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Oxford, Oxfordshire [906]

Oxford [557]

Oxford England [162]

Oxford, Suffolk [16]

Headington, Oxford [11]

Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire [10]

Oxford, Nova Scotia [7]

Oxford ENGLAND [6]

Summertown, Oxford, Oxfordshire [6]

Banbury, Oxford, Oxfordshire [5]

Oxford, Berkshire [5]

Woodstock, Oxford, Oxfordshire [5]

Cowley, Oxford, Oxfordshire [4]

Osney, Oxford, Oxfordshire [4]

Oxford Street, London [4]

Oxford, England [4]

Cowley St John, Oxford [3]

Iffley, Oxford, Oxfordshire [3]

Near Oxford [3]

Oxford,Oxfordshire [3]

Thame, Oxford, Oxfordshire [3]

105 Magdelen Rd, Oxford [2]

6 Luther St, Oxford [2]

Bicester, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Bloxham, Oxford [2]

Burford, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Charlbury, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Chipping Norton, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Deddington, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

East Nissouri, Oxford County, Ontario [2]

Garsington, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Horspath, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Ingersoll, Oxford County, Ontario [2]

Kirtlington, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Littlemore, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Oxford County, Ontario [2]

Oxford New South Wales [2]

Oxford, Canterbury [2]

Stanton Harcourt, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Stanton St John, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Tetsworth, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Trinity Street, Oxford [2]

Wheatley, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Wolvercote, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

32 Albert St, Oxford [1]

43 New Street, St Ebbe’s, Oxford [1]

92 Oxford Gardens, London [1]

Abingdon, Oxford [1]

Aston, Oxford, Oxfordshire [1]

Bampton, Oxford [1]

Rank

Private [135]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Lieutenant [18]

Captain [17]

Serjeant [17]

Able Seaman [15]

Corporal [15]

Lance Corporal [14]

Stoker 1st Class [12]

Gunner [10]

Driver [7]

Major [7]

Leading Seaman [6]

Nursing Sister [6]

Rifleman [6]

Sapper [5]

Stoker 2nd Class [5]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Petty Officer [4]

Sergeant [4]

Signalman [4]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Midshipman [2]

Musician [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Pioneer [2]

Stoker [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant Corporal [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Temporary Chaplain [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [30]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [16]

London Regiment [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

Canadian Infantry [12]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

Royal Engineers [10]

Army Service Corps [8]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Labour Corps [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Canadian Field Artillery [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS INDOMITABLE [3]

HMS IRON DUKE [3]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

HMS Queen Mary [3]

HMS TIPPERARY [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

HMS AMBUSCADE [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [2]

HMS BOADICEA [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Otago Infantry Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [943]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [550]

British Army [228]

Australian Imperial Force [177]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [30]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [225]

H [214]

C [180]

S [179]

W [167]

P [143]

M [115]

T [99]

G [98]

R [68]

A [67]

L [64]

D [57]

J [57]

F [52]

N [48]

K [36]

E [30]

O [13]

I [7]

V [5]

Y [3]

Q [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1908]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [124]

Canada [3]

New Zealand [3]

Ireland [2]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Oxford, Oxfordshire [906] Oxford [557] Oxford England [162] Oxford, Suffolk [16] Headington, Oxford [11] Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire [10] Oxford, Nova Scotia [7] Oxford ENGLAND [6] Summertown, Oxford, Oxfordshire [6] Banbury, Oxford, Oxfordshire [5] Oxford, Berkshire [5] Woodstock, Oxford, Oxfordshire [5] Cowley, Oxford, Oxfordshire [4] Osney, Oxford, Oxfordshire [4] Oxford Street, London [4] Oxford, England [4] Cowley St John, Oxford [3] Iffley, Oxford, Oxfordshire [3] Near Oxford [3] Oxford,Oxfordshire [3] Thame, Oxford, Oxfordshire [3] 105 Magdelen Rd, Oxford [2] 6 Luther St, Oxford [2] Bicester, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Bloxham, Oxford [2] Burford, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Charlbury, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Chipping Norton, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Deddington, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] East Nissouri, Oxford County, Ontario [2] Garsington, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Horspath, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Ingersoll, Oxford County, Ontario [2] Kirtlington, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Littlemore, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Oxford County, Ontario [2] Oxford New South Wales [2] Oxford, Canterbury [2] Stanton Harcourt, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Stanton St John, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Tetsworth, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Trinity Street, Oxford [2] Wheatley, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Wolvercote, Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] 32 Albert St, Oxford [1] 43 New Street, St Ebbe’s, Oxford [1] 92 Oxford Gardens, London [1] Abingdon, Oxford [1] Aston, Oxford, Oxfordshire [1] Bampton, Oxford [1]

Rank

Private [135] Second Lieutenant [20] Lieutenant [18] Captain [17] Serjeant [17] Able Seaman [15] Corporal [15] Lance Corporal [14] Stoker 1st Class [12] Gunner [10] Driver [7] Major [7] Leading Seaman [6] Nursing Sister [6] Rifleman [6] Sapper [5] Stoker 2nd Class [5] Boy 1st Class [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Petty Officer [4] Sergeant [4] Signalman [4] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Brevet Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Leading Signalman [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Midshipman [2] Musician [2] Ordinary Signalman [2] Pioneer [2] Stoker [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant Corporal [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Temporary Chaplain [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [30] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [16] London Regiment [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14] Canadian Infantry [12] Hampshire Regiment [12] Royal Engineers [10] Army Service Corps [8] Canadian Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Labour Corps [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Canadian Field Artillery [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS INDOMITABLE [3] HMS IRON DUKE [3] HMS NEPTUNE [3] HMS Queen Mary [3] HMS TIPPERARY [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] HMS AMBUSCADE [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS BLACK PRINCE [2] HMS BOADICEA [2] HMS Fearless [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS MALAYA [2] HMS Vanguard [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Otago Infantry Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [943] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [550] British Army [228] Australian Imperial Force [177] Canadian Expeditionary Force [30] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [225] H [214] C [180] S [179] W [167] P [143] M [115] T [99] G [98] R [68] A [67] L [64] D [57] J [57] F [52] N [48] K [36] E [30] O [13] I [7] V [5] Y [3] Q [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1908] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [124] Canada [3] New Zealand [3] Ireland [2] India [1]

John Henry Gare

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 8389 Private Reserve

British Army 8389 Rifleman London Regiment 2nd Battalion (Artists' Rifles OTC)

British Army 8389 Lance Corporal London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

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Frederick Sheehan

Born 1892

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/2129 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edward Worrell Carrington

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Worcestershire Regiment royal army medical corps attached 2nd worcest Battalion

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Travis Edward Paget

Born 1895

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/2375 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2 Battalion

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Herbert Vincent Organ

Born 1899

Died 1976

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64917 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64917 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64917 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Air Force

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Edward Richard Lawrence Andrews

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army PS/9684 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 9684 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 20th (Service) Battalion (Public Schools)

British Army 9684 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Henry Gifford Turrell

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 4th Battalion

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Carola Mary Amina Oman

Born 1897

Died 1978

British Army Voluntary Aid Detachment

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Arthur Ryman Richards

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 4539 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 4539 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 5th Hants. Battery

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Bertie Dallaway

Born 1885

Died 1955

British Army 23634 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 500173 Private Labour Corps

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William Arthur Baughan

Born 1893

Died 1967

British Army 356380 Serjeant Liverpool Regiment 1/10

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William Dudley Holiday

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army STK/2297 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 2297 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion

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Walter George Fletcher

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Intelligence Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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John Burdon Sanderson Haldane

Born 1892

Died 1964

British Army Captain Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army Second Lieutenant 1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army Captain 3rd Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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John Richard Broom

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 2944 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 2944 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1/4th Battalion

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Harry Nelson

Born 1893

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 10145 Canterbury Infantry Regiment

New Zealand Expeditionary Force Private HMNZT 49 or HMNZT 50

New Zealand Expeditionary Force Private In transit from Alexandria to Etaples

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Reginald Charles E Bultitude

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army S/11065 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army S/11065 Lance Corporal Princess Loiuse' Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 11th Battalion

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Christopher Maude Chavasse

Born 1884

Died 1962

British Army Captain 4th Class Chaplain Chaplain attached 10th General Hospital

British Army Major 62nd Divisional Head Quarters

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Ethel Dinah Hitchins

Born 1883

Died 1961

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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Thomas James Allen

Born 1879

Died 1915

Royal Navy Sussex 1/248 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division, HMS Ramsey

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