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Plymouth, Devon [9]

Polperro, Cornwall [7]

Plymouth, Devon, England [5]

Torquay, Devon [5]

Totnes, Devon [5]

Devonport, Devon [4]

Lansallos, Cornwall [4]

Attleborough, Norfolk [3]

Clunes New South Wales [3]

Launceston Tasmania [3]

London England [3]

Looe, Cornwall [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Aldeburgh, Suffolk [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Brixham, Devon [2]

Dulwich, Surrey [2]

Eastbourne, Sussex [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Lanteglos, Cornwall [2]

London [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Norwood South Australia [2]

Stoke Gabriel, Totnes, Devon [2]

Stonehouse, Devon [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Wadebridge, Cornwall [2]

Wollongong New South Wales [2]

Antony, Cornwall [1]

Auckland NZ [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Bawdrip, Somerset [1]

Benalla Victoria [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [1]

Bradmore, Nottinghamshire [1]

Brighton [1]

Brighton Sussex [1]

Bristol [1]

Brixham, Devon, England [1]

Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [339]

Gunner [41]

Driver [32]

Corporal [31]

Sapper [29]

Serjeant [28]

Second Lieutenant [23]

Lance Corporal [13]

Pioneer [13]

Captain [11]

Acting Corporal [9]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Bombardier [7]

Lieutenant [4]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Petty Officer [2]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bandsman [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Commander Paymaster [1]

Driver Lance Bombardier [1]

Engineer Captain [1]

Honorable Lieutenant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1]

Nurse [1]

Officer's Cook 2nd Class [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Reverend [1]

Reverend 4th Class [1]

Rifleman [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Corporal [1]

Wheeler Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [63]

Royal Field Artillery [41]

Army Service Corps [40]

Labour Corps [39]

Royal Garrison Artillery [27]

London Regiment [23]

Devonshire Regiment [22]

Royal Fusiliers [20]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [11]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

Rifle Brigade [11]

Somerset Light Infantry [10]

Royal Sussex Regiment [9]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

Essex Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Training Reserve [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Monmouthshire Regiment [4]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [555]

Royal Navy [130]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [48]

Australian Imperial Force [38]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [37]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [20]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [851]

Contribution

Military Service [824]

Merchant Navy [22]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [9] Polperro, Cornwall [7] Plymouth, Devon, England [5] Torquay, Devon [5] Totnes, Devon [5] Devonport, Devon [4] Lansallos, Cornwall [4] Attleborough, Norfolk [3] Clunes New South Wales [3] Launceston Tasmania [3] London England [3] Looe, Cornwall [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Southampton, Hampshire [3] Aldeburgh, Suffolk [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Brixham, Devon [2] Dulwich, Surrey [2] Eastbourne, Sussex [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Lambeth, London [2] Lanteglos, Cornwall [2] London [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Norwood South Australia [2] Stoke Gabriel, Totnes, Devon [2] Stonehouse, Devon [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Wadebridge, Cornwall [2] Wollongong New South Wales [2] Antony, Cornwall [1] Auckland NZ [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Bawdrip, Somerset [1] Benalla Victoria [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Bradmore, Nottinghamshire [1] Brighton [1] Brighton Sussex [1] Bristol [1] Brixham, Devon, England [1] Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [339] Gunner [41] Driver [32] Corporal [31] Sapper [29] Serjeant [28] Second Lieutenant [23] Lance Corporal [13] Pioneer [13] Captain [11] Acting Corporal [9] Acting Serjeant [8] Bombardier [7] Lieutenant [4] Lieutenant Commander [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Petty Officer [2] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bandsman [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Colonel [1] Commander Paymaster [1] Driver Lance Bombardier [1] Engineer Captain [1] Honorable Lieutenant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1] Nurse [1] Officer's Cook 2nd Class [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Regimental Serjeant Major Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Reverend [1] Reverend 4th Class [1] Rifleman [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Corporal [1] Wheeler Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [63] Royal Field Artillery [41] Army Service Corps [40] Labour Corps [39] Royal Garrison Artillery [27] London Regiment [23] Devonshire Regiment [22] Royal Fusiliers [20] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] Machine Gun Corps [15] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [11] Durham Light Infantry [11] Rifle Brigade [11] Somerset Light Infantry [10] Royal Sussex Regiment [9] Liverpool Regiment [8] Army Veterinary Corps [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Cheshire Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] Essex Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Norfolk Regiment [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Training Reserve [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Monmouthshire Regiment [4] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] East Kent Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [555] Royal Navy [130] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [48] Australian Imperial Force [38] Canadian Expeditionary Force [37] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [20] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [851]

Contribution

Military Service [824] Merchant Navy [22] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [15] Canada [1]

William Collings

Born 1883

Died 1921

British Army 242720 Private South Lancashire Regiment 2/4th Battalion

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George Collings

Born 1890

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 859847

Canadian Expeditionary Force 859847 Private Canadian Infantry

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John Thomas Collings

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 16767 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Sidney Edward Collings

Born 1895

British Army 5615 Lance Corporal 12th Lancers

British Army 41871 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 5615 Lance Corporal Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 6th Battalion

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Thomas Collings

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 20672 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 20672 Private Devonshire Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion

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Frank Tylor Collings

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 4/1674 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army TF/200220 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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George Edward Collings

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109207

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Arthur Collings

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403574

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Harry Collings

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36520

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Thomas John Collings

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199918

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William Joseph Collings

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123009

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Thomas Elijah Collings

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67531

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John Collings

Born 1897

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 224 Driver Australian Field Artillery 1st Brigade

Australian Imperial Force 224 Driver Australian Field Artillery 1st Brigade

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Henry Joseph Collings

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282061

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Arthur Collings

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 93310

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J Collings

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 3518 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 9th

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Fred Harvey Collings

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242429

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John H Collings

Died 1916

British Army 37052 Private Welsh Regiment

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George Collings

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 224212 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Lionel Lappidge Collings

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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