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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Maidstone, Kent [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Albury New South Wales [3]

Ascot Vale Victoria [3]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Carlton Victoria [3]

Guildford, Surrey [3]

Maidenhead, Berkshire [3]

North Shields, Northumberland [3]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Beckenham, Kent [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Boston, Lincolnshire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Chesham, Buckinghamshire [2]

Collaroy New South Wales [2]

Crewe, Cheshire [2]

Ellesmere Port, Cheshire [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [2]

Greenwich, London [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Hampstead, Middlesex [2]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Lee, Kent [2]

Leeds, Kent [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Maidenhead ENGLAND [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Monks Risborough [2]

Newport, Monmouthshire [2]

Notting Hill, London [2]

Ormskirk, Lancashire [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Warrington, Lancashire [2]

Westport, Mayo [2]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Abbeyhill, Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [1]

Abertillery, Monmouthshire [1]

Rank

Private [1333]

Driver [135]

Gunner [126]

Corporal [104]

Serjeant [80]

Sapper [70]

Lance Corporal [46]

Second Lieutenant [40]

Pioneer [24]

Captain [22]

Bombardier [20]

Acting Corporal [19]

Lieutenant [12]

Rifleman [10]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Guardsman [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Major [5]

Worker [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

1st Class Assistant Surgeon [3]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Captain [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Drummer [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Saddler [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel/ Honorary Lieutenant Colonel Retired [2]

1st Lieut [1]

201865 [1]

2nd Lieut [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [166]

Labour Corps [163]

Royal Field Artillery [158]

Royal Engineers [151]

London Regiment [81]

Royal Garrison Artillery [79]

Machine Gun Corps [56]

Royal Army Medical Corps [50]

Royal Fusiliers [47]

Northumberland Fusiliers [40]

Lincolnshire Regiment [39]

Manchester Regiment [38]

Hampshire Regiment [36]

Liverpool Regiment [36]

Middlesex Regiment [35]

Durham Light Infantry [33]

South Lancashire Regiment [33]

Rifle Brigade [30]

Cheshire Regiment [29]

Gloucestershire Regiment [28]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [26]

Somerset Light Infantry [25]

Worcestershire Regiment [25]

Devonshire Regiment [24]

Essex Regiment [24]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24]

South Staffordshire Regiment [24]

Lancashire Fusiliers [23]

East Lancashire Regiment [21]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [20]

Royal Army Service Corps [19]

Royal Naval Division [19]

Suffolk Regiment [19]

East Surrey Regiment [18]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18]

Leicestershire Regiment [17]

Royal Defence Corps [17]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [17]

Highland Light Infantry [16]

Norfolk Regiment [16]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [16]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16]

The Queen's Regiment [16]

West Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Border Regiment [14]

Canadian Infantry [14]

East Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Northamptonshire Regiment [14]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [14]

Service

British Army [1991]

Royal Navy [185]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [163]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [137]

Australian Imperial Force [86]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [37]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

G [2644]

F [1]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2590]

Merchant Navy [42]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [48]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

Singapore [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Maidstone, Kent [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Albury New South Wales [3] Ascot Vale Victoria [3] Bethnal Green, London [3] Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Carlton Victoria [3] Guildford, Surrey [3] Maidenhead, Berkshire [3] North Shields, Northumberland [3] Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Beckenham, Kent [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Boston, Lincolnshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] Chelsea, London [2] Chesham, Buckinghamshire [2] Collaroy New South Wales [2] Crewe, Cheshire [2] Ellesmere Port, Cheshire [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Goole, Yorkshire, England [2] Greenwich, London [2] Hackney, London [2] Hampstead, London [2] Hampstead, Middlesex [2] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Lee, Kent [2] Leeds, Kent [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Maidenhead ENGLAND [2] Marylebone, London [2] Monks Risborough [2] Newport, Monmouthshire [2] Notting Hill, London [2] Ormskirk, Lancashire [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Warrington, Lancashire [2] Westport, Mayo [2] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Abbeyhill, Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [1] Abertillery, Monmouthshire [1]

Rank

Private [1333] Driver [135] Gunner [126] Corporal [104] Serjeant [80] Sapper [70] Lance Corporal [46] Second Lieutenant [40] Pioneer [24] Captain [22] Bombardier [20] Acting Corporal [19] Lieutenant [12] Rifleman [10] Staff Serjeant [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Guardsman [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Major [5] Worker [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] 1st Class Assistant Surgeon [3] Able Seaman [3] Acting Captain [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Private Acting Lance Corporal [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Drummer [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Saddler [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel/ Honorary Lieutenant Colonel Retired [2] 1st Lieut [1] 201865 [1] 2nd Lieut [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [166] Labour Corps [163] Royal Field Artillery [158] Royal Engineers [151] London Regiment [81] Royal Garrison Artillery [79] Machine Gun Corps [56] Royal Army Medical Corps [50] Royal Fusiliers [47] Northumberland Fusiliers [40] Lincolnshire Regiment [39] Manchester Regiment [38] Hampshire Regiment [36] Liverpool Regiment [36] Middlesex Regiment [35] Durham Light Infantry [33] South Lancashire Regiment [33] Rifle Brigade [30] Cheshire Regiment [29] Gloucestershire Regiment [28] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27] Royal Berkshire Regiment [26] Somerset Light Infantry [25] Worcestershire Regiment [25] Devonshire Regiment [24] Essex Regiment [24] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24] South Staffordshire Regiment [24] Lancashire Fusiliers [23] East Lancashire Regiment [21] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [20] Royal Army Service Corps [19] Royal Naval Division [19] Suffolk Regiment [19] East Surrey Regiment [18] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18] Leicestershire Regiment [17] Royal Defence Corps [17] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [17] Highland Light Infantry [16] Norfolk Regiment [16] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [16] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16] The Queen's Regiment [16] West Yorkshire Regiment [15] Border Regiment [14] Canadian Infantry [14] East Yorkshire Regiment [14] Northamptonshire Regiment [14] Royal Irish Fusiliers [14]

Service

British Army [1991] Royal Navy [185] Canadian Expeditionary Force [163] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [137] Australian Imperial Force [86] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [37] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

G [2644] F [1] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2590] Merchant Navy [42] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [48] Australia [1] Canada [1] Ireland [1] Singapore [1]

Thomas Gibbons

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 35479 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 12th Brigade

British Army 35479 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 16th Battery

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Alfred Gibbons

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 53862 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 63rd Battery

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John Richard Gibbons

Died 1917

British Army 1149 Private London Regiment 5th battalion lond Battalion

British Army 300705 Private London Regiment 5th battalion lond Battalion

British Army 300705 Rifleman London Regiment 5th battalion lond Battalion

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Sidney William Gibbons

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 23679 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 23679 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Walter Larner Gibbons

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 2454 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Gibbons

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 5980 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 202370 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 202370 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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James Gibbons

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165520

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Edward Gibbons

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 4906 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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George Fletcher Gibbons

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 240490 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 2251 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 2251 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) 1st/6th Battalion

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John Gibbons

Born 1878

Died 1914

British Army 3177 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Albert Claude Gibbons

Died 1918

British Army 1767 Private Herefordshire Regiment

British Army 235393 Private Herefordshire Regiment

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James Henry Gibbons

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 4441 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 4441 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Alfred Gibbons

Born 1896

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160891 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Air Force

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John George Gibbons

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 1527 Serjeant Leicestershire Regiment

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Bertie Money Gibbons

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107321

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Augustus Frederick Gibbons

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army TF/5640 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 201997 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 2/4th Battalion

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Noel Harold Gibbons

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302212

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William George Gibbons

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122713

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John Gibbons

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167074

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Frank Gibbons

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307511

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