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Toowoomba Queensland [4]

Falmouth, Cornwall [2]

Helidon Queensland [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Nhill Victoria [2]

Stratford Victoria [2]

Teignmouth, Devon [2]

Torquay, Devon [2]

Yorketown South Australia [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Ashburton, Devon [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Brent, Devon [1]

Charles, Plymouth, Devon [1]

Cornwall [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Exeter South Australia [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Germansweek, Devon [1]

Helston, Cornwall [1]

Inglewood Victoria [1]

Kenton, Devon [1]

Little Haughton England [1]

Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Penrhyn, Cornwall [1]

Plymouth England [1]

Second Valley South Australia [1]

Semaphore South Australia [1]

Silverton New South Wales [1]

Westleton, Suffolk [1]

Weston Super Mare, Somerset, England [1]

Willowie South Australia [1]

Rank

Private [70]

Lieutenant [9]

Captain [8]

Driver [8]

Serjeant [8]

Gunner [7]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Bombardier [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Nurse [2]

Sapper [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Corporal [1]

County Organising Secretary [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major [1]

Private Driver [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Special Military Probationer [1]

Staff Captain [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [17]

Labour Corps [10]

Army Service Corps [9]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Somerset Light Infantry [8]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Indian Defence Force [2]

Indian Defence Force Indian Army [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Highlanders [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

101st Grenadiers [1]

19th Hussars [1]

3/23rd Sikhs Infantry [1]

88th Carnatic Infantry [1]

88th Infantry [1]

8th Royal Scots [1]

Attached Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Devon Women's War Agricultural Committee [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

General List [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment Machine Gun Corps [1]

Indian Army [1]

Kent Regiment [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [120]

Australian Imperial Force [23]

Royal Navy [12]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [177]

A [1]

C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [172]

Merchant Navy [3]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

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People [179] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Toowoomba Queensland [4] Falmouth, Cornwall [2] Helidon Queensland [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Nhill Victoria [2] Stratford Victoria [2] Teignmouth, Devon [2] Torquay, Devon [2] Yorketown South Australia [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Ashburton, Devon [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Brent, Devon [1] Charles, Plymouth, Devon [1] Cornwall [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Exeter South Australia [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Germansweek, Devon [1] Helston, Cornwall [1] Inglewood Victoria [1] Kenton, Devon [1] Little Haughton England [1] Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Penrhyn, Cornwall [1] Plymouth England [1] Second Valley South Australia [1] Semaphore South Australia [1] Silverton New South Wales [1] Westleton, Suffolk [1] Weston Super Mare, Somerset, England [1] Willowie South Australia [1]

Rank

Private [70] Lieutenant [9] Captain [8] Driver [8] Serjeant [8] Gunner [7] Second Lieutenant [5] Bombardier [3] Lance Corporal [3] Acting Corporal [2] Nurse [2] Sapper [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Corporal [1] County Organising Secretary [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major [1] Private Driver [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Special Military Probationer [1] Staff Captain [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [17] Labour Corps [10] Army Service Corps [9] Middlesex Regiment [8] Somerset Light Infantry [8] London Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Tank Corps [3] Voluntary Aid Detachment [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Indian Defence Force [2] Indian Defence Force Indian Army [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Highlanders [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] 101st Grenadiers [1] 19th Hussars [1] 3/23rd Sikhs Infantry [1] 88th Carnatic Infantry [1] 88th Infantry [1] 8th Royal Scots [1] Attached Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] Australian Infantry Battalion [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Devon Women's War Agricultural Committee [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] General List [1] Gloucestershire Regiment Machine Gun Corps [1] Indian Army [1] Kent Regiment [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [120] Australian Imperial Force [23] Royal Navy [12] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [177] A [1] C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [172] Merchant Navy [3] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

Sydney Hamlyn

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 82318 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Maguire Hamlyn

Died 1949

Australian Imperial Force 10156

Australian Imperial Force Private

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Herbert Hamlyn

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265171

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Ernest Thomas Hamlyn

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229320

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Henry Thomas Hamlyn

Died 1916

British Army 14349 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 14349 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Wesley Hamlyn

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1217 Driver Royal Garrison Artillery Devon

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Thomas William Hamlyn

Died 1918

British Army 42578 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Elias Hamlyn

Died 1918

British Army 78465 Private Devonshire Regiment 4th (Reserve) Battalion (Territorials)

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Charles Alexander Hamlyn

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 31040 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Alfred Ernest Hamlyn

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Frederick George Hamlyn

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 8916 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Ernest Hamlyn

Died 1918

British Army 291094 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 43884 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Frank Ernest Hamlyn

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55908

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Arthur John Hamlyn

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66984

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James Eustace Hamlyn

Australian Imperial Force 2090

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Holroyd Edward Hamlyn

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 17269 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 28018 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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George Alfred Hamlyn

Born 1891

Died 1919

British Army G/39827 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Charles E Hamlyn

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army T2/10361 Driver Army Service Corps

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Frank Hamlyn

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 7616 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 44378 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 44378 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles

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James Hamlyn

Died 1915

British Army 6290 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6290 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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