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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 [1472]

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]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Transport Corporal [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Captain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Colour Serjeant Major [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]

Hampshire Regiment [17]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [17]

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]

Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry [7]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [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]

Labour 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]

Service

British Army [1626]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [178]

W [167]

H [162]

S [147]

C [122]

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 [31]

I [9]

V [9]

Y [8]

O [3]

U [3]

Q [2]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1598]

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 [1472] 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] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Transport Corporal [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Captain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Colour Serjeant Major [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] Hampshire Regiment [17] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [17] 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] Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry [7] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [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] Labour 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]

Service

British Army [1626] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [178] W [167] H [162] S [147] C [122] 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 [31] I [9] V [9] Y [8] O [3] U [3] Q [2] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1598]

Country

United Kingdom [115] India [5]

Henry Charles Challis

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 22449 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 22449 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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John Jacobs

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 24803 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 2nd

British Army 24803 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd

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Sidney William Gibbons

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 23679 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 23679 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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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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Frank Dence

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 11211 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2 Battalion

British Army 11211 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Charles Casswell Gray

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 200677 Lance Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1/4 Battalion

British Army 200677 Lance Corporal Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Samuel Augustus Stewart Thomas

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 3387 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 3387 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Leonard Crowe

British Army 200056 Corporal Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 1/4th Battalion

British Army 1362 Corporal Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 1/4th Battalion

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Martin Guy Pearson

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 200171 Lance Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 4th Territorial battalion

British Army 1738 Lance Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5th Battalion

British Army 200171 Lance Corporal Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Frederick Lovejoy

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 24868 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 24868 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

British Army Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 2nd Bn.

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Frank Green

Died 1916

British Army Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry Depot

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Richard Harris

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 9477 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 9477 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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William Frank Johnson

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 4311 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

British Army 4311 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 21st Battalion

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Walter James Peake

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 12189 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 12189 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 5th Battalion

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Edward John Goodburn

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 8609 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army 8609 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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William Keen

Died 1916

British Army 12112 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 12112 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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William Arthur Trafford

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 12533 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5th Bn.

British Army 12533 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Charles Smith

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 10439 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 10439 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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William Charles Ashton

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 26037 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 26037 Lance Corporal Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 2nd Bn.

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James Aldridge

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 8534 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army 8534 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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