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Place of birth

Newbury, Berkshire [481]

Speen, Newbury, Berkshire [4]

Thatcham, Newbury, Berkshire [4]

Greenham, Newbury, Berkshire [3]

Hungerford, Newbury, Berkshire [2]

Lambourn, Newbury, Berkshire [2]

Near Newbury, Berkshire [2]

Newbury Berkshire [2]

Newbury, Berkshire, England [2]

Newbury,Berkshire. [2]

Sheen Newbury, Berkshire [2]

Welford, Newbury, Berkshire [2]

Beedon, Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Bucklebury Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Bucklebury, Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Chieveley, Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Cold Ash Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Coldlish Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Compton, Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Donnongton, Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Inkpen, Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Kingsclere, Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Marcham, Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Newbury,Berkshire [1]

Old Newtown Road, Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Peasemore, Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Reading, Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Shaw, Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Speen Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Stockcross, Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Wellhouse, Newbury, Berkshire [1]

West Illsley, Newbury, Berkshire [1]

West Woodhay, Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Wickham, Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [29]

Lieutenant [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Leading Stoker [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Captain [3]

Corporal [3]

Driver [3]

Serjeant [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Signalman [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Gunner [1]

Leading Carpenter Crew [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Mechanician [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Nurse [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Officers Steward 1st Class [1]

Ordinary Signaller [1]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Sub Lieutenant RNVR [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant RFC [1]

Temporary Sub Lieutenant [1]

Vice Admiral [1]

Warrant Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Berkshire Regiment [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

HMS Impregnable [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS CANADA [2]

HMS Castor [2]

HMS Good Hope [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS Victory [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

London Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

*mistake in CWGC records [1]

19th Hussars [1]

20th Hussars [1]

57 Squadron [1]

6th Light Horse Regiment [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Devon Regement [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Territorial Division [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Champion." [1]

H.M.S. "Victory II" [1]

HMS 'Barham' [1]

HMS Achates [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Attentive [1]

HMS BEGONIA (Q10) [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS Excellent [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Hercules [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

Service

Royal Navy [335]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [148]

British Army [43]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [75]

H [49]

S [49]

W [42]

C [41]

P [35]

T [35]

M [32]

G [28]

A [23]

L [21]

F [19]

J [18]

R [17]

D [15]

K [14]

N [10]

E [4]

O [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [525]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

Australia [1]

Sierra Leone [1]

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People [530] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Newbury, Berkshire [481] Speen, Newbury, Berkshire [4] Thatcham, Newbury, Berkshire [4] Greenham, Newbury, Berkshire [3] Hungerford, Newbury, Berkshire [2] Lambourn, Newbury, Berkshire [2] Near Newbury, Berkshire [2] Newbury Berkshire [2] Newbury, Berkshire, England [2] Newbury,Berkshire. [2] Sheen Newbury, Berkshire [2] Welford, Newbury, Berkshire [2] Beedon, Newbury, Berkshire [1] Bucklebury Newbury, Berkshire [1] Bucklebury, Newbury, Berkshire [1] Chieveley, Newbury, Berkshire [1] Cold Ash Newbury, Berkshire [1] Coldlish Newbury, Berkshire [1] Compton, Newbury, Berkshire [1] Donnongton, Newbury, Berkshire [1] Inkpen, Newbury, Berkshire [1] Kingsclere, Newbury, Berkshire [1] Marcham, Newbury, Berkshire [1] Newbury,Berkshire [1] Old Newtown Road, Newbury, Berkshire [1] Peasemore, Newbury, Berkshire [1] Reading, Newbury, Berkshire [1] Shaw, Newbury, Berkshire [1] Speen Newbury, Berkshire [1] Stockcross, Newbury, Berkshire [1] Wellhouse, Newbury, Berkshire [1] West Illsley, Newbury, Berkshire [1] West Woodhay, Newbury, Berkshire [1] Wickham, Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [29] Lieutenant [8] Able Seaman [7] Second Lieutenant [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Leading Stoker [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Captain [3] Corporal [3] Driver [3] Serjeant [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Lance Corporal [2] Leading Signalman [2] Petty Officer [2] Signalman [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Gunner [1] Leading Carpenter Crew [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Mechanician [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Nurse [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Officers Steward 1st Class [1] Ordinary Signaller [1] Petty Officer Telegraphist [1] Rear Admiral [1] Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Rifleman [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Sub Lieutenant RNVR [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant RFC [1] Temporary Sub Lieutenant [1] Vice Admiral [1] Warrant Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Berkshire Regiment [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] HMS Impregnable [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] H.M.S. "Formidable." [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS CANADA [2] HMS Castor [2] HMS Good Hope [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS Victory [2] HMS Victory I [2] London Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] *mistake in CWGC records [1] 19th Hussars [1] 20th Hussars [1] 57 Squadron [1] 6th Light Horse Regiment [1] Army Service Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Devon Regement [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Lancashire Territorial Division [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Champion." [1] H.M.S. "Victory II" [1] HMS 'Barham' [1] HMS Achates [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Attentive [1] HMS BEGONIA (Q10) [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS Excellent [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Hercules [1] HMS MALAYA [1]

Service

Royal Navy [335] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [148] British Army [43] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [75] H [49] S [49] W [42] C [41] P [35] T [35] M [32] G [28] A [23] L [21] F [19] J [18] R [17] D [15] K [14] N [10] E [4] O [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [525] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [19] Australia [1] Sierra Leone [1]

Leslie Hubert Stratton

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 13646 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 13646 Private The Essex Regiment 10th Battalion

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William George Freemantle

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 7th battalion manchest Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

British Army Lieutenant East Lancashire Territorial Division

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Leonard Albert Cramp

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 5832 Private London Regiment 13th lond Battalion

British Army 492710 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Hubert Burrington Thornhill

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

British Army Captain Trench Mortar Battery attached Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Devon Regement 3rd Battalion

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Arthur Lainsbury

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 16592 Private Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal Berkshire) Regiment 1st Battalion

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Willie Froom

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 201103 Private The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment) 2/4th Battalion

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Albert Trevor De Monteval Martin

Born 1872

Died 1917

British Army Major West India Regiment

British Army Major West India Regiment attached Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion attached 5th Battalion

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Alfred John Aldridge

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 497 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Lionel Arthur Harris

Died 1915

British Army 2700 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 2700 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion.

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Walter Cox

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164349

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Thomas Edward Kimber

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403635

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Samuel Stratton Biddis

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222973

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Albert Edward Bumpstead

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402114

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Edgar William Henry Joseph Harrison

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164243

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Henry Charles Curtis

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295803

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George Walter Leaver

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142581

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Thomas Henry Cullum

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225332

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Albert Frederick Deacon

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213381

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Frederick Henry Freeman

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304461

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Henry Edmunds

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6803

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