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Maidenhead, Berkshire [325]

Maidenhead, Berkshire, England [16]

Cookham, Maidenhead, Berkshire [11]

Bray, Maidenhead, Berkshire [9]

Cookham Dean, Maidenhead, Berkshire [4]

Maidenhead Berkshire [4]

Maidenhead,Berkshire. [2]

6 Grenfell Road, Bray, Maidenhead, Berkshire [1]

Boyne Hill, Maidenhead, Berkshire [1]

Bray Maidenhead, Berkshire [1]

Cobham Maidenhead, Berkshire [1]

Corkham,Maidenhead,Berkshire. [1]

Crookham, Maidenhead, Berkshire [1]

Holyport, Maidenhead, Berkshire [1]

Hurley, Maidenhead, Berkshire [1]

Maidenhead, Reading, Berkshire [1]

Maidenhead,Berkshire [1]

West Maidenhead, Berkshire [1]

Woolley Firs, Maidenhead Thicket, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [19]

Able Seaman [8]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Corporal [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Chief Stoker [1]

Acting Lance Sergeant [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Farrier [1]

Flight Commander [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Musician [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Sick Berth Steward [1]

Serjeant [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Sick Berth Attendant [1]

Squadron Commander [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Berkshire Regiment [8]

HMS Hampshire [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

Agincourt [1]

Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

County of London Regiment (TF) [1]

Formidable [1]

HMS "Hampshire" [1]

HMS 'Vanguard' [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Cochrane [1]

HMS Drake [1]

HMS Duke of Wellington II [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Fisgard [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS Majestic [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS Natal [1]

HMS Phoebe [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS Venus [1]

HMS Victory [1]

HMS WARSPITE [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [1]

Manitoba Regiment [1]

Military Mounted Police [1]

Minotaur [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Pembroke [1]

Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [243]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [94]

British Army [30]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [40]

W [39]

H [33]

C [31]

S [31]

G [27]

M [27]

P [20]

R [20]

E [18]

J [15]

L [15]

F [14]

A [12]

K [10]

T [9]

D [8]

N [6]

I [4]

V [3]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [362]

Merchant Navy [16]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

United States [1]

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People [383] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidenhead, Berkshire [325] Maidenhead, Berkshire, England [16] Cookham, Maidenhead, Berkshire [11] Bray, Maidenhead, Berkshire [9] Cookham Dean, Maidenhead, Berkshire [4] Maidenhead Berkshire [4] Maidenhead,Berkshire. [2] 6 Grenfell Road, Bray, Maidenhead, Berkshire [1] Boyne Hill, Maidenhead, Berkshire [1] Bray Maidenhead, Berkshire [1] Cobham Maidenhead, Berkshire [1] Corkham,Maidenhead,Berkshire. [1] Crookham, Maidenhead, Berkshire [1] Holyport, Maidenhead, Berkshire [1] Hurley, Maidenhead, Berkshire [1] Maidenhead, Reading, Berkshire [1] Maidenhead,Berkshire [1] West Maidenhead, Berkshire [1] Woolley Firs, Maidenhead Thicket, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [19] Able Seaman [8] Stoker 1st Class [4] Lance Corporal [3] Leading Stoker [3] Lieutenant [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Corporal [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Chief Stoker [1] Acting Lance Sergeant [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Chief Stoker [1] Farrier [1] Flight Commander [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Musician [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Petty Officer [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Second Sick Berth Steward [1] Serjeant [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Sick Berth Attendant [1] Squadron Commander [1] Stoker [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Berkshire Regiment [8] HMS Hampshire [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] Agincourt [1] Army Chaplain's Department [1] Army Service Corps [1] Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps [1] British West Indies Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] County of London Regiment (TF) [1] Formidable [1] HMS "Hampshire" [1] HMS 'Vanguard' [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Cochrane [1] HMS Drake [1] HMS Duke of Wellington II [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Fisgard [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS LION [1] HMS Majestic [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS Natal [1] HMS Phoebe [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS Venus [1] HMS Victory [1] HMS WARSPITE [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Labour Corps [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [1] Manitoba Regiment [1] Military Mounted Police [1] Minotaur [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Pembroke [1] Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [243] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [94] British Army [30] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [40] W [39] H [33] C [31] S [31] G [27] M [27] P [20] R [20] E [18] J [15] L [15] F [14] A [12] K [10] T [9] D [8] N [6] I [4] V [3] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [362] Merchant Navy [16]

Country

United Kingdom [26] United States [1]

Thomas Percy Groves

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy J8803 Able Seaman HMS Hampshire

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William Herridge

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279767

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William Edward Chalfont

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1011

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Horace Henry Groves

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5766

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Ernest Johnson

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261904

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Albert Edward Mason

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262687

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George Penstone Gould

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 17707 Lance Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 17707 Acting Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 17707 Lance Sergeant Royal Berkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Rupert Ernest Neve

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 1858 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Jesse Ayres

Born 1882

Died 1917

Royal Navy K34765 Stoker 2nd Class HMS 'Vanguard'

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Henry Evans

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212285

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Wilfrid Buckley

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218737

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William Thomas Gurney

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233360

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Ernest Arthur Harding

Died 1918

British Army 29830 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 45800 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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James Nathaniel Fulker

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 42333 Private Yorkshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Albert Edward William Prince

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 27673 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Richard Alfred Andrews

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282056

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William Thomas Stanford Taylor

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296960

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George Fiotzroy Hemming Price

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311693

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Frederick Ralph Buckland

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319095

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John Christopher Ings

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34211

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