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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]

Reginald Dawe

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 42293 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 35668 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Alfred Henry Dawe

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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James Dawe

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 204351 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 204351 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Harold Thomas Dawe

Born 1896

Died 1930

British Army 13427 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 6th oxfordshire and Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Fred Dawe

Died 1916

British Army 17211 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Frederick Dawe

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 3334 Private Royal Newfoundland Regiment

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Ernest Dawe

Died 1916

British Army 5779 Private London Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army 5779 Rifleman London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)

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Charles Dawe

Died 1917

British Army 202333 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 202333 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Richard Henry O'neill Dawe

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

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William James Stephen Dawe

Born 1890

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 650

Canadian Expeditionary Force 650 Lance Sergeant Royal Canadian Dragoons

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William B. Dawe

Born 1895

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 68249

Canadian Expeditionary Force 68249 Private Canadian Infantry

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William George Dawe

Born 1894

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 863038

Canadian Expeditionary Force 863038 Private Canadian Infantry

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Stanley William Dawe

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283143

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James Jeffery Dawe

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66446

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William Finlay Dawe

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73703

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Thomas William Ernest Dawe

Born 1893

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 27734 Wellington Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frederick George Dawe

Born 1896

Died 1914

British Army L/14458 Private Middlesex Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army L/14458 Private Middlesex Regiment 1st Battalion

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Henry Dawe

Born 1878

Died 1917

Royal Navy 187537 Petty Officer HMS Vivid

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Grose Henry Pierce Dawe

Australian Imperial Force 5975

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Percival Sampson Dawe

Australian Imperial Force 3177

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