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Chalford, Glos [17]

Chalford, Gloucestershire [11]

Oakridge, Gloucestershire [8]

Stroud, Gloucestershire [7]

Chalford [6]

Stroud [6]

Bisley, Glos [5]

Eastcombe, Glos [4]

Stroud, Glos [4]

Bristol [3]

Bussage, Glos [3]

Cardiff [3]

Chalford,Gloucestershire [3]

France Lynch, Glos [3]

Minchinhampton, Glos [3]

Bisley [2]

Chalford England [2]

Eastcombe, Gloucestershire [2]

Newport, Monmouthshire [2]

Oakridge Lynch [2]

Penarth [2]

Penarth, Glamorgan [2]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [1]

Aston, Avening, Glos [1]

Aylsham, Norfolk [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Barodene Rd, Brixton, London [1]

Beech Pike, Cirencester, Gloucestershire [1]

Bisley , Gloucestershire [1]

Bisley, Stroud, Gloucs [1]

Bowldown, Tetbury, Glos [1]

Bradford [1]

Brimscombe, Glos [1]

Brimscombe, Gloucestershire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Brownshill, Chalford, Glos [1]

Burleigh, Stroud [1]

Caerleon [1]

Caernarvonshire, Wales [1]

Chalford Hill [1]

Cheshire [1]

Clifton, Bristol [1]

Clover Hill, Cleveland [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Elstead Surrey [1]

Flint, Flintshire, Wales [1]

Forest Gate, London [1]

Frampton Mansell, Glos [1]

Frampton Mansell, Gloucestershire [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Rank

Private [177]

Lance Corporal [18]

Corporal [11]

Gunner [11]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Driver [10]

Lieutenant [10]

Captain [9]

Serjeant [6]

Sapper [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Guardsman [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Fitter [2]

Major [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Administration/Organiser [1]

Administrator [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bearer [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Civilian [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Directrice [1]

Entertainer [1]

Gunner (Fitter) [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Major General [1]

Orderly [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pte [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sister [1]

Sjt [1]

Staff Sergeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Gloucestershire Regiment [83]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Grenadier Guards [11]

Army Service Corps [8]

Monmouthshire Regiment [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

French Red Cross [2]

General List [2]

Gloucestershire Hussars [2]

HMS Indefatigable [2]

Hussars [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Serbian Relief Fund [2]

Welsh Guards [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

13th Hussars [1]

1st (King's) Dragoon Guards [1]

1st Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

8th Royal Highlanders [1]

Army [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Service

British Army [237]

Royal Navy [19]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Other Empire Force [5]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [28]

C [27]

G [27]

B [26]

W [25]

P [22]

M [21]

D [19]

S [17]

R [11]

F [10]

A [9]

T [9]

Y [7]

K [6]

L [5]

N [3]

O [3]

E [2]

J [2]

I [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [272]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [155]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [281] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Chalford, Glos [17] Chalford, Gloucestershire [11] Oakridge, Gloucestershire [8] Stroud, Gloucestershire [7] Chalford [6] Stroud [6] Bisley, Glos [5] Eastcombe, Glos [4] Stroud, Glos [4] Bristol [3] Bussage, Glos [3] Cardiff [3] Chalford,Gloucestershire [3] France Lynch, Glos [3] Minchinhampton, Glos [3] Bisley [2] Chalford England [2] Eastcombe, Gloucestershire [2] Newport, Monmouthshire [2] Oakridge Lynch [2] Penarth [2] Penarth, Glamorgan [2] Alverstoke, Hampshire [1] Aston, Avening, Glos [1] Aylsham, Norfolk [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Barodene Rd, Brixton, London [1] Beech Pike, Cirencester, Gloucestershire [1] Bisley , Gloucestershire [1] Bisley, Stroud, Gloucs [1] Bowldown, Tetbury, Glos [1] Bradford [1] Brimscombe, Glos [1] Brimscombe, Gloucestershire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Brownshill, Chalford, Glos [1] Burleigh, Stroud [1] Caerleon [1] Caernarvonshire, Wales [1] Chalford Hill [1] Cheshire [1] Clifton, Bristol [1] Clover Hill, Cleveland [1] Edinburgh [1] Elstead Surrey [1] Flint, Flintshire, Wales [1] Forest Gate, London [1] Frampton Mansell, Glos [1] Frampton Mansell, Gloucestershire [1] Fulham, London [1]

Rank

Private [177] Lance Corporal [18] Corporal [11] Gunner [11] Second Lieutenant [11] Driver [10] Lieutenant [10] Captain [9] Serjeant [6] Sapper [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [3] Guardsman [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Fitter [2] Major [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Administration/Organiser [1] Administrator [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bearer [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Civilian [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Directrice [1] Entertainer [1] Gunner (Fitter) [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Major General [1] Orderly [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pte [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Sister [1] Sjt [1] Staff Sergeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Gloucestershire Regiment [83] Royal Field Artillery [14] Grenadier Guards [11] Army Service Corps [8] Monmouthshire Regiment [7] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Canadian Infantry [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] London Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Corps of Hussars [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [3] Labour Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [2] Dragoon Guards [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] French Red Cross [2] General List [2] Gloucestershire Hussars [2] HMS Indefatigable [2] Hussars [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Serbian Relief Fund [2] Welsh Guards [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 13th Hussars [1] 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards [1] 1st Monmouthshire Regiment [1] 8th Royal Highlanders [1] Army [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Service

British Army [237] Royal Navy [19] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Other Empire Force [5] Australian Imperial Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [28] C [27] G [27] B [26] W [25] P [22] M [21] D [19] S [17] R [11] F [10] A [9] T [9] Y [7] K [6] L [5] N [3] O [3] E [2] J [2] I [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [272] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [155] Australia [1] Canada [1] Ireland [1] Malta [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1]

Thomas White

Died 1916

British Army 17678 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 11th (Reserve) Battalion

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Gardiner William Clissold

Born 1885

Died 1947

British Army 8291 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 8291 Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Wallace Christopher Clissold

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 16340 Private Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 16370 Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 16370 Private Grenadier Guards

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Charles Henry Herbert

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 26433 Private Grenadier Guards

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Raymond Owen Hudson Boon

Born 1895

Died 1952

British Army 825308 Driver Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 1395

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Albert H Goodfield

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 19330 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Frederick William Gardiner

Born 1891

Died 1920

British Army 26519 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

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Otto Maurice Marmon Griffin

Born 1894

Died 1978

British Army 4683 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 832060 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Percy John Woolley

Born 1885

Died 1922

British Army 11208 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 364 Guardsman Machine Gun Guards

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Sam Browning

Born 1884

Died 1941

British Army 28936 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 20311 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 202621 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Charles Chester Goodfield

Died 1918

British Army G/16640 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

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James William Rice

Born 1886

Died 1914

Royal Navy 223011

Royal Navy 223011. (DEV) Leading Signalman HMS Amphion

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William Ewart Face

Born 1899

Died 1941

British Army 70818 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 34221 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 157105 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Eber W F West

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 27304 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 42266 Private South Wales Borderers

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Robert William Close

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 12819 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Lance Corporal

British Army 12819 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

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Sidney Hale

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 13001 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Earl Malcolm Angove

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 2327 Private Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 2327 Private Welsh Regiment

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Percy Creed

Born 1895

British Army 6485 Private Army Cyclist Corps

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Edward Frank Cook

Died 1918

British Army 1890 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Royce Gardiner

Born 1899

Died 1979

British Army 45555 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army GS/ 85124 Private London Regiment 3rd lond Battalion

British Army GS/ 85124 Private Royal Fusiliers

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