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Plymouth, Devon [11]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Plymouth, Devon, England [4]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Nowra New South Wales [3]

Cullompton, Devon [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Grabben Gullen New South Wales [2]

Lustleigh, Devon [2]

Stonehouse, Devon [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Wadebridge, Cornwall [2]

Woolwich England [2]

Albert Park Victoria [1]

Araluen New South Wales [1]

Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

Bombala, New South Wales [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Burford, Oxfordshire [1]

Burham, Kent, England [1]

Calstock, Cornwall [1]

Camden New South Wales [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chertsey, Surrey [1]

Chingford England [1]

Clifton, Bristol [1]

Clysthydon, England [1]

Cork, Cork [1]

Cornwall [1]

Cornwall England [1]

Crookwell New South Wales [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Devonport [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Errismore, Galway [1]

Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Hoxton, London [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Kempsey New South Wales [1]

Laggan New South Wales [1]

Lewisham, Kent [1]

Llanteg, Pembrokeshire, Wales [1]

London England [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [127]

Gunner [15]

Corporal [13]

Sapper [13]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Driver [12]

Serjeant [12]

Captain [8]

Lance Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Major [4]

Pioneer [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Commander [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Paymaster Commander [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

HMS Kent [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Saddler [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Stoker 2nd class [1]

Temporary Inspector of Ordnance Machinery 2nd Class and Honorary Captain [1]

Temporary Inspector of Ordnance Machinery 2nd Class and Temporary Honorary Captain [1]

Trooper [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [27]

Army Service Corps [17]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Devonshire Regiment [12]

London Regiment [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [9]

Gloucestershire Regiment [9]

Labour Corps [9]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Leinster Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Depot [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

New Zealand Army Unit [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Scots Guards [2]

Training Reserve [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

11 (Irish Group) [1]

188th Battalion [1]

24 Training Squadron [1]

28 Training Squadron [1]

59 Training Squadron [1]

5th Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [226]

Royal Navy [49]

Australian Imperial Force [29]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [14]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

G [354]

D [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [343]

Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Canada [3]

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People [356] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [11] Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Plymouth, Devon, England [4] Bendigo Victoria [3] Nowra New South Wales [3] Cullompton, Devon [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Grabben Gullen New South Wales [2] Lustleigh, Devon [2] Stonehouse, Devon [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Wadebridge, Cornwall [2] Woolwich England [2] Albert Park Victoria [1] Araluen New South Wales [1] Bedminster, Somerset [1] Bodmin, Cornwall [1] Bombala, New South Wales [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Brixton, London [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Burford, Oxfordshire [1] Burham, Kent, England [1] Calstock, Cornwall [1] Camden New South Wales [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chertsey, Surrey [1] Chingford England [1] Clifton, Bristol [1] Clysthydon, England [1] Cork, Cork [1] Cornwall [1] Cornwall England [1] Crookwell New South Wales [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Devonport [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Edinburgh [1] Errismore, Galway [1] Falmouth, Cornwall [1] Hoxton, London [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Kempsey New South Wales [1] Laggan New South Wales [1] Lewisham, Kent [1] Llanteg, Pembrokeshire, Wales [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Melbourne Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [127] Gunner [15] Corporal [13] Sapper [13] Second Lieutenant [13] Driver [12] Serjeant [12] Captain [8] Lance Corporal [5] Lieutenant [4] Major [4] Pioneer [4] Able Seaman [3] Temporary Captain [3] Commander [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Paymaster Commander [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] HMS Kent [1] Leading Stoker [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Saddler [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Stoker 2nd class [1] Temporary Inspector of Ordnance Machinery 2nd Class and Honorary Captain [1] Temporary Inspector of Ordnance Machinery 2nd Class and Temporary Honorary Captain [1] Trooper [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [27] Army Service Corps [17] Royal Field Artillery [14] Devonshire Regiment [12] London Regiment [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [9] Gloucestershire Regiment [9] Labour Corps [9] Durham Light Infantry [6] Hampshire Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Machine Gun Corps [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Leinster Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Depot [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] British West Indies Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] HMS COLLINGWOOD [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] New Zealand Army Unit [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Scots Guards [2] Training Reserve [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 11 (Irish Group) [1] 188th Battalion [1] 24 Training Squadron [1] 28 Training Squadron [1] 59 Training Squadron [1] 5th Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [226] Royal Navy [49] Australian Imperial Force [29] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] Canadian Expeditionary Force [14] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

G [354] D [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [343] Merchant Navy [11]

Country

United Kingdom [5] Canada [3]

Edwin Glanville

Born 1878

Died 1920

British Army DM2/130339 Private Army Service Corps

British Army T/418715 Private Army Service Corps

British Army T/418715 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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John Harry Glanville

Born 1896

Died 1954

Royal Navy M34745

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Frank Glanville

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304516

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Edwin Glanville

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303677

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William Russell Glanville

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284304

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Frederick Harvey Glanville

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215185

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Edgar Thomas Glanville

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207638

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Herbert Glanville

Born 1896

Died 1957

Royal Navy Acting Paymaster Commander

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Hugh Fanshawe Glanville

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Major Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Air Force 2nd Training Depot Station

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Edward Owen Glanville

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26957

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John Glanville

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 176378 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Robert Edward Glanville

Born 1874

Died 1919

British Army 298519 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/507333 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Frank Glanville

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401537

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Wilson Glanville

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 5/2586 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 7626 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 267096 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Charles Glanville

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242220

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Sidney Frank Glanville

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army T/4/044311 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army 28642 Private Border Regiment

British Army 8601 Private East Lancashire Regiment 10th east Battalion

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William Hughes Glanville

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 231173

Canadian Expeditionary Force 231173 Private Canadian Infantry

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Arthur Evanson Glanville

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers 4th Battalion

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Harvey Henry Ewart Glanville

Born 1880

Died 1960

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain 188th Battalion

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Albert S Glanville

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 21991 Private Durham Light Infantry

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