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Place of birth

Axminster, Devon [3]

Bradninch, Devon [2]

Crediton, Devon [2]

Paignton, Devon [2]

34 Mannheim Road, Manningham Bradford Yorkshire [1]

46 Exeter St, Plymouth [1]

Amesbury, Wiltshire [1]

Aston Birmingham [1]

Bampton, Devon [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Barton Regis,Gloucestershire. [1]

Basingstoke, Hants [1]

Bedminster, Bristol [1]

Bideford, Devon [1]

Braishfield, Hampshire [1]

Brize Norton, Oxfordshire [1]

Dulverton, Somerset [1]

East Stonehouse, Plymouth [1]

Exebridge, Somerset [1]

Exeter [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Frome, Somerset [1]

Halwill [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Hemyock Devon [1]

Ilfracombe Devon [1]

Knowstone, Devon [1]

Lucknow [1]

Newbury Berkshire [1]

Newton Abbot [1]

North Tawton, Devon [1]

Pilton, Devon [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Rishton, Lancashire [1]

Samford Peverill, Devon [1]

Shadwell, Middlesex [1]

Shepherd's Bush, Middlesex [1]

St Helier [1]

St. Marys, Blandford, Dorset [1]

Tiverton, Devon [1]

Warminster [1]

West Anstey, Devon [1]

Witheridge, Devon [1]

Woodbury, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [341]

Second Lieutenant [40]

Corporal [25]

Captain [22]

Lieutenant [20]

Lance Corporal [18]

Serjeant [18]

Acting Corporal [9]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Major [5]

Sapper [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Gunner [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieut [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Adjutant [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Domestic 3rd Class [1]

Driver [1]

Drummer [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Medical Officer [1]

Military Police [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private (Acting Lance Corporal) [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private acting Corporal [1]

Private/ Gunner [1]

Pte [1]

Pte 2 [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Devon Regiment [230]

Devonshire Regiment [183]

Royal North Devon Yeomanry [111]

4th Devon Regiment [32]

Labour Corps [26]

Royal Engineers [21]

Devon Yeomanry [12]

London Regiment [8]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Devon Yeomanry [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

Dorsetshire Regiment [5]

Labour Corps ex Devon Regiment [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

2nd Devon Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Devon Regiment 4th Battalion [3]

Labour Corps Southern Command ex Devon Regiment [3]

Royal North Devon Hussars [3]

2nd Battalion Devon Regiment [2]

5th Devon Regiment [2]

8th Devon Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Devon [2]

Devon Cyclist Battalion [2]

Indian Army [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

OTC [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Artillery Devon Yeomanry [2]

Royal Devonshire Yeomanry [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Royal North Devon Regiment [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

1/6th Devon Regiment [1]

10th Battery Devon Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [466]

Indian Army [2]

Royal Navy [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [72]

C [53]

P [47]

H [46]

L [29]

M [28]

G [24]

S [23]

D [22]

W [22]

F [18]

R [17]

T [15]

A [9]

J [9]

N [9]

E [6]

K [6]

O [6]

Y [2]

I [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [462]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

Axminster, Devon [3] Bradninch, Devon [2] Crediton, Devon [2] Paignton, Devon [2] 34 Mannheim Road, Manningham Bradford Yorkshire [1] 46 Exeter St, Plymouth [1] Amesbury, Wiltshire [1] Aston Birmingham [1] Bampton, Devon [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Barton Regis,Gloucestershire. [1] Basingstoke, Hants [1] Bedminster, Bristol [1] Bideford, Devon [1] Braishfield, Hampshire [1] Brize Norton, Oxfordshire [1] Dulverton, Somerset [1] East Stonehouse, Plymouth [1] Exebridge, Somerset [1] Exeter [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Frome, Somerset [1] Halwill [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Hemyock Devon [1] Ilfracombe Devon [1] Knowstone, Devon [1] Lucknow [1] Newbury Berkshire [1] Newton Abbot [1] North Tawton, Devon [1] Pilton, Devon [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Rishton, Lancashire [1] Samford Peverill, Devon [1] Shadwell, Middlesex [1] Shepherd's Bush, Middlesex [1] St Helier [1] St. Marys, Blandford, Dorset [1] Tiverton, Devon [1] Warminster [1] West Anstey, Devon [1] Witheridge, Devon [1] Woodbury, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [341] Second Lieutenant [40] Corporal [25] Captain [22] Lieutenant [20] Lance Corporal [18] Serjeant [18] Acting Corporal [9] Corporal 2nd [5] Major [5] Sapper [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Gunner [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieut [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Adjutant [1] Cadet [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Domestic 3rd Class [1] Driver [1] Drummer [1] Flying Officer [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Medical Officer [1] Military Police [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private (Acting Lance Corporal) [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private acting Corporal [1] Private/ Gunner [1] Pte [1] Pte 2 [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Devon Regiment [230] Devonshire Regiment [183] Royal North Devon Yeomanry [111] 4th Devon Regiment [32] Labour Corps [26] Royal Engineers [21] Devon Yeomanry [12] London Regiment [8] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Devon Yeomanry [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] Dorsetshire Regiment [5] Labour Corps ex Devon Regiment [5] Army Service Corps [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] 2nd Devon Regiment [3] Border Regiment [3] Devon Regiment 4th Battalion [3] Labour Corps Southern Command ex Devon Regiment [3] Royal North Devon Hussars [3] 2nd Battalion Devon Regiment [2] 5th Devon Regiment [2] 8th Devon Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Devon [2] Devon Cyclist Battalion [2] Indian Army [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] OTC [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Artillery Devon Yeomanry [2] Royal Devonshire Yeomanry [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Royal North Devon Regiment [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] 1/6th Devon Regiment [1] 10th Battery Devon Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [466] Indian Army [2] Royal Navy [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [72] C [53] P [47] H [46] L [29] M [28] G [24] S [23] D [22] W [22] F [18] R [17] T [15] A [9] J [9] N [9] E [6] K [6] O [6] Y [2] I [1] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [462]

Country

United Kingdom [27] Malta [1]

Hubert Hext

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 1769 Devon Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 202584 Private Devon Regiment 5th Battalion

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Edward Charles Benthall

Born 1893

Died 1961

British Army Second Lieutenant Devon Regiment

British Army Captain Devon Regiment

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John Samuel Channing

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 1416 Private Devon Regiment 4th Battalion

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William John Newbery

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1501 Lance Corporal Devon Regiment

British Army 1501 Private Devon Regiment

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Albert Frank Carpenter

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188718

British Army 25808 Private Devon Regiment 13th Works Battery

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188718 Pte 2

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William Braund

Died 1916

British Army 2900 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 2900 Devon Regiment

British Army 2900 Devon Regiment

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Thomas Gubb

Born 1894

Died 1979

British Army 65006 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 6 Devon Regiment

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William B Copp

Died 1915

British Army 10093 Lance Corporal Devon Regiment

British Army 10093 Private Devon Regiment

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John Sellick

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 2135 Private Devon Regiment 2nd/4th Battalion

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William Henry John Jolliffe

Born 1880

Died 1963

British Army 173219 Private Labour Corps

British Army 173219 Private Labour Corps

British Army 44190 Private Devon Regiment 11 I W Company

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George Eric Cardew

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 4th Devon Regiment

British Army Captain attached Durham Light Infantry

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William Ernest Tapp

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 2421 Private Devon Regiment

British Army 2421 Private Devonshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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John Boynton Priestley

Born 1894

Died 1984

British Army 12398 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

British Army OTC 16th Officer Cadet Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Labour Corps

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Clarence Wills Page

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 290252 Corporal Devonshire Regiment

British Army Devon Regiment 1610 H Coy

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William George Boon

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 2244 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 240602 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 2244 Private Devon Regiment 1/5th Territorial

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George Henry Collins

Died 1917

British Army 20363 Devon Regiment Depot Spec. Bde. Royal Engineers

British Army 129065 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Walter John Needs

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 1943 Private Devon Regiment

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Stafford H Fulford

British Army 2299 Private Devon Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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Alexander Mcdonald

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 2500 Private Devon Regiment

British Army 200818 Private Devon Regiment

British Army 2500 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Sylvanus Hill

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 30334 Devon Regiment

British Army 235176 Private Leicestershire Regiment 7th Battalion

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