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Liverpool, Lancashire [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Liverpool [3]

Aspull [2]

Blackpool [2]

Dublin [2]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [2]

Morecambe [2]

Poole, Dorset [2]

Redfern New South Wales [2]

Uttoxeter, Staffordshire [2]

Widnes, Lancashire [2]

Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Wolstanton, Staffordshire [2]

Aspull, Nr. Wigan. [1]

Baden, Ontario [1]

Barrow, Lancs [1]

Bellarine Victoria [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Blackpool ENGLAND [1]

Bolton ENGLAND [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bourke New South Wales [1]

Bridport, Dorset [1]

Bridport, Dorset, England [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Buckingham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Chester [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Clermont Queensland [1]

Coonoor STH INDIA [1]

Cranbourne, Dorset [1]

Cuddington, Cheshire [1]

East Ardsley Yorks [1]

Edge Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Farnworth Lancashire [1]

Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1]

Gympie Queensland [1]

Hartford, Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Heaton, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Holloway, London, Middlesex [1]

Hornsey, London [1]

Hornsey, Middlesex [1]

Horwich ENGLAND [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Kidsgrove, Staffordshire [1]

Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [433]

Gunner [51]

Driver [38]

Sapper [30]

Corporal [28]

Serjeant [26]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Lance Corporal [17]

Captain [13]

Lieutenant [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Bombardier [6]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Deck Hand [4]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Colonel [3]

Guardsman [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Nurse [2]

Rifleman [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Steward [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

11664 [1]

22086 [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Air Commodore [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Forewoman [1]

Battery Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain /Acting Major [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Colonel Assistant Director Medical Services [1]

Colour Serjeant Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Forewoman [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [66]

Army Service Corps [48]

Royal Engineers [46]

Labour Corps [39]

Royal Garrison Artillery [30]

Liverpool Regiment [28]

South Lancashire Regiment [28]

Cheshire Regiment [27]

Lancashire Fusiliers [22]

Machine Gun Corps [22]

Manchester Regiment [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [21]

Gordon Highlanders [18]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [17]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [15]

London Regiment [14]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [12]

Welsh Regiment [10]

East Lancashire Regiment [9]

Border Regiment [8]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Highlanders [7]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Scots [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Tank Corps [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Service

British Army [690]

Royal Navy [49]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [48]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [40]

Australian Imperial Force [17]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [871]

J [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [850]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

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People [873] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [8] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Liverpool [3] Aspull [2] Blackpool [2] Dublin [2] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [2] Morecambe [2] Poole, Dorset [2] Redfern New South Wales [2] Uttoxeter, Staffordshire [2] Widnes, Lancashire [2] Wigan, Lancashire [2] Wolstanton, Staffordshire [2] Aspull, Nr. Wigan. [1] Baden, Ontario [1] Barrow, Lancs [1] Bellarine Victoria [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Blackpool ENGLAND [1] Bolton ENGLAND [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bourke New South Wales [1] Bridport, Dorset [1] Bridport, Dorset, England [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Buckingham, Buckinghamshire [1] Chester [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Clermont Queensland [1] Coonoor STH INDIA [1] Cranbourne, Dorset [1] Cuddington, Cheshire [1] East Ardsley Yorks [1] Edge Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Farnworth Lancashire [1] Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1] Gympie Queensland [1] Hartford, Northwich, Cheshire [1] Heaton, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Holloway, London, Middlesex [1] Hornsey, London [1] Hornsey, Middlesex [1] Horwich ENGLAND [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Kidsgrove, Staffordshire [1] Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [433] Gunner [51] Driver [38] Sapper [30] Corporal [28] Serjeant [26] Second Lieutenant [20] Lance Corporal [17] Captain [13] Lieutenant [7] Acting Corporal [6] Bombardier [6] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Deck Hand [4] Pioneer [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Colonel [3] Guardsman [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Nurse [2] Rifleman [2] Staff Nurse [2] Steward [2] Temporary Major [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] 11664 [1] 22086 [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Air Commodore [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Forewoman [1] Battery Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Bugler [1] Captain /Acting Major [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Colonel Assistant Director Medical Services [1] Colour Serjeant Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Forewoman [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [66] Army Service Corps [48] Royal Engineers [46] Labour Corps [39] Royal Garrison Artillery [30] Liverpool Regiment [28] South Lancashire Regiment [28] Cheshire Regiment [27] Lancashire Fusiliers [22] Machine Gun Corps [22] Manchester Regiment [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [21] Gordon Highlanders [18] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [17] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [15] London Regiment [14] Royal Fusiliers [13] Royal Lancaster Regiment [12] Welsh Regiment [10] East Lancashire Regiment [9] Border Regiment [8] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Highlanders [7] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] King's Own Scottish Borderers [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Scots [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] West Riding Regiment [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Tank Corps [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Service

British Army [690] Royal Navy [49] Canadian Expeditionary Force [48] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [40] Australian Imperial Force [17] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [871] J [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [850] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [12] Canada [1] Germany [1]

Adam Gerrard

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 5096 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 242138 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 242138 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders

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Herbert John Gerrard

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 31901 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Arthur Gerrard

Died 1917

British Army 14770 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 14770 Corporal Cheshire Regiment

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Ernest Gerrard

Died 1917

British Army 690377 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Edward Gerrard

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 239237 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 285289 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 148112 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Samuel Gerrard

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 8856 Private King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army 8856 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Frank Gerrard

Died 1915

British Army 16649 Private Border Regiment

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William Thomas Gerrard

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 10963 Lance Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 10963 Serjeant Dorsetshire Regiment

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John Thomas (tom) Gerrard

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 130197 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 130197 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Christopher Gerrard

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 17709 Private South Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 17709 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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George Gerrard

Died 1918

British Army 38908 Private Manchester Regiment

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Harold Gerrard

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 20323 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 49439 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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George Henry Gerrard

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army L/16841 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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William Gerrard

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 14002 Lance Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 14002 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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John Gerrard

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 4496 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 631086 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Percy Gerrard

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 5777 Acting Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 202865 Acting Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Gerrard

Died 1916

British Army 63015 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Alexander Murdoch Gerrard

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army S/17403 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Robert Gerrard

Died 1916

British Army 52829 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 52829 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Richard T Gerrard

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 102870 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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