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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]

John William Penrose

Born 1895

British Army 3HB/1344 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 93602 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 93306 Private Durham Light Infantry

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James Penrose

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 241792 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Robert Penrose

Died 1915

British Army 3304 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Ernest Penrose

Died 1917

British Army 3454 Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 330815 Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 235918 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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George Alwyn Penrose

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant The Queen's Regiment

British Army Captain Royal West Surrey Regiment

British Army Captain The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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John Penrose

Died 1917

British Army 15642 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 15642 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Robert John Ranson Penrose

Died 1918

British Army 12/1520 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment

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John Charles Henry Penrose

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 9486 Corporal Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 9486 Acting Serjeant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 9486 Serjeant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Frederick Penrose

Born 1857

Died 1915

British Army SS/13916 Private Army Service Corps

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Henry Wesley Penrose

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 201245 Private Canadian Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Ernest Penrose

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 9747 Private London Regiment

British Army 9747 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Richard Penrose

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 18737 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Samuel Penrose

Died 1915

British Army 1218 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 1218 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Harold Penrose

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army PS/1919 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Richard Penrose

Died 1916

British Army 39861 Private Welsh Regiment

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Horace Penrose

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 63654 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 63654 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 63654 Battery Serjeant Major Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Lee Penrose

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298260

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Frank Penrose

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104409

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John Samuel Sandford Penrose

Born 1879

Died 1914

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander HMS BULWARK

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Lionel Sharples Penrose

Born 1898

Died 1972

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