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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]

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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]

Alfred John Gatward

Born 1894

Died 1975

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127045

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Percy Charles Gatward

Born 1896

Died 1925

British Army Y 447 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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William Henry Gatward

Born 1900

Died 1979

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291904

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Philip John Gatward

Born 1883

Died 1958

British Army 15729 Private 79th (Rough Riders) Company,

British Army 15729 Private Transvaal Provisional Constabulary

British Army 15729 Private Imperial Light Horse Battalion

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Herbert Arthur Gatward

Born 1893

Died 1956

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 42774 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Wilfred Charles Gatward

Born 1897

Died 1959

British Army 37188 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 40393 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 155143 Private Machine Gun Corps

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George James Gatward

Born 1880

Died 1940

British Army 30540 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army 534032 Private Labour Corps

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George William Gatward

Born 1878

Died 1953

British Army 1118 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 940765 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Edgar Hulme Gatward

Born 1902

Died 1946

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Ernest Edward Gatward

Born 1895

Died 1983

British Army 40262 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 1291 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Frank Gatward

Born 1902

Died 1989

Royal Navy J. 90599 Various

Royal Navy J90599 Various

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Sidney George Gatward

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army L/14507(Incomplete) Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army L/14507(Incomplete) Private Royal Fusiliers

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Frederick James Gatward

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 1548 Lance Corporal Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 99144 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Tank Corps

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Henry Arthur Gatward

Born 1879

Died 1947

British Army 4258 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army J/201913 Private The Queen's Regiment

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James William Gatward

Born 1884

Died 1946

British Army 236294 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Ralph Gatward

Born 1886

Died 1968

British Army 6368 Lance-Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 5th Batt

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Herbert Thomas Gatward

Born 1888

Died 1971

British Army M2/032339 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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William Charles Gatwood Metcalfe

Born 1898

Died 1948

Royal Navy 2976 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Alfred Edward Gatward

Born 1885

Died 1943

Other Empire Force 351793 Fireman Merchant Navy Mercantile Marine Reserve

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Robert Horace Gatward

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 11464 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 11464 Lance Corporal Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1st Battalion.

British Army Lance Corporal Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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