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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]

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Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Battersea, South West London [1]

Bayfield, Huron County, Ontario [1]

Belgrave, Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

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Bodmin, Cornwall [1]

Bombala New South Wales [1]

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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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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]

Gilbert Hugh Peter Toms

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 472923

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Arthur George St. John Toms

Born 1895

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force Canadian Infantry (East Ontario Regiment) 21st Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 59994 Pte Canadian Infantry (East Ontario Regiment) 21st

Canadian Expeditionary Force 59994 Private Canadian Infantry

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Alfred Henry Toms

Born 1866

Died 1918

Royal Navy DEV A.90 Petty Officer 1st Class Royal Fleet Reserve

Royal Navy 118290 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS Vivid

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Reginald Gillingham Toms

Born 1893

Died 1924

British Army 1552 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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John Toms

Born 1877

Died 1914

Royal Navy 170693 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS Good Hope

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George William Toms

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260028

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Malcolm Ernest Toms

Born 1888

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 77613 Private Gordon Highlanders

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John Mark 'jack' Toms

Born 1899

Died 1918

Royal Navy DA 16477 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 16477/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve: H.M. Drifter "Bloom"

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William Henry Toms

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy B.Z/3366 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Bristol Z/3366 Telegraphist Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Bristol Z/3366 Telegraphist Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. "Victory."

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Arthur Toms

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 1200 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 1200 Acting Corporal Rifle Brigade

British Army 1200 Corporal Rifle Brigade

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Charles Henry Toms

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 9426 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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John Robert Toms

Died 1918

British Army 114878 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Albert Toms

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94726

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Geoffrey Gibbs Toms

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2475 Drummer London Regiment

British Army 2475 Private London Regiment

British Army 2475 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 4th (City of London) Battalion

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Frederick James Toms

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy J25702

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Mary Rose

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Reginald Toms

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230445

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William Edward Toms

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 3031 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 240691 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Albert Edward Toms

Died 1915

British Army 8936 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Sidney R Toms

Died 1918

British Army 65198 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Charles W Toms

Died 1917

British Army A/1975 Armourer Serjeant Army Ordnance Corps

British Army A/1975 Staff Serjeant Army Ordnance Corps

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