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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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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 Alexander Barnes

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 3186 Private East Surrey Regiment 2nd/5th Battalion

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George Ernest Barnes

Died 1914

British Army 7273 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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George Percy Denman

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216257

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Frederick William Goddard

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266625

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Charles William Clements

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401735

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George Henry Stevens

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277380

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Henry Ballantine

Born 1884

Died 1958

British Army 3/10254 Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 Suffolk Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Reginald Cox

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303857

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Herbert William Watts

Born 1863

Died 1945

British Army 108 Private Hampshire Regiment 3/5th Battalion

British Army 982 Rifleman Rifle Brigade TF 22nd (Wessex & Welsh) Battalion

British Army 205221 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 25th (Reserve) Garrison Battalion

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Frederick Robinson

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77608

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William Alfred Bishop Barkett

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408814

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George Frank Hill

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207402

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Alfred Leslie Sharpe

Born 1892

Royal Navy Cyclist HMS President II

Royal Navy AM1 HMS President II

Royal Navy F6492 HMS President II Petty Officer (Probationary)

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William Harbard

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280313

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George Henry Bragg

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260565

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William John Baker

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3364

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Alfred George James Auton

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 157207

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George Graves

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77682

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John Trinder

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267482

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George William Ernest Gould

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186763

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