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Adelaide South Australia [7]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [5]

Carlton Victoria [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Ballarat Victoria [4]

Berwick Victoria [4]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [4]

Maidstone, Kent [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Brighton Victoria [3]

Bristol England [3]

Bunbury Western Australia [3]

Casterton Victoria [3]

Christchurch [3]

Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

Albany Western Australia [2]

Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [2]

Armidale New South Wales [2]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Beccles, Suffolk [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Benalla Victoria [2]

Bermondsey, Surrey, England [2]

Berry New South Wales [2]

Bishop Auckland, Durham, England [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Butley, Suffolk [2]

Castlemaine Victoria [2]

Clapham, London [2]

Coleraine Victoria [2]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Coonabarabran New South Wales [2]

Cootamundra New South Wales [2]

Cork [2]

Faversham, Kent [2]

Feltham, Middlesex [2]

Ferguson Western Australia [2]

Frome, Somerset [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Gravesend, Kent [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Killyhevlin, Co Fermanagh [2]

Leatherhead, Surrey [2]

London England [2]

Lurg Victoria [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Private [1305]

Gunner [154]

Serjeant [123]

Driver [115]

Corporal [104]

Lance Corporal [75]

Second Lieutenant [71]

Sapper [69]

Captain [31]

Acting Serjeant [22]

Lieutenant [19]

Major [18]

Acting Corporal [17]

Rifleman [11]

Pioneer [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Bombardier [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Guardsman [6]

Nursing Sister [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Sister [5]

Worker [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Captain [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Drummer [3]

Reverend [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Lance Serjeant [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Nurse [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Army Service Corps [161]

Labour Corps [159]

Royal Field Artillery [155]

Royal Engineers [146]

London Regiment [101]

Royal Garrison Artillery [85]

Machine Gun Corps [66]

Gloucestershire Regiment [62]

Highland Light Infantry [50]

Royal Army Medical Corps [47]

Royal Highlanders [42]

Royal Fusiliers [39]

Suffolk Regiment [38]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [36]

Middlesex Regiment [35]

Northumberland Fusiliers [35]

The Queen's Regiment [32]

Royal Scots [31]

Gordon Highlanders [30]

Scottish Rifles [29]

Yorkshire Regiment [28]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [26]

Seaforth Highlanders [26]

Durham Light Infantry [25]

Essex Regiment [23]

Hampshire Regiment [23]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [23]

Worcestershire Regiment [23]

Canadian Infantry [22]

Rifle Brigade [21]

Royal Irish Rifles [21]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [21]

Liverpool Regiment [20]

East Surrey Regiment [17]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [17]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [17]

South Wales Borderers [17]

Welsh Regiment [17]

Manchester Regiment [16]

Royal Army Service Corps [16]

Royal Naval Division [16]

Norfolk Regiment [15]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [15]

Royal West Kent Regiment [15]

Border Regiment [14]

Cheshire Regiment [14]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Royal Flying Corps [13]

Tank Corps [13]

Service

British Army [2085]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [235]

Australian Imperial Force [233]

Royal Navy [178]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [144]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [53]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

G [2985]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2921]

Merchant Navy [44]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [52]

Belgium [1]

Egypt [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Adelaide South Australia [7] Bristol, Gloucestershire [5] Carlton Victoria [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Ballarat Victoria [4] Berwick Victoria [4] Hull, Yorkshire, England [4] Maidstone, Kent [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Brighton Victoria [3] Bristol England [3] Bunbury Western Australia [3] Casterton Victoria [3] Christchurch [3] Ipswich, Suffolk [3] Albany Western Australia [2] Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [2] Armidale New South Wales [2] Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Beccles, Suffolk [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Benalla Victoria [2] Bermondsey, Surrey, England [2] Berry New South Wales [2] Bishop Auckland, Durham, England [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Butley, Suffolk [2] Castlemaine Victoria [2] Clapham, London [2] Coleraine Victoria [2] Collingwood Victoria [2] Coonabarabran New South Wales [2] Cootamundra New South Wales [2] Cork [2] Faversham, Kent [2] Feltham, Middlesex [2] Ferguson Western Australia [2] Frome, Somerset [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Gravesend, Kent [2] Hackney, London [2] Killyhevlin, Co Fermanagh [2] Leatherhead, Surrey [2] London England [2] Lurg Victoria [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Private [1305] Gunner [154] Serjeant [123] Driver [115] Corporal [104] Lance Corporal [75] Second Lieutenant [71] Sapper [69] Captain [31] Acting Serjeant [22] Lieutenant [19] Major [18] Acting Corporal [17] Rifleman [11] Pioneer [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Lance Serjeant [9] Bombardier [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Colour Serjeant [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Guardsman [6] Nursing Sister [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Sister [5] Worker [5] Able Seaman [4] Lieutenant Acting Captain [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Captain [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Deck Hand [3] Drummer [3] Reverend [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Lance Serjeant [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2] Nurse [2] Petty Officer [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant Major [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Army Service Corps [161] Labour Corps [159] Royal Field Artillery [155] Royal Engineers [146] London Regiment [101] Royal Garrison Artillery [85] Machine Gun Corps [66] Gloucestershire Regiment [62] Highland Light Infantry [50] Royal Army Medical Corps [47] Royal Highlanders [42] Royal Fusiliers [39] Suffolk Regiment [38] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [36] Middlesex Regiment [35] Northumberland Fusiliers [35] The Queen's Regiment [32] Royal Scots [31] Gordon Highlanders [30] Scottish Rifles [29] Yorkshire Regiment [28] Royal Berkshire Regiment [26] Seaforth Highlanders [26] Durham Light Infantry [25] Essex Regiment [23] Hampshire Regiment [23] King's Royal Rifle Corps [23] Worcestershire Regiment [23] Canadian Infantry [22] Rifle Brigade [21] Royal Irish Rifles [21] Royal Scots Fusiliers [21] Liverpool Regiment [20] East Surrey Regiment [17] King's Own Scottish Borderers [17] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [17] South Wales Borderers [17] Welsh Regiment [17] Manchester Regiment [16] Royal Army Service Corps [16] Royal Naval Division [16] Norfolk Regiment [15] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [15] Royal West Kent Regiment [15] Border Regiment [14] Cheshire Regiment [14] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Royal Flying Corps [13] Tank Corps [13]

Service

British Army [2085] Canadian Expeditionary Force [235] Australian Imperial Force [233] Royal Navy [178] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [144] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [53] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

G [2985] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2921] Merchant Navy [44] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [52] Belgium [1] Egypt [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

Alfred Rupert Gardiner

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army TR/27514 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 51st Battalion

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James Gardiner

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280023

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Richard Henry Gardiner

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 3144 Rifleman 3rd Rifle Brigate

British Army 3144 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

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Aubrey Clarence Gardiner

Born 1891

Died 1973

Royal Navy F30056 AM I (E) RNAS HMS "President II"

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230056 Royal Air Force

Royal Navy F30056 AM I (E) RNAS HMS "Daedalus"

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Albert Gardiner

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141644

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Ashley James Gardiner

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 555208 Private London Regiment 16 (County of London) Battalion (Queen's Westminster Rifles) (Territorial Force)

British Army Second Lieutenant Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 1st Battalion

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John Gardiner

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 9483 Acting Serjeant South Wales Borderers

British Army 9483 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9483 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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William Gardiner

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21297

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James William Gardiner

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60593

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Robert Gardiner

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144410

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Hartley Albert Gardiner

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11516

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Lionel George Gardiner

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211115

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Harold Gardiner

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205647

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Charles George Gardiner

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408524

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Edwin Arthur Gardiner

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 372020 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 4431 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Victor William Gardiner

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41463

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Thomas Edward Gardiner

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192668

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Alfred Harris Gardiner

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43340

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James W Gardiner

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 9973 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 9973 Lance Corporal Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 9973 Acting Corporal Shropshire Light Infantry

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Albert Edward Busby Gardiner

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214429

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