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Amersham, Buckinghamshire [78]

Amersham Common, Buckinghamshire [2]

Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England [2]

Amersham, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire [1]

Amersham, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Beaconsfield, Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Chartridge, Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Chesham, Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Coleshill, Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Penn, Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Winchmore Hill Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [7]

Lance Corporal [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Captain [1]

Gunner [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [3]

1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

HMS AMBUSCADE [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Conqueror [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Pembroke [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Labour Corps [1]

London Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [48]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28]

British Army [12]

Last name first letter

C [11]

S [11]

B [10]

H [9]

W [7]

G [6]

D [5]

R [5]

K [4]

M [4]

A [3]

J [3]

L [3]

P [3]

F [2]

T [2]

E [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [85]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

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People [90] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Amersham, Buckinghamshire [78] Amersham Common, Buckinghamshire [2] Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England [2] Amersham, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire [1] Amersham, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire [1] Beaconsfield, Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1] Chartridge, Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1] Chesham, Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1] Coleshill, Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1] Penn, Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1] Winchmore Hill Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [7] Lance Corporal [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Captain [1] Gunner [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [3] 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] HMS AMBUSCADE [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Conqueror [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Pembroke [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Labour Corps [1] London Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [48] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28] British Army [12]

Last name first letter

C [11] S [11] B [10] H [9] W [7] G [6] D [5] R [5] K [4] M [4] A [3] J [3] L [3] P [3] F [2] T [2] E [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [85] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

John Skells

Born 1895

Died 1975

British Army 14274 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Thomas Leigh De Fraine

Born 1898

Died 1978

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 69461

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Arthur Pursey

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220751

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Henry Thomas Bolton

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 3268 Private East Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

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Philip Oliver Lane

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98800

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Ernest Wright

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199319

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Alfred Marraway

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169672

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Frederick Maurice Drinkill

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Saunders

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29587

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Maurice Albert Wingrove

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166727

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William John Rose

Born 1892

Died 1919

Royal Navy K38486 Stoker 1st Class HMS Pembroke

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Arthur Fowler Parker

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243642

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Francis James Matthews

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227904

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Walter Charles Scott

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 11212 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 9th Battalion

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John Olney Clarke

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238112

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Arthur William Cato

Born 1898

Died 1953

British Army 35251 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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George Willesden Saunders

Died 1918

British Army 521071 Private Labour Corps 374th Home Service Coy

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Frederick Parmenas Beckley

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1281 Serjeant 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion

British Army 1281 Serjeant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 1281 Serjeant Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Frederick Joseph Gould

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229757

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Albert Bolton

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221270

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