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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]

Joseph Edward Pinfold

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 5992 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1/4t Battalion

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Wilfred Nason

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 25240 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 26642 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frank Keen

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 202748 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 220276 Private The Princess Charlotte of Wales Regiment, (The Royal Berkshire Regiment) 8th Battalion

British Army 220276 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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John Wright

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 33917 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 69th Howitzer Battery

British Army 33917 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 69 Brigade RFA

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William Giles

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 23025 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army 23025 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Albert Betteridge

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 33020 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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John Charles Francis Garland

Born 1889

British Army 64619 Sergeant Machine Gun Corps 61st Battalion

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Lewis Rhymes

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 7657 Private Gloucestershire Regiment Ist Battalion

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Albert William Hughes

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 45730 Private Hampshire Regiment 15th (Service) Battalion

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Victor Dawe

Born 1891

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 54240 Western Ontario Regiment 18th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 54240 Private Canadian Infantry

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Ernest Sandles

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army G/39081 Private The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army G/39081 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Frederick Thomas Grantham Clarke

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 6134 Private London Regiment 22nd Battalion

British Army 683082 Private London Regiment 22nd Battalion

British Army 225421 Private London Regiment 1st (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)

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Bernard Cyril Benfield

Born 1900

Died 1921

British Army 29033 Private Hampshire Regiment

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George Alexander Tollett

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army R/20003 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army B/203623 Private Rifle Brigade 13th Battalion

British Army B/203623 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Victor Oswald Hoare

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 241686 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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Phillip Charles Benfield

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 2471 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 32762 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 6th Battalion

British Army 32762 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Ernest Watts

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 26008 Corporal Worcestershire Regiment 14th Battalion (The Severn Valley Pioneers)

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Harry Creswicke Franklin

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 4254 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 201448 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2/4th Battalion

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Alfred Charles Dawes

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 25446 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Frank George Bolter

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 47737 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 26th Battalion (Tyneside Irish)

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