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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9]

Birkdale, Lancashire [4]

Carlton Victoria [4]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Deloraine Tasmania [2]

Galway [2]

Ipswich Queensland [2]

Jerseyville New South Wales [2]

Jumbunna Victoria [2]

Lightning Ridge New South Wales [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Araluen New South Wales [1]

Auburn New South Wales [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Binalong New South Wales [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Boston, United States of America [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Cape Town [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Cullen Bullen New South Wales [1]

Deniliquin New South Wales [1]

Dublin [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Emmaville New South Wales [1]

Fairfield New South Wales [1]

Forbes New South Wales [1]

Gembrook Victoria [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Granville New South Wales [1]

Grenfell New South Wales [1]

Hillgrove New South Wales [1]

Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales [1]

Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire [1]

Kempsey New South Wales [1]

Leixlip, Kildare [1]

Liverpool [1]

Liverpool New South Wales [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Mayo, Ireland [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Minindi New South Wales [1]

Mudgee New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [280]

Gunner [31]

Driver [21]

Sapper [21]

Corporal [19]

Serjeant [16]

Lance Corporal [7]

Pioneer [7]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Captain [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commissary [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Donkeyman [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Serjeant /Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Signaller Acting Bombardier [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Trimmer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [36]

Labour Corps [34]

Royal Engineers [33]

Army Service Corps [23]

Lancashire Fusiliers [17]

Liverpool Regiment [17]

Royal Army Medical Corps [17]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [15]

South Lancashire Regiment [14]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Cheshire Regiment [10]

Connaught Rangers [10]

Royal Irish Regiment [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

Leinster Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Highlanders [6]

Royal Scots [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Irish Rifles [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

Irish Guards [3]

Northumberland Regiment [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

16th York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

23rd Cavalry [2]

9th Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [406]

Australian Imperial Force [52]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [41]

Royal Navy [22]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [554]

Contribution

Military Service [538]

Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9] Birkdale, Lancashire [4] Carlton Victoria [4] Sydney New South Wales [3] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Deloraine Tasmania [2] Galway [2] Ipswich Queensland [2] Jerseyville New South Wales [2] Jumbunna Victoria [2] Lightning Ridge New South Wales [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Araluen New South Wales [1] Auburn New South Wales [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Binalong New South Wales [1] Birmingham England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Boston, United States of America [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Cape Town [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Cullen Bullen New South Wales [1] Deniliquin New South Wales [1] Dublin [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Emmaville New South Wales [1] Fairfield New South Wales [1] Forbes New South Wales [1] Gembrook Victoria [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Granville New South Wales [1] Grenfell New South Wales [1] Hillgrove New South Wales [1] Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales [1] Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire [1] Kempsey New South Wales [1] Leixlip, Kildare [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool New South Wales [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Mayo, Ireland [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Minindi New South Wales [1] Mudgee New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [280] Gunner [31] Driver [21] Sapper [21] Corporal [19] Serjeant [16] Lance Corporal [7] Pioneer [7] Acting Serjeant [5] Captain [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Major [2] Rifleman [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Bombardier [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commissary [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Donkeyman [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Serjeant /Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Signaller Acting Bombardier [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Trimmer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [36] Labour Corps [34] Royal Engineers [33] Army Service Corps [23] Lancashire Fusiliers [17] Liverpool Regiment [17] Royal Army Medical Corps [17] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [15] South Lancashire Regiment [14] Manchester Regiment [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Cheshire Regiment [10] Connaught Rangers [10] Royal Irish Regiment [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] North Staffordshire Regiment [8] Royal Irish Fusiliers [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] Leinster Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7] Royal Munster Fusiliers [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Highlanders [6] Royal Scots [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Irish Rifles [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] Irish Guards [3] Northumberland Regiment [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] 16th York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 23rd Cavalry [2] 9th Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [406] Australian Imperial Force [52] Canadian Expeditionary Force [41] Royal Navy [22] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [554]

Contribution

Military Service [538] Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

Michael Gannon

Born 1892

Died 1922

British Army 201881 Private Liverpool Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 201881 Rifleman King's Liverpool Regiment 5th Battalion

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Matthew Gannon

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 4232 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 4232 Private Kings Liverpool Regiment 1/7th

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Patrick Gannon

Born 1874

Died 1926

British Army 13087 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 424135 Private Labour Corps

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John Joseph Gannon

Born 1886

Died 1935

British Army 4421 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 266690 Private 7th King's Liverpool Regiment

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Austin Gannon

Born 1899

Died 1955

British Army 117766 Private Machine Gun Corps

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James Gannon

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48409

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Christopher Gannon

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136437

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Victor Winn Gannon

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285994

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Michael Gannon

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289790

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Thomas Gannon

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28887

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Aaron 'dick' Gannon

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 29780 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Charles Gannon

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy 928609 Trimmer Mercantile Marine Reserve

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Royal Navy 928609 Trimmer Mercantile Marine Reserve - H.M.S. "Otranto,"

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F Gannon

Died 1918

British Army 11215 Serjeant Liverpool Regiment

British Army 11215 Serjeant The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Joseph Gannon

Died 1916

British Army 4907 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 4907 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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James Gannon

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 37393 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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John Gannon

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 7435 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Jack Rose Compton Gannon

Born 1882

Died 1980

British Army Captain 4th Hussars

Indian Army Major 23rd Cavalry

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John Gannon

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81719

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James Thomas Gannon

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 40964 Private Manchester Regiment

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James Gannon

Died 1918

British Army 2102 Private South Irish Horse

British Army 25313 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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