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Place of birth

Olney, Bucks [87]

Tring, Herts [59]

Middleton Cheney, Banbury [48]

Aston Clinton [36]

Stone, Bucks [19]

Middleton Cheney [18]

Monks Risborough [16]

Middleton Cheney, Northants [14]

North Newington, Banbury Oxon [11]

Northampton [11]

Oakley, Bucks [10]

Tring, Hertfordshire [10]

Bishopstone, Bucks [9]

Banbury [8]

Birmingham [8]

Buckland Common, Bucks [8]

Buckland, Bucks [8]

Banbury, Oxon [7]

Tring [6]

Broughton, Oxon [5]

Clifton Reynes, Bucks [5]

Emberton, Bucks [5]

Lambeth [5]

London [5]

Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire [5]

Olney, Buckinghamshire [5]

Oxford [5]

Weston Underwood, Bucks [5]

Aldbury, Herts [4]

Ashburton [4]

Berkhamstead, Herts [4]

Bermondsey [4]

Cholesbury, Bucks [4]

Newton Blossomville, Bucks [4]

Rushden, Northants [4]

Askett, Monks Risborough [3]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [3]

Bedford [3]

Caraquet, New Brunswick [3]

Chipping Norton [3]

Croydon, Surrey [3]

Eversholt [3]

Filgrave, Bucks [3]

Hull [3]

Islington [3]

Northampton, Northamptonshire [3]

Andover, Hampshire [2]

Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire [2]

Aston Clinton, Bucks [2]

Astwood, Bucks [2]

Rank

Private [656]

Gunner [69]

Corporal [47]

Driver [32]

Serjeant [31]

Lance Corporal [29]

Sapper [29]

Second Lieutenant [24]

Lieutenant [21]

Rifleman [18]

Captain [17]

Acting Corporal [9]

Acting Serjeant [9]

2nd Lieutenant [5]

Major [5]

Pioneer [5]

Bombardier [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Sergeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Transport Serjeant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Commander [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Trooper [2]

300669 [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Able seaman [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brigade Major [1]

Bugler [1]

CSM [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [127]

Army Service Corps [54]

Royal Field Artillery [51]

Labour Corps [49]

Northamptonshire Regiment [49]

Royal Garrison Artillery [46]

Royal Engineers [43]

Bedfordshire Regiment [42]

Machine Gun Corps [38]

London Regiment [28]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [28]

Middlesex Regiment [22]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [19]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [18]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [17]

Norfolk Regiment [16]

Durham Light Infantry [14]

The Queen's Regiment [14]

Hertfordshire Regiment [13]

Canadian Infantry [12]

East Surrey Regiment [11]

Gloucestershire Regiment [11]

Rifle Brigade [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Grenadier Guards [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [10]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [9]

Border Regiment [8]

Essex Regiment [8]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Somerset Light Infantry [8]

Suffolk Regiment [8]

Wiltshire Regiment [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Coldstream Guards [7]

Corps of Hussars [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [5]

Dorsetshire Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [886]

Royal Navy [88]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [46]

Australian Imperial Force [23]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [290]

D [134]

B [105]

H [101]

S [78]

C [72]

W [45]

R [39]

F [35]

G [34]

M [29]

A [22]

J [22]

T [21]

K [20]

E [18]

L [9]

N [9]

O [6]

V [5]

Y [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1087]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [939]

Canada [34]

New Zealand [20]

Australia [17]

India [6]

United States [4]

South Africa [3]

Argentina [1]

China [1]

Malta [1]

Singapore [1]

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People [1097] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Olney, Bucks [87] Tring, Herts [59] Middleton Cheney, Banbury [48] Aston Clinton [36] Stone, Bucks [19] Middleton Cheney [18] Monks Risborough [16] Middleton Cheney, Northants [14] North Newington, Banbury Oxon [11] Northampton [11] Oakley, Bucks [10] Tring, Hertfordshire [10] Bishopstone, Bucks [9] Banbury [8] Birmingham [8] Buckland Common, Bucks [8] Buckland, Bucks [8] Banbury, Oxon [7] Tring [6] Broughton, Oxon [5] Clifton Reynes, Bucks [5] Emberton, Bucks [5] Lambeth [5] London [5] Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire [5] Olney, Buckinghamshire [5] Oxford [5] Weston Underwood, Bucks [5] Aldbury, Herts [4] Ashburton [4] Berkhamstead, Herts [4] Bermondsey [4] Cholesbury, Bucks [4] Newton Blossomville, Bucks [4] Rushden, Northants [4] Askett, Monks Risborough [3] Banbury, Oxfordshire [3] Bedford [3] Caraquet, New Brunswick [3] Chipping Norton [3] Croydon, Surrey [3] Eversholt [3] Filgrave, Bucks [3] Hull [3] Islington [3] Northampton, Northamptonshire [3] Andover, Hampshire [2] Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire [2] Aston Clinton, Bucks [2] Astwood, Bucks [2]

Rank

Private [656] Gunner [69] Corporal [47] Driver [32] Serjeant [31] Lance Corporal [29] Sapper [29] Second Lieutenant [24] Lieutenant [21] Rifleman [18] Captain [17] Acting Corporal [9] Acting Serjeant [9] 2nd Lieutenant [5] Major [5] Pioneer [5] Bombardier [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Sergeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Deck Hand [3] Transport Serjeant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Commander [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Trooper [2] 300669 [1] Able Seaman [1] Able seaman [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brigade Major [1] Bugler [1] CSM [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [127] Army Service Corps [54] Royal Field Artillery [51] Labour Corps [49] Northamptonshire Regiment [49] Royal Garrison Artillery [46] Royal Engineers [43] Bedfordshire Regiment [42] Machine Gun Corps [38] London Regiment [28] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [28] Middlesex Regiment [22] Royal Berkshire Regiment [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [19] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [18] King's Royal Rifle Corps [17] Norfolk Regiment [16] Durham Light Infantry [14] The Queen's Regiment [14] Hertfordshire Regiment [13] Canadian Infantry [12] East Surrey Regiment [11] Gloucestershire Regiment [11] Rifle Brigade [11] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Royal Fusiliers [11] Grenadier Guards [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Worcestershire Regiment [10] Devonshire Regiment [9] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [9] Border Regiment [8] Essex Regiment [8] Hampshire Regiment [8] Somerset Light Infantry [8] Suffolk Regiment [8] Wiltshire Regiment [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Coldstream Guards [7] Corps of Hussars [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [5] Dorsetshire Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [886] Royal Navy [88] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62] Canadian Expeditionary Force [46] Australian Imperial Force [23] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [290] D [134] B [105] H [101] S [78] C [72] W [45] R [39] F [35] G [34] M [29] A [22] J [22] T [21] K [20] E [18] L [9] N [9] O [6] V [5] Y [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1087] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [939] Canada [34] New Zealand [20] Australia [17] India [6] United States [4] South Africa [3] Argentina [1] China [1] Malta [1] Singapore [1]

Horace Johnson

Born 1894

British Army 51170 Private Imperial Camel Corps

Royal Navy SS123736

British Army 3204 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Sidney James Randall

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2115677

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2115677 Private Canadian Infantry

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Charles Wheeler

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 13810 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army T/12715 Private Training Reserve Battalion

British Army 13810 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Charles Barnes

Born 1895

British Army 3225 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 200154 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 242329 Private Welsh Regiment

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John H Hawkes

Born 1894

British Army 9643 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Percy William Holmes

Born 1891

British Army Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 28896 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Arthur John Prickett

Born 1898

British Army 41436 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Frederick Shearwood

Died 1918

British Army 2524 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 26219 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

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Joseph John Dumbleton

Born 1888

British Army 178997 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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James Oliver Prickett

Born 1900

British Army 32716 Royal Tank Corp

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Robert Barfoot

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 30801 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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George Edmond Day

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 8182 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Dumbleton

British Army 10182 Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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James Prickett

Born 1899

Royal Navy J51878

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Archibald Samuel Bishop

Born 1892

British Army 2783 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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James Oliver Prickett

Born 1900

British Army GS/131537 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Arthur Puddephatt

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 9552 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Frank William Marshall

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 9631 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Baker

British Army 14108 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 33769 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Herbert William Prickett

Born 1886

British Army 5775 Temporary Serjeant Major Royal Flying Corps

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