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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]

Frederick Lovell Down

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 132385

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Herbert William Down

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205264

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Arthur Robert Down

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216902

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Sidney Thomas Down

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219603

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Alfred Ernest Down

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232308

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Ernest James Down

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238978

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Robert Hayward Down

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 4th (City of Bristol) Battalion Territorial

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George Albert Down

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army T1629 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 540819 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Arthur F Down

British Army 73995 L/Bdr. Royal Garrison Artillery

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Marshall Down

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38515

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James Down

Born 1885

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 7849

Canadian Expeditionary Force 7849 Corporal Canadian Infantry

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Norman Edward Down

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48971

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John William Down

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304272

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William Henry Down

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310609

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Richard Norman Down

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285771

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Sam Down

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 41133 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 41133 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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John Aubrey Down

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment

British Army Major Middlesex Regiment

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Frederick Collier Down

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 17226 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Frank Down

Died 1915

British Army 11467 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Frederick Charles Down

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army WR/314752 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 320484 Sapper Royal Engineers

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