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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]

William Albert Maddock

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 20768 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 20768 Private Devonshire Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion

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William John James

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army TF/241294 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Jabez William Pearse

Born 1893

Canadian Expeditionary Force 434874

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Sidney Joseph Cottle

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 3195 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Attached Machine Gun Corps

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Harry Somervile Knight

Born 1883

Died 1918

Royal Navy 206513

Royal Navy 206513 Able Seaman HMS Raglan

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Charles Herbert Lintern

Born 1898

Died 1915

Royal Navy J24345

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Clara Dorothea Legassick

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army Nurse French Red Cross

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John Ernest North Albrecht

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 55th Battalion

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Leonard Stephen Battershell

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy M13410 Cook's Mate HMS Ariadne

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Andrew Burgoyne

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 7061 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Devonshire Regiment 1st

British Army Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Henry Guppy

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 6245 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Lance Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment

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George Compton

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 375084 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 375084 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Henry Robinson

Born 1881

Died 1915

Royal Navy 7093 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/7093 Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy PLY/7093 Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry - HM Tug Char

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William Reginald Ernest Facey

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 8630 Private Coldstream Guards

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Cecil Herbert Facey

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 9482 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 9482 Private Coldstream Guards 2nd Battalion

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Richard Albert Shepheard

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy 312335 Leading Stoker HMS Defence

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Andrew Graham Conran Smythe

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery

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Arthur Kingdon Stephens

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy Assistant Constructor 2nd Class (Admiralty) Admiralty Civilian - HMS Queen Mary

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Bertram Hartland Brown

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 5305 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 202712 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Walter Ernest Bath

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 123718 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 123718 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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