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Ilfracombe Devon [3]

Sidmouth, Devon [2]

Timberscombe, Somerset [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Bideford [1]

Chelsea [1]

Chester, Pennsylvania [1]

Colyton, Devon [1]

Cornwall [1]

Devon [1]

East Preston, Sussex [1]

Ellacombe, Devon [1]

Exford, Somerset [1]

Exton, Somerset [1]

Fordingbridge, Hampshire [1]

Germansweek, Devon [1]

Godalming, Surrey [1]

Hampton [1]

Haselbury Plucknett, Somerset [1]

Heathfied, Nr, Newton Abbot. [1]

Helston, Cornwall [1]

Ideford [1]

Instow, Bideford, Devon [1]

Ipplepen, Devon [1]

Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Kingston London [1]

Knowstone, Devon [1]

Liverpool [1]

Mariansleigh, Devon [1]

Minehead, Somerset [1]

Newton Tracey, Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Okehampton, Devon [1]

Oxted, Kent [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Pontypridd [1]

Samford Peverill, Devon [1]

Southwell, Notts [1]

St Ives, Huntingdon [1]

Tolgullow, Gwennap, Cornwall [1]

Topsham, Exeter, Devon [1]

Torrington, Devon [1]

Uxbridge, Middlesex [1]

Winsford, Somerset [1]

Woolwich, London [1]

Yate, Gloucestershire [1]

Yelverton, Devon [1]

exeter [1]

Rank

Private [1068]

Serjeant [109]

Corporal [95]

Second Lieutenant [83]

Lance Corporal [60]

Lieutenant [58]

Captain [41]

Sapper [26]

Major [19]

Acting Corporal [17]

Farrier Serjeant [9]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Trooper [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Staff Serjeant Major [7]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Gunner [5]

Pioneer [5]

Trumpeter [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Squadron Serjeant Major [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Driver [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Captain [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain Major [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Cor [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [850]

Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry [501]

Royal Devonshire Yeomanry [438]

Devonshire Yeomanry [230]

Royal North Devon Yeomanry [111]

Royal Engineers [86]

Corps of Hussars [77]

Labour Corps [58]

Machine Gun Corps [52]

North Devonshire Yeomanry [23]

North Devonshire Hussars [18]

Royal North Devonshire Hussars [18]

Royal Air Force [17]

Army Service Corps [16]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

West Somerset Yeomanry [14]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [13]

Somerset Light Infantry [13]

Dorsetshire Regiment [11]

Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry [11]

Royal North Devon Hussars [11]

Cheshire Regiment [9]

Devon Yeomanry [9]

Essex Yeomanry [9]

North Somerset Yeomanry [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

Royal Flying Corps [8]

Berkshire Yeomanry [7]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Military Mounted Police [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Sussex Yeomanry [7]

Wiltshire Regiment [7]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [6]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Royal Artillery Devonshire Yeomanry [5]

Dorset Yeomanry [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Hussars [4]

Royal Artillery [4]

Royal North Devonshire Hussars Yeomanry [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Surrey Yeomanry [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [3]

Military Foot Police [3]

Service

British Army [1461]

Last name first letter

S [185]

H [153]

W [132]

P [106]

M [101]

B [95]

C [87]

T [85]

R [82]

L [73]

D [60]

J [40]

E [39]

G [39]

K [38]

F [36]

N [29]

A [20]

Y [16]

O [15]

V [14]

I [11]

U [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1461]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

Egypt [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Ilfracombe Devon [3] Sidmouth, Devon [2] Timberscombe, Somerset [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Bideford [1] Chelsea [1] Chester, Pennsylvania [1] Colyton, Devon [1] Cornwall [1] Devon [1] East Preston, Sussex [1] Ellacombe, Devon [1] Exford, Somerset [1] Exton, Somerset [1] Fordingbridge, Hampshire [1] Germansweek, Devon [1] Godalming, Surrey [1] Hampton [1] Haselbury Plucknett, Somerset [1] Heathfied, Nr, Newton Abbot. [1] Helston, Cornwall [1] Ideford [1] Instow, Bideford, Devon [1] Ipplepen, Devon [1] Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Kingston London [1] Knowstone, Devon [1] Liverpool [1] Mariansleigh, Devon [1] Minehead, Somerset [1] Newton Tracey, Barnstaple, Devon [1] Okehampton, Devon [1] Oxted, Kent [1] Paddington, London [1] Pontypridd [1] Samford Peverill, Devon [1] Southwell, Notts [1] St Ives, Huntingdon [1] Tolgullow, Gwennap, Cornwall [1] Topsham, Exeter, Devon [1] Torrington, Devon [1] Uxbridge, Middlesex [1] Winsford, Somerset [1] Woolwich, London [1] Yate, Gloucestershire [1] Yelverton, Devon [1] exeter [1]

Rank

Private [1068] Serjeant [109] Corporal [95] Second Lieutenant [83] Lance Corporal [60] Lieutenant [58] Captain [41] Sapper [26] Major [19] Acting Corporal [17] Farrier Serjeant [9] Lance Serjeant [9] Trooper [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Staff Serjeant Major [7] Company Serjeant Major [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Corporal 2nd [5] Gunner [5] Pioneer [5] Trumpeter [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Squadron Serjeant Major [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Driver [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Captain [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Captain Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain Major [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Cor [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [850] Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry [501] Royal Devonshire Yeomanry [438] Devonshire Yeomanry [230] Royal North Devon Yeomanry [111] Royal Engineers [86] Corps of Hussars [77] Labour Corps [58] Machine Gun Corps [52] North Devonshire Yeomanry [23] North Devonshire Hussars [18] Royal North Devonshire Hussars [18] Royal Air Force [17] Army Service Corps [16] Royal Field Artillery [14] West Somerset Yeomanry [14] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [13] Somerset Light Infantry [13] Dorsetshire Regiment [11] Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry [11] Royal North Devon Hussars [11] Cheshire Regiment [9] Devon Yeomanry [9] Essex Yeomanry [9] North Somerset Yeomanry [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] Royal Flying Corps [8] Berkshire Yeomanry [7] Hampshire Regiment [7] Military Mounted Police [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Sussex Yeomanry [7] Wiltshire Regiment [7] Warwickshire Yeomanry [6] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Royal Artillery Devonshire Yeomanry [5] Dorset Yeomanry [4] East Kent Regiment [4] Hussars [4] Royal Artillery [4] Royal North Devonshire Hussars Yeomanry [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Surrey Yeomanry [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [3] Military Foot Police [3]

Service

British Army [1461]

Last name first letter

S [185] H [153] W [132] P [106] M [101] B [95] C [87] T [85] R [82] L [73] D [60] J [40] E [39] G [39] K [38] F [36] N [29] A [20] Y [16] O [15] V [14] I [11] U [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1461]

Country

United Kingdom [25] Egypt [1] Ireland [1]

Frederick James Chaplin

Born 1890

Died 1952

British Army 2815 Private Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 45729 Private Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 515922 Private Royal Engineers

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William James Martin

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Royal Devonshire Yeomanry 2/1st Battalion

British Army 45631 Private Devonshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Reginald Sudlow Hawker

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army Captain Royal Devonshire Yeomanry

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John Parnell

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army 220534 Private Devonshire Yeomanry 1st Battalion

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Russell Harris

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 2310 Serjeant Devonshire Yeomanry

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Sydney Gilbert Victor Maddicott

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 1515 Serjeant Royal Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 345008 Acting Company Serjeant Major Devonshire Regiment

British Army 345008 Company Serjeant Major Devonshire Regiment 16th Battalion

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John Edward Oxenberry

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 3192 Private Royal Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 345378 Private Devonshire Regiment

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William Loyd Milton

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 1471 Serjeant Royal Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 345007 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment 16th Battalion

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Charles Gordon Uren

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 2857 Private Royal Devonshire Yeomanry 1st Battalion

British Army 2857 Acting Corporal Royal Devonshire Yeomanry 1st Battalion

British Army 345296 Lance Corporal Devonshire Regiment

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William Ings

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 27438 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 30798 Private Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 30798 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Herbert Bale

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 2892 Private Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 30276 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Melville James Chapman

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 2241 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 2241 Private Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 345710 Private Devonshire Regiment 16th (Royal Devon and R. North Devon Yeomanry) Bn.

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Robert Maitland Kelly

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry

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Harry Wheaton Channon

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 2198 Private Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 30462 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Frederick C Cottell

Died 1917

British Army 2981 Private Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 30468 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Daniel James Shapland

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 2073 Private Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 345060 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Walter James Short

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 2099 Private Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 345074 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Edgar Winzer

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 1633 Serjeant Royal Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 345499 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment

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Wilfred George Oldridge

Born 1896

Died 1921

British Army 2905 Private Royal Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 345304 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Thomas Cocking

Died 1918

British Army 3387 Private Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 345454 Private Devonshire Regiment

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