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Devonport, Devon [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Campbelltown New South Wales [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Essendon Victoria [1]

Exmouth, Devon [1]

Exmouth, St Thomas, Devon [1]

Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Hobart Tasmania [1]

Honiton, Devon [1]

Lewisham, London [1]

Liskeard, Cornwall [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Newport, Monmouthshire [1]

Ottery Saint Mary, Devon [1]

Port Fairy Victoria [1]

Saltash, Cornwall [1]

Sidmouth, Devon [1]

Stafford [1]

Sturminster Newton, Dorset [1]

Sunderland [1]

Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Torquay, Devon [1]

Worcester, Worcestershire [1]

Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [69]

Lieutenant [9]

Corporal [8]

Driver [8]

Gunner [6]

Serjeant [6]

Captain [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Sapper [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Major [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Pioneer [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armament Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

CH Plumber [1]

Commander [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Lance Sarjeant [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Private/ Private [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master and Captain [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Serjeant /Acting Flight Serjeant [1]

Serjeant from Second Lieutenant [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Subadar [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Army Service Corps [11]

Labour Corps [11]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Royal Engineers [9]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Welsh Regiment [7]

London Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

2nd South African Infantry [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Herefordshire Regiment [1]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Iraq Railways [1]

Kent Regiment [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Labour Corps ex Somerset Light Infantry [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Nigeria Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd Stationary Hospital [1]

Service

British Army [130]

Royal Navy [18]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [189]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [186]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Devonport, Devon [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Adelaide South Australia [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Campbelltown New South Wales [1] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Essendon Victoria [1] Exmouth, Devon [1] Exmouth, St Thomas, Devon [1] Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Hobart Tasmania [1] Honiton, Devon [1] Lewisham, London [1] Liskeard, Cornwall [1] London, Middlesex [1] Newport, Monmouthshire [1] Ottery Saint Mary, Devon [1] Port Fairy Victoria [1] Saltash, Cornwall [1] Sidmouth, Devon [1] Stafford [1] Sturminster Newton, Dorset [1] Sunderland [1] Swindon, Wiltshire [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Torquay, Devon [1] Worcester, Worcestershire [1] Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [69] Lieutenant [9] Corporal [8] Driver [8] Gunner [6] Serjeant [6] Captain [5] Lance Corporal [5] Sapper [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Major [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Pioneer [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armament Quarter Master Serjeant [1] CH Plumber [1] Commander [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Lance Sarjeant [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Private/ Private [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quarter Master and Captain [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Rear Admiral [1] Serjeant /Acting Flight Serjeant [1] Serjeant from Second Lieutenant [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Subadar [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [13] Army Service Corps [11] Labour Corps [11] Devonshire Regiment [9] Royal Engineers [9] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Welsh Regiment [7] London Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] East Surrey Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 1st Shropshire Light Infantry [1] 2nd South African Infantry [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Herefordshire Regiment [1] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Iraq Railways [1] Kent Regiment [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Labour Corps ex Somerset Light Infantry [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Nigeria Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd Stationary Hospital [1]

Service

British Army [130] Royal Navy [18] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Australian Imperial Force [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [189] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [186] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [5] India [1]

Frederick Darke

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 66068 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 66068 Sapper Royal Engineers B Corps Signal Company

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Alfred John Darke

Born 1881

Died 1926

Royal Navy 345008 CH Plumber Various HM Ships and Establishments

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Bertram Joseph Darke

Born 1888

Died 1968

British Army 8206 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 8206 Serjeant 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

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Sydney George Darke

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 335

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George Darke

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37767

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Norman Burnham Darke

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186196

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Charles Darke

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55588

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Leonard Thomas Darke

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 3901 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2/8th worcest Battalion

British Army 241265 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2/8th worcest Battalion

British Army 241265 Lance Sarjeant Worcestershire Regiment 1st/8th Bn

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Hugh Cuff Darke

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery 220th Brigade

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

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James William Darke

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194045

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Frank Felix Wells Darke

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1655

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William Percy Darke

Died 1918

British Army 8/31024 Private Training Reserve 36th Battalion

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Alfred William Darke

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262684

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W C Darke

Died 1918

British Army 65784 Acting Serjeant South Lancashire Regiment 17th Battalion

British Army 65784 Serjeant South Lancashire Regiment

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Francis Charles Darke

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 663 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 504106 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Joseph Silvester Darke

Born 1887

Died 1966

British Army 241889 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Herbert Robert Darke

Born 1886

Died 1919

Royal Navy M1 Engine Room Artificer

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Bernard Darke

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 37330 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

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Ernest Victor Darke

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 37275 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Francis Frank Darke

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army S/9229 Private Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army S/9229 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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