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Hounslow, Middlesex [3]

Richmond, Surrey [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

Deptford, Kent [2]

Exmouth, Devon [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Leicester [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Ararat Victoria [1]

Arnecliffe Queensland [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Billesdon, Leicestershire [1]

Birmingham ENGLAND [1]

Broughton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Byaduk Victoria [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Cohuna Victoria [1]

Coromandel Valley South Australia [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Edmonton, London [1]

Forest Gate, London [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Grimscote, Northamptonshire [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hackney, London, Middlesex [1]

Handsworth, Staffordshire [1]

Harefield, London, Middlesex [1]

Harfield, Berks [1]

Hay New South Wales [1]

Hobart Tasmania [1]

Hull, yorkshire [1]

Ipswich Queensland [1]

Lambeth [1]

Laurieton New South Wales [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Lewisham [1]

Lilydale Tasmania [1]

Lincolnshire [1]

Liverpool ENGLAND [1]

London [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [1]

Middlesex [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [289]

Gunner [35]

Serjeant [27]

Corporal [23]

Driver [21]

Sapper [13]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lance Corporal [7]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Captain [4]

Pioneer [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Sister [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Cyclist [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

/ Private/ Private [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Apprentice [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Guardsman [1]

Major [1]

Mechanic Serjeant Major [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [45]

Royal Engineers [34]

Royal Field Artillery [30]

London Regiment [29]

Army Service Corps [24]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Devonshire Regiment [12]

Northamptonshire Regiment [12]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Leicestershire Regiment [9]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Service

British Army [423]

Royal Navy [45]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [22]

Australian Imperial Force [17]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [567]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [542]

Merchant Navy [18]

Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

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Place of birth

Hounslow, Middlesex [3] Richmond, Surrey [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2] Deptford, Kent [2] Exmouth, Devon [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Leicester [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Ararat Victoria [1] Arnecliffe Queensland [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Billesdon, Leicestershire [1] Birmingham ENGLAND [1] Broughton, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Byaduk Victoria [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Cohuna Victoria [1] Coromandel Valley South Australia [1] Deptford, London [1] Edmonton, London [1] Forest Gate, London [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1] Grimscote, Northamptonshire [1] Hackney, London [1] Hackney, London, Middlesex [1] Handsworth, Staffordshire [1] Harefield, London, Middlesex [1] Harfield, Berks [1] Hay New South Wales [1] Hobart Tasmania [1] Hull, yorkshire [1] Ipswich Queensland [1] Lambeth [1] Laurieton New South Wales [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Lewisham [1] Lilydale Tasmania [1] Lincolnshire [1] Liverpool ENGLAND [1] London [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Middlesex [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [289] Gunner [35] Serjeant [27] Corporal [23] Driver [21] Sapper [13] Second Lieutenant [9] Lance Corporal [7] Acting Serjeant [4] Captain [4] Pioneer [4] Lieutenant [3] Sister [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Corporal [2] Cyclist [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] / Private/ Private [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Apprentice [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Guardsman [1] Major [1] Mechanic Serjeant Major [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [45] Royal Engineers [34] Royal Field Artillery [30] London Regiment [29] Army Service Corps [24] Machine Gun Corps [17] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] Royal Fusiliers [13] Devonshire Regiment [12] Northamptonshire Regiment [12] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Leicestershire Regiment [9] Rifle Brigade [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] Army Veterinary Corps [5] Essex Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Royal Marine Artillery [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] South Wales Borderers [4] West Riding Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Service

British Army [423] Royal Navy [45] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30] Canadian Expeditionary Force [22] Australian Imperial Force [17] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [567] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [542] Merchant Navy [18] Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Samuel Henry Gibbins

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115080

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Ernest Arthur Gibbins

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army G/11077 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Henry Gibbins

Born 1890

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 639413

Canadian Expeditionary Force 639413 Corporal Canadian Infantry

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George Alfred Gibbins

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215475

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Sidney W. Gibbins

Died 1916

British Army 2477 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 2477 Rifleman London Regiment 1/5 lond Battalion

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Richard H Gibbins

Died 1918

British Army 42141 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Walter Gibbins

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262364

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Frederick Herbert Gibbins

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224743

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Frederick George Gibbins

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241427

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Alfred Gibbins

Died 1916

British Army 15066 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Henry Gibbins

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 8165 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Harold G. E. Gibbins

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 19001 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Albert E Gibbins

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 27652 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Thomas Gibbins

Died 1916

British Army 16107 Private Manchester Regiment

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Samuel Gibbins

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 3903 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1/5th northst Battalion

British Army 3903 Corporal North Staffordshire Regiment 1/5th northst Battalion

British Army 3903 Corporal North Staffordshire Regiment

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Frederick Gibbins

Died 1917

British Army 7860 Private Royal Fusiliers 11th Battalion

British Army 7860 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Joseph A. Gibbins

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 23105 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Bertie Victor Gibbins

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 6787 Private London Regiment 3rd lond Battalion

British Army 253275 Private London Regiment 3rd lond Battalion

British Army 253275 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Maurice Gibbins

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army G/24555 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/24555 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Alfred W T Gibbins

Born 1898

Died 1956

British Army 56698 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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