In 1914 at the start of the Great War of 1914-1918 Charles Keyser promised five shillings a week, probably worth about £6:25 at to-days rates, to every man who enlisted in the army.
He provided meals for the children whose fathers had gone to fight the “Boche”.
Also, Charles Keyser provided free accommodation for the families whose husbands and fathers were killed in the line of duty.
One hundred men left the village of Aldermaston to serve King and Country, twenty-two never returned, 16 of which are documented here:
| Surname | Rank | Number | date of death | Age | Regiment |
| F Buckland | Private | 10065 | 09/05/1915 | 37 | Royal-Berkshire |
| G W Gay | Private | 13139 | 25/09/1915 | 32 | Royal-Berkshire |
| M Galt | Sergeant | 13140 | 25/09/1915 | Royal-Berkshire | |
| H Greatrix | Private | 13146 | 25/09/1915 | 29 | Royal-Berkshire |
| A D Tull | Corporal | 13117 | 25/09/1915 | Royal-Berkshire | |
| S Harris | Private | 13138 | 25/09/1915 | Royal-Berkshire | |
| A Buckland | Private | 13119 | 13/10/1915 | 30 | Royal-Berkshire |
| E Coleman | Private | 5354 | 19/07/1916 | Oxford & Bucks | |
| H Smith | Sergeant | 7973 | 24/07/1916 | Royal-Berkshire | |
| W Cripps* | L/Corporal | 19293 | 03/04/1917 | Machine Gun Corps | |
| J H Gay | Shoeing Smith | 43909 | 25/02/1917 | 40 | Royal Field Artillery |
| H Winkworth | Private | 202085 | 31/07/1917 | 24 | Royal Berkshire |
| E Collyer* | Private | R4/124772 | 29/08/2017 | 23 | Royal Berkshire |
| S R Jacob | Private | 200187 | 07/02/1917 | 23 | Royal Berkshire |
| A Scutter | Airman 3rd Class | 94657 | 16/03/1918 | 20 | Royal Flying Corp |
| A J Smith | Sergeant | 270918 | 23/08/1918 | 29 | Hertfordshire Regt |
* Unsure if this is the correct person
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