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Kingsbridge, Devon [6]

Chardstock England [2]

Dartmouth, Devon [2]

Fowey, Cornwall [2]

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Plymouth, Devon [2]

Slapton, Devon [2]

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Royal Engineers [17]

Labour Corps [11]

Army Service Corps [9]

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Devonshire Regiment [7]

London Regiment [6]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Diana [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

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Essex Regiment Transport [1]

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HMS "Niobe" [1]

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HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

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HMS NOTTINGHAM [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

HMS Vivid [1]

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Lion [1]

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British Army [104]

Royal Navy [32]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

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People [164] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Kingsbridge, Devon [6] Chardstock England [2] Dartmouth, Devon [2] Fowey, Cornwall [2] Grafton New South Wales [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Slapton, Devon [2] South Milton, Devon [2] Torpoint, Cornwall [2] Tottenham, Middlesex [2] Battersea, London [1] Blackawton, Devon [1] Boxley, Kent [1] Claggan, Mayo [1] Cornwall, England [1] Devonport [1] Dittisham, Devon [1] Islington England [1] London [1] Nundle New South Wales [1] Port Rush, Antrim [1] Portsmouth [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Stonehouse, Devon [1] Torquay, Devon [1] Totnes, Devon [1] Uitenhage [1]

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Private [60] Driver [12] Serjeant [8] Sapper [7] Corporal [4] Gunner [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Lieutenant [3] Leading Seaman [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] AB [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] B1C [1] B2C [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain [1] Car Crew [1] Chief Stoker [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Engineer Rear Admiral [1] Leading Car Crew [1] Leading seaman [1] Major [1] PO [1] Petty Officer [1] Pioneer [1] Saddler [1] Seaman [1] Shipt II [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [17] Labour Corps [11] Army Service Corps [9] Royal Field Artillery [9] Devonshire Regiment [7] London Regiment [6] Army Veterinary Corps [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Essex Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Diana [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment Transport [1] Excellent [1] H.M.S. "Tiger." [1] HMS "Niobe" [1] HMS "Pembroke II" [1] HMS "Sir Thomas Picton" [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] HMS LION [1] HMS NOTTINGHAM [1] HMS New Zealand [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] HMS Vivid [1] Hussars [1] Impregnable [1] Indefatigable [1] Lion [1]

Service

British Army [104] Royal Navy [32] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Australian Imperial Force [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

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Military Service [155] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [1]

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United Kingdom [5]

William A Perring

British Army S/7473 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 20536 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Robert Henry Perring

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J S Perring

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

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William Henry Perring

Royal Navy 136889 Royal Naval Division

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William A Perring

Robert Henry Perring

J S Perring

William Henry Perring