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Sydney New South Wales [11]

London England [8]

London, Middlesex [8]

Melbourne Victoria [8]

Plymouth, Devon [8]

Reading, Berkshire [8]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [6]

Adelaide South Australia [5]

Ballarat Victoria [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Southampton, Hampshire [5]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Broken Hill New South Wales [4]

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Stratford, Essex [4]

Battersea, London [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Bristol, Somerset [3]

Bromley, Kent [3]

Brunswick New South Wales [3]

Buckingham England [3]

Cricklade, Wiltshire [3]

Ealing, Middlesex [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

Wilmington South Australia [3]

Alton, Hampshire [2]

Ascot, Berkshire [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Camberwell, Surrey [2]

Campbelltown, New South Wales [2]

Deptford, London [2]

Devizes, Wiltshire [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Echuca Victoria [2]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [2]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Kings Lynn Norfolk [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Matlock, Derbyshire [2]

Newbury, Berkshire [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Port Pirie South Australia [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Rochester, Kent [2]

Rutherglen Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1280]

Gunner [143]

Corporal [107]

Driver [104]

Sapper [96]

Serjeant [93]

Second Lieutenant [59]

Lance Corporal [54]

Captain [39]

Pioneer [28]

Acting Corporal [24]

Major [18]

Lieutenant [13]

Bombardier [11]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Guardsman [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Rifleman [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Worker [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Nurse [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [4]

Sergeant [4]

Trooper [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Captain [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Farrier Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Captain Acting Major [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Special Military Probationer [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [193]

Royal Field Artillery [159]

Labour Corps [151]

Army Service Corps [149]

London Regiment [95]

Royal Garrison Artillery [85]

Royal Army Medical Corps [62]

Middlesex Regiment [60]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [56]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [55]

Royal Fusiliers [53]

Devonshire Regiment [49]

Machine Gun Corps [49]

Worcestershire Regiment [49]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [41]

Somerset Light Infantry [41]

Gloucestershire Regiment [38]

Rifle Brigade [35]

Hampshire Regiment [34]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [30]

East Surrey Regiment [28]

Wiltshire Regiment [26]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [25]

Northumberland Fusiliers [23]

Welsh Regiment [23]

West Yorkshire Regiment [23]

Durham Light Infantry [22]

East Kent Regiment [21]

Royal Army Service Corps [21]

Canadian Infantry [19]

The Queen's Regiment [19]

Royal West Kent Regiment [18]

Army Ordnance Corps [17]

Suffolk Regiment [17]

Northamptonshire Regiment [16]

Royal Flying Corps [16]

South Wales Borderers [16]

Dorsetshire Regiment [15]

Manchester Regiment [14]

Norfolk Regiment [14]

Royal Sussex Regiment [14]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [14]

South Staffordshire Regiment [14]

Essex Regiment [13]

Tank Corps [13]

Army Veterinary Corps [12]

Corps of Hussars [12]

East Lancashire Regiment [12]

East Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Grenadier Guards [12]

Service

British Army [2016]

Royal Navy [238]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [166]

Australian Imperial Force [164]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [163]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [31]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

G [2827]

B [1]

C [1]

D [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2771]

Merchant Navy [41]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [50]

Australia [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [11] London England [8] London, Middlesex [8] Melbourne Victoria [8] Plymouth, Devon [8] Reading, Berkshire [8] Southampton, Hampshire, England [6] Adelaide South Australia [5] Ballarat Victoria [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Southampton, Hampshire [5] Brisbane Queensland [4] Broken Hill New South Wales [4] Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Stratford, Essex [4] Battersea, London [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Bristol, Somerset [3] Bromley, Kent [3] Brunswick New South Wales [3] Buckingham England [3] Cricklade, Wiltshire [3] Ealing, Middlesex [3] West Ham, Essex [3] Wilmington South Australia [3] Alton, Hampshire [2] Ascot, Berkshire [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Camberwell, Surrey [2] Campbelltown, New South Wales [2] Deptford, London [2] Devizes, Wiltshire [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Echuca Victoria [2] Goole, Yorkshire, England [2] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Kensington, London [2] Kings Lynn Norfolk [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Matlock, Derbyshire [2] Newbury, Berkshire [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Port Pirie South Australia [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Rochester, Kent [2] Rutherglen Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1280] Gunner [143] Corporal [107] Driver [104] Sapper [96] Serjeant [93] Second Lieutenant [59] Lance Corporal [54] Captain [39] Pioneer [28] Acting Corporal [24] Major [18] Lieutenant [13] Bombardier [11] Acting Serjeant [10] Lance Serjeant [9] Guardsman [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Rifleman [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Worker [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Nurse [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [4] Sergeant [4] Trooper [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Captain [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Farrier Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Captain Acting Major [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Special Military Probationer [2] Staff Nurse [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [193] Royal Field Artillery [159] Labour Corps [151] Army Service Corps [149] London Regiment [95] Royal Garrison Artillery [85] Royal Army Medical Corps [62] Middlesex Regiment [60] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [56] Royal Berkshire Regiment [55] Royal Fusiliers [53] Devonshire Regiment [49] Machine Gun Corps [49] Worcestershire Regiment [49] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [41] Somerset Light Infantry [41] Gloucestershire Regiment [38] Rifle Brigade [35] Hampshire Regiment [34] King's Royal Rifle Corps [30] East Surrey Regiment [28] Wiltshire Regiment [26] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [25] Northumberland Fusiliers [23] Welsh Regiment [23] West Yorkshire Regiment [23] Durham Light Infantry [22] East Kent Regiment [21] Royal Army Service Corps [21] Canadian Infantry [19] The Queen's Regiment [19] Royal West Kent Regiment [18] Army Ordnance Corps [17] Suffolk Regiment [17] Northamptonshire Regiment [16] Royal Flying Corps [16] South Wales Borderers [16] Dorsetshire Regiment [15] Manchester Regiment [14] Norfolk Regiment [14] Royal Sussex Regiment [14] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [14] South Staffordshire Regiment [14] Essex Regiment [13] Tank Corps [13] Army Veterinary Corps [12] Corps of Hussars [12] East Lancashire Regiment [12] East Yorkshire Regiment [12] Grenadier Guards [12]

Service

British Army [2016] Royal Navy [238] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [166] Australian Imperial Force [164] Canadian Expeditionary Force [163] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [31] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

G [2827] B [1] C [1] D [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2771] Merchant Navy [41] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [50] Australia [1]

George Albert Giles

Born 1883

Died 1924

British Army P/112 Serjeant Rifle Brigade

British Army P/112 Sergeant Rifle Brigade

British Army Sergeant Rifle Brigade 16 Battalion

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Alfred Giles

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 35785 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 41566 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 35785 Private Norfolk Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Arthur Giles

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 2942 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1/8th worcest Battalion

British Army 240731 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment 1/8th worcest Battalion

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William James Giles

Born 1868

British Army 44 Sergeant London Regiment 24th battalion lond Battalion

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Frederick John Giles

Born 1875

Died 1914

British Army P/500 Lance Corporal Military Police Corps Mounted Branch

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Edward Chichele Giles

Born 1900

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4125 Private 28th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Arthur Giles

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Private Army Reserve

British Army 22435 Private Training Reserve 8th Bn

British Army 22435 Private Training Reserve 7th Bn

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Frederick William Giles

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 27987 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2nd worcest Battalion

British Army 27987 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Btn

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William Giles

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 23025 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army 23025 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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William Giles

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy M14876 Cook's Mate HMS MALAYA

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Arthur Giles

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 11628 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 11628 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 11628 Private The Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Percy Richard Giles

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 7214 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Lance Corporal

British Army 35889 Royal Berk

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David Victor Giles

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 8/3769 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army TF/3769 Private The Duke of Cambridge’s (Middlesex) Regiment 1st/8th (T.F.) Battalion

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William Giles

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5390 Private 6th Battalion

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Harry Giles

Born 1888

British Army L/8159 Private Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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Caleb George Giles

Born 1877

Died 1953

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277273 Royal Air Force

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Samuel William Richard Giles

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy 16459 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/16459 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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Almond Tom Giles

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2269 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1st/5th Battalion

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Edward James Giles

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278982

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Robert Giles

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109094

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