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G.ACRES	CREDITON	13379 Private George Acres of the 8th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of William and Sarah Acres of Sandford. Born in Sandford in the September Quarter of 1892. Died 25 February 1915 aged 22.
W.L.ADDINGTON	EXMOUTH	Major William Leonard Addington of the Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment. Son of the Hon.Leonard Addington and his wife, Letitia; husband of Augusta Addington of "Cotfield", Budleigh Salterton. Born in Plymouth in 1856. Died 15 December 1919 aged 63.
W. G. ALLEN	ALPHINGTON	PO/15419 Private William George Allen of the RMLI serving on HMS Dolphin in the Persian Gulf. Son of George and Mary Allen; husband of Florence Allen of Crosse View, Alphington. Born in Alphington in the June Quarter of 1892. Died 16 April 1920 aged 28. Buried in Alphington Cemetery.
W.G..ALSOP	CREDITON	9044 Private Walter George Alsop of the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Harriet Alsop of Poughill, Crediton. Born in Poughill in the June Quarter of 1892. Died 5 February 1915 aged 22.
G.ANDREW	SLAPTON	Donkeyman George Andrew of the Mercantile Marine, SS Antonio (London). Son of George and Margaret Andrew; husband of Catherine. Born in 1895. Died 7 March 1917 aged 22. His ship was mined by UC- 17 just 7 miles off Dartmouth and almost within sight of his home!
L.C.ANNING	KENTON	TR7/13007 Private Leslie C. Anning of the 95th Battalion, the Training Reserve. Son of Henry and Charlotte Anning. Born in Kenton in 1899. Died 11 May 1917 aged 18. Buried in All Saints churchyard, Kenton.
J.B.G.ASHFORD	EXMOUTH	41211 Private John Bidgood Godfrey Ashford of the 6th Battalion; attached to 50 Brigade, 17th (Northern) Division. Son of William and Mary Jane Ashford. Born in Exmouth in 1900. Died 30 October 1918 aged 19.
P . J. AUSTIN	BERE ALSTON	198659 Petty Officer Percy John Austin of the Royal Navy, HMS Pembroke. Son of Eliza Austin of Askew Road, Shepherd's Bush. Born in West Ham, Kent 2 September 1894. Died 7 May 1915 aged 21. Buried in Gillingham Cemetery, Kent.
C.F.AVERY	CHRISTOW	315018 Private "Fred" Avery of the 4th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment; transferred as 505191 to the 654th Agricultural Company of the Labour Corps. Son of Charles and Elizabeth Avery. Born in West Buckland in the June Quarter of 1880. Died 27 May 1920 aged 39. Buried in St James' churchyard, Christow.
J. AYRE	PARKHAM	14131 Private John Ayre of the 9th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Frederick and Sarah Jane Ayre of Halksbury Mill. Born in Parkham in 1898. Died 5 November 1916 aged 19.

C.BACK	BISHOPSTEIGNTON	K 6263 Petty Officer Stoker Charles Back of the Royal Navy, HMS Vivid. Husband of Lilian Back of Laura Road, Paignton. Born in Bishpsteignton 7 January 1892 . Died 7 January 1920 aged 27. Buried in Bishopsteignton churchyard.
G.H.M BAKER	BRIXHAM	500502 Sapper Godfrey H. M. Baker of the Canadian Engineers. Son of Hugh Massey Baker and his Canadian wife Mildred Lambe (See The Peerage). Born in Whitchurch, Salop, in the September Quarter of 1868. Died 1 April 1921 aged 53. Buried in St Mary's churchyard, Brixham.
W.BAKER	CREDITON	7769 Private William Thomas Baker of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of William and Caroline Baker and husband of Maude L.Baker of Midlands, Mary Tavy, Tavistock. Born in Broadclyst in the June Quarter of 1888. Died 14 January 1915 aged 26.
F. BALDUE	DAWLISH	258963 Private Frank Baldue of the Canadian Forestry Corps. His parents/wife are not yet identified. Born in 1873. Died 9 June 1918 aged 45. Buried in Dawlish Cemetery.
G.BALL	CREDITON	9762 Private George Ball of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of William and Ellen Ball. Born in Drewsteignton in 1880. Died 22 February 1915 aged 35.
R.BALL	CREDITON	7798 Acting Corporal Robert Ball of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of John and Lucy Ball. Born in Sandford in 1887. Died 4 September 1916 aged 29.
L. F. BAMSEY	UPTON PYNE	1789 Private Lionel F. Bamsey of the 2nd/7th Battalion, the Hampshire Regiment. Son of Edward and Ida Bamsey; husband of F. M. Bamsey of Model Cottage, Ide. Born in Upton Pyne in 1894. Died 5 February 1919 aged 25. Buried in Upton Pyne churchyard.
F.H.BARNES	LITTLEHAM, EXMOUTH	21853 Private Frank Henry Barnes of the 2nd Regiment, the South African Infantry. Son of the late William Barnes and his wife Sarah Ann Barnes. Born in Poole, Dorset in 1884. Died 23 August 1918 aged 34. Buried in Littleham Churchyard.
W. BARTINGALE	BIDEFORD	PLY/13252 Private William ("Will") Bartingale of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Goliath. Son of William and Sarah Bartingale; husband of Lily Bartingale late of Bideford. Born in Richmond, Surrey 31 January 1881. Enlisted 22 August 1899. Died 13 May 1915 aged 34.
W.T.BARWICK	ILFRACOMBE	186 Gunner William Thomas Barwick of the Devon Battery, the Royal Garrison Artillery. Son of Herbert and Bessie Barwick of Ilfracombe. Born in Ilfracombe in the June Quarter of 1891 (he was the twin brother of John Barwick who survived). Died 21 July 1916 aged 25. Buried in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Ilfracombe.
J. BATE	CLOVELLY	2567 Private James Bate of the 1st/4th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Susan Bate. Born in Clovelly in 1892. Died 3 February 1917 aged 25. Buried in Clovelly Churchyard.
G.F.BAYLISS	BAMPTON	M/205396 Private George Frederick Bayliss of the 776th Motor Transport Coy, the Army Service Corps. Husband of Elsie Bayliss of Brize Norton. Born in Oxford in the June Quarter of 1880 aged 38. Buried in Bampton Cemetery.
J.W.V.BEACH	TOPSHAM	2nd Lieutenant John William Victor Beach of the 18th Battalion, the Tank Corps. Son of John and Mary Beach of "Greenwood", Topsham. Born in Brixton, London in 1896. Died 7 March 1919 aged 23. Buried in Topsham Cemetery.
A.BEER	CREDITON	7879 Private Alfred Beer of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Believed to be the son of the late Elias and Emma Beer. Born in Crediton in 1885. Died 23 October 1914 aged 29.
F.BELL	DARTMOUTH	1171 Private Fred Bell of the 1st/7th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Mary King (formerly Bell) and the late Frederick Bell. Born in Dartmouth in 1899. Died 5 April 1915 aged 16. Buried in Branscombe Churchyard.
A. S. BENOKE	ILFRACOMBE	341927 Painter 1st Class Allan Scott Benoke of the Royal Navy, HMS Vivid. Son of Hooper Scott and Louisa Benoke; husband of Emma Benoke of Woodgarth, St Brannock's Park, Ilfracombe. Born in Paddington Green, London 30 January 1876. Died 25 July 1920 aged 44. Buried in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Ilfracombe.
S.J.BENSON	WITHYCOMBE	0/12476 Lance Corporal Sydney John Benson of the Army Ordnace Corps. Husband of Kate Benson of 6 Belvedere Road, Exmouth. Born in 1875. Died 3 July 1918 aged 43. Buried in Withycombe churchyard.
W.H.BERRY	EXETER H.C.	Gunner William Henry Berry of "B" Battery, 155th Brigade, the Royal Field Artillery. Son of the late George and Ellen Berry of Heavitree. Born in Heavitree in the June Quarter of 1891. Died 2 April 1915 aged 23. Buried in the Higher Cemetery in Heavitree.
W. BICKLE	CLOVELLY	Information from Barry Johnson: 21766 Private William Bickle of the 12th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of William and Jane Bickle. Born in Bratton Clovelly in 1881. Died 13 June 1916 aged 35. Buried in Efford Cemetery, Plymouth.
W.J.BLACK	DAWLISH	34500 Corporal William John Black of the 6th Battalion, the Worcestershire Regiment. Son of Sarah Ann Black and the late J.L.Black. Born in Dawlish in the June Quarter of 1888. Died 11 November 1919 aged 31. Buried in Dawlish churchyard.
L.W. BLACKBURN	DAWLISH	5827 Rifleman Leonard Walter Blackburn of the 5th Battalion, the London Rifle Brigade. Son of Joseph and Sarah Blackburn of Sutton, Surrey. Born in Shaugh Prior 3 February 1898. Died 29 December 1916 aged 18. Buried in Dawlish Cemetery.
W.BLATCHFORD	CREDITON	J/1431 Able Seaman William Gilbert Blatchford of the Royal Navy, HMS Triumph. Son of William Blatchford of Crediton. Born in Crediton 24 June 1891. Died 12 May 1915 aged 24. Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
J.BODEN	BARNSTAPLE	57341 Air Mechanic 1st Class John Boden of the Royal Air Force, No.3 Store Depot. Son of John and Annie Boden; husband of Lily Boden. Born in Barnstaple in 1875. Died 29 January 1919 aged 44. Buried in Barnstaple Cemetery.
J.BORNE	MODBURY	288252 Petty Officer Stoker John Borne of the Royal Navy, HMS Dolphin. Son of Robert and Fanny Borne; husband of Margaret Borne. Born in Falmouth in 1877. Died 24 January 1919 aged 42.
G. BOUGHTON	CLOVELLY	Information from Barry Johnson: 16623 Private George Boughton of the 8th Battalion, the Royal Fusiliers. Son of the late Frederick and Bessie Boughton. Born in Clovelly in 1893. Died 2 March 1916 aged 23. Body not recovered.
H. E. BOWERMAN	CULLOMPTON	Cadet Horace Edwin Bowerman of the RAF, 6th Squadron, No 1 Cadet Wing. Son of John and Florence Bowerman. Born in Cullompton in the December Quarter of 1900. Died 30 April 1920 aged 19. Buried in Cullompton Cemetery.
A.W.BOWLES	CLOVELLY	16942 Private Arthur William Bowles of the 9th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Annie and late Arfhur Bowles. Born in Cirencester, Glos in 1892. Died 1 July 1916 aged 24.
C.G.BRAMWELL	KENTON	Captain Charles Guy Bramwell of the 8th Battalion, the Cameronians (The Scottish Rifles). Son of the late John Bramwell and his wife Harriet; husband of Joan Bramwell of Blagdon Hill, Taunton. Born in Tynemouth, Northumberland in 1880. Died 5 September 1918 aged 38.
F.BREALEY	CREDITON	16035 Private Frederick Brealey of the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Thomas and Ellen Brealey. Born in Clannaborough in the December Quarter of 1884. Died 23 August 1918 aged 39. Body missing.
W.G.A.BRETT	LITTLEHAM	Captain William George Arthur Brett of the 76th Punjabis. Son of George and Selina Brett. Born 16 July 1877. Died 14 March 1916 aged 39. Buried in Littleham churchyard.
H. A. BREWER	BRIXHAM	TR8 21608 Private Harold Alan Brewer of the Hampshire Regiment. Son of Eliza and William Brewer. Born in Brixham in the December Quarter of 1900. Died 20 November 1918 aged 18. Buried in the churchyard of St Mary's Brixham.
W. J. A. BROCK	CHAGFORD	44129 Private William John Brock of the Devonshire Regiment Depot Battalion. Son of William and Alice Brock; husband of Lilian Brock. Born in Chagford in the March Quarter of 1887. Died 5 May 1920 aged 34. Buried in Chagford Parish churchyard.
F. BROOK	DAWLISH	234952 Able Seaman Frank Brook of the Royal Navy, HMS Kilmaine. Husband of Winifred Brook of Dawlish. Born in Dawlish 26 July 1889. Died in UK 30 June 1920 aged 31. Buried in Dawlish Cemetery.
E.F.BRYANT	BRADNINCH	L/6921 Officer's Steward 3rd Class Ernest F Bryant of the Royal Navy. HMS Vivid. Son of Annie (formerly Bryant) and John Radford (stepfather). Born in Bradninch in 1898. Died 28 June 1918 aged 20.

G. CALVERT	BUDLEIGH SALTERTON	Major George Calvert of the Royal Field Artillery. Son of George Calvert; husband of Kathleen Calvert of Sevenoaks, Kent. Born in 1867. Died in UK 25 August 1920 aged 53. Buried in Budleigh Salterton Church Cemetery.
W.H.K.CAMPBELL	TAVISTOCK	Major William K. Henry Campbell of the 12th Indian Pioneers. Son of Col and Mrs Campbell; husband of Amy. Born in 1873. Died 9 May 1918 aged 45. Buried in Tavistock New Cemetery.
A. CANN	CREDITON	Private Albert Cann of the 8th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. Ellen Drew, of Collis Park, Morchard Bishop, Crediton. Born in Morchard Bishop in the June Quarter of 1896. Died 2 May 1917 aged 21.
T.W.CARNE	IVYBRIDGE	312380 Petty Officer Stoker Thomas William Carne of the Royal Navy, HMS Garland. Son of James and Elizabeth Carne; husband of Gladys of Victoria Park. Born in Newton Ferrers in 1887. Died 17 March 1920 aged 33.
B.CHAPPLE	NEWTON ABBOT	240127 Corporal Bruce Chapple of the 1st/5th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Frederick and the late Elizabeth Chapple. Born in Newton Abbot in the December Quarter of 1893. Died 16 November 1919 aged 26. Buried in Newton Abbot Cemetery.
S. CLARK	BAMPTON	G/10624 Lance Corporal Sidney Clark of the 3rd Battalion, the Royal Fusiliers. Son of William and Sarah Clark of New Inn Road, Bampton. Born in Bampton in 1890. Died 28 May 1915 aged 25. Buried in Bampton Cemetery.
J. CLARKE	ASHCOMBE	20534 Private John Clarke of the 7th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Edward and Mary Ann Clarke; husband of Rhoda Clarke of Exeter. Born in Ashcombe in October 1879. Died 3 December 1918 aged 38. Buried in St Nectan's Churchyard.
H. CLINCH	OKEHAMPTON	34844 Private Herbert Clinch of the 11th Protection Coy. the Royal Defence Corps. Son of William and Elizabeth Clinch. Born in 1869. Died 23 November 1916 aged 47. Buried in Okehampton Churchyard.
R. J. CLINNICK	OKEHAMPTON	215824 Private Richard John Clinick of the Labour Corps. Son of William Clinick; husband of Alice Clinick. Born in Belstone in 1887. Died 15 February 1919 aged 32. Buried in Okehampton Extension Cemetery.
C.B.B.CLIVE	BARNSTAPLE	225046 Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Charles Barratt B. Clive of the Royal North Devon Hussars. Son of Edward and Elizabeth Clive. Born in Devonport in the March Quarter of 1884. Died in UK 28 May 1920 at home aged 36
A.COAKER	IDDESLEIGH	WR 206259 Sapper Alfred Coaker of the Royal Engineers Railway Operating Division. Son of John and Elizabeth Coaker; husband of Ellen Coaker of Monkokehampton. Born in Buckfastleigh in 1890. Died 9 June 1918 aged 27. Buried in Iddesleigh Churechyard
S. R. COBLEY	CREDITON	8674 Sergeant Sydney Richard Cobley of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of John and Sarah Cobley and husband of Patience. Born in 1872. Died 6 November 1914 aged 42.
A.E.COLE	IVYBRIDGE	268844 Engine Room Artificer 1st Class Albert Edward Cole of the Royal Navy, HMS Recruit. Son of John and Mary Cole of Ivybridge; husband of Edith Cole of Devonport. Born in Stonehouse 29 September 1871. Died 12 August 1917 aged 44.
W.F.COLE	SLAPTON	7831 Lance Corporal Walter Francis Coles of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Alice Louisa Cole. Born 15 July 1889 in Slapton. Died 19 November 1914 in the Military Hosptial at Aldershot aged 25.
W.J. COLEMAN	CREDITON	21851 Private Wilfred J. Coleman. of the Devonshire Regiment. Son of John and Alice Coleman. Born in Crediton in 1890. Died 15 March 1919. Buried in Holy Cross Churchyard.
H.M.COLLINS	PINHOE	243013 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Hugh Mervyn Collins of the Royal Flying Corps. Son of William and Arethusa Collins of 1 King's Road, The Priory. PInhoe. Born in Pinhoe in 1900. Died in UK 15 February 1921 aged 21. Buried in Pinhoe Churchyard.
W.S.COLLMAN	EXETER H.C.	377178 Pioneer William Stephen Collman of the Royal Engineers. Son of John and the late Sarah Jane Collman; husband of Mabel Collman of Summerland Street, Exeter. Born in Exeter in the March Quarter of 1882. Died 11 March 1915 aged 23. Buried in the Higher Cemetery in Heavitree.
J.CONWAY	EXETER H.C	3844 Sergeant John Conway of the 2nd Battalion, the Border Regiment. Parents not yet known. Born in 1881. Died 25 December 1914 in hospital at Exeter. (His death date is entered in the GRO as 1919 but this was because an inquest into his death was unwittingly delayed . His age at death is officially given as 38. He is buried in Exeter's Higher Cemetery in Heavitree.)
E.COOK	HARTLAND	Able Seaman Ernest Cook of the Mercantile Marine, SS. Landovery Castle. Son of William and Susan Cook of Vine Cottage Lee. Born in Hartland in the September Quarter of 1897. Died 27 June 1918 aged 21.
J. CORNALL	EGGESFORD	17619 Private James Ernest Archibald Cornall of the Coldstream Guards. Son of Charles and Annie Cornall of Umberleigh. Born in London in 1896. Died 18 June 1918 aged 21. Buried in Eggesford churchyard.
H.COURT	EXETER H.C.	G/2405 Steward Helen Isabella Court of the Women's Royal Naval Service. Daughter of Mary Court of Roberts Road, Exeter. Born in Exeter in 1892. Died of illness 15 November 1918 aged 26 . Buried in the Higher Cemetery in Heavitree.
H.J.COUNTER	KENTON	161017 Petty Officer 1`st Class Henry John Cpounter of the Royal Navy, HMS Suffolk. Son of John and Ellen Counter of Kenton. Born in Kenton in 1875. Died of sickness 10 November 1919 aged 44.
H.V.COWAN	BIDEFORD	Colonel Henry Vivian Cowan, who from 1914 to 1918 held the post of .A.G., Irish Command. Son of Richard Cowan (formerly of Sidmouth) and his wife Elizabeth; husband of Mabel Talbot Laing. Born in Ayr, Scotland 10 November 1854. Died in Bideford 24 January 1918 aged 63. Buried in Bideford churchyard.
L.R.D.COX	CULLOMPTON	8501 Lance Corporal Lindsay Richard Douglas Cox of the 1st Battalion, the Somerset Light Infantry. Parents not known. Born in Gibraltar in 1892. Died in UK 17 April 1920 aged 28. Buried in Cullompton churchyard.
W.CREWS	DAWLISH	67964 Private William H. Crews of the Devonshire Regiment, Depot Battalion. Son of Charles and Charlotte Crews; husband of Caroline Crews of Priory Hill, Dawlish. Born in Exminster in 1865. Died 27 February 1919 aged 53. Buried in Dawlish Cemetery. Also served in the South African war.
D. CRISPIN	CREDITON	2571 Lance Corporal Dennis William Fred Crispin of 1/6 Territorial Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Henry and Annie Elizabeth Crispin, of Sheets, Sandford, Crediton. Born in Sandford in the June Quarter of 1896. Died 8 March 1916 aged 19. Commemorated on the Basra memorial. Body missing.
J. CRITCHARD	BUDLEIGH SALTERTON	167879 Stoker 1st Class Jethro Critchard of the Royal Navy, HMS Powerful. Son of Thomas and Eliza Critchard (née Potter); husband of Mary Ann (née Ford) who were married just weeks before his death). Born in Axmouth 2 May 1874. Died 24 June 1920 aged 46. Buried in Budleigh Salterton church cemetery.
F. CROOK	CREDITON	10627 Private Frederick George Crook of the 8th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Ann Crook, of Shobrooke Village, Crediton. Born in Shobrooke in the March Quarter of 1894. Died 9 May 1917 aged 23.
J.H.CUNNINGTON	THURLESTONE	2nd Lieutenant Joseph Herbert Cunnington of the Royal Engineers. Parents not yet known. Born in Hampstead in 1892. Died 19 October 1918 in the UK aged 27. Buried in All Saints Churchyard.