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Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire [32]

Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [28]

Simpson, Buckinghamshire [8]

Water Eaton, Buckinghamshire [6]

Astwood, Buckinghamshire [3]

Fenny Straford, Buckinghamshire [3]

Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire [3]

Wavendon, Buckinghamshire [3]

Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire [3]

Bletchley [2]

Bow Brickhill, Buckinghamshire [2]

Buckingham, Buckinghamshire [2]

Evesham, Worcestershire [2]

Fenny Stratford, BLETCHLEY [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kingston [2]

Loughton, Buckinghamshire [2]

Marlow, Buckinghamshire [2]

Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire [2]

Newton Longville, Buckinghamshire [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Tring, Hertfordshire [2]

Winslow, Buckinghamshire [2]

Aberdare [1]

Agra [1]

Allchurch, Cheltenham, Glos. [1]

Ardwick, Manchester [1]

Banbury, Oxon [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Beachampton, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bicester, Oxfordshire [1]

Bitterne, Hampshire [1]

Bletchley Buckinghamshire [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Brussels [1]

Buckinghamshire [1]

Buckinghamshire England [1]

Calcutta [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Cape Town [1]

Chicheley, Buckinghamshire [1]

Dalziel, Lanarkshire Scotland [1]

Deanshanger, Northamptonshire [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Dublin [1]

Elstree, Hertfordshire [1]

Farmagusta [1]

Rank

Private [188]

Sapper [25]

Corporal [21]

Lance Corporal [16]

Captain [14]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Serjeant [12]

Lieutenant [11]

Major [9]

Gunner [7]

Rifleman [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Acting Corporal [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Driver [3]

Guardsman [3]

Pioneer [3]

2nd Corporal [2]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant-Commander [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Second Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Electrical Artificer 4c [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Airman 1st Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Electrical Artificer 3c [1]

Electrical Artificer 4c [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Second Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sergeant (Acting Sergeant Major) [1]

Sig [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [68]

Royal Engineers [38]

Bedfordshire Regiment [14]

London Regiment [14]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [14]

Army Service Corps [13]

Labour Corps [11]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Northamptonshire Regiment [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Grenadier Guards [7]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

Bedford Yeomanry [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Life Guards [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Buckinghamshire Battalion [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

121st Pioneers (attached 107th Pioneers) [1]

1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [1]

Service

British Army [286]

Royal Navy [12]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [47]

S [40]

M [25]

G [24]

C [21]

H [21]

W [20]

P [16]

D [13]

R [13]

A [12]

T [12]

K [10]

L [10]

J [7]

N [7]

F [6]

E [4]

I [4]

U [3]

O [1]

Q [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [310]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Jamaica [2]

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People [319] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire [32] Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [28] Simpson, Buckinghamshire [8] Water Eaton, Buckinghamshire [6] Astwood, Buckinghamshire [3] Fenny Straford, Buckinghamshire [3] Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire [3] Wavendon, Buckinghamshire [3] Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire [3] Bletchley [2] Bow Brickhill, Buckinghamshire [2] Buckingham, Buckinghamshire [2] Evesham, Worcestershire [2] Fenny Stratford, BLETCHLEY [2] Hackney, London [2] Islington, London [2] Kingston [2] Loughton, Buckinghamshire [2] Marlow, Buckinghamshire [2] Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire [2] Newton Longville, Buckinghamshire [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Tring, Hertfordshire [2] Winslow, Buckinghamshire [2] Aberdare [1] Agra [1] Allchurch, Cheltenham, Glos. [1] Ardwick, Manchester [1] Banbury, Oxon [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Battersea, London [1] Beachampton, Buckinghamshire [1] Bicester, Oxfordshire [1] Bitterne, Hampshire [1] Bletchley Buckinghamshire [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Brussels [1] Buckinghamshire [1] Buckinghamshire England [1] Calcutta [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Cape Town [1] Chicheley, Buckinghamshire [1] Dalziel, Lanarkshire Scotland [1] Deanshanger, Northamptonshire [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Dublin [1] Elstree, Hertfordshire [1] Farmagusta [1]

Rank

Private [188] Sapper [25] Corporal [21] Lance Corporal [16] Captain [14] Second Lieutenant [14] Serjeant [12] Lieutenant [11] Major [9] Gunner [7] Rifleman [5] Acting Captain [4] Acting Corporal [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Driver [3] Guardsman [3] Pioneer [3] 2nd Corporal [2] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Bombardier [2] Lieutenant-Commander [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Second Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Electrical Artificer 4c [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Airman 1st Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Electrical Artificer 3c [1] Electrical Artificer 4c [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Second Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1] Sergeant [1] Sergeant (Acting Sergeant Major) [1] Sig [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [68] Royal Engineers [38] Bedfordshire Regiment [14] London Regiment [14] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [14] Army Service Corps [13] Labour Corps [11] Royal Field Artillery [11] Northamptonshire Regiment [10] Worcestershire Regiment [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Grenadier Guards [7] Hampshire Regiment [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] Bedford Yeomanry [4] Canadian Infantry [4] Devonshire Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Life Guards [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] British West Indies Regiment [2] Buckinghamshire Battalion [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] 121st Pioneers (attached 107th Pioneers) [1] 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [1]

Service

British Army [286] Royal Navy [12] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Australian Imperial Force [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [47] S [40] M [25] G [24] C [21] H [21] W [20] P [16] D [13] R [13] A [12] T [12] K [10] L [10] J [7] N [7] F [6] E [4] I [4] U [3] O [1] Q [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [310] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [21] Jamaica [2]

Anthony Ilex Sheringham

Born 1890

Died 1963

British Army Second Lieutenant Hussars

British Army Private London 28th Battalion

British Army 2nd Lieutenant 1st Reserve Regiment Cavalry

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Gerald Ashby Wodehouse Garland

Born 1898

Died 1965

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9547 Airman 1st Class

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant

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Walter William Perry

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army

British Army 3/10784 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Bn

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George Kenneth Burke

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 27288 Private Corps of Hussars (Reserve Cavalry Regiment) 9th Battalion

British Army 1886 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ernest Reginald Staniford

Born 1885

Died 1957

British Army M2/147146 Private Acting Lance Corporal Army Service Corps attached Siege Battery/Ammunition Column

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Ernest Geoffrey Crisp

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion

British Army Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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George Bowes

Born 1879

Died 1919

British Army 7766 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Frederick Thomas Purcell

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 16638 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Henry George Arber

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 014617 Private Army Ordnance Corps

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Frederick John Daniel

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 2956 Private London Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army 650913 Private London Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army 650913 Lance Corporal

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Euan Lucie-Smith

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Laurence (bob) Meager

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 446962 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 185262 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army T/1528 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William Rowland Ash

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 56644 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 56644 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 40th Signal Coy.

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William Guess

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 20388 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 203844 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 203844 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Albert Spring

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 8543 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 8543 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd / 1st Battalion

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Herbert Cook

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 66235 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Caldwell

Born 1871

Died 1918

British Army 16333 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 222164 Corporal Labour Corps

British Army 16333 Corporal Hampshire Regiment

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William Henry Knill

Born 1868

Died 1918

British Army 56522 Sapper Royal Engineers 31st Signal Coy.

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Henry Day

Born 1881

Died 1919

British Army 269157 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army WR/271336 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Fred Southwell

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 27726 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 27726 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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