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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]

William Henry Horatio Prickett

Born 1893

Died 1969

British Army 1168 Private London Regiment

British Army 1168 Rifleman London Regiment 1/6 th (City of London) Battalion ( Rifles)

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Clement William Dell

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 6256 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army A/200570 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army A/200570 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Charles George Braggins

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 17083 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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William Shadbolt

Born 1894

Died 1958

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 23031 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 4th Battalion

British Army 40716 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Arthur Edward Shearwood

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 23367 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 42442 Private Norfolk Regiment

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William Albert Dumbleton

Born 1883

Died 1957

Royal Navy Chief Acting Mate

Royal Navy Lieutenant

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Henry Brackley

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 134574 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Walter Winfield

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army T4/088841 Driver Army Service Corps

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Edward James Pauling

Born 1897

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 24/1163 Rifleman Canterbury Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Rosetta Rachel Gee

Born 1886

Died 1932

British Army 399 Deputy Administrator Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Arthur Bishop

Born 1878

Royal Navy F25438

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225438

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Frank Prickett

Born 1885

Died 1938

British Army 202758 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 228290 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 228290 Private London Regiment

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Arthur Lawrence Seeney

Born 1896

Died 1982

British Army 154051 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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George Reynolds

Born 1893

Died 1982

British Army 94556 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 94556 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph Thomas Bailey

Born 1881

Died 1946

British Army 267 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 16057 Oxon & Bucks

British Army 203617 Private Rifle Brigade

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Thomas Olliffe

Born 1894

Died 1967

British Army 30056 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

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John Robert Shearwood

Born 1877

British Army 16555 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Thomas Richard Pauling

Born 1898

Died 1974

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 177722

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Stanley William Barber

Born 1890

British Army M/333931 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 333931 RASCMT

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William Elmer

Born 1880

Died 1966

British Army 23927 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 20238 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 267224 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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