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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]

James Gibbins

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 89762 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 89762 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Arthur Gibbins

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 4651 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 233747 Private Royal Engineers

British Army WR/287712 Private Royal Engineers

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Reginald Gibbins

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 25887 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Henry E Gibbins

Died 1915

British Army S/5356 Private Middlesex Regiment

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William Gibbins

Died 1916

British Army 33479 Private South Wales Borderers

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Thomas H M Gibbins

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 687082 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Richard Gibbins

Died 1917

British Army 30389 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Sidney Gibbins

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 55073 Private Devonshire Regiment

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C H Gibbins

Died 1917

British Army 720286 Acting Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 720286 Lance Serjeant London Regiment

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Thomas W Gibbins

Died 1917

British Army 267869 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Gwynn Gilbert Gibbins

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Stanley G R Gibbins

Died 1917

British Army 3533 Acting Serjeant Liverpool Regiment

British Army 355617 Acting Serjeant Liverpool Regiment

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Hubert H. Gibbins

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 29383 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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John Gibbins

Died 1918

British Army 201772 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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John William Gibbins

Born 1885

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 71258

Canadian Expeditionary Force 71258 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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Tom Gibbins

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288727

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John Charles Gibbins

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298521

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Horace Gibbins

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303146

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Cecil Alfred Gibbins

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 159838

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Cecil Gibbins

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101886

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