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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 Dumbleton

British Army 42413 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 42413 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

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Joseph Dumbleton

British Army L/22613 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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William Dumbleton

British Army 20357 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 679572 Private Labour Corps

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Bertie Dumbleton

British Army 4218 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 201552 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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William Dumbleton

British Army SE/12730 Corporal Army Veterinary Corps

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Thomas Dumbleton

British Army 033126 Private Army Ordnance Corps

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William J Dumbleton

British Army 302088 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William Dumbleton

British Army 5138 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 251730 Private Essex Regiment

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James E Paulin

British Army G/7056 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Thomas George Paulin

British Army R6901 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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William John Prickett

British Army 11503 Private 15th Hussars

British Army 50704 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Algernon Haden Blacklock

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Philip Joseph Olliff

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 9128 Transport Serjeant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Norman Frederick Paulin

British Army 94116 Private Liverpool Regiment

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William Joseph Bone

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 3425 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 266226 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 266226 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Charles Henry Measey

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 27242 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 27242 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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William Dodds

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 20345 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 267327 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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