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Devonport, Devon [5]

Fowey, Cornwall [3]

Paignton, Devon [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Bodmin, Cornwall [2]

Boorowa New South Wales [2]

Brixham, Devon, England [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hayle, Cornwall, England [2]

Saint Ives, Cornwall [2]

Terrick Terrick Victoria [2]

Torquay, Devon [2]

Williamstown Victoria [2]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Birmingham [1]

Bodock, Cornwall [1]

Boscastle, Cornwall [1]

Brixham, Devon [1]

Callington, Cornwall [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Carpawpaw Victoria [1]

Charles, Plymouth, Devon [1]

Cork [1]

Dartmouth, Devon [1]

Dartmouth, Devon, England [1]

Daylesford Victoria [1]

Devenport, Devon [1]

Dublin, Dublin [1]

Dunedin [1]

Echuca Victoria [1]

Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Farrington, Devon [1]

Forest Gate, London [1]

Fowey [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Hackney, London, Middlesex [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Heyfield Victoria [1]

Illawarra New South Wales [1]

Inverness [1]

Jarrow [1]

Jersey, Channel Islands [1]

Kapunda South Australia [1]

Kensington South Australia [1]

Kingsbridge, Devon, England [1]

Korumburra Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [154]

Gunner [25]

Serjeant [16]

Corporal [15]

Driver [14]

Sapper [13]

Lance Corporal [7]

Acting Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Bombardier [3]

Pioneer [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Captain [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain /Acting Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Engine Fitter [1]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1]

Gunner/ Gunner [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Acting Major [1]

Major [1]

Matron [1]

Musician [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Private /Acting Corporal [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper Lance Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Trimmer [1]

Wagoner [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [30]

Labour Corps [22]

Devonshire Regiment [21]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [18]

Army Service Corps [17]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

London Regiment [8]

Wiltshire Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Irish Regiment [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

13th Hussars [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Guernsey Light Infantry [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Service

British Army [266]

Royal Navy [63]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [32]

Australian Imperial Force [24]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

C [424]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [408]

Merchant Navy [14]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

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Place of birth

Devonport, Devon [5] Fowey, Cornwall [3] Paignton, Devon [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Bodmin, Cornwall [2] Boorowa New South Wales [2] Brixham, Devon, England [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Hackney, London [2] Hayle, Cornwall, England [2] Saint Ives, Cornwall [2] Terrick Terrick Victoria [2] Torquay, Devon [2] Williamstown Victoria [2] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birmingham [1] Bodock, Cornwall [1] Boscastle, Cornwall [1] Brixham, Devon [1] Callington, Cornwall [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Carpawpaw Victoria [1] Charles, Plymouth, Devon [1] Cork [1] Dartmouth, Devon [1] Dartmouth, Devon, England [1] Daylesford Victoria [1] Devenport, Devon [1] Dublin, Dublin [1] Dunedin [1] Echuca Victoria [1] Falmouth, Cornwall [1] Farrington, Devon [1] Forest Gate, London [1] Fowey [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Hackney, London, Middlesex [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Heyfield Victoria [1] Illawarra New South Wales [1] Inverness [1] Jarrow [1] Jersey, Channel Islands [1] Kapunda South Australia [1] Kensington South Australia [1] Kingsbridge, Devon, England [1] Korumburra Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [154] Gunner [25] Serjeant [16] Corporal [15] Driver [14] Sapper [13] Lance Corporal [7] Acting Corporal [5] Lieutenant [5] Bombardier [3] Pioneer [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Captain [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain /Acting Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cook's Mate [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Engine Fitter [1] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1] Gunner/ Gunner [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Acting Major [1] Major [1] Matron [1] Musician [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Private /Acting Corporal [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper Lance Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Trimmer [1] Wagoner [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [30] Labour Corps [22] Devonshire Regiment [21] Royal Field Artillery [20] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [18] Army Service Corps [17] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] London Regiment [8] Wiltshire Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Hampshire Regiment [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] Tank Corps [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Irish Regiment [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] 13th Hussars [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Guernsey Light Infantry [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] South Wales Borderers [2]

Service

British Army [266] Royal Navy [63] Canadian Expeditionary Force [32] Australian Imperial Force [24] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

C [424] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [408] Merchant Navy [14] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Ernest Couch

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 8399 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 374347 Rifleman London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Richard John Norman Couch

Born 1894

Died 1969

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3346817

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John Couch

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41841

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Harold Jerome Couch

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 599 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 599 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 599 Sergeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion.

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Herbert Walrond Couch

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240019

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Stanley Morrison Couch

Born 1894

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 8195

Canadian Expeditionary Force 8195 Private Canadian Infantry

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Ernest Reginald Couch

Born 1898

Died 1964

British Army 69739 Private Devonshire Regiment

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James Henry Couch

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229096

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Ernest Couch

Died 1919

British Army 8409 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Arthur Percy Couch

Born 1897

Died 1979

British Army 448 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 512149 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Charles Henry Couch

Born 1865

Died 1916

Royal Navy 115631 Petty Officer 1st Class H.M.S. "Duke of Albany."

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William Henry Couch

Born 1898

Died 1915

Royal Navy J30981

Royal Navy J/30981 Boy 1st Class H.M.S. "Vivid I"

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Lawrence Couch

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1077 Private Royal Artillery Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 30382 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Edward Arthur Couch

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army 55681 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Thomas H Couch

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 41425 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Thomas I Couch

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army T/33551 Driver Army Service Corps 9th Unit

British Army 86401 Private Middlesex Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army L/17501 Private Middlesex Regiment 5th Battalion

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George Couch

Died 1918

British Army 34838(Incomplete) Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 16146(Incomplete) Private Royal Irish Regiment

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Harold Couch

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 439920 Sapper Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 439920 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

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Victor Arthur Couch

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3134581

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3134581 Private Canadian Infantry

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Arthur Spencer Couch

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308139

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