [3]

Cornwood, Devon [2]

Plympton [2]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Blackawton, Devon [1]

Bradninch, Devon [1]

Bristol [1]

Calcutta, Bengal [1]

Colebrook, Devon [1]

Compton Gifford, Devon [1]

Congresbury, Somerset [1]

Crabtree, Devon [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dolton, Devon [1]

Dolton, nr Hatherleigh, Devon [1]

Eggbuckland, Plymouth, Devon [1]

Honiton, Devon [1]

Ludlow, Shropshire [1]

Modbury, Devon [1]

New Mills, Derbyshire [1]

Padstow, Cornwall [1]

Penzance [1]

Plympton St Marys [1]

Plympton, Devon, England [1]

Princetown, Devon [1]

Rickham, Devon [1]

Roborough, Devon [1]

Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Saint Austell, Cornwall [1]

South Brent near Plympton [1]

South Brent, Devon [1]

Southsea [1]

Sparkwell, Plympton, Devon [1]

St Austell, Cornwall [1]

Stoke Damerel, Devon [1]

Tavistock, Devon [1]

Teignmouth, Devon [1]

Tormoham, Devon [1]

Torquay, Devon [1]

Venton, Plympton, Devon [1]

Woodleigh, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [41]

Corporal [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Stoker 2nd Class [5]

Leading Stoker [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Stoker [4]

Gunner [3]

Major [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Boy [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Chief Stoker [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Assistant Constructor 2nd Class (Admiralty) [1]

Bach [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy I [1]

Boy II [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Chief Yeoman of Signals [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Driver [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading Stoker 1st Class [1]

Leading Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Nurse [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Signalman [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [19]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Vivid I [7]

HMS Defence [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Vivid II [5]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Vivid [4]

London Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Monmouth [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Defiance [2]

Donegal [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Gibraltar [2]

HMS Indus [2]

Highflyer [2]

Implacable [2]

Impregnable [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Arthur [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Vivid 2 [2]

Admiralty Civilian - HMS Queen Mary [1]

Algerine [1]

Andromeda [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Attached Machine Gun Corps [1]

Berwick [1]

Carnarvon [1]

Challenger [1]

Challenger (Monmouth) [1]

Cornwallis [1]

Defence [1]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

Devonshire Militia [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Edgar [1]

Europa [1]

Europa II [1]

Euryalus [1]

Forth [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HM Submarine E30 [1]

HMS Albion [1]

Service

British Army [56]

Royal Navy [24]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [13]

C [10]

H [10]

G [8]

S [7]

P [6]

L [4]

F [3]

M [3]

R [3]

W [3]

A [2]

E [2]

T [2]

D [1]

J [1]

K [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [73]

Country

United Kingdom [77]

India [2]

Bermuda [1]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

Plympton, Devon [16] Plymouth, Devon [8] Plympton Devon [5] Plymouth [4] Plympton St Mary, Devon [3] Cornwood, Devon [2] Plympton [2] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Belfast, Northern Ireland [1] Blackawton, Devon [1] Bradninch, Devon [1] Bristol [1] Calcutta, Bengal [1] Colebrook, Devon [1] Compton Gifford, Devon [1] Congresbury, Somerset [1] Crabtree, Devon [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dolton, Devon [1] Dolton, nr Hatherleigh, Devon [1] Eggbuckland, Plymouth, Devon [1] Honiton, Devon [1] Ludlow, Shropshire [1] Modbury, Devon [1] New Mills, Derbyshire [1] Padstow, Cornwall [1] Penzance [1] Plympton St Marys [1] Plympton, Devon, England [1] Princetown, Devon [1] Rickham, Devon [1] Roborough, Devon [1] Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Saint Austell, Cornwall [1] South Brent near Plympton [1] South Brent, Devon [1] Southsea [1] Sparkwell, Plympton, Devon [1] St Austell, Cornwall [1] Stoke Damerel, Devon [1] Tavistock, Devon [1] Teignmouth, Devon [1] Tormoham, Devon [1] Torquay, Devon [1] Venton, Plympton, Devon [1] Woodleigh, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [41] Corporal [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Second Lieutenant [5] Stoker 2nd Class [5] Leading Stoker [4] Lieutenant [4] Stoker [4] Gunner [3] Major [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Boy [2] Lance Corporal [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Chief Stoker [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Petty Officer Stoker [1] Assistant Constructor 2nd Class (Admiralty) [1] Bach [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy I [1] Boy II [1] Captain [1] Chief Stoker [1] Chief Yeoman of Signals [1] Cook's Mate [1] Driver [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading Stoker 1st Class [1] Leading Stoker 2nd Class [1] Nurse [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Signalman [1] Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [19] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Vivid I [7] HMS Defence [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Vivid II [5] Coldstream Guards [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Vivid [4] London Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Monmouth [3] Royal Engineers [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Defiance [2] Donegal [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Gibraltar [2] HMS Indus [2] Highflyer [2] Implacable [2] Impregnable [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Arthur [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Vivid 2 [2] Admiralty Civilian - HMS Queen Mary [1] Algerine [1] Andromeda [1] Army Service Corps [1] Attached Machine Gun Corps [1] Berwick [1] Carnarvon [1] Challenger [1] Challenger (Monmouth) [1] Cornwallis [1] Defence [1] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1] Devonshire Militia [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Edgar [1] Europa [1] Europa II [1] Euryalus [1] Forth [1] French Red Cross [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HM Submarine E30 [1] HMS Albion [1]

Service

British Army [56] Royal Navy [24] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [13] C [10] H [10] G [8] S [7] P [6] L [4] F [3] M [3] R [3] W [3] A [2] E [2] T [2] D [1] J [1] K [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [73]

Country

United Kingdom [77] India [2] Bermuda [1] Malta [1]

George Henry Tyrrell

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 7533 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 7533 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frederick William Hellings

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 6388 Sapper Royal Engineers

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George Triscott Grigg

Born 1878

Died 1950

British Army 241348 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 570552 Private Labour Corps

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Frederick Thomas Greep

Born 1878

Died 1915

Royal Navy Dev/281626(RFR/B/2055) Stoker 1st Class Nelson Battalion

Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy 281626 Stoker 2nd Class Vivid II

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William Henry Bodilly

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 2298 Private London Regiment 18th lond Battalion

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Thomas Hemphill

Born 1874

Died 1914

Royal Navy 276909 Chief Stoker HMS Monmouth

Royal Navy 276909 Stoker 2nd Class Vivid II

Royal Navy 276909 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Sans Pareil

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Leonard George Rabley

Born 1896

Died 1964

Royal Navy K20549

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Albert Turner

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 5572 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Reginald George Shier

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 70338 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 70338 Acting Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery 66th Siege Battery

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Albert Bray Bullen

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy 17893 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Defence

Royal Navy 17893 Private Rect: Depot Deal

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Frank Werran

Born 1896

Died 1914

Royal Navy J14504

Royal Navy J 14504 Boy II Impregnable

Royal Navy Boy I Impregnable

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Frederick James Spurr

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 41315 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 33690 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Harry Pearse

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 337 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery Devon

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Ernest Sluman

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 2563 Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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Edward Thomas Humphrys

Born 1863

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Captain Scottish Rifles

British Army Major Scottish Rifles

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William James Balsdon

Born 1888

Died 1915

Royal Navy 310639

Royal Navy 310639 Petty Officer Stoker

Royal Navy 310639 Stoker 2nd Class Vivid II

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William John Birch

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 133007 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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George William Brown

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 202453 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Edward Lawry

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army T/2/13423 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army 97407 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 97407 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 54th Company

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Lionel George Cumming

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 4352 Private Royal Fusiliers 19th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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