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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]

Jesse A Buxey

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 50823 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Albert John Winter

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 54434 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 43580 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Albert Stroud

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199229

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Alfred Griffiths

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 170044 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Parr

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30097

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James Blackford

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88165

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George William Barrett

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21531

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William Arthur Morley

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188046

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Ernest Gibbings

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29475

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William Randall

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295894

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Frank Moth

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146469

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Ernest James Freeman

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260150

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Albert Leonard Kingham

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164700

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Eli John Jeffery

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129952

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Arthur Edwin James

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266334

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John Elijah Hill

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29050

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Henry Charles Pearce

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288700

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Russell Wade

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43622

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Harry Paulin

Born 1872

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force Regimental Sergeant Major 6th Light Horse Regiment

Australian Imperial Force Warrant Officer 6th Light Horse Regiment

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 53rd Battalion

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Frederick George Fifield

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 4/3070 Private Hampshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 200963 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion.

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