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Place of birth

Bath, Somerset [3]

Ashford, Kent [2]

Isleworth, Middlesex [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Beccles, Suffolk, England [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blackfriars, London [1]

Brampton, Suffolk [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Cape Town, South Africa [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Fletton, Huntingdonshire [1]

Frome, Somerset [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Glen Innes New South Wales [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Green Island, Hanover [1]

Hamstead England [1]

Havant, Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Hawkley, Hampshire [1]

Lewisham, Kent [1]

London [1]

London England [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Mowbray, Cape Town [1]

Much Wenlock, Shropshire [1]

Reedy Lake Victoria [1]

Regents Park, London [1]

Somerset [1]

Sommerton New South Wales [1]

South Shields, Durham [1]

Tauranga, Bay of Plenty [1]

Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire [1]

Wellington [1]

Williton, Somerset [1]

Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Woolwich England [1]

Wyalong New South Wales [1]

Wycheproof Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [287]

Gunner [32]

Driver [28]

Corporal [21]

Serjeant [17]

Sapper [10]

Lance Corporal [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Bombardier [6]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Captain [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Pioneer [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Bearer [1]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Trooper [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Farrier [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Overseer [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Staff Serjeant [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [41]

Labour Corps [37]

Royal Field Artillery [36]

Royal Engineers [24]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

London Regiment [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Hampshire Regiment [11]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Somerset Light Infantry [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

Army Veterinary Corps [8]

East Kent Regiment [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

South Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Welsh Regiment [7]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Gordon Highlanders [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Wiltshire Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

British West Indies Regiment [4]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Highlanders [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

Army Pay Corps [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [432]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36]

Royal Navy [29]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

G [516]

Contribution

Military Service [511]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Cuba [1]

France [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Bath, Somerset [3] Ashford, Kent [2] Isleworth, Middlesex [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Alton, Hampshire [1] Beccles, Suffolk, England [1] Birmingham [1] Blackfriars, London [1] Brampton, Suffolk [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Cape Town, South Africa [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Deptford, London [1] Fletton, Huntingdonshire [1] Frome, Somerset [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Glen Innes New South Wales [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Green Island, Hanover [1] Hamstead England [1] Havant, Southampton, Hampshire [1] Hawkley, Hampshire [1] Lewisham, Kent [1] London [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Mowbray, Cape Town [1] Much Wenlock, Shropshire [1] Reedy Lake Victoria [1] Regents Park, London [1] Somerset [1] Sommerton New South Wales [1] South Shields, Durham [1] Tauranga, Bay of Plenty [1] Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire [1] Wellington [1] Williton, Somerset [1] Windsor, Berkshire [1] Woolwich England [1] Wyalong New South Wales [1] Wycheproof Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [287] Gunner [32] Driver [28] Corporal [21] Serjeant [17] Sapper [10] Lance Corporal [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Acting Corporal [6] Bombardier [6] Acting Serjeant [3] Trooper [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Captain [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Pioneer [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Bearer [1] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Trooper [1] Deck Hand [1] Farrier [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Overseer [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Staff Serjeant [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [41] Labour Corps [37] Royal Field Artillery [36] Royal Engineers [24] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] London Regiment [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Hampshire Regiment [11] Durham Light Infantry [10] Rifle Brigade [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Somerset Light Infantry [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] Army Veterinary Corps [8] East Kent Regiment [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] South Staffordshire Regiment [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Welsh Regiment [7] East Surrey Regiment [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] Gordon Highlanders [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Wiltshire Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] British West Indies Regiment [4] Coldstream Guards [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Highlanders [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] West Riding Regiment [4] Army Pay Corps [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Essex Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [432] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36] Royal Navy [29] Australian Imperial Force [8] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

G [516]

Contribution

Military Service [511] Conscientious Objector [4] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [12] Cuba [1] France [1] New Zealand [1]

Ernest Henry Gardener

Born 1874

Died 1918

British Army X727 Private South African Infantry Battalion

South African Services X727 Sapper Royal Engineers 84th Miscellaneous Trades Company

South African Services X727 Private 4th South African Infantry South African Scottish Regiment

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Henry Thomas Gardener

Born 1899

Died 1942

British Army 48812 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 44637 Private Essex Regiment

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William James H Gardener

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94331

British Army Private Wiltshire Regiment 3rd (Militia) Battalion

British Army 11989 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Charles Henry Gardener

Born 1889

Died 1963

British Army 8721 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 191967 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 7817689 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Albert William Gardener

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103304

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Ernest Albert Gardener

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66718

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George Gardener

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197148

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Frederick George Gardener

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63363

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Charles Edward Gardener

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96923

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Charles Gardener

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24919

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James Edward Gardener

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44833

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Francis John Gardener

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215719

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Cyril Josiah Gardener

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220944

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Albert William Gardener

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298927

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Stanley William Gardener

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy SS9218 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory

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Henry Walter Gardener

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23108

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Ernest James Gardener

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115758

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Harold Gardener

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12743

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George Gardiner

Born 1894

Died 1941

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/587 Australian Imperial Force Maori Pioneer Battalion, 2/23 Infantry Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force VX38674 Australian Imperial Force Maori Pioneer Battalion, 2/23 Infantry Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force V85818 Australian Imperial Force Maori Pioneer Battalion, 2/23 Infantry Battalion

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Thomas John Gardener

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 40570 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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