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Torquay, Devon [5]

Exeter, Devon [4]

Gawler South Australia [4]

Plymouth, Devon [4]

Saint Austell, Cornwall [4]

Brompton South Australia [3]

Callington, Cornwall [3]

Clunes Victoria [3]

Launceston, Cornwall [3]

Battersea, London [2]

Campbelltown Tasmania [2]

Hindmarsh South Australia [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Norwood South Australia [2]

Okehampton, Devon [2]

Saint Germans, Cornwall [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aston Birmingham [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Bundaberg Queensland [1]

Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Clare South Australia [1]

Dawlish, Devon [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dulwich England [1]

East Greenwich, London [1]

Exbourne, Okehampton, Devon [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Goodwood South Australia [1]

Greenhithe England [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hayle, Cornwall, England [1]

Hettisleigh, Devon [1]

Highgate, London [1]

Holesworthy, Devon [1]

Kensington, Middlesex [1]

Kenton, Devon, England [1]

Lambeth England [1]

London England [1]

Lostwithel, Cornwall [1]

Lucknow New South Wales [1]

Luxulyan, Lostwithiel, Cornwall [1]

Lydford, Devon [1]

Marton [1]

Menindie New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [139]

Gunner [20]

Corporal [17]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Serjeant [10]

Sapper [9]

Driver [8]

Lance Corporal [8]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Captain [3]

Bombardier [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Pioneer [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Painter 1st Class [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Probationer Royal Navy Volunteer Reservist [1]

Quarter Master and Captain [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [23]

Labour Corps [21]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [20]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

Army Service Corps [16]

Royal Engineers [14]

London Regiment [12]

South Wales Borderers [8]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Essex Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

City of London Yeomanry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

1/123rd Outrams Rifles Indian Army [1]

11th Hussars [1]

13th Australian Field Artillery Brigade [1]

14th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1]

2nd South African Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [230]

Royal Navy [63]

Australian Imperial Force [43]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

C [401]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [382]

Merchant Navy [9]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

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People [402] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Torquay, Devon [5] Exeter, Devon [4] Gawler South Australia [4] Plymouth, Devon [4] Saint Austell, Cornwall [4] Brompton South Australia [3] Callington, Cornwall [3] Clunes Victoria [3] Launceston, Cornwall [3] Battersea, London [2] Campbelltown Tasmania [2] Hindmarsh South Australia [2] London, Middlesex [2] Norwood South Australia [2] Okehampton, Devon [2] Saint Germans, Cornwall [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aston Birmingham [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Bundaberg Queensland [1] Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Clare South Australia [1] Dawlish, Devon [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dulwich England [1] East Greenwich, London [1] Exbourne, Okehampton, Devon [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Goodwood South Australia [1] Greenhithe England [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1] Hackney, London [1] Hayle, Cornwall, England [1] Hettisleigh, Devon [1] Highgate, London [1] Holesworthy, Devon [1] Kensington, Middlesex [1] Kenton, Devon, England [1] Lambeth England [1] London England [1] Lostwithel, Cornwall [1] Lucknow New South Wales [1] Luxulyan, Lostwithiel, Cornwall [1] Lydford, Devon [1] Marton [1] Menindie New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [139] Gunner [20] Corporal [17] Second Lieutenant [13] Serjeant [10] Sapper [9] Driver [8] Lance Corporal [8] Acting Serjeant [6] Lieutenant [6] Captain [3] Bombardier [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Pioneer [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Gunner [1] Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Major [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Painter 1st Class [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Probationer Royal Navy Volunteer Reservist [1] Quarter Master and Captain [1] Rifleman [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Transport Corporal [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [23] Labour Corps [21] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [20] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] Royal Field Artillery [17] Army Service Corps [16] Royal Engineers [14] London Regiment [12] South Wales Borderers [8] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Essex Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Army Pay Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] City of London Yeomanry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Scottish Rifles [2] Welsh Regiment [2] 1/123rd Outrams Rifles Indian Army [1] 11th Hussars [1] 13th Australian Field Artillery Brigade [1] 14th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1] 2nd South African Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [230] Royal Navy [63] Australian Imperial Force [43] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

C [401] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [382] Merchant Navy [9] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Percy Alexander Coombe

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1781 Private South Wales Borderers

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Charles W Coombe

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 5042 Private London Regiment 20th lond Battalion

British Army 632254 Private London Regiment 20th lond Battalion

British Army 632254 Private London Regiment

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Edward Coombe

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army SD/1585 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army SD/1585 Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

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Alfred John Coombe

Born 1884

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 452041

Canadian Expeditionary Force 452041 Corporal Canadian Infantry

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Jonathan Coombe

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 24204 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Oscar Coombe

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 16275 Private Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 16275 Private Grenadier Guards

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James H Coombe

Died 1916

British Army 20/522 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Terence Claude Coombe

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178462

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George Coombe

Born 1884

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 53320 New Zealand Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

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John Anthony Coombe

Australian Imperial Force S958

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Robert Beddome Coombe

Australian Imperial Force W17021

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Harry Heywood Coombe

Australian Imperial Force B9882

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Edward Coombe

Australian Imperial Force 3631

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Charles Coombe

Died 1918

British Army G/15064 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/15064 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Ewart Henry Coombe

Born 1897

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry 2nd Btn

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Edmund Percy Coombe

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24433

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Percy Henry Coombe

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200983

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George Hugh Coombe

Born 1896

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 58021 Auckland Infantry Regiment

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Reginald Thomas Coombe

Born 1893

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 13738 Wellington Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alfred James Thomas Coombe

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56925

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