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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]

Frederick Henry Folkes

Born 1881

Died 1944

Royal Navy Z/1965 O.S. Royal Naval Division 5th Battalion

Royal Navy Z/1965 O. Tel. Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Z/1965 A.B. Royal Naval Division

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Albert Edward Ware

Born 1890

British Army 242557 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 2/4th Bn

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Thomas Nelson Clark

Born 1872

Died 1918

British Army 34159 Private Royal Defence Corps 259th Provisional Company

British Army 34159 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Thomas Ford Chipp

Born 1886

Died 1931

British Army Second Lieutenant The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 2nd Volunteer Battalion

British Army Lieutenant The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 2nd Volunteer Battalion

British Army Captain The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 8th Battalion

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Henry Victor Crowther

Born 1894

Died 1949

British Army 38768 Driver Royal Engineers

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Robert Compton Folkes

Born 1885

Died 1969

British Army F/26468 Private Army Service Corps Forage Department

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Herbert Frank Phillpott

Born 1891

Died 1920

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65748 Corporal Royal Air Force

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William Weeks

Born 1881

Died 1964

British Army 8058 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 8058 Warrant Officer Class 2 Grenadier Guards

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Alfred William Jones

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 9999 Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9999 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9999 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Albert Edward Abbott Hemus

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army M2/130088 Private Army Service Corps No. 2 Mobilization Depot Coy

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Henry Robert Purton

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army B425 Private Rifle Brigade 8th Battalion

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Albert Henry Boucher

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 8609 Private Acting Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 8609 Acting Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 8609 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edmund Tom Summerhill

Born 1877

Died 1915

Royal Navy 174920 Chief Petty Officer HMS Goliath

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Percy Ralph Webb

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 30547 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Arthur Stanley Manns

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 236000 Private Herefordshire Regiment

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Frank Wells

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 11999 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Frederick G. Johnstone

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 11436 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Walter Henry Hancock

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 7140 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 7140 Acting Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 7140 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Albert Evans

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 15764 Private Worcestershire Regiment 3rd worcest Battalion

British Army 15764 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Basil Vassar Bruton

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army Captain Gloucestershire Regiment 1/5 Battalion

British Army Captain Gloucestershire Regiment

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