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Devonport, Devon [6]

Ballarat Victoria [4]

Brixham, Devon [4]

Armidale New South Wales [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Dartmouth, Devon [2]

Falmouth, Cornwall [2]

Gawler South Australia [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Auburn Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bridgetown Western Australia [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Camden Town, London [1]

Camden Town, Middlesex [1]

Carrick On Suir [1]

Chilcompton, Bath, Somerset [1]

Chiswick, Middlesex, England [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Clarence Street, Dartmouth, Devon [1]

Coaley Dursley, Gloucestershire [1]

Cornwall England [1]

Dartmouth, Devon, England [1]

Dawlish, Devon [1]

Dungarvan, County Waterford [1]

Dungarvan, Waterford [1]

East Battersea, London [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Gloucestershire [1]

Greenwich, Kent [1]

Kernsham, Somerset [1]

Keynsham, Somerset [1]

Kilgobnet, Waterford [1]

Leeds England [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Mangotsfield, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Mitcham, Surrey, England [1]

Much Marcle, Herefordshire [1]

North Petherton, Somerset [1]

Peckham, London South East [1]

Plumstead, Kent [1]

Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1]

Poplar, Middlesex [1]

Portland, Somerset, England [1]

Seaford, Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [164]

Gunner [18]

Corporal [14]

Sapper [14]

Serjeant [13]

Lieutenant [9]

Driver [7]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Captain [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Commander [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Driver Saddler [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Pioneer [2]

Signaller Bombardier [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Joiner [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Carpenter's Crew [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Manager [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Vice Admiral [1]

Vice-Admiral [1]

Volunteer [1]

Unit

London Regiment [19]

Royal Engineers [19]

Army Service Corps [17]

Devonshire Regiment [17]

Labour Corps [16]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Gloucestershire Regiment [13]

Worcestershire Regiment [12]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [9]

Somerset Light Infantry [9]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Irish Regiment [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Transport [1]

Australian Engineers [1]

Australian Field Artillery [1]

Canada Pioneers [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion/Central Ontario Regiment [1]

Cape Town Highlanders [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [253]

Royal Navy [46]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [27]

Australian Imperial Force [20]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

V [382]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [375]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Ireland [1]

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People [383] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Devonport, Devon [6] Ballarat Victoria [4] Brixham, Devon [4] Armidale New South Wales [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Dartmouth, Devon [2] Falmouth, Cornwall [2] Gawler South Australia [2] London, Middlesex [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Auburn Victoria [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bow, London [1] Bridgetown Western Australia [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Camden Town, London [1] Camden Town, Middlesex [1] Carrick On Suir [1] Chilcompton, Bath, Somerset [1] Chiswick, Middlesex, England [1] Clapham, London [1] Clarence Street, Dartmouth, Devon [1] Coaley Dursley, Gloucestershire [1] Cornwall England [1] Dartmouth, Devon, England [1] Dawlish, Devon [1] Dungarvan, County Waterford [1] Dungarvan, Waterford [1] East Battersea, London [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Gloucestershire [1] Greenwich, Kent [1] Kernsham, Somerset [1] Keynsham, Somerset [1] Kilgobnet, Waterford [1] Leeds England [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Mangotsfield, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Mitcham, Surrey, England [1] Much Marcle, Herefordshire [1] North Petherton, Somerset [1] Peckham, London South East [1] Plumstead, Kent [1] Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1] Poplar, Middlesex [1] Portland, Somerset, England [1] Seaford, Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [164] Gunner [18] Corporal [14] Sapper [14] Serjeant [13] Lieutenant [9] Driver [7] Second Lieutenant [6] Lance Corporal [5] Captain [4] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Commander [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Driver Saddler [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Pioneer [2] Signaller Bombardier [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Joiner [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Carpenter's Crew [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Manager [1] Serjeant Major [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Vice Admiral [1] Vice-Admiral [1] Volunteer [1]

Unit

London Regiment [19] Royal Engineers [19] Army Service Corps [17] Devonshire Regiment [17] Labour Corps [16] Royal Field Artillery [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Gloucestershire Regiment [13] Worcestershire Regiment [12] Machine Gun Corps [10] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [9] Somerset Light Infantry [9] Royal Fusiliers [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Hampshire Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Grenadier Guards [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Irish Regiment [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps Transport [1] Australian Engineers [1] Australian Field Artillery [1] Canada Pioneers [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion/Central Ontario Regiment [1] Cape Town Highlanders [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [253] Royal Navy [46] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27] Canadian Expeditionary Force [27] Australian Imperial Force [20] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

V [382] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [375] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6] Ireland [1]

Richard Veale

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 64990 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Theodore William Henry Veale

Born 1890

Died 1980

British Army 10799 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 564359 Corporal Labour Corps

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Sydney Thomas Veale

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19030

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Albert Veale

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1700 Private Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Veale

Died 1916

British Army S/7292 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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William Dawson Veale

Died 1916

British Army PS/10296 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Harold Veale

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army L/1079 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Ernest Edward Veale

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 4915 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 266719 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 266719 Lance Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment

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Percy Harold Veale

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 18824 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 39044 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Noel Arthur George Veale

Died 1916

British Army 10873 Private Essex Regiment

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Martin Veale

Died 1916

British Army 38322 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 38322 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Thomas Veale

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 3905 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 190667 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 88774 Private Liverpool Regiment

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George Veale

Died 1916

British Army M2/117292 Private Army Service Corps

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Frank Veale

Died 1916

British Army 3/5060 Lance Corporal Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 3/5060 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Edward Alexander Veale

Died 1918

British Army 1854 Private London Regiment

British Army 1854 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 470216 Corporal London Regiment

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Percy Ellsworth Veale

Born 1898

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 757452

Canadian Expeditionary Force 757452 Private Canadian Infantry

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Robert Veale

Born 1882

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 13561

Canadian Expeditionary Force 13561 Private Canadian Infantry

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Percival Colin Veale

Australian Imperial Force 2913

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David Francis Veale

Australian Imperial Force 3293

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George Veale

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45509

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