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Plymouth, Devon [12]

Folkestone, Kent [5]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Exeter, Devon [3]

Williamstown Victoria [3]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Devon [2]

Earl Shilton, Leicestershire [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Kyabram Victoria [2]

Minehead, Somerset [2]

Parramatta New South Wales [2]

Plympton, Devon [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [2]

Scottsdale Tasmania [2]

South Shields, Durham [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Tavistock, Devon [2]

Thorncombe, Dorset [2]

37 Pleasance, Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Appledore, Devon [1]

Appledore, Devon, England [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Atherington Barnstable, Devon [1]

Atherington, Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barnstable, Devon [1]

Barry, Glamorgan [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Biggleswade, Bedfordshire [1]

Birmingham [1]

Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

Bow, Crediton, Devon [1]

Bowen Hills Queensland [1]

Bridgewater somerset [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Brixham, Devon [1]

Brixham, Devon, England [1]

Cadnam, Hampshire [1]

Calstock, Cornwall [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camperdown Victoria [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Castlemaine Victoria [1]

Cawsand, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [292]

Corporal [34]

Sapper [32]

Gunner [29]

Serjeant [22]

Driver [20]

Captain [15]

Lieutenant [14]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Pioneer [10]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Lance Corporal [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Major [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Group Commander [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Transport Corporal [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class (Carpenter) [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armament Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Canteen Worker [1]

Commander [1]

Commissioned Gunner [1]

Corporal /Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal/Lance Serjeant [1]

Cpl. [1]

Deck Hand [1]

ERA 1 [1]

Guardsman [1]

L/Bdr. [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Nurse [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [65]

Devonshire Regiment [46]

Royal Field Artillery [41]

Army Service Corps [32]

Labour Corps [24]

Royal Army Medical Corps [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [21]

Hampshire Regiment [15]

London Regiment [15]

Somerset Light Infantry [13]

East Kent Regiment [12]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

Dorsetshire Regiment [9]

Royal Naval Division [9]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [8]

Wiltshire Regiment [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

Welsh Regiment [7]

Army Veterinary Corps [6]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Dragoon Guards [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Indian Ordnance Department [3]

Royal Engineers Transport [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Service

British Army [502]

Royal Navy [112]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [51]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [50]

Australian Imperial Force [43]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [773]

Contribution

Military Service [761]

Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

Australia [1]

Egypt [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [12] Folkestone, Kent [5] Adelaide South Australia [3] Devonport, Devon [3] Exeter, Devon [3] Williamstown Victoria [3] Brighton, Sussex [2] Devon [2] Earl Shilton, Leicestershire [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Kyabram Victoria [2] Minehead, Somerset [2] Parramatta New South Wales [2] Plympton, Devon [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Salisbury, Wiltshire [2] Scottsdale Tasmania [2] South Shields, Durham [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Tavistock, Devon [2] Thorncombe, Dorset [2] 37 Pleasance, Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Appledore, Devon [1] Appledore, Devon, England [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Atherington Barnstable, Devon [1] Atherington, Barnstaple, Devon [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barnstable, Devon [1] Barry, Glamorgan [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Biggleswade, Bedfordshire [1] Birmingham [1] Bodmin, Cornwall [1] Bow, Crediton, Devon [1] Bowen Hills Queensland [1] Bridgewater somerset [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Brixham, Devon [1] Brixham, Devon, England [1] Cadnam, Hampshire [1] Calstock, Cornwall [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camperdown Victoria [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Castlemaine Victoria [1] Cawsand, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [292] Corporal [34] Sapper [32] Gunner [29] Serjeant [22] Driver [20] Captain [15] Lieutenant [14] Second Lieutenant [14] Pioneer [10] Staff Serjeant [8] Able Seaman [7] Lance Corporal [6] Acting Corporal [4] Major [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Bombardier [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Leading Stoker [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Group Commander [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Temporary Captain [2] Transport Corporal [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class (Carpenter) [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armament Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Canteen Worker [1] Commander [1] Commissioned Gunner [1] Corporal /Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal/Lance Serjeant [1] Cpl. [1] Deck Hand [1] ERA 1 [1] Guardsman [1] L/Bdr. [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Lieutenant Captain [1] Nurse [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [65] Devonshire Regiment [46] Royal Field Artillery [41] Army Service Corps [32] Labour Corps [24] Royal Army Medical Corps [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [21] Hampshire Regiment [15] London Regiment [15] Somerset Light Infantry [13] East Kent Regiment [12] Royal Fusiliers [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] Dorsetshire Regiment [9] Royal Naval Division [9] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] Voluntary Aid Detachment [8] Wiltshire Regiment [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] Welsh Regiment [7] Army Veterinary Corps [6] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Dragoon Guards [3] Essex Regiment [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Indian Ordnance Department [3] Royal Engineers Transport [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Army Pay Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Hussars [2]

Service

British Army [502] Royal Navy [112] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [51] Canadian Expeditionary Force [50] Australian Imperial Force [43] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [773]

Contribution

Military Service [761] Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [23] Australia [1] Egypt [1] Turkey [1]

William Oliphant Down

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 14012 Lance Corporal Reserve Cavalry Regiment

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Cecil Vernon Down

Born 1893

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 805 Corporal Royal Western Australia Regiment 16th Infantry Battalion

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Charles Boileau Down

Born 1882

Died 1919

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Group Commander Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery 40th Battery

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Daniel Down

Born 1877

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1705

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Samuel Down

Born 1878

Died 1936

Other Empire Force Skipper Fishing Fleet - Smack "Alfred" R.166 (Ramsgate)

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Alfred Harry Down

Born 1885

Died 1958

Royal Navy F12169

Royal Navy F.12169 Air Mechanic 1st Class (Carpenter) Air Service HMS President II Air Mechanic 1st Class (Carpenter)

Royal Navy F.12169 Air Mechanic 1st Class (Carpenter) RNAS HMS Daedalus

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Frederick William Down

Born 1885

Died 1914

Royal Navy B 2469 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2469B Seaman Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. "Cressy."

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Thomas Eagles Down

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy 19201 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy 19201 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Vanguard

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Frederick George Down

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63177

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William Henry Down

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44621

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Frederick Alfred Down

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196548

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Frederick Ernest Down

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army G/10447 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 10th Battalion

British Army G/10447 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Alfred Jacob Down

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28236

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William Henry Down

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12590

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William James Down

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193114

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John Down

Born 1872

Died 1943

British Army 3036 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7298 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 7722 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edwin Down

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13244

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John Henry Page Down

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298923

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Cecil Walter George Down

British Army G/37495 Private The Queen's Regiment

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John Down

Born 1901

Died 1920

Royal Navy 20694 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy 20694 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division Deal Depot

Royal Navy PLY/20694 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry R M Depot Deal

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