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Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [37]

Chipping Norton [27]

Over Norton, Chipping Norton [6]

Over Norton, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [6]

Over Norton, Oxfordshire [6]

Broughton, Oxfordshire [2]

Chadlington, Oxfordshire [2]

Chipping Norton,Oxfordshire [2]

Reading [2]

Shipston on Stour [2]

Tadmarton, Oxfordshire [2]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Bloxham [1]

Botley, Oxfordshire [1]

Brackley [1]

Bucklow Cheshire [1]

Chipping Norton Oxfordshire [1]

Clapham, Surrey [1]

Cornwell, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [1]

Deolali [1]

Enstone [1]

Goring [1]

Gospel Oak [1]

Great Rollright, Oxfordshire [1]

Hampsted, Middlesex [1]

Islington [1]

Kensington, Middlesex [1]

Lambeth [1]

Lew, Oxfordshire [1]

Little Compton [1]

Little Tew, Oxfordshire [1]

Luton [1]

Marston St Lawrence, Oxfordshire [1]

Milton Regis, Kent [1]

Milton, Oxfordshire [1]

Neithrop, Banbury [1]

Northampton [1]

Oxford [1]

Peckham [1]

Rothesay, Buteshire [1]

Sarsden, Chipping Norton [1]

Shipston-on-Stour [1]

Shoreham, Sussex [1]

Showell Farm, Chipping Norton [1]

South Newington, Oxfordshire [1]

Spelsbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Swerford, Oxfordshire [1]

Tadmarton [1]

WINSLOW BUCKINGHAMSHIRE [1]

Weddington, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [97]

Sergeant [11]

Gunner [7]

Lance Corporal [7]

Corporal [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Serjeant [6]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Lance-Corporal [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Driver [2]

Major [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Stoker 1st class [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Lance Bombadier [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant Clerk [1]

Sergeant Major [1]

Staff Sergeant [1]

Staff Sergeant Major [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

aircraftman 1st class [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [44]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [17]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

London Regiment [5]

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Corps of Hussars [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

11th Hussars [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Hussars [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

The London Regiment [2]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2]

1/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry [1]

2/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Buckinghamshire Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cavalary Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Dorset Regiment [1]

Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Black Prince [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

Service

British Army [130]

Royal Navy [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [24]

H [17]

M [15]

S [14]

G [11]

W [8]

K [7]

A [6]

R [6]

P [5]

T [5]

C [4]

D [3]

F [3]

N [3]

E [2]

J [1]

L [1]

O [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [137]

Country

United Kingdom [98]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [37] Chipping Norton [27] Over Norton, Chipping Norton [6] Over Norton, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [6] Over Norton, Oxfordshire [6] Broughton, Oxfordshire [2] Chadlington, Oxfordshire [2] Chipping Norton,Oxfordshire [2] Reading [2] Shipston on Stour [2] Tadmarton, Oxfordshire [2] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Bloxham [1] Botley, Oxfordshire [1] Brackley [1] Bucklow Cheshire [1] Chipping Norton Oxfordshire [1] Clapham, Surrey [1] Cornwell, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [1] Deolali [1] Enstone [1] Goring [1] Gospel Oak [1] Great Rollright, Oxfordshire [1] Hampsted, Middlesex [1] Islington [1] Kensington, Middlesex [1] Lambeth [1] Lew, Oxfordshire [1] Little Compton [1] Little Tew, Oxfordshire [1] Luton [1] Marston St Lawrence, Oxfordshire [1] Milton Regis, Kent [1] Milton, Oxfordshire [1] Neithrop, Banbury [1] Northampton [1] Oxford [1] Peckham [1] Rothesay, Buteshire [1] Sarsden, Chipping Norton [1] Shipston-on-Stour [1] Shoreham, Sussex [1] Showell Farm, Chipping Norton [1] South Newington, Oxfordshire [1] Spelsbury, Oxfordshire [1] Swerford, Oxfordshire [1] Tadmarton [1] WINSLOW BUCKINGHAMSHIRE [1] Weddington, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [97] Sergeant [11] Gunner [7] Lance Corporal [7] Corporal [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Serjeant [6] Rifleman [4] Acting Corporal [3] Lance-Corporal [3] Lieutenant [3] Driver [2] Major [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Stoker 1st class [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Company Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Lance Bombadier [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant Clerk [1] Sergeant Major [1] Staff Sergeant [1] Staff Sergeant Major [1] Temporary Captain [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] aircraftman 1st class [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [44] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [17] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Hampshire Regiment [5] London Regiment [5] Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Army Service Corps [4] Corps of Hussars [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Coldstream Guards [3] Labour Corps [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] 11th Hussars [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Hussars [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] The London Regiment [2] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2] 1/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry [1] 2/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry [1] Border Regiment [1] Buckinghamshire Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cavalary Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Dorset Regiment [1] Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Black Prince [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Indefatigable [1]

Service

British Army [130] Royal Navy [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [24] H [17] M [15] S [14] G [11] W [8] K [7] A [6] R [6] P [5] T [5] C [4] D [3] F [3] N [3] E [2] J [1] L [1] O [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [137]

Country

United Kingdom [98] Ireland [1]

Arthur Thomas Withers

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 1402 Acting Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1/4th Battalion

British Army 163645 Lance Bombadier Royal Garrison Artillery 351st Siege Battery

British Army 163645 Lance Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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Francis Edmund Langton Riddle

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 2nd Lieutenant The Oxfordshire and Buckingham Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Mowbray Meades

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 46194 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 41376 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 42220 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 2/6th Battalion

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Edward George Joines

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 12614 Sergeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 12614 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Samuel Moulder

Born 1878

Died 1956

British Army 98121 Private Labour Corps

British Army 29952 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 13th Labour Batttalion

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George Frederick Murrell

Born 1874

Died 1915

British Army SE/6574 Private Army Veterinary Corps 31st mobile section

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Horace William Townsend

Born 1888

Died 1952

British Army 625 Sergeant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 66631 Company Quartermaster Sergeant Machine Gun Corps 39th Battalion

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Robert Hyde

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 15434 Private Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

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Bertrand Sims

Born 1896

Died 1979

British Army 285702 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 2770 Private Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars

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Harry Lindus Sims

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 29098 Private Border Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Henry Harrison

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 27796 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5th Battalion

British Army 27796 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Leonard Lindsay William Malpass

Born 1896

Died 1975

British Army 2031 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 4th Battalion

British Army 23951 Sergeant Machine Gun Corps

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Albert William Edginton

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army SE/8846 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army SE/8846 Acting Corporal Army Veterinary Corps 12th Veterinary Hospital

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Martin Guy Pearson

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 200171 Lance Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 4th Territorial battalion

British Army 1738 Lance Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5th Battalion

British Army 200171 Lance Corporal Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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William Jas Knight

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 14532 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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George Henry Robinson

Born 1876

Died 1962

British Army S4/126118 Private Army Service Corps

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Frederick George Beames Hake

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy 230875 Able Seaman HMS Black Prince

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George Saunders Appleyard

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Corporal Durham Light Infantry 20th Battalion

British Army 18/1123 Corporal Durham Light Infantry 20th Battalion

British Army

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George Henry Barnett

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 11984 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Albert Benjamin Brain

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army B/3149 Sergeant Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 12th Battalion

British Army B/3149 Serjeant Rifle Brigade

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