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Sydney New South Wales [6]

Ballarat Victoria [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [4]

Newcastle New South Wales [4]

Battersea, Surrey [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Islington, London [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Auburn Victoria [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [2]

Brockenhurst, Hampshire [2]

Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire [2]

Falmouth, Cornwall [2]

Fareham, Hampshire [2]

Faversham, Kent [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Gorleston, Suffolk [2]

Gunnedah New South Wales [2]

Hackney, London, Middlesex [2]

Hove, Sussex [2]

Kent [2]

Kerang Victoria [2]

Lewes, Sussex [2]

Lewisham New South Wales [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Nayland, Suffolk [2]

Parramatta New South Wales [2]

Port Adelaide South Australia [2]

Shoreditch, London [2]

Sittingbourne, Kent [2]

Upper Sturt South Australia [2]

Weston Turville, Bucks [2]

Whitchurch, Hampshire [2]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Ashurst, Sussex [1]

Aston Clinton [1]

Auckland, New Zealand [1]

Avalon USA South Australia [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Barry, Glamorganshire [1]

Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire [1]

Berry New South Wales [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Rank

Private [590]

Driver [70]

Gunner [64]

Serjeant [52]

Corporal [44]

Sapper [42]

Second Lieutenant [28]

Lance Corporal [24]

Acting Corporal [15]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Pioneer [9]

Lieutenant [7]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Captain [5]

Bombardier [4]

Rifleman [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Trooper [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Drummer [3]

Guardsman [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

Acting Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Boy [1]

Conductor [1]

Corporal Acintg Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver Acting Corporal [1]

Engineman [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Forwarding Supervisor [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [85]

Royal Field Artillery [84]

Labour Corps [76]

Army Service Corps [65]

London Regiment [56]

Hampshire Regiment [46]

Royal Garrison Artillery [33]

Royal Fusiliers [29]

Royal Sussex Regiment [27]

Machine Gun Corps [23]

Royal Army Medical Corps [23]

Suffolk Regiment [23]

East Kent Regiment [19]

Middlesex Regiment [19]

Bedfordshire Regiment [17]

Northamptonshire Regiment [15]

Royal Army Service Corps [15]

East Surrey Regiment [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [14]

Royal West Kent Regiment [14]

The Queen's Regiment [14]

Norfolk Regiment [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

Essex Regiment [10]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [9]

Canadian Infantry [9]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

South Wales Borderers [9]

West Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Army Veterinary Corps [8]

Coldstream Guards [8]

Dorsetshire Regiment [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Royal Horse Artillery [8]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [8]

South Lancashire Regiment [8]

Welsh Regiment [8]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

West Riding Regiment [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

Hertfordshire Regiment [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [6]

Service

British Army [935]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [123]

Royal Navy [116]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [81]

Australian Imperial Force [81]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Last name first letter

G [1375]

A [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1337]

Merchant Navy [25]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

India [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [6] Ballarat Victoria [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [4] Newcastle New South Wales [4] Battersea, Surrey [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Islington, London [3] London, Middlesex [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Auburn Victoria [2] Battersea, London [2] Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [2] Brockenhurst, Hampshire [2] Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire [2] Falmouth, Cornwall [2] Fareham, Hampshire [2] Faversham, Kent [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Gorleston, Suffolk [2] Gunnedah New South Wales [2] Hackney, London, Middlesex [2] Hove, Sussex [2] Kent [2] Kerang Victoria [2] Lewes, Sussex [2] Lewisham New South Wales [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Nayland, Suffolk [2] Parramatta New South Wales [2] Port Adelaide South Australia [2] Shoreditch, London [2] Sittingbourne, Kent [2] Upper Sturt South Australia [2] Weston Turville, Bucks [2] Whitchurch, Hampshire [2] Albury New South Wales [1] Alton, Hampshire [1] Ashurst, Sussex [1] Aston Clinton [1] Auckland, New Zealand [1] Avalon USA South Australia [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Barry, Glamorganshire [1] Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire [1] Berry New South Wales [1] Bethnal Green, London [1]

Rank

Private [590] Driver [70] Gunner [64] Serjeant [52] Corporal [44] Sapper [42] Second Lieutenant [28] Lance Corporal [24] Acting Corporal [15] Acting Serjeant [9] Pioneer [9] Lieutenant [7] Acting Bombardier [5] Captain [5] Bombardier [4] Rifleman [4] Temporary Captain [4] Trooper [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Drummer [3] Guardsman [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2] Gunner Acting Bombardier [2] Leading Seaman [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Acting Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Boy [1] Conductor [1] Corporal Acintg Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver Acting Corporal [1] Engineman [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Forwarding Supervisor [1] Lance Bombardier [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [85] Royal Field Artillery [84] Labour Corps [76] Army Service Corps [65] London Regiment [56] Hampshire Regiment [46] Royal Garrison Artillery [33] Royal Fusiliers [29] Royal Sussex Regiment [27] Machine Gun Corps [23] Royal Army Medical Corps [23] Suffolk Regiment [23] East Kent Regiment [19] Middlesex Regiment [19] Bedfordshire Regiment [17] Northamptonshire Regiment [15] Royal Army Service Corps [15] East Surrey Regiment [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [14] Royal West Kent Regiment [14] The Queen's Regiment [14] Norfolk Regiment [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] Rifle Brigade [13] Durham Light Infantry [12] Essex Regiment [10] Cambridgeshire Regiment [9] Canadian Infantry [9] Devonshire Regiment [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] South Wales Borderers [9] West Yorkshire Regiment [9] Army Veterinary Corps [8] Coldstream Guards [8] Dorsetshire Regiment [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Royal Horse Artillery [8] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [8] South Lancashire Regiment [8] Welsh Regiment [8] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Berkshire Regiment [7] Royal Naval Division [7] West Riding Regiment [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] Hertfordshire Regiment [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [6]

Service

British Army [935] Canadian Expeditionary Force [123] Royal Navy [116] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [81] Australian Imperial Force [81] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Last name first letter

G [1375] A [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1337] Merchant Navy [25] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [30] India [1]

Frank Arthur Gates

Born 1884

Died 1947

British Army 3956 Private Scots Guards

Royal Navy R/3581 Ordinary Seaman RNVR Royal Naval Division 2nd Reserve Battalion

Royal Navy R/3581 Able Seaman RNVR Royal Naval Division 2nd Reserve Battalion

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Frank John Gates

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 371624 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Alfred Gates

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army GS/7533 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 8th Battalion

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William Gates

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 4/7977 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 5/7241 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 242421 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 5th Battalion

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Frederick John Harry Gates

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 2756 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment

British Army 2756 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 200484 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Edward Charles Gates

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 3821 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army TF/201263 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 4th Battalion

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Leonard Gates

Born 1879

Died 1916

Royal Navy Leading Seaman HMS Duke of Wellington

Royal Navy Petty Officer 1st Class HMS St Vincent

Royal Navy 178238 Petty Officer HMS Southampton

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Edward Daniel Gates

Died 1918

British Army 8325 Private Coldstream Guards

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William John Gates

Born 1891

British Army 10050 Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 10050 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10050 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Alfred John Gates

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220980

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Charles Gates

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267357

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Albert George Gates

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26581

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William Bernard Gates

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27119

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Robert Edward Gates

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106785

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Frank Gates

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211596

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Russell Edwin Gates

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144838

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Alfred Thomas Gates

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144453

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Richard Gates

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105691

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John William Gates

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122981

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Edmund Phillip Gates

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291540

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