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Birmingham [4]

Olney, Bucks [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

High Wycombe [2]

Islington, London [2]

Middleton Cheney, Banbury [2]

Nuneham Courtenay [2]

Aldgate, London [1]

Atherstone [1]

Bampton, Oxfordshire [1]

Banbury [1]

Baylham [1]

Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bedford [1]

Bedminster, Bristol, Somerset [1]

Berkswell, Warwickshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Bishopstone, Bucks [1]

Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [1]

Brackley, Northamptonshire [1]

Brandon, Gloucestershire [1]

Bristol [1]

Buckinghamshire [1]

Bucklebury Berkshire [1]

Canford, Dorset [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Charing, Kent [1]

Chester [1]

Chipping Norton [1]

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [1]

Chipping Norton,Oxfordshire [1]

Chippinghurst, Oxfordshire [1]

Cowes, Isle of Wight [1]

Croft, Yorkshire [1]

Cromer, Norfolk [1]

East Hagbourne, Berkshire [1]

Ellesborough [1]

Feering, Essex [1]

Fulham, Hammersmith, London [1]

Grazely, Berkshire [1]

Greenwich, South London [1]

Handsworth, Staffs [1]

Hanham, Gloucestershire [1]

Henley-on-Thames [1]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1]

Holloway, London [1]

Hooe [1]

Hurst, Berkshire [1]

Kensworth, Dunstable, Bedfordshire [1]

Kildwick, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [2869]

Corporal [136]

Second Lieutenant [130]

Serjeant [109]

Lance Corporal [87]

Lieutenant [69]

Sapper [62]

Captain [39]

Pioneer [29]

Acting Corporal [21]

Lance Serjeant [14]

Major [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Corporal 2nd [6]

Driver [5]

Gunner [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Sergeant [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Pr [3]

Priva [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

rank [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Captain Acting Major [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Drummer [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Pri [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

ra [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Ser [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bugler [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major/Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Corporal and Lance Serjeant [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2975]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1345]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1073]

Royal Engineers [329]

Royal West Kent Regiment [125]

Hampshire Regiment [120]

Royal Buckinghamshire Regiment [103]

Labour Corps [98]

Gloucestershire Regiment [95]

Devonshire Regiment [93]

Worcestershire Regiment [88]

Royal Fusiliers [69]

London Regiment [58]

Manchester Regiment [58]

Royal Sussex Regiment [58]

Army Service Corps [51]

Machine Gun Corps [45]

Wiltshire Regiment [45]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [42]

Royal Army Medical Corps [37]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [34]

Durham Light Infantry [30]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [30]

Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars [29]

Training Reserve Battalion [28]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [27]

Dorsetshire Regiment [26]

Royal Air Force [26]

Royal Defence Corps [25]

Royal Irish Regiment [24]

Middlesex Regiment [23]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [20]

Somerset Light Infantry [20]

Northumberland Fusiliers [19]

Suffolk Regiment [18]

Bedfordshire Regiment [16]

Northamptonshire Regiment [15]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Regiment [15]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [15]

Army Cyclist Corps [14]

Cheshire Regiment [14]

Essex Regiment [14]

Rifle Brigade [14]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment attached Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [14]

The Queen's Regiment [14]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [13]

South Lancashire Regiment [13]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [12]

Liverpool Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [3220]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [406]

W [315]

S [293]

H [284]

C [250]

P [206]

M [183]

G [166]

D [143]

R [139]

T [132]

A [122]

F [113]

L [93]

J [85]

K [76]

E [67]

N [47]

O [36]

I [25]

Y [18]

V [13]

U [8]

Contribution

Military Service [3219]

Country

United Kingdom [54]

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Birmingham [4] Olney, Bucks [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] High Wycombe [2] Islington, London [2] Middleton Cheney, Banbury [2] Nuneham Courtenay [2] Aldgate, London [1] Atherstone [1] Bampton, Oxfordshire [1] Banbury [1] Baylham [1] Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire [1] Bedford [1] Bedminster, Bristol, Somerset [1] Berkswell, Warwickshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Bishopstone, Bucks [1] Bletchley, Buckinghamshire [1] Brackley, Northamptonshire [1] Brandon, Gloucestershire [1] Bristol [1] Buckinghamshire [1] Bucklebury Berkshire [1] Canford, Dorset [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Charing, Kent [1] Chester [1] Chipping Norton [1] Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire [1] Chipping Norton,Oxfordshire [1] Chippinghurst, Oxfordshire [1] Cowes, Isle of Wight [1] Croft, Yorkshire [1] Cromer, Norfolk [1] East Hagbourne, Berkshire [1] Ellesborough [1] Feering, Essex [1] Fulham, Hammersmith, London [1] Grazely, Berkshire [1] Greenwich, South London [1] Handsworth, Staffs [1] Hanham, Gloucestershire [1] Henley-on-Thames [1] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1] Holloway, London [1] Hooe [1] Hurst, Berkshire [1] Kensworth, Dunstable, Bedfordshire [1] Kildwick, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [2869] Corporal [136] Second Lieutenant [130] Serjeant [109] Lance Corporal [87] Lieutenant [69] Sapper [62] Captain [39] Pioneer [29] Acting Corporal [21] Lance Serjeant [14] Major [10] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Acting Serjeant [7] Corporal 2nd [6] Driver [5] Gunner [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Sergeant [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Pr [3] Priva [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] rank [3] Acting Captain [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Captain Acting Major [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Drummer [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Pri [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] ra [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Ser [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bugler [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major/Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Corporal and Lance Serjeant [1]

Unit

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2975] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1345] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1073] Royal Engineers [329] Royal West Kent Regiment [125] Hampshire Regiment [120] Royal Buckinghamshire Regiment [103] Labour Corps [98] Gloucestershire Regiment [95] Devonshire Regiment [93] Worcestershire Regiment [88] Royal Fusiliers [69] London Regiment [58] Manchester Regiment [58] Royal Sussex Regiment [58] Army Service Corps [51] Machine Gun Corps [45] Wiltshire Regiment [45] King's Royal Rifle Corps [42] Royal Army Medical Corps [37] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [34] Durham Light Infantry [30] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [30] Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars [29] Training Reserve Battalion [28] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [27] Dorsetshire Regiment [26] Royal Air Force [26] Royal Defence Corps [25] Royal Irish Regiment [24] Middlesex Regiment [23] Royal Munster Fusiliers [20] Somerset Light Infantry [20] Northumberland Fusiliers [19] Suffolk Regiment [18] Bedfordshire Regiment [16] Northamptonshire Regiment [15] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Regiment [15] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [15] Army Cyclist Corps [14] Cheshire Regiment [14] Essex Regiment [14] Rifle Brigade [14] Royal Field Artillery [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment attached Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [14] The Queen's Regiment [14] Royal West Surrey Regiment [13] South Lancashire Regiment [13] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [12] Liverpool Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [3220] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [406] W [315] S [293] H [284] C [250] P [206] M [183] G [166] D [143] R [139] T [132] A [122] F [113] L [93] J [85] K [76] E [67] N [47] O [36] I [25] Y [18] V [13] U [8]

Contribution

Military Service [3219]

Country

United Kingdom [54]

Edward Swadling

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 20731 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 30155 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Frank White

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 20886 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 30158 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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Louis William Prickett

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 31216 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 45648 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Alfred Brindley

Died 1918

British Army 3815 Private Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

British Army 41830 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Frank Horatio Lucking

Died 1917

British Army 1960 Lance Corporal Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment

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John Pascoe Grenfell

Born 1869

Died 1948

British Army Major Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Cyclist Regiment

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Jesse J Westall

Died 1917

British Army 30008 Private Royal Buckinghamshire Regiment

British Army 30008 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Edward R Marriott

Died 1914

British Army 9757 Private Royal Buckinghamshire Regiment

British Army 9757 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Wilfred Barnes

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 19797 Private Royal Buckinghamshire Regiment

British Army 19797 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Frederick White

Died 1916

British Army 18477 Private Royal Buckinghamshire Regiment

British Army 18477 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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John Whitehouse

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 35216 Private Royal Buckinghamshire Regiment

British Army 35216 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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William Salmon

Died 1917

British Army 32510 Private Royal Buckinghamshire Regiment

British Army 32510 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Richard Alexander Kettle

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 247 Serjeant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 26022 Serjeant Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 265025 Serjeant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Harold Douglas Wilks

Died 1919

British Army G/15695 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army G 19361 Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Hubert Wright

Born 1882

Died 1964

British Army 28601 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 377806 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 28601 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Eric Agard Evans

Born 1896

Died 1974

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Vernon Charles Bannister

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 240018 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 220236 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 220236 PRIVATE Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) 2/4th Battalion.

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Felix James Bishop Hotchkiss

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2027 Private Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

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Herbert Plant

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 13416 Lance Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 13416 Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Frederick Grimsey

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 240747 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 220233 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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