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Plymouth, Devon [4]

Launceston, Cornwall [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Deal, Kent [2]

Gravesend, Kent [2]

Maldon Victoria [2]

Norwood South Australia [2]

Tavistock, Devon [2]

Abercynon, Glamorganshire [1]

Albany, Durham [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Birwood New South Wales [1]

Bromley-by-Bow, Poplar [1]

Burmarsh, Kent [1]

Camelford, Devonshire [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Cleremont Queensland [1]

Eastry, Kent [1]

Freemantle, Hampshire [1]

Hatherleigh,Devon [1]

Highgate, Middlesex [1]

Isisford Queensland [1]

Kentish Town, London [1]

Kilburn, London [1]

Kilburn, London, Middlesex [1]

King's Lynn, Norfolk [1]

Lifton, Cornwall [1]

Lifton, Devon [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Middlesex [1]

Mile End, London [1]

Mile End, London, Middlesex [1]

Milton England [1]

Milton, Gravesend, Kent [1]

Milton, Kent [1]

Monmouthshire [1]

Muttaburra Queensland [1]

Northants [1]

Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Numurkah Victoria [1]

Paterson New South Wales [1]

Plaistow, Essex [1]

Plymouth, Devon, England [1]

Saint Pancras, London [1]

Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

Southampton [1]

St Pancras, London, Middlesex [1]

Stratton, Cornwall [1]

Torquay, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [102]

Gunner [17]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Serjeant [8]

Corporal [7]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Sapper [5]

Captain [4]

Major [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Pioneer [3]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Driver [2]

Mate [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

3rd Writer [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Colonel Major [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brevet Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class) Reverend [1]

Flight Commander [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Major [1]

Major and Brevet Colonel/Temporary Major General [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Sergeant [1]

Ship's Corporal [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Serjeant /Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Serjeant Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Labour Corps [17]

Army Service Corps [16]

Royal Engineers [13]

London Regiment [9]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Dragoon Guards [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Military Mounted Police [3]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers/Staff [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HMS LION [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

10th Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

17th Lancers [1]

19th Hussars [1]

2nd Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [1]

2nd Royal Scots [1]

3rd (Reserve) Cavalry [1]

49th Labour Corps [1]

Service

British Army [186]

Royal Navy [34]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

C [272]

Contribution

Military Service [267]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

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People [272] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [4] Launceston, Cornwall [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Deal, Kent [2] Gravesend, Kent [2] Maldon Victoria [2] Norwood South Australia [2] Tavistock, Devon [2] Abercynon, Glamorganshire [1] Albany, Durham [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Birwood New South Wales [1] Bromley-by-Bow, Poplar [1] Burmarsh, Kent [1] Camelford, Devonshire [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Cleremont Queensland [1] Eastry, Kent [1] Freemantle, Hampshire [1] Hatherleigh,Devon [1] Highgate, Middlesex [1] Isisford Queensland [1] Kentish Town, London [1] Kilburn, London [1] Kilburn, London, Middlesex [1] King's Lynn, Norfolk [1] Lifton, Cornwall [1] Lifton, Devon [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Middlesex [1] Mile End, London [1] Mile End, London, Middlesex [1] Milton England [1] Milton, Gravesend, Kent [1] Milton, Kent [1] Monmouthshire [1] Muttaburra Queensland [1] Northants [1] Norwich, Norfolk [1] Numurkah Victoria [1] Paterson New South Wales [1] Plaistow, Essex [1] Plymouth, Devon, England [1] Saint Pancras, London [1] Sittingbourne, Kent [1] Southampton [1] St Pancras, London, Middlesex [1] Stratton, Cornwall [1] Torquay, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [102] Gunner [17] Second Lieutenant [13] Serjeant [8] Corporal [7] Acting Serjeant [5] Lance Corporal [5] Lieutenant [5] Sapper [5] Captain [4] Major [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Petty Officer [3] Pioneer [3] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Driver [2] Mate [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] 3rd Writer [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Colonel Major [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brevet Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class) Reverend [1] Flight Commander [1] Flying Officer [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Major [1] Major and Brevet Colonel/Temporary Major General [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Sergeant [1] Ship's Corporal [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Serjeant /Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1] Staff Serjeant Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [19] Labour Corps [17] Army Service Corps [16] Royal Engineers [13] London Regiment [9] Machine Gun Corps [9] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Manchester Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Dragoon Guards [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Military Mounted Police [3] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3] Royal Dublin Fusiliers/Staff [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HMS LION [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] 10th Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 17th Lancers [1] 19th Hussars [1] 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [1] 2nd Royal Scots [1] 3rd (Reserve) Cavalry [1] 49th Labour Corps [1]

Service

British Army [186] Royal Navy [34] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] Australian Imperial Force [13] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

C [272]

Contribution

Military Service [267] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

James Reginald Cory

Born 1895

Died 1985

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2598

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William John Cory

Born 1879

Died 1920

British Army 21443 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Albert Richard Cory

Born 1886

Died 1920

British Army 27279 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 213431 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/35008 Private Rifle Brigade

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Bernard Charles Cory

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 1184 Lance Serjeant Manchester Regiment

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Frank Cecil Cory

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145246

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William Albert Cory

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232109

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Edmund Quartermain Cory

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 22217 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 19th Hussars attached 3rd Batalion Gloucester Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

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John Thomas Cory

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39295

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Wyndham Archibald Cory

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 202939 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 205065 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Frederick George Cory

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228033

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Francis Leonard Cory

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231382

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Percy Cory

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232299

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Henry Edward Cory

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238642

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Walter S Cory

Born 1888

Died 1957

British Army 880713 Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 357014 Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 Royal Garrison Artillery

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Frank Cory

Born 1894

Died 1961

British Army 6/1484 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 28031 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Arthur Charles Cory

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223528

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Cyril Noel Cory

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Trench Mortar Battery/Royal Field Artillery

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Horace Cory

Died 1918

British Army 3402 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 142344 Private Machine Gun Corps

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John Cox Cory

Born 1891

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 150340

Canadian Expeditionary Force 150340 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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Charles George Aurdry Cory

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 182151

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