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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]

John Percy Millward

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 5802 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 5802 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Arthur Mold

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 9690 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 9690 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Percy Wood

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 10569 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 10569 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Fred James Cox

Died 1915

British Army 17800 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5th oxfordshire and Battalion

British Army 17800 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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George Arthur Puttick

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 27444 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 27444 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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William Edkins

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 11193 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 11193 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 5th Battalion

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John S. Lloyd

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 24791 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 24791 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Charles H M Chandler

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 204014 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 5th Battalion

British Army 204014 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Raymond Winchester Berridge

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy F10449

British Army OTC Sergeant Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

Royal Navy First Class Air Mechanic RNAS

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George Henry Aries

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 5658 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army

British Army 202153 Private The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1/4th Battalion

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Stephen Henshaw

Died 1917

British Army 204232 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 204232 Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

British Army 204232 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 1st/1st Bucks. Battalion

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William Chambers

Born 1870

Died 1917

British Army 20171 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

British Army 3/733 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 20171 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1st Garrison Battalion

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Arthur K Slessor

Born 1864

British Army Major Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Frank William Shaw

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 25873 Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

British Army 55086 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Jack Cohen

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 4091 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 4091 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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John James Greatbatch

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 12788 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5th oxfordshire and Battalion

British Army 12788 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Edward Butterfield

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 23080 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army 23080 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Ellic George Hawes

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 16729 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 16729 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Ernest Radley

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 8085 Lance Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 8085 Lance Corporal Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Walter Davis

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 21476 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

British Army 19482 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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