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High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [471]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [290]

Slough, Buckinghamshire [277]

Buckinghamshire [248]

Chesham, Buckinghamshire [199]

Wolverton, Buckinghamshire [111]

Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire [108]

Eton, Buckinghamshire [105]

Amersham, Buckinghamshire [78]

Marlow, Buckinghamshire [70]

Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [65]

Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire [61]

Olney, Buckinghamshire [61]

Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire [59]

Buckingham, Buckinghamshire [58]

Winslow, Buckinghamshire [58]

Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire [47]

Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire [45]

Burnham, Buckinghamshire [44]

Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [44]

Buckinghamshire England [41]

Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire [33]

Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire [32]

Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire [29]

West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [28]

Windsor, Buckinghamshire [24]

Wing, Buckinghamshire [22]

Brill, Buckinghamshire [21]

Wendover, Buckinghamshire [21]

Taplow, Buckinghamshire [19]

Cheddington, Buckinghamshire [18]

Hanslope, Buckinghamshire [17]

Iver, Buckinghamshire [17]

Denham, Buckinghamshire [16]

Maidenhead, Buckinghamshire [16]

Wooburn, Buckinghamshire [15]

Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire [14]

Haddenham, Buckinghamshire [14]

Linslade, Buckinghamshire [14]

Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire [14]

Quainton, Buckinghamshire [14]

Reading, Buckinghamshire [14]

Bradwell, Buckinghamshire [13]

Datchet, Buckinghamshire [13]

Langley, Buckinghamshire [13]

Bourne End, Buckinghamshire [12]

Buckinghamshire, England [12]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England [12]

Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire [12]

Simpson, Buckinghamshire [12]

Rank

Private [482]

Corporal [54]

Second Lieutenant [48]

Lieutenant [46]

Lance Corporal [43]

Serjeant [40]

Able Seaman [39]

Rifleman [39]

Captain [33]

Sapper [31]

Gunner [26]

Driver [22]

Stoker 1st Class [22]

Ordinary Seaman [20]

Major [18]

Sergeant [17]

Boy 1st Class [11]

Boy 2nd Class [11]

Leading Seaman [11]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Acting Corporal [7]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [6]

Petty Officer [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Deck Hand [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Guardsman [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Leading Stoker [3]

Bombardier [3]

Cadet [3]

Chief Petty Officer [3]

Colonel [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lance Sergeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Nurse [3]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [3]

Pioneer [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Aircraftman 1st Class [2]

Bugler [2]

Colour Sergeant [2]

Commander [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Flying Officer [2]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [153]

Hampshire Regiment [48]

Royal Engineers [46]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [37]

Labour Corps [36]

Army Service Corps [34]

Royal Field Artillery [34]

Bedfordshire Regiment [32]

London Regiment [31]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [22]

Northamptonshire Regiment [20]

Royal Air Force [20]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [20]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [19]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [18]

Middlesex Regiment [17]

Rifle Brigade [16]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Gloucestershire Regiment [10]

Somerset Light Infantry [10]

Canadian Infantry [9]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Grenadier Guards [9]

HMS Agincourt [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Naval Air Service [8]

Royal Naval Reserve [8]

Training Reserve [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [6]

Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Royal Marine Artillery [6]

HMS IRON DUKE [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Bedford Yeomanry [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

HMS Good Hope [4]

HMS Victory I [4]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Service

Royal Navy [2121]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1374]

British Army [747]

Australian Imperial Force [45]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [23]

Other Empire Force [8]

Indian Army [7]

South African Services [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [561]

H [420]

S [386]

W [384]

C [362]

P [278]

M [260]

G [214]

R [210]

D [191]

T [176]

L [175]

A [140]

F [122]

K [114]

J [110]

E [91]

N [75]

O [30]

I [23]

V [22]

Y [19]

Q [6]

U [5]

Contribution

Military Service [4184]

Merchant Navy [88]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [338]

India [3]

Malaysia [2]

Australia [1]

China [1]

France [1]

Jamaica [1]

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Place of birth

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [471] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [290] Slough, Buckinghamshire [277] Buckinghamshire [248] Chesham, Buckinghamshire [199] Wolverton, Buckinghamshire [111] Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire [108] Eton, Buckinghamshire [105] Amersham, Buckinghamshire [78] Marlow, Buckinghamshire [70] Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [65] Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire [61] Olney, Buckinghamshire [61] Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire [59] Buckingham, Buckinghamshire [58] Winslow, Buckinghamshire [58] Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire [47] Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire [45] Burnham, Buckinghamshire [44] Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [44] Buckinghamshire England [41] Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire [33] Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire [32] Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire [29] West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [28] Windsor, Buckinghamshire [24] Wing, Buckinghamshire [22] Brill, Buckinghamshire [21] Wendover, Buckinghamshire [21] Taplow, Buckinghamshire [19] Cheddington, Buckinghamshire [18] Hanslope, Buckinghamshire [17] Iver, Buckinghamshire [17] Denham, Buckinghamshire [16] Maidenhead, Buckinghamshire [16] Wooburn, Buckinghamshire [15] Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire [14] Haddenham, Buckinghamshire [14] Linslade, Buckinghamshire [14] Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire [14] Quainton, Buckinghamshire [14] Reading, Buckinghamshire [14] Bradwell, Buckinghamshire [13] Datchet, Buckinghamshire [13] Langley, Buckinghamshire [13] Bourne End, Buckinghamshire [12] Buckinghamshire, England [12] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England [12] Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire [12] Simpson, Buckinghamshire [12]

Rank

Private [482] Corporal [54] Second Lieutenant [48] Lieutenant [46] Lance Corporal [43] Serjeant [40] Able Seaman [39] Rifleman [39] Captain [33] Sapper [31] Gunner [26] Driver [22] Stoker 1st Class [22] Ordinary Seaman [20] Major [18] Sergeant [17] Boy 1st Class [11] Boy 2nd Class [11] Leading Seaman [11] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Acting Corporal [7] Air Mechanic 1st Class [6] Petty Officer [6] Acting Captain [5] Deck Hand [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Guardsman [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Leading Stoker [3] Bombardier [3] Cadet [3] Chief Petty Officer [3] Colonel [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lance Sergeant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Nurse [3] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [3] Pioneer [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Aircraftman 1st Class [2] Bugler [2] Colour Sergeant [2] Commander [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [2] Flying Officer [2]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [153] Hampshire Regiment [48] Royal Engineers [46] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [37] Labour Corps [36] Army Service Corps [34] Royal Field Artillery [34] Bedfordshire Regiment [32] London Regiment [31] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [22] Northamptonshire Regiment [20] Royal Air Force [20] Royal Berkshire Regiment [20] Machine Gun Corps [19] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [19] King's Royal Rifle Corps [18] Middlesex Regiment [17] Rifle Brigade [16] Royal Fusiliers [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Gloucestershire Regiment [10] Somerset Light Infantry [10] Canadian Infantry [9] Devonshire Regiment [9] Grenadier Guards [9] HMS Agincourt [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Royal Naval Air Service [8] Royal Naval Reserve [8] Training Reserve [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [6] Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] Royal Marine Artillery [6] HMS IRON DUKE [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Bedford Yeomanry [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] HMS Good Hope [4] HMS Victory I [4] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Cheshire Regiment [3]

Service

Royal Navy [2121] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1374] British Army [747] Australian Imperial Force [45] Canadian Expeditionary Force [23] Other Empire Force [8] Indian Army [7] South African Services [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [561] H [420] S [386] W [384] C [362] P [278] M [260] G [214] R [210] D [191] T [176] L [175] A [140] F [122] K [114] J [110] E [91] N [75] O [30] I [23] V [22] Y [19] Q [6] U [5]

Contribution

Military Service [4184] Merchant Navy [88] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [338] India [3] Malaysia [2] Australia [1] China [1] France [1] Jamaica [1]

Nellie Caudery

Born 1894

Died 1958

British Army 1782 Special War Worker Munition Worker

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Thomas William Todd

Born 1891

Died 1966

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114959

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Joseph Andrew Martin Blogg

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 6235 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 327898 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Walter James Arnett

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 5696 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 393739 Rifleman London Regiment 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

British Army 7675 Rifleman London Regiment 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

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George Herbert Pollard

Born 1887

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 25th Squadron

British Army Second Lieutenant Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 99th Battalion

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Harry Blanch

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 13672 Private Manchester Regiment 11th manchest Battalion

British Army 13672 Private The Manchester Regiment 34th Infantry Brigade

British Army 13672 Private Manchester Regiment 34 th Infantry Brigade

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Albert Edwin Rippington

Born 1893

Died 1982

British Army 1168 Private London Regiment 5th Battalion

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Cyril Alexander Barron

Born 1879

Died 1950

British Army Major Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Service Corps

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Henry George Boyd

Died 1915

British Army 7999 Sergeant Royal Field Artillery 16th Reserve Battery

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Harry Mildenhall

Born 1872

Died 1918

British Army 16777 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 306966 Private Labour Corps Irish Command Labour Centre

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Charles Richard Anstey

Born 1882

Died 1948

British Army 5020 Private Lancers 12th

British Army L/6506 Private Lancers 12th Battalion

British Army 6506 Lance Corporal Lancers

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Thomas Edward Capel

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army G/17790 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 17790 Private Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 6th Battalioin

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Harold Noel Darling Guthrie

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army GS/2363 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

British Army GS/2363 Sergeant Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 7th Battalion

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William Jesse Maunders

Born 1880

Died 1950

British Army 178110 Private Labour Corps 331st Home Service Works Company

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Harry Markham

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 20675 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 20675 Lance Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Alfred John Boon

Born 1889

British Army Z488 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army Z488 Acting Corporal Rifle Brigade

British Army Z/488 Rifle Brigade

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Frederick Lionel Woodford

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army M2/181943 Private Army Service Corps

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Harry Newstead Walton

Born 1866

Died 1921

British Army 209 Warrant Officer Class 2 Buckinghamshire Battalion

British Army 209 Quartermaster Serjeant Buckinghamshire Battalion

British Army 209 Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Joseph Chandler

Born 1891

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 169 Private 44th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Edward Thomas Price

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 42244 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 1st/1st (West Riding) 115th Heavy Battery

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