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Chipping Norton [2]

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [2]

Nuneham Courtenay [2]

Oxford [2]

Adderbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Aldershot [1]

Apperley, Gloucestershire [1]

Arlington [1]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Aynho, Northamptonshire [1]

Bampton Oxfordshire [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Baylham [1]

Bicester, Oxfordshire [1]

Bletchington Park, Oxford [1]

Bletchington, Oxon [1]

Bodicote, Banbury [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Brentwood, Essex [1]

Buckingham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Burlescombe, Devon [1]

Chiselhampton [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Donnington, near Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire [1]

East Hagbourne, Berks [1]

Eydon, Northamptonshire [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Habergham Eaves, Lancashire [1]

Hastings [1]

Headington, Oxfordshire [1]

Hethe [1]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1]

Hill End Farm near Cumner and Botley, Oxfordshire [1]

Kilnhurst, Yorkshire [1]

Lambeth [1]

London [1]

Marsh Baldon [1]

Marston St Lawrence, Oxfordshire [1]

Middleton Cheney, Banbury, Oxon [1]

Newport-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland [1]

Newton in Makerfield, Lancashire [1]

North Newington, Banbury Oxon [1]

Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Reading England [1]

Sandford, Oxfordshire [1]

Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire [1]

Sheffield [1]

Shifford [1]

Shipston-on-Stour [1]

Rank

Private [1281]

Serjeant [115]

Second Lieutenant [114]

Corporal [106]

Lieutenant [69]

Lance Corporal [50]

Captain [35]

Major [19]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [13]

Shoeing Smith [12]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [12]

Trooper [11]

Sapper [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Staff Serjeant Major [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Farrier Serjeant [3]

Saddler [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Interpreter [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Sergeant [2]

Squadron Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Trumpeter [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Adjutant [1]

Bandsman [1]

Captain Lieutenant [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Captain/Temporary Major [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cor [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Corps of Hussars [984]

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [798]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [748]

Oxfordshire Hussars [173]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [150]

Hussars [46]

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Yeomanry [35]

Machine Gun Corps [34]

Labour Corps [27]

Royal Air Force [18]

Royal Engineers [17]

Army Service Corps [14]

Oxfordshire Hussars Yeomanry [14]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [13]

Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars [13]

Dorset Yeomanry [12]

Royal Flying Corps [12]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [11]

3rd Hussars [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

Tank Corps [9]

Lancashire Hussars [8]

County of London Yeomanry [7]

Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

South Nottinghamshire Hussars [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [6]

1/1st Oxfordshire Hussars [5]

8th Hussars [5]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [5]

Reserve Cavalry Regiment [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

1/1st Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [4]

Buckinghamshire Hussars [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

City of London Yeomanry [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [3]

14th Hussars [2]

18th Hussars [2]

19th (Queen Alexander's Own) Hussars [2]

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

2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [2]

4th Hussars [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Corps Of Hussars [2]

Service

British Army [1618]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

H [201]

B [191]

C [150]

W [145]

S [143]

M [86]

P [86]

T [74]

G [72]

A [65]

F [65]

D [53]

L [53]

R [51]

J [45]

N [38]

K [32]

E [26]

O [16]

V [8]

Q [7]

Y [7]

I [3]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1613]

Country

United Kingdom [43]

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Place of birth

Chipping Norton [2] Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [2] Nuneham Courtenay [2] Oxford [2] Adderbury, Oxfordshire [1] Aldershot [1] Apperley, Gloucestershire [1] Arlington [1] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Aynho, Northamptonshire [1] Bampton Oxfordshire [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Baylham [1] Bicester, Oxfordshire [1] Bletchington Park, Oxford [1] Bletchington, Oxon [1] Bodicote, Banbury [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Brentwood, Essex [1] Buckingham, Buckinghamshire [1] Burlescombe, Devon [1] Chiselhampton [1] Deptford, London [1] Donnington, near Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire [1] East Hagbourne, Berks [1] Eydon, Northamptonshire [1] Fulham, London [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Habergham Eaves, Lancashire [1] Hastings [1] Headington, Oxfordshire [1] Hethe [1] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1] Hill End Farm near Cumner and Botley, Oxfordshire [1] Kilnhurst, Yorkshire [1] Lambeth [1] London [1] Marsh Baldon [1] Marston St Lawrence, Oxfordshire [1] Middleton Cheney, Banbury, Oxon [1] Newport-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland [1] Newton in Makerfield, Lancashire [1] North Newington, Banbury Oxon [1] Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Reading England [1] Sandford, Oxfordshire [1] Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire [1] Sheffield [1] Shifford [1] Shipston-on-Stour [1]

Rank

Private [1281] Serjeant [115] Second Lieutenant [114] Corporal [106] Lieutenant [69] Lance Corporal [50] Captain [35] Major [19] Warrant Officer Class 2 [13] Shoeing Smith [12] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [12] Trooper [11] Sapper [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Staff Serjeant Major [7] Lance Serjeant [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Shoeing Smith Corporal [5] Acting Captain [4] Acting Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Farrier Serjeant [3] Saddler [3] Temporary Captain [3] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Interpreter [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Sergeant [2] Squadron Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Trumpeter [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Adjutant [1] Bandsman [1] Captain Lieutenant [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Captain/Temporary Major [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cor [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Corps of Hussars [984] Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [798] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [748] Oxfordshire Hussars [173] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [150] Hussars [46] Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Yeomanry [35] Machine Gun Corps [34] Labour Corps [27] Royal Air Force [18] Royal Engineers [17] Army Service Corps [14] Oxfordshire Hussars Yeomanry [14] Royal Field Artillery [14] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [13] Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars [13] Dorset Yeomanry [12] Royal Flying Corps [12] Royal Berkshire Regiment [11] 3rd Hussars [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] Tank Corps [9] Lancashire Hussars [8] County of London Yeomanry [7] Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] South Nottinghamshire Hussars [7] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [6] 1/1st Oxfordshire Hussars [5] 8th Hussars [5] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [5] Reserve Cavalry Regiment [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] 1/1st Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [4] Buckinghamshire Hussars [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] City of London Yeomanry [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Warwickshire Yeomanry [3] 14th Hussars [2] 18th Hussars [2] 19th (Queen Alexander's Own) Hussars [2] 2/1st Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [2] 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [2] 4th Hussars [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Corps Of Hussars [2]

Service

British Army [1618] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

H [201] B [191] C [150] W [145] S [143] M [86] P [86] T [74] G [72] A [65] F [65] D [53] L [53] R [51] J [45] N [38] K [32] E [26] O [16] V [8] Q [7] Y [7] I [3] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1613]

Country

United Kingdom [43]

Valentine Fleming

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army Captain Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army Major Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

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Eric Cecil Pearce

Born 1886

Died 1946

British Army 1571 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars 1st Battalion

British Army 1571 Lance Corporal Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars 1st Battalion

British Army 1571 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars 1st Battalion

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Arthur Dugdale

Born 1869

Died 1941

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army Colonel Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

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Richard Joseph Howkins

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 40283 Private Hussars

British Army 40283 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 40283 Private Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars

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John Hicks

Born 1881

British Army H/285989 Private Oxfordshire Hussars Yeomanry

British Army H/285989 Lance Corporal Oxfordshire Hussars

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Joseph Charles Morgan

Born 1892

Died 1921

British Army 2062 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 2062 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 285292 Private Corps of Hussars

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Walter Joseph Lynes

Born 1893

Died 1967

British Army 2055 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 285286 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

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Bertrand Sims

Born 1896

Died 1979

British Army 285702 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 2770 Private Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars

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Arthur Roland Hine

Born 1892

Died 1988

British Army 1552 Serjeant Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 1552 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars 1/1st

British Army 1552 Lance Corporal Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars 1/1st

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Arthur George Child-Villiers

Born 1883

Died 1969

British Army Lieutenant Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army Major Oxfordshire Hussars

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Roby Gibbs

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 2043 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 2043 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 2043 Lance-Corporal Corps of Hussars

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John William Humberstone

Born 1881

Died 1938

British Army 6384 Private 7th (Queen’s Own) Hussars

British Army 6384 Private 7th (Queen’s Own) Hussars

British Army 6384 Private 3rd (King’s Own) Hussars

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Algernon Hugh Arkell

Born 1885

Died 1930

British Army 1999 Private Oxordshire Yeomanry (Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars)

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

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Leonard Victor Milward

Born 1890

Died 1982

British Army 3404 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 285793 Private Corps of Hussars

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John Willoughby Scott

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army Major Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Somerset Light Infantry 8 Battalion

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Anthony Haire

Born 1893

Died 1973

British Army 2090 Trooper Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army

British Army 285307 Staff Sergeant Corps of Hussars

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Thomas Percy Harris

Born 1878

British Army 1131 Serjeant Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

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Richard W Hawken

Born 1890

Died 1978

British Army 412973 Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 285243 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

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Robert Atkinson

Born 1895

Died 1972

British Army 662 Private Lancashire Hussars

British Army 662 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 250100 Private Corps of Hussars

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Hugh Gregory Page-Turner

Born 1879

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army Captain Oxfordshire Hussars

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