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Devonport, Devon [4]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Fremantle Western Australia [2]

Millbrook, Cornwall [2]

7 Lambhay St, Plymouth, Devon [1]

Bayswater, London [1]

Blandford, Dorset [1]

Bovey Tracey, Devon [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Devon, England [1]

Dorchester, Dorset [1]

East Lulworth, Dorchester, Dorset [1]

Gillingham, Dorset [1]

Heathfield, Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Inverness Scotland [1]

Reading, Berkshire [1]

Riverton [1]

Shaftesbury, Dorset [1]

Tantaivanglo New South Wales [1]

Topsham, Exeter, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [65]

Gunner [11]

Driver [9]

Sapper [7]

Corporal [5]

Serjeant [5]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Captain [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Major [1]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Devonshire Regiment [10]

Labour Corps [10]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps Of Dragoons [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. Courageous [1]

HM Submarine E15 [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hampshire Yeomanry [1]

Home Service Company [1]

Hussars [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Military Mounted Police [1]

Nairobi Defence Force [1]

Non-Combatant Corps [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [114]

Royal Navy [24]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

T [171]

Contribution

Military Service [168]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [171] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Devonport, Devon [4] Plymouth, Devon [3] Fremantle Western Australia [2] Millbrook, Cornwall [2] 7 Lambhay St, Plymouth, Devon [1] Bayswater, London [1] Blandford, Dorset [1] Bovey Tracey, Devon [1] Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Canning Town, London [1] Devon, England [1] Dorchester, Dorset [1] East Lulworth, Dorchester, Dorset [1] Gillingham, Dorset [1] Heathfield, Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Inverness Scotland [1] Reading, Berkshire [1] Riverton [1] Shaftesbury, Dorset [1] Tantaivanglo New South Wales [1] Topsham, Exeter, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [65] Gunner [11] Driver [9] Sapper [7] Corporal [5] Serjeant [5] Second Lieutenant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Lieutenant [2] Pioneer [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Captain [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Lance Corporal [1] Major [1] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1] Sergeant [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Devonshire Regiment [10] Labour Corps [10] Royal Field Artillery [10] Army Service Corps [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Border Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps Of Dragoons [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H.M.S. Courageous [1] HM Submarine E15 [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hampshire Yeomanry [1] Home Service Company [1] Hussars [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Military Mounted Police [1] Nairobi Defence Force [1] Non-Combatant Corps [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [114] Royal Navy [24] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Australian Imperial Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

T [171]

Contribution

Military Service [168] Conscientious Objector [2] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Josiah Stanley Tapper

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy 16410(Po) Private Royal Marine Light Infantry, H.M.S. "Hampshire"

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William Benjamin Tapper

Born 1883

Royal Navy 10158 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Thomas Halse Tapper

Born 1901

Royal Navy 18632 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Sydney Clive Tapper

Born 1900

Royal Navy 20048 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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John James Tapper

Born 1892

British Army 2404 Non-Combatant Corps

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Nelson Tapper

Australian Imperial Force 2230

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Fredrick Harold Tapper

Australian Imperial Force

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Cecil Charles Tapper

Australian Imperial Force W16539

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Edwin John Tapper

Born 1893

Royal Navy 5744 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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Harold Thomas Tapper

Born 1891

Royal Navy 238807

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William Reginald Tapper

Born 1898

Royal Navy F14997

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William Henry Tapper

Born 1897

Royal Navy J23103

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Jack Tapper

Born 1900

Royal Navy J50119

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Francis Tapper

Born 1891

Royal Navy K6093

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George Sidney Tapper

Born 1899

Royal Navy K48296

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Alec Tapper

Born 1893

Royal Navy SS111307

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Robert Henry Tapper

Born 1889

Canadian Expeditionary Force 135885

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Myron Tapper

Born 1886

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3206773

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William Edgar Tapper

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Sydeny Tapper

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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