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Place of birth

Wantage, Berkshire [155]

Wantage, Berkshire, England [5]

Childrey, Wantage, Berkshire [4]

East Challow, Wantage, Berkshire [3]

Grove, Wantage, Berkshire [3]

Kingston Lisle, Wantage, Berkshire [2]

Wantage Berkshire [2]

Wantage,Berkshire. [2]

Ashbury,Wantage,Berkshire. [1]

Brightwalton, Wantage, Berkshire [1]

Charlton, Wantage, Berkshire [1]

Chilton, Wantage, Berkshire [1]

Compton,Wantage,Berkshire. [1]

Denchworth, Wantage, Berkshire [1]

Didcot, Wantage, Berkshire [1]

East Hendred, Wantage, Berkshire [1]

Farnborough, Wantage, Berkshire [1]

Goosey, Wantage, Berkshire [1]

Grove Berkshire [1]

Harwell Wantage, Berkshire [1]

Harwell, Wantage, Berkshire [1]

Leckhampstead, Wantage, Berkshire [1]

Letcombe Regis. Wantage. Berkshire. [1]

Near Wantage, Berkshire [1]

Portobello, Wantage, Berkshire [1]

South Fawley, Wantage, Berkshire [1]

Sparsholt, Wantage, Berkshire [1]

Uffington, Wantage, Berkshire [1]

Wallingford,Wantage,Berkshire. [1]

Wantage, Berkshire. [1]

Wantage, Reading, Berkshire [1]

West Hanney, Wantage, Berkshire [1]

West Lockinge, Wantage, Berkshire [1]

Westcott Wantage, Berkshire. [1]

wantage, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [29]

Able Seaman [5]

Corporal [5]

Gunner [3]

Sapper [3]

Sergeant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Serjeant [2]

71453 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftman II [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Armours Crew [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Commander (Retired) [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant-Major [1]

Driver [1]

Drummer [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Commander. [1]

Major [1]

Nurse [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sick Berth Steward 2nd Class [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Stoker [1]

Sub Lieutenant (Probationary) [1]

Unit

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

HMS IRON DUKE [5]

Royal Engineers [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Berkshire Yeomanry [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

47th Sikhs [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Battersea [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

H.M.S Hogue [1]

H.M.S Pembroke [1]

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

H.M.S. Hawke [1]

HM Submarine K4 [1]

HMS "Lynx" [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Castor Royal Marine Light Infantry [1]

HMS Excellent [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS India [1]

HMS King George V [1]

HMS Orion [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS Urchin [1]

HMS WARSPITE [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hussars [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

North Somerset Yeomanry [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1]

Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) [1]

Royal Berskhire Regiment [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [111]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44]

British Army [39]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [27]

S [25]

H [21]

W [17]

P [15]

G [13]

C [10]

D [10]

F [8]

T [8]

A [7]

E [7]

L [7]

M [7]

J [5]

K [5]

R [5]

Q [2]

I [1]

N [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [189]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Australia [2]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

India [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [202] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Wantage, Berkshire [155] Wantage, Berkshire, England [5] Childrey, Wantage, Berkshire [4] East Challow, Wantage, Berkshire [3] Grove, Wantage, Berkshire [3] Kingston Lisle, Wantage, Berkshire [2] Wantage Berkshire [2] Wantage,Berkshire. [2] Ashbury,Wantage,Berkshire. [1] Brightwalton, Wantage, Berkshire [1] Charlton, Wantage, Berkshire [1] Chilton, Wantage, Berkshire [1] Compton,Wantage,Berkshire. [1] Denchworth, Wantage, Berkshire [1] Didcot, Wantage, Berkshire [1] East Hendred, Wantage, Berkshire [1] Farnborough, Wantage, Berkshire [1] Goosey, Wantage, Berkshire [1] Grove Berkshire [1] Harwell Wantage, Berkshire [1] Harwell, Wantage, Berkshire [1] Leckhampstead, Wantage, Berkshire [1] Letcombe Regis. Wantage. Berkshire. [1] Near Wantage, Berkshire [1] Portobello, Wantage, Berkshire [1] South Fawley, Wantage, Berkshire [1] Sparsholt, Wantage, Berkshire [1] Uffington, Wantage, Berkshire [1] Wallingford,Wantage,Berkshire. [1] Wantage, Berkshire. [1] Wantage, Reading, Berkshire [1] West Hanney, Wantage, Berkshire [1] West Lockinge, Wantage, Berkshire [1] Westcott Wantage, Berkshire. [1] wantage, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [29] Able Seaman [5] Corporal [5] Gunner [3] Sapper [3] Sergeant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Lieutenant [2] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Serjeant [2] 71453 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Aircraftman II [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Armours Crew [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Commander (Retired) [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant-Major [1] Driver [1] Drummer [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Commander. [1] Major [1] Nurse [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Rifleman [1] Sick Berth Steward 2nd Class [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker [1] Sub Lieutenant (Probationary) [1]

Unit

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] HMS IRON DUKE [5] Royal Engineers [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Berkshire Yeomanry [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] 47th Sikhs [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Battersea [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S Hogue [1] H.M.S Pembroke [1] H.M.S. "Formidable" [1] H.M.S. Hawke [1] HM Submarine K4 [1] HMS "Lynx" [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Castor Royal Marine Light Infantry [1] HMS Excellent [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS India [1] HMS King George V [1] HMS Orion [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS Urchin [1] HMS WARSPITE [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hussars [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] North Somerset Yeomanry [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1] Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) [1] Royal Berskhire Regiment [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [111] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44] British Army [39] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [27] S [25] H [21] W [17] P [15] G [13] C [10] D [10] F [8] T [8] A [7] E [7] L [7] M [7] J [5] K [5] R [5] Q [2] I [1] N [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [189] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [20] Australia [2] Canada [1] Germany [1] India [1] South Africa [1]

Archie Fleetwood

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 47150 Sapper Royal Engineers 80th Field Coy.

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Stanley Woodruff Pinnock

Born 1886

Died 1970

British Army 130339 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army S/10990 Driver Army Ordnance Corps

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Ernest Eltham

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 5694 Serjeant Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 5694 Lance Serjeant Royal Berkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Harry Honey

Born 1883

Died 1926

British Army 71707 Acting Sergeant Royal Fusiliers

British Army

British Army GS/71707 Corporal Royal Fusiliers 7th battalion

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Ernest Camden

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 10381 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 10381 Serjeant Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 10381 Sergeant Royal Berskhire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Stephen Prater

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 6260 Private Hussars

British Army 8103 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 358394 Private Liverpool Regiment

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William Henry Barker

Died 1916

British Army 5544 Royal Berkshire Regiment 3/4th Battalion

British Army 2040 Rifleman Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 25th (Reserve) Garrison Battalion (Territorial)

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Charles George Bushell

Born 1890

British Army M/298108 Private Royal Army Service Corps 2nd Army Signals Corps Wireless

British Army M2/020891 Acting Sergeant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps Yoqa Motor Transport ASC

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Herbert Honey

Born 1893

Died 1914

Royal Navy M/7486 Armourer's Crew H.M.S Hogue

Royal Navy M7486 Armours Crew H.M.S Pembroke

Royal Navy H.M.S. Hawke

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Oswald Charles Arthur

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165732

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Frederick Shepherd

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264656

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Arthur Andrews

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45938

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James Alder

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217914

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Arthur Looker

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199517

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Robert Stanley

Born 1881

Died 1915

Royal Navy 190580 (RFR Ch B3583) Able Seaman HMS India

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Albert Ephraim Woolford

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 71453 Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 42129 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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John Goodenough

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247193

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Albert Jesse Goodenough

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 10462 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10462 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Batallion

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Harold Edwin Crook

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211199

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Albert Dowse

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 10642 Drummer Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 10642 Corporal Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 10642 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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