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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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Place of birth

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]

William Henry Gill

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260641

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Joseph Henry Gill

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253981

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Horace Gaythorne Gill

Born 1890

Died 1968

British Army M2/101202 Private Army Service Corps

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George William Gill

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 373928 Rifleman London Regiment 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 7080 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5227 Rifleman London Regiment 10th Battalion

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John Gill

Born 1880

Died 1915

Royal Navy 270669 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

Royal Navy 270669 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class

Royal Navy 270669 Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class

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Herbert John Gill

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34734

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Fred Gill

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8390

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Joseph Vernon Carlyle Gill

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20984

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Samuel Gill

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98658

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Joseph Gill

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197728

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Thomas William Gill

Born 1881

British Army 165943 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William Snowdon Gill

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8133

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Fred Gill

Born 1902

Died 1923

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John Ernest Gill

Born 1900

Died 1960

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Atkin Gill

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168222

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John Gill

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 69136

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Garrod Foster Duncan Gill

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161342

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Walter Gill

Born 1868

Died 1938

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Harry Gill

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144157

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Fred Gill

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120742

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