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Thame, Oxfordshire [96]

Thame, Oxford, Oxfordshire [4]

Thame, Oxfordshire, England [3]

Aston Rowant, Thame, Oxfordshire [1]

Chilton, Thame, Oxfordshire [1]

Chinnor, Thame, Oxfordshire [1]

Moreton, Thame, Oxfordshire [1]

Near Thame, Oxfordshire [1]

Newknor Thame, Oxfordshire [1]

Stokefields, Thame, Oxfordshire [1]

Thame Oxfordshire [1]

Thame RD, Oxfordshire [1]

Worminghall Thame, Oxfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [8]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Corporal [2]

Sapper [2]

Serjeant [2]

Battery Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Conductor [1]

Driver [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Labour Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

6th Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

City of London Regiment [1]

East African Transport Corps [1]

H.M.S. "Formidable" [1]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS Nestor [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [66]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28]

British Army [16]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [14]

W [14]

P [11]

S [11]

H [9]

M [8]

C [7]

A [5]

K [5]

L [5]

N [5]

T [5]

O [3]

D [2]

E [2]

G [2]

J [2]

Y [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [106]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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People [113] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Thame, Oxfordshire [96] Thame, Oxford, Oxfordshire [4] Thame, Oxfordshire, England [3] Aston Rowant, Thame, Oxfordshire [1] Chilton, Thame, Oxfordshire [1] Chinnor, Thame, Oxfordshire [1] Moreton, Thame, Oxfordshire [1] Near Thame, Oxfordshire [1] Newknor Thame, Oxfordshire [1] Stokefields, Thame, Oxfordshire [1] Thame Oxfordshire [1] Thame RD, Oxfordshire [1] Worminghall Thame, Oxfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [8] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Corporal [2] Corporal [2] Sapper [2] Serjeant [2] Battery Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Captain [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Conductor [1] Driver [1] Gunner [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Labour Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] 6th Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Army Service Corps [1] City of London Regiment [1] East African Transport Corps [1] H.M.S. "Formidable" [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS Nestor [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Fusiliers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [66] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28] British Army [16] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [14] W [14] P [11] S [11] H [9] M [8] C [7] A [5] K [5] L [5] N [5] T [5] O [3] D [2] E [2] G [2] J [2] Y [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [106] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Raymond Llewellyn Plater

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284973

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Charles William Ward

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 180079

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Eric James Browning

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 177880

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William Herbert Maule

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181142

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Geoffrey Frank Mott

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 316868

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Edwin J Adams

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 19706 Acting Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Sydney James Soames

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206270

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Walter Harold Pearce

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208516

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Leslie Stacey West

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208489

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William Harold West

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211176

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Jack Wells West

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211238

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Edgar Ewart Mott

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213034

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Alfred John Thorne

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233831

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Charles Stewart Arnand Boller

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236916

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William Thomas Loader

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261078

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George Newell

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260984

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Harold George White Briars

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6374

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Reginald Pearce

Born 1895

Died 1970

British Army 134668 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 16th (Siege) Battery

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Aubrey Joseph Britnell

Born 1896

Died 1978

British Army 460385 Private Labour Corps 505th Agricultural Coy

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Herman Witney

Born 1887

Died 1954

British Army 24979 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 24979 Battery Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 24979 and 1402880 Battery Quarter Master Sergeant 6th Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Piaza Raghza, North-West Frontier, India

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