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Newbury, Berkshire [481]

Newbury England [26]

Newbury [13]

Newbury, Hampshire [9]

Newbury, Buckinghamshire [8]

Newbury Victoria [4]

Speen, Newbury, Berkshire [4]

Thatcham, Newbury, Berkshire [4]

Donnington, Newbury, Berks [3]

Greenham, Newbury, Berkshire [3]

Newbury, Berks [3]

Hungerford, Newbury, Berkshire [2]

Lambourn, Newbury, Berkshire [2]

Near Newbury, Berkshire [2]

Newbury Berkshire [2]

Newbury, Berkshire, England [2]

Newbury, Kent [2]

Newbury,Berkshire. [2]

Sheen Newbury, Berkshire [2]

Welford, Newbury, Berkshire [2]

Ashmansworth, Newbury England [1]

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]

East Tesley, Newbury, Berks [1]

East Woodhay, Newbury [1]

Highclere, Newbury, Berks [1]

Inkpen, Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Kingsclere, Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Marcham, Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Newbury Bath [1]

Newbury New South Wales [1]

Newbury ON [1]

Newbury Park, Ilford, Essex [1]

Newbury Plymouth, Devon [1]

Newbury Queensland [1]

Newbury Scotland [1]

Newbury, [1]

Newbury, Berkshrie [1]

Newbury, England [1]

Newbury, Fifeshire, Scotland [1]

Newbury, Lancashire [1]

Newbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Newbury, Reading [1]

Newbury, Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [50]

Lieutenant [10]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Captain [4]

Driver [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Corporal [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Serjeant [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Gunner [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Major [2]

Nurse [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Signalman [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Captain Brigade Major [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Leading Carpenter Crew [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Mechanician [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Nursing Sister [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]

Sergeant [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 [14]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

HMS Impregnable [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

19th Hussars [2]

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]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal Berkshire) Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

*mistake in CWGC records [1]

128th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

20th Hussars [1]

32nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

57 Squadron [1]

6th Light Horse Regiment [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Devon Regement [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Territorial Division [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [366]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [150]

British Army [64]

Australian Imperial Force [35]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [87]

H [60]

S [56]

C [51]

W [44]

P [40]

T [40]

M [39]

A [31]

G [29]

F [24]

L [24]

R [21]

D [18]

J [18]

K [14]

N [14]

E [7]

O [2]

I [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [614]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

Australia [1]

Sierra Leone [1]

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Place of birth

Newbury, Berkshire [481] Newbury England [26] Newbury [13] Newbury, Hampshire [9] Newbury, Buckinghamshire [8] Newbury Victoria [4] Speen, Newbury, Berkshire [4] Thatcham, Newbury, Berkshire [4] Donnington, Newbury, Berks [3] Greenham, Newbury, Berkshire [3] Newbury, Berks [3] Hungerford, Newbury, Berkshire [2] Lambourn, Newbury, Berkshire [2] Near Newbury, Berkshire [2] Newbury Berkshire [2] Newbury, Berkshire, England [2] Newbury, Kent [2] Newbury,Berkshire. [2] Sheen Newbury, Berkshire [2] Welford, Newbury, Berkshire [2] Ashmansworth, Newbury England [1] 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] East Tesley, Newbury, Berks [1] East Woodhay, Newbury [1] Highclere, Newbury, Berks [1] Inkpen, Newbury, Berkshire [1] Kingsclere, Newbury, Berkshire [1] Marcham, Newbury, Berkshire [1] Newbury Bath [1] Newbury New South Wales [1] Newbury ON [1] Newbury Park, Ilford, Essex [1] Newbury Plymouth, Devon [1] Newbury Queensland [1] Newbury Scotland [1] Newbury, [1] Newbury, Berkshrie [1] Newbury, England [1] Newbury, Fifeshire, Scotland [1] Newbury, Lancashire [1] Newbury, Oxfordshire [1] Newbury, Reading [1] Newbury, Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [50] Lieutenant [10] Second Lieutenant [8] Able Seaman [7] Stoker 1st Class [6] Captain [4] Driver [4] Leading Stoker [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Corporal [3] Lance Corporal [3] Serjeant [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Gunner [2] Leading Signalman [2] Major [2] Nurse [2] Petty Officer [2] Signalman [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Captain Brigade Major [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Leading Carpenter Crew [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Mechanician [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Nursing Sister [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] Sergeant [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 [14] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] HMS Impregnable [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] 19th Hussars [2] 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] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal Berkshire) Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] *mistake in CWGC records [1] 128th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 20th Hussars [1] 32nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 57 Squadron [1] 6th Light Horse Regiment [1] Army Service Corps [1] Australian Infantry [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Devon Regement [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Lancashire Territorial Division [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [366] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [150] British Army [64] Australian Imperial Force [35] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [87] H [60] S [56] C [51] W [44] P [40] T [40] M [39] A [31] G [29] F [24] L [24] R [21] D [18] J [18] K [14] N [14] E [7] O [2] I [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [614] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [24] Australia [1] Sierra Leone [1]

Bernard John Haseman

Born 1891

Died 1977

British Army 10722 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

British Army

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Edward Hamblin

Born 1876

Died 1971

British Army L/31341 Driver Royal Field Artillery 77 Brigade

British Army L/31341 Driver Royal Field Artillery 77th Brigade

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Lorna Ferris

Born 1888

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Nurse Serbian Relief Fund Stobart Hospital Mission (Mrs St Clair Stobart's Unit)

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Albert James Geater

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 201356 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 201356 Private Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal Berkshire) Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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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 Bartholomew

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 86497 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 86497 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Jesse Holmes

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 15475 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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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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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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Octavius Edward Fane

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery 128th Heavy Battery

British Army Major 128th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

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Frederick Hayward

Died 1917

British Army 201471 Private Princess Charlotte Of Wales' Royal Berkshire Regiment 2/4th Battalion

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David C Pearce

Died 1918

British Army 16470 Private Princess Charlotte Of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)

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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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