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37 Chapel Road, Garston, Liverpool [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bootle, Lancashire [1]

Brimington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1]

Catcott, Somerset [1]

Cockermouth, Cumberland [1]

Deal, Kent [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Gorey, County Wexford [1]

Great Crosby, Liverpool, Lancs [1]

Hereford, Herefordshire, England [1]

Holloway, London [1]

Kenninghall, Norfolk [1]

Leicester [1]

Nailsea, Bristol [1]

Stonehouse, Devon [1]

Worsborough Dale, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [16]

Junior Reserve Attendant [3]

Bugler [1]

Lieutenant RMLI [1]

Private RMLI [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant RMLI [1]

Wireless Telegraphist Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Marine Brigade - Plymouth Battalion [20]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [17]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Indefatigable [5]

HMS Defence [3]

Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve [3]

HMS Colossus [1]

HMS Indefatigable - RMLI detachment [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Royal Marine Brigade - Chatham Battalion [1]

Royal Marine Brigade - Deal Battalion [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Princess Royal [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Marines Depot [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Service

Royal Navy [21]

British Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [4]

M [3]

C [2]

P [2]

A [1]

D [1]

E [1]

G [1]

H [1]

I [1]

L [1]

S [1]

T [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [18]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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People [21] Stories Communities

Place of birth

37 Chapel Road, Garston, Liverpool [1] Battersea, London [1] Bootle, Lancashire [1] Brimington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Catcott, Somerset [1] Cockermouth, Cumberland [1] Deal, Kent [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Gorey, County Wexford [1] Great Crosby, Liverpool, Lancs [1] Hereford, Herefordshire, England [1] Holloway, London [1] Kenninghall, Norfolk [1] Leicester [1] Nailsea, Bristol [1] Stonehouse, Devon [1] Worsborough Dale, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [16] Junior Reserve Attendant [3] Bugler [1] Lieutenant RMLI [1] Private RMLI [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant RMLI [1] Wireless Telegraphist Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Marine Brigade - Plymouth Battalion [20] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [17] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Indefatigable [5] HMS Defence [3] Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve [3] HMS Colossus [1] HMS Indefatigable - RMLI detachment [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Royal Marine Brigade - Chatham Battalion [1] Royal Marine Brigade - Deal Battalion [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Princess Royal [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Marines Depot [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Service

Royal Navy [21] British Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [4] M [3] C [2] P [2] A [1] D [1] E [1] G [1] H [1] I [1] L [1] S [1] T [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [18]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

William John Bamfield

Born 1873

Died 1915

Royal Navy 286 Royal Marines Depot

Royal Navy PLY/6242 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/6242 Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Marine Brigade - Plymouth Battalion

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Francis George Brooks

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy 16429 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/16429 Private Royal Marine Brigade - Plymouth Battalion

Royal Navy PLY/16429 Private HMS Defence

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John Ephraim Burdett

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy 16739 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/16739 Private Royal Marine Brigade - Plymouth Battalion

Royal Navy PLY/16739 Private HMS Defence

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Charles John Pittey

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy 16469 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/16469 Private Royal Marine Brigade - Plymouth Battalion

Royal Navy PLY/16469 Private HMS Defence

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James Snowden

Born 1880

Died 1915

Royal Navy 119 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/119/S Private Royal Marine Brigade - Plymouth Battalion Royal Naval Division

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Morris George Pughe

Born 1900

Died 1951

Royal Navy 16708 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/16708 Bugler Royal Marine Brigade - Plymouth Battalion

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Henry Arthur Moores

Born 1880

Died 1916

Royal Navy PLY/6861 Private Royal Marine Brigade - Plymouth Battalion

Royal Navy PLY/6861 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Princess Royal

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George Wallace Banner

Born 1897

Royal Navy 16763 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/16763 Private RMLI Royal Marine Brigade - Plymouth Battalion

Royal Navy PLY/16763 Private RMLI HMS Colossus

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George Wheeler

Born 1870

Died 1915

Royal Navy PLY/5647 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/5647 Serjeant Major Royal Marine Brigade - Plymouth Battalion

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Stephen Harris

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy 18638 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy PLY/17641 Private HMS Indefatigable - RMLI detachment

Royal Navy PLY/17641 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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James Herbert Longhorn

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy 16826 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/16826 Private Royal Marine Brigade - Plymouth Battalion

Royal Navy PLY/16826 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Indefatigable

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Harry Laithwaite Moreland

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy 16822 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/16822 Private Royal Marine Brigade - Plymouth Battalion

Royal Navy PLY/16822 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Indefatigable

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James Frederick Ellison

Born 1869

Royal Navy PO/3895 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 15282 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy Lieutenant RMLI Royal Marine Brigade - Plymouth Battalion

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George William Mitson

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy 316 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/316/S Private Royal Marine Brigade - Plymouth Battalion

Royal Navy PLY/316/S Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Indefatigable

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William Ewart Champ

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy 16791 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/16791 Private Royal Marine Brigade - Plymouth Battalion

Royal Navy PLY/16791 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Indefatigable

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Frederick Charles Impey

Born 1878

Died 1915

Royal Navy PLY/7898 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/7898 Serjeant RMLI Royal Marine Brigade - Deal Battalion

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Harry Womack Goodwin

Born 1881

British Army 17762 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Royal Navy PLY/148/S Wireless Telegraphist Officer Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Navy 148 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Francis Doyle

Born 1894

Royal Navy 16787 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/16787 Private Royal Marine Brigade - Plymouth Battalion

Royal Navy PLY/16787 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Indefatigable

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Isaac Hodgson Tyson

Born 1877

Royal Navy M9782 Junior Reserve Attendant Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve

Royal Navy M9782 Junior Reserve Attendant Royal Marine Brigade - Plymouth Battalion

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Tom Abbott

Born 1895

Royal Navy M9824 Junior Reserve Attendant Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve

Royal Navy M9824 Junior Reserve Attendant Royal Marine Brigade - Plymouth Battalion

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