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Plymouth, Devon [11]

Devonport, Devon [10]

Taunton, Somerset [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Bristol [3]

Broken Hill New South Wales [3]

Dorchester, Dorset [3]

Young New South Wales [3]

Bere Alston, Devon [2]

Bridport, Dorset [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Callington, Cornwall [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Dartmouth, Devon, England [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Holsworthy, Devon [2]

Islington, London [2]

Launceston, Cornwall [2]

Linton Victoria [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Stonehouse, Devon [2]

Street, Somerset [2]

Tavistock, Devon [2]

Torpoint, Cornwall [2]

Tring, Hertfordshire [2]

Tring, Herts [2]

Tyrendarra Victoria [2]

Warwickshire [2]

Westminster, London [2]

Weymouth, Dorset [2]

- Ashfield New South Wales [1]

Acton, Middlesex, England [1]

All Saints, Dorset [1]

Ashfield New South Wales [1]

Auburn Victoria [1]

Badmin, Cornwall [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bangor, Down [1]

Baring Hup Victoria [1]

Beaminster, Dorset [1]

Bedminster, Dorset [1]

Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Bere Regis, Wareham [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birmingham [1]

Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

Bodmin, Cornwall, England [1]

Bowen, Australia [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Broadwater New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [282]

Gunner [30]

Driver [29]

Corporal [24]

Sapper [22]

Serjeant [17]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Bombardier [9]

Captain [9]

Lance Corporal [9]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Acting Corporal [5]

Able Seaman [3]

Pioneer [3]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Major [1]

Painter 1st Class [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Shipwright 1st Class [1]

Shipwright 2 [1]

Signaller [1]

Signalman [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [37]

Royal Field Artillery [36]

Royal Engineers [35]

Devonshire Regiment [29]

Army Service Corps [24]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [22]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [21]

London Regiment [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [21]

Somerset Light Infantry [18]

Dorsetshire Regiment [15]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

Gloucestershire Regiment [10]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [10]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7]

Corps of Hussars [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Dorset Yeomanry [4]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Newfoundland Forestry Corps [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Australian Infantry Battalion [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Military Foot Police [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [456]

Royal Navy [98]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [69]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39]

Australian Imperial Force [39]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Last name first letter

D [717]

A [1]

C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [702]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

Canada [1]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [11] Devonport, Devon [10] Taunton, Somerset [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Bristol [3] Broken Hill New South Wales [3] Dorchester, Dorset [3] Young New South Wales [3] Bere Alston, Devon [2] Bridport, Dorset [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Callington, Cornwall [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Dartmouth, Devon, England [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Holsworthy, Devon [2] Islington, London [2] Launceston, Cornwall [2] Linton Victoria [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Stonehouse, Devon [2] Street, Somerset [2] Tavistock, Devon [2] Torpoint, Cornwall [2] Tring, Hertfordshire [2] Tring, Herts [2] Tyrendarra Victoria [2] Warwickshire [2] Westminster, London [2] Weymouth, Dorset [2] - Ashfield New South Wales [1] Acton, Middlesex, England [1] All Saints, Dorset [1] Ashfield New South Wales [1] Auburn Victoria [1] Badmin, Cornwall [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bangor, Down [1] Baring Hup Victoria [1] Beaminster, Dorset [1] Bedminster, Dorset [1] Bedminster, Somerset [1] Bere Regis, Wareham [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birmingham [1] Bodmin, Cornwall [1] Bodmin, Cornwall, England [1] Bowen, Australia [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Broadwater New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [282] Gunner [30] Driver [29] Corporal [24] Sapper [22] Serjeant [17] Second Lieutenant [11] Bombardier [9] Captain [9] Lance Corporal [9] Acting Serjeant [7] Lieutenant [7] Acting Corporal [5] Able Seaman [3] Pioneer [3] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Petty Officer [2] Rifleman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Bandsman [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Major [1] Painter 1st Class [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Shipwright 1st Class [1] Shipwright 2 [1] Signaller [1] Signalman [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [37] Royal Field Artillery [36] Royal Engineers [35] Devonshire Regiment [29] Army Service Corps [24] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [22] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [21] London Regiment [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [21] Somerset Light Infantry [18] Dorsetshire Regiment [15] Machine Gun Corps [14] Gloucestershire Regiment [10] Hampshire Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Worcestershire Regiment [10] Middlesex Regiment [8] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7] Corps of Hussars [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Canadian Infantry [5] Durham Light Infantry [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Dorset Yeomanry [4] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Newfoundland Forestry Corps [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Naval Division [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Australian Infantry Battalion [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Military Foot Police [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [456] Royal Navy [98] Canadian Expeditionary Force [69] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39] Australian Imperial Force [39] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Last name first letter

D [717] A [1] C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [702] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [18] Canada [1] Malta [1]

William Henry Dawe

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53405

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George Dawe

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army S/2316 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army GS/36825 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Harry Edward Dawe

Died 1916

British Army 1979 Lance Corporal London Regiment 12th lond Battalion

British Army 1979 Lance Corporal London Regiment (The Rangers) 12th (County of London) Battalion

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Samuel George Dawe

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 35611 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Lionel George Dawe

Born 1900

Died 1919

British Army 73195 Private Devonshire Regiment 51st Battalion

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William Frederick Dawe

Born 1878

Died 1918

Royal Navy 277209 Stoker 1st Class HMS Hamadryad

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Thomas Francis Dawe

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228756

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George Henry Dawe

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1495 Company Serjeant Major Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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Robert Norman Dawe

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 270329

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Walter Stanley Dawe

Born 1889

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 2016

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William John Dawe

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121059

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Frederick Cyril Dawe

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219506

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Frank Alfred Dawe

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249556

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John William Dawe

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 272143

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Albert A Dawe

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 51820 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 513597 Private Labour Corps

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William Charles Dawe

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 5842 Corporal London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 232702 Corporal London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 232702 Corporal London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Frederick William Henry Dawe

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 530024 Serjeant London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 530024 Serjeant London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

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Frederick Dawe

Died 1918

British Army 301063 Private Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army 301063 Private Corps of Hussars

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Charles B Dawe

Died 1918

British Army 17914 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Ernest J Dawe

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 8728 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment

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