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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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People [256] Stories Communities

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]

Frank Henry Maurice Retter

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264842

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Claude Lay

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 180605

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Charles Henry Hilsdon

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 5/10326 Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 331269 Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 1/8th Battalion

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Ernest Brooks

Born 1876

Died 1957

Royal Navy AA/1216 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

British Army Second Lieutenant General Staff official photographer for the Western Front

British Army Second Lieutenant official photographer for the Western Front

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Albert Whitehead

Born 1876

British Army M2/048238 Serjeant Army Service Corps

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Sydney Arthur Bovan

Born 1899

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George Creemer Lester

Born 1884

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Reuben James Hutt

Born 1900

Royal Navy J51430

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Arthur Frederick Slatter

Born 1890

Royal Navy F32488

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Harry James

Born 1899

Royal Navy J49789

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Francis Tom Luker

Born 1902

Royal Navy K57885

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Maurice Edward Spooner

Born 1902

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William Smith

Born 1861

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Bernard Bridges

Born 1899

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Cyril Buscot Anwyl

Born 1900

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Alfred James Pritchard

Born 1886

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