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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Neutral Bay New South Wales [4]

Bermondsey, London [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Molong New South Wales [2]

Rockhampton Queensland [2]

Toowoomba Queensland [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Ballarat East Victoria [1]

Ballater, Aberdeenshire [1]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Castleton, Mayo [1]

Clonmel, Ireland [1]

Clonmel, Tipperary [1]

Concord New South Wales [1]

Crows Nest New South Wales [1]

Cudal New South Wales [1]

Dalby Queensland [1]

Dunblane, Perthshire [1]

Ellon, Aberdeenshire [1]

Forfar, Forfar [1]

Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Goole [1]

Hutchestown, Glasgow, Scotland [1]

Jondaryan Queensland [1]

Kilbrush [1]

Lanark Scotland [1]

Lancashire [1]

Leeds, West Yorkshire [1]

Leichhardt New South Wales [1]

Leith [1]

Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Liverpool [1]

Liverpool New South Wales [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Longreach Queensland [1]

Monkwearmouth Sunderland [1]

Myrtleford Victoria [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [274]

Driver [21]

Serjeant [21]

Corporal [18]

Gunner [15]

Lance Corporal [11]

Sapper [11]

Lieutenant [9]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Acting Corporal [6]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Captain [6]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Pioneer [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Nurse [2]

Rifleman [2]

2nd Cook’s Mate [1]

A.B. [1]

Acting Colonel Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cook’s Mate [1]

Fitter Staff Serjeant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Aircraftman [1]

Leading Cook’s Mate [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Paymaster Commander [1]

Paymaster Lieutenant Commander [1]

Probationary 2nd Cook’s Mate [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [37]

Royal Field Artillery [26]

Royal Engineers [25]

Gordon Highlanders [23]

Army Service Corps [17]

Connaught Rangers [15]

Royal Scots [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Highland Light Infantry [13]

East Lancashire Regiment [11]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [10]

Leinster Regiment [10]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [10]

South Lancashire Regiment [10]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

Scottish Rifles [9]

London Regiment [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Royal Defence Corps [8]

Royal Irish Regiment [8]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Cameron Highlanders [6]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [5]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

11th Hussars [3]

2nd Royal Scots [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [412]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [37]

Australian Imperial Force [34]

Royal Navy [27]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Last name first letter

G [544]

M [3]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [536]

Merchant Navy [10]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

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Place of birth

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Neutral Bay New South Wales [4] Bermondsey, London [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Bendigo Victoria [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Molong New South Wales [2] Rockhampton Queensland [2] Toowoomba Queensland [2] Aberdeen [1] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Ballarat East Victoria [1] Ballater, Aberdeenshire [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Castleton, Mayo [1] Clonmel, Ireland [1] Clonmel, Tipperary [1] Concord New South Wales [1] Crows Nest New South Wales [1] Cudal New South Wales [1] Dalby Queensland [1] Dunblane, Perthshire [1] Ellon, Aberdeenshire [1] Forfar, Forfar [1] Forfar, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Glasgow [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Goole [1] Hutchestown, Glasgow, Scotland [1] Jondaryan Queensland [1] Kilbrush [1] Lanark Scotland [1] Lancashire [1] Leeds, West Yorkshire [1] Leichhardt New South Wales [1] Leith [1] Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool New South Wales [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Longreach Queensland [1] Monkwearmouth Sunderland [1] Myrtleford Victoria [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [274] Driver [21] Serjeant [21] Corporal [18] Gunner [15] Lance Corporal [11] Sapper [11] Lieutenant [9] Second Lieutenant [9] Acting Corporal [6] Acting Serjeant [6] Captain [6] Acting Bombardier [3] Pioneer [3] Temporary Major [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Nurse [2] Rifleman [2] 2nd Cook’s Mate [1] A.B. [1] Acting Colonel Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brevet Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cook’s Mate [1] Fitter Staff Serjeant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Aircraftman [1] Leading Cook’s Mate [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Paymaster Commander [1] Paymaster Lieutenant Commander [1] Probationary 2nd Cook’s Mate [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [37] Royal Field Artillery [26] Royal Engineers [25] Gordon Highlanders [23] Army Service Corps [17] Connaught Rangers [15] Royal Scots [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Highland Light Infantry [13] East Lancashire Regiment [11] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [10] Leinster Regiment [10] Liverpool Regiment [10] Manchester Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Royal Irish Fusiliers [10] South Lancashire Regiment [10] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9] Scottish Rifles [9] London Regiment [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Royal Defence Corps [8] Royal Irish Regiment [8] King's Own Scottish Borderers [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Cameron Highlanders [6] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Army Veterinary Corps [5] Cheshire Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Munster Fusiliers [5] Royal Scots Fusiliers [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] 11th Hussars [3] 2nd Royal Scots [3] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [412] Canadian Expeditionary Force [37] Australian Imperial Force [34] Royal Navy [27] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Last name first letter

G [544] M [3] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [536] Merchant Navy [10] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

John Gavin

Born 1896

Died 1948

British Army 1525 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 795860 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1525/795860 Driver Royal Field Artillery B Battery West Riding

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Thomas Gavin

Born 1886

Died 1915

Royal Navy K.W/171 A.B. Royal Naval Division Nelson Bn.

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Charles Lawrence Edmund Gavin

Born 1867

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115555

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Aeneas Gavin

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5988

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Robert Gavin

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284067

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Robert Gavin

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 3093 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 137582 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 137582 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Arthur Gavin

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243562

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Alexander Gavin

Died 1916

British Army S/9664 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Lancelot Preston Gavin

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 4464 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 4464 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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Charles Frederick Gavin

Died 1915

British Army 10066 Private Scots Guards

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James Tinnock Bulkeley Gavin

Born 1894

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 6191

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John Gavin

Died 1915

British Army 6674 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Bernard Gavin

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282400

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Patrick Gavin

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107159

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James Daniel Milne Gavin

Born 1895

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 22127

Canadian Expeditionary Force 22127 Private Canadian Infantry

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Francis Herbert Gavin

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 172743

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Albert John Gavin

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80714

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Thomas Gavin

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 32893 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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James Gavin

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 10242 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 10242 Private Leinster Regiment

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Noel John Hay Gavin

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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