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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]

Kenneth Andrew Millar Inglis

Born 1892

Died 1966

British Army 1624 Private County of London Regiment (TF) 1/14 London Scottish

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps

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William John Froomes

Born 1873

Died 1920

British Army 19087 Private Princess Charlotte of Wales’ (Royal Berkshire Regiment)

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Herbert George Fanning

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy Z/1656 Able Seaman RNVR Bristol - HMS Magic

Royal Navy Bristol Z/1656 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Bristol

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Frederick George Darby Hards

Born 1889

Died 1963

Royal Navy Squadron Commander

Royal Navy Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Royal Naval Air Station, Hendon, [London] NW

Royal Navy Flight Commander Royal Naval Air Service

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Herbert Alfred Dickens

Born 1888

Died 1968

British Army 2028 Lance Corporal Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 2028 Private Honourable Artillery Company 1 Battalion

British Army 2028 Lance Corporal Honourable Artillery Company 1 Battalion

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William Rumball

Born 1871

Died 1947

British Army 52769 Shoeing Smith Corporal Royal Field Artillery 81st Battery, 5th Brigade, 3rd Echelon

British Army 52769 Shoeing Smith Corporal Royal Field Artillery 5th Company Reserve Brigade

British Army 52769 Shoeing Smith Corporal Royal Field Artillery 393rd Battery

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Walter John Percy Kail

Born 1891

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2435822

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2435822 Private Manitoba Regiment 43rd Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2435822 Private Canadian Infantry

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Ernest Peto

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 29272 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Arthur Edward Froomes

Born 1883

Died 1946

British Army 125041 Acting Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 512558 Acting Serjeant Labour Corps

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Percy Naylar

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 390001 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 390001 Serjeant London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 1/9 Battalion

British Army 1269 Sergeant London Regiment 9th (County of London) Battalion Queen Victoria's Rifles

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John Hugh Maguire

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9696

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Roland Brown

Born 1883

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313641

Royal Navy CH/13048 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/13048 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Naval Air Service

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Sidney J Morris

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army Spts 3823 Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army 3823 Lance Serjeant Royal Fusiliers 8th Bn.

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Frank E Nash

Died 1917

British Army 6778 Private London Regiment

British Army 653256 Private London Regiment

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William Howe Bissley

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Percival James Woods

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401891

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Philip John Fisher

Born 1883

Died 1961

British Army Reverend Army Chaplain's Department

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Edward Haig

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188451

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William Everett

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298062

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Frederick Henry Bourton

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276269

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