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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]

Sittingbourne, Kent [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]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Ross [2]

Shoreditch, London [2]

Upper Sturt South Australia [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]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [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]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

Hertfordshire Regiment [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [6]

Training Reserve [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] Sittingbourne, Kent [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] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Ross [2] Shoreditch, London [2] Upper Sturt South Australia [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] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [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] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] Hertfordshire Regiment [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [6] Training Reserve [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]

Arthur Gates

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 7005 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7005 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Arthur Noel Gates

Died 1917

British Army 113019 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers 176 Tunnelling Company

British Army

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Albert William Gates

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 7485 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 534074 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

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Samuel Gates

Died 1916

British Army 16299 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Laman Blanchard George Gates

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 17680 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 17680 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Alfred William Gates

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment

British Army Captain South Lancashire Regiment

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Ernest Gates

British Army 11186 Corporal Border Regiment 6th bord Battalion

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Edmund James Gates

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 14129 Private Coldstream Guards 5th Battalion

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Francis Cuthbert Gates

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51814

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William Gates

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57716

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Ernest Alfred Gates

Born 1886

Died 1957

British Army 15984(Incomplete) Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 159846 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery No1 Depot, Dover

British Army 159846 Signaller Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 145th Siege Bty.

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Arthur Gates

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91705

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Eric Chasemore Gates

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 13th lond Battalion

British Army Captain London Regiment 13th lond Battalion

British Army Captain London Regiment

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Ernest Gates

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 7445 Private Suffolk Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7445 Serjeant Suffolk Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7445 Serjeant Suffolk Regiment

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Herbert James Gates

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 3008 Private Buckinghamshire Battalion

British Army 266022 Lance Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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George Gates

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 2964 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 201007 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 201007 Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

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Thomas Gates

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 32249 Private East Surrey Regiment

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John Hughes Gates

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225916

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Harold Stanley Gates

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225971

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Edward G Gates

Born 1879

British Army 84401 Sapper Royal Engineers

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