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Reading, Berkshire [2277]

Reading England [171]

Reading, Berkshire, England [96]

Reading [77]

Reading Berkshire [18]

Reading, Buckinghamshire [14]

Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire [9]

Reading, Berks [8]

Reading, Oxfordshire [7]

Saint Giles Reading, Berkshire [7]

Mortimer, Reading, Berkshire [6]

Reading,Berkshire [6]

Swallowfield, Reading, Berkshire [6]

Wokingham, Reading, Berkshire [6]

Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire [5]

Englefield, Reading, Berkshire [5]

Pangbourne, Reading, Berkshire [5]

Woodley, Reading, Berkshire [5]

Burghfield, Reading, Berkshire [4]

Earley, Reading, Berkshire [4]

Bracknell, Reading, Berkshire [3]

Grazeley, Reading, Berks [3]

Reading, Surrey [3]

Saint Giles Reading [3]

Saint Giles, Reading, Berkshire [3]

Sandhurst, Reading, Berkshire [3]

St Giles, Reading, Berkshire [3]

Twyford, Reading, Berkshire [3]

72 Friar Street, Reading, Berkshire [2]

Beenham, Reading, Berkshire [2]

Bradfield, Reading, Berkshire [2]

Bucklebury, Reading, Berkshire [2]

Caversham, Reading, Berkshire [2]

Christchurch, Reading [2]

Coley, Reading, Berkshire [2]

Peppard, Reading [2]

Reading Berkshire [2]

Reading Bath [2]

Reading, England [2]

Reading, Hampshire [2]

Reading, Yorkshire [2]

Reading. Berkshire [2]

Shinfield, Reading, Berkshire [2]

Theale, Reading, Berkshire [2]

49 Leopold Road, Reading, Berkshire [1]

72 Friar Place, Reading, Berkshire [1]

Ashampstead, Reading [1]

Aythorpe Reading, Essex [1]

Basildon, Reading, Berkshire [1]

Beech Hill, Reading, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [206]

Able Seaman [36]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Stoker 1st Class [25]

Gunner [23]

Lieutenant [20]

Ordinary Seaman [20]

Corporal [17]

Lance Corporal [17]

Serjeant [17]

Captain [15]

Boy 1st Class [14]

Leading Seaman [8]

Leading Stoker [8]

Sapper [8]

Sergeant [8]

Boy 2nd Class [6]

Rifleman [6]

Deck Hand [5]

Driver [5]

Major [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Trooper [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Bombardier [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Commander [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Midshipman [2]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [2]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

Signalman [2]

Sister [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Telegraphist [2]

Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Berkshire Regiment [55]

Hampshire Regiment [15]

Army Service Corps [14]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [13]

Royal Engineers [12]

Labour Corps [11]

London Regiment [11]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

Somerset Light Infantry [9]

HMS IRON DUKE [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8]

Berkshire Yeomanry [7]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

HMS INVINCIBLE [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Naval Air Service [7]

Royal Naval Reserve [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [6]

HMS NEPTUNE [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Marine Artillery [6]

Grenadier Guards [5]

HMS Agincourt [5]

HMS MALAYA [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [4]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

HMS Princess Royal [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

HMS Fearless [3]

HMS Good Hope [3]

HMS Impregnable [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Corps of Dragoons [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1629]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [710]

British Army [283]

Australian Imperial Force [175]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [18]

Other Empire Force [6]

South African Services [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [303]

W [285]

H [284]

C [253]

S [235]

P [202]

M [170]

D [138]

G [128]

A [126]

T [123]

L [121]

R [114]

F [110]

E [79]

N [63]

K [48]

J [42]

I [18]

O [18]

V [17]

Y [10]

U [5]

Z [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2768]

Merchant Navy [92]

Country

United Kingdom [155]

Canada [6]

India [2]

France [1]

Kenya [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Reading, Berkshire [2277] Reading England [171] Reading, Berkshire, England [96] Reading [77] Reading Berkshire [18] Reading, Buckinghamshire [14] Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire [9] Reading, Berks [8] Reading, Oxfordshire [7] Saint Giles Reading, Berkshire [7] Mortimer, Reading, Berkshire [6] Reading,Berkshire [6] Swallowfield, Reading, Berkshire [6] Wokingham, Reading, Berkshire [6] Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire [5] Englefield, Reading, Berkshire [5] Pangbourne, Reading, Berkshire [5] Woodley, Reading, Berkshire [5] Burghfield, Reading, Berkshire [4] Earley, Reading, Berkshire [4] Bracknell, Reading, Berkshire [3] Grazeley, Reading, Berks [3] Reading, Surrey [3] Saint Giles Reading [3] Saint Giles, Reading, Berkshire [3] Sandhurst, Reading, Berkshire [3] St Giles, Reading, Berkshire [3] Twyford, Reading, Berkshire [3] 72 Friar Street, Reading, Berkshire [2] Beenham, Reading, Berkshire [2] Bradfield, Reading, Berkshire [2] Bucklebury, Reading, Berkshire [2] Caversham, Reading, Berkshire [2] Christchurch, Reading [2] Coley, Reading, Berkshire [2] Peppard, Reading [2] Reading Berkshire [2] Reading Bath [2] Reading, England [2] Reading, Hampshire [2] Reading, Yorkshire [2] Reading. Berkshire [2] Shinfield, Reading, Berkshire [2] Theale, Reading, Berkshire [2] 49 Leopold Road, Reading, Berkshire [1] 72 Friar Place, Reading, Berkshire [1] Ashampstead, Reading [1] Aythorpe Reading, Essex [1] Basildon, Reading, Berkshire [1] Beech Hill, Reading, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [206] Able Seaman [36] Second Lieutenant [26] Stoker 1st Class [25] Gunner [23] Lieutenant [20] Ordinary Seaman [20] Corporal [17] Lance Corporal [17] Serjeant [17] Captain [15] Boy 1st Class [14] Leading Seaman [8] Leading Stoker [8] Sapper [8] Sergeant [8] Boy 2nd Class [6] Rifleman [6] Deck Hand [5] Driver [5] Major [5] Acting Corporal [4] Air Mechanic 1st Class [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Trooper [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Nursing Sister [3] Petty Officer [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Bombardier [2] Brigadier General [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Commander [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Midshipman [2] Officer's Steward 1st Class [2] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2] Private 2nd Class [2] Signalman [2] Sister [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Telegraphist [2] Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [2] 2nd Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Berkshire Regiment [55] Hampshire Regiment [15] Army Service Corps [14] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [13] Royal Engineers [12] Labour Corps [11] London Regiment [11] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] Somerset Light Infantry [9] HMS IRON DUKE [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8] Berkshire Yeomanry [7] Devonshire Regiment [7] HMS INVINCIBLE [7] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Naval Air Service [7] Royal Naval Reserve [7] Canadian Infantry [6] HMS BLACK PRINCE [6] HMS NEPTUNE [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Marine Artillery [6] Grenadier Guards [5] HMS Agincourt [5] HMS MALAYA [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Horse Artillery [5] South Wales Borderers [5] Canadian Army Medical Corps [4] Coldstream Guards [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] HMS Princess Royal [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] HMS Fearless [3] HMS Good Hope [3] HMS Impregnable [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Corps of Dragoons [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1629] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [710] British Army [283] Australian Imperial Force [175] Canadian Expeditionary Force [18] Other Empire Force [6] South African Services [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [303] W [285] H [284] C [253] S [235] P [202] M [170] D [138] G [128] A [126] T [123] L [121] R [114] F [110] E [79] N [63] K [48] J [42] I [18] O [18] V [17] Y [10] U [5] Z [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2768] Merchant Navy [92]

Country

United Kingdom [155] Canada [6] India [2] France [1] Kenya [1] New Zealand [1]

John William Loader

Born 1889

Died 1953

British Army 7694 Lance Corporal Scots Guards

British Army 72 Gunner Royal Bucks Volunteers

British Army 7694 Private Scots Guards 2nd

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Thomas E Hatton

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army 10038 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army Private Royal Berkshire Regt 3 Battalion

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Jesse William Beasley

Born 1880

Died 1939

British Army 224 Army Service Corps (Berkshire Territorial Force) 2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade Transport & Supply Column

British Army M2/034877 Acting Staff Sergeant Royal Army Service Corps 2nd Mounted Division Supply Column

British Army M2/034877 Sergeant Royal Army Service Corps 2nd Mounted Division Supply Column

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Albert Haines

Born 1890

Died 1970

British Army 53209 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 552117 Private Labour Corps

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Gilbert Babbage

Born 1880

Died 1934

British Army 5576 Colour Serjeant Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army 5576 Company Serjeant Major Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army 5576 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Sidney Albert Blackwell

Born 1891

Died 1982

British Army M2/034889 Sergeant Army Service Corps

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Frederick William Owen Potts

Born 1892

Died 1943

British Army 70160 Trooper Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 1300 Lance Corporal Berkshire Yeomanry I/1st Berkshire Yeomanry, Territorial Force,

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Albert Victor Butler

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army F/62 Corporal Middlesex Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

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Emily Rose Wellman

Born 1901

Died 1975

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 805

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George Frederick Murrell

Born 1874

Died 1915

British Army SE/6574 Private Army Veterinary Corps 31st mobile section

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Roby Jowett Haslam

Born 1876

Died 1943

British Army 202296 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 3/4

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Thomas Froome

Born 1875

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 166192 Private Canadian Infantry 2nd Pioneer Battalion and various Reserve Battalions

Canadian Expeditionary Force 166192 Private Canadian Infantry 47th Battalion

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Charles Benjamin Heath

Born 1888

Died 1918

Royal Navy K41973

Royal Navy K41973 Stoker I HMS Glatton

Royal Navy K41973 Stoker II HMS Hercules

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Arthur Alfred Nash

Born 1880

Died 1951

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261947 Corporal

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Thomas Arthur Jarvis

Born 1893

Died 1981

British Army M2/035018 Private Royal Army Service Corps 2nd Mounted Divisional Supply Column

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Albert James Bates

Born 1875

Died 1919

British Army 4053 Company Serjeant Major Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

British Army 4053 Warrant Officer Class 2 Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

British Army 4053 Company Serjeant Major Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

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Albert Edward Miles

Born 1893

Died 1969

British Army R/452178 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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Cornelius Aka Neil Prior

Born 1894

Died 1957

Canadian Expeditionary Force 772570 Private

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Norman Nash

Born 1898

Died 1954

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225144

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225144 A/C 1

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George William Jerram

Born 1900

Died 1970

Royal Navy F53420 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Naval Air Service President II (Codford)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 252918 Air Mechanic 3 Midland Area 13 Training Depot Station (Ternhill)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 252918 Air Mechanic 3 Midland Area

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