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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]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

Essex Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Training Reserve [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

Monmouthshire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Scots Guards [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] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Cheshire Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Norfolk Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] Essex Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Training Reserve [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] East Kent Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] Monmouthshire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Scots Guards [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]

J Collings

Born 1893

Died 1915

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

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Percy Collings

Born 1878

Died 1916

Royal Navy 180045 Able Seaman HMS Tiger

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Arthur Laffarty Collings

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy L/4293 Officer's Cook 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

Royal Navy L4293 Officer's Steward 3rd Class HMS Castor

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Leonard George Collings

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46218

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William George Collings

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225543

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George Collings

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230177

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Fred Harvey Collings

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242429

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Arthur James Collings

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 248488

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David Collings

Died 1918

British Army 14560 Private British West Indies Regiment 10th Battalion

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Francis Collings

Died 1916

British Army 16940 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Cecil William Collings

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 5059 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 266649 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Wallace Collings

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 1627 Private South Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 1627 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Arthur Collings

Died 1918

British Army 220504 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Albert William Collings

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169871

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George Collings

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 224212 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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William J Collings

Died 1918

British Army 51351 Private Welsh Regiment

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Frank Reginald Collings

Born 1900

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 6388 Private Inns Of Court Officer Training Corps

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Thomas Collings

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 41903 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Richard Collings

Died 1917

British Army 471 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 770330 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Richard Robert Collings

Died 1917

British Army 21055 Private Devonshire Regiment

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