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Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [5]

Beaconsfield, Bucks [4]

Monks Risborough [4]

Amersham, Buckinghamshire [3]

Birmingham [3]

Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire [3]

Aston Clinton [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Cheltenham [2]

Chipping Norton [2]

Coventry [2]

High Wycombe [2]

High Wycombe, Bucks [2]

Marsh Baldon [2]

Over Norton, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [2]

Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [2]

Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Adderbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Appleton Berkshire [1]

Appleton, Berks [1]

Aston, Warwicks [1]

Aylesbury [1]

Bagley Wood, Berkshire [1]

Bampton Oxfordshire [1]

Bampton, Oxfordshire [1]

Banbury, Oxon [1]

Beaconsfield [1]

Beccles,Suffolk. [1]

Berkswell, Warwickshire [1]

Berkswell, Warwickshire, [1]

Bicester Oxfordshire [1]

Bidford on Avon, Warwickshire [1]

Blandford, Dorset [1]

Bombay [1]

Botley, Oxfordshire [1]

Brackley, Northants [1]

Bridgenorth, Shropshire [1]

Brighton [1]

Brixworth, Moulton, Northamptonshire [1]

Broughton, Oxfordshire [1]

Buckinghamshire [1]

Buckland Common, Bucks [1]

Buckland Common,Tring [1]

Buckland, Bucks [1]

Burford, Oxfordshire [1]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Cannock, Staffs [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Chard, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [1470]

Lance Corporal [102]

Serjeant [89]

Corporal [67]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Bugler [3]

Transport Corporal [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Captain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

First Class Air Mechanic [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Major [1]

OTC Sergeant [1]

Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Bugler [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Serjeant [1]

l/cpl [1]

promoted Lance Corporal in 1917 [1]

Unit

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1614]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1577]

Buckinghamshire Battalion [43]

1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [22]

Devonshire Regiment [19]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [17]

Hampshire Regiment [16]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [14]

Somerset Light Infantry [11]

Labour Corps [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Army Cyclist Corps [7]

Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [7]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [3]

The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Divisional Cyclist Corps [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

1/1st Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [1]

2/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [1]

2/1st Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [1]

26th Buckinghamshire Battalion [1]

2nd Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light infantry, attached Royal Air Force [1]

2nd Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1]

3rd Warnfield Regiment [1]

6th Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Hussars [1]

Indian Ordnance Department formerly Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1]

Kings Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Late Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Oxford and Bucks L I [1]

Service

British Army [1623]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [177]

W [167]

H [162]

S [147]

C [121]

P [107]

M [93]

T [91]

G [83]

R [70]

L [65]

D [63]

A [57]

J [46]

F [42]

E [35]

K [32]

N [30]

I [9]

V [9]

Y [8]

O [3]

U [3]

Q [2]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1597]

Country

United Kingdom [115]

India [5]

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Place of birth

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [5] Beaconsfield, Bucks [4] Monks Risborough [4] Amersham, Buckinghamshire [3] Birmingham [3] Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire [3] Aston Clinton [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Cheltenham [2] Chipping Norton [2] Coventry [2] High Wycombe [2] High Wycombe, Bucks [2] Marsh Baldon [2] Over Norton, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [2] Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [2] Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Adderbury, Oxfordshire [1] Appleton Berkshire [1] Appleton, Berks [1] Aston, Warwicks [1] Aylesbury [1] Bagley Wood, Berkshire [1] Bampton Oxfordshire [1] Bampton, Oxfordshire [1] Banbury, Oxon [1] Beaconsfield [1] Beccles,Suffolk. [1] Berkswell, Warwickshire [1] Berkswell, Warwickshire, [1] Bicester Oxfordshire [1] Bidford on Avon, Warwickshire [1] Blandford, Dorset [1] Bombay [1] Botley, Oxfordshire [1] Brackley, Northants [1] Bridgenorth, Shropshire [1] Brighton [1] Brixworth, Moulton, Northamptonshire [1] Broughton, Oxfordshire [1] Buckinghamshire [1] Buckland Common, Bucks [1] Buckland Common,Tring [1] Buckland, Bucks [1] Burford, Oxfordshire [1] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Cannock, Staffs [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Chard, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [1470] Lance Corporal [102] Serjeant [89] Corporal [67] Lance Serjeant [11] Acting Serjeant [10] Second Lieutenant [7] Corporal 2nd [5] Lieutenant [5] Acting Corporal [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Bugler [3] Transport Corporal [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Captain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] First Class Air Mechanic [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Major [1] OTC Sergeant [1] Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Serjeant Bugler [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Serjeant [1] l/cpl [1] promoted Lance Corporal in 1917 [1]

Unit

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1614] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1577] Buckinghamshire Battalion [43] 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [22] Devonshire Regiment [19] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [17] Hampshire Regiment [16] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15] Royal Berkshire Regiment [14] Somerset Light Infantry [11] Labour Corps [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Army Cyclist Corps [7] Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [7] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [3] The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Army Service Corps [2] Divisional Cyclist Corps [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] 1/1st Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [1] 2/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [1] 2/1st Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [1] 26th Buckinghamshire Battalion [1] 2nd Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light infantry, attached Royal Air Force [1] 2nd Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1] 3rd Warnfield Regiment [1] 6th Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1] Border Regiment [1] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Hussars [1] Indian Ordnance Department formerly Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1] Kings Royal Rifle Corps [1] Late Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Oxford and Bucks L I [1]

Service

British Army [1623] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [177] W [167] H [162] S [147] C [121] P [107] M [93] T [91] G [83] R [70] L [65] D [63] A [57] J [46] F [42] E [35] K [32] N [30] I [9] V [9] Y [8] O [3] U [3] Q [2] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1597]

Country

United Kingdom [115] India [5]

John Eleazar Garnant Davies

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 6961 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

British Army 6961 Lance Corporal Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 2nd/1st Bucks Battalion

British Army 6961 Lance Corporal Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 2nd/1st Bucks Battalion

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Charles George Thomas Priest

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 20467 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

British Army 267445 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 1st/1st (Bucks) Battalion

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John Bridges

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 4586 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 2nd/4th Battalion

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Thomas Randall

Born 1888

British Army 2044 Private Buckinghamshire Battalion

British Army 265481 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 265481/2044 promoted Lance Corporal in 1917 Oxford+Bucks Light Infantry

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Horace Reginald Higgs

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 204540 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 4th (Reserve) Battalion.

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Vincent Hubert Viner

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army

British Army 21599 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 5th Bn

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Arthur Woodfield

Born 1896

Died 1954

British Army 9969 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Ernest Hawkes

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 7923 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 7923 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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George Henry White

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 202769 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5th Battalion

British Army 202769 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Frederick James Moulder

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 7169 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army 7169 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Amos William Gooding

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 13008 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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Frederick Crosby

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 32570 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 3rd Battalion

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Ernest Alfred Biggs

Died 1915

British Army 16328 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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William Albert Gardner

Died 1916

British Army 3859 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 1/1st Bucks Battalion

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Gilbert Jacob

Born 1889

British Army 5987 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 33462 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 6th Battalion

British Army 33462 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 3/4 battalion

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Leslie Goodwin

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 15897 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 6th oxfordshire and Battalion

British Army 15897 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

British Army 15897 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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William Silas John Beckingham

Born 1895

Died 1959

British Army 18290 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5th oxfordshire and Battalion

British Army 18290 Private Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry

British Army 18290 Private Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry 3rd

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Henry Harrison

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 27796 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5th Battalion

British Army 27796 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Thomas Charles Tooth

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2427 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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George Percy Stanley

Died 1915

British Army 17236 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 9th Battalion

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