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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]

Ernest Boucher Coombe

Died 1915

British Army 11797 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Cecil Coombe

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 4975 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 220226 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Simon Coombe

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234721

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William John Coombe

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 2336 Serjeant 5th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Edwin George Coombe

Born 1894

Died 1916

South African Services 3466 Corporal 2nd South African Infantry

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Samuel Walter Coombe

Australian Imperial Force 708

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Wilfred Samuel Coombe

Australian Imperial Force

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Ernest Coombe

Australian Imperial Force 3069

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Edward Ingerson Coombe

Australian Imperial Force 12836

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William John Coombe

Australian Imperial Force 3628

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Melbourne Sydney Coombe

Australian Imperial Force 6236

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William Henry Coombe

Australian Imperial Force 3359

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Ernest John Hiscock Coombe

Australian Imperial Force 1208

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Clarence George Coombe

Australian Imperial Force 198

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Joseph Thomas [coombe James Thomas] Coombe

Australian Imperial Force S10369

Australian Imperial Force S13494

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Thomas Joseph Coombe

Australian Imperial Force 3607

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Mervyn John Coombe

Australian Imperial Force 1835

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Warwick George Coombe

Australian Imperial Force 856

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Charles Philip Coombe

Born 1898

Royal Navy 17713 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Frederick Coombe

Born 1898

Royal Navy 18139 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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