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Hobart Tasmania [4]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Cumberland New South Wales [2]

Delabole, Cornwall [2]

Lithgow New South Wales [2]

Thargomindah Queensland [2]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Barraba New South Wales [1]

Benalla Victoria [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Blackfriars, London [1]

Cathays, Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Clawton, Holsworthy, Devon [1]

Cobden, Victoria [1]

Cornwall England [1]

East Molesley, Surrey [1]

Erskineville New South Wales [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Highbury, London, Middlesex [1]

Hythe Tasmania [1]

Isleworth, Middlesex [1]

Lifton, Devon [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Maldon Victoria [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Moonta South Australia [1]

Moruya New South Wales [1]

Mount Hope New South Wales [1]

Narrabri New South Wales [1]

New Monkland, Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Newcastle, New South Wales [1]

Newtown New South Wales [1]

North Bay, Ontario [1]

Nottingham England [1]

Padstow, Cornwall [1]

Padstow, Cornwall, England [1]

Penarth, Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Poplar, London [1]

Port Isaac, Cornwall [1]

Portland Victoria [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Saint Austell, Cornwall [1]

Saint Stephens, Cornwall [1]

Saint Stevens, Cornwall [1]

Sandgate, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [89]

Captain [23]

Lieutenant [17]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Gunner [11]

Corporal [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Serjeant [8]

Major [6]

Driver [5]

Sapper [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Major [1]

Bandsman [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Chaplain [1]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Flying Officer [1]

General [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Private and A/Corporal [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Temporary Colonel [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [14]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Royal Engineers [13]

London Regiment [9]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Labour Corps [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Monmouthshire Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Reserve of Officers/ Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Army Chaplain's Department [2]

Australian Engineers [2]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

General List [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Sappers and Miners [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

116th Mahrattas [1]

19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, attached 57th Squadron, Royal Air Force [1]

3rd Sappers and Miners [1]

4th Royal Marine Battalion [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Australian Engineers/ Australian Imperial Force/ Staff [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Service

British Army [191]

Australian Imperial Force [35]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [33]

Royal Navy [24]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Last name first letter

M [322]

L [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [314]

Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [324] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Hobart Tasmania [4] Sydney New South Wales [3] Cumberland New South Wales [2] Delabole, Cornwall [2] Lithgow New South Wales [2] Thargomindah Queensland [2] Armidale New South Wales [1] Barraba New South Wales [1] Benalla Victoria [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Blackfriars, London [1] Cathays, Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Clawton, Holsworthy, Devon [1] Cobden, Victoria [1] Cornwall England [1] East Molesley, Surrey [1] Erskineville New South Wales [1] Fulham, London [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Highbury, London, Middlesex [1] Hythe Tasmania [1] Isleworth, Middlesex [1] Lifton, Devon [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Maldon Victoria [1] Marylebone, London [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Moonta South Australia [1] Moruya New South Wales [1] Mount Hope New South Wales [1] Narrabri New South Wales [1] New Monkland, Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Newcastle, New South Wales [1] Newtown New South Wales [1] North Bay, Ontario [1] Nottingham England [1] Padstow, Cornwall [1] Padstow, Cornwall, England [1] Penarth, Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Poplar, London [1] Port Isaac, Cornwall [1] Portland Victoria [1] Portsmouth [1] Saint Austell, Cornwall [1] Saint Stephens, Cornwall [1] Saint Stevens, Cornwall [1] Sandgate, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [89] Captain [23] Lieutenant [17] Second Lieutenant [14] Gunner [11] Corporal [8] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Serjeant [8] Major [6] Driver [5] Sapper [4] Acting Corporal [3] Lance Corporal [3] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Major [1] Bandsman [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Brigadier General [1] Chaplain [1] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Deck Hand [1] Flying Officer [1] General [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Private and A/Corporal [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Temporary Colonel [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [14] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Royal Engineers [13] London Regiment [9] Royal Field Artillery [9] Devonshire Regiment [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [5] Labour Corps [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] East Surrey Regiment [3] Monmouthshire Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Reserve of Officers/ Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Army Chaplain's Department [2] Australian Engineers [2] Australian Imperial Force [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] General List [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Sappers and Miners [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] 116th Mahrattas [1] 19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, attached 57th Squadron, Royal Air Force [1] 3rd Sappers and Miners [1] 4th Royal Marine Battalion [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Australian Engineers/ Australian Imperial Force/ Staff [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Service

British Army [191] Australian Imperial Force [35] Canadian Expeditionary Force [33] Royal Navy [24] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Last name first letter

M [322] L [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [314] Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Joseph Thomas Martyn

Born 1895

Died 1950

British Army 9779 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 49084 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 9779 & 49084 Private and A/Corporal Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry & MGC 1st & 12th

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Robert Oldfield Fitzroy Martyn

Born 1889

Died 1950

British Army Captain Supply and Transport Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Captain Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Herbert John Martyn

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32842

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Tristram Martyn

Born 1891

Died 1970

British Army T4/275518 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

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Edward Ernest Martyn

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55697

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Horace Frederick Martyn

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145829

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Edward Richard Martyn

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277091

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Victor John Martyn

Born 1892

Died 1977

British Army M/302977 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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Peter Loney

Born 1893

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 7043 Lance Corporal 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion

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John Leslie Martyn

Born 1878

Died 1918

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve: HMS VIvid

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

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Edward Thomas Martyn

Born 1882

Died 1914

Royal Navy 194645 Able Seaman HMS Good Hope

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Harold Henry Martyn

Died 1918

British Army Captain Wiltshire Regiment

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Arthur George Stanley Martyn

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11160

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Samuel Martyn

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114895

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James Alexander Martyn

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165668

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Harry Reginald Martyn

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 173989

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Robert Patrick Martyn

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 177377

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Colin Willard Martyn

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 182844

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Christopher Martyn

Died 1918

British Army 11831 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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Enoch Martyn

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1298 Private Manchester Regiment

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