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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]

Reginald Osborne Bolingbroke

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 1853 Signalling Corporal Cavalry

British Army 1853 Signalling Corporal Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 1853 Corporal Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

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Robert Lund Parkinson

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army 35823 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 35823 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

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Frederick Agnew Gill

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire Yeomanry Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army Captain Oxfordshire Yeomanry

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Charles Edwin Beckingham

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 2215 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 2215 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 285403 Private Corps of Hussars

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Frank Gibbs

Born 1897

Died 1987

British Army 3106 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 32805 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Private Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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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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Phillip Charles Benfield

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 2471 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 32762 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 6th Battalion

British Army 32762 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Joseph E Batchelor

Died 1915

British Army 1883 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 1883 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 1883 Private Corps of Hussars

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William Thomas Stephen Jones

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2330 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 2330 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 2330 Private Corps of Hussars

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Leonard Franklin Gale

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 1577 Corporal Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 1577 Corporal Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 1577 Corporal Corps of Hussars

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Arthur Farnsworth

Died 1917

British Army 280739 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 280739 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 280739 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

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Thomas Percival Stone

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 1849 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 1849 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 1849 Private Corps of Hussars

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Albert James Podbery

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 285462 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 285462 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Yeomanry

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Agustus George White

Born 1893

Died 1920

British Army 1753 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 1753 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 285086 Private Corps of Hussars

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Sydney Albert Giles

Died 1918

British Army 2461 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 37335 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Reginald G Farmbrough

Died 1918

British Army 1812 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 285773 Private Corps of Hussars

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George Walter Coles

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 2955 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 285837 Private Corps of Hussars

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John Lowe

Died 1917

British Army 288832 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 260297 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Arthur Henry Trent

Born 1884

Died 1971

British Army 35141 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 35141 Private Corps of Hussars

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Leonard Dunley

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 2568 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 37334 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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