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Abingdon, Berkshire [225]

Abingdon, Berkshire, England [8]

Long Wittenham, Abingdon, Berkshire [3]

Steventon, Abingdon, Berkshire [3]

Marcham, Abingdon, Berkshire [2]

Sutton Courtney, Abingdon, Berkshire [2]

Abingdon Berkshire [1]

Abingdon Berkshire England [1]

Abingdon on Thames, Berkshire [1]

Appleton, Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Cumnor,Abingdon,Berkshire. [1]

Drayton Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Fernham, Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, Berkshire, England [1]

Ock Lea House, Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Radley, Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Steventon Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Tubney, Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

West Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [15]

Able Seaman [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Captain [5]

Serjeant [5]

Major [4]

Corporal [3]

Gunner [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman II [1]

Blacksmith's Mate [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Sapper [1]

Serjeant (Drill Instructor) [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Naval Air Service [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Essex Regiment [1]

General Staff [1]

General Staff photographer [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

H.M.S. "Medina" [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS Conqueror [1]

HMS DEFENCE [1]

HMS Fishguard [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS Laforey [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Spitfire [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Northumberland Regiment [1]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1]

Personal Servant to Sir H.F. Donaldson [1]

President II [1]

Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Reg't) [1]

Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) [1]

Reserve Regiment of Lancers [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Scottish Horse [1]

The Duke of Wellington's ( West Riding Regiment) [1]

West Kent Yeomanry [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

official photographer for the Western Front [1]

Service

Royal Navy [139]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [83]

British Army [31]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [38]

B [32]

W [26]

T [25]

H [20]

C [19]

D [19]

P [11]

F [10]

M [10]

G [9]

E [7]

A [6]

L [6]

R [5]

J [4]

K [4]

N [2]

U [2]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [244]

Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

Abingdon, Berkshire [225] Abingdon, Berkshire, England [8] Long Wittenham, Abingdon, Berkshire [3] Steventon, Abingdon, Berkshire [3] Marcham, Abingdon, Berkshire [2] Sutton Courtney, Abingdon, Berkshire [2] Abingdon Berkshire [1] Abingdon Berkshire England [1] Abingdon on Thames, Berkshire [1] Appleton, Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Cumnor,Abingdon,Berkshire. [1] Drayton Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Fernham, Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, Berkshire, England [1] Ock Lea House, Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Radley, Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Steventon Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Tubney, Abingdon, Berkshire [1] West Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [15] Able Seaman [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Captain [5] Serjeant [5] Major [4] Corporal [3] Gunner [3] Lieutenant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Ordinary Seaman [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Aircraftman II [1] Blacksmith's Mate [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Sapper [1] Serjeant (Drill Instructor) [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Telegraphist [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Naval Air Service [4] Army Service Corps [3] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Labour Corps [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Essex Regiment [1] General Staff [1] General Staff photographer [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] H.M.S. "Medina" [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS Conqueror [1] HMS DEFENCE [1] HMS Fishguard [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS Laforey [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Spitfire [1] HMS Vanguard [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Northumberland Regiment [1] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1] Personal Servant to Sir H.F. Donaldson [1] President II [1] Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Reg't) [1] Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) [1] Reserve Regiment of Lancers [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Scottish Horse [1] The Duke of Wellington's ( West Riding Regiment) [1] West Kent Yeomanry [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1] official photographer for the Western Front [1]

Service

Royal Navy [139] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [83] British Army [31] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [38] B [32] W [26] T [25] H [20] C [19] D [19] P [11] F [10] M [10] G [9] E [7] A [6] L [6] R [5] J [4] K [4] N [2] U [2] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [244] Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [14] Malta [1]

Charles Thomas Froom

Born 1888

Died 1976

British Army 4160 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138809 Serjeant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138809 Serjeant Royal Air Force

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Gerald Harding Daly, O.b.e.

Born 1897

Died 1981

Royal Navy F.5120 Leading Mechanic Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Navy F5120 Leading Mechanic President II

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205120 Corporal Mechanic Royal Air Force

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Percival Robert Arnold

Born 1885

Died 1951

British Army 15859 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 15859 Staff Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Beresford Gibbs

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army Major (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Henry George Froom

Born 1884

Died 1966

British Army 353155 Serjeant Labour Corps 644th Home Service Employment Company

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Denys Max Thomson Morland

Born 1892

Died 1964

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Major Royal Engineers

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William Ewart Weller

Born 1887

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168752 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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John Francis Raikes

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army PS/1967 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment 3rd Battalion

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George King

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy J/15075 Able Seaman H.M.S. "Medina"

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Samuel Madgwick

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264681

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Henry Thomas Wiggins

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265693

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Alfred Wiblin

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264173

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Ernest John Denton

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114633

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Albert Francis Edmonds

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285732

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Ernest Belcher

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8351

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Joseph Thomas

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143398

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Walter Enock

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31160

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Stuart Duncan Bristol

Born 1887

Died 1973

British Army 20342 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 684149 Private Labour Corps

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Harry Wilfred Minns

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 5627 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 202132 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 202132 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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George Henry Thatcher

Died 1915

British Army S4/093690 Private Army Service Corps 23rd Field Bakery

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