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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [12]

Melbourne Victoria [12]

Hull, Yorkshire [10]

Plymouth, Devon [9]

Sydney New South Wales [9]

London, Middlesex, England [8]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [7]

Bradford, Yorkshire [6]

Brisbane Queensland [6]

Devonport, Devon [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire [6]

Saltash, Cornwall [6]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [5]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [5]

London, Middlesex [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Brighton, Sussex [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Manchester [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Newcastle New South Wales [4]

Reading, Berkshire [4]

Saint Pancras, London [4]

Sorell Tasmania [4]

Aberdeen [3]

Beccles, Suffolk [3]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [3]

London England [3]

Plaistow, Sussex [3]

Port Pirie South Australia [3]

Surrey [3]

Weymouth, Dorset [3]

Abbotsbury, Dorset [2]

Bedminster, Somerset [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Bingley, Yorkshire [2]

Blinman South Australia [2]

Boston, Lincolnshire [2]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [2]

Bradford England [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

Chinchilla Queensland [2]

Congresbury, Somerset [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Rank

Private [2292]

Gunner [286]

Driver [214]

Corporal [173]

Serjeant [170]

Sapper [152]

Second Lieutenant [97]

Lance Corporal [73]

Captain [55]

Acting Corporal [43]

Acting Serjeant [37]

Pioneer [36]

Lieutenant [27]

Company Serjeant Major [23]

Bombardier [22]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [20]

Major [19]

Lieutenant Colonel [15]

Rifleman [12]

Acting Bombardier [11]

Able Seaman [10]

Staff Serjeant [10]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Staff Nurse [7]

Temporary Captain [7]

Guardsman [6]

Sister [6]

Worker [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Trooper [5]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Battery Serjeant Major [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [3]

Flying Officer [3]

Sergeant [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Able Seaman Driver [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Cadet [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [320]

Royal Engineers [305]

Labour Corps [297]

Army Service Corps [216]

Royal Garrison Artillery [158]

Royal Army Medical Corps [121]

London Regiment [110]

West Yorkshire Regiment [107]

Machine Gun Corps [106]

Yorkshire Regiment [100]

Durham Light Infantry [86]

Manchester Regiment [70]

Liverpool Regiment [67]

Royal Fusiliers [67]

Devonshire Regiment [64]

Northumberland Fusiliers [64]

West Riding Regiment [64]

York and Lancaster Regiment [61]

Lancashire Fusiliers [58]

East Yorkshire Regiment [55]

Cheshire Regiment [53]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [49]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [47]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [44]

Border Regiment [41]

Middlesex Regiment [41]

South Lancashire Regiment [41]

Royal Army Service Corps [37]

Lincolnshire Regiment [36]

Rifle Brigade [36]

Royal Naval Division [33]

South Staffordshire Regiment [33]

Worcestershire Regiment [33]

Gordon Highlanders [32]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [32]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [32]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [31]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [31]

East Lancashire Regiment [30]

Somerset Light Infantry [30]

Leicestershire Regiment [29]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [28]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [28]

Essex Regiment [27]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [26]

Welsh Regiment [26]

Army Ordnance Corps [23]

Suffolk Regiment [23]

The Queen's Regiment [23]

Royal Defence Corps [22]

Service

British Army [3626]

Royal Navy [374]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [256]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [246]

Australian Imperial Force [223]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [53]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

G [4871]

H [4]

M [4]

B [2]

P [2]

A [1]

F [1]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4761]

Merchant Navy [95]

Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [104]

Canada [2]

Barbados [1]

Egypt [1]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

United States Minor Outlying Islands [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [12] Melbourne Victoria [12] Hull, Yorkshire [10] Plymouth, Devon [9] Sydney New South Wales [9] London, Middlesex, England [8] Sheffield, Yorkshire [7] Bradford, Yorkshire [6] Brisbane Queensland [6] Devonport, Devon [6] Liverpool, Lancashire [6] Saltash, Cornwall [6] Goole, Yorkshire, England [5] Hull, Yorkshire, England [5] London, Middlesex [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Brighton, Sussex [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Manchester [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Newcastle New South Wales [4] Reading, Berkshire [4] Saint Pancras, London [4] Sorell Tasmania [4] Aberdeen [3] Beccles, Suffolk [3] Bendigo Victoria [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Dublin, Suffolk, England [3] London England [3] Plaistow, Sussex [3] Port Pirie South Australia [3] Surrey [3] Weymouth, Dorset [3] Abbotsbury, Dorset [2] Bedminster, Somerset [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Bingley, Yorkshire [2] Blinman South Australia [2] Boston, Lincolnshire [2] Bournemouth, Hampshire [2] Bradford England [2] Camberwell, London [2] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2] Chinchilla Queensland [2] Congresbury, Somerset [2] Dover, Kent [2]

Rank

Private [2292] Gunner [286] Driver [214] Corporal [173] Serjeant [170] Sapper [152] Second Lieutenant [97] Lance Corporal [73] Captain [55] Acting Corporal [43] Acting Serjeant [37] Pioneer [36] Lieutenant [27] Company Serjeant Major [23] Bombardier [22] Warrant Officer Class 2 [20] Major [19] Lieutenant Colonel [15] Rifleman [12] Acting Bombardier [11] Able Seaman [10] Staff Serjeant [10] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Lance Serjeant [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Colour Serjeant [7] Staff Nurse [7] Temporary Captain [7] Guardsman [6] Sister [6] Worker [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Trooper [5] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Battery Serjeant Major [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Captain [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Deck Hand [3] Farrier Staff Serjeant [3] Flying Officer [3] Sergeant [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Temporary Major [3] Able Seaman Driver [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Cadet [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [320] Royal Engineers [305] Labour Corps [297] Army Service Corps [216] Royal Garrison Artillery [158] Royal Army Medical Corps [121] London Regiment [110] West Yorkshire Regiment [107] Machine Gun Corps [106] Yorkshire Regiment [100] Durham Light Infantry [86] Manchester Regiment [70] Liverpool Regiment [67] Royal Fusiliers [67] Devonshire Regiment [64] Northumberland Fusiliers [64] West Riding Regiment [64] York and Lancaster Regiment [61] Lancashire Fusiliers [58] East Yorkshire Regiment [55] Cheshire Regiment [53] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [49] King's Royal Rifle Corps [47] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [44] Border Regiment [41] Middlesex Regiment [41] South Lancashire Regiment [41] Royal Army Service Corps [37] Lincolnshire Regiment [36] Rifle Brigade [36] Royal Naval Division [33] South Staffordshire Regiment [33] Worcestershire Regiment [33] Gordon Highlanders [32] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [32] Yorkshire Light Infantry [32] Royal Lancaster Regiment [31] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [31] East Lancashire Regiment [30] Somerset Light Infantry [30] Leicestershire Regiment [29] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [28] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [28] Essex Regiment [27] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [26] Welsh Regiment [26] Army Ordnance Corps [23] Suffolk Regiment [23] The Queen's Regiment [23] Royal Defence Corps [22]

Service

British Army [3626] Royal Navy [374] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [256] Canadian Expeditionary Force [246] Australian Imperial Force [223] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [53] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

G [4871] H [4] M [4] B [2] P [2] A [1] F [1] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4761] Merchant Navy [95] Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [104] Canada [2] Barbados [1] Egypt [1] India [1] New Zealand [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1] United States Minor Outlying Islands [1]

Reginald John Gill

Born 1884

Died 1967

British Army 6849 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William James Gill

Born 1880

Died 1916

Royal Navy B 2585 Royal Fleet Reserve Devon

Royal Navy 296867 Stoker 1st Class HMS Vivid

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Robert Gill

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army 6087 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Cecil Ernest Gaspar Gill

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) RFC 1 S of A G

Air Force (RAF/RFC) RAF 34 Squadron (B.E.F.)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) RAF 139 Squadron

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George Granderson Gill

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force A14787 Private Canadian Infantry

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Algernon Stuart Gill

Born 1894

Died 1964

British Army 4396 Private London Regiment 12th lond Battalion

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Arthur Eric Rowton Gill

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295744 Private 2nd Class RAF

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Kenneth Carlyle Gill

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army Captain Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Albert Gill

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 19289 Grenadier Guards

British Army 305 Private Welsh Guards 1st Battalion

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Thomas Martin Gill

Born 1885

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5362 Private 7th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery

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Sidney Albert Gill

Born 1888

Died 1974

British Army 36125 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 36125 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Albert Gill

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army B5202815 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

British Army B5202815 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

British Army 2815 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Henry Gill

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 375413 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 375413 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 375413 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Thomas Reeves Gill

Born 1893

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 679078

Canadian Expeditionary Force 679078 Private Canadian Infantry 15th Battalion

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Robert Thomas Gill

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 38479 Private Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion.

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Harry Arnold Gill

Born 1895

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

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 321251 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps

British Army S/13942 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Ernest Harry Harold Gill

Born 1897

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67995

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67995 Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67995 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Air Force 112th Sqdn.

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John William Gill

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 8803 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 8803 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Jack Gill

Born 1875

Died 1918

British Army Reserve (Derby Scheme)

British Army 27464 Private East Lancashire Regiment 10th

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William Frederick Gill

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 18/1144 Corporal Durham Light Infantry

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