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Maidstone, Kent [7]

Plymouth [4]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

South Milton, Devon [3]

Bideford [2]

Birmingham [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Ilfracombe Devon [2]

Tiverton, Devon [2]

Wellington, Somerset [2]

Andover [1]

Aston Birmingham [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Attleborough, Warwickshire [1]

Banstead, Surrey [1]

Barton upon Irwell, Lancs [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Bewdley, Worcestershire [1]

Bideford, Devon [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Birr, County Offaly [1]

Boscastle, Cornwall [1]

Brampton, Hunts [1]

Bredgar, Kent [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset [1]

Bridport, Dorset [1]

Bristol [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Brixham, Devon [1]

Burlescombe, Devon [1]

CIPPENHAM BERKSHIRE [1]

Calcutta, Bengal [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Charing, Kent [1]

Cheddar, Somerset [1]

Chippenham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Cirencester, Gloucestershire [1]

Cloughjordan Tipperary [1]

Colne, Lancashire [1]

Colyton, Devon [1]

Cornwall [1]

Crockerton, Wiltshire [1]

Crossgates, Yorkshire [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Dolton, Devon [1]

Dunsford, Exeter, Devon [1]

East Grinstead, Sussex [1]

East Indies [1]

Enniscanen, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [4351]

Sapper [546]

Second Lieutenant [317]

Corporal [254]

Pioneer [248]

Serjeant [193]

Lieutenant [192]

Lance Corporal [131]

Gunner [110]

Captain [100]

Acting Corporal [86]

Acting Serjeant [52]

Driver [50]

Major [31]

Corporal 2nd [16]

Lance Serjeant [16]

Lieutenant Colonel [15]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [15]

Acting Captain [10]

Acting Lance Corporal [10]

Company Serjeant Major [10]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Acting Corporal 2nd [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Flight Officer [4]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [4]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Colour Serjeant [3]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Flight Lieutenant [3]

Pr [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Trooper [3]

2nd Corporal [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Lieutenant [2]

Acting Major [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Bugler [2]

Commander [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [5584]

Royal Engineers [1990]

Labour Corps [857]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [401]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [398]

Royal Fusiliers [337]

Royal Army Medical Corps [323]

Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry [301]

Royal Devonshire Yeomanry [283]

Royal Defence Corps [196]

Royal Sussex Regiment [195]

Royal Field Artillery [193]

Royal Air Force [172]

Somerset Light Infantry [162]

London Regiment [157]

Hampshire Regiment [152]

Worcestershire Regiment [129]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [118]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [110]

Royal North Devon Yeomanry [108]

Royal Garrison Artillery [97]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [94]

Royal Army Service Corps [93]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [92]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [83]

Dorsetshire Regiment [80]

Wiltshire Regiment [80]

Training Reserve Battalion [71]

Gloucestershire Regiment [69]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [69]

Royal Flying Corps [68]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [64]

Machine Gun Corps [63]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [63]

Royal West Kent Regiment [59]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [49]

Royal Irish Rifles [47]

Army Service Corps [46]

Royal Highlanders [43]

Manchester Regiment [37]

Rifle Brigade [37]

Cheshire Regiment [35]

Welsh Regiment [31]

Essex Regiment [24]

Liverpool Regiment [22]

North Staffordshire Regiment [22]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [22]

Middlesex Regiment [21]

The Queen's Regiment [21]

East Lancashire Regiment [20]

Service

British Army [5720]

Royal Navy [13]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [595]

H [578]

S [488]

C [473]

W [463]

M [409]

P [369]

L [279]

G [276]

R [270]

T [253]

D [221]

F [175]

J [167]

A [141]

K [138]

E [133]

N [99]

O [54]

V [50]

Y [43]

I [29]

Q [11]

U [4]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5710]

Country

United Kingdom [91]

India [3]

Canada [2]

Ireland [1]

Isle of Man [1]

Malta [1]

Singapore [1]

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Maidstone, Kent [7] Plymouth [4] Plymouth, Devon [3] South Milton, Devon [3] Bideford [2] Birmingham [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Ilfracombe Devon [2] Tiverton, Devon [2] Wellington, Somerset [2] Andover [1] Aston Birmingham [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Attleborough, Warwickshire [1] Banstead, Surrey [1] Barton upon Irwell, Lancs [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Belfast, Northern Ireland [1] Bewdley, Worcestershire [1] Bideford, Devon [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Birr, County Offaly [1] Boscastle, Cornwall [1] Brampton, Hunts [1] Bredgar, Kent [1] Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Bridport, Dorset [1] Bristol [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Brixham, Devon [1] Burlescombe, Devon [1] CIPPENHAM BERKSHIRE [1] Calcutta, Bengal [1] Camberwell, London [1] Charing, Kent [1] Cheddar, Somerset [1] Chippenham, Buckinghamshire [1] Cirencester, Gloucestershire [1] Cloughjordan Tipperary [1] Colne, Lancashire [1] Colyton, Devon [1] Cornwall [1] Crockerton, Wiltshire [1] Crossgates, Yorkshire [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Dolton, Devon [1] Dunsford, Exeter, Devon [1] East Grinstead, Sussex [1] East Indies [1] Enniscanen, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [4351] Sapper [546] Second Lieutenant [317] Corporal [254] Pioneer [248] Serjeant [193] Lieutenant [192] Lance Corporal [131] Gunner [110] Captain [100] Acting Corporal [86] Acting Serjeant [52] Driver [50] Major [31] Corporal 2nd [16] Lance Serjeant [16] Lieutenant Colonel [15] Warrant Officer Class 2 [15] Acting Captain [10] Acting Lance Corporal [10] Company Serjeant Major [10] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Colour Serjeant [7] Acting Corporal 2nd [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Flight Officer [4] Lieutenant Acting Captain [4] Rifleman [4] Acting Colour Serjeant [3] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Flight Lieutenant [3] Pr [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Trooper [3] 2nd Corporal [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Lieutenant [2] Acting Major [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Brevet Major [2] Bugler [2] Commander [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Company Sergeant Major [2]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [5584] Royal Engineers [1990] Labour Corps [857] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [401] Royal Berkshire Regiment [398] Royal Fusiliers [337] Royal Army Medical Corps [323] Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry [301] Royal Devonshire Yeomanry [283] Royal Defence Corps [196] Royal Sussex Regiment [195] Royal Field Artillery [193] Royal Air Force [172] Somerset Light Infantry [162] London Regiment [157] Hampshire Regiment [152] Worcestershire Regiment [129] King's Royal Rifle Corps [118] Royal Munster Fusiliers [110] Royal North Devon Yeomanry [108] Royal Garrison Artillery [97] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [94] Royal Army Service Corps [93] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [92] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [83] Dorsetshire Regiment [80] Wiltshire Regiment [80] Training Reserve Battalion [71] Gloucestershire Regiment [69] Royal Lancaster Regiment [69] Royal Flying Corps [68] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [64] Machine Gun Corps [63] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [63] Royal West Kent Regiment [59] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [49] Royal Irish Rifles [47] Army Service Corps [46] Royal Highlanders [43] Manchester Regiment [37] Rifle Brigade [37] Cheshire Regiment [35] Welsh Regiment [31] Essex Regiment [24] Liverpool Regiment [22] North Staffordshire Regiment [22] Royal Scots Fusiliers [22] Middlesex Regiment [21] The Queen's Regiment [21] East Lancashire Regiment [20]

Service

British Army [5720] Royal Navy [13] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [595] H [578] S [488] C [473] W [463] M [409] P [369] L [279] G [276] R [270] T [253] D [221] F [175] J [167] A [141] K [138] E [133] N [99] O [54] V [50] Y [43] I [29] Q [11] U [4] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5710]

Country

United Kingdom [91] India [3] Canada [2] Ireland [1] Isle of Man [1] Malta [1] Singapore [1]

Henry Mayland

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army T1088 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 33126 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 515923 Private Royal Engineers

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Christopher Philip Everard

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 1021 Private Royal North Devonshire Regiment

British Army Captain Highland Light Infantry

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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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Michel Hewitt Salaman

Born 1879

Died 1971

British Army Captain Royal North Devon Hussars

British Army Major Royal Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army Lance Corporal Devonshire Regiment

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Cyril George Mundy

Born 1898

Died 1920

British Army 8257 Private Devonshire Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19886 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19886 Leading Aircraftman

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Francis Edward Parfett

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 35660 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 96757 Private Labour Corps

British Army 60673 Private Devonshire Regiment 14th Works

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Thomas Theodore Norrish

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2128 Corporal Royal North Devonshire Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

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Harold Edward Hussey

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 1658 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

British Army 820 Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

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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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George Colmer Johns

Born 1880

Died 1919

British Army 3528 Private Royal Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 345460 Private Devonshire Regiment 16th Battalion

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Joseph Keat

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 1689 Private Royal Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 34504 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Harry Trethewey

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 3486 Private Royal Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 345457 Private Devonshire Regiment 16th Battalion

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Humphrey Porteus Cole

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army Private Royal Fusiliers 17th Battalion

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Harry Cooper

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army WR/351242 Pioneer Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks

British Army 61913 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Clement Daryl Nicoll Caleb

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army PS/158 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

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George E Jones

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 14221 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 86573 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Richard George Forfeitt Beale

Born 1891

Died 1950

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain Devonshire Regiment

British Army 27896 2nd Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

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Hubert Burrington Thornhill

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

British Army Captain Trench Mortar Battery attached Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Devon Regement 3rd Battalion

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Philip James Young

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 16112 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 33667 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 33667 Lance Corporal Royal Devonshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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