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Windsor, Berkshire [506]

Windsor New South Wales [317]

Windsor Victoria [289]

Windsor England [68]

Windsor [44]

Windsor, Buckinghamshire [24]

Windsor South Australia [15]

Old Windsor, Berkshire [13]

Windsor, Ontario [8]

New Windsor, Berkshire [7]

Windsor Queensland [6]

Old Windsor, Windsor, Berkshire [5]

Windsor, Berkshire, England [5]

Windsor, Surrey [5]

Windsor, Berks [4]

Windsor ON [3]

Windsor, ON [3]

Winkfield, Windsor, Berkshire [3]

Broad Windsor, Dorset [2]

Clewer Green, Windsor, Berkshire [2]

Clewer, Windsor, Berkshire [2]

Egham Windsor, Surrey [2]

Place of birth - Windsor New South Wales [2]

Windsor Berkshire [2]

Windsor Berkshire [2]

Windsor, Hampshire, England [2]

Windsor, New South Wales [2]

Windsor, Victoria [2]

Windsor,Berkshire. [2]

3 Windsor Terrace, Dudley Road, Ventnor, I.W. [1]

All Saints, Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Ascot, Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Blacknut Old Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Bracknell, Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Clewer Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Clewer, Windsor [1]

Clewer, Windsor, Buckinghamshire [1]

Clewer,Windsor,Berkshire [1]

Egham, Surrey / bapt in Windsor, Berks [1]

Frogmore House, Windsor [1]

Horton, Windsor [1]

Ingatestone House, Windsor [1]

Nr Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Old Windsor, Buckinghamshire [1]

Sunninghill, Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Victoria Barracks, Windsor [1]

WINDSOR [1]

Windsor Ontario [1]

Windsor NS [1]

Windsor Ontario, Canada [1]

Rank

Private [56]

Lieutenant [15]

Captain [13]

Able Seaman [12]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Corporal [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Serjeant [8]

Lance Corporal [6]

Major [6]

Rifleman [6]

Gunner [5]

Sergeant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Driver [3]

Sapper [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Major General [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Trooper [2]

AM1 [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting-Lieutenant [1]

Admiral of the Fleet [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Aircraftsman [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Brevet Major and Major [1]

Captain, temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chauffeuse [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 2nd Grade [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]

Unit

London Regiment [8]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

HMS INVINCIBLE [3]

Labour Corps [3]

2nd Life Guards [2]

Australian Infantry [2]

Berkshire Yeomanry [2]

Canadian Forestry Corps [2]

Devonshire Regiment [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]

Life Guards [2]

Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

102nd Bttln [1]

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

1st Canadian Division [1]

22nd Punjabis [1]

2nd Foot [1]

32nd Sikh Pioneers [1]

34th Battalion [1]

3rd South African Infantry [1]

55th Squadron [1]

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

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [710]

Royal Navy [397]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [150]

British Army [106]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [17]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [142]

S [141]

B [133]

C [127]

W [122]

M [93]

D [86]

P [66]

G [61]

R [61]

L [59]

T [54]

F [52]

K [38]

J [34]

A [31]

E [26]

N [19]

O [17]

U [6]

I [5]

Y [4]

Q [3]

V [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1353]

Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [46]

Canada [2]

India [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Windsor, Berkshire [506] Windsor New South Wales [317] Windsor Victoria [289] Windsor England [68] Windsor [44] Windsor, Buckinghamshire [24] Windsor South Australia [15] Old Windsor, Berkshire [13] Windsor, Ontario [8] New Windsor, Berkshire [7] Windsor Queensland [6] Old Windsor, Windsor, Berkshire [5] Windsor, Berkshire, England [5] Windsor, Surrey [5] Windsor, Berks [4] Windsor ON [3] Windsor, ON [3] Winkfield, Windsor, Berkshire [3] Broad Windsor, Dorset [2] Clewer Green, Windsor, Berkshire [2] Clewer, Windsor, Berkshire [2] Egham Windsor, Surrey [2] Place of birth - Windsor New South Wales [2] Windsor Berkshire [2] Windsor Berkshire [2] Windsor, Hampshire, England [2] Windsor, New South Wales [2] Windsor, Victoria [2] Windsor,Berkshire. [2] 3 Windsor Terrace, Dudley Road, Ventnor, I.W. [1] All Saints, Windsor, Berkshire [1] Ascot, Windsor, Berkshire [1] Blacknut Old Windsor, Berkshire [1] Bracknell, Windsor, Berkshire [1] Clewer Windsor, Berkshire [1] Clewer, Windsor [1] Clewer, Windsor, Buckinghamshire [1] Clewer,Windsor,Berkshire [1] Egham, Surrey / bapt in Windsor, Berks [1] Frogmore House, Windsor [1] Horton, Windsor [1] Ingatestone House, Windsor [1] Nr Windsor, Berkshire [1] Old Windsor, Buckinghamshire [1] Sunninghill, Windsor, Berkshire [1] Victoria Barracks, Windsor [1] WINDSOR [1] Windsor Ontario [1] Windsor NS [1] Windsor Ontario, Canada [1]

Rank

Private [56] Lieutenant [15] Captain [13] Able Seaman [12] Second Lieutenant [11] Corporal [9] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Serjeant [8] Lance Corporal [6] Major [6] Rifleman [6] Gunner [5] Sergeant [5] Stoker 1st Class [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Driver [3] Sapper [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Brigadier General [2] Chief Stoker [2] Deck Hand [2] Major General [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Trooper [2] AM1 [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting-Lieutenant [1] Admiral of the Fleet [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Aircraftsman [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Brevet Major and Major [1] Captain, temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Chaplain [1] Chauffeuse [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 2nd Grade [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]

Unit

London Regiment [8] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] Royal Engineers [6] Army Service Corps [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] East Surrey Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] HMS INVINCIBLE [3] Labour Corps [3] 2nd Life Guards [2] Australian Infantry [2] Berkshire Yeomanry [2] Canadian Forestry Corps [2] Devonshire Regiment [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] Life Guards [2] Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 102nd Bttln [1] 17th Lancers (Duke Of Cambridge's Own). [1] 1st Canadian Division [1] 22nd Punjabis [1] 2nd Foot [1] 32nd Sikh Pioneers [1] 34th Battalion [1] 3rd South African Infantry [1] 55th Squadron [1] 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [710] Royal Navy [397] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [150] British Army [106] Canadian Expeditionary Force [17] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [142] S [141] B [133] C [127] W [122] M [93] D [86] P [66] G [61] R [61] L [59] T [54] F [52] K [38] J [34] A [31] E [26] N [19] O [17] U [6] I [5] Y [4] Q [3] V [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1353] Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [46] Canada [2] India [1] South Africa [1]

Vincent Alexander Ormsby

Born 1866

Died 1917

British Army Brigadier General Staff 127th Infantry Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles 2/3rd Battalion

British Army Brigadier General Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles

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Cyril Langley

Born 1895

Died 1969

British Army T2/13298 Davadar Army Service Corps

British Army T2/13298 Driver Army Service Corps

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Hugh Roy Thomas

Born 1888

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 227625

Canadian Expeditionary Force 227625 Private Canadian Infantry

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Thomas Holland

Died 1917

British Army 9439 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 9439 Corporal Royal Fusiliers

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Charles Currier

Australian Imperial Force

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Samuel Roe

Born 1895

Royal Navy 1117 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 207734 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Edward Arthur Draycott

Died 1917

British Army 3274 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 826273 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Edward Frederick Jennings

Died 1916

British Army 3049 Private London Regiment

British Army 301981 Rifleman London Regiment 1/5 lond Battalion

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George Frederick Hambidge

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army M/335200 Private Army Service Corps

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Henry George William Morgan

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 10209 Private Princess Charlotte of Wales' Royal Berkshire Regiment

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James Thomas Gosling

Born 1875

Died 1916

Royal Navy PLY/6621 Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry - HMS Defence

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Harold James Wilkie

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 6616 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 4th Battalion.

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Samuel Livie Driggett

Australian Imperial Force 5826

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Edward James Wilson

Australian Imperial Force 4620

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Charled Edward Halle

Australian Imperial Force 62

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William Guy Edwards

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1251

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Alfred George Seller

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232254

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Arlof David Hewson

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 154244

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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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