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Plymouth, Devon [5]

Barnstaple, Devon [3]

Exeter, Devon [3]

Bampton, Devon [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Calstock, Cornwall [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Dubbo New South Wales [2]

Dunsford, Devon [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kerang Victoria [2]

Lostwithiel, Cornwall [2]

Rochester, Kent [2]

Sidmouth, Devon [2]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Ballinkey, Antrim [1]

Barrow, Lancashire [1]

Bideford, Devon [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Boot, Cornwall [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Buckland, Hampshire [1]

Bude, Cornwall [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camperdown Victoria [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Christchurch, Hampshire [1]

Christow, Devon [1]

Cowra New South Wales [1]

Devon [1]

Devonshire England [1]

Dulveston, Somerset [1]

Dummet, Hampshire [1]

Dunedoo New South Wales [1]

East Molesey, Surrey [1]

Exmouth [1]

Exmouth, Devon [1]

Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

Frome, Somerset [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Hong Kong [1]

Lincoln New South Wales [1]

Lincoln Queensland [1]

Liskeara England [1]

Littlehampton, Devon [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Rank

Private [195]

Sapper [22]

Serjeant [16]

Gunner [15]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Corporal [11]

Driver [11]

Lance Corporal [11]

Lieutenant [11]

Captain [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Acting Corporal [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Pioneer [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Accounts Clerk [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Commissary [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Drummer [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant and Commander [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [38]

Royal Engineers [28]

Labour Corps [22]

London Regiment [22]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [16]

Army Service Corps [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Welsh Regiment [11]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Wiltshire Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Service

British Army [287]

Royal Navy [66]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [46]

Australian Imperial Force [23]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

Y [457]

Contribution

Military Service [451]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

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Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [5] Barnstaple, Devon [3] Exeter, Devon [3] Bampton, Devon [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Calstock, Cornwall [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Dubbo New South Wales [2] Dunsford, Devon [2] Islington, London [2] Kerang Victoria [2] Lostwithiel, Cornwall [2] Rochester, Kent [2] Sidmouth, Devon [2] Ballarat Victoria [1] Ballinkey, Antrim [1] Barrow, Lancashire [1] Bideford, Devon [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Boot, Cornwall [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Buckland, Hampshire [1] Bude, Cornwall [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camperdown Victoria [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Christchurch, Hampshire [1] Christow, Devon [1] Cowra New South Wales [1] Devon [1] Devonshire England [1] Dulveston, Somerset [1] Dummet, Hampshire [1] Dunedoo New South Wales [1] East Molesey, Surrey [1] Exmouth [1] Exmouth, Devon [1] Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] Frome, Somerset [1] Gibraltar [1] Hong Kong [1] Lincoln New South Wales [1] Lincoln Queensland [1] Liskeara England [1] Littlehampton, Devon [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Rank

Private [195] Sapper [22] Serjeant [16] Gunner [15] Second Lieutenant [13] Corporal [11] Driver [11] Lance Corporal [11] Lieutenant [11] Captain [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Acting Corporal [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major [2] Pioneer [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Accounts Clerk [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Commissary [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Drummer [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant and Commander [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer 2nd Class [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Second Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [38] Royal Engineers [28] Labour Corps [22] London Regiment [22] Royal Field Artillery [20] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [16] Army Service Corps [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Welsh Regiment [11] Machine Gun Corps [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7] East Surrey Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Wiltshire Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] Tank Corps [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Service

British Army [287] Royal Navy [66] Canadian Expeditionary Force [46] Australian Imperial Force [23] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

Y [457]

Contribution

Military Service [451] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Hubert Claude Cater Yeo

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 17862 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 6th Battalion

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Richard Edwin Yeo

Born 1891

Died 1920

British Army 21186 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 21186 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 21186 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 6th Battalion

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Charles Yeo

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122081

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Edward Yeo

Born 1876

British Army 4739 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 4739 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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George Frederick Yeo

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 140263

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John Yeo

Born 1872

Died 1915

Royal Navy 142723 Petty Officer 2nd Class HMS Goliath

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John Yeo

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107238

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Samuel Henry Yeo

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24533

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Claud Yeo

Born 1877

Died 1916

Royal Navy 169147 Chief Petty Officer HMS Indefatigable

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Wesley Charles Yeo

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2642 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Thomas Yeo

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224321

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Charles Sidney Yeo

Born 1894

British Army 533361 Private Labour Corps

British Army 10991 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Everard Lisle Yeo

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 1715 Private London Regiment

British Army 1750 Second Lieutenant 8 Devons

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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John Henry Yeo

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy J4882 Leading Seaman HMS Tiger

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Edward Yeo

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 18529 Private King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army 18529 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Thomas David Yeo

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 19174 Private Wiltshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Arthur Henry Yeo

Born 1894

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 184141

Canadian Expeditionary Force 184141 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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Lloyd Garfield Yeo

Born 1898

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 226191

Canadian Expeditionary Force 226191 Private Canadian Reserve Cavalry Regiment

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William Elphinstone Yeo

Born 1885

Australian Imperial Force 6470 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 21st Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 6470 Lance Corporal 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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Arthur Ernest Yeo

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406047

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