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Cellardyke, Fifeshire [14]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [13]

Adelaide South Australia [12]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [11]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11]

London, Middlesex, England [9]

London, Middlesex [8]

Maidstone, Kent [8]

Manilla New South Wales [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

Brisbane Queensland [6]

Glasgow Scotland [6]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [6]

Warwickshire [6]

Bendigo Victoria [5]

Coventry, Warwickshire [5]

Brighton, Sussex [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4]

Lancaster, Lancashire [4]

London England [4]

Newcastle, Northumberland [4]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [4]

Stepney, London [4]

Sunderland, Durham [4]

Auckland [3]

Blackpool, Lancashire [3]

Bognor, Sussex [3]

Bridgwater, Somerset [3]

Canning Town, London [3]

Cellardyke, Fife [3]

Charters Towers Queensland [3]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [3]

Gravesend, Kent [3]

Islington, London [3]

Lancashire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Oxford [3]

Preston, Lancashire [3]

Reading, Berkshire [3]

Saint Pancras, London [3]

Scotland [3]

Stroud, Gloucestershire [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

York, Yorkshire [3]

Abingdon, Berkshire [2]

Armidale New South Wales [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bedford [2]

Rank

Private [2532]

Gunner [320]

Driver [238]

Serjeant [235]

Corporal [207]

Sapper [163]

Second Lieutenant [138]

Lance Corporal [110]

Captain [65]

Lieutenant [64]

Acting Corporal [36]

Acting Serjeant [35]

Bombardier [35]

Major [26]

Pioneer [25]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [22]

Acting Bombardier [16]

Colour Serjeant [13]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [13]

Company Serjeant Major [13]

Lieutenant Colonel [11]

Rifleman [11]

Staff Serjeant [11]

Worker [11]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [8]

Skipper [7]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Sister [6]

Temporary Captain [6]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [6]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [5]

Deck Hand [5]

Private Acting Corporal [5]

Temporary Major [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Guardsman [3]

Nurse [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Squadron Serjeant Major [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [367]

Royal Engineers [301]

Army Service Corps [294]

Labour Corps [266]

Royal Garrison Artillery [182]

London Regiment [157]

Royal Army Medical Corps [134]

Machine Gun Corps [129]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [105]

Gloucestershire Regiment [102]

Royal Fusiliers [96]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [63]

Durham Light Infantry [62]

Liverpool Regiment [62]

Middlesex Regiment [62]

Northumberland Fusiliers [61]

Rifle Brigade [59]

Worcestershire Regiment [56]

Highland Light Infantry [53]

Royal Army Service Corps [52]

Hampshire Regiment [49]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [48]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [48]

Manchester Regiment [46]

Somerset Light Infantry [45]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [43]

Northamptonshire Regiment [43]

Royal Naval Division [43]

Royal Scots [43]

Royal Sussex Regiment [41]

East Surrey Regiment [38]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [38]

South Wales Borderers [38]

Essex Regiment [37]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [37]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [37]

Yorkshire Regiment [37]

Army Veterinary Corps [36]

Lancashire Fusiliers [35]

Seaforth Highlanders [35]

Welsh Regiment [35]

East Kent Regiment [32]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [31]

Devonshire Regiment [30]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [30]

Tank Corps [30]

The Queen's Regiment [30]

Army Ordnance Corps [29]

Royal Highlanders [29]

South Staffordshire Regiment [29]

Service

British Army [4091]

Royal Navy [406]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [325]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [299]

Australian Imperial Force [226]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [45]

Other Empire Force [9]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

G [5507]

B [2]

L [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5369]

Merchant Navy [94]

Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [118]

Australia [2]

New Zealand [2]

United States [2]

Barbados [1]

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Cellardyke, Fifeshire [14] Portsmouth, Hampshire [13] Adelaide South Australia [12] Birmingham, Warwickshire [11] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11] London, Middlesex, England [9] London, Middlesex [8] Maidstone, Kent [8] Manilla New South Wales [8] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] Sydney New South Wales [7] Brisbane Queensland [6] Glasgow Scotland [6] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [6] Warwickshire [6] Bendigo Victoria [5] Coventry, Warwickshire [5] Brighton, Sussex [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4] Lancaster, Lancashire [4] London England [4] Newcastle, Northumberland [4] Oxford, Oxfordshire [4] Stepney, London [4] Sunderland, Durham [4] Auckland [3] Blackpool, Lancashire [3] Bognor, Sussex [3] Bridgwater, Somerset [3] Canning Town, London [3] Cellardyke, Fife [3] Charters Towers Queensland [3] Edinburgh, Midlothian [3] Gravesend, Kent [3] Islington, London [3] Lancashire [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Oxford [3] Preston, Lancashire [3] Reading, Berkshire [3] Saint Pancras, London [3] Scotland [3] Stroud, Gloucestershire [3] West Ham, Essex [3] York, Yorkshire [3] Abingdon, Berkshire [2] Armidale New South Wales [2] Battersea, London [2] Bedford [2]

Rank

Private [2532] Gunner [320] Driver [238] Serjeant [235] Corporal [207] Sapper [163] Second Lieutenant [138] Lance Corporal [110] Captain [65] Lieutenant [64] Acting Corporal [36] Acting Serjeant [35] Bombardier [35] Major [26] Pioneer [25] Warrant Officer Class 2 [22] Acting Bombardier [16] Colour Serjeant [13] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [13] Company Serjeant Major [13] Lieutenant Colonel [11] Rifleman [11] Staff Serjeant [11] Worker [11] Lance Serjeant [8] Private Acting Lance Corporal [8] Skipper [7] Stoker 1st Class [7] Able Seaman [6] Air Mechanic 1st Class [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Sister [6] Temporary Captain [6] Warrant Officer Class 1 [6] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Corporal Acting Serjeant [5] Deck Hand [5] Private Acting Corporal [5] Temporary Major [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Staff Nurse [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Company Serjeant Major [3] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Guardsman [3] Nurse [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Squadron Serjeant Major [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [367] Royal Engineers [301] Army Service Corps [294] Labour Corps [266] Royal Garrison Artillery [182] London Regiment [157] Royal Army Medical Corps [134] Machine Gun Corps [129] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [105] Gloucestershire Regiment [102] Royal Fusiliers [96] Royal Lancaster Regiment [63] Durham Light Infantry [62] Liverpool Regiment [62] Middlesex Regiment [62] Northumberland Fusiliers [61] Rifle Brigade [59] Worcestershire Regiment [56] Highland Light Infantry [53] Royal Army Service Corps [52] Hampshire Regiment [49] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [48] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [48] Manchester Regiment [46] Somerset Light Infantry [45] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [43] Northamptonshire Regiment [43] Royal Naval Division [43] Royal Scots [43] Royal Sussex Regiment [41] East Surrey Regiment [38] King's Royal Rifle Corps [38] South Wales Borderers [38] Essex Regiment [37] Royal Berkshire Regiment [37] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [37] Yorkshire Regiment [37] Army Veterinary Corps [36] Lancashire Fusiliers [35] Seaforth Highlanders [35] Welsh Regiment [35] East Kent Regiment [32] Royal Scots Fusiliers [31] Devonshire Regiment [30] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [30] Tank Corps [30] The Queen's Regiment [30] Army Ordnance Corps [29] Royal Highlanders [29] South Staffordshire Regiment [29]

Service

British Army [4091] Royal Navy [406] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [325] Canadian Expeditionary Force [299] Australian Imperial Force [226] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [45] Other Empire Force [9] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

G [5507] B [2] L [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5369] Merchant Navy [94] Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [118] Australia [2] New Zealand [2] United States [2] Barbados [1]

Harold Douglas Roy Gardner

Born 1899

Died 1977

British Army 39871 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Frank Gardner

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 7252 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7252 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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George Ryding Sankey Gardner

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

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Frederick Charles Gardner

Born 1878

Died 1948

British Army 101743 Private The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment

British Army 132598 Farrier Bombardier Acting Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Theophilus Gardner

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1580 Private Royal Newfoundland Regiment

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Percy William Gardner

Born 1893

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1120 Private. Infantry 'D' Company 36th Battalion

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Ernest Edward Gardner

Born 1890

Died 1970

Australian Imperial Force 3309 33th Battalion.

Australian Imperial Force 3309 Private. 36th Infantry Battalion

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George Gardner

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 24648 Lance Corporal Welsh Regiment 8th Battalion

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Henry Gardner

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 48489 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 56196 Private Welsh Regiment 9th Battalion

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William Gardner

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 18905 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

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James Thomas Gardner

Born 1868

Died 1914

Royal Navy 123062 Able Seaman HMS BULWARK

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Isaac Gardner

Died 1977

British Army 38464 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 90181 Private Labour Corps

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Oliver Gardner

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 72142 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 72142 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Leslie Francis Browning Gardner

Born 1891

Died 1966

British Army Royal Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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William Arthur Gardner

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army G/8092 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/8092 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 8th & 6th Battalion

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Frederick Gardner

Born 1893

British Army 25853 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Charlotte Le Gallais

Born 1881

Died 1956

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 22/137 Sister Hospital Ship No 1 Maheno NZ Army Nursing Service

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Harry Victor Gardner

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 6722 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 202827 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 202827 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 2/4th Battalion

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William Edward Gardner

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army R/8126 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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William George Gardner

Born 1891

Australian Imperial Force 2173

Australian Imperial Force 2173 Private

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