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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]

Frederick Charles Williams

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164734

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George William Short

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 201023

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Frank Cornelius

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60801

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Sydney Smith

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114337

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Henry Cecil Jones

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114410

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Charles Ernest Attwood

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy J17801 Able Seaman HMS Hampshire

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Albert Edward Gray

Born 1881

Died 1918

Royal Navy RMA/8744 (Portsmouth) Sergeant Royal Marine Artillery, H.M.S. "King George V"

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Charles Henry John Ridgley

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 10065 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 10065 Private Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Ernest Alexander Ross

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98486

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Edwin John Redvers Vincent

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 155590

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Frank Francis Hancock

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 155286

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George Gough

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178578

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Robert Bushell

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 316630

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Edward Henry Mealing

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34059

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Walter Victor Haines

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62706

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Arthur Powell

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63788

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Reginald Harry Wilson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88507

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William Wilkins

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy J20561

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William Arthur Risbridger

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206034

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Henry Thomas Crockford

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217783

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