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Plymouth, Devon [11]

Looe, Cornwall [4]

Bulahdelah New South Wales [3]

Lyme Regis, Dorset [3]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Clunes Victoria [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Dorchester, Dorset [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Kingsbridge, Devon [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Liskeard, Cornwall [2]

Newquay, Cornwall [2]

Rockhampton Queensland [2]

Saint Germans, Cornwall [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

Upway, Dorset [2]

Abbotsbury, Dorset [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Alresford, Hampshire [1]

Aveton Gifford, Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Axminster, Devon [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Battersea, South West London [1]

Bayfield, Huron County, Ontario [1]

Belgrave, Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

Bombala New South Wales [1]

Bowen Queensland [1]

Bristol [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Bulladeen New South Wales [1]

Burnmouth, Hampshire [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Christchurch, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Devon [1]

Devonport, Devon, England [1]

Dorset [1]

Downderry, Cornwall [1]

Dublin [1]

East Looe, Cornwall, England [1]

Eastbourne Sussex [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Epsom [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [265]

Gunner [48]

Serjeant [27]

Driver [23]

Corporal [22]

Sapper [19]

Lance Corporal [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Bombardier [6]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Pioneer [4]

Captain [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Dresser [2]

Petty Officer 1st Class [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Transport Corporal [2]

2nd Lieut [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer Serjeant [1]

Captain Brevet Major [1]

Captain Flight Commander [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Commissioned Engineer [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Drummer [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Nurse [1]

Orderly Room Serjeant [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Pte [1]

Quarter Master and Captain [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [37]

Army Service Corps [33]

Royal Field Artillery [32]

Labour Corps [29]

Royal Garrison Artillery [27]

London Regiment [26]

Dorsetshire Regiment [24]

Devonshire Regiment [18]

Hampshire Regiment [17]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

Middlesex Regiment [13]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [12]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Rifle Brigade [10]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Engineers Transport [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Dragoon Guards [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

HMS LION [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Guernsey Light Infantry [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Canadian Field Artillery [2]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [2]

Corps of Dragoons [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Dorset Yeomanry [2]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [430]

Royal Navy [101]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [41]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32]

Australian Imperial Force [32]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

T [659]

C [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [639]

Merchant Navy [15]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [11] Looe, Cornwall [4] Bulahdelah New South Wales [3] Lyme Regis, Dorset [3] Brisbane Queensland [2] Clunes Victoria [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Dorchester, Dorset [2] Dover, Kent [2] Kingsbridge, Devon [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Liskeard, Cornwall [2] Newquay, Cornwall [2] Rockhampton Queensland [2] Saint Germans, Cornwall [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Southampton, Hampshire, England [2] Upway, Dorset [2] Abbotsbury, Dorset [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Alresford, Hampshire [1] Aveton Gifford, Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Axminster, Devon [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Battersea, South West London [1] Bayfield, Huron County, Ontario [1] Belgrave, Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bodmin, Cornwall [1] Bombala New South Wales [1] Bowen Queensland [1] Bristol [1] Brixton, London [1] Bulladeen New South Wales [1] Burnmouth, Hampshire [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Christchurch, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Devon [1] Devonport, Devon, England [1] Dorset [1] Downderry, Cornwall [1] Dublin [1] East Looe, Cornwall, England [1] Eastbourne Sussex [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Epsom [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Falmouth, Cornwall [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [265] Gunner [48] Serjeant [27] Driver [23] Corporal [22] Sapper [19] Lance Corporal [9] Lieutenant [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Acting Corporal [7] Bombardier [6] Able Seaman [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Pioneer [4] Captain [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Dresser [2] Petty Officer 1st Class [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Transport Corporal [2] 2nd Lieut [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer Serjeant [1] Captain Brevet Major [1] Captain Flight Commander [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Commissioned Engineer [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Drummer [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Nurse [1] Orderly Room Serjeant [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Pte [1] Quarter Master and Captain [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [37] Army Service Corps [33] Royal Field Artillery [32] Labour Corps [29] Royal Garrison Artillery [27] London Regiment [26] Dorsetshire Regiment [24] Devonshire Regiment [18] Hampshire Regiment [17] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] Middlesex Regiment [13] Royal Fusiliers [13] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [12] Machine Gun Corps [10] Rifle Brigade [10] East Surrey Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] Royal Berkshire Regiment [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Engineers Transport [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Border Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Dragoon Guards [3] Essex Regiment [3] HMS LION [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Guernsey Light Infantry [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Canadian Field Artillery [2] Canadian Mounted Rifles [2] Corps of Dragoons [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Dorset Yeomanry [2] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [430] Royal Navy [101] Canadian Expeditionary Force [41] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32] Australian Imperial Force [32] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

T [659] C [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [639] Merchant Navy [15] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10] Canada [1]

Edward John Toms

Born 1876

Died 1960

British Army 12607 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Cecil Arthur Toms

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 375586 Private London Regiment

British Army 375586 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Eli Joseph Toms

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 17790 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Hugh Wilfred Toms

Born 1898

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654440

Canadian Expeditionary Force 654440 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private Western Ontario Regiment 18th Battalion

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James Toms

Died 1918

British Army 16879 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 75225 Private Royal Defence Corps 253rd Protection Coy

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William John Toms

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217646

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Charles Frederick William Toms

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106969

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John Toms

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401338

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Arthur Gibbs Toms

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92525

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James F Toms

Died 1918

British Army 38903 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1st Batallion

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Edward George Toms

Born 1896

Died 1920

British Army 72740 Gunner Royal Horse & Royal Field Artillery 31st Battery

British Army 72740 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery "D" Bty. 256th Bde.

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Henry John Toms

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 93070

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George Gilbert Toms

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 9371 Lance Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 9371 Acting Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 9371 Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment

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Arthur Toms

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214869

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John Toms

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224007

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Albert John Toms

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236254

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Ernest H Toms

Died 1918

British Army 740410 Private London Regiment

British Army 740410 Private London Regiment (Cyclists)

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Arthur Woodland Toms

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Scottish Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Albert W Toms

Died 1918

British Army 400408 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 235300 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Stanley Muir Toms

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment 18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles)

British Army 3898 Private London Regiment 18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles)

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