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Sydney New South Wales [30]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [23]

Brisbane Queensland [22]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [15]

Liverpool, Lancashire [15]

Melbourne Victoria [14]

Hobart Tasmania [13]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [12]

London England [12]

Newcastle, Northumberland [10]

Glasgow [9]

London, Middlesex, England [9]

Newcastle New South Wales [9]

Adelaide South Australia [8]

Belfast, Antrim [8]

Manchester, Lancashire [8]

London, Middlesex [7]

Edinburgh [6]

South Shields, Durham [6]

Ballarat Victoria [5]

Carlton Victoria [5]

Islington, London [5]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [5]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [5]

Wallsend New South Wales [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Bunbury Western Australia [4]

Carlisle, Cumberland [4]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [4]

Durham England [4]

Edinburgh Scotland [4]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [4]

Gateshead, Durham [4]

Hull, Yorkshire [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Nowra New South Wales [4]

Richmond Victoria [4]

Saint Pancras, London [4]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

Sunderland, Durham [4]

Armidale New South Wales [3]

Ayr, Ayrshire [3]

Belfast [3]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Botley, Hampshire [3]

Derby, Derbyshire [3]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [3]

London [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Rank

Private [4256]

Gunner [456]

Driver [361]

Corporal [355]

Serjeant [316]

Sapper [245]

Second Lieutenant [228]

Lance Corporal [183]

Captain [129]

Lieutenant [93]

Acting Corporal [65]

Pioneer [62]

Acting Serjeant [46]

Bombardier [41]

Major [29]

Rifleman [27]

Staff Serjeant [21]

Temporary Captain [18]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [17]

Temporary Lieutenant [16]

Lance Serjeant [15]

Worker [15]

Company Serjeant Major [14]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Sister [12]

Able Seaman [11]

Colour Serjeant [10]

Ordinary Seaman [10]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [9]

Guardsman [9]

Staff Nurse [9]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Acting Captain [7]

Deck Hand [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [7]

Trooper [7]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Nurse [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Temporary Major [5]

Acting Staff Serjeant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Nursing Sister [4]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [4]

Acting Colour Serjeant [3]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [551]

Royal Engineers [521]

Labour Corps [462]

Army Service Corps [386]

Royal Garrison Artillery [239]

Northumberland Fusiliers [232]

Royal Army Medical Corps [224]

Durham Light Infantry [199]

Machine Gun Corps [186]

Highland Light Infantry [173]

London Regiment [148]

Royal Fusiliers [140]

Royal Scots [137]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [125]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [117]

Yorkshire Regiment [114]

Royal Naval Division [104]

Manchester Regiment [103]

Seaforth Highlanders [98]

Royal Highlanders [94]

West Yorkshire Regiment [93]

Border Regiment [90]

Liverpool Regiment [87]

Royal Irish Rifles [87]

Scottish Rifles [81]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [79]

Cheshire Regiment [78]

East Yorkshire Regiment [75]

Lincolnshire Regiment [75]

Gordon Highlanders [73]

Royal Army Service Corps [73]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [69]

West Riding Regiment [69]

Cameron Highlanders [64]

Lancashire Fusiliers [63]

Rifle Brigade [63]

Middlesex Regiment [57]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [56]

Canadian Infantry [55]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [52]

North Staffordshire Regiment [51]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [49]

Essex Regiment [48]

York and Lancaster Regiment [47]

Leicestershire Regiment [46]

East Lancashire Regiment [45]

South Lancashire Regiment [42]

Army Veterinary Corps [41]

Army Ordnance Corps [40]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [40]

Service

British Army [6565]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [654]

Royal Navy [582]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [447]

Australian Imperial Force [435]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [164]

Other Empire Force [12]

South African Services [4]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

G [9053]

L [3]

C [2]

A [1]

D [1]

H [1]

M [1]

P [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [8851]

Merchant Navy [162]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [191]

Canada [4]

Ireland [3]

New Zealand [3]

Australia [2]

India [2]

France [1]

Italy [1]

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [1]

South Africa [1]

United States [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [30] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [23] Brisbane Queensland [22] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [15] Liverpool, Lancashire [15] Melbourne Victoria [14] Hobart Tasmania [13] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [12] London England [12] Newcastle, Northumberland [10] Glasgow [9] London, Middlesex, England [9] Newcastle New South Wales [9] Adelaide South Australia [8] Belfast, Antrim [8] Manchester, Lancashire [8] London, Middlesex [7] Edinburgh [6] South Shields, Durham [6] Ballarat Victoria [5] Carlton Victoria [5] Islington, London [5] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [5] North Shields, Northumberland, England [5] Wallsend New South Wales [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Bunbury Western Australia [4] Carlisle, Cumberland [4] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [4] Durham England [4] Edinburgh Scotland [4] Edinburgh, Midlothian [4] Gateshead, Durham [4] Hull, Yorkshire [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Nowra New South Wales [4] Richmond Victoria [4] Saint Pancras, London [4] Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] Sunderland, Durham [4] Armidale New South Wales [3] Ayr, Ayrshire [3] Belfast [3] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Botley, Hampshire [3] Derby, Derbyshire [3] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [3] London [3] Maidstone, Kent [3]

Rank

Private [4256] Gunner [456] Driver [361] Corporal [355] Serjeant [316] Sapper [245] Second Lieutenant [228] Lance Corporal [183] Captain [129] Lieutenant [93] Acting Corporal [65] Pioneer [62] Acting Serjeant [46] Bombardier [41] Major [29] Rifleman [27] Staff Serjeant [21] Temporary Captain [18] Warrant Officer Class 2 [17] Temporary Lieutenant [16] Lance Serjeant [15] Worker [15] Company Serjeant Major [14] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Sister [12] Able Seaman [11] Colour Serjeant [10] Ordinary Seaman [10] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [9] Guardsman [9] Staff Nurse [9] Acting Bombardier [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Acting Captain [7] Deck Hand [7] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Temporary Second Lieutenant [7] Trooper [7] Boy 1st Class [5] Nurse [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Temporary Major [5] Acting Staff Serjeant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Nursing Sister [4] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [4] Acting Colour Serjeant [3] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [551] Royal Engineers [521] Labour Corps [462] Army Service Corps [386] Royal Garrison Artillery [239] Northumberland Fusiliers [232] Royal Army Medical Corps [224] Durham Light Infantry [199] Machine Gun Corps [186] Highland Light Infantry [173] London Regiment [148] Royal Fusiliers [140] Royal Scots [137] Royal Scots Fusiliers [125] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [117] Yorkshire Regiment [114] Royal Naval Division [104] Manchester Regiment [103] Seaforth Highlanders [98] Royal Highlanders [94] West Yorkshire Regiment [93] Border Regiment [90] Liverpool Regiment [87] Royal Irish Rifles [87] Scottish Rifles [81] King's Own Scottish Borderers [79] Cheshire Regiment [78] East Yorkshire Regiment [75] Lincolnshire Regiment [75] Gordon Highlanders [73] Royal Army Service Corps [73] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [69] West Riding Regiment [69] Cameron Highlanders [64] Lancashire Fusiliers [63] Rifle Brigade [63] Middlesex Regiment [57] King's Royal Rifle Corps [56] Canadian Infantry [55] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [52] North Staffordshire Regiment [51] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [49] Essex Regiment [48] York and Lancaster Regiment [47] Leicestershire Regiment [46] East Lancashire Regiment [45] South Lancashire Regiment [42] Army Veterinary Corps [41] Army Ordnance Corps [40] Royal Irish Fusiliers [40]

Service

British Army [6565] Canadian Expeditionary Force [654] Royal Navy [582] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [447] Australian Imperial Force [435] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [164] Other Empire Force [12] South African Services [4] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

G [9053] L [3] C [2] A [1] D [1] H [1] M [1] P [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [8851] Merchant Navy [162] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [191] Canada [4] Ireland [3] New Zealand [3] Australia [2] India [2] France [1] Italy [1] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [1] South Africa [1] United States [1]

Charles Gibson

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 140193 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 140193 Sapper Royal Engineers No. 4 Depot Comapny

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Harry Olivier Sumner Gibson

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 11th lond Battalion

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles)

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Alfred George Gibson

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 65947 Sapper Royal Engineers 130th Field Coy.

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Andrew Gibson

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 40635 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 40635 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 147th Brigade

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Arthur Frederick Parsons Gibson

Born 1893

Died 1964

Royal Navy J9406 Boy II HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J9406 Boy I HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J9406 Boy I HMS Victorious

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Richard Allen Gibson

Born 1889

Canadian Expeditionary Force 536639 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps 8th Field Ambulance

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George James Wilson Gibson

Born 1879

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 42495 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Alfred John Gibson

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2916 Trooper 1st Life Guards

British Army 2916 Acting Corporal 1st Life Guards

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Malcolm Gibson

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 5287 Private Highland Light Infantry 18th highland Battalion

British Army 5287 Private Highland Light Infantry 18

British Army 5287 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Samuel Hart William Gibson

Born 1891

Died 1945

Other Empire Force 2nd Officer Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force 2nd Officer Mercantile Marine: SS Devanha

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Thomas J Gibson

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 23246 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Everett Charles Gibson

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 656006 Private London Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army 656006 Rifleman London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) 2nd/21st Bn.

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James William Gibson

Born 1895

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 42496 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion, D Company

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Clarence Hugh Gibson

Born 1895

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 29766 Private Otago Infantry Regiment Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company

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Albert Gibson

Born 1888

Died 1977

British Army 89593 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 1204th BTY

British Army

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George Henry Gibson

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 39665 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 39665 Rifleman West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 1st/7th Battalion

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George Gibson

Born 1889

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 148282

Canadian Expeditionary Force 148282 Private Canadian Infantry

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Edgar Gibson

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 10933 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 10933 Private Leicestershire Regiment 6th Bn

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Joseph Gibson

Born 1884

Died 1938

British Army Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Donald Gibson

Born 1891

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 916445

Canadian Expeditionary Force 916445 198th Battalion (Canadian Buffs)

Canadian Expeditionary Force 916445 Corporal 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles

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