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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]

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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]

John Gibson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167377

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Thomas Gibson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290355

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Anthony Gibson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144133

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Charles Samuel Gibson

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267296

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Richard Law Gibson

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135763

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Frederick Gibson

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406645

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William Walker Gibson

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 2773 Private Non-Combatant Corps No 1st, 3rd Scots Company

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Strickland Gibson

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166054

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James Gibson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47049

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Alexander Charles Gibson

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406428

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Edgar George Gibson

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122495

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Alexander Gibson

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army 3/3243 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Battalion.

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William Gibson

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 21669 Private Welsh Regiment

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George Henry Gibson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 36581 Acting Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 36581 Acting Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

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Edwin Arthur Gibson

Died 1917

British Army 5944 Private London Regiment

British Army 532916 Private London Regiment

British Army 532916 Private London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

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Cyril William Gibson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 98348 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William Wilkie Gibson

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 63684 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 63684 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Wilfred Gibson

Born 1895

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6378 Sergeant

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Vernon Francis Gibson

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76395

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Andrew Shirwood Douglas Gibson

Born 1877

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3917

Australian Imperial Force 3917 Private Australian Infantry 31st Battalion

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