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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]

Albert Ernest Jesse Hadland

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 19723 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 6th Battalion

British Army 19723 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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George William Bartlett

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 4061 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 285014 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd/1st Battalion

British Army 285014 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Ernest Betteridge

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 151010 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Frank Gibbs

Born 1897

Died 1987

British Army 3106 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 32805 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Private Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Reginald Leslie Pink

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2030 Lance-Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2/4th Battalion

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Donald Francis Bunting

Born 1898

Died 1976

British Army 841029 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 1487 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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George Thomas Shadbolt

Born 1883

Died 1972

British Army 202895 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army GS/64237 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Frank Hitchman

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 17943 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5th Battalion

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Wallace Albin Aries

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army

British Army T/207954 Sergeant The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 11th Battalion

British Army 202154 Corporal Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Alfred Eeles

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 474351 Private London Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army 8186 Private London Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army 474351 Rifleman London Regiment (The Rangers)

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Harry Betteridge

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 25069 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 25069 Acting Corporal Hampshire Regiment

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Frank Ernest Bayliss

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 33474 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 285708 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

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Charles David Scott-Mackirdy

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Hussars

British Army Lieutenant 11th Hussars Prince Albert's Own Battalion

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George Edward Gee

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 2134 Private London Regiment 25th lond Battalion

British Army 740885 Private The London Regiment 25th (County of London) Battalion (Cyclists)

British Army 740885 Private London Regiment (Cyclists)

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Charles Smith

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 10439 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 10439 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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James Aldridge

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 8534 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army 8534 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Ernest Arthur Bickerstaff

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army S/34092 Private Army Service Corps 8th Forward Butchery Unit

British Army S/34092 Private Army Service Corps

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Lewis Hubert Hall

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1221 Private The London Regiment 19th (County of London) Battalion (St. Pancras)

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George Albert Saunders

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 19189 Private Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

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William Park Fiddes

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy K24893 Stoker 1st Class HMS Racoon

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