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Resources

Resources and acknowlegements

Census returns

Commonweath War Graves Commission

Hants and Berks Gazette archive (Basingstoke Discovery Centre on microfilm)

Memorial Board in Overton Memorial Institute

Military War Diaries

Overton Pictures website

Overton Roll of Honour September 1916

Overton War Memorial

Postcards of unveiling War Shrine on Overton Post Office 1917

Thank you to all who have assisted The Overton Society in compiling these records:

Peter Baker

Vivienne Brown

Tony Morris

Richard Oram

Margaret Palmer

Mark Smith

Jim Stickland

Richard Waldram

Dudley Wall

Robin Weger

Members of Overton U3A Family History Groups