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Place of birth

London [3]

Aghada, Cork [1]

Barnahely, Cork [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Barony, Glasgow [1]

Bicester, Oxfordshire [1]

Binsted, Hants [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Cornwall, Stormont, Ontario [1]

Dymock, Gloucestershire [1]

Emsworth, Hampshire [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Highworth, Wiltshire [1]

Huby, Yorkshire. [1]

Mandalay [1]

Mappowder, Dorset [1]

Melton Abbott, Devon [1]

Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Plymouth [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Plympton Saint Mary, Devon [1]

Portland Dorset [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Southampton, Hampshire [1]

St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex [1]

St Monance [1]

St. Monans, Fifeshire [1]

St.Luke's, Islington, Middlesex. [1]

Stafford [1]

Stepney, London [1]

Tavistock, Devon [1]

Ugborough, Devon [1]

Wandsworth Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [77]

Gunner [41]

Serjeant [13]

Corporal [10]

Lieutenant [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Boy 1st Class [7]

Boy 2nd Class [7]

Lance Corporal [7]

Leading Stoker [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Sapper [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Acting Leading Stoker [5]

Stoker Petty Officer [5]

Bombardier [4]

Captain [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lance Bombardier [4]

Stoker [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Driver [2]

Stoker II [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Mechanician [1]

Admiral [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Blk 4 [1]

Boatman [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chaplain and Instructor Commander [1]

Chaplain and Naval Instructor [1]

Chief Petty Officer (Coast Guard) [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Fireman [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Instructor Commander [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Boatman [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant Adjutant [1]

Unit

Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry [57]

Cornwall Royal Garrison Artillery [42]

Royal Garrison Artillery Cornwall [28]

Special Reserve Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry [20]

HMS Cornwall [17]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [13]

HMS Ajax [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

HMS Erin [4]

HMS Vivid II [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Cornwall [3]

Cornwall Light Infantry [3]

HMS Black Prince [3]

Royal Engineers Cornwall [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

5th Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry [2]

Cornwall Royal Engineers [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

HMS Excellent [2]

HMS Fisgard [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Indus [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

HMS Vivid I [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers Cornwall Fort [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

1/4th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

20th Cornwall Light Infantry [1]

2nd Cornwall Regiment [1]

2nd Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry Late [1]

4/5th Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry Transport [1]

5th Reserve Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

6th General Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps 81st Field Ambulance [1]

7th Battalion Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry [1]

88th Carnatic Infantry [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Cornwall Cadet Corps [1]

Cornwall Company Royal Engineers Army Troops [1]

Cornwall Depot [1]

Cornwall Fortress Engineers/Royal Engineers [1]

Cornwall Royal Field Artillery [1]

Cornwall Works Corps [1]

Service

British Army [182]

Royal Navy [26]

Other Empire Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

A [33]

C [25]

B [23]

G [15]

H [15]

S [13]

W [12]

D [11]

P [10]

T [9]

F [8]

M [8]

J [6]

R [6]

K [4]

N [3]

E [2]

I [2]

L [2]

O [2]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [204]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Canada [1]

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People [211] Stories Communities

Place of birth

London [3] Aghada, Cork [1] Barnahely, Cork [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Barony, Glasgow [1] Bicester, Oxfordshire [1] Binsted, Hants [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Cornwall, Stormont, Ontario [1] Dymock, Gloucestershire [1] Emsworth, Hampshire [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Highworth, Wiltshire [1] Huby, Yorkshire. [1] Mandalay [1] Mappowder, Dorset [1] Melton Abbott, Devon [1] Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] Plymouth [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Plympton Saint Mary, Devon [1] Portland Dorset [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex [1] St Monance [1] St. Monans, Fifeshire [1] St.Luke's, Islington, Middlesex. [1] Stafford [1] Stepney, London [1] Tavistock, Devon [1] Ugborough, Devon [1] Wandsworth Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [77] Gunner [41] Serjeant [13] Corporal [10] Lieutenant [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Boy 1st Class [7] Boy 2nd Class [7] Lance Corporal [7] Leading Stoker [7] Able Seaman [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Sapper [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Acting Leading Stoker [5] Stoker Petty Officer [5] Bombardier [4] Captain [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lance Bombardier [4] Stoker [4] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [2] Deck Hand [2] Driver [2] Stoker II [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Mechanician [1] Admiral [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Blk 4 [1] Boatman [1] Chaplain [1] Chaplain and Instructor Commander [1] Chaplain and Naval Instructor [1] Chief Petty Officer (Coast Guard) [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Fireman [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Instructor Commander [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Boatman [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant Adjutant [1]

Unit

Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry [57] Cornwall Royal Garrison Artillery [42] Royal Garrison Artillery Cornwall [28] Special Reserve Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry [20] HMS Cornwall [17] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [13] HMS Ajax [5] Royal Engineers [5] Devonshire Regiment [4] HMS Erin [4] HMS Vivid II [4] Labour Corps [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Cornwall [3] Cornwall Light Infantry [3] HMS Black Prince [3] Royal Engineers Cornwall [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] 5th Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry [2] Cornwall Royal Engineers [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] HMS Excellent [2] HMS Fisgard [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Indus [2] HMS Vivid [2] HMS Vivid I [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Engineers Cornwall Fort [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] 1/4th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] 20th Cornwall Light Infantry [1] 2nd Cornwall Regiment [1] 2nd Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry Late [1] 4/5th Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry Transport [1] 5th Reserve Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] 6th General Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps 81st Field Ambulance [1] 7th Battalion Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry [1] 88th Carnatic Infantry [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Cornwall Cadet Corps [1] Cornwall Company Royal Engineers Army Troops [1] Cornwall Depot [1] Cornwall Fortress Engineers/Royal Engineers [1] Cornwall Royal Field Artillery [1] Cornwall Works Corps [1]

Service

British Army [182] Royal Navy [26] Other Empire Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

A [33] C [25] B [23] G [15] H [15] S [13] W [12] D [11] P [10] T [9] F [8] M [8] J [6] R [6] K [4] N [3] E [2] I [2] L [2] O [2] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [204]

Country

United Kingdom [16] Canada [1]

Frederick Charles Steward Crabb

Born 1898

Died 1940

Royal Navy M25098

Royal Navy M25098 Blk 4 Cornwall

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Hugh Willoughby Batterham

Born 1896

Died 1931

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy midshipman Cornwall

Royal Navy acting sub-lieutenant Cornwall

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Zaccheus Charles Northover

Born 1898

Died 1965

British Army 38122 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 38122 Private Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry 1st Battalion

British Army Private 44th Training Reserve Battalion

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Sidney Charles Tiller

Born 1898

Royal Navy J38784

Royal Navy Cornwall

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Albert John Cornelius

Born 1897

Royal Navy J24626 Able Seaman HMS Cornwall

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William Jervis

Born 1866

Died 1919

Royal Navy 115760 Chief Petty Officer (Coast Guard) H.M.C.G. Station (Par, Cornwall)

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Joseph Tideswell

Born 1891

Died 1924

Royal Navy SS109118 Stoker 1st Class HMS Cornwall

Royal Navy K17369 Leading Stoker HMS Nottingham

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Edward George Way

Born 1897

Died 1979

British Army 36339 Serjeant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 27271 Serjeant Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 36339 Sargeant Duke of Cornwall light infantry 1st Battalion

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Thomas Henry Egerton

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 28957 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 28957 Private Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry 7th

British Army 28957 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Percy Andrew

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 2240 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 2240 Private Duke Of Cornwall Light Infantry 1st/5th Battalion

British Army 2240 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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George Dickson

Born 1880

British Army 19598 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 295550 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 6463 Private Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry

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William Henry Rowe

Born 1885

Royal Navy 214505 Boy 2nd Class

Royal Navy 214505 Boy 1st Class

Royal Navy 214505 Ordinary Seaman HMS Hyacinth

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Michael Henry Hodges

Born 1874

Died 1951

Royal Navy Admiral

Royal Navy Captain HMS Indomitable

Royal Navy Captain HMS Cornwall

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Albert Aldred

Died 1918

British Army 27123 Private Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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Thomas Bernard Lawrence

Born 1895

Died 1956

British Army Captain General List

British Army 3/6289 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 2 Battalion

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Rita Mary Bennetts

Born 1893

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Nursing Sister West Cornwall Infirmary, Penzance

Other Empire Force Nursing Sister Welsh Hospital, Netley "H" Ward

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Alexander Gillespie Watson

Born 1897

Canadian Expeditionary Force 346841 Gunner

Other Empire Force Cornwall Cadet Corps

Canadian Expeditionary Force Siege & Heavy Artillery

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Albert George Skinner

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 8797 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 8797 Private Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry 2nd Batt

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Edgar Ball

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 3081 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 3081 Private Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry 1st/5th

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Thomas C Gale

British Army 10436 Private Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry 1st Batallion

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