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NAME	MEMORIAL OMITTED FROM	DETAILS
A.C.DAVIS	UPTON PYNE	4813 Private Alfred Charles Davis of the 4th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment; transferred as 245172 to the Labour Corps. Family details not yet known. Died 16 February 1919 aged 43. Buried in Upton Pyne Churchyard.
F.A.DAVIS	DAWLISH	PLY/8823 Sergeant Frederick Albert Davis of the Royal Marine Light Infantry. Son of John and Maria Davis of Dawlish; husband of Edith Davis of Stonehouse. Born in Dawlish 20 February 1883. Died during the Battle of Coronel 1 November 1914 aged 32. He is named on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
F.E.DAVIS	BERE FERRERS	966522 Gunner Francis Edwin Davis of the Royal Field Artillery. Son of James and the late Elizabeth Davis. Born in Bere Ferrers in the June Quarter of 1892. Died in UK 20 February 1920 aged 27. Buried in St Andrew's churchyard.
F.E.DAVIS	EXETER H.C.	11996 Sergeant Frederick Edward Davis of the 1st Battalion, the Grenadier Guards. Son of James and Anna Davis. Born in Evercreech, Somerset in 1887. Died in hospital in Exeter 28 December 1914 aged 27. Buried in the Higher Cemetery, Heavitree.
F.J.S.DAVIS	EXETER H.C.	Major Frederick John Stockham Davis of the 5th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Orlando and Mary Davis of Plymouth; husband of Violet (formerly Davis) of Gloucester. Born in Plymouth in the June Quarter of 1880. Died 4 November 1918 aged 38. Buried in the Higher Cemetery, Heavitree.
T. DAVIS	DAWLISH	162870 Able Seaman Thomas Davis of the Royal Navy, HMS Vivid (shore establishment). husband of Frances Davis of Swan Court, Dawlish. Born in Dawlish in 1877. Died 19 April 1916 of illness aged 39. Buried in Dawlish Cemetery.
J.H.DAWSON	DARTMOUTH	PLY 14734 Lance Corporal John Henry Dawson of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Monmouth. Born in Dartmouth 16 November 1894. He and his sister were orphaned very early in life and to begin with, lived with grandparents but by 1901 both were living in Devonport Workhouse. John died during the Battle of Coronel 1 November 1914 aged 22. He is named on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
A. DAYMAN	HARTLAND	725 Sapper Alfred Dayman of the 33rd Field Coy, the Royal Engineers. Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Dayman. Born in Hartland in 1873. Died 1 April 1915 aged 42.
W.T.DAYMAN	HARTLAND	203572 Private Walter Thomas Dayman of the 4th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of John and Mary Dayman; husband of Berssie Dayman of Wellington Somerset. Born in Hartland in 1884. Died 2 March 1917 aged 33. Buried in Bournemouth East Cemetery.
W.E.DAYMOND	EXETER H.C.	7303 Sergeant William Edmund of the 6th Battalion, the Leicestershire Regiment. Son of William and Ellen Daymond of 1 Sun Lane Exeter. Born in India in 1889. Died 2 August 1916 aged 27. Buried in the Higher Cemetery, Exeter.
H. DEWDNEY	TAVISTOCK	3699 24 Pioneer Harold Dewdney of the Royal Engineers. Son of Sidney and Josepha Dewdney of Plymouth. Born in Brixham in 1896. Died 3 April 1917 aged 21. Buried in Tavistock Cemetery.
S.C.DIMES	SHOBROOKE	120950 Sapper Stephen Cyril Dimes of "Q" Special Coy, the Royal Engineers. Husband of Winifred Dimes of Shobrooke. Born in Wood Green, Middlesex in 1881. Died between 12 and 13 April 1918 aged 36. The following appears as a footnote in CWGC: Recent research has shown that Sapper Dimes is buried here (i.e St Swithens, Shobrooke). The Commission is in the process of producing a special memorial headstone to commemorate him as it is not possible to mark his actual grave. Please note that this casualty is currently commemorated by the Commission on the Brookwood (United Kingdom 1914-1918) Memorial; his name will be removed when the appropriate panel is next replaced.
J.W.DOBELL	MODBURY	Lieutenant John Willett Dobell of the Royal Navy, HMS President. Son of John and Fanny Dobell of South Gifford House, Aveton Gifford. Born in Aveton, 28 August 1896. Died 1 March 1919 aged 22 of meningitis as he continued with his training after he had served on board ship during the war.
M.H.DOREY	EXETER H.C.	273335 Private Maurice Herbert Dorey of the 57th Battalion of the Machine Gun Infantry. Son of Jesse and Mary Dorey of Heavitree. Born in Heavitree in the December Quarter 1899. Died 2 September 1918 aged 19. Buried in the Higher Cemetery, Heavitree.
J.S.DOUGLAS	BAMPTON	(True family name = WATTS) Lieutenant John Sholto Douglas of the 50th Battalion, the Canadian Infantry. Husband of K.S. Douglas. Born in Brandon, Manitoba 4th September 1894. Died 30 November 1918 aged 24. Buried in Bampton Cemetery.
F.G.DRAKE	HEMYOCK	L/12093 Lance Corporal Francis George Drake of The Queens Regiment (Royal West Surrey), formerly 10594 of the former East Surrey Regiment.) Son of Francis and Mary Drake of Gray's Farm. Born in Shepherd's Bush in 1897. Died 5 October 1918 aged 22.
B. DRAKE-CUTLIFFE	ILFRACOMBE	2nd Lieutenant Bernard Henry Hamilton Drake-Cutliffe of the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Charles Bernard Mervyn Drake-Cutliffe. Born in Long Ashton in the June Quarter of 1899 (he was the twin brother of Henry Drake-Cutliffe). Died in UK 11 April 1921 aged 21. Buried in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Ilfracombe
F. DREW (8083)	CREDITON	8083 Private Fred Drew of the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Born in Crediton in the September Quarter of 1889. Died 10 March 1915 aged 25. Believed to have been brought up in Lapford.
F. DREW (8296)	CREDITON	8296 Private Frederick Drew of the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of James and Isabella Drew. Born in Upton Hellions in the June Quarter of 1891. Died 1 July 1918 aged 28.
J.T.DREW	HEANTON PUNCHARDON	Lieutenant John Thomas Drew of the Connaught Rangers. No personal information yet confirmed. Died 3 September 1919 age unknown. There is something of a mystery here - there is an official CWGC headstone in the churchyard at Heanton but all other sources state that he was buried in St Brannocks' Road Cemetery, Ilfracombe.
W. DREW	CREDITION	Private William Percy Drew of 1/6 Territorial Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Born in Sandford in the June Quarter of 1895. Died 8 March 1916 aged 22.
G.DYMOND	WOODBURY	TS/315 Driver George Dymond of the Royal Army Service Corps. Son of John and Lydia Dymond; husband of Lucy Dymond of Woodbury. Born in Farringdon in 1890. Died in UK 3 April 1921 aged 31. Buried in Woodbury Churchyard.

E. EASTERBROOK	CREDITON	Private Ernest John Easterbrook of the 10th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Easterbrook, of Coleford, Copplestone. Born in Crediton in 1895. Died 9 October 1917 aged 22.
F.C.J. EASTERBROOK	PRINCETOWN	24175 Private Frederick Charles Jake Easterbrook of the 10th Battalion, the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Son of Charlotte and the late Charles Easterbrook of Princetown. Born in Princetown in the September Quarter of 1888. Died 2 May 1919 aged 30. Buried in St Michael's churchyard.
A.EDGCOMBE	AVETON GIFFORD	18083 Corporal Leading Stoker Arthur Edgcombe of the Royal Navy, HMS Resolution. Son of Thomas and Irene Edgcombe; husband of Florence Edcombe. Born in Aveton Gifford 18 July 1892. Died 30 December 1919 aged 27. Buried in Aveton Churchyard.
W. J. EDMONDS	ILFRACOMBE	Captain Walter John Edmonds of the 1st/6th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of the Rev. Walter John Edmonds, Rector of High Bray and his wife Mary Ann (née Gill); husband of Amy Edmonds (née Smith). Born in High Bray in the December Quarter of 1876. Died 19 May 1919 aged 42. Buried in the churchyard of Holy Trinity, Ilfracombe.
L.T.EDWARDS	OTTERY ST MARY	L/10673 Officer's Steward 2nd Class Leonard Tom Edwards of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood. Son of Tom and Annie Edwards of Burrows Hill, Ottery. Born in Ottery 4 March 1900. Died 25 March 1921 of illness on board ship in Devonport. Buried in Ottery St Mary Churchyard.
C.C.ELLIOTT	HARTLAND	75127 Corporal Charles Colwill Elliott of the Lines of Communication Coy, the Royal Engineers. Son of the late William and Sarah Elliott. Born in Hartland in 1895. Died 12 March 1919 aged 24.
M.M. ERSKINE	LITTLEHAM	Marguerite Muriel Erskine of the South African Voluntary Aid Detachment; attached to the British Red Cross Society. Daughter of William Erskine, formerly of South Africa. Born in Southsea Hants, 1880. Died 4 November 1918 aged 38. She was a member of the St John Ambulance Brigade.
J. EVANS	CREDITON	Private John Evans of the 2nd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of William and Mary Ann Evans. Born in Sandford in the December Quarter of 1891. Died 1 July 1916 aged 25.

W.FACEY	WITHERIDGE	8630 Private William Reginald E. Facey of the 1st Battalion, the Coldstream Guards. Son of Police Sergeant Herbert Facey and his wife Betsy. Born in Plympton in the June Quarter of 1893. Died 25 January 1915 aged 21.
L.B.FINNEGAN	BIDEFORD	1467 Corporal Lawrence Bernard Finnegan of the 1st/6th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Caroline Allin (formerly Finnegan) and the late Thomas Francis Finnegan. Born in Cambridge in the March Quarter of of 1895. Died 3 February 1917 aged 21 whilst a Turkish Prisoner of War.
J.A.FLOOD	NEWTON ABBOT	3/7020 Private James Allan Flood of the 3rd Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment; transferred as 186832 to the Labour Corps. Son of James and Emily Flood of Newton Abbot; husband of Emily Flood of Exeter. Born in Exeter in 1879. Died 17 August 1919 aged 40.
G.FORD	CREDITON	Private George C. Ford of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Samuel and Emma Ford. (See below) Born in Crediton in 1883. Died 25 April 1915 aged 32.
G.J.FORD	EXETER H.C*	1036 Private George James Ford of the 1st/7th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of John and Mary Ann Ford of 16 Oxford Road, Exeter. Born in Exeter in the December Quarter of 1884. Died 19 February 1915 aged 31. Buried in the Higher Cemetery, Heavitree.
W. FORD	KINGSTEIGNTON	Acting Corporal Wallace Samuel Ford of the 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of the late Samuel and Emma Ford, of Crediton (see above). Born in Crediton in 1895. Died 16 May 1917 aged 20.
A.J.FOXWORTHY	SLAPTON	17236 Private Albert James Foxworthy of the 13th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment. Son of Robert and Mary Jane Foxworthy. Born in Stoke, Nr. Blackawton 22 July 1877. Discharged wounded in 1917, died at home 25 March 1918 aged 40. Buried in Slapton churchyard.
W.FURZE	KINGSTEIGNTON	10002 Acting Corporal William Furze of the Devonshire Regiment, the Depot Battalion. Son of George and Dinah Furze.Born in Newton Abbot in the March Quarter of 1862. Died 18 November 1919 aged 58. Buried in Kingsteignton churchyard.
A.E.FURZELAND	YEALMPTON	31093 Petty Officer Stoker Alfred Edward Furzeland of the Royal Navy, HMS Vivid. Son of Samuel and Harriet. Born in Yealmpton in October 1887. Died 4 November 1918 aged 31. Buried in St Bart's churchyard.