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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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People [412] Stories Communities

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]

David Neal

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 16843 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 11th Battalion.

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Charles John Barton

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 4th Battalion (Territorial)

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James Brown

Died 1914

British Army 1720 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Albert George Parsons

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 203054 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion-Territorial.

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Alec Angus Braggins

Born 1900

Died 1961

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 317688

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Reginald Thomas Coles

Born 1896

Died 1971

British Army 29795 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 208846 Acting Serjeant Royal Engineers

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John Viggers

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 6163 Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army L/6163 Serjeant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Frank Leopold Cadd

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 9908 Sergeant King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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William Markham

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189361

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William Hobbs

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275686

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William Jarvis

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401697

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Jesse Ball

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95783

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Horace William Stanley

Born 1893

Died 1967

British Army Second Lieutenant The Queen's Regiment

British Army 68736 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Thomas William Wilson

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287052

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Charles Bedlow

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146873

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Francis William Loveday

Born 1879

Died 1919

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Brigade Major/ Brigade Staff Royal Garrison Artillery

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George Alderman Godfrey

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 28675 Private Somerset Light Infantry 6th Btn

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Christopher Horsley

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2142 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 7th T. R. Battalion

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William Park Fiddes

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy K24893 Stoker 1st Class HMS Racoon

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Joseph Salmon Pettipher

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218137

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