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Wokingham, Berkshire [182]

Wokingham, Reading, Berkshire [6]

Finchampstead, Wokingham, Berkshire [5]

Wargrave, Wokingham, Berkshire [4]

Wokingham, Berkshire, England [4]

Barkham, Wokingham, Berkshire [2]

Wokingham Berkshire [2]

Arborfield Wokingham, Berkshire [1]

Binfield, Wokingham, Berkshire [1]

Crowthorne, Wokingham, Berkshire [1]

Earley, Wokingham, Berkshire [1]

Early, Wokingham, Berkshire [1]

Finch Hampstead, Wokingham, Berkshire [1]

Hurst, Wokingham, Berkshire [1]

Reading, Wokingham, Berkshire [1]

Sandhurst Wokingham, Berkshire [1]

Sandhurst, Wokingham, Berkshire [1]

Spencers Wood, Wokingham, Berkshire [1]

Warfield, Wokingham, Berkshire [1]

Wargrave Wokingham, Berkshire [1]

Wokingham Berkshire [1]

Wokingham, Crowthorne, Berkshire [1]

Wokingham,Berkshire. [1]

Rank

Private [24]

Gunner [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Corporal [4]

Driver [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

CPO [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Musician [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sergeant Major [1]

Serjeant [1]

Sick Bay Attendant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

7th (Queen's Own) Hussars [1]

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

9th Lancers [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS 'Barham' [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Duncan [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Mary Rose [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS Ramillies [1]

Hussars [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

RNAS [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Dragoon Guards [1]

Royal Dragoons [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Horse & Field Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

Royal Irish Rifles [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS MALAYA [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Marines Band - HMS COLLINGWOOD [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Tiger [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [136]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [46]

British Army [36]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [27]

W [27]

C [22]

H [20]

L [16]

P [16]

M [15]

S [13]

E [10]

T [9]

A [7]

G [7]

D [6]

F [6]

R [6]

J [5]

K [3]

N [3]

V [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [208]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Gibraltar [1]

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People [221] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Wokingham, Berkshire [182] Wokingham, Reading, Berkshire [6] Finchampstead, Wokingham, Berkshire [5] Wargrave, Wokingham, Berkshire [4] Wokingham, Berkshire, England [4] Barkham, Wokingham, Berkshire [2] Wokingham Berkshire [2] Arborfield Wokingham, Berkshire [1] Binfield, Wokingham, Berkshire [1] Crowthorne, Wokingham, Berkshire [1] Earley, Wokingham, Berkshire [1] Early, Wokingham, Berkshire [1] Finch Hampstead, Wokingham, Berkshire [1] Hurst, Wokingham, Berkshire [1] Reading, Wokingham, Berkshire [1] Sandhurst Wokingham, Berkshire [1] Sandhurst, Wokingham, Berkshire [1] Spencers Wood, Wokingham, Berkshire [1] Warfield, Wokingham, Berkshire [1] Wargrave Wokingham, Berkshire [1] Wokingham Berkshire [1] Wokingham, Crowthorne, Berkshire [1] Wokingham,Berkshire. [1]

Rank

Private [24] Gunner [5] Able Seaman [4] Corporal [4] Driver [2] Lieutenant [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Sergeant [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st Class [1] CPO [1] Deck Hand [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Musician [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Sergeant Major [1] Serjeant [1] Sick Bay Attendant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Labour Corps [4] Royal Engineers [4] East Surrey Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars [1] 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers [1] 9th Lancers [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS 'Barham' [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Duncan [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Mary Rose [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS Ramillies [1] Hussars [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] RNAS [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Dragoon Guards [1] Royal Dragoons [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Horse & Field Artillery [1] Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] Royal Irish Rifles [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS MALAYA [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Marines Band - HMS COLLINGWOOD [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Tiger [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [136] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [46] British Army [36] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [27] W [27] C [22] H [20] L [16] P [16] M [15] S [13] E [10] T [9] A [7] G [7] D [6] F [6] R [6] J [5] K [3] N [3] V [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [208] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [22] Gibraltar [1]

Albert William Buckner

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310612

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Walter Henry Lane

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231350

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Ernest John Norris

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8535

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Cecil Norman Morris

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 248736

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Victor Richard Gibbs

Born 1894

Died 1937

British Army 10523 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 10523 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Charles F Kent

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 49536

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Thomas William Edward Brown

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189795

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Frederick John Terry

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 202261

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John Wingfield

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6054

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Herbert Hurdle

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 394

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John Weston Sells

Born 1885

Died 1927

Royal Navy Assistant Paymaster Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Tiger

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Ernest Edward Bush

Born 1878

British Army 366737 Royal Engineers 44th Anti Aircraft Company

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Arthur Fredrick Annetts

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 13161 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Horace William Day

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 2456(Incomplete) Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 24542 Private Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

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Bernard Charles Wilson

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33347

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George Arthur Masters

Born 1897

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Albert Edward Leonard Ellis

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy K10153 Stoker 1st Class HMS Queen Mary

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Arthur John Walden

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225482

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Frederick Charles Hayter Priest

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242129

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Henry John Hale

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 15022 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 15022 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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