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Plymouth, Devon [11]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Exeter, Devon [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Ryde Isle of Wight [4]

Southampton, Hampshire [4]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Ilminster, Somerset [3]

London England [3]

Newcastle New South Wales [3]

Blandford, Dorset [2]

Camelford, Cornwall [2]

Crewkerne, Somerset [2]

Dartford, Kent [2]

Haslemere, Surrey [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Kadina South Australia [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Montreal [2]

Norton Fitzwarren, Somerset [2]

Okehampton, Devon [2]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Petworth, Sussex [2]

Plumstead, London [2]

Richmond Victoria [2]

34 Beaufort Road, Saint Thomas, Exeter, Devon [1]

Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire [1]

Abbotts Langley, Hertfordshire [1]

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Alderney, Channel Island [1]

All Saints, Warwickshire [1]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Antwerp Victoria [1]

Arncliffe New South Wales [1]

Aylesbury England [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bedminster Bristol, Somerset [1]

Bedminster, Gloucestershire [1]

Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Birdham, Chichester, Sussex [1]

Bordon, Hampshire [1]

Brading, Isle of Wight [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Burton Bradstock, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [601]

Gunner [82]

Driver [59]

Corporal [54]

Sapper [49]

Serjeant [38]

Lance Corporal [20]

Pioneer [14]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Acting Corporal [12]

Bombardier [10]

Rifleman [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Captain [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Drummer [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Worker [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

/Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Assistant Administrator [1]

Assistant Forewoman [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [94]

Royal Field Artillery [93]

Royal Engineers [84]

Army Service Corps [70]

Devonshire Regiment [44]

Royal Garrison Artillery [43]

Hampshire Regiment [39]

Somerset Light Infantry [35]

London Regiment [34]

Middlesex Regiment [27]

Royal Army Medical Corps [27]

Royal Fusiliers [21]

The Queen's Regiment [20]

Dorsetshire Regiment [19]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [19]

Wiltshire Regiment [19]

South Wales Borderers [18]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [16]

Gloucestershire Regiment [15]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

Worcestershire Regiment [15]

Rifle Brigade [14]

Royal Sussex Regiment [13]

Cheshire Regiment [12]

Corps of Hussars [12]

East Surrey Regiment [12]

Royal Naval Division [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

Welsh Regiment [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [9]

Army Veterinary Corps [8]

Coldstream Guards [8]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [8]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

East Kent Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Manchester Regiment [8]

Northamptonshire Regiment [8]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [8]

South Lancashire Regiment [7]

South Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6]

Monmouthshire Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Military Mounted Police [5]

Service

British Army [974]

Royal Navy [142]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [82]

Australian Imperial Force [51]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [31]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Last name first letter

C [1303]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1287]

Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

Germany [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Plymouth, Devon [11] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Exeter, Devon [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Ryde Isle of Wight [4] Southampton, Hampshire [4] Devonport, Devon [3] Ilminster, Somerset [3] London England [3] Newcastle New South Wales [3] Blandford, Dorset [2] Camelford, Cornwall [2] Crewkerne, Somerset [2] Dartford, Kent [2] Haslemere, Surrey [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Kadina South Australia [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London, Middlesex [2] Montreal [2] Norton Fitzwarren, Somerset [2] Okehampton, Devon [2] Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Petworth, Sussex [2] Plumstead, London [2] Richmond Victoria [2] 34 Beaufort Road, Saint Thomas, Exeter, Devon [1] Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire [1] Abbotts Langley, Hertfordshire [1] Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Alderney, Channel Island [1] All Saints, Warwickshire [1] Alton, Hampshire [1] Antwerp Victoria [1] Arncliffe New South Wales [1] Aylesbury England [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Battersea, London [1] Bedminster Bristol, Somerset [1] Bedminster, Gloucestershire [1] Bedminster, Somerset [1] Birdham, Chichester, Sussex [1] Bordon, Hampshire [1] Brading, Isle of Wight [1] Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Burton Bradstock, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [601] Gunner [82] Driver [59] Corporal [54] Sapper [49] Serjeant [38] Lance Corporal [20] Pioneer [14] Second Lieutenant [13] Acting Corporal [12] Bombardier [10] Rifleman [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Captain [6] Lieutenant [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Drummer [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Lance Serjeant [3] Worker [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Leading Stoker [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] /Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Assistant Administrator [1] Assistant Forewoman [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [94] Royal Field Artillery [93] Royal Engineers [84] Army Service Corps [70] Devonshire Regiment [44] Royal Garrison Artillery [43] Hampshire Regiment [39] Somerset Light Infantry [35] London Regiment [34] Middlesex Regiment [27] Royal Army Medical Corps [27] Royal Fusiliers [21] The Queen's Regiment [20] Dorsetshire Regiment [19] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [19] Wiltshire Regiment [19] South Wales Borderers [18] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [16] Gloucestershire Regiment [15] Machine Gun Corps [15] Worcestershire Regiment [15] Rifle Brigade [14] Royal Sussex Regiment [13] Cheshire Regiment [12] Corps of Hussars [12] East Surrey Regiment [12] Royal Naval Division [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] Welsh Regiment [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Royal Berkshire Regiment [9] Army Veterinary Corps [8] Coldstream Guards [8] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [8] Durham Light Infantry [8] East Kent Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Manchester Regiment [8] Northamptonshire Regiment [8] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [8] South Lancashire Regiment [7] South Staffordshire Regiment [7] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6] Monmouthshire Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Military Mounted Police [5]

Service

British Army [974] Royal Navy [142] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [82] Australian Imperial Force [51] Canadian Expeditionary Force [31] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Last name first letter

C [1303] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1287] Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [25] Germany [1] New Zealand [1]

Reginald Sydney Coombes

Born 1890

Died 1921

Australian Imperial Force 20305

Australian Imperial Force 20778

Australian Imperial Force 3668 Corporal Australian Army Service Corps 4th M.T. Coy

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James Lyall Coombes

Born 1888

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 45191 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

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Fred Coombes

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 24718 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Walter Coombes

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 10893 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 10893 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Stanley George Coombes

Born 1886

Died 1954

British Army 41607 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 30th Brigade

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Bedford Coombes

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 71755 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Harold Coombes

Born 1891

Died 1966

British Army 9440 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 9440 Drummer Royal Irish Regiment

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Arthur Coombes

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5852

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Aubrey Cecil James Coombes

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 6116 Private Royal Fusiliers 19th Battalion

British Army PS/6116 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army PS/6116 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment 19th (Service) Battalion (2nd Public Schools)

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Joseph Coombes

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army 8986 Private 2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 8986 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Frederick Coombes

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91345

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William Coombes

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197516

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George Coombes

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97488

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John Coombes

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34583

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Charles Alfred Coombes

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 12809 Private Somerset Light Infantry 7th Btn

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George Coombes

Died 1917

British Army 4894 Serjeant 9th Lancers

British Army 29114 Serjeant Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers 7th/8th Battlion

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Harry Coombes

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263035

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Bertie Coombes

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221453

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Alfred Henry Coombes

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194691

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Harry Coombes

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307896

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