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Therfield, Hertfordshire [11]

Cambridge [3]

Chesterton, Cambridgeshire [3]

Hauxton, Cambridgeshire [3]

Islington, London [3]

Luton [3]

Epping, Essex [2]

Great Maplestead, Essex [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hitchin, Hertfordshire [2]

Stepney, London [2]

Therfield [2]

Therfield, Hertfordhsire [2]

Waterford [2]

Whyteleafe, Surrey [2]

Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1]

Bow, Middlesex [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Bray, Berkshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Bromley By Bow, London [1]

Chesterton,Cambridgeshire [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Clapton, London [1]

Cromer, Norfolk [1]

Dalston, London [1]

Droitwich, Worcestershire [1]

Enfield, Middlesex [1]

Forest Gate, Essex [1]

Godstone, Surrey [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Grays, Essex, England [1]

Hackney [1]

Hackney, Middlesex [1]

Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire [1]

Holborn, London [1]

Kimpton, Hertfordshire [1]

Kimpton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Leyton, Essex [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Lower Clapton, Middlesex [1]

Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

Maldon [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Norwood, Surrey [1]

Old Ford Road, Bow, London [1]

Openshaw, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [53]

Gunner [10]

Corporal [6]

Lance Corporal [4]

Pioneer [4]

Driver [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Sapper [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain [1]

Fireman [1]

Inspector [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Orderly [1]

Pte [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sargent [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Wheeler [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Bedfordshire Regiment [8]

Labour Corps [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Royal Engineers [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Various [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

16th York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

79th (Rough Riders) Company, [1]

Bedfordshire [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

City of London Yeomanary [1]

City of London Yeomanry [1]

City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) [1]

Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

East African Transport Depot* [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Lancs. [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East York Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Hertfordshire Territorials Regiment [1]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [1]

Imperial Light Horse Battalion [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry, [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [77]

Royal Navy [8]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [95]

J [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [92]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

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People [97] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Therfield, Hertfordshire [11] Cambridge [3] Chesterton, Cambridgeshire [3] Hauxton, Cambridgeshire [3] Islington, London [3] Luton [3] Epping, Essex [2] Great Maplestead, Essex [2] Hackney, London [2] Hitchin, Hertfordshire [2] Stepney, London [2] Therfield [2] Therfield, Hertfordhsire [2] Waterford [2] Whyteleafe, Surrey [2] Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1] Bow, Middlesex [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Bray, Berkshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Brixton, London [1] Bromley By Bow, London [1] Chesterton,Cambridgeshire [1] Clapham, London [1] Clapton, London [1] Cromer, Norfolk [1] Dalston, London [1] Droitwich, Worcestershire [1] Enfield, Middlesex [1] Forest Gate, Essex [1] Godstone, Surrey [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Grays, Essex, England [1] Hackney [1] Hackney, Middlesex [1] Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire [1] Holborn, London [1] Kimpton, Hertfordshire [1] Kimpton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Lambeth, London [1] Leyton, Essex [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Lower Clapton, Middlesex [1] Luton, Bedfordshire [1] Maldon [1] Marylebone, London [1] Norwood, Surrey [1] Old Ford Road, Bow, London [1] Openshaw, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [53] Gunner [10] Corporal [6] Lance Corporal [4] Pioneer [4] Driver [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Sapper [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier [1] Captain [1] Fireman [1] Inspector [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Lieutenant [1] Orderly [1] Pte [1] Rifleman [1] Sargent [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Wheeler [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [9] Bedfordshire Regiment [8] Labour Corps [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Royal Engineers [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] Cambridgeshire Regiment [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Hertfordshire Regiment [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Various [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 16th York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 79th (Rough Riders) Company, [1] Bedfordshire [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Canadian Infantry [1] City of London Yeomanary [1] City of London Yeomanry [1] City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) [1] Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East African Transport Depot* [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Lancs. [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East York Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Hertfordshire Territorials Regiment [1] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [1] Imperial Light Horse Battalion [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry, [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [77] Royal Navy [8] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [95] J [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [92] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Henry George Gatward

Born 1881

Died 1936

British Army 3/8089 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 3980 Private Bedfordshire 3rd Battalion

British Army 3/8089 Private Bedfordshire 3rd transferred to 1st

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Arnold Walter Gatwood

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 305548 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 305548 Rifleman London Regiment 5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Briga

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George John Gatward

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army PS/11054 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 11054 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 11th Battalion

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Sidney Edward Jeffries

Born 1895

Died 1970

British Army 2855 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 202923 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 2855 Pte Norfolk Regiment 1/5th then 2/5th (Territorials)

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William Francis Gatward

Born 1880

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1018478

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1018478 Private Canadian Infantry

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Edward Gatward

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 19785 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 19785 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Arthur Gatward

Born 1871

Died 1922

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306269

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Henry George Gatward

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 35553 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 35553 Private Essex Regiment 4th Battalion.

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Frederick Gatward

Born 1893

Died 1968

British Army 88016 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 76th Field Ambulance

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William James Martin Gatward

Born 1849

Died 1917

British Army 3289 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40731 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40731 Lance Corporal City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) 1/1 Battalion

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William Arthur Gatward

Born 1880

Died 1957

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67536

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Frederick Leonard Gatward

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army G/37093 Private The Queen's Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army G/37093 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

British Army G/37093 Private Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1st Battalion.

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Walter Herbert Gatward

Born 1879

Died 1958

Canadian Expeditionary Force 229407

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Walter Reginald Gatward

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 22463 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Allison Bertie Gatward

Born 1881

Died 1950

British Army G/52517 Private Middlesex Regiment

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William James Gatward

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 7549 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 7549 Lance Corporal Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 7549 Private Honourable Artillery Company 2nd Battalion

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Charles Frederick Gatward

Born 1898

Died 1963

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142905

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Willson Haydn Gatward

Born 1901

Died 1960

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305987

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Frederick William Gattward

Born 1897

Died 1981

British Army 202313 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 44659 Private Border Regiment

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Stanley Edward Gatward

Born 1877

Died 1961

British Army 145699 Orderly British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem

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