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Ballarat Victoria [15]

Plymouth, Devon [12]

London England [11]

Melbourne Victoria [11]

Adelaide South Australia [10]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [10]

London, Middlesex, England [10]

Brisbane Queensland [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8]

Maidstone, Kent [6]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

Chatham, Kent [5]

Stawell Victoria [5]

Wallsend New South Wales [5]

Carlton Victoria [4]

Devonport, Devon [4]

Port Pirie South Australia [4]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [3]

Bodmin, Cornwall [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Falmouth, Cornwall [3]

Geelong Victoria [3]

Ipswich Queensland [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Marden, Kent [3]

Perth Western Australia [3]

Poplar, London [3]

Saint Pancras, London [3]

Seymour Victoria [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

Winchester, Hampshire [3]

Allandale Victoria [2]

Amersham England [2]

Arundel, Sussex [2]

Ashford, Kent [2]

Barnet, Hertfordshire [2]

Barnstaple England [2]

Bedford [2]

Birmingham [2]

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [2]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [2]

Bridgwater, Somerset [2]

Bright Victoria [2]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [2]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [2]

Corunna, Moore, Lambton, Ontario [2]

Cossington, Somerset [2]

Cranbrook, Kent [2]

Dartford, Kent [2]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

Rank

Private [1950]

Gunner [217]

Corporal [179]

Serjeant [179]

Driver [161]

Sapper [122]

Lance Corporal [87]

Second Lieutenant [83]

Pioneer [43]

Acting Corporal [32]

Lieutenant [28]

Bombardier [25]

Captain [24]

Acting Serjeant [22]

Staff Serjeant [16]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [16]

Company Serjeant Major [12]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Rifleman [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Worker [8]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Major [7]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Guardsman [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Reverend [4]

Sergeant [4]

Temporary Major [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Commander [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Trooper [3]

Trumpeter [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Admiral [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [260]

Labour Corps [230]

Royal Field Artillery [230]

Army Service Corps [214]

Royal Garrison Artillery [150]

London Regiment [133]

Machine Gun Corps [96]

Royal Army Medical Corps [93]

Royal Fusiliers [88]

Leicestershire Regiment [69]

Middlesex Regiment [63]

Rifle Brigade [60]

Hampshire Regiment [53]

Lincolnshire Regiment [49]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [49]

Essex Regiment [48]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [48]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [46]

Royal Army Service Corps [46]

Devonshire Regiment [41]

The Queen's Regiment [41]

East Surrey Regiment [40]

Royal West Kent Regiment [38]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [37]

North Staffordshire Regiment [35]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [35]

Bedfordshire Regiment [34]

Durham Light Infantry [33]

Lancashire Fusiliers [33]

Royal Naval Division [32]

Royal Sussex Regiment [32]

Liverpool Regiment [31]

Manchester Regiment [31]

East Kent Regiment [30]

Northumberland Fusiliers [30]

Worcestershire Regiment [30]

York and Lancaster Regiment [28]

Northamptonshire Regiment [27]

Somerset Light Infantry [27]

Dorsetshire Regiment [26]

South Staffordshire Regiment [26]

Corps of Hussars [25]

Suffolk Regiment [25]

Cheshire Regiment [24]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24]

Tank Corps [24]

West Yorkshire Regiment [24]

Norfolk Regiment [23]

Army Ordnance Corps [22]

Gloucestershire Regiment [22]

Service

British Army [3084]

Royal Navy [368]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [309]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [253]

Australian Imperial Force [241]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [30]

Other Empire Force [5]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

G [4367]

J [4]

D [1]

K [1]

R [1]

S [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4276]

Merchant Navy [66]

Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [93]

Australia [4]

Belgium [1]

Canada [1]

India [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Ballarat Victoria [15] Plymouth, Devon [12] London England [11] Melbourne Victoria [11] Adelaide South Australia [10] Birmingham, Warwickshire [10] London, Middlesex, England [10] Brisbane Queensland [8] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8] Maidstone, Kent [6] Sydney New South Wales [6] Chatham, Kent [5] Stawell Victoria [5] Wallsend New South Wales [5] Carlton Victoria [4] Devonport, Devon [4] Port Pirie South Australia [4] Bedford, Bedfordshire [3] Bodmin, Cornwall [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Falmouth, Cornwall [3] Geelong Victoria [3] Ipswich Queensland [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Marden, Kent [3] Perth Western Australia [3] Poplar, London [3] Saint Pancras, London [3] Seymour Victoria [3] West Ham, Essex [3] Winchester, Hampshire [3] Allandale Victoria [2] Amersham England [2] Arundel, Sussex [2] Ashford, Kent [2] Barnet, Hertfordshire [2] Barnstaple England [2] Bedford [2] Birmingham [2] Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [2] Bournemouth, Hampshire [2] Bridgwater, Somerset [2] Bright Victoria [2] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [2] Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] Corunna, Moore, Lambton, Ontario [2] Cossington, Somerset [2] Cranbrook, Kent [2] Dartford, Kent [2] Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

Rank

Private [1950] Gunner [217] Corporal [179] Serjeant [179] Driver [161] Sapper [122] Lance Corporal [87] Second Lieutenant [83] Pioneer [43] Acting Corporal [32] Lieutenant [28] Bombardier [25] Captain [24] Acting Serjeant [22] Staff Serjeant [16] Warrant Officer Class 2 [16] Company Serjeant Major [12] Lance Serjeant [10] Rifleman [10] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Stoker 1st Class [9] Worker [8] Colour Serjeant [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Major [7] Acting Bombardier [6] Guardsman [6] Able Seaman [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Leading Stoker [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Reverend [4] Sergeant [4] Temporary Major [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Commander [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Deck Hand [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Nursing Sister [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Trooper [3] Trumpeter [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Admiral [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [260] Labour Corps [230] Royal Field Artillery [230] Army Service Corps [214] Royal Garrison Artillery [150] London Regiment [133] Machine Gun Corps [96] Royal Army Medical Corps [93] Royal Fusiliers [88] Leicestershire Regiment [69] Middlesex Regiment [63] Rifle Brigade [60] Hampshire Regiment [53] Lincolnshire Regiment [49] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [49] Essex Regiment [48] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [48] King's Royal Rifle Corps [46] Royal Army Service Corps [46] Devonshire Regiment [41] The Queen's Regiment [41] East Surrey Regiment [40] Royal West Kent Regiment [38] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [37] North Staffordshire Regiment [35] Royal Berkshire Regiment [35] Bedfordshire Regiment [34] Durham Light Infantry [33] Lancashire Fusiliers [33] Royal Naval Division [32] Royal Sussex Regiment [32] Liverpool Regiment [31] Manchester Regiment [31] East Kent Regiment [30] Northumberland Fusiliers [30] Worcestershire Regiment [30] York and Lancaster Regiment [28] Northamptonshire Regiment [27] Somerset Light Infantry [27] Dorsetshire Regiment [26] South Staffordshire Regiment [26] Corps of Hussars [25] Suffolk Regiment [25] Cheshire Regiment [24] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24] Tank Corps [24] West Yorkshire Regiment [24] Norfolk Regiment [23] Army Ordnance Corps [22] Gloucestershire Regiment [22]

Service

British Army [3084] Royal Navy [368] Canadian Expeditionary Force [309] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [253] Australian Imperial Force [241] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [30] Other Empire Force [5] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

G [4367] J [4] D [1] K [1] R [1] S [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4276] Merchant Navy [66] Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [93] Australia [4] Belgium [1] Canada [1] India [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1] Turkey [1]

A. Gilbert

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P Gilbert

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Thomas Johnson-Gilbert

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Sarah Gilbert

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24515

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Edward Montagu Gilbert-Cooper

Born 1887

Canadian Expeditionary Force 916560

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Ian Anderson Johnson-Gilbert

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Roy Gilbert-Hedley

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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R Gilbert

British Army Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport

British Army 512 Private Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport

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Archibald Holmes Gilbert Duplicate

British Army 117259 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 12th Battalion

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant General List

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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J H Gilbert Harris

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Defence Corps

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Ian Anderson Johnson Johnson-Gilbert

British Army 6520 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers 18th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Thomas Johnson-Gilbert

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Marguerite Gilbert

British Army Prisoner of War Helper

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Conrade Bloirer De Gilbert

British Army 19895 Bearer Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery 320th Brigade

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Edgar Yelverton

Born 1887

Royal Navy SS109743

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Joseph Gilbert Dit Comtois

Born 1876

Canadian Expeditionary Force 660588

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