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Plymouth, Devon [16]

Devonport, Devon [14]

Falmouth, Cornwall [7]

Exeter, Devon [6]

Helston, Cornwall [6]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

Liskeard, Cornwall [5]

Battersea, London [4]

Alexandria New South Wales [3]

Barnstaple, Devon [3]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Looe, Cornwall [3]

Moonta South Australia [3]

Penzance, Cornwall [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Brighton South Australia [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Deniliquin New South Wales [2]

Devon [2]

Echuca Victoria [2]

Falmouth, Cornwall, England [2]

Farina South Australia [2]

Hayle, Cornwall [2]

Ivybridge, Devon [2]

Kadina South Australia [2]

Laura South Australia [2]

Morgan South Australia [2]

Morwell Victoria [2]

Newlyn, Cornwall [2]

Port Melbourne Victoria [2]

Waterloo New South Wales [2]

Weymouth, Dorset, England [2]

Averndale Station South Australia [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barton on Humber, Lincolnshire [1]

Beaconsfield Tasmania [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Blenman South Australia [1]

Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Breage, Cornwall [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset [1]

Brighton [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Broken Hill, New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [362]

Gunner [46]

Serjeant [41]

Sapper [30]

Lieutenant [27]

Corporal [26]

Second Lieutenant [25]

Driver [24]

Captain [18]

Lance Corporal [15]

Major [13]

Acting Corporal [9]

Bombardier [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Able Seaman [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Pioneer [3]

Rifleman [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Colonel [2]

Seaman [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

3rd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Sub Conductor [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain /Formerly Adjutant [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [65]

Army Service Corps [43]

Devonshire Regiment [42]

Royal Garrison Artillery [42]

Royal Field Artillery [38]

Labour Corps [35]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [32]

Royal Army Medical Corps [27]

London Regiment [22]

Somerset Light Infantry [19]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

Welsh Regiment [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Corps of Hussars [6]

Royal Highlanders [6]

Wiltshire Regiment [6]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Honourable Artillery Company [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Scots [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Royal Devonshire Yeomanry [4]

Royal North Devon Yeomanry [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Scots Guards [4]

Scottish Rifles [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [626]

Royal Navy [149]

Australian Imperial Force [93]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [65]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

South African Services [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [1034]

W [2]

F [1]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1003]

Merchant Navy [23]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [16] Devonport, Devon [14] Falmouth, Cornwall [7] Exeter, Devon [6] Helston, Cornwall [6] Sydney New South Wales [6] Liskeard, Cornwall [5] Battersea, London [4] Alexandria New South Wales [3] Barnstaple, Devon [3] Bendigo Victoria [3] Looe, Cornwall [3] Moonta South Australia [3] Penzance, Cornwall [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Brighton South Australia [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Camberwell, London [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Deniliquin New South Wales [2] Devon [2] Echuca Victoria [2] Falmouth, Cornwall, England [2] Farina South Australia [2] Hayle, Cornwall [2] Ivybridge, Devon [2] Kadina South Australia [2] Laura South Australia [2] Morgan South Australia [2] Morwell Victoria [2] Newlyn, Cornwall [2] Port Melbourne Victoria [2] Waterloo New South Wales [2] Weymouth, Dorset, England [2] Averndale Station South Australia [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barton on Humber, Lincolnshire [1] Beaconsfield Tasmania [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Blenman South Australia [1] Bodmin, Cornwall [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Breage, Cornwall [1] Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Brighton [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Broken Hill, New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [362] Gunner [46] Serjeant [41] Sapper [30] Lieutenant [27] Corporal [26] Second Lieutenant [25] Driver [24] Captain [18] Lance Corporal [15] Major [13] Acting Corporal [9] Bombardier [9] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Acting Serjeant [8] Able Seaman [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Staff Nurse [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Ordinary Seaman [3] Pioneer [3] Rifleman [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Colonel [2] Seaman [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 3rd Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Sub Conductor [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Brigadier General [1] Bugler [1] Captain /Formerly Adjutant [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1] Colonel [1] Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [65] Army Service Corps [43] Devonshire Regiment [42] Royal Garrison Artillery [42] Royal Field Artillery [38] Labour Corps [35] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [32] Royal Army Medical Corps [27] London Regiment [22] Somerset Light Infantry [19] Royal Fusiliers [16] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Hampshire Regiment [10] Machine Gun Corps [10] Rifle Brigade [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] Durham Light Infantry [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [8] Royal Naval Division [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] Welsh Regiment [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Canadian Infantry [7] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] Corps of Hussars [6] Royal Highlanders [6] Wiltshire Regiment [6] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [5] Honourable Artillery Company [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Scots [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Royal Devonshire Yeomanry [4] Royal North Devon Yeomanry [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Scots Guards [4] Scottish Rifles [4] West Riding Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [626] Royal Navy [149] Australian Imperial Force [93] Canadian Expeditionary Force [65] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12] South African Services [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [1034] W [2] F [1] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1003] Merchant Navy [23] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Henry Ironside Symons

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 7939 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 296812 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 138th Heavy Battery

British Army 296812 Lance Bomardier Royal Garrison Artillery 138th Heavy Battery

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Albert Symons

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220320

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Thomas Collin Symons

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230764

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William John Worth Symons

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210896

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Charles William Symons

Born 1896

Royal Navy Z/462 Royal Naval Division

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Philip Erswell Symons

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214508

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Percival Anthony Symons

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226673

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Lewis Symons

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19024

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Percy Symons

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232445

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Harold Harrap Symons

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246796

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Frederick Gordon Symons

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots Fusiliers attached Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots Fusiliers attached Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Alfred Symons

Died 1918

British Army 6399 Acting Corporal London Regiment

British Army 633244 Acting Corporal London Regiment

British Army 633244 Lance Corporal London Regiment

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Elijah Symons

Died 1918

British Army 61087 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 58985 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Alfred Thomas Symons

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 10553 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Clifford Symons

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2329 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 203145 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 203145 Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

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Ernest George Symons

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 408 Serjeant Royal North Devon Yeomanry

British Army 408 Serjeant Corps of Hussars

British Army 408 Serjeant Royal North Devon Hussars

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Charles Symons

Died 1917

British Army 16564 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Frederick George Symons

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 42467 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Charles Handley Lanphier Symons

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Charles Shepherd Symons

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 3003 Private Royal Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 345319 Private Devonshire Regiment

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