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London England [4]

Caversham, Oxfordshire [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Green Hills Western Australia [2]

Ivybridge, Devon [2]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Plymouth [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Saffron Walden, Essex [2]

Slough, Buckinghamshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Teignmouth, Devon [2]

Torquay, Devon [2]

Wokingham, Berkshire [2]

Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Auckland [1]

Axminster, Devon [1]

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Beverley Western Australia [1]

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Brisbane Queensland [1]

Brixham, Devon [1]

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Cornwall [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Devon [1]

Dubbo New South Wales [1]

Durban, Natal [1]

Duxford [1]

Ealing, London [1]

Ealing, Middlesex [1]

East Hendred, Berks [1]

East Stonehouse, Devon [1]

Elsenham, Essex [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [392]

Gunner [46]

Driver [41]

Serjeant [29]

Corporal [23]

Sapper [18]

Lance Corporal [16]

Pioneer [13]

Acting Corporal [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Major [5]

Bombardier [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Captain [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Rifleman [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Private/Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Chief Carpenter [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Driver Acting Corporal [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Filter/Corporal [1]

Lance Corporal/Acting Corporal [1]

Leading Boatman [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Mechanician [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Officer's Chief Steward [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private/ Private/ Private [1]

Scout [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [52]

Royal Field Artillery [49]

Labour Corps [48]

Royal Engineers [47]

London Regiment [37]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [37]

Essex Regiment [28]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [28]

Royal Garrison Artillery [27]

Machine Gun Corps [24]

Devonshire Regiment [22]

Royal Fusiliers [19]

Royal Army Medical Corps [17]

Middlesex Regiment [16]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Somerset Light Infantry [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

Northamptonshire Regiment [8]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

Wiltshire Regiment [7]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Hussars [5]

Royal Marine Artillery [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

British West Indies Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Berkshire Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [589]

Royal Navy [79]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [50]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [50]

Australian Imperial Force [26]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [803]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [795]

Merchant Navy [3]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Jamaica [1]

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Place of birth

London England [4] Caversham, Oxfordshire [3] London, Middlesex [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Bournemouth, Hampshire [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Fulham, London [2] Green Hills Western Australia [2] Ivybridge, Devon [2] Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Plymouth [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Saffron Walden, Essex [2] Slough, Buckinghamshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Teignmouth, Devon [2] Torquay, Devon [2] Wokingham, Berkshire [2] Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Auckland [1] Axminster, Devon [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Battersea, London [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Beverley Western Australia [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Brixham, Devon [1] Brixton, London [1] Brockley, Lewisham [1] Buckfastleigh, Devon [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Caversham, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire [1] Chang-hai [1] Charlestown, Nevis [1] Chesham, Buckinghamshire [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Cornwall [1] Deptford, London [1] Devon [1] Dubbo New South Wales [1] Durban, Natal [1] Duxford [1] Ealing, London [1] Ealing, Middlesex [1] East Hendred, Berks [1] East Stonehouse, Devon [1] Elsenham, Essex [1] Exeter, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [392] Gunner [46] Driver [41] Serjeant [29] Corporal [23] Sapper [18] Lance Corporal [16] Pioneer [13] Acting Corporal [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Major [5] Bombardier [4] Lieutenant [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Captain [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Rifleman [2] Worker [2] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Private/Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Chief Carpenter [1] Colonel [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Driver Acting Corporal [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Filter/Corporal [1] Lance Corporal/Acting Corporal [1] Leading Boatman [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Mechanician [1] Nursing Sister [1] Officer's Chief Steward [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private/ Private/ Private [1] Scout [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [52] Royal Field Artillery [49] Labour Corps [48] Royal Engineers [47] London Regiment [37] Royal Berkshire Regiment [37] Essex Regiment [28] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [28] Royal Garrison Artillery [27] Machine Gun Corps [24] Devonshire Regiment [22] Royal Fusiliers [19] Royal Army Medical Corps [17] Middlesex Regiment [16] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16] Hampshire Regiment [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] East Surrey Regiment [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Somerset Light Infantry [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] Northamptonshire Regiment [8] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] Suffolk Regiment [7] Wiltshire Regiment [7] Liverpool Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] Hussars [5] Royal Marine Artillery [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] South Wales Borderers [5] British West Indies Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Berkshire Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [589] Royal Navy [79] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [50] Canadian Expeditionary Force [50] Australian Imperial Force [26] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [803] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [795] Merchant Navy [3] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9] Jamaica [1]

Harrington Woodley

Born 1893

Died 1976

British Army 4923 Private British West Indies Regiment attached Royal Artillery attached No.3 Depot

British Army 4923 Lance Corporal British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 4923 Acting Corporal British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion

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Ada Ann Woodley

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army Sister Territorial Force Nursing Service 2nd Western Hospital (Manchester)

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Ernest Thomas Woodley

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army L/40320 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 40320 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 92 Anti-Aircraft Brigade

British Army 40320 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 93 Anti-Aircraft Brigade

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William Thomas Woodley

Born 1893

Died 1960

Australian Imperial Force 6571

Australian Imperial Force driver 6th Field Ambulance

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Charles Woodley

Born 1875

British Army 8165 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8165 Private South Wales Borderers

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Charles Albert Woodley

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 1534 Corporal Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 325234 Corporal Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 1534 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1/1st

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Charlie Woodley

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 203209 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Frederick Woodley

Died 1916

British Army G/4086 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army G/4086 Private East Kent Regiment 8th Battalion

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Frank Woodley

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31544

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Stephen Woodley

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9436

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Reginald John Woodley

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292761

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Charles Nathaniel Woodley

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40630

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Ernest George Woodley

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166187

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Edward Percy Woodley

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214704

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Albert Joseph Woodley

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 2127 Private British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion

Other Empire Force 256 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 2127 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Andrew Woodley

Born 1895

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 10/4218 Private Wellington Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frank Woodley

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24591

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George Woodley

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12533

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Albert Woodley

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309176

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Arthur Hales Woodley

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106701

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