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Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Clapham, London [2]

Eugowra New South Wales [2]

Kensington South Australia [2]

Openshaw England [2]

Pontypool, Monmouthshire [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Rochester, Kent [2]

Stonehouse, Devon [2]

Acton, Middlesex [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Ash, Maidstone, Kent [1]

Battersea, Surrey, England [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Clysthydon, Devon [1]

Cork [1]

Croydon, London [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Devon [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dulwich England [1]

Faversham, Kent [1]

Fleet, Hampshire [1]

Gosport, Devon [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Hobart Tasmania [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Kentish Town, London [1]

Limerick, Ireland [1]

Little Dunham, Swaffham, Norfolk [1]

London [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Marylebone, London, Middlesex [1]

Mildenhall [1]

Monks Eleigh [1]

Nova Scotia [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Redhill, Surrey [1]

Reepham, Norfolk [1]

Riverside, Antrim, Co Antrim, Ireland [1]

Romford England [1]

Ryde, Hampshire [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Shepton Mallet, Somerset [1]

Shotley, Suffolk [1]

Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [196]

Corporal [30]

Driver [28]

Gunner [25]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Serjeant [11]

Sapper [10]

Captain [9]

Lance Corporal [9]

Lieutenant [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Pioneer [4]

Able Seaman [2]

Bombardier [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Major [2]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Rifleman [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Saddler [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant RNVR [1]

Major Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Medical Officer [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant Interpreter [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Ship's Corporal 2nd Class [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Third Mate [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Wheeler [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [33]

Royal Engineers [28]

Labour Corps [27]

Army Service Corps [24]

Royal Garrison Artillery [15]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

London Regiment [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Devonshire Regiment [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

Essex Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Tank Corps [5]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Military Mounted Police [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [2]

13th Hussars [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [329]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [38]

Royal Navy [37]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

G [445]

Contribution

Military Service [437]

Merchant Navy [3]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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Place of birth

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Bristol, Somerset [2] Clapham, London [2] Eugowra New South Wales [2] Kensington South Australia [2] Openshaw England [2] Pontypool, Monmouthshire [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Rochester, Kent [2] Stonehouse, Devon [2] Acton, Middlesex [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Ash, Maidstone, Kent [1] Battersea, Surrey, England [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Clysthydon, Devon [1] Cork [1] Croydon, London [1] Deptford, London [1] Devon [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dulwich England [1] Faversham, Kent [1] Fleet, Hampshire [1] Gosport, Devon [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Hobart Tasmania [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Kentish Town, London [1] Limerick, Ireland [1] Little Dunham, Swaffham, Norfolk [1] London [1] London, Middlesex [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Marylebone, London [1] Marylebone, London, Middlesex [1] Mildenhall [1] Monks Eleigh [1] Nova Scotia [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Redhill, Surrey [1] Reepham, Norfolk [1] Riverside, Antrim, Co Antrim, Ireland [1] Romford England [1] Ryde, Hampshire [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Shepton Mallet, Somerset [1] Shotley, Suffolk [1] Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [196] Corporal [30] Driver [28] Gunner [25] Second Lieutenant [11] Serjeant [11] Sapper [10] Captain [9] Lance Corporal [9] Lieutenant [5] Acting Corporal [4] Pioneer [4] Able Seaman [2] Bombardier [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Leading Seaman [2] Major [2] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Rifleman [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Saddler [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant RNVR [1] Major Temporary Brigadier General [1] Medical Officer [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant Interpreter [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Ship's Corporal 2nd Class [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Third Mate [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Wheeler [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [33] Royal Engineers [28] Labour Corps [27] Army Service Corps [24] Royal Garrison Artillery [15] Machine Gun Corps [14] London Regiment [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Devonshire Regiment [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] Essex Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Suffolk Regiment [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Norfolk Regiment [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Tank Corps [5] East Kent Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [4] Military Mounted Police [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Border Regiment [3] Cambridgeshire Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [2] 13th Hussars [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Hussars [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [329] Canadian Expeditionary Force [38] Royal Navy [37] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21] Australian Imperial Force [10] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

G [445]

Contribution

Military Service [437] Merchant Navy [3] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

John Stewart Moore Gage

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Battalion

British Army 2nd Lieutenant The Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Sidney Gage

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 17515 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Simon Patrick Fraser Gage

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33500

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John Thomas Gage

Died 1915

British Army 10699 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 10699 Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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George Gage

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82060

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Albert Gage

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1298 Private Suffolk Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 1298 Corporal Suffolk Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 1298 Corporal Suffolk Regiment 11th

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Brenton Albert Hamilton Gage

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Gage

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229804

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Walter Richard Gage

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13981

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Ernest Edward Gage

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 15701

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Albert Henry George Gage

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236428

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George Fredrick Gage

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 2316 Private Suffolk Regiment Cyclists

British Army 43180 Private Suffolk Regiment 11th

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Albert Gage

Died 1917

British Army 61819 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Ernest Gage

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army G/2387 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/2387 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Edward S Gage

Born 1884

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Third Mate Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Third Mate Mercantile Marine: S.S. "Rappahannock"

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Harcourt Gage

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282468

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William George Gage

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219519

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Hadlas George Gage

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236208

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Robert Hewett Rookwood Gage

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 4394 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 855315 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 1st/5th Hants Battery

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Charles William Gage

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246472

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