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Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [290]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England [10]

Waddesdon, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [6]

Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [4]

Bierton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [3]

Aston Clinton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2]

Chesham, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2]

Dinton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2]

Walton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2]

Wingrave, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2]

Aston Abbotts near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Aylesbury End, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bishopstone, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Brill, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Cubbington, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Cuddington, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Ellesborough, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Great Missenden, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Grendon Underwood, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

High Wycombe, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Lower Winchendon, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Olney, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Princes Risborough, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Stone Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Stone, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Weedon, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Whitchurch, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Wooton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [15]

Able Seaman [7]

Corporal [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Captain [3]

Driver [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sapper [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Boy [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Lance Combardier [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Hand [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Special War Worker [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

HMS IRON DUKE [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

1st Buckinghamshire Volunteer Rifle Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Commander Milford Haven Garrison [1]

Cyclist Corps [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

GOC 184th Brigade, 61st (2nd South Midland) Division TF [1]

HMS BOADICEA [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS Commonwealth [1]

HMS GARLAND [1]

HMS Hyacinth [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS Pegasus [1]

HMS Pembroke [1]

HMS Prince George [1]

HMS Vampire [1]

Munition Worker [1]

Nigeria Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Territorial Force [1]

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Corona." [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Tank Corps [1]

The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [188]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [116]

British Army [28]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [33]

B [31]

T [27]

P [24]

W [23]

S [22]

G [21]

C [20]

R [18]

E [17]

M [15]

K [14]

L [14]

J [12]

D [11]

F [9]

N [8]

V [7]

A [4]

Y [4]

I [3]

O [3]

Contribution

Military Service [326]

Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

China [1]

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Place of birth

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [290] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England [10] Waddesdon, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [6] Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [4] Bierton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [3] Aston Clinton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2] Chesham, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2] Dinton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2] Walton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2] Wingrave, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2] Aston Abbotts near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Aylesbury End, Buckinghamshire [1] Bishopstone, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Brill, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Cubbington, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Cuddington, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Ellesborough, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Great Missenden, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Grendon Underwood, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] High Wycombe, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Lower Winchendon, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Olney, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Princes Risborough, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Stone Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Stone, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Weedon, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Whitchurch, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Wooton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [15] Able Seaman [7] Corporal [4] Lance Corporal [4] Lieutenant [4] Captain [3] Driver [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sapper [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Boy [1] Brigadier General [1] Colonel [1] Commander [1] Flying Officer [1] Lance Combardier [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Rifleman [1] Second Hand [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Serjeant [1] Special War Worker [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] HMS IRON DUKE [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Army Service Corps [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS MALAYA [2] Labour Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] 1st Buckinghamshire Volunteer Rifle Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Commander Milford Haven Garrison [1] Cyclist Corps [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] GOC 184th Brigade, 61st (2nd South Midland) Division TF [1] HMS BOADICEA [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS Commonwealth [1] HMS GARLAND [1] HMS Hyacinth [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS Pegasus [1] HMS Pembroke [1] HMS Prince George [1] HMS Vampire [1] Munition Worker [1] Nigeria Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Territorial Force [1] Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Corona." [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1] Tank Corps [1] The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [188] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [116] British Army [28] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [33] B [31] T [27] P [24] W [23] S [22] G [21] C [20] R [18] E [17] M [15] K [14] L [14] J [12] D [11] F [9] N [8] V [7] A [4] Y [4] I [3] O [3]

Contribution

Military Service [326] Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [17] China [1]

Charles Nicolas Tindal-Carill-Worsley

Born 1876

Died 1921

Royal Navy Captain

Royal Navy Commander HMS Prince George

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James Victor Walker

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 29122 Private Somerset Light Infantry 1st Btn

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Hugh John Coleridge Mackarness

Born 1885

Died 1964

British Army Captain East Lancashire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

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Geoffrey Beville Reinhardt Schon

Born 1894

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flying Officer Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Frederick Owen

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army T/278932 Driver Royal Army Service Corps 239th Coy. (Bedford)

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Eric Arthur White

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288066

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Sidney Richard Horsman

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162388

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William Edwin Hoole

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307212

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James Swinden Lewis

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302797

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Herbert Walter Proctor

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265689

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William Henry Cherry

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266624

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Henry James Sheffield

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 201759

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Thomas Edward Griffin

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275714

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Herbert Francis Cook

Died 1918

British Army 75567 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 75567 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 75567 Lance Combardier Royal Field Artillery 1203rd Bty. 12th Bde

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Leslie Gurney Lines

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28504

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Thomas Clifton

Born 1864

Died 1916

Royal Navy SA 1025 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1025 Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Corona."

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Arthur David Young

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217726

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John William Everitt

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236606

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Arthur Figg

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19797

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Albert Edward Wallington

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205400

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