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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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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]

John Henry Randall

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 28222 Private Somerset Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Harry Rowland Lane

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS110260 Stoker 1st class HMS Indefatigable

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John Henry Margetts

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 6721 Colour Sergeant Dorset Regiment 2nd Battalion

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George Morris

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 2137 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 200370 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1/4th Battalion

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William Alexander Norris

Born 1889

Died 1944

British Army 244138 Sergeant Clerk Labour Corps 418

British Army 8475 Sergeant Major Cheshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 186785 Sergeant Clerk Gordon Highlanders

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Leslie Frederick King

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 200368 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Depot battalion

British Army 2135 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 4th Battalion

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Frederick Burbidge

Born 1881

Died 1950

Royal Navy F31534 aircraftman 1st class

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Conrad Albert Titcomb

Born 1897

Died 1958

British Army 2033 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 4th Battalion

British Army 200309 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2/4th Battalion

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Fred William Withers

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 375699 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 225312 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 225312 Private The Royal Fusiliers 1st Battalion, The London Regiment

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Ernest Margetts

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 8625 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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George Henry Aries

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 5658 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army

British Army 202153 Private The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1/4th Battalion

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Harry Walter Hatfield

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army 303022 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/7th Battalion

British Army 32816 Private Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 3176 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

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Charles Edward Randle

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 20201 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frank Shepard

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 35312 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st/4th Battalion

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David Thomas Barnard

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 70993 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Richard Joseph Howkins

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 40283 Private Hussars

British Army 40283 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 40283 Private Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars

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Haylock Owen

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 14963 Private King's Royal Irish Hussars 8th Battalion

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Albert Henry White

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 2076 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 4th Battalion

British Army 200333 Lance-Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2/4 Battalion

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Reginald Frederick Harding

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 2191 Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2/4th Battalion

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Arthur George Townsend

Born 1890

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24742

British Army 47707 Private Rifle Brigade 1/8th London Regimen

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