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Exeter, Devon [3]

Nuneaton, Warwickshire [3]

Brecon [2]

Burbage, Leicestershire [2]

Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Leicester [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Okehampton, Devon [2]

Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales [2]

Portland, Dorset [2]

Rappville New South Wales [2]

Aberdare, Glamorgan [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bradford, England [1]

Bristol [1]

Calstock, Cornwall [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chawleigh, Devon [1]

Cheltenham [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Cornwall England [1]

Courteenhall, Northamptonshire [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dublin [1]

Easton, Gloucestershire [1]

Edenham, Lincolnshire [1]

Edmonton, London [1]

Great Yarmouth [1]

Grenfell New South Wales [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Henley, Oxfordshire [1]

Hobart Tasmania [1]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Ivybridge, Devon [1]

Kent [1]

Lewdown, Devon [1]

London [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Maitland New South Wales [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Morchard Bishop, Devon [1]

Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Nottingham [1]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [281]

Gunner [34]

Driver [23]

Corporal [22]

Serjeant [20]

Sapper [17]

Lance Corporal [12]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Lieutenant [9]

Captain [8]

Acting Corporal [6]

Major [6]

Pioneer [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Worker [5]

Bombardier [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Reverend [2]

Senior Nursing Sister [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Bandsman [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal /Acting Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Regimental Corporal Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Schoolmaster [1]

Second Corporal [1]

Second Hand [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [44]

Labour Corps [40]

Royal Field Artillery [38]

Royal Engineers [32]

Devonshire Regiment [22]

Royal Garrison Artillery [19]

London Regiment [16]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

Durham Light Infantry [14]

Leicestershire Regiment [14]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [10]

Dorsetshire Regiment [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

Northamptonshire Regiment [8]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

South Lancashire Regiment [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Engineers Transport [4]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [441]

Royal Navy [52]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [40]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

N [612]

Contribution

Military Service [600]

Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

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Place of birth

Exeter, Devon [3] Nuneaton, Warwickshire [3] Brecon [2] Burbage, Leicestershire [2] Chelmsford, Essex [2] Leicester [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Okehampton, Devon [2] Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales [2] Portland, Dorset [2] Rappville New South Wales [2] Aberdare, Glamorgan [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bradford, England [1] Bristol [1] Calstock, Cornwall [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chawleigh, Devon [1] Cheltenham [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Cornwall England [1] Courteenhall, Northamptonshire [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dublin [1] Easton, Gloucestershire [1] Edenham, Lincolnshire [1] Edmonton, London [1] Great Yarmouth [1] Grenfell New South Wales [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Henley, Oxfordshire [1] Hobart Tasmania [1] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Ivybridge, Devon [1] Kent [1] Lewdown, Devon [1] London [1] London, Middlesex [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Maitland New South Wales [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Morchard Bishop, Devon [1] Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Nottingham [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [281] Gunner [34] Driver [23] Corporal [22] Serjeant [20] Sapper [17] Lance Corporal [12] Second Lieutenant [11] Lieutenant [9] Captain [8] Acting Corporal [6] Major [6] Pioneer [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Worker [5] Bombardier [3] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Reverend [2] Senior Nursing Sister [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Staff Nurse [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Bandsman [1] Chief Stoker [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal /Acting Corporal [1] Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Munitions Worker [1] Nursing Sister [1] Regimental Corporal Major [1] Rifleman [1] Schoolmaster [1] Second Corporal [1] Second Hand [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [44] Labour Corps [40] Royal Field Artillery [38] Royal Engineers [32] Devonshire Regiment [22] Royal Garrison Artillery [19] London Regiment [16] Machine Gun Corps [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] Durham Light Infantry [14] Leicestershire Regiment [14] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [10] Dorsetshire Regiment [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] Northamptonshire Regiment [8] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] South Lancashire Regiment [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] Welsh Regiment [5] East Lancashire Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Engineers Transport [4] East Kent Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Pay Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Border Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [441] Royal Navy [52] Canadian Expeditionary Force [40] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13] Australian Imperial Force [12] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

N [612]

Contribution

Military Service [600] Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Charles Newcombe

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 31976 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 31976 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 2/4 Battalion

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Charles Newcombe

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 31976 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 2/4 Battalion

British Army 12931 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 9th Battalion, subsequently 7th Battalion

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Hubert Conroy Newcombe

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 322380 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Ewart Morley Newcombe

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 555556 Private London Regiment

British Army 648164 Private London Regiment

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Patrick Newcombe

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 2534 Sapper Royal Engineers Transport

British Army 2534 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Charles Frederick Newcombe

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91527

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Charles Neil Newcombe

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 17289 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 17289 Temporary Lieutenant Yorkshire Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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George Cyril Newcombe

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28107

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Vicary Newcombe

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145587

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James Henry Newcombe

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195859

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James Alfred Newcombe

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169858

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John Edward Newcombe

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282924

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John Thomas Newcombe

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197979

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Ernest Newcombe

Born 1884

British Army 8506 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 8506 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8506 Private South Wales Borderers Depot

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Charles John Newcombe

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285925

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Joseph Newcombe

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108879

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Arthur Edward Newcombe

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 68531 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/295660 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William Atkinson Newcombe

Born 1890

Died 1918

Royal Navy SA 1622 Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1622/SA Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Victory."

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Francis Newcombe

Born 1871

Died 1916

Royal Navy 155192 Chief Stoker HMS SHARK

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John Howard Newcombe

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231648

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