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Abingdon, Berkshire [225]

Abingdon [22]

Abingdon, Oxfordshire [11]

Abingdon, Berkshire, England [8]

Abingdon England [6]

Abingdon, Buckinghamshire [4]

Long Wittenham, Abingdon, Berkshire [3]

Steventon, Abingdon, Berkshire [3]

Abingdon, Berks [2]

Abingdon,Berks. [2]

Marcham, Abingdon, Berkshire [2]

Sutton Courtney, Abingdon, Berkshire [2]

Abingdon Berkshire [1]

Abingdon Berkshire England [1]

Abingdon on Thames, Berkshire [1]

Abingdon, Berks. [1]

Abingdon, Berks. England [1]

Abingdon, Derbyshire [1]

Abingdon, Gloucestershire [1]

Abingdon, Oxford [1]

Appleton, Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Culham, Abingdon, Oxfordshire [1]

Cumnor,Abingdon,Berkshire. [1]

Drayton Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Farringdon,Abingdon,Berks [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 [37]

Able Seaman [8]

Corporal [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Captain [6]

Serjeant [6]

Major [5]

Gunner [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Sapper [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftman II [1]

Blacksmith's Mate [1]

Bombardier [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Driver [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sargeant [1]

Serjeant (Drill Instructor) [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [9]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Labour Corps [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Naval Air Service [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Army Service Corps [3]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [1]

1st(home service) employment company [1]

6th Dragoon Guards (carabiniers) [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Berkshire Yeomanry [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

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 Hindustan [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS Laforey [1]

HMS MAENAD [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

HMS Spitfire [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party, "A" Company [1]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [1]

Honorary Artillery Company / Royal Garrison [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Service

Royal Navy [154]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [84]

British Army [63]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [40]

B [38]

W [31]

T [29]

P [27]

C [24]

H [21]

D [20]

M [13]

F [12]

G [10]

L [9]

A [8]

E [7]

R [7]

K [5]

J [4]

N [2]

U [2]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [298]

Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

Abingdon, Berkshire [225] Abingdon [22] Abingdon, Oxfordshire [11] Abingdon, Berkshire, England [8] Abingdon England [6] Abingdon, Buckinghamshire [4] Long Wittenham, Abingdon, Berkshire [3] Steventon, Abingdon, Berkshire [3] Abingdon, Berks [2] Abingdon,Berks. [2] Marcham, Abingdon, Berkshire [2] Sutton Courtney, Abingdon, Berkshire [2] Abingdon Berkshire [1] Abingdon Berkshire England [1] Abingdon on Thames, Berkshire [1] Abingdon, Berks. [1] Abingdon, Berks. England [1] Abingdon, Derbyshire [1] Abingdon, Gloucestershire [1] Abingdon, Oxford [1] Appleton, Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Culham, Abingdon, Oxfordshire [1] Cumnor,Abingdon,Berkshire. [1] Drayton Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Farringdon,Abingdon,Berks [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 [37] Able Seaman [8] Corporal [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Captain [6] Serjeant [6] Major [5] Gunner [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Sapper [3] Boy 1st Class [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Aircraftman II [1] Blacksmith's Mate [1] Bombardier [1] Corporal Mechanic [1] Driver [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Rifleman [1] Sargeant [1] Serjeant (Drill Instructor) [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Telegraphist [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [11] Royal Berkshire Regiment [9] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Labour Corps [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Naval Air Service [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Army Service Corps [3] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [1] 1st(home service) employment company [1] 6th Dragoon Guards (carabiniers) [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Berkshire Yeomanry [1] Corps of Hussars [1] 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 Hindustan [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS Laforey [1] HMS MAENAD [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS New Zealand [1] HMS Spitfire [1] HMS Vanguard [1] HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party, "A" Company [1] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [1] Honorary Artillery Company / Royal Garrison [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Service

Royal Navy [154] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [84] British Army [63] Australian Imperial Force [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [40] B [38] W [31] T [29] P [27] C [24] H [21] D [20] M [13] F [12] G [10] L [9] A [8] E [7] R [7] K [5] J [4] N [2] U [2] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [298] Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [31] Canada [1] Germany [1] Malta [1]

Joseph Plowman

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 10243 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 10243 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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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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Harry Pead

Born 1882

British Army 49072 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 5125 Hertfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 259952 1st(home service) employment company

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Joseph James Thomas

Born 1890

British Army Private South Wales Borderers Depot Territorial Force

British Army 190905 Private Labour Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143398 Aircraftman 2nd Class 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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Jack Moores

Died 1918

British Army 374006 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 8016 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Frederick Pitson

Born 1883

Died 1929

British Army 15808 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army P6177 Private Military Foot Police

British Army 18342 Private Military Foot Police

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Arthur Sanford

Born 1892

Died 1954

British Army 03388 Corporal Army Ordnance Corps

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Harry Chapman

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 1815 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 70431 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

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Launcelot Arnold Prickett

Born 1882

Died 1941

British Army 32844 Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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William Thomas Thatcher

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 9988 Private The Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal Berkshire) Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ernest Plowman

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 11545 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 11545 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 11545 Driver Royal Field Artillery 63rd Brigade

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Harry Albert Plowman

Born 1898

Died 1984

British Army 26447 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army

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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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Donald Cullen

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 511863 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 511863 Private London Regiment (London Scottish)

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Edward Joseph Pead

Born 1884

Died 1925

British Army 21258 Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 94819 Sargeant Labour Corps

British Army 94819 Corporal Labour Corps

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Arthur John Pead

Born 1890

Died 1959

British Army 07588 Private Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 07588 Corporal Army Ordnance Corps

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Oliver Tame

Born 1888

Died 1926

British Army 2763 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 240490 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Frank Chapman

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 57081 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 57081 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 31st. Siege Battery

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William Andrew Pead

Born 1880

Died 1936

British Army 44443 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 12640 Private Training Reserve

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