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Devonport, Devon [4]

Callington, Cornwall [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Colac Victoria [2]

Eaglehawk Victoria [2]

Helston, Cornwall [2]

Liskeard, Cornwall [2]

Saint Austell, Cornwall [2]

Saltash, Cornwall [2]

61 York St, Plymouth, Devon, England [1]

Barton Regis,Gloucestershire [1]

Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Cadgwith, Cornwall [1]

Clermont Queensland [1]

Clunes Victoria [1]

Cornwall [1]

Dalkey, Dublin [1]

Deniliquin New South Wales [1]

Ealington, Cornwall [1]

Laddock, Cornwall [1]

Lanhydrock, Cornwall [1]

Lanivet, Cornwall [1]

Looe, Cornwall [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Morice Town, Devon [1]

Natte Yallock Victoria [1]

Old Ford, London [1]

Poplar, London [1]

Portsea, Hampshire [1]

Saint Germans, Cornwall [1]

South Hill, Cornwall [1]

South Shields, Durham [1]

St Austell, Cornwall [1]

St. Stephens, Cornwall [1]

Tideford, Cornwall [1]

Wallsands, Devon [1]

Woolwich, London [1]

Rank

Private [63]

Gunner [8]

Corporal [5]

Driver [5]

Serjeant [4]

Sapper [3]

Captain [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Chief Master at Arms [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant and Paymaster [1]

Major [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [19]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Labour Corps [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Royal Engineers [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

London Regiment [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS DEFENCE [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS Mary Rose [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps London District ex Royal West Surrey Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Otago Infantry Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Devonshire Yeomanry [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [103]

Royal Navy [36]

Australian Imperial Force [9]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

J [166]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [165]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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People [167] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Devonport, Devon [4] Callington, Cornwall [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Colac Victoria [2] Eaglehawk Victoria [2] Helston, Cornwall [2] Liskeard, Cornwall [2] Saint Austell, Cornwall [2] Saltash, Cornwall [2] 61 York St, Plymouth, Devon, England [1] Barton Regis,Gloucestershire [1] Bodmin, Cornwall [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Cadgwith, Cornwall [1] Clermont Queensland [1] Clunes Victoria [1] Cornwall [1] Dalkey, Dublin [1] Deniliquin New South Wales [1] Ealington, Cornwall [1] Laddock, Cornwall [1] Lanhydrock, Cornwall [1] Lanivet, Cornwall [1] Looe, Cornwall [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Morice Town, Devon [1] Natte Yallock Victoria [1] Old Ford, London [1] Poplar, London [1] Portsea, Hampshire [1] Saint Germans, Cornwall [1] South Hill, Cornwall [1] South Shields, Durham [1] St Austell, Cornwall [1] St. Stephens, Cornwall [1] Tideford, Cornwall [1] Wallsands, Devon [1] Woolwich, London [1]

Rank

Private [63] Gunner [8] Corporal [5] Driver [5] Serjeant [4] Sapper [3] Captain [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Chief Master at Arms [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Deck Hand [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant and Paymaster [1] Major [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Pioneer [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [19] Royal Field Artillery [10] Labour Corps [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Royal Engineers [6] Army Service Corps [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] London Regiment [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] Australian Infantry Battalion [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS DEFENCE [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS LION [1] HMS Mary Rose [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps London District ex Royal West Surrey Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Otago Infantry Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Devonshire Yeomanry [1] Royal Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [103] Royal Navy [36] Australian Imperial Force [9] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

J [166] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [165] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

William Richards Jane

Born 1880

Died 1974

British Army 202239 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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William Joseph Jane

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 38139 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 38139 Sergeant Royal Field Artillery 5th Battery

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John Walter Jane

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 124489

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Osborne Allen Jane

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205271

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Egbert Arthur Jane

Born 1884

Died 1955

British Army 36119 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 107618 Private Labour Corps

British Army 43450 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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William Jane

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Major Royal Engineers

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Charles Ernest Jane

Died 1917

British Army G/22887 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/22887 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Sydney Edgar Jane

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy K26251

Royal Navy Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy K.26251 Stoker 1st Class HMS Mary Rose

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Simon Archibald Palmer Jane

Born 1887

Died 1918

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Harry Jane

Born 1882

Died 1916

Royal Navy 99637/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 9637 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: H.M. Trawler "Fezenta"

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Thomas Jane

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290853

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Albert George Jane

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 19597 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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William J Jane

Died 1918

British Army 2161 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 760643 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Hedley Jane

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 14676 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 30172 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Thomas Henry Jane

Australian Imperial Force 2191

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Albert Jane

Born 1885

Died 1916

Royal Navy 305302 Stoker Petty Officer HMS DEFENCE

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Frederick William Jane

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy L2472 Officer's Steward 2nd Class HMS LION

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Richard Charles Jane

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 270271

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Robert Stephen Jane

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 271186

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Ernest Edward Jane

Died 1917

British Army B/200825 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army B/200825 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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