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Glasgow [3]

Norwich [3]

Newcastle upon Tyne [2]

Alcester, Warwickshire [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1]

Ambleside, Westmoreland [1]

Avelshay, Rousay, Orkney [1]

Balham, London [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Belfast [1]

Bensham, Gateshead, Durham [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birkenhead [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blackley Lancashire [1]

Blundellsands, Liverpool [1]

Burnhead, Maryculter, Kincardine [1]

CUBITT TOWN, POPLAR, LONDON [1]

Chagford, Dwevon [1]

Clyro [1]

Cork, Ireland [1]

Coxheath, Kent [1]

Dailly, Ayrshire [1]

Digmoor, Lancashire [1]

Dublin [1]

Dulwich, Surrey [1]

Easingwold [1]

Eastwood, Nottinghamshire [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Falkirk [1]

Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire [1]

Flemington, Victoria [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Glastonbury, Somerset [1]

Grangemouth, Stirlingshire [1]

Grantham [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Hexham [1]

High Spen, Ryton [1]

Ingatestone, Essex [1]

Inverness [1]

Jarrow-on-Tyne, Durham [1]

Kearsley, Lancashire [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fife [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1]

Knipton, Grantham [1]

Leeds [1]

Leicester [1]

Liverpool [1]

Rank

Gunner [146]

Private [96]

Driver [55]

Serjeant [22]

Bombardier [19]

Corporal [18]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Lieutenant [12]

Acting Bombardier [10]

Lance Corporal [9]

Major [6]

Captain [5]

Sapper [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Rifleman [2]

Saddler [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

8th Corporal [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Chaplain [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Motor Cyclist [1]

Pioneer [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [172]

Royal Garrison Artillery [72]

Royal Horse Artillery [12]

London Regiment [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Highlanders [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Artillery [3]

Royal Scots [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Regiment of Artillery [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

1/10th King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

100th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

115th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

135th Siege Battery [1]

22nd RFA [1]

24th Reinforcement [1]

26th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Service

British Army [366]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Royal Navy [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [86]

H [40]

M [33]

C [30]

D [25]

B [24]

W [20]

P [19]

R [17]

J [16]

L [15]

S [11]

T [11]

F [8]

E [6]

K [4]

A [3]

N [2]

O [2]

Y [2]

Q [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [376]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

France [1]

Ireland [1]

Italy [1]

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Glasgow [3] Norwich [3] Newcastle upon Tyne [2] Alcester, Warwickshire [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1] Ambleside, Westmoreland [1] Avelshay, Rousay, Orkney [1] Balham, London [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Belfast [1] Bensham, Gateshead, Durham [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birkenhead [1] Birmingham [1] Blackley Lancashire [1] Blundellsands, Liverpool [1] Burnhead, Maryculter, Kincardine [1] CUBITT TOWN, POPLAR, LONDON [1] Chagford, Dwevon [1] Clyro [1] Cork, Ireland [1] Coxheath, Kent [1] Dailly, Ayrshire [1] Digmoor, Lancashire [1] Dublin [1] Dulwich, Surrey [1] Easingwold [1] Eastwood, Nottinghamshire [1] Edinburgh [1] Falkirk [1] Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire [1] Flemington, Victoria [1] Fulham, London [1] Glastonbury, Somerset [1] Grangemouth, Stirlingshire [1] Grantham [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Hexham [1] High Spen, Ryton [1] Ingatestone, Essex [1] Inverness [1] Jarrow-on-Tyne, Durham [1] Kearsley, Lancashire [1] Kensington, London [1] Kirkcaldy, Fife [1] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1] Knipton, Grantham [1] Leeds [1] Leicester [1] Liverpool [1]

Rank

Gunner [146] Private [96] Driver [55] Serjeant [22] Bombardier [19] Corporal [18] Second Lieutenant [17] Lieutenant [12] Acting Bombardier [10] Lance Corporal [9] Major [6] Captain [5] Sapper [4] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Able Seaman [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Rifleman [2] Saddler [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 8th Corporal [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Chaplain [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Motor Cyclist [1] Pioneer [1] Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [172] Royal Garrison Artillery [72] Royal Horse Artillery [12] London Regiment [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Engineers [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Gordon Highlanders [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Highlanders [4] Army Service Corps [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Essex Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Artillery [3] Royal Scots [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Border Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Regiment of Artillery [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] 1/10th King's Liverpool Regiment [1] 100th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 115th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 135th Siege Battery [1] 22nd RFA [1] 24th Reinforcement [1] 26th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Service

British Army [366] Australian Imperial Force [4] Royal Navy [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [86] H [40] M [33] C [30] D [25] B [24] W [20] P [19] R [17] J [16] L [15] S [11] T [11] F [8] E [6] K [4] A [3] N [2] O [2] Y [2] Q [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [376]

Country

United Kingdom [18] France [1] Ireland [1] Italy [1]

Alfred Gibson

Died 1917

British Army 42908 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 42908 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd/5th Battalion

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Henry James Gibson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army S/8944 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 156498 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 156498 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Andrew Gibson

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 28/156 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 28/156 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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Archibald Gibson

Died 1916

British Army 2357 Private Highland Light Infantry 1/6th highland Battalion

British Army 2357 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Alfred Henry Salter Gibson

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 5348 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

British Army 552363 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

British Army 552363 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

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Abel Gibson

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 19850 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 19850 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Arthur Gordon Gibson

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 17167 Lance Corporal Royal Scots Fusiliers 7th Battalion

British Army 17167 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 7th Battalion

British Army 17167 Corporal Royal Scots Fusiliers 7th Battalion

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Alexander Gibson

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 57742 Driver Royal Engineers

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Andrew Gibson

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 353482 Private Royal Scots

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Arthur Edwin Gibson

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 28117 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 39132 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Albert Gibson

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 2070 Private Cavalry Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 2070 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Brian Ruston Heape

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Acting Captain Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Horse Artillery

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Joseph William Lancett

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 241266 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 19th Battalion - Tyneside Pioneers

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Samuel George Wiffen

Died 1917

British Army 70951 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 70951 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick Percival Davy

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 86520 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 4th Div Ammunition Col

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Charles Henry Calvert

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Artillery

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Samuel Wainwright

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 116308 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Alfred Gibson

Died 1918

British Army 17503 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Charles Hopcroft

Died 1917

British Army 89568 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Thomas Jones

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 81214 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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