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Birmingham, Warwickshire [13]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [9]

Adelaide South Australia [7]

London, Middlesex [7]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [7]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [6]

London ENGLAND [6]

Islington, London [5]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Norwich, Norfolk [5]

Reading, Berkshire [5]

Battersea, London [4]

Brighton, Sussex [4]

Croydon, Surrey [4]

London England [4]

Maryborough Queensland [4]

Warwickshire [4]

Birmingham England [3]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [3]

Caulfield Victoria [3]

Coventry, Warwickshire [3]

Echuca Victoria [3]

Exeter, Devon [3]

Kensington, London [3]

Parkside South Australia [3]

Sale Victoria [3]

Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Alton, Hampshire [2]

Aston, Warwickshire [2]

Beaconsfield Tasmania [2]

Birmingham [2]

Bombay INDIA [2]

Borough, London [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Brixton, London [2]

Broughton, Oxfordshire [2]

Broughton, Oxon [2]

Camden Town, London, Middlesex [2]

Cannington Western Australia [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Deptford, Kent [2]

Ferguson Western Australia [2]

Glen Innes New South Wales [2]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [2]

Hampstead, Middlesex [2]

Islington, London, Middlesex [2]

Kensington, London, Middlesex [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Lindenow Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1773]

Gunner [184]

Driver [165]

Corporal [157]

Serjeant [144]

Sapper [107]

Second Lieutenant [94]

Lance Corporal [61]

Captain [52]

Lieutenant [36]

Pioneer [35]

Acting Serjeant [33]

Acting Corporal [31]

Bombardier [24]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [18]

Major [17]

Lieutenant Colonel [11]

Worker [10]

Acting Bombardier [9]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Rifleman [9]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Sister [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Guardsman [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Trumpeter [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Commander [3]

Farrier [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Assistant Surgeon [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Flight/Serjeant [2]

Gunner Acting Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Lieutenant-Commander [2]

Midshipman [2]

Munitions Worker [2]

Nurse [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [227]

Royal Field Artillery [225]

Army Service Corps [217]

Labour Corps [208]

London Regiment [138]

Royal Garrison Artillery [98]

Royal Army Medical Corps [88]

Machine Gun Corps [79]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [76]

Royal Fusiliers [74]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [62]

Somerset Light Infantry [57]

The Queen's Regiment [55]

Middlesex Regiment [54]

Rifle Brigade [51]

Essex Regiment [47]

Gloucestershire Regiment [46]

Hampshire Regiment [46]

Devonshire Regiment [45]

Royal Sussex Regiment [43]

Worcestershire Regiment [43]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [39]

East Surrey Regiment [38]

Wiltshire Regiment [36]

Dorsetshire Regiment [35]

Bedfordshire Regiment [34]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [33]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [31]

Royal Army Service Corps [30]

Suffolk Regiment [30]

Welsh Regiment [30]

Northamptonshire Regiment [27]

Royal West Kent Regiment [26]

South Staffordshire Regiment [26]

Royal Naval Division [25]

Army Ordnance Corps [24]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [24]

Northumberland Fusiliers [24]

Liverpool Regiment [23]

Norfolk Regiment [23]

British West Indies Regiment [22]

East Kent Regiment [22]

Manchester Regiment [22]

Army Veterinary Corps [21]

Corps of Hussars [21]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [21]

South Wales Borderers [21]

Cheshire Regiment [19]

York and Lancaster Regiment [19]

Canadian Infantry [18]

Service

British Army [2799]

Royal Navy [323]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [235]

Australian Imperial Force [174]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [151]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [70]

Other Empire Force [6]

Last name first letter

G [3808]

R [3]

D [1]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3738]

Merchant Navy [50]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [74]

Germany [4]

Canada [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [13] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [9] Adelaide South Australia [7] London, Middlesex [7] Portsmouth, Hampshire [7] Sydney New South Wales [7] Bristol, Gloucestershire [6] London ENGLAND [6] Islington, London [5] Melbourne Victoria [5] Norwich, Norfolk [5] Reading, Berkshire [5] Battersea, London [4] Brighton, Sussex [4] Croydon, Surrey [4] London England [4] Maryborough Queensland [4] Warwickshire [4] Birmingham England [3] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [3] Caulfield Victoria [3] Coventry, Warwickshire [3] Echuca Victoria [3] Exeter, Devon [3] Kensington, London [3] Parkside South Australia [3] Sale Victoria [3] Southampton, Hampshire [3] Alton, Hampshire [2] Aston, Warwickshire [2] Beaconsfield Tasmania [2] Birmingham [2] Bombay INDIA [2] Borough, London [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Brixton, London [2] Broughton, Oxfordshire [2] Broughton, Oxon [2] Camden Town, London, Middlesex [2] Cannington Western Australia [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Deptford, Kent [2] Ferguson Western Australia [2] Glen Innes New South Wales [2] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [2] Hampstead, Middlesex [2] Islington, London, Middlesex [2] Kensington, London, Middlesex [2] Lambeth, London [2] Lindenow Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1773] Gunner [184] Driver [165] Corporal [157] Serjeant [144] Sapper [107] Second Lieutenant [94] Lance Corporal [61] Captain [52] Lieutenant [36] Pioneer [35] Acting Serjeant [33] Acting Corporal [31] Bombardier [24] Warrant Officer Class 2 [18] Major [17] Lieutenant Colonel [11] Worker [10] Acting Bombardier [9] Lance Serjeant [9] Rifleman [9] Company Serjeant Major [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Stoker 1st Class [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Colour Serjeant [5] Sister [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Guardsman [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Trumpeter [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Commander [3] Farrier [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Assistant Surgeon [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Flight/Serjeant [2] Gunner Acting Corporal [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Lieutenant-Commander [2] Midshipman [2] Munitions Worker [2] Nurse [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [227] Royal Field Artillery [225] Army Service Corps [217] Labour Corps [208] London Regiment [138] Royal Garrison Artillery [98] Royal Army Medical Corps [88] Machine Gun Corps [79] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [76] Royal Fusiliers [74] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [62] Somerset Light Infantry [57] The Queen's Regiment [55] Middlesex Regiment [54] Rifle Brigade [51] Essex Regiment [47] Gloucestershire Regiment [46] Hampshire Regiment [46] Devonshire Regiment [45] Royal Sussex Regiment [43] Worcestershire Regiment [43] Royal Berkshire Regiment [39] East Surrey Regiment [38] Wiltshire Regiment [36] Dorsetshire Regiment [35] Bedfordshire Regiment [34] King's Royal Rifle Corps [33] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [31] Royal Army Service Corps [30] Suffolk Regiment [30] Welsh Regiment [30] Northamptonshire Regiment [27] Royal West Kent Regiment [26] South Staffordshire Regiment [26] Royal Naval Division [25] Army Ordnance Corps [24] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [24] Northumberland Fusiliers [24] Liverpool Regiment [23] Norfolk Regiment [23] British West Indies Regiment [22] East Kent Regiment [22] Manchester Regiment [22] Army Veterinary Corps [21] Corps of Hussars [21] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [21] South Wales Borderers [21] Cheshire Regiment [19] York and Lancaster Regiment [19] Canadian Infantry [18]

Service

British Army [2799] Royal Navy [323] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [235] Australian Imperial Force [174] Canadian Expeditionary Force [151] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [70] Other Empire Force [6]

Last name first letter

G [3808] R [3] D [1] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3738] Merchant Navy [50] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [74] Germany [4] Canada [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

William Gibbs

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 202639 Private West Riding Regiment 2nd/5th Battalion

British Army 202639 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2/5th Battalion

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James Alec Charles Gibbs

Born 1867

Died 1930

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Wellington's Own (West Riding Regiment)

British Army Lieutenant Duke of Wellington's Own (West Riding Regiment)

British Army Captain Duke of Wellington's Own (West Riding Regiment)

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Herbert Gibbs

Born 1895

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4433 Private Australian Infantry 28 Battalion

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Percy Roland Gibbs

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Thomas Charles Gibbs

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant The Cheshire Regiment Territorial Force 7th Battalion (attached to 9th)

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Valentine Francis Gibbs

Born 1881

Died 1918

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

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Owen Arthur Gibbs

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 49274 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 49274 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 49274 Sergeant Royal Engineers 17th Signal Coy

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John William Gibbs

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 19472 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

British Army 19472 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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David Gibbs

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army T/242005 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Cadet Royal Air Force 38th Flight Squadron

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Elsie Lavinia Gibbs

Born 1901

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Munitions Worker Ministry of Munitions

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Fred Freeman Gibbs

Born 1897

Died 1961

British Army 125855 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 125855 Royal Garrison Artillery

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Roby Gibbs

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 2043 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army 2043 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 2043 Lance-Corporal Corps of Hussars

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William Freeman Gibbs

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2348 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 2348 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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John Angel Gibbs

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army Major Welsh Regiment

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Samuel Gibbs

Born 1889

Died 1973

British Army 8032 Bandsman Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 8032 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 39639 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Joseph Albert Gibbs

Born 1888

British Army 8719 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 8719 Private Army Reserve

British Army 8719 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Samuel Frederick Gibbs

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 30069 Private Welsh Regiment Depot

British Army 30069 Private Welsh Regiment 3rd/8th Battalion

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Stanley Gibbs

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1464 Suffolk Cyclists

British Army 43381 Serjeant Suffolk Regiment 11th

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Basil Narroway Gibbs

Born 1889

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3109 Private Australian Infantry

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James Alec Charles Gibbs

Born 1867

Died 1930

British Army Lieutenant Colonel West Riding Regiment

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