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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]

Colin Unwin Gill

Born 1892

Died 1940

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Newton Gill

Died 1917

British Army 50608 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 50608 Private Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Thomas Gill

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 118207 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Howell Inniss Gill

Born 1895

British Army 122947 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 2/35th Sikhs

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William Henry Gill

Born 1879

Died 1949

Royal Navy 9816 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy 20224 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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Fredrick Gill

Born 1880

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86141 Private 1st Class Royal Air Force

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Thomas Andrew Reid Gill

Born 1888

Died 1955

Royal Navy 310460 Stoker Petty Officer HMS COLLINGWOOD

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Cyril Bertram Leonard Gill

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy Able Seaman

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Mary Rose

Royal Navy SS3263 Able Seaman HMS Mary Rose

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Ellis Sibley Gill

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 100283 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Reginald Walter Gill

Born 1886

Died 1969

British Army 18062 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 18062 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Ernest George Gill

Born 1889

Died 1953

Royal Navy 308577

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Albert E Gill

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 73905 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army GS/93374 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Walter Gill

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 19020 Private Lancashire Fusiliers "A" Company 2nd/5th Battalion

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William Alexander Gill

Born 1885

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1551

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Frank Morley Gill

Born 1891

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 188

Australian Imperial Force 188 Army Medical Corps 3rd Field Ambulance

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Foster James Gill

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 5110 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 3rd/4th Battalion

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Eric Longden Gill

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 7857 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant 4th York and Lancaster Regiment Territorial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant 14th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment

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Edwin Leonard Gill

Born 1877

Died 1956

British Army British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem

Other Empire Force Friends' Ambulance Unit Hospitals in England, Dunkirk, and Ambulance Trains 11 and 5

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Harry Gill

Born 1878

British Army 2387 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 360205 Private Labour Corps

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Walter John Gill

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73663

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