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St Austell, Cornwall [10]

Roche, Cornwall [4]

St Stephens, Cornwall [4]

St Columb, Cornwall [3]

Tavistock, Devon [3]

Bodmin, Cornwall [2]

Chilliwack, British Columbia [2]

Gunnislake, Cornwall [2]

St Columb Minor, Cornwall [2]

St Stephen in Brannel, Cornwall [2]

St Tudy, Cornwall [2]

Auckland [1]

Bloemfontein [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Callington, Cornwall [1]

Calstock, Cornwall [1]

Capetown [1]

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Eaglehawk, Victoria [1]

Fingall, St Mary's, Tasmania [1]

Footscray, Victoria [1]

Foxhole, Cornwall [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Hanwell, Middlesex [1]

Kalgoorlie Western Australia [1]

London [1]

Melbourne [1]

Melbourne, Victoria [1]

New Germany, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia [1]

New Germany, Nova Scotia [1]

Newlyn East, Cornwall [1]

Newquay, Cornwall [1]

Orange New South Wales [1]

Orange, New South Wales [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Plympton, Devon [1]

Port Sydney, Muskoka [1]

Roche [1]

Rockhampton, Queensland [1]

Ruapuna, Ashburton [1]

Saint Austell, Cornwall [1]

Saint Stephens, Cornwall [1]

Saulte Sainte Marie, Ontario [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

South Yarra, Victoria [1]

St Austell RD [1]

St Austell RD, Cornwall [1]

St Austell Reg. District, Cornwall [1]

St Columb, Cornwall, [1]

Rank

Private [63]

Gunner [8]

Corporal [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Stoker (1st Class) [4]

Sergeant [3]

Serjeant [3]

Stoker (1) [3]

Driver [2]

Warrant Officer [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Act./ Lance Corporal. [1]

Act./Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Airman (3) [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer (2) [1]

Clerk 3rd Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer (2) [1]

General Worker [1]

Hon. 2nd Lieutenant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Officer Cadet [1]

Pilot (2nd Class) [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private (1st Class Engineer) [1]

Private (2) [1]

Private (2nd Class) [1]

Private 1st Class [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Sapper [1]

Seaman [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

fitter [1]

Unit

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [13]

Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

American Expeditionary Force [2]

DCLI [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

RAF [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

11th Battalion; 70th Battalion [1]

18 D Battalion [1]

1st Light Horse Regiment [1]

1st Pioneers [1]

1st South African Infantry Brigade [1]

25th Battalion [1]

26 Battalion [1]

29th Reinforcements [1]

34th Engineers - US Corps of Engineers [1]

39th Battalion [1]

49 Wing [1]

4th Field Artillery [1]

4th South African Infantry [1]

4th. South African Infantry. [1]

51 Squadron [1]

59th Batt. [1]

6th Field Artillery Brigade [1]

704 Labour Corps [1]

72nd Battalion [1]

79th Battalion [1]

7th Infantry (Kimberley Regiment) [1]

9th Battalion [1]

Alberta Regiment [1]

American Expeditionary Force - 107th Engineers [1]

American Expeditionary Force - 16th Infantry [1]

American Expeditionary Force - 34th Engineers [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

British Red Cross [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Garrison Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [60]

Royal Navy [14]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Australian Imperial Force [9]

Other Empire Force [6]

South African Services [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

T [114]

Contribution

Military Service [95]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

South Africa [3]

United States [2]

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Place of birth

St Austell, Cornwall [10] Roche, Cornwall [4] St Stephens, Cornwall [4] St Columb, Cornwall [3] Tavistock, Devon [3] Bodmin, Cornwall [2] Chilliwack, British Columbia [2] Gunnislake, Cornwall [2] St Columb Minor, Cornwall [2] St Stephen in Brannel, Cornwall [2] St Tudy, Cornwall [2] Auckland [1] Bloemfontein [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Callington, Cornwall [1] Calstock, Cornwall [1] Capetown [1] Dartmouth, Nova Scotia [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Eaglehawk, Victoria [1] Fingall, St Mary's, Tasmania [1] Footscray, Victoria [1] Foxhole, Cornwall [1] Fulham, London [1] Hanwell, Middlesex [1] Kalgoorlie Western Australia [1] London [1] Melbourne [1] Melbourne, Victoria [1] New Germany, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia [1] New Germany, Nova Scotia [1] Newlyn East, Cornwall [1] Newquay, Cornwall [1] Orange New South Wales [1] Orange, New South Wales [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Plympton, Devon [1] Port Sydney, Muskoka [1] Roche [1] Rockhampton, Queensland [1] Ruapuna, Ashburton [1] Saint Austell, Cornwall [1] Saint Stephens, Cornwall [1] Saulte Sainte Marie, Ontario [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] South Yarra, Victoria [1] St Austell RD [1] St Austell RD, Cornwall [1] St Austell Reg. District, Cornwall [1] St Columb, Cornwall, [1]

Rank

Private [63] Gunner [8] Corporal [6] Lance Corporal [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Stoker (1st Class) [4] Sergeant [3] Serjeant [3] Stoker (1) [3] Driver [2] Warrant Officer [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Act./ Lance Corporal. [1] Act./Lance Corporal [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Airman (3) [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer (2) [1] Clerk 3rd Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer (2) [1] General Worker [1] Hon. 2nd Lieutenant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Officer Cadet [1] Pilot (2nd Class) [1] Pioneer [1] Private (1st Class Engineer) [1] Private (2) [1] Private (2nd Class) [1] Private 1st Class [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Sapper [1] Seaman [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] fitter [1]

Unit

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [13] Army Service Corps [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Labour Corps [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] American Expeditionary Force [2] DCLI [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] RAF [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Engineers [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 11th Battalion; 70th Battalion [1] 18 D Battalion [1] 1st Light Horse Regiment [1] 1st Pioneers [1] 1st South African Infantry Brigade [1] 25th Battalion [1] 26 Battalion [1] 29th Reinforcements [1] 34th Engineers - US Corps of Engineers [1] 39th Battalion [1] 49 Wing [1] 4th Field Artillery [1] 4th South African Infantry [1] 4th. South African Infantry. [1] 51 Squadron [1] 59th Batt. [1] 6th Field Artillery Brigade [1] 704 Labour Corps [1] 72nd Battalion [1] 79th Battalion [1] 7th Infantry (Kimberley Regiment) [1] 9th Battalion [1] Alberta Regiment [1] American Expeditionary Force - 107th Engineers [1] American Expeditionary Force - 16th Infantry [1] American Expeditionary Force - 34th Engineers [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Australian Infantry Battalion [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] British Red Cross [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Garrison Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [60] Royal Navy [14] Canadian Expeditionary Force [12] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Australian Imperial Force [9] Other Empire Force [6] South African Services [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

T [114]

Contribution

Military Service [95]

Country

United Kingdom [7] South Africa [3] United States [2]

Wilfred Henry Trethewey

Born 1893

Died 1927

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army 241341 Private Royal West Kents 2nd 5th Battalion

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William John Trethewey

Born 1891

Died 1954

Other Empire Force American Expeditionary Force

Other Empire Force 3129334 Private 1st Class 34th Engineers - US Corps of Engineers

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Edwin Clifford Trethewey

Born 1887

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 8218 Gunner 6th Field Artillery Brigade 17th Battery

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Henry Trethewey

Born 1895

British Army T4/035782 Driver Royal Army Service Corps 487 H/T Corps.

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William Reginald Trethewey

Born 1890

Died 1969

British Army M2/115890 Corporal Army Service Corps

British Army M2/115890 Acting Sergeant Army Service Corps

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Richard Docton Trethewey

Born 1874

Died 1956

British Army SS/14220 Private Acting Corporal Army Service Corps

British Army SS/14220 Corporal Army Service Corps

British Army 308975 Corporal Labour Corps

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George Trethewey

Born 1897

Died 1984

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 735 Private J Coy 17th Reinforcements

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 5/455 previously 27397 Private Canterbury Infantry Regiment New Zealand Entrenching Battalion

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Charles William Trethewey

Born 1885

Died 1959

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3203098 Private Nova Scotia Regiment

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Warren Earle Trethewey

Born 1895

Canadian Expeditionary Force 477925 Sergeant Canadian Army Medical Corps

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Norman Thomas Trethewey

Born 1895

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1953 Private 1st Pioneers

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Leonard Trethewey

Born 1875

British Army 116318 Pioneer Royal Engineers 5th Labour Corps

British Army 292334 Private 704 Labour Corps

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Howard Earle Trethewey

Born 1895

Died 1954

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3210979 Private Alberta Regiment 1st Depot Bn

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Orville Frederick Trethewey

Born 1895

Died 1941

Canadian Expeditionary Force 649208 Private

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Leon Trethewey

Born 1893

Died 1983

British Army 49526 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 321529 Private

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 321529 Hon. 2nd Lieutenant RAF

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Reginald Victor Trethewey

Born 1889

Australian Imperial Force 2380 Private 39th Battalion

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Edwin Trethewey

Born 1876

British Army SS/14332 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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Garnet Edward Trethewey

Born 1895

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2383665 Private Canadian Infantry 43rd Battalion

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Percy Edwin Trethewey

Born 1891

Australian Imperial Force 6806 Gunner 4th Field Artillery 4th battery

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William Trethewey

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 19271 Lance Corporal Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 2158 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 5th Battalion

British Army 37220 Lance Corporal Somerset Light Infantry 12th Battalion

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Harold William Trethewey

Born 1892

Died 1921

Australian Imperial Force 554 Warrant Officer 59th Batt.

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