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Devonport, Devon [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Bolton England [2]

Maldon Victoria [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Bridlington England [1]

Calcutta [1]

Callington, Cornwall [1]

Camborne, Cornwall [1]

Casterton Victoria [1]

Charles, Plymouth, Devon [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Clifton Hill Victoria [1]

Cork [1]

Cornwall [1]

Echunga South Australia [1]

Emerald Queensland [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Harrow Victoria [1]

Hull [1]

Hull England [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Kensington Victoria [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lincolnshire [1]

Malvern Victoria [1]

Marfleet [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Moonta Mines South Australia [1]

Morgan South Australia [1]

Port Talbot, Glamorgan [1]

Port Talbot, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Portlaw, County Waterford [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Potterne Wilts [1]

Prahran Victoria [1]

Redruth, Cornwall, England [1]

Sennen Cove, Cornwall [1]

Sennen, Cornwall [1]

St. Werburgh's, Bristol [1]

Stainforth, Thorne, Yorkshire, England [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Thirsk, Yorkshire [1]

Truro, Cornwall [1]

York [1]

Young New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [106]

Gunner [16]

Lieutenant [12]

Corporal [11]

Captain [10]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Sapper [8]

Serjeant [8]

Driver [6]

Acting Corporal [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Bombardier [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Major [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Colonel [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Pioneer [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

AA [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Captain Flight Commandant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Deputy Administrator [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Rifleman [1]

Seaman [1]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Wheeler Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [20]

Labour Corps [16]

Royal Engineers [16]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

London Regiment [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Lancers [2]

Leinster Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

4th Rajputs [1]

Alberta Regiment also Westminster B.C. Regiment [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Service

British Army [195]

Royal Navy [25]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [24]

Australian Imperial Force [22]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [1]

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Contribution

Military Service [283]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Devonport, Devon [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Bolton England [2] Maldon Victoria [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Bridlington England [1] Calcutta [1] Callington, Cornwall [1] Camborne, Cornwall [1] Casterton Victoria [1] Charles, Plymouth, Devon [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Clifton Hill Victoria [1] Cork [1] Cornwall [1] Echunga South Australia [1] Emerald Queensland [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Harrow Victoria [1] Hull [1] Hull England [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Kensington Victoria [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lincolnshire [1] Malvern Victoria [1] Marfleet [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Moonta Mines South Australia [1] Morgan South Australia [1] Port Talbot, Glamorgan [1] Port Talbot, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Portlaw, County Waterford [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Potterne Wilts [1] Prahran Victoria [1] Redruth, Cornwall, England [1] Sennen Cove, Cornwall [1] Sennen, Cornwall [1] St. Werburgh's, Bristol [1] Stainforth, Thorne, Yorkshire, England [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Thirsk, Yorkshire [1] Truro, Cornwall [1] York [1] Young New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [106] Gunner [16] Lieutenant [12] Corporal [11] Captain [10] Second Lieutenant [10] Sapper [8] Serjeant [8] Driver [6] Acting Corporal [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Bombardier [3] Lance Corporal [3] Major [3] Temporary Captain [3] Colonel [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Pioneer [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] AA [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Captain Flight Commandant [1] Deck Hand [1] Deputy Administrator [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Rifleman [1] Seaman [1] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Wheeler Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [20] Labour Corps [16] Royal Engineers [16] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Army Service Corps [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Machine Gun Corps [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] London Regiment [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Devonshire Regiment [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal West Surrey Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Royal Irish Fusiliers [3] Welsh Regiment [3] West Riding Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Essex Regiment [2] Lancers [2] Leinster Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] 4th Rajputs [1] Alberta Regiment also Westminster B.C. Regiment [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Service

British Army [195] Royal Navy [25] Canadian Expeditionary Force [24] Australian Imperial Force [22] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [1]

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Contribution

Military Service [283] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [9] Canada [1] Ireland [1]

Esme M W Keane Penrose

Born 1888

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Voluntary Aid Detachment

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Algernon Fane Keane Penrose

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Geneste Penrose

Born 1890

Died 1974

British Army Deputy Administrator Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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John William Penrose

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97167

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William Henry Penrose

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 7593 Rifleman London Regiment 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria Rifles)

British Army 5551 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Gilbert Penrose

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120803

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Edward John Mcneill Penrose

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Irish Fusiliers

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George Penrose

Died 1915

British Army 7643 Lance Corporal Somerset Light Infantry 6th Btn

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Matthew George Penrose

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy 3996A Seaman HMS Goliath Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 3996A Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 3996A Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath."

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Charles Penrose

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286381

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Harry Penrose

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135585

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Keith Penrose

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89066

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Richard Penrose

Died 1916

British Army 20/75 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 20/75 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Wilfred George Henry Penrose

Died 1917

British Army 400832 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 235248 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Alfred Penrose

Died 1917

British Army 201533 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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George Penrose

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 28486 Private Manchester Regiment

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William Penrose

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 81796 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 81796 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Reginald Penrose

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 33871 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Wilfred Robarts Penrose

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236233

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William Henry Penrose

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy 2164/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 2164 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler "Prefect."

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