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Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [2]

Nuneham Courtenay [2]

Oxford [2]

Adderbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Aldershot [1]

Apperley, Gloucestershire [1]

Arlington [1]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bampton Oxfordshire [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Bicester, Oxfordshire [1]

Bletchington, Oxon [1]

Bodicote, Banbury [1]

Burlescombe, Devon [1]

Chipping Norton [1]

Chiselhampton [1]

East Hagbourne, Berks [1]

Eydon, Northamptonshire [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Habergham Eaves, Lancashire [1]

Hastings [1]

Hethe [1]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [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]

North Newington, Banbury Oxon [1]

Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Reading England [1]

Sandford, Oxfordshire [1]

Shifford [1]

South Newington,Oxfordshire [1]

Staffordshire [1]

Thame RD, Oxfordshire [1]

Toot Baldon [1]

Warkworth, Banbury [1]

Waterloo [1]

Wentworth, Yorkshire. [1]

Woodstock [1]

Rank

Private [660]

Serjeant [83]

Second Lieutenant [72]

Corporal [62]

Lieutenant [46]

Lance Corporal [38]

Captain [22]

Shoeing Smith [11]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Major [8]

Staff Serjeant Major [6]

Trooper [6]

Sapper [5]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [5]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Saddler [3]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Adjutant [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Gunner [1]

Interpreter [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain and Adjutant [1]

Lieutenant Quarter Master [1]

Major Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quarter Master and Captain [1]

Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars [1]

Second Lieutenant Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant Trooper [1]

Signalling Corporal [1]

Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Unit

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [798]

Corps of Hussars [439]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [261]

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Yeomanry [35]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [33]

Machine Gun Corps [29]

Oxfordshire Hussars [27]

Labour Corps [21]

Royal Air Force [14]

Royal Engineers [13]

Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Royal Flying Corps [10]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [8]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Tank Corps [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

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

Dorset Yeomanry [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [4]

Reserve Cavalry Regiment [4]

Royal Naval Division [3]

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

2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [2]

3rd Hussars [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Corps Of Hussars [2]

Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Hussars [2]

Labour Corps ex Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [2]

Lancers [2]

North Somerset Yeomanry [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire Hussars Yeomanry [2]

Royal Marines [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

South Nottinghamshire Hussars [2]

Suffolk Yeomanry [2]

Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

19th (Queen Alexander's Own) Hussars [1]

19th (Queen Alexandra's Own) Hussars [1]

1st Surrey Yeomanry [1]

2/1st Berkshire Yeomanry [1]

2/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [1]

2nd Oxford Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [840]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

H [113]

B [106]

C [79]

S [75]

W [63]

P [56]

M [44]

F [37]

G [36]

T [35]

A [31]

L [29]

R [29]

J [23]

D [21]

N [17]

K [14]

E [11]

O [8]

Q [5]

I [3]

Y [3]

V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [835]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

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People [840] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [2] Nuneham Courtenay [2] Oxford [2] Adderbury, Oxfordshire [1] Aldershot [1] Apperley, Gloucestershire [1] Arlington [1] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Bampton Oxfordshire [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Bicester, Oxfordshire [1] Bletchington, Oxon [1] Bodicote, Banbury [1] Burlescombe, Devon [1] Chipping Norton [1] Chiselhampton [1] East Hagbourne, Berks [1] Eydon, Northamptonshire [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Habergham Eaves, Lancashire [1] Hastings [1] Hethe [1] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [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] North Newington, Banbury Oxon [1] Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Reading England [1] Sandford, Oxfordshire [1] Shifford [1] South Newington,Oxfordshire [1] Staffordshire [1] Thame RD, Oxfordshire [1] Toot Baldon [1] Warkworth, Banbury [1] Waterloo [1] Wentworth, Yorkshire. [1] Woodstock [1]

Rank

Private [660] Serjeant [83] Second Lieutenant [72] Corporal [62] Lieutenant [46] Lance Corporal [38] Captain [22] Shoeing Smith [11] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Major [8] Staff Serjeant Major [6] Trooper [6] Sapper [5] Shoeing Smith Corporal [5] Lance Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Saddler [3] Corporal 2nd [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Adjutant [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Gunner [1] Interpreter [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain and Adjutant [1] Lieutenant Quarter Master [1] Major Lieutenant Colonel [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quarter Master and Captain [1] Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars [1] Second Lieutenant Lieutenant [1] Serjeant Trooper [1] Signalling Corporal [1] Squadron Serjeant Major [1] Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Unit

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [798] Corps of Hussars [439] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [261] Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Yeomanry [35] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [33] Machine Gun Corps [29] Oxfordshire Hussars [27] Labour Corps [21] Royal Air Force [14] Royal Engineers [13] Army Service Corps [11] Royal Field Artillery [10] Royal Flying Corps [10] Royal Berkshire Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Tank Corps [6] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] 1/1st Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [4] Dorset Yeomanry [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [4] Reserve Cavalry Regiment [4] Royal Naval Division [3] 2/1st Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [2] 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [2] 3rd Hussars [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Corps Of Hussars [2] Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Hussars [2] Labour Corps ex Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [2] Lancers [2] North Somerset Yeomanry [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire Hussars Yeomanry [2] Royal Marines [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] South Nottinghamshire Hussars [2] Suffolk Yeomanry [2] Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 19th (Queen Alexander's Own) Hussars [1] 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own) Hussars [1] 1st Surrey Yeomanry [1] 2/1st Berkshire Yeomanry [1] 2/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [1] 2nd Oxford Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [840] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

H [113] B [106] C [79] S [75] W [63] P [56] M [44] F [37] G [36] T [35] A [31] L [29] R [29] J [23] D [21] N [17] K [14] E [11] O [8] Q [5] I [3] Y [3] V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [835]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

Leonard Cordery

British Army 288865 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 2441 Private Hampshire Yeomanry

British Army 100930 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

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Reginald T White

British Army 1137 Private South Irish Horse

British Army 7/25880 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 74055 Private Corps of Hussars

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Frank W Lane

British Army 1776 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Yeomanry

British Army 285098 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 120776 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Leslie Alan Clack

British Army 2020 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Henry George Salisbury French

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Special Reserve Corps of Hussars

British Army 2116 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Samuel Francis Riley

British Army 1842 Serjeant Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 40305 Serjeant Reserve Cavalry Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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William O Read

British Army 1981 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 1981 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 608156 Private Royal Irish Rifles/London Regiment

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Harold Martyr

British Army 1774 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

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Frederick Matthews

British Army 2037 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 2037 Private Royal Flying Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Robert R Beck

British Army 1670 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 879 Private Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 614575 Private Royal Horse Artillery

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James Paterson

British Army Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry

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Bernard Broad

British Army 2155 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 40314 Private 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment

British Army 270491 Private Royal Engineers

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John C Clarke

British Army 2004 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Service Corps

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Cecil Frederick Taylor

British Army S/2163 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Thomas Stewart

British Army 3276 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Yeomanry

British Army 350505 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 153031 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Percy William Hine

British Army 104819 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry attached Machine Gun Corps

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Alfred Sidney Green

British Army 1554 Private Territorial Force Royal Army Medical Corps Attached Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

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Edward R Organ

British Army 1745 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army M2/151739 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M2/151739 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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Aubrey Castle

British Army 2001 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 40265 Private 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment

British Army 105097 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Edwin Thomas Franklin

British Army 1974 Lance Corporal Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army Lieutenant 9th Reserve Battalion West Surrey Regiment

British Army Acting Captain 9th Reserve Battalion West Surrey Regiment

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