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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]

John Edward Cobb

Born 1878

Died 1920

British Army 35183 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Albert Charles Brading

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army

British Army 8183 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Bn

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Arthur Edward Folkes

Born 1894

Died 1961

British Army 2818 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

British Army 2818 Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

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Arthur Folkes

Born 1893

Died 1952

Royal Navy Boy Seaman

Royal Navy J6496 Ordinary Seaman

Royal Navy J6496 Able Seaman

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Alfred Alexander Lane

Born 1873

Died 1919

British Army 4400 Private Royal Scots 1st Battalion

British Army 160779 Pioneer Royal Engineers Railway Troops Depot

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Walter Thomas Jones

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 167 Private Army Cyclist Corps 82nd Provisional Battalion, 2/1st South Midland Brigade

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Charles Henry Folkes

Born 1891

Died 1976

British Army 12019 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion

British Army 99507 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Charles Phillips

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army T3/030095 Driver Army Service Corps

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Richard Trenfield

Born 1878

Died 1941

Royal Navy 8928 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Charles Nelson Walton Aston

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 2645 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 2645 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Walter George Warden

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 9259 Private Canadian Expeditionary Force

British Army 9259 Private Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade

British Army Captain Somerset Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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Cyril Roach

Born 1898

Died 1980

Canadian Expeditionary Force 124657

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Albert George Sydenham

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 9980 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9880 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9880 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Claud Alwyn Browning

Born 1882

Died 1918

Royal Navy 2657 Lance Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division 1st Battalion

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Ellis James Workman

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 2913 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 240660 Lance Corporal North Staffordshire Regiment

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Daniel Woodward

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 825677 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 462896 Corporal Labour Corps

British Army 825677 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery transf. to (462896) Labour Corps

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Job Cooper

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 08420 Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 08420 Private Army Ordnance Corps

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William Albert Williams

Born 1895

Died 1924

British Army 23947 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 662491 Private Labour Corps

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Stanley Crowther

Born 1896

Died 1968

British Army 11941 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion

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Henry John Birt Weaver

Born 1894

Died 1989

Royal Navy Boy Seaman

Royal Navy J6519 Ordinary Seaman

Royal Navy J6519 Able Seaman

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