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Wallingford, Berkshire [171]

Wallingford, Berkshire, England [4]

Cholsey, Wallingford, Berkshire [3]

Saint Leonards Wallingford, Berkshire [2]

Wallingford Berkshire [2]

Near Wallingford, Berkshire [1]

Streatley, Wallingford, Berkshire [1]

Wallingford, Berkshire [1]

Wallingford,Berkshire. [1]

Wallingford,Wantage,Berkshire. [1]

Rank

Private [13]

Able Seaman [5]

Major [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Aircraft Hand [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 1st class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain [1]

Cook [1]

Cooks Mate [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Mechanician [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Army Service Corps [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

General List [1]

H.M.S. Glasgow [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Nestor [1]

HMS ONSLAUGHT [1]

HMS TIPPERARY [1]

HMS Test [1]

HMS WARSPITE [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

King's African Rifles [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Military Foot Police [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

West Kent Yeomanry [1]

Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [128]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37]

British Army [19]

Last name first letter

B [25]

G [25]

W [19]

H [18]

A [15]

D [14]

C [12]

S [12]

M [9]

F [6]

P [6]

T [5]

E [4]

J [4]

L [4]

R [4]

K [2]

N [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [178]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

India [1]

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People [187] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Wallingford, Berkshire [171] Wallingford, Berkshire, England [4] Cholsey, Wallingford, Berkshire [3] Saint Leonards Wallingford, Berkshire [2] Wallingford Berkshire [2] Near Wallingford, Berkshire [1] Streatley, Wallingford, Berkshire [1] Wallingford, Berkshire [1] Wallingford,Berkshire. [1] Wallingford,Wantage,Berkshire. [1]

Rank

Private [13] Able Seaman [5] Major [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Corporal [1] Aircraft Hand [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 1st class [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain [1] Cook [1] Cooks Mate [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Mechanician [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal Field Artillery [3] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Army Service Corps [1] British West Indies Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] General List [1] H.M.S. Glasgow [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Nestor [1] HMS ONSLAUGHT [1] HMS TIPPERARY [1] HMS Test [1] HMS WARSPITE [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] King's African Rifles [1] Labour Corps [1] Military Foot Police [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] West Kent Yeomanry [1] Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [128] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37] British Army [19]

Last name first letter

B [25] G [25] W [19] H [18] A [15] D [14] C [12] S [12] M [9] F [6] P [6] T [5] E [4] J [4] L [4] R [4] K [2] N [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [178] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [14] India [1]

Albert Follett

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 4766 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 4th (Reserve) Battalion

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Percy William Tuckwell

Born 1887

Died 1976

British Army 202098 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Alfred Bertie Gibbs

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 7105 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frederick Jenkins

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199434

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Herbert William Watling

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 35961 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 138557 Acting Corporal Labour Corps

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Frederick Thomas Lovegrove

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279471

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Albert Victor Green

Born 1898

Died 1985

Royal Navy J26130 Ordinary Seaman HMS Agincourt

Royal Navy J26130 Able Seaman HMS Agincourt

Royal Navy J26130 Boy 1st class HMS Agincourt

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Charles Townsend

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194108

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Harold Woods Gunston

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56259

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Norman Goldsmith

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1616

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Francis Daniel Winfield

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29081

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Henry Thomas Gibbons Marcham

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303528

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John Stuart Merrett

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 44241 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 3A Reserve Brigade

British Army 44241 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Edward Johnson

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263610

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Ernest Herbert

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215469

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Edward Thurston Davis

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191829

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Tom Bower Bowden

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224513

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George Hopewell Andrews

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239148

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Percy Alfred Gayler

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313735

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Cyril Aubrey Henson

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 177693

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