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Plymouth, Devon [15]

Kingsbridge, Devon [4]

Muswellbrook New South Wales [4]

Bourke New South Wales [3]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Newton Abbot, Devon [3]

Bideford, Devon [2]

Bingley, Yorkshire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Brixham, Devon, England [2]

Calstock, Cornwall [2]

Devon England [2]

Ipplepen, Devon [2]

Mackay Queensland [2]

Nailsea, Somerset [2]

Pittsworth Queensland [2]

Port Royal, Jamaica [2]

Redhill, Surrey [2]

Stoke Newington, London [2]

Aghada, Cork [1]

Antony, Cornwall [1]

Avoca Victoria [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Biddeford, North Devon [1]

Blackhawton, Devon [1]

Braunton, Devon [1]

Brent, Devon [1]

Brixham, Devon [1]

Buckfastleigh, Devon [1]

Charlton, London [1]

Chillington, Devon [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex [1]

Devon [1]

East Allington, Devon [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Greenwich, Kent [1]

Healesville Victoria [1]

Hoxton, London [1]

Hull, Albro Villa, Marlborough Ave [1]

Kadina South Australia [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kingsteignton, Devon [1]

Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Kingston, Jamaica [1]

London England [1]

Maryborough Queensland [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Marylebone, London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [115]

Gunner [12]

Corporal [11]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Lieutenant [10]

Driver [7]

Captain [5]

Sapper [5]

Serjeant [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Leading Stoker [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Nurse [2]

Worker [2]

1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [1]

AB [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

B1C [1]

B2C [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief [1]

Commissioned Gunner [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading seaman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant /Temporary Captain in Army [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [29]

Army Service Corps [19]

Royal Engineers [13]

Labour Corps [11]

London Regiment [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Guernsey Light Infantry [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Army Service Corps Expeditionary Force Canteens [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Imperial Army [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Territorial Force Reserve [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

(RFR Dev. B./3706). H.M.S. "Vivid I" [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Transport [1]

Base Details [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Boscawen111 [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Service

British Army [184]

Royal Navy [77]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27]

Australian Imperial Force [25]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [19]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

L [341]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [336]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [15] Kingsbridge, Devon [4] Muswellbrook New South Wales [4] Bourke New South Wales [3] Devonport, Devon [3] Newton Abbot, Devon [3] Bideford, Devon [2] Bingley, Yorkshire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Brixham, Devon, England [2] Calstock, Cornwall [2] Devon England [2] Ipplepen, Devon [2] Mackay Queensland [2] Nailsea, Somerset [2] Pittsworth Queensland [2] Port Royal, Jamaica [2] Redhill, Surrey [2] Stoke Newington, London [2] Aghada, Cork [1] Antony, Cornwall [1] Avoca Victoria [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Biddeford, North Devon [1] Blackhawton, Devon [1] Braunton, Devon [1] Brent, Devon [1] Brixham, Devon [1] Buckfastleigh, Devon [1] Charlton, London [1] Chillington, Devon [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex [1] Devon [1] East Allington, Devon [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Greenwich, Kent [1] Healesville Victoria [1] Hoxton, London [1] Hull, Albro Villa, Marlborough Ave [1] Kadina South Australia [1] Kensington, London [1] Kingsteignton, Devon [1] Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Kingston, Jamaica [1] London England [1] Maryborough Queensland [1] Marylebone, London [1] Marylebone, London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [115] Gunner [12] Corporal [11] Second Lieutenant [11] Lieutenant [10] Driver [7] Captain [5] Sapper [5] Serjeant [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Lance Corporal [4] Leading Stoker [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Nurse [2] Worker [2] 1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [1] AB [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Serjeant [1] B1C [1] B2C [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief [1] Commissioned Gunner [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Lance Corporal Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading seaman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant /Temporary Captain in Army [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Transport Corporal [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [29] Army Service Corps [19] Royal Engineers [13] Labour Corps [11] London Regiment [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Royal Field Artillery [9] Machine Gun Corps [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Guernsey Light Infantry [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Army Service Corps Expeditionary Force Canteens [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Imperial Army [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] Territorial Force Reserve [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] (RFR Dev. B./3706). H.M.S. "Vivid I" [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Service Corps Transport [1] Base Details [1] Border Regiment [1] Boscawen111 [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Service

British Army [184] Royal Navy [77] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27] Australian Imperial Force [25] Canadian Expeditionary Force [19] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

L [341] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [336] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Frederick William Luscombe

Born 1888

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208309 Corporal Royal Air Force

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Frederick Walter Luscombe

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 39843 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/7th Battalion.

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Leonard Luscombe

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 2112 Private Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 2112 Private Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry

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William George Luscombe

Born 1889

Died 1914

Royal Navy 235610

Royal Navy 235610 Leading Seaman HMS Monmouth

Royal Navy 235610 B2C Boscawen111

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Sydney Luscombe

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84543

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Charles Luscombe

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 15777

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Tom King Luscombe

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268187

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Andrew Deacon Luscombe

Born 1883

Died 1917

Royal Navy 214377

Royal Navy 214377 Petty Officer

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Arthur James Luscombe

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 83260

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Francis Charles Luscombe

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198802

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Harry Luscombe

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146329

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Frank Luscombe

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119704

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Edmund Francis Luscombe

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230251

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Ben Luscombe

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237654

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Cecil George Luscombe

Born 1889

Died 1954

Royal Navy M23007

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John Hart Luscombe

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226077

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Alfred George Luscombe

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 7649 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 71st Brigade

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Frederick Charles Luscombe

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army S/4522 Serjeant Seaforth Highlanders

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Arthur Luscombe

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235189

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Walter Luscombe

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 226017 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 42080 Private Essex Regiment

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