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Slough, Buckinghamshire [277]

Slough England [15]

Slough, Berkshire [9]

Slough [8]

Slough, Buckinghamshire, England [4]

Chalvey, Slough, Buckinghamshire [3]

Langley, Slough, Buckinghamshire [3]

Slough, Bucks [3]

Burnham, Slough, Buckinghamshire [2]

Iver, Slough, Buckinghamshire [2]

Slough Bucks [2]

Chalfort St Peters, Slough, Buckinghamshire [1]

Chalvey Slough, Berkshire [1]

Cippenham Green, Slough, Buckinghamshire [1]

Cippenham, Slough, Buckinghamshire [1]

Datchet, Slough, Buckinghamshire [1]

Eton,Slough,Berkshire. [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]

Slough, Kent [1]

Slough, Lincolnshire [1]

Upton cum Chalvey, Slough, Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [19]

Captain [4]

Corporal [4]

Driver [4]

Major [4]

Rifleman [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Lieutenant [2]

Sergeant [2]

AM2 Fitter Aero Engines [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Civilian Dresser [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Drummer [1]

Gunner [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Officer's Cook 1st Class [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant Major [1]

Serjeant [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant (On Probation) [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

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

Army Post Office Corps [1]

Bedford Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire 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]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Household Battalion [1]

Infantry Brigade [1]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lancers [1]

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

Manchester Regiment [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Engineers Postal Section [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Tank Corps [1]

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

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

Service

Royal Navy [218]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [73]

British Army [35]

Australian Imperial Force [15]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [41]

H [35]

M [28]

S [26]

C [25]

D [25]

W [23]

P [21]

A [20]

L [14]

G [13]

J [11]

R [11]

F [10]

N [8]

E [7]

K [7]

T [7]

I [6]

O [6]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [339]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

France [1]

India [1]

Singapore [1]

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Place of birth

Slough, Buckinghamshire [277] Slough England [15] Slough, Berkshire [9] Slough [8] Slough, Buckinghamshire, England [4] Chalvey, Slough, Buckinghamshire [3] Langley, Slough, Buckinghamshire [3] Slough, Bucks [3] Burnham, Slough, Buckinghamshire [2] Iver, Slough, Buckinghamshire [2] Slough Bucks [2] Chalfort St Peters, Slough, Buckinghamshire [1] Chalvey Slough, Berkshire [1] Cippenham Green, Slough, Buckinghamshire [1] Cippenham, Slough, Buckinghamshire [1] Datchet, Slough, Buckinghamshire [1] Eton,Slough,Berkshire. [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] Slough, Kent [1] Slough, Lincolnshire [1] Upton cum Chalvey, Slough, Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [19] Captain [4] Corporal [4] Driver [4] Major [4] Rifleman [4] Able Seaman [3] Lance Corporal [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Lieutenant [2] Sergeant [2] AM2 Fitter Aero Engines [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Brigadier General [1] Civilian Dresser [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Drummer [1] Gunner [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Officer's Cook 1st Class [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant Major [1] Serjeant [1] Signalman [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant (On Probation) [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6] London Regiment [5] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] Army Post Office Corps [1] Bedford Regiment [1] Bedfordshire 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] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Household Battalion [1] Infantry Brigade [1] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps [1] Lancers [1] London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Engineers Postal Section [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Tank Corps [1] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [218] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [73] British Army [35] Australian Imperial Force [15] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [41] H [35] M [28] S [26] C [25] D [25] W [23] P [21] A [20] L [14] G [13] J [11] R [11] F [10] N [8] E [7] K [7] T [7] I [6] O [6] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [339] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [21] France [1] India [1] Singapore [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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Harold Lewis H Millard

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army Captain Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army Acting Major Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army Major Northamptonshire Regiment

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Ernest Balls

Died 1917

British Army 5347 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 322531 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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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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Ernest George Butler

Born 1872

British Army Major West Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

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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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Edwin White

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 20866 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Francis W Nichols

Born 1892

Died 1980

British Army 624539 Driver Honourable Artillery Company

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Shadwell John Murray

Born 1867

Died 1940

British Army Second Lieutenant Connaught Rangers

British Army Lieutenant Connaught Rangers

British Army Captain Connaught Rangers

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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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Harry Elias Hing

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 1123 Trooper Household Battalion

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Ralph John Hoare

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army S/9493 Private Rifle Brigade

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Francis Edward Bristol

Born 1897

British Army 1811 Sapper Royal Engineers General Base Depot

British Army 534450 Sapper Royal Engineers 458th Field Company

British Army 534450 Sapper Royal Engineers 550th Field Company

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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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