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Gloucester, Gloucestershire [511]

Gloucester [504]

Gloucester England [152]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [149]

Gloucester New South Wales [68]

Stroud, Gloucester [10]

Gloucester. [6]

St Paul's, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [6]

All Saints, Gloucester [4]

Cheltenham, Gloucester [4]

Gloucester Gloucestershire [4]

Gloucester, England [4]

Stroud, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [4]

Bristol, Gloucester [3]

Near Gloucester, Gloucestershire [3]

Newent, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [3]

Newnham, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [3]

St Mark's, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [3]

Stonehouse, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [3]

Ashleworth, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2]

Barnwood, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2]

Bathurst, Gloucester, New Brunswick [2]

Brockworth, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2]

Cape Bateau, Gloucester, New Brunswick [2]

Charlton Kings, Gloucester [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2]

Churchdown, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2]

Cirencester, Gloucester [2]

Coleford, Gloucester [2]

Dursley, Gloucester [2]

Kingswood, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2]

Longford, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2]

Longhope, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2]

Paquetville, Gloucester, New Brunswick [2]

Petit Lameque, Gloucester, New Brunswick [2]

Saint James Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2]

St Lukes, Gloucester [2]

St. Nicholas, Gloucester [2]

Tetbury, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2]

Tewkesbury, Gloucester [2]

Tibberton, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2]

West Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2]

(Kemble ?),Gloucester [1]

213 Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, London [1]

3 Turks Head Yard, Gloucester [1]

Adsett, Westbury on Severn, Gloucester [1]

All Saints' Vicarage, Gloucester [1]

Arlingham, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Ashchurch, Gloucester [1]

Badgeworth Gloucester England [1]

Rank

Private [224]

Lance Corporal [33]

Corporal [29]

Able Seaman [24]

Serjeant [21]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Captain [14]

Gunner [14]

Lieutenant [14]

Driver [12]

Sapper [12]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Leading Seaman [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [4]

Chief Petty Officer [4]

Major [4]

Petty Officer [4]

Pioneer [4]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Guardsman [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy Seaman [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Master At Arms [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Trimmer [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

4th Class Chaplain [1]

A.B. [1]

Able Bodied [1]

Able Bodied Seaman [1]

Able Seaman (Leading Boatman Coast Guard) [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Gloucestershire Regiment [98]

Royal Engineers [27]

South Wales Borderers [26]

Royal Field Artillery [16]

Army Service Corps [12]

Labour Corps [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [10]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [9]

HMS Goliath [8]

Somerset Light Infantry [8]

London Regiment [7]

Grenadier Guards [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

HMS Defence [4]

HMS THUNDERER [4]

HMS VALIANT [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Naval Air Service [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [3]

HMS BELLEROPHON [3]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [3]

HMS IRON DUKE [3]

HMS Impregnable [3]

HMS Indefatigable [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Hussars [2]

Service

Royal Navy [618]

British Army [336]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [322]

Australian Imperial Force [224]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [19]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [4]

Last name first letter

B [211]

W [163]

H [161]

S [140]

P [137]

C [124]

M [102]

G [79]

L [76]

D [67]

J [67]

R [51]

T [51]

F [50]

E [39]

A [35]

K [34]

N [20]

O [20]

V [15]

Y [9]

I [6]

U [5]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1446]

Merchant Navy [147]

Country

United Kingdom [182]

Canada [12]

Malta [2]

Australia [1]

China [1]

India [1]

Malaysia [1]

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Gloucester, Gloucestershire [511] Gloucester [504] Gloucester England [152] Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [149] Gloucester New South Wales [68] Stroud, Gloucester [10] Gloucester. [6] St Paul's, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [6] All Saints, Gloucester [4] Cheltenham, Gloucester [4] Gloucester Gloucestershire [4] Gloucester, England [4] Stroud, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [4] Bristol, Gloucester [3] Near Gloucester, Gloucestershire [3] Newent, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [3] Newnham, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [3] St Mark's, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [3] Stonehouse, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [3] Ashleworth, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2] Barnwood, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2] Bathurst, Gloucester, New Brunswick [2] Brockworth, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2] Cape Bateau, Gloucester, New Brunswick [2] Charlton Kings, Gloucester [2] Cheltenham, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2] Churchdown, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2] Cirencester, Gloucester [2] Coleford, Gloucester [2] Dursley, Gloucester [2] Kingswood, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2] Longford, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2] Longhope, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2] Paquetville, Gloucester, New Brunswick [2] Petit Lameque, Gloucester, New Brunswick [2] Saint James Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2] St Lukes, Gloucester [2] St. Nicholas, Gloucester [2] Tetbury, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2] Tewkesbury, Gloucester [2] Tibberton, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2] West Gloucester, Gloucestershire [2] (Kemble ?),Gloucester [1] 213 Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, London [1] 3 Turks Head Yard, Gloucester [1] Adsett, Westbury on Severn, Gloucester [1] All Saints' Vicarage, Gloucester [1] Arlingham, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England [1] Ashchurch, Gloucester [1] Badgeworth Gloucester England [1]

Rank

Private [224] Lance Corporal [33] Corporal [29] Able Seaman [24] Serjeant [21] Second Lieutenant [16] Captain [14] Gunner [14] Lieutenant [14] Driver [12] Sapper [12] Stoker 1st Class [9] Ordinary Seaman [8] Boy 1st Class [6] Leading Seaman [6] Acting Corporal [5] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [4] Chief Petty Officer [4] Major [4] Petty Officer [4] Pioneer [4] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Guardsman [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Rifleman [3] Sergeant [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Boy Seaman [2] Chief Stoker [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Leading Signalman [2] Leading Stoker [2] Master At Arms [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Trimmer [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] 4th Class Chaplain [1] A.B. [1] Able Bodied [1] Able Bodied Seaman [1] Able Seaman (Leading Boatman Coast Guard) [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Gloucestershire Regiment [98] Royal Engineers [27] South Wales Borderers [26] Royal Field Artillery [16] Army Service Corps [12] Labour Corps [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Worcestershire Regiment [10] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [9] HMS Goliath [8] Somerset Light Infantry [8] London Regiment [7] Grenadier Guards [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Devonshire Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5] Tank Corps [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] HMS Defence [4] HMS THUNDERER [4] HMS VALIANT [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Naval Air Service [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [3] HMS BELLEROPHON [3] HMS COLLINGWOOD [3] HMS IRON DUKE [3] HMS Impregnable [3] HMS Indefatigable [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Hussars [2]

Service

Royal Navy [618] British Army [336] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [322] Australian Imperial Force [224] Canadian Expeditionary Force [19] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [4]

Last name first letter

B [211] W [163] H [161] S [140] P [137] C [124] M [102] G [79] L [76] D [67] J [67] R [51] T [51] F [50] E [39] A [35] K [34] N [20] O [20] V [15] Y [9] I [6] U [5] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1446] Merchant Navy [147]

Country

United Kingdom [182] Canada [12] Malta [2] Australia [1] China [1] India [1] Malaysia [1]

Alfred Edward Crowther

Born 1894

Died 1974

British Army 13723 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion

British Army 13723 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 12th (Service) Battalion

British Army 68333 Private Cheshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ernest Reginald Folkes

Born 1896

Died 1974

British Army 2582 TF Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

British Army 240637 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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William John Pready

Born 1870

Died 1940

British Army 487102 Private Labour Corps

Royal Navy 6282 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry Chatham Division

British Army 9320 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Abraham Harold Barnard

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 125837 Sapper Inland Water Transport Royal Engineers

British Army 125837 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Albert Ernest Loveridge

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army S4/055770 Private Army Service Corps

British Army S4/055770 Acting Corporal Army Service Corps "A" Company

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Edwin John Stephen Moseley

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 95129 Sapper Royal Engineers 3rd Reserve Bn

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Arthur Leonard Griffin

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 31531 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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John Nelson Goode, M.s.m.

Born 1881

Died 1919

British Army T/15070 Farrier Serjeant Army Service Corps 5th Unit

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Edward Henry Crowther

Born 1886

Died 1947

British Army 38276 Driver Royal Engineers

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William Alfred Folkes

Born 1886

Died 1961

British Army 7869 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Gloucestershire Regiment 5th Battalion (Depot Company)

British Army Gloucestershire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

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Sidney Ernest Wills

Born 1874

Died 1919

British Army 28076 Company Quarter Master Royal Engineers

British Army 28076 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 28076 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Gilbert Frankau

Born 1884

Died 1952

British Army Temporary Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Field Artillery

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Samuel Pready

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 4395 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Benjamin John Hipwood

Born 1879

Died 1960

British Army TR13/760 Private Training Reserve

British Army Gloucestershire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Frederick Saunders

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 9665 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Edwin Henry Woodward

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3221 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 1st South Midland Bde.

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George Frederick Bullock

Born 1881

Died 1939

British Army 305863 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 305863 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Charles Jordan Smart

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 3067 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

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Alfred James White

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 2728 TF Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 240736 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Henry Greatorex Sims

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 12251 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 10th Battalion

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