61568 Sergeant Ernest Alfred Ackford of the Royal Garrison Artillery. Son of Mary Ann and the late Thomas Ackford. Born in Sourton in 1880. Died 7 March 1918 aged 38.

305399 Petty Officer Stoker George Adams of the Royal Navy, HM Torpedo Boat TB14. Son of William and Elizabeth Adams; brother of Percy (see below). Born in Broadclyst in 1887 (Navy record says 4 July 1885). Died of illness 22 December 1917 aged 30 (actually 32)

K/22243 Stoker 2nd Class Percy Adams of the Royal Navy, HMS Monmouth. Son of William and Elizabeth Adams; brother of George (see above). Born in Tavistock 15 November 1894. Died 1 November 1914 aged  20 when his ship was sunk in the Battle of Coronel.  

SR/185 Sergeant Frederick David Attewell of the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Fusiliers. Son of William and Annie Attewell. Born in Alderney, in the Channel Islands in 1879. Died 28 February 1917 aged 38.

13819 (Henry) John Barkwell of the 1ast Battalion, the South Wales Borderers. Son of the Maryh Ann and the late Robert Barkwell; husband of Ethel Barkwell of South Zeal. Born in Lamerton in 1887. Died 24 February 1916 aged 30.

M/7259 Cook's Mate Sidney Bassett of the Royal Navy, HMS Goliath. Son of Charles and Margery Bassett of Devonport. Born in Holsworthy in 1895. Died 13 May 1915 aged 19 when his ship was lost.

11522 Private Harry Bath of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of John and Mary Ann Bath. Born in Tavistock in 1887. Died 4 October 1917 aged 30.

Private Charles Bickle of the 6th Battalion, the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Son of John and Helena Bickle. Born in Lifton in 18956. Died 11 September 1917 aged 21

45366 Sergeant Claude Blythe of the 14th Battalion the Northumberland Fusiliers. Son of Edwin and Ann Blythe. Born in Lewannick, Cornwall in 1895. Died of wounds 2 September 1918 aged 23.

57187 Corporal Samuel Brenton of the 11th Battalion, the Lancashire Fusiliers; formerly 19837 of the Royal Flying Corps. Son of William and Mary Brenton; brother of Thomas (see below). Born in Tavistock in 1886. Died 28 May 1918 aged 32.

9722 Lance Corporal Thomas Brenton of the Coldstream Guards. Son of William and Mary Brenton; brother of Samuel (see above). Born in Tavistock in 1886. Died 28 May 1918 aged 32.

86526 Lance Corporal Robert Brooks of the Machine Gun Corps Infantry; formerly 75067 of the Notts and Derby Regiment. Son of John and Matilda Brooks. Born in Tavistock in 1892. Died  7 June 1917 aged 25.

91 Sergeant James Chennhall of the 5th (Prince of Wales) Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Emily Chenhall; brother of James (above). Born in Tavistock in 1897. Died 8 August 1897. Died 8 August 1916 aged 19.

1149 Private Thomas Chennhall of the 5th (Prince of Wales) Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Emily Chennhall; brother of James (see above). 

28293 Guardsman George Henry Cloak of the 2nd Battalion, the Grenadier Guards. Husband of Maud Cloak of Tavistock. Born in Tavistock in 1880. Died 10 December 1917 aged 37. 

PLY/12418 Private Edward Nelson Coles of the Royal Marine Light Infantry serving on HMS Goliath. Son of Edward and Mary Coles. Born in Overton, Flintshire 19 February 1885. Died 13 May 1915 aged 30.

83585 Private Percy Leopold of the Royal Army Medical Corps. Son of the late George and Rhoda Coles; brother of Winifred of West Street, Tavistock. Born in Tavistock in the March Quarter of 1885. Died 27 March 1919 aged 33. Buried in Tavistock Cemetery.

34010 Gunner Francis James Collacott of the Royal Garrison Artillery. Son of James and Amy Collacott. Born in Plymouth in 1894. Died 8 July 1916 aged 22

G/44651 Private Ernest Frank Collins of the 19th London Battalion, the Middlesex Regiment. Son of Daniel and Mary Ann  Collins. Born in Tavistock in 1900. Died 2 June 1918 aged 18.

452041 Corporal Alfred John Coombe of the 58th Battalion, the Canadian Infantry. Son of Elizabeth and the late William Coombe of Tavistock. Born in Tavistock 15 August 1884. Died 13 June 1916 aged 31.

53471 Private James Craze of the 2nd Garrison Battalion, the Northumberland Fusiliers. Son of William and Susan Craze. Born in Tavistock in 1872. Died 5 September 1917 aged 45.

43033 Private William Cruze of the Royal Army Service Corps; transferred as 355798 to the Labour Corps. Son of Richard and Mary Jane Cruze. Born in Tavistock in 1865. Died 14 November 1918 aged 53.

WR/344039 Sapper Frederick Dashper of the Royal Engineers. Son of the late William and Eliza Dashper of Tavistock; husband of Harriet Dashper. Born in Milton Abbot 2 September 1877. Died at home in Tavistock in August 1919 aged 41. Buried in Tavistock Cemetery.

267484 Private William Henry Davy of the 2nd/6th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Elizabeth Ann of South Molton and the late Nimrod Davy. Born in St Germans, Cornwall in the June Quarter of 1892. Died 11 August 1918 aged 26.

It is almost impossible to give an absolute verification to either of the following entries:

We think this man was a sailor:

226138 Able Seaman Ernest John Davey of the Royal Navy. He was born in Tavistock   16 December 1887, the son of Robert and Louisa Davey. He joined the Navy as a boy and served most of his first, long contract in the far east so that he  and Tavistock lost contact with one another. He did not die in the war but may have come back to the town as a naval pensioner after the War. His death is recorded as having been in the December Quarter of 1935 aged 47. We think it possible that he married in Plymouth shortly before his death using the name "John Ernest Davey".

This man was a soldier:

14130 Corporal Ernest John Davey of the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of John and Mary Ann Davey. Born in Barnstaple in 1887. Died 1 July 1916 aged 28. He enlisted in Tavistock so was probably working there at the time.

21657 Corporal Bertie Doidge of the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of John and Harriet Doidge. Born in Tavistock in 1888. Died 29 May 1918 aged 31.

240270 Corporal Thomas Walter Edwards of the 5th (Prince of Wales) Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Walter and Elizabeth Edwards.  Born in Northill, Cornwall in 1876. Died 21 November 1917 aged 41.

3758 Private William Thomas John Exworthy of the Devonshire Regiment; transferred within the regiment twice as 4636 and 02275 in addition to 3758 (as above). Son of William and Selina Exworthy. Born in Tavistock in 1891. Died at home in Tavistock in the June Quarter of 1920 aged 29. 

32067 Private William Harold Friend of the 7th Battalion, the Somerset Light Infantry. Son of William and Rhoda Friend. Born in Whitchurch in 1884. Died 29 April 1918 aged 24

30386 Private Ernest William Friend of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Husband of Beatrice Friend. Born in Bere Ferrers in 1884. Died 23 April 1917 aged 33.

Major Arthur Lockhart Gallie of the Dorsetshire Regiment. Son of John and Lucy Gallie; husband of Ethel Gallie of The View, Tavistock. Born in Plymouth in 1862. Died 23 September 1915 aged 53.

J/42300 Boy 1st Class William Alfred Garland of the Royal Navy, HMS Russell. Grandson of Mrs Mary Ann Garland of Mount Ford, Tavistock. Born in Tavistock in 1900. Died 27 April 1916 aged 16.

34251 Private Frederick Gawman of the 6th Battalion, the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Son of Samuel and Mary Jane Gawman; husband of Jessie Gawman of Ford Street, Tavisotck.  Born in Exmouth in 1886. Died 30 January 1917 aged 31.

Captain Harold Henry Goodman of the 3rd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment, attached to the 2nd Battalion.  Son of Albert and Bessie Goodman of West Bridge, Tavistock. Born in Tavistock in 1890. Died 16 August 1917 aged 27.

Sub Lt. William Henry Felix Gould of the Royal Navy, HMS Stephen Furness. Son of Charles and Ada Gould of Endsleigh Terrace, Tavistock. Born in Whitchurch 1897. Died 13 December 1917 aged 20 when his ship was torpedoed by German submarine UB64.

15439 Private Arthur George Grainger of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, the Chatham Battalion, the Royal Naval Division. Son of George and Susan Grainger. Born in Brinkley, Cambs. 30 August 1876. Died 5 October 1914 aged 38.

294182 Sapper Henry Greening of the Royal Engineers. Husband of Jessie Greening of Tavistock. Born in Milton Abbot 20 May 1875. Died 30 December 1917 aged 49. Buried in Tavistock New Cemetery.

74444 Private Ernest Stanley John Harris of the 10th Field Ambulance, the Royal Army Medical Corps. Son of John and Grace Harris of St. Dominic, Cornwall. Born in St Dominic, Cornwall in 1882. Died 29 November  1917 aged 35.

49282 Driver James Harris of 63rd Bty, the Royal Field Artillery. Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Harris. Born in Broadwoodwidger in 1882. Died 28 June 1916 aged 34.

45630 Private Leonard Cotton Harris of the 15th Battalion, the Hampshire Regiment. Son of William and Lydia Harris of Tavistock.  Born in Tavistock in the June Quarter of 1899. Died 7 July 1918 aged 19.

M2/191945 Private Francis Harry of the Royal Army Service Corps. Son of Seth and Charity Harry. Born in Coryton in the December Quarter of 1890. Died 5 August 1917 aged 27. 

60423 Private William Harry of the 10th Battalion, the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Son of William and Elizabeth Harry. Born in Tavistock in 1879. Died 27 September 1917 aged 38.

9597 Private Frank Harvey of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of James and Ellen Harvey (his father was a regular soldier). Born in Tavistock  in 1895. Died 26 July 1916 aged 21.

457479 Private John Roy Crotch Harvey of the Royal Army Medical Corps. Son of John and Penelope Harvey. Born in Plymouth in the March Quarter of 1890.  Died 1 October 1918 aged 28.

M 3396 Sick Berth Attendant Charles hawkins of the Royal Navy, HMS Hampshire. Son of William and Elizabeth Hawkins. Born in Crewkerne,Somerset 23 March 1891.  Died 22 November 1918 aged 27. 

305390 Leading Stoker William Henry Hayman of the Royal Navy, HM Submarine K4. Son of Mary Hayman of Vigo Bridge. Born in Teignmouth 6 September 1884. Died 31 January 1918 aged 34.

240234 Lance Corporal William John Hellier of the 5th (Prince of Wales) Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Henry and Lucy Hellier. Born in Tavistock in the March Quarter of 1897. Died 24 December 1917 aged 20.

M2/073487 Frederick William Hicks of the Royal Army Service Corps. Husb and of Bessie Hicks of Devonport. Born in Tavistock in the December Quarter of 1879. Died 9 November 1918 aged 40. Buried in Tavistock New Cemetery.

25793 Private George Henry Hill of the 9th Battalion the Devonshire Regiment. Son of George and Eliza Hill of Tavistock. Born in Calstock, Cornwall in 1897.  Died 4 January 1917 aged 20.

173928 Petty Officer Stoker Albert Hodgins, HMS Goliath. Husband of Mary Ellen Hodgins of Brook Street, Tavistock. Born in Madras, India, 9 December 1876. Died 13 May 1915 aged 37.

223270 Able Seaman William Charles Victor Holman of the Royal Navy, HMS Tornado. Parents not known. Born in Devonport 31 May 1887. Died 23 December 1917 aged 30.

368999 Sapper Charles T. Horne of the 3rd Battalion, the Royal Engineers. Son of John and Elizabeth Horne; husband of Alice Horne. Born in 1878. Died 13 June 1918 aged 40.

Major Christopher Henry Hoskyns-Abrahall of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, Portsmouth Battalion, Royal Naval Division. Son of James and Ellen Hoskyns-Abrahall; husband of Alice; lived in London and at a house called Malvern in Tavistock. Born 23 July 1871. Died 4 May 1915 at Gallipoli aged 43. Buried in Tavistock New Cemetery.

Younger son of the above. 2nd Lt Christopher Henry Hoskyns-Abrahall of the Royal Flying Corps. Son of Christopher and Alice Hoskyns-Abrahall. Born in Woolwich in the June Quarter of 1897. Educated at Kelly College, Tavistock. Died 22 December 1918 aged 21 - accidentally killed while flying alone.

38022 Private William Stanley Jago of the 9th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of William Henry Jago of Tavistock; husband of Amy Jago of Exeter Street, Tavistock. Born in Tavistock in 1883. Died 7 May 1917 aged 33.

69049 Lance Corporal Francis George Jago of the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Ellen and the late John Kerswill of West Bridge Cottages, Tavistock. Born in Plymouth in the September Quarter of 1887. Died 724 April 1918 aged 30.

51281 Private Reginald Sidney Kerswill of Princess Patricia's Battalion, the Canadian Light Infantry. Born in Tavistock in the September Quarter of 1891. Died 7 August 1917 aged 26.

10389 Private Alfred Lethbridge of the 8th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of John and Elizabeth Lethbridge of Lydford. Born in Tavistock in 1891. Died 25 September 1915 aged 24.

TF Private Wilfred Reginald Austin of the1st/7th Battalion, the Middlesex Regiment. Son of Alfred and Thirza Lewis. Born in Tavistock 4 April 1897. Died 29 April 1917 aged 20.