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Canning Town, London [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

Lancaster, Lancashire [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Newport, Monmouthshire [2]

Rutherglen, Lanarkshire [2]

Sale, Cheshire [2]

Stoke Newington, London [2]

Stoke Newington, Middlesex [2]

Aberavon, Glamorganshire [1]

Ascotvale Victoria [1]

Auckland [1]

Auckland NEW ZEALAND [1]

BELHEVIE, ABERDEENSHIRE [1]

Bolton ENGLAND [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Camberwell Victoria [1]

Camden Town, London [1]

Cardiff [1]

Cardiff WALES [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Charters Towers Queensland [1]

Clifton, Gloucestershire [1]

Cuckfield, Sussex [1]

Elwick, Durham [1]

Fakenham, Norfolk [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Haverton Hill Durham [1]

Hawthorn Victoria [1]

Hay, Breconshire [1]

Hunwick, Durham, England [1]

Inglewood Victoria [1]

Kent [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lancashire [1]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Manchester ENGLAND [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1]

Norfolk [1]

Pembrokeshire [1]

Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1]

Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Sale ENGLAND [1]

Salisbury Victoria [1]

Shildon,Durham [1]

Rank

Private [223]

Gunner [32]

Driver [31]

Serjeant [21]

Sapper [20]

Corporal [19]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Captain [12]

Lance Corporal [11]

Major [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Bombardier [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Acting Corporal [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Pioneer [3]

Rifleman [3]

2nd Class Assistant Surgeon [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Stoker [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain Medical Officer [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Engineer [1]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Commander (Emergency) [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel [1]

Nurse [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Reverend [1]

Ship's Steward Assistant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [39]

Royal Engineers [33]

Durham Light Infantry [26]

Welsh Regiment [22]

Northumberland Fusiliers [21]

Labour Corps [20]

Army Service Corps [19]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

Cheshire Regiment [13]

London Regiment [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Naval Division [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Highland Light Infantry [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Essex Regiment [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Royal Irish Regiment [4]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

89th Punjabis [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Durham Light Infantry Depot [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [411]

Royal Navy [39]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [524]

F [4]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [517]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Canning Town, London [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2] Lancaster, Lancashire [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Newport, Monmouthshire [2] Rutherglen, Lanarkshire [2] Sale, Cheshire [2] Stoke Newington, London [2] Stoke Newington, Middlesex [2] Aberavon, Glamorganshire [1] Ascotvale Victoria [1] Auckland [1] Auckland NEW ZEALAND [1] BELHEVIE, ABERDEENSHIRE [1] Bolton ENGLAND [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Camberwell Victoria [1] Camden Town, London [1] Cardiff [1] Cardiff WALES [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Clifton, Gloucestershire [1] Cuckfield, Sussex [1] Elwick, Durham [1] Fakenham, Norfolk [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Haverton Hill Durham [1] Hawthorn Victoria [1] Hay, Breconshire [1] Hunwick, Durham, England [1] Inglewood Victoria [1] Kent [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lancashire [1] Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Manchester ENGLAND [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1] Norfolk [1] Pembrokeshire [1] Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1] Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Sale ENGLAND [1] Salisbury Victoria [1] Shildon,Durham [1]

Rank

Private [223] Gunner [32] Driver [31] Serjeant [21] Sapper [20] Corporal [19] Second Lieutenant [17] Captain [12] Lance Corporal [11] Major [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Bombardier [7] Lieutenant [7] Acting Corporal [4] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Pioneer [3] Rifleman [3] 2nd Class Assistant Surgeon [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Captain [2] Stoker [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant Major Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain Medical Officer [1] Chaplain [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Engineer [1] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Commander (Emergency) [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel [1] Nurse [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Reverend [1] Ship's Steward Assistant [1] Shoeing Smith [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [39] Royal Engineers [33] Durham Light Infantry [26] Welsh Regiment [22] Northumberland Fusiliers [21] Labour Corps [20] Army Service Corps [19] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] Cheshire Regiment [13] London Regiment [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Naval Division [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Highland Light Infantry [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Essex Regiment [6] Manchester Regiment [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Royal Irish Regiment [4] East Kent Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] 89th Punjabis [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Durham Light Infantry Depot [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [411] Royal Navy [39] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30] Australian Imperial Force [16] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [524] F [4] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [517] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [16] South Africa [1]

T A Gibbon

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 8152 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 198099 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 198099 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John William Gibbon

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 887 Private Gordon Highlanders

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William John Gibbon

Died 1916

British Army R/6251 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 19790 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 19790 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Charles Gibbon

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 33041 Private Welsh Regiment

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George Edward Gibbon

Died 1916

British Army 6218 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 6218 Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers

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Robert Gibbon

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army C/43 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army C/43 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Samuel Gibbon

Died 1915

British Army 17765 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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William Monk Gibbon

Born 1896

Died 1987

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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Robert John Gibbon

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 1944 Corporal Durham Light Infantry

British Army 1944 Acting Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

British Army 1944 Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

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Oswald Frank Gibbon

Died 1918

British Army 12756 Lance Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 12756 Serjeant Dorsetshire Regiment

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Edward Gibbon

Died 1916

British Army 21134 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Albert J Gibbon

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 5905 Private Army Cyclist Corps

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Robert Gibbon

Died 1916

British Army 8173 Serjeant King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8173 Serjeant King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Edward Gibbon

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 51634 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Albert Gibbon

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 12757 Lance Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 12757 Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 12757 Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment

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Thomas Gibbon

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 18119 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Frederick William Gibbon

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 7655112 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers Attached Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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Basil Tom Gibbon

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 156115

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Frederick Redvers Gibbon

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160327

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Stanley Gibbon

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169845

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