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Place of birth

Honiton, Devon [3]

Beckenham, Kent [2]

Bridgwater, Somerset [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

South South Australia [2]

Wellington, Somerset [2]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bishopgate Street, London [1]

Black Rock South Australia [1]

Bridport, Dorset [1]

Brixham, Devon [1]

Brixton, London South East [1]

Burlescombe Wellington, Devon [1]

Crawley [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire [1]

Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales [1]

Horsley [1]

Liverpool England [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1]

Near Bishopsgate Street, London [1]

Newtown New South Wales [1]

Petersburg South Australia [1]

Plymouth, Devon, England [1]

Portsea, Portsmouth [1]

Saint James Exeter, Devon [1]

South Yarra Victoria [1]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [1]

Steatham, London [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Topsham, Devon, England [1]

Ulooloo South Australia [1]

UloolooSouth South Australia [1]

Upper Holloway, London [1]

Upper Holloway, London, Middlesex [1]

Wednesbury, Staffordshire [1]

Wellington, Devon [1]

Weston Super Mare, Somerset [1]

Yatina South Australia [1]

Yongala South Australia [1]

wednesbury [1]

Rank

Private [108]

Serjeant [16]

Corporal [12]

Driver [12]

Sapper [10]

Gunner [9]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Lieutenant [5]

Captain [3]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Trooper [2]

Bombardier [1]

Bombardier /Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy 2nd class [1]

Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Fitter [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Matron [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 1st class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker 2nd class [1]

Temporary Conductor [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [24]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Devonshire Regiment [12]

Labour Corps [12]

Army Service Corps [10]

London Regiment [10]

Somerset Light Infantry [10]

The Queen's Regiment [10]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Essex Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

4th Dragoon Guards [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Corps of Dragoons [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

1/19th Hyderabad Regiment [1]

2/6th Punjabis [1]

24th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

2nd South African Mounted Brigade [1]

45th Sikhs [1]

7th Dragoon Guards [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Service

British Army [186]

Royal Navy [28]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [24]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [275]

Contribution

Military Service [267]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [275] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Honiton, Devon [3] Beckenham, Kent [2] Bridgwater, Somerset [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Exeter, Devon [2] South South Australia [2] Wellington, Somerset [2] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bishopgate Street, London [1] Black Rock South Australia [1] Bridport, Dorset [1] Brixham, Devon [1] Brixton, London South East [1] Burlescombe Wellington, Devon [1] Crawley [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Hackney, London [1] Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire [1] Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales [1] Horsley [1] Liverpool England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1] Near Bishopsgate Street, London [1] Newtown New South Wales [1] Petersburg South Australia [1] Plymouth, Devon, England [1] Portsea, Portsmouth [1] Saint James Exeter, Devon [1] South Yarra Victoria [1] Southampton, Hampshire, England [1] Steatham, London [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Topsham, Devon, England [1] Ulooloo South Australia [1] UloolooSouth South Australia [1] Upper Holloway, London [1] Upper Holloway, London, Middlesex [1] Wednesbury, Staffordshire [1] Wellington, Devon [1] Weston Super Mare, Somerset [1] Yatina South Australia [1] Yongala South Australia [1] wednesbury [1]

Rank

Private [108] Serjeant [16] Corporal [12] Driver [12] Sapper [10] Gunner [9] Second Lieutenant [8] Lance Corporal [7] Lieutenant [5] Captain [3] Pioneer [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Trooper [2] Bombardier [1] Bombardier /Acting Serjeant [1] Boy 2nd class [1] Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Fitter [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Deck Hand [1] Matron [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 1st class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker 2nd class [1] Temporary Conductor [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [24] Royal Field Artillery [13] Devonshire Regiment [12] Labour Corps [12] Army Service Corps [10] London Regiment [10] Somerset Light Infantry [10] The Queen's Regiment [10] Hampshire Regiment [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Essex Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Royal West Surrey Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] 4th Dragoon Guards [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Corps of Dragoons [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 1/19th Hyderabad Regiment [1] 2/6th Punjabis [1] 24th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps [1] 2nd South African Mounted Brigade [1] 45th Sikhs [1] 7th Dragoon Guards [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Service

British Army [186] Royal Navy [28] Canadian Expeditionary Force [24] Australian Imperial Force [13] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [275]

Contribution

Military Service [267] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

John Clapp

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 9654 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9654 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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William Henry Clapp

Born 1875

Died 1919

British Army WR/338552 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

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Henry Clapp

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 22406 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 60097 Private Labour Corps

British Army 31110 Private Royal Fusiliers

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William Henry Clapp

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 203690 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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David Clapp

Born 1892

Died 1969

Royal Navy J3108

Royal Navy J3108 Boy 2nd class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy K17383 Stoker 2nd class HMS Lion

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Arthur Clapp

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61220

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Alfred John Clapp

Born 1895

Died 1914

Royal Navy K20947 Stoker 2nd Class H.M.S. "Marlborough"

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George Clapp

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 151249

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Arthur Clapp

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111678

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Joseph Clapp

Died 1918

British Army 6738 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 6738 Serjeant East Surrey Regiment

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Leonard Bishop Clapp

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 2844 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment

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William Jesse Clapp

Died 1914

British Army 9730 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9730 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Frederick Harry Clapp

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 2852 Private Army Cyclist Corps

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Alfred C Clapp

Died 1916

British Army 9546 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 300124 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/5 lond Battalion

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Robert Leonard Clapp

Died 1918

British Army 99775 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 99775 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Harold P Clapp

Died 1918

British Army 36274 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Albert Ernest Clapp

Born 1895

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 16291

Canadian Expeditionary Force 16291 Private Canadian Infantry

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Alfred Henry Clapp

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Veterinary Corps

British Army Lieutenant Army Veterinary Corps

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George Edward Clapp

Died 1916

British Army 6/2380 Private Hampshire Regiment 2/6th Battalion

British Army 280892 Private Hampshire Regiment 2/6th Battalion

British Army 280892 Private Hampshire Regiment

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John Edward Clapp

Died 1916

British Army 14544 Serjeant Leicestershire Regiment

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