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Erdington, Warks [2]

Arncliffe New South Wales [1]

Castletown, Isle of Man, England [1]

Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Junee New South Wales [1]

Junee Reefs New South Wales [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Richmond Victoria [1]

Ripon, Yorkshire [1]

Santon, Isle of Man, England [1]

Skipton, Yorkshire [1]

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Private [32]

Gunner [5]

Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Sapper [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Captain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

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Royal Engineers [7]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Labour Corps [5]

Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Border Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

13th Royal Scots [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Depot Rifle Brigade [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

London Regiment [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Engineers Transport [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Scots [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

South Lancashire Regiment [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [1]

West Africa Regiment [1]

West Riding Regiment [1]

Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [51]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Royal Navy [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

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G [70]

Contribution

Military Service [66]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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Place of birth

Erdington, Warks [2] Arncliffe New South Wales [1] Castletown, Isle of Man, England [1] Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Junee New South Wales [1] Junee Reefs New South Wales [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Richmond Victoria [1] Ripon, Yorkshire [1] Santon, Isle of Man, England [1] Skipton, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [32] Gunner [5] Lance Corporal [3] Acting Corporal [2] Sapper [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Serjeant [2] Captain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper Acting Lance Corporal [1] Sergeant [1]

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Royal Engineers [7] Liverpool Regiment [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Labour Corps [5] Army Service Corps [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Border Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] 13th Royal Scots [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Depot Rifle Brigade [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] London Regiment [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Engineers Transport [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Scots [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] South Lancashire Regiment [1] South Wales Borderers [1] Warwickshire Yeomanry [1] West Africa Regiment [1] West Riding Regiment [1] Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [51] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Australian Imperial Force [4] Royal Navy [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [70]

Contribution

Military Service [66] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

John Raisbeck Gelling

Born 1895

Died 1976

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment Trench Mortar Battery

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment Trench Mortar Batttery

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Phillip Raisbeck Gelling

Born 1898

Died 1988

British Army 2771 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 310758 Second Lieutenant Corps of Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

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Joseph Gelling

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111004

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William Sinclair Gelling

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army M2/080741 Private Army Service Corps

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William Gelling

Born 1887

Died 1931

British Army 30466 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Leslie Gelling

Australian Imperial Force 457

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William Gelling

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 202359 Private Manchester Regiment

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James Gelling

Died 1917

British Army 16117 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Thomas Gelling

Australian Imperial Force 390

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George Gelling

Born 1879

Died 1927

British Army 13560 Private West Riding Regiment

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Wilfred Gelling

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178255

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John Thomas Gelling

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 20838 Private 13th Royal Scots

British Army 20838 Private Royal Scots

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William Gelling

British Army 30466 Gunner Royal Defence Corps

British Army 30466 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 7th Battery

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John Stephen Gelling

Born 1872

British Army 69882 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 138th Army Troop

British Army 69882 Sergeant Royal Engineers

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Cecil Reginald Wilberforce Gelling

Born 1899

Royal Navy 20238 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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Phillip Gelling

Australian Imperial Force 1337

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Roy Gelling

Australian Imperial Force

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George Robert Gelling

Born 1892

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3080622

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Herbert Carrin Gelling

Born 1899

Royal Navy J55118

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Edward Foster Gelling

Born 1874

Canadian Expeditionary Force 467091

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