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Burlescombe, Devon [2]

Apperley, Gloucestershire [1]

Arlington [1]

Aynho, Northamptonshire [1]

Bicester, Oxfordshire [1]

Bledlow, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bletchington, Oxon [1]

Bodicote, Banbury [1]

Brentwood, Essex [1]

Broughton, Oxfordshire [1]

Chipping Norton [1]

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [1]

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

East Hagbourne, Berks [1]

Eton, Buckinghamshire [1]

Eydon, Northamptonshire [1]

Frankton, Warwickshire [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Headington, Oxfordshire [1]

Hethe [1]

Hethe, Oxfordshire [1]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1]

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

Kilnhurst, Yorkshire [1]

Kineton, Warwickshire [1]

London [1]

Minworth Warwickshire [1]

Newton in Makerfield, Lancashire [1]

Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Over Norton, Oxfordshire [1]

Oxford [1]

Phoenix Park, Dublin [1]

Ravenstone, Buckinghamshire [1]

Sandford, Oxfordshire [1]

Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire [1]

Sheffield [1]

St Helens, Isle of Wight [1]

Steventon, Berkshire [1]

Taunton [1]

Toot Baldon [1]

Warkworth, Northants [1]

Wing [1]

Wingrave [1]

Woodstock [1]

Rank

Private [1121]

Serjeant [108]

Corporal [89]

Second Lieutenant [71]

Lieutenant [38]

Lance Corporal [22]

Captain [16]

Pioneer [14]

Sapper [14]

Acting Corporal [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [9]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Farrier Serjeant [5]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Major [4]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Driver [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [2]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Captain Lieutenant [1]

Commissary [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cor [1]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [1]

Gunner [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain and Adjutant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Trooper [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Saddler Staff Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Trooper [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [1228]

Corps of Hussars [709]

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [287]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [235]

Royal Engineers [61]

Machine Gun Corps [48]

Labour Corps [38]

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Yeomanry [35]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [34]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [21]

London Regiment [18]

Hussars [16]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [15]

Dorset Yeomanry [15]

Oxfordshire Hussars [14]

Oxfordshire Hussars Yeomanry [14]

Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Air Force [13]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [12]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [12]

Berkshire Yeomanry [10]

County of London Yeomanry [9]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [9]

Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [9]

Lancashire Hussars [8]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [8]

Wiltshire Regiment [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

City of London Yeomanry [7]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Highland Light Infantry [6]

South Nottinghamshire Hussars [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

North Somerset Yeomanry [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Wiltshire Yeomanry [5]

3rd Hussars [4]

8th Hussars [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Suffolk Yeomanry [4]

Training Reserve Battalion [4]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Bedford Yeomanry [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [1403]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [152]

W [148]

S [137]

H [120]

C [114]

T [80]

P [78]

G [77]

F [70]

M [60]

R [53]

L [50]

D [47]

J [46]

A [45]

E [29]

K [27]

N [27]

O [20]

Y [9]

V [5]

U [4]

Q [3]

I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1402]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

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Place of birth

Burlescombe, Devon [2] Apperley, Gloucestershire [1] Arlington [1] Aynho, Northamptonshire [1] Bicester, Oxfordshire [1] Bledlow, Buckinghamshire [1] Bletchington, Oxon [1] Bodicote, Banbury [1] Brentwood, Essex [1] Broughton, Oxfordshire [1] Chipping Norton [1] Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [1] Donnington, near Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire [1] East Hagbourne, Berks [1] Eton, Buckinghamshire [1] Eydon, Northamptonshire [1] Frankton, Warwickshire [1] Fulham, London [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Headington, Oxfordshire [1] Hethe [1] Hethe, Oxfordshire [1] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1] Hill End Farm near Cumner and Botley, Oxfordshire [1] Kilnhurst, Yorkshire [1] Kineton, Warwickshire [1] London [1] Minworth Warwickshire [1] Newton in Makerfield, Lancashire [1] Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Over Norton, Oxfordshire [1] Oxford [1] Phoenix Park, Dublin [1] Ravenstone, Buckinghamshire [1] Sandford, Oxfordshire [1] Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire [1] Sheffield [1] St Helens, Isle of Wight [1] Steventon, Berkshire [1] Taunton [1] Toot Baldon [1] Warkworth, Northants [1] Wing [1] Wingrave [1] Woodstock [1]

Rank

Private [1121] Serjeant [108] Corporal [89] Second Lieutenant [71] Lieutenant [38] Lance Corporal [22] Captain [16] Pioneer [14] Sapper [14] Acting Corporal [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [9] Lance Serjeant [7] Staff Serjeant [6] Farrier Serjeant [5] Corporal 2nd [4] Major [4] Shoeing Smith [4] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Sergeant [3] Trooper [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Driver [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Shoeing Smith Corporal [2] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Captain Lieutenant [1] Commissary [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cor [1] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Shoeing Smith [1] Gunner [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain and Adjutant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Trooper [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Saddler Staff Serjeant [1] Serjeant Trooper [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [1228] Corps of Hussars [709] Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [287] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [235] Royal Engineers [61] Machine Gun Corps [48] Labour Corps [38] Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Yeomanry [35] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [34] Royal Berkshire Regiment [21] London Regiment [18] Hussars [16] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [15] Dorset Yeomanry [15] Oxfordshire Hussars [14] Oxfordshire Hussars Yeomanry [14] Army Service Corps [13] Royal Air Force [13] Middlesex Regiment [12] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [12] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [12] Berkshire Yeomanry [10] County of London Yeomanry [9] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [9] Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [9] Lancashire Hussars [8] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [8] Wiltshire Regiment [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] City of London Yeomanry [7] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Highland Light Infantry [6] South Nottinghamshire Hussars [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] North Somerset Yeomanry [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Wiltshire Yeomanry [5] 3rd Hussars [4] 8th Hussars [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Suffolk Yeomanry [4] Training Reserve Battalion [4] Warwickshire Yeomanry [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Bedford Yeomanry [3] Border Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [1403] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [152] W [148] S [137] H [120] C [114] T [80] P [78] G [77] F [70] M [60] R [53] L [50] D [47] J [46] A [45] E [29] K [27] N [27] O [20] Y [9] V [5] U [4] Q [3] I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1402]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

Herbert William Reynolds

Died 1916

British Army 2684 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 32849 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 6th Bn.

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Herbert Peaker

British Army 2379 Serjeant Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 285507 Serjeant Oxfordshire Yeomanry

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Frederick J Wilson

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2375 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 2375 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

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William E Roberts

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 1498 Serjeant Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 1498 Serjeant Oxfordshire Yeomanry

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Thomas H Hinde

British Army 6378 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 20896 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 267675 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

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Douglas Victor Bunting

Born 1896

Died 1976

British Army 2101 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 2101 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant Buckinghamshire Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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William Alexander Smith Bayliss

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 1812 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 1812 Serjeant Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 28512 Serjeant Corps of Hussars

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Frederick William Quartly

Born 1896

Died 1956

British Army 2140 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 2140 Corporal Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 285341 Corporal Corps of Hussars

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William Frank Hickman

Born 1877

British Army 2316 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 2316 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 285465 Private Corps of Hussars

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Arthur Cyril Viccars

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 57230 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army G/63813 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Walter Waterhouse

Died 1918

British Army 57397 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army G/63815 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Arthur J Smith

Died 1918

British Army 57385 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army G/63819 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Eustace William Hayter Allfrey

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire Yeomanry

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F W J Macey

Died 1917

British Army 285934 Private Oxfordshire Hussars Yeomanry

British Army 285934 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

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J Johnston

Died 1918

British Army 285422 Serjeant Oxfordshire Hussars Yeomanry

British Army 285422 Serjeant Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

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Richard Cecil Quinion

Died 1915

British Army 1897 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 1897 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

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Richard Tyrrell

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army 3134 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 32889 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Wilfred C Golby

Died 1916

British Army 2260 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 32739 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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William George Greenway

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2621 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 32808 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Walter North

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 1607 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 1607 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

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