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Leicester, Leicestershire [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Colac Victoria [3]

Leicester [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Abbotsford Victoria [2]

Ballymote, Sligo [2]

Breaston, Derbyshire [2]

Broke New South Wales [2]

Brompton, Yorkshire [2]

Bushfield Victoria [2]

Campbelltown New South Wales [2]

Eastleigh, Hampshire [2]

Faversham, Kent [2]

Glasgow [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Inverell New South Wales [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Kettering [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Leicestershire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Northampton, Northamptonshire [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Port Melbourne Victoria [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Trentham Victoria [2]

Uppington, Shropshire [2]

Winton Victoria [2]

Acton, London [1]

Annandale New South Wales [1]

Astley, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Belfast, Down [1]

Belgrave, Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Blackwood South Australia [1]

Bourke New South Wales [1]

Breaston, Derbysire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Cassils New South Wales [1]

Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Cheetham Hill, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [599]

Gunner [66]

Corporal [50]

Driver [42]

Sapper [41]

Serjeant [39]

Lance Corporal [26]

Second Lieutenant [25]

Lieutenant [19]

Captain [16]

Acting Corporal [7]

Pioneer [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Nursing Sister [4]

Rifleman [4]

Trooper [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Bombardier [3]

Colonel [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal/ Corporal/ Serjeant [1]

Farrier Corporal [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Fitter [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [81]

Labour Corps [66]

Army Service Corps [64]

Royal Field Artillery [61]

Leicestershire Regiment [49]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [40]

Royal Garrison Artillery [34]

Machine Gun Corps [31]

Royal Irish Rifles [31]

Royal Army Medical Corps [27]

London Regiment [26]

Yorkshire Regiment [19]

York and Lancaster Regiment [18]

Durham Light Infantry [17]

Northumberland Fusiliers [16]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16]

West Yorkshire Regiment [16]

Northamptonshire Regiment [15]

Rifle Brigade [15]

East Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Manchester Regiment [14]

Royal Naval Division [14]

Essex Regiment [13]

Canadian Infantry [12]

Liverpool Regiment [12]

West Riding Regiment [12]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [11]

South Staffordshire Regiment [11]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Suffolk Regiment [10]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Norfolk Regiment [8]

North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Royal Defence Corps [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

South Lancashire Regiment [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [7]

Cheshire Regiment [7]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [7]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [7]

Corps of Hussars [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Highland Light Infantry [6]

Royal Irish Regiment [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Coldstream Guards [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Service

British Army [901]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [91]

Royal Navy [85]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [80]

Australian Imperial Force [59]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18]

Last name first letter

G [1255]

Contribution

Military Service [1233]

Merchant Navy [15]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Leicester, Leicestershire [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Colac Victoria [3] Leicester [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Abbotsford Victoria [2] Ballymote, Sligo [2] Breaston, Derbyshire [2] Broke New South Wales [2] Brompton, Yorkshire [2] Bushfield Victoria [2] Campbelltown New South Wales [2] Eastleigh, Hampshire [2] Faversham, Kent [2] Glasgow [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Inverell New South Wales [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Kettering [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Leicestershire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex [2] Northampton, Northamptonshire [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Port Melbourne Victoria [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Trentham Victoria [2] Uppington, Shropshire [2] Winton Victoria [2] Acton, London [1] Annandale New South Wales [1] Astley, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Belfast, Down [1] Belgrave, Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Blackwood South Australia [1] Bourke New South Wales [1] Breaston, Derbysire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Brixton, London [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Cassils New South Wales [1] Castleford, Yorkshire [1] Cheetham Hill, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [599] Gunner [66] Corporal [50] Driver [42] Sapper [41] Serjeant [39] Lance Corporal [26] Second Lieutenant [25] Lieutenant [19] Captain [16] Acting Corporal [7] Pioneer [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Nursing Sister [4] Rifleman [4] Trooper [4] Able Seaman [3] Bombardier [3] Colonel [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal/ Corporal/ Serjeant [1] Farrier Corporal [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Fitter [1] Flight Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [81] Labour Corps [66] Army Service Corps [64] Royal Field Artillery [61] Leicestershire Regiment [49] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [40] Royal Garrison Artillery [34] Machine Gun Corps [31] Royal Irish Rifles [31] Royal Army Medical Corps [27] London Regiment [26] Yorkshire Regiment [19] York and Lancaster Regiment [18] Durham Light Infantry [17] Northumberland Fusiliers [16] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16] West Yorkshire Regiment [16] Northamptonshire Regiment [15] Rifle Brigade [15] East Yorkshire Regiment [14] Manchester Regiment [14] Royal Naval Division [14] Essex Regiment [13] Canadian Infantry [12] Liverpool Regiment [12] West Riding Regiment [12] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [11] South Staffordshire Regiment [11] Middlesex Regiment [10] Suffolk Regiment [10] Yorkshire Light Infantry [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Norfolk Regiment [8] North Staffordshire Regiment [8] Royal Defence Corps [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] South Lancashire Regiment [8] Army Veterinary Corps [7] Cheshire Regiment [7] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [7] Royal Irish Fusiliers [7] Corps of Hussars [6] East Lancashire Regiment [6] Highland Light Infantry [6] Royal Irish Regiment [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Coldstream Guards [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Service

British Army [901] Canadian Expeditionary Force [91] Royal Navy [85] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [80] Australian Imperial Force [59] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18]

Last name first letter

G [1255]

Contribution

Military Service [1233] Merchant Navy [15] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [27] Ireland [1]

Richard Sumner Gamble

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Attached 1/1st King George's Own Gurkhas Indian Army

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Robert Gamble

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 8833 Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion

British Army 2G/7 Company Quarter Master Sergeant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Garrison Battalion

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Wilfred Gamble

Born 1897

Died 1959

British Army 201864 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Fred Gamble

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109878

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Frederick Gamble

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297170

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Sydney James Gamble

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76283

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George Gamble

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 93335

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Robert Joseph Gamble

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 26641 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Frederick Hugill Gamble

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268383

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Harry Gamble

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269174

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Bertram Gamble

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 124004

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William Thompson Gamble

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269807

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Harry Gamble

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161807

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Cecil Thomas Gamble

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79307

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Tom Gamble

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99334

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Ben Howard Gamble

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80575

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Charles Albert Gamble

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284081

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David Gamble

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 8290 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Fred Gamble

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144281

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Frederick George Gamble

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193713

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