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Windsor, Berkshire [506]

Old Windsor, Berkshire [13]

New Windsor, Berkshire [7]

Old Windsor, Windsor, Berkshire [5]

Windsor, Berkshire, England [5]

Winkfield, Windsor, Berkshire [3]

Clewer Green, Windsor, Berkshire [2]

Clewer, Windsor, Berkshire [2]

Windsor Berkshire [2]

Windsor Berkshire [2]

Windsor,Berkshire. [2]

All Saints, Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Ascot, Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Blacknut Old Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Bracknell, Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Clewer Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Clewer,Windsor,Berkshire [1]

Nr Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Sunninghill, Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Windsor Park, Berkshire [1]

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Private [33]

Able Seaman [12]

Corporal [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Captain [6]

Lance Corporal [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Serjeant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Gunner [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Major [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Driver [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Trooper [2]

AM1 [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Aircraftsman [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 2nd Grade [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Colonel (Temporary Brigadier General) [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Cyclist [1]

Davadar [1]

Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Junior Chaplain [1]

Lance Bombadier [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Major General [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Pensioner [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Unit

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

Royal Engineers [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

HMS INVINCIBLE [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

2nd Life Guards [2]

Berkshire Yeomanry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Life Guards [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

17th Lancers (Duke Of Cambridge's Own). [1]

2nd Foot [1]

32nd Sikh Pioneers [1]

3rd South African Infantry [1]

9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Commanding West Riding Division [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Fishing Fleet - Trawler "Impulse" (Ramsgate) [1]

GOC 11th (Northern) Division [1]

GOC 3rd Brigade [1]

General Staff [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

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

HM Submarine J6 [1]

HMS ACASTA [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

Service

Royal Navy [343]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [144]

British Army [69]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [76]

S [65]

H [61]

W [44]

C [43]

M [35]

F [30]

D [25]

G [25]

P [22]

A [21]

K [21]

T [21]

L [20]

R [19]

E [11]

J [6]

N [5]

O [5]

Q [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [540]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

South Africa [1]

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People [558] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Windsor, Berkshire [506] Old Windsor, Berkshire [13] New Windsor, Berkshire [7] Old Windsor, Windsor, Berkshire [5] Windsor, Berkshire, England [5] Winkfield, Windsor, Berkshire [3] Clewer Green, Windsor, Berkshire [2] Clewer, Windsor, Berkshire [2] Windsor Berkshire [2] Windsor Berkshire [2] Windsor,Berkshire. [2] All Saints, Windsor, Berkshire [1] Ascot, Windsor, Berkshire [1] Blacknut Old Windsor, Berkshire [1] Bracknell, Windsor, Berkshire [1] Clewer Windsor, Berkshire [1] Clewer,Windsor,Berkshire [1] Nr Windsor, Berkshire [1] Sunninghill, Windsor, Berkshire [1] Windsor Park, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [33] Able Seaman [12] Corporal [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Captain [6] Lance Corporal [6] Lieutenant [5] Serjeant [5] Stoker 1st Class [4] Boy 2nd Class [3] Gunner [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Major [3] Rifleman [3] Sergeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Brigadier General [2] Driver [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Trooper [2] AM1 [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Aircraftsman [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 2nd Grade [1] Chief Stoker [1] Colonel (Temporary Brigadier General) [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Cook's Mate [1] Cyclist [1] Davadar [1] Electrical Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Junior Chaplain [1] Lance Bombadier [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Major General [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Pensioner [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Unit

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] Royal Engineers [4] Army Service Corps [3] HMS INVINCIBLE [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] 2nd Life Guards [2] Berkshire Yeomanry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) [2] Labour Corps [2] Life Guards [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 17th Lancers (Duke Of Cambridge's Own). [1] 2nd Foot [1] 32nd Sikh Pioneers [1] 3rd South African Infantry [1] 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Commanding West Riding Division [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Fishing Fleet - Trawler "Impulse" (Ramsgate) [1] GOC 11th (Northern) Division [1] GOC 3rd Brigade [1] General Staff [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] HM Submarine J6 [1] HMS ACASTA [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

Service

Royal Navy [343] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [144] British Army [69] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [76] S [65] H [61] W [44] C [43] M [35] F [30] D [25] G [25] P [22] A [21] K [21] T [21] L [20] R [19] E [11] J [6] N [5] O [5] Q [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [540] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [33] South Africa [1]

Francis Joseph Rowland

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 9796 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

British Army 9796 Lance Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment 2nd Batt

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William Henry Field

Born 1876

Died 1932

British Army S/294865(Incomplete) Corporal Army Service Corps

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Charles Robert Wise

Born 1879

Died 1918

Royal Navy 1716/DA Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 1716 Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve (Trawler Section) H.M.S. Victory.

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Donald Keith Batstone

Born 1891

Died 1982

Royal Navy 2/2960 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Collingwood Battalion

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Frank Reginald Church

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 3760 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 3760 Lance Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Horace Frederick Denyer

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 12th Battalion

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George William Short

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army D/1639 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/1639 Private Corps of Dragoons

British Army 1639 Sergeant Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) "A" Squadron

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John Grant Stilwell

Born 1895

Died 1982

British Army Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Philip Osborne Collier

Born 1881

Died 1979

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91244

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Maurice Alfred Field

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 20233 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Harry Shopland Clatworthy

Born 1889

British Army 111936 Lance Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 111936 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 111936 Lance Bombadier Royal Garrison Artillery 238 Siege Battery RGA

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Alexander Robert Leith

Born 1878

Died 1950

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Major King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Albert Ernest Heather

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 372422 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5039 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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George Cook

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 589 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

British Army 589 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps 3 Squadron

British Army 589 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps 3 Squadron

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Cyril Montague Cope

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3761 Serjeant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 371530 Acting Serjeant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 3761 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Frederick Langley

Born 1889

Died 1947

Royal Navy SS107615

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Thomas Edwin Birtchnell

Born 1891

Died 1958

British Army 11057 Corporal South Wales Borderers Depot

British Army 11057 Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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George Martin

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280985

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Samuel Acutt

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190865

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J Scouse

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 70141 Sergeant Berkshire Yeomanry 2nd/1st

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