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Reading, Berkshire [4]

Reading [3]

Wantage, Berkshire [2]

18 King Street, Maidenhead [1]

Abingdon [1]

Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Ackworth [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Bayswater, London [1]

Bellafield, Liverpool [1]

Burghfield, Berkshire [1]

Cottisford, Oxfordshire [1]

Denbigh, Denbighshire [1]

Donhead St. Mary, Salisbury [1]

Dorset [1]

East Hagbourne, Berkshire [1]

East Ilsley, Berkshire [1]

East Woodhay, Hampshire [1]

Eddington, Hungerford, Berks [1]

Egham, Surrey [1]

Faringdon [1]

Gestingthrope, Sudbury, Essex [1]

Guiseley, Yorkshire [1]

Harringay, London [1]

Henley [1]

Hungerford, Berkshire [1]

Isleworth, Middlesex [1]

Jevington [1]

King's Lynn, Norfolk [1]

Lambourn, Berkshire [1]

Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Liverpool [1]

London [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Marden, Kent [1]

Market Harborough [1]

Market Place, Faringdon [1]

Monks Kirby [1]

New Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Peppard, Oxfordshire [1]

Prittlewell, Essex [1]

St. Pancras, London [1]

Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Taunton [1]

Treherbert, Glamorgan [1]

Watford, Hertfordshire [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire [1]

Winchester [1]

Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [1268]

Serjeant [126]

Corporal [119]

Lance Corporal [103]

Second Lieutenant [97]

Lieutenant [62]

Captain [44]

Sapper [25]

Major [18]

Acting Serjeant [14]

Acting Corporal [13]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Gunner [7]

Farrier Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Pioneer [6]

Squadron Serjeant Major [6]

Trooper [6]

Staff Serjeant Major [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Driver [3]

Sergeant [3]

Trumpeter [3]

Acting Lance Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Saddler [2]

Saddler Serjeant [2]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [2]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

1017 [1]

71453 [1]

Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Berkshire Yeomanry [1530]

Machine Gun Corps [509]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [161]

Royal Engineers [99]

Corps of Hussars [81]

Worcestershire Regiment [80]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [73]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [49]

Labour Corps [48]

Imperial Camel Corps [28]

Corps of Dragoons [24]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [23]

Army Service Corps [20]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [19]

Royal Air Force [16]

1st Berkshire Yeomanry [15]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

2/1st Berkshire Yeomanry [12]

North Somerset Yeomanry [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Yorkshire Dragoons [11]

Military Mounted Police [10]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [9]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

Dorset Yeomanry [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Sussex Yeomanry [7]

1st Life Guards [6]

Dragoon Guards [6]

Leinster Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [6]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Sherwood Rangers [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

1/1st Berkshire Yeomanry [5]

Company of Dragoons [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Berkshire Yeomanry [5]

West Kent Yeomanry [5]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [5]

Army Pay Corps [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Life Guards [4]

Royal Artillery [4]

South Nottinghamshire Hussars [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [4]

Service

British Army [1696]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

British Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [196]

H [168]

W [167]

S [152]

C [148]

M [116]

G [94]

P [94]

L [77]

D [70]

T [64]

A [63]

R [62]

F [59]

E [43]

K [38]

J [30]

N [21]

O [13]

I [6]

V [6]

Y [5]

Q [3]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1687]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

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People [1696] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Reading, Berkshire [4] Reading [3] Wantage, Berkshire [2] 18 King Street, Maidenhead [1] Abingdon [1] Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Ackworth [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Bayswater, London [1] Bellafield, Liverpool [1] Burghfield, Berkshire [1] Cottisford, Oxfordshire [1] Denbigh, Denbighshire [1] Donhead St. Mary, Salisbury [1] Dorset [1] East Hagbourne, Berkshire [1] East Ilsley, Berkshire [1] East Woodhay, Hampshire [1] Eddington, Hungerford, Berks [1] Egham, Surrey [1] Faringdon [1] Gestingthrope, Sudbury, Essex [1] Guiseley, Yorkshire [1] Harringay, London [1] Henley [1] Hungerford, Berkshire [1] Isleworth, Middlesex [1] Jevington [1] King's Lynn, Norfolk [1] Lambourn, Berkshire [1] Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Liverpool [1] London [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Marden, Kent [1] Market Harborough [1] Market Place, Faringdon [1] Monks Kirby [1] New Windsor, Berkshire [1] Peppard, Oxfordshire [1] Prittlewell, Essex [1] St. Pancras, London [1] Swindon, Wiltshire [1] Taunton [1] Treherbert, Glamorgan [1] Watford, Hertfordshire [1] West Ham, Essex [1] Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire [1] Winchester [1] Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [1268] Serjeant [126] Corporal [119] Lance Corporal [103] Second Lieutenant [97] Lieutenant [62] Captain [44] Sapper [25] Major [18] Acting Serjeant [14] Acting Corporal [13] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Lance Serjeant [8] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Gunner [7] Farrier Serjeant [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Pioneer [6] Squadron Serjeant Major [6] Trooper [6] Staff Serjeant Major [5] Acting Captain [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Shoeing Smith [4] Staff Serjeant [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Driver [3] Sergeant [3] Trumpeter [3] Acting Lance Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Brigadier General [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Saddler [2] Saddler Serjeant [2] Shoeing Smith Corporal [2] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 1017 [1] 71453 [1] Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Berkshire Yeomanry [1530] Machine Gun Corps [509] Royal Berkshire Regiment [161] Royal Engineers [99] Corps of Hussars [81] Worcestershire Regiment [80] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [73] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [49] Labour Corps [48] Imperial Camel Corps [28] Corps of Dragoons [24] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [23] Army Service Corps [20] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [19] Royal Air Force [16] 1st Berkshire Yeomanry [15] Royal Field Artillery [14] 2/1st Berkshire Yeomanry [12] North Somerset Yeomanry [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Yorkshire Dragoons [11] Military Mounted Police [10] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [9] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] Dorset Yeomanry [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] Sussex Yeomanry [7] 1st Life Guards [6] Dragoon Guards [6] Leinster Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [6] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Sherwood Rangers [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] 1/1st Berkshire Yeomanry [5] Company of Dragoons [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Berkshire Yeomanry [5] West Kent Yeomanry [5] Worcestershire Yeomanry [5] Army Pay Corps [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Life Guards [4] Royal Artillery [4] South Nottinghamshire Hussars [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Warwickshire Yeomanry [4]

Service

British Army [1696] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] British Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [196] H [168] W [167] S [152] C [148] M [116] G [94] P [94] L [77] D [70] T [64] A [63] R [62] F [59] E [43] K [38] J [30] N [21] O [13] I [6] V [6] Y [5] Q [3] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1687]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

Frederick William Owen Potts

Born 1892

Died 1943

British Army 70160 Trooper Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 1300 Lance Corporal Berkshire Yeomanry I/1st Berkshire Yeomanry, Territorial Force,

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James Proctor

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1825 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

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William Edward Graham Niven

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Berkshire Yeomanry Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line

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Arthur Wilfred Andrews

Born 1891

Died 1980

British Army 1785 Trooper Berkshire Yeomanry

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Thomas John Leicester

Born 1870

Died 1918

British Army 70898 Regimental Sergeant Major Berkshire Yeomanry 2nd/1st

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Leeman John Cross

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 2871 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 70751 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

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Herbert Hedges Barford

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 1996 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 1996 Private Berkshire Yeomanry Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line

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Robert Wilfred Willis

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 3054 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 70854 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

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George Murley

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 1654 Lance Serjeant Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 70165 Lance Serjeant Berkshire Yeomanry

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Ernest Edward Bunce

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 2072 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 70098 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 70098 Lance Corporal Berkshire Yeomanry

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Cecil Pargeter Dawes

Born 1893

Died 1941

British Army Second Lieutenant Berkshire Yeomanry

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Harry Chapman

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 1815 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 70431 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

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Thomas Edward Ainger

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Berkshire Yeomanry Territorial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Berkshire Yeomanry Hungerford

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Claude Victor Bowra

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 2682 Lance Corporal Berkshire Yeomanry

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Sparke Evans Taylor Clifford

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 2908 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

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Percy Bishop

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 1649 Corporal Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 70261 Corporal Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army Sergeant

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William Carmi Goode

Born 1894

Died 1975

British Army 1749 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 70177 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

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Bruce Wiseman

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 2349 Lance Corporal Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 2349 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

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William Ernest White

Born 1889

Died 1976

British Army 70432 Lance-Sergeant 2/1st Berkshire Yeomanry

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Philip Daniel Bowyer

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1743 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

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