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Slough, Buckinghamshire [277]

Slough, Buckinghamshire, England [4]

Chalvey, Slough, Buckinghamshire [3]

Langley, Slough, Buckinghamshire [3]

Burnham, Slough, Buckinghamshire [2]

Iver, Slough, Buckinghamshire [2]

Chalfort St Peters, Slough, Buckinghamshire [1]

Cippenham Green, Slough, Buckinghamshire [1]

Cippenham, Slough, Buckinghamshire [1]

Datchet, Slough, Buckinghamshire [1]

Farnham Royal, Slough, Buckinghamshire [1]

Fulmer near Slough, Buckinghamshire [1]

Langley Marsh, Slough, Buckinghamshire [1]

Slough Buckinghamshire [1]

Slough Stratford, Buckinghamshire [1]

Slough, Buckinghamshire [now in Berkshire] [1]

Slough, Eton, Buckinghamshire [1]

Slough, Iver, Buckinghamshire [1]

Upton cum Chalvey, Slough, Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [11]

Able Seaman [3]

Corporal [3]

Driver [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Rifleman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Major [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Sergeant [2]

AM2 Fitter Aero Engines [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Captain [1]

Civilian Dresser [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Gunner [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Officer's Cook 1st Class [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant Major [1]

Serjeant [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant (On Probation) [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [4]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Army Post Office Corps [1]

Bedford Regiment [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

First British Field Hospital in Belgium [1]

HMS BOADICEA [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Bellona [1]

HMS Contest [1]

HMS FORTUNE [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Galatea [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Pembroke I [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

HMS Royal Oak [1]

HMS Southampton [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lancers [1]

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1]

Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Engineers Postal Section [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment [1]

Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [207]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [73]

British Army [20]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [37]

H [28]

D [25]

M [23]

S [23]

C [22]

P [20]

W [19]

A [18]

L [13]

G [11]

F [10]

J [10]

R [9]

K [7]

N [7]

T [7]

I [6]

E [5]

O [3]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [298]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

France [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Slough, Buckinghamshire [277] Slough, Buckinghamshire, England [4] Chalvey, Slough, Buckinghamshire [3] Langley, Slough, Buckinghamshire [3] Burnham, Slough, Buckinghamshire [2] Iver, Slough, Buckinghamshire [2] Chalfort St Peters, Slough, Buckinghamshire [1] Cippenham Green, Slough, Buckinghamshire [1] Cippenham, Slough, Buckinghamshire [1] Datchet, Slough, Buckinghamshire [1] Farnham Royal, Slough, Buckinghamshire [1] Fulmer near Slough, Buckinghamshire [1] Langley Marsh, Slough, Buckinghamshire [1] Slough Buckinghamshire [1] Slough Stratford, Buckinghamshire [1] Slough, Buckinghamshire [now in Berkshire] [1] Slough, Eton, Buckinghamshire [1] Slough, Iver, Buckinghamshire [1] Upton cum Chalvey, Slough, Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [11] Able Seaman [3] Corporal [3] Driver [3] Lance Corporal [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Rifleman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Major [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Sergeant [2] AM2 Fitter Aero Engines [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Captain [1] Civilian Dresser [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Gunner [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Officer's Cook 1st Class [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant Major [1] Serjeant [1] Signalman [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant (On Probation) [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [4] London Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Air Force [2] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] Army Post Office Corps [1] Bedford Regiment [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Connaught Rangers [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] First British Field Hospital in Belgium [1] HMS BOADICEA [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Bellona [1] HMS Contest [1] HMS FORTUNE [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Galatea [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Pembroke I [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] HMS Royal Oak [1] HMS Southampton [1] HMS Vanguard [1] HMS Victory I [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps [1] Lancers [1] London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1] Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Engineers Postal Section [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment [1] Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [207] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [73] British Army [20] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [37] H [28] D [25] M [23] S [23] C [22] P [20] W [19] A [18] L [13] G [11] F [10] J [10] R [9] K [7] N [7] T [7] I [6] E [5] O [3] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [298] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [14] France [1] India [1]

Charles Frederick Plumridge

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 20804 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/23663 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army G/23663 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Albert Charles Woodhouse

Born 1888

Died 1965

British Army 121652 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 572157 Driver Labour Corps

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Herbert Bowler

Born 1876

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6497 Sergeant Royal Air Force

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Charles Richard Anstey

Born 1882

Died 1948

British Army 5020 Private Lancers 12th

British Army L/6506 Private Lancers 12th Battalion

British Army 6506 Lance Corporal Lancers

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Gervase Winford Stovin Alington

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 766852 Corporal London Regiment 17th Battalion (attached)

British Army 766852 Corporal London Regiment 28th Battalion (Artiists Rifles)

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Robert Ernest Ling

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 79361 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Charles William Trimby

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 265348 Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 265348 Corporal Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 1811/265348 Corporal Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1/1 Buckinghamshire Battalion

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Clarence James Manners

Born 1897

Died 1971

British Army L/13251 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Edmund Ralph Weaver-Adams

Born 1895

Died 1965

British Army 54179 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 54179 Temporary Second Lieutenant (On Probation) Royal Engineers

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Philip Clive Weaver-Adams

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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George Frederick Hannington

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41719

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Charles F Ackerman

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 24004 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 20301 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 267285 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd/1st (Bucks) Battalion

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Frederick James Dean

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264673

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Frederick Woodley

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278006

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Arthur George Chapple

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275388

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Harry Mann

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200485

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Arthur William Ivory

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405769

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Henry Martin Harris

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85862

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Joseph George Thomas A Roberts

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260959

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Percival Frank Trimby

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290669

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