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Kingsbridge, Devon [9]

South Milton, Devon [6]

Exeter, Devon [5]

Brighton, Sussex [4]

Crediton, Devon [3]

Deptford, London [3]

Horsham, Sussex [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Woking, Surrey [3]

Bigbury, Devon [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Farnham, Surrey [2]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2]

Ivybridge, Devon [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

North Sydney New South Wales [2]

Paignton, Devon [2]

Petworth, Sussex [2]

Plymouth, Devon, England [2]

Stokenham, Devon [2]

Swan Hill Victoria [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Ashburton, Devon [1]

Banwell, Somerset [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Basket Range South Australia [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Beesands, Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blackwater, Hampshire [1]

Bletchingley, Surrey [1]

Bordertown Victoria [1]

Boscastle, Cornwall [1]

Bow Crediton, Devon [1]

Bow, Devon [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Brixham, Devon [1]

Brixham, Devon, England [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Caterham, Kent [1]

Chelsea, Middlesex [1]

Clyst Saint George, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [383]

Driver [51]

Gunner [51]

Corporal [31]

Serjeant [31]

Sapper [30]

Lance Corporal [15]

Acting Corporal [8]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Bombardier [4]

Pioneer [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Captain [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Able Seaman (Leading Boatman Coast Guard) [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant/Corporal [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy1st Class [1]

Bugler [1]

Chief Gunner [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1]

Leading Aircraftman [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [75]

Royal Engineers [53]

Royal Field Artillery [51]

Devonshire Regiment [48]

Labour Corps [48]

Royal Garrison Artillery [35]

London Regiment [31]

Royal Army Medical Corps [26]

Royal Fusiliers [24]

Machine Gun Corps [22]

The Queen's Regiment [16]

Middlesex Regiment [13]

Royal Sussex Regiment [13]

Royal West Kent Regiment [13]

East Surrey Regiment [12]

Hampshire Regiment [11]

Army Veterinary Corps [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

Northamptonshire Regiment [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

York and Lancaster Regiment [8]

Essex Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Honourable Artillery Company [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Dragoon Guards [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Military Foot Police [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Service

British Army [631]

Royal Navy [102]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52]

Australian Imperial Force [39]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [31]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Last name first letter

S [880]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [857]

Merchant Navy [15]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

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Place of birth

Kingsbridge, Devon [9] South Milton, Devon [6] Exeter, Devon [5] Brighton, Sussex [4] Crediton, Devon [3] Deptford, London [3] Horsham, Sussex [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Woking, Surrey [3] Bigbury, Devon [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Farnham, Surrey [2] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2] Ivybridge, Devon [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] North Sydney New South Wales [2] Paignton, Devon [2] Petworth, Sussex [2] Plymouth, Devon, England [2] Stokenham, Devon [2] Swan Hill Victoria [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Ashburton, Devon [1] Banwell, Somerset [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Basket Range South Australia [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Beesands, Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackwater, Hampshire [1] Bletchingley, Surrey [1] Bordertown Victoria [1] Boscastle, Cornwall [1] Bow Crediton, Devon [1] Bow, Devon [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Brixham, Devon [1] Brixham, Devon, England [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Caterham, Kent [1] Chelsea, Middlesex [1] Clyst Saint George, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [383] Driver [51] Gunner [51] Corporal [31] Serjeant [31] Sapper [30] Lance Corporal [15] Acting Corporal [8] Second Lieutenant [7] Lieutenant [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Corporal 2nd [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Bombardier [4] Pioneer [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Rifleman [3] Worker [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Captain [2] Chief Stoker [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Deck Hand [2] Leading Seaman [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Petty Officer [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Able Seaman (Leading Boatman Coast Guard) [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant/Corporal [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy1st Class [1] Bugler [1] Chief Gunner [1] Cook's Mate [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Flight Officer [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1] Leading Aircraftman [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [75] Royal Engineers [53] Royal Field Artillery [51] Devonshire Regiment [48] Labour Corps [48] Royal Garrison Artillery [35] London Regiment [31] Royal Army Medical Corps [26] Royal Fusiliers [24] Machine Gun Corps [22] The Queen's Regiment [16] Middlesex Regiment [13] Royal Sussex Regiment [13] Royal West Kent Regiment [13] East Surrey Regiment [12] Hampshire Regiment [11] Army Veterinary Corps [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] Northamptonshire Regiment [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] York and Lancaster Regiment [8] Essex Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Honourable Artillery Company [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Shropshire Light Infantry [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Dragoon Guards [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Military Foot Police [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Service

British Army [631] Royal Navy [102] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52] Australian Imperial Force [39] Canadian Expeditionary Force [31] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Last name first letter

S [880] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [857] Merchant Navy [15] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

George Edward Steer

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143983

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George Steer

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33540

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Percy Harold Steer

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284823

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Mordedai Andrew Steer

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283563

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Sidney Herbert Steer

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army G/8442 Private Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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James Albert Steer

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36968

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William Edwin Garrett Steer

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66683

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William Steer

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77153

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Richard Steer

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144789

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Charles Henry Steer

Born 1896

Died 1914

British Army 7734 Private Scots Guards

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Albert Arthur Steer

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army L/16710 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Frederick Steer

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 567 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 240065 Private Devonshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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William Henry Steer

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276298

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Henry George Steer

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8319

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John Bridger Steer

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68569

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James Alfred Steer

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290766

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Gordon Pemberton Steer

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army Captain Somerset Light Infantry attached Wiltshire Regiment

British Army Captain Somerset Light Infantry

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Gordon Wilfred Steer

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 3687 Private London Regiment

British Army 471117 Private London Regiment

British Army 471117 Rifleman London Regiment (The Rangers) 12th (County of London) Battalion

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William Randall Steer

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 239672 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Henry William Steer

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10610

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