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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]

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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]

Noel Godfrey Chavasse

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps attd. 1st/10th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Wallace Trueman

Born 1894

Died 1966

British Army 4231 Private London Regiment

British Army 4231 Private London Regiment

British Army 5375367 Private Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Territorial Force

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John Gordon

Born 1895

British Army 2537 Private London Regiment 13th lond Battalion

British Army 490547 Private London Regiment 13th lond Battalion

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Clarence Martin

Born 1897

Died 1963

Canadian Expeditionary Force 727638

Canadian Expeditionary Force 727638 Private 3rd Division, 9th Brigade 58th

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Henry Ivan William Poulter

Born 1883

Died 1956

British Army M/335960 Private Army Service Corps Mechanical Transport

British Army M/335960 Private Army Service Corps 5th Agricultural Company

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William Bayliss

Born 1868

Died 1915

British Army 8126 Private Seaforth Highlanders 8th

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Robert Whincop Ayres

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 3598 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Godfrey Julian Morton

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2173 Sergeant No. 11 Squadron RFC

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Vernon Clifton

Died 1915

British Army 12033 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 7th Service Battalion

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Aidan Chavasse

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant King's (Liverpool Regiment) 17th Battalion

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Tom Bestley

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 63060 Private 16th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 379237 Private Labour Corps

British Army 63060 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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James Arnold Prickett

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34664

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Albert William Broadway

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy J2128 Petty Officer HMS G7

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William John Couling

Born 1884

Died 1975

British Army T/21424 Driver Army Service Corps 1th Unit

British Army T/21424 Driver Army Service Corps 1st Field Ambulance, 4th Army Auxiliary (Horse) Company

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Raymond Harry Judge

Born 1892

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 602835 Private 14th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 602835 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 602835 Quebec Regiment

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Joseph Frank Burrows

Born 1881

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 46516 Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Roland Lionel Thomas Worker

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 42619 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 41629 Pioneer Royal Engineers 67th Field company

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Albert Day

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 1223 Serjeant London Regiment 24th lond Battalion

British Army 1223 Sgt London Regiment 24th

British Army 1223 Serjeant London Regiment

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Henry Robert Denny

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 8006 (incomplete) Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 8006 (incomplete) Bandsman Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Frank Cyril John Hill

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 8900 Lance Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment

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