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Banbury, Oxfordshire [343]

Banbury, Oxfordshire, England [13]

Neithrop, Banbury, Oxfordshire [8]

Banbury, Oxford, Oxfordshire [5]

Bloxham, Banbury, Oxfordshire [5]

Adderbury, Banbury, Oxfordshire [3]

Banbury Oxfordshire [2]

Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxfordshire [2]

Near Banbury, Oxfordshire [2]

Wroxton, Banbury, Oxfordshire [2]

Adderbury near Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Banbury, Adderbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Banbury,Oxfordshire. [1]

Barford St John, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Bodicote, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Brailes, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Christ Church Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Christ Church, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Claydon, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Cropredy, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Deddington, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Epwell, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Fifield, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Great Bourton, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Hempton, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Horton, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Ipwell Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Middleton Cheney, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Mollington, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

North Aston, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

South Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

South Newington, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Steepleston, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England [1]

Swalcliffe, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Upper Heyford, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Wardington, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Wroxton, Banbury Oxfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [38]

Serjeant [8]

Lance Corporal [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Able Seaman [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Captain [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Lieutenant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brigade Major/ Brigade Staff [1]

Bugler [1]

Cooks Mate [1]

Corporal [1]

Driver [1]

Fitter [1]

Gunner [1]

Major [1]

Seaman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

HMS INDOMITABLE [3]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [1]

12th Depot Battalion [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Berkshire Yeomanry [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Chester [1]

HMS Danae [1]

HMS Defender [1]

HMS Frobisher [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Gloucestershire [1]

HMS Hardy [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS Marshal Soult (Birmingham) [1]

HMS Marshal Soult (Shakespeare) [1]

HMS Pembroke 2.5 [1]

HMS Pembroke I [1]

HMS Pembroke II [1]

HMS Racoon [1]

HMS Raleigh [1]

HMS Titania [1]

HMS Vindictive [1]

HMS Vivid III (Raleigh) [1]

HMS Yarmouth [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [199]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [142]

British Army [56]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [69]

C [41]

H [41]

P [28]

S [27]

W [23]

G [22]

F [20]

R [19]

J [18]

M [18]

D [15]

N [15]

T [15]

L [12]

E [7]

K [6]

A [5]

I [3]

O [3]

V [3]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [395]

Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

India [1]

Jamaica [1]

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Place of birth

Banbury, Oxfordshire [343] Banbury, Oxfordshire, England [13] Neithrop, Banbury, Oxfordshire [8] Banbury, Oxford, Oxfordshire [5] Bloxham, Banbury, Oxfordshire [5] Adderbury, Banbury, Oxfordshire [3] Banbury Oxfordshire [2] Hook Norton, Banbury, Oxfordshire [2] Near Banbury, Oxfordshire [2] Wroxton, Banbury, Oxfordshire [2] Adderbury near Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Banbury, Adderbury, Oxfordshire [1] Banbury,Oxfordshire. [1] Barford St John, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Bodicote, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Brailes, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Christ Church Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Christ Church, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Claydon, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Cropredy, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Deddington, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Epwell, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Fifield, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Great Bourton, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Hempton, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Horton, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Ipwell Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Middleton Cheney, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Mollington, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] North Aston, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] South Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] South Newington, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Steepleston, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England [1] Swalcliffe, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Upper Heyford, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Wardington, Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Wroxton, Banbury Oxfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [38] Serjeant [8] Lance Corporal [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Able Seaman [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Captain [3] Leading Stoker [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Lieutenant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Stoker 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brigade Major/ Brigade Staff [1] Bugler [1] Cooks Mate [1] Corporal [1] Driver [1] Fitter [1] Gunner [1] Major [1] Seaman [1] Sergeant [1]

Unit

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] HMS INDOMITABLE [3] HMS COLLINGWOOD [2] Labour Corps [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] South Wales Borderers [2] 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [1] 12th Depot Battalion [1] Army Service Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Berkshire Yeomanry [1] Border Regiment [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Chester [1] HMS Danae [1] HMS Defender [1] HMS Frobisher [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Gloucestershire [1] HMS Hardy [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS LION [1] HMS Marshal Soult (Birmingham) [1] HMS Marshal Soult (Shakespeare) [1] HMS Pembroke 2.5 [1] HMS Pembroke I [1] HMS Pembroke II [1] HMS Racoon [1] HMS Raleigh [1] HMS Titania [1] HMS Vindictive [1] HMS Vivid III (Raleigh) [1] HMS Yarmouth [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [199] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [142] British Army [56] Australian Imperial Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [69] C [41] H [41] P [28] S [27] W [23] G [22] F [20] R [19] J [18] M [18] D [15] N [15] T [15] L [12] E [7] K [6] A [5] I [3] O [3] V [3] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [395] Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [32] India [1] Jamaica [1]

Clifford Marrack Hollis

Born 1901

Died 1982

Royal Navy J82854 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J82854 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J82854 Boy 1st Class HMS Pembroke I

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Frank Carter

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 22142 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army

British Army 22142 Lance Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5th

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Arthur Cecil Evans

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 2473 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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Cecil Pargeter Dawes

Born 1893

Died 1941

British Army Second Lieutenant Berkshire Yeomanry

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Maurice Betts Wilks

Died 1916

British Army 1492 Serjeant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1/4th Battalion

British Army 200081 Serjeant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1/4th Battalion

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Arthur John Collins

Born 1891

Died 1975

British Army 33574 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Harry Frost

Born 1877

Died 1914

British Army 1941 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frank Castle

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 25452 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 25452 Private The Worcestershire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Arthur Harold Bywater

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36310

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Thomas Hayes

Born 1879

Died 1956

British Army 4161 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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John Creed

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 242598 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion-Territorial

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Frank Murray Braggins

Born 1882

Died 1952

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213126

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William Beal Harris

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163995

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John Francis Fox

Born 1897

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 175855

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James William Cooper

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 35846 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion.

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William Thomas Hirons

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 16763 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Percy John Lickorish

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 252098

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Samuel Skelcher

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 14914 Serjeant Somerset Light Infantry 6th Btn

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Henry Charles Maris

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14053

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Frederick Henry James Morgan

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299239

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