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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]

Edward Trethewey

Born 1880

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3186276 Private

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James Trethewey

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army M2/132348 Private Army Service Corps

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William Arthur Trethewey

Born 1897

Royal Navy K47105 Stoker (1)

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Leslie Trethewey

Born 1896

Canadian Expeditionary Force 129926 Bombardier

Canadian Expeditionary Force 129926 Private 72nd Battalion

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Fred Charles Trethewey

Born 1890

British Army 24891 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Albert Trethewey

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 42571 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Frederick Albert Ernest Trethewey

Born 1896

British Army 1651 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1651 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Trethewey

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 3486 Private Royal Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 345457 Private Devonshire Regiment 16th Battalion

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Headley Preston Trethewey

Born 1890

Died 1968

British Army G/7628 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Arnold Trethewey

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 360201

Canadian Expeditionary Force 424430

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Charlie Trethewey

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 82710 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 82710 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Bertram Donne Trethewey

Born 1889

Died 1917

South African Services 129 Second Lieutenant 4th South African Infantry Wounded at Delville Wood as a Private

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William Wallace Trethewey

Born 1897

Died 1976

British Army 689546 Private Labour Corps

British Army 28084 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry 28th Brigade Royal Field Artillery

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Kenneth Frederick Adams Trethewey

Born 1898

Died 1948

South African Services L/2332 Private 7th Infantry (Kimberley Regiment)

South African Services 20660 Act./Lance Corporal 4th. South African Infantry.

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Albert John Trethewey

Born 1899

Died 1979

British Army 48585 Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 2695 Lance Corporal DCLI

British Army 2695 Private DCLI 5th Battalion

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Thomas Richard George Trethewey

Born 1891

South African Services 212 Act./ Lance Corporal. Nyasaland Imperial Contingent Medical Section

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Thomas Teague Trethewey

Born 1874

British Army 153551 Royal Army Medical Corps. 8th Training Battalion

British Army 153551 Private Royal Army Medical Corps. 8th Training Battalion

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William Trethewey

Born 1877

Royal Navy 3397B Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

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William Trethewey

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 19271 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 37220 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 37220 Lance Corporal Somerset Light Infantry

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Edwin Charles Trethewey

Born 1881

Died 1963

British Army S/19157 Staff Serjeant Indian Cavalry Supply Column

British Army S/19157 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Army Service Corps

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