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Reading, Berkshire, England [96]

Berkshire England [80]

Berkshire, England [16]

Maidenhead, Berkshire, England [16]

Bray, Berkshire, England [10]

Abingdon, Berkshire, England [8]

Ascot, Berkshire, England [5]

Crowthorne, Berkshire, England [5]

Thatcham, Berkshire, England [5]

Wantage, Berkshire, England [5]

Windsor, Berkshire, England [5]

Didcot, Berkshire, England [4]

Wallingford, Berkshire, England [4]

Wokingham, Berkshire, England [4]

Bracknell, Berkshire, England [3]

Cookham Dean, Berkshire, England [2]

Kintbury, Berkshire, England [2]

Mortimer, Berkshire, England [2]

Newbury, Berkshire, England [2]

Pangbourne, Berkshire, England [2]

Shrivenham, Berkshire, England [2]

Tilehurst, Berkshire, England [2]

Abingdon Berkshire England [1]

Aldermaston, Berkshire, England [1]

Appleford, Berkshire, England [1]

Ashbury, Berkshire, England [1]

Baldock, Berkshire, England [1]

Beenham, Berkshire, England [1]

Brackwell, Berkshire, England [1]

Bradfield, Berkshire, England [1]

Bucklebury, Berkshire, England [1]

Bullbrook, Berkshire, England [1]

Burghfield, Berkshire, England [1]

Chadleworth, Berkshire, England [1]

Chippenham, Berkshire, England [1]

Cleever, Berkshire, England [1]

Clewer, Berkshire, England [1]

Cookham Rise, Berkshire, England [1]

East Hanney, Berkshire, England [1]

East Woodby, Berkshire, England [1]

Eastgarston, Berkshire, England [1]

Easthampstead, Berkshire, England [1]

Faringdon, Berkshire, England [1]

Farringdon, Berkshire, England [1]

Hendred, Berkshire, England [1]

Inkpen, Berkshire, England [1]

Kingsclere, Berkshire, England [1]

Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, Berkshire, England [1]

Lambourne, Berkshire, England [1]

Marcham, Berkshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [8]

Able Seaman [2]

Corporal [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Davadar [1]

Driver [1]

Greaser [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Major [1]

Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Staff Surgeon [1]

Surgeon Commander [1]

Unit

London Regiment [2]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Army Service Corps [1]

Attached Karelian Regiment [1]

Australian Army Medical Corps [1]

Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

General List [1]

General Staff [1]

General Staff photographer [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HMS Boscawen [1]

HMS Majestic [1]

HMS Powerful [1]

HMS Terrible [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Mercantile Marine, HMHS Galway Castle [1]

Naval And Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit) [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Australian Naval Brigade [1]

Royal Australian Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Sea Transport Section [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

official photographer for the Western Front [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [84]

British Army [12]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Royal Navy [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [39]

B [38]

H [30]

W [29]

C [23]

L [23]

M [23]

P [18]

A [14]

T [14]

G [10]

J [10]

F [9]

R [8]

D [7]

K [7]

E [6]

N [6]

I [2]

O [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [221]

Military Service [95]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Canada [2]

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People [318] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Reading, Berkshire, England [96] Berkshire England [80] Berkshire, England [16] Maidenhead, Berkshire, England [16] Bray, Berkshire, England [10] Abingdon, Berkshire, England [8] Ascot, Berkshire, England [5] Crowthorne, Berkshire, England [5] Thatcham, Berkshire, England [5] Wantage, Berkshire, England [5] Windsor, Berkshire, England [5] Didcot, Berkshire, England [4] Wallingford, Berkshire, England [4] Wokingham, Berkshire, England [4] Bracknell, Berkshire, England [3] Cookham Dean, Berkshire, England [2] Kintbury, Berkshire, England [2] Mortimer, Berkshire, England [2] Newbury, Berkshire, England [2] Pangbourne, Berkshire, England [2] Shrivenham, Berkshire, England [2] Tilehurst, Berkshire, England [2] Abingdon Berkshire England [1] Aldermaston, Berkshire, England [1] Appleford, Berkshire, England [1] Ashbury, Berkshire, England [1] Baldock, Berkshire, England [1] Beenham, Berkshire, England [1] Brackwell, Berkshire, England [1] Bradfield, Berkshire, England [1] Bucklebury, Berkshire, England [1] Bullbrook, Berkshire, England [1] Burghfield, Berkshire, England [1] Chadleworth, Berkshire, England [1] Chippenham, Berkshire, England [1] Cleever, Berkshire, England [1] Clewer, Berkshire, England [1] Cookham Rise, Berkshire, England [1] East Hanney, Berkshire, England [1] East Woodby, Berkshire, England [1] Eastgarston, Berkshire, England [1] Easthampstead, Berkshire, England [1] Faringdon, Berkshire, England [1] Farringdon, Berkshire, England [1] Hendred, Berkshire, England [1] Inkpen, Berkshire, England [1] Kingsclere, Berkshire, England [1] Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, Berkshire, England [1] Lambourne, Berkshire, England [1] Marcham, Berkshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [8] Able Seaman [2] Corporal [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman Driver [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Davadar [1] Driver [1] Greaser [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Major [1] Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Staff Surgeon [1] Surgeon Commander [1]

Unit

London Regiment [2] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Army Service Corps [1] Attached Karelian Regiment [1] Australian Army Medical Corps [1] Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] Essex Regiment [1] General List [1] General Staff [1] General Staff photographer [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HMS Boscawen [1] HMS Majestic [1] HMS Powerful [1] HMS Terrible [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps [1] Mercantile Marine, HMHS Galway Castle [1] Naval And Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit) [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Australian Naval Brigade [1] Royal Australian Naval Reserve [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Worcestershire Regiment [1] Sea Transport Section [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1] official photographer for the Western Front [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [84] British Army [12] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2] Royal Navy [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [39] B [38] H [30] W [29] C [23] L [23] M [23] P [18] A [14] T [14] G [10] J [10] F [9] R [8] D [7] K [7] E [6] N [6] I [2] O [1] V [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [221] Military Service [95]

Country

United Kingdom [8] Canada [2]

Thomas Judd

Born 1892

Died 1920

British Army 203 Bombardier Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 618044 Bombardier Royal Horse Artillery

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Lewis George Pescod

Born 1881

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 221 Private 9th Australian Infantry Battalion

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John Macdonald

Died 1919

Australian Imperial Force 597 Regimental Sergeant Major Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 20th Bn.

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George Creed

Born 1891

Died 1958

British Army 27946 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 27946 Private Royal Worcestershire Regiment 13th Battalion

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Cyril Langley

Born 1895

Died 1969

British Army T2/13298 Davadar Army Service Corps

British Army T2/13298 Driver Army Service Corps

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John Hazel Lay

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 7510

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Harry Gambell Lacey

Born 1884

Died 1952

Canadian Expeditionary Force 506011

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William Charles May

Born 1887

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Greaser Mercantile Marine, HMHS Galway Castle

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William Henry Stroud

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 253718 Private London Regiment

British Army 134325 Private Labour Corps 675th EMP Company

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George A Allam

Born 1880

British Army 45276 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 58805 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Hugh Guthrie Attwell

Born 1877

British Army 4950 / 6745 Private Essex Regiment 6th Battalion

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Walter David Pescod

Born 1883

Died 1978

British Army 556775 Private London Regiment

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Alfred Ernest Thomas

Australian Imperial Force 4263

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Frederick George Arnold

Australian Imperial Force 1086

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Harold Wilson

Australian Imperial Force 3535

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Henry Clark

Australian Imperial Force 1808A

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Alfred Henry Cole

Australian Imperial Force 270

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William Smith

Australian Imperial Force 3205

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Henry Maurice Freeman

Australian Imperial Force 5092

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Ernest William Lacy

Australian Imperial Force

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