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Devonport, Devon [4]

Exeter, Devon [4]

Torquay, Devon [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [2]

Deloraine Tasmania [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hereford, Herefordshire [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Middlezoy, Somerset [2]

Millwall, London [2]

Okehampton, Devon [2]

Senglea, Malta [2]

Southwark, London [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Ulverstone Tasmania [2]

Altofts, Yorkshire [1]

Bangor, Carnarvonshire [1]

Bangor, Wales [1]

Barnsbury, Middlesex [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Boscombe, Hampshire [1]

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Brisbane Queensland [1]

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Bristol, Somersetshire [1]

Broad Clist, Devon [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Chagford, Devon [1]

Chard, Somerset [1]

Charles, Devon [1]

Cheshire, Cheshire [1]

Christchurch, Hampshire [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Clunes Victoria [1]

Cobargo New South Wales [1]

Cwmbran, Monmouthshire [1]

Dartmouth, Devon [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Rank

Private [310]

Gunner [37]

Driver [32]

Corporal [24]

Serjeant [17]

Sapper [16]

Lance Corporal [14]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Bombardier [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bugler/ Bugler [1]

Cadet [1]

Civilian [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Farrier Corporal [1]

Filter/Corporal [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Member [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private /Acting Serjeant [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Saddler Corporal [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [45]

Royal Field Artillery [41]

Royal Engineers [39]

Devonshire Regiment [36]

Labour Corps [33]

London Regiment [26]

Somerset Light Infantry [26]

Gloucestershire Regiment [21]

Royal Garrison Artillery [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [19]

Worcestershire Regiment [11]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Hampshire Regiment [9]

Royal Naval Division [9]

Dorsetshire Regiment [8]

Welsh Regiment [8]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Connaught Rangers [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Canadian Field Artillery [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [480]

Royal Navy [87]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [41]

Australian Imperial Force [32]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [691]

P [2]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [676]

Merchant Navy [12]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Devonport, Devon [4] Exeter, Devon [4] Torquay, Devon [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Ballarat Victoria [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Bath, Somerset [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [2] Deloraine Tasmania [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2] Hackney, London [2] Hereford, Herefordshire [2] Marylebone, London [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Middlezoy, Somerset [2] Millwall, London [2] Okehampton, Devon [2] Senglea, Malta [2] Southwark, London [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Ulverstone Tasmania [2] Altofts, Yorkshire [1] Bangor, Carnarvonshire [1] Bangor, Wales [1] Barnsbury, Middlesex [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Boscombe, Hampshire [1] Bow, London [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol [1] Bristol, Somersetshire [1] Broad Clist, Devon [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Chagford, Devon [1] Chard, Somerset [1] Charles, Devon [1] Cheshire, Cheshire [1] Christchurch, Hampshire [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Clunes Victoria [1] Cobargo New South Wales [1] Cwmbran, Monmouthshire [1] Dartmouth, Devon [1] Deptford, London [1]

Rank

Private [310] Gunner [37] Driver [32] Corporal [24] Serjeant [17] Sapper [16] Lance Corporal [14] Second Lieutenant [8] Bombardier [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Acting Corporal [4] Pioneer [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Leading Seaman [3] Lieutenant [3] Able Seaman [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bugler/ Bugler [1] Cadet [1] Civilian [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Farrier Corporal [1] Filter/Corporal [1] Leading Stoker [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Member [1] Petty Officer [1] Private /Acting Serjeant [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Saddler Corporal [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [45] Royal Field Artillery [41] Royal Engineers [39] Devonshire Regiment [36] Labour Corps [33] London Regiment [26] Somerset Light Infantry [26] Gloucestershire Regiment [21] Royal Garrison Artillery [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [19] Worcestershire Regiment [11] Machine Gun Corps [10] Hampshire Regiment [9] Royal Naval Division [9] Dorsetshire Regiment [8] Welsh Regiment [8] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Liverpool Regiment [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] East Kent Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Connaught Rangers [3] Corps of Hussars [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Canadian Field Artillery [2] Canadian Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [480] Royal Navy [87] Canadian Expeditionary Force [41] Australian Imperial Force [32] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

G [691] P [2] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [676] Merchant Navy [12] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [18] Ireland [1]

Oliver Charles Gillard

Born 1893

Died 1974

British Army 20645 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 611701 Private Labour Corps

British Army 20645 Private Glos 14th Infantry

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John Henry Gillard

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 20630 Private Devonshire Regiment

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John Gillard

Born 1863

British Army 12 Sergeant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370003 Serjeant London Regiment 3/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Tom Gillard

Born 1893

Died 1973

British Army 54160 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army G/40362 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

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George Ernest Gillard

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53299

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Edward Gillard

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279263

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Robert Gillard

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8396

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Robert Gillard

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57821

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John Robert Gillard

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116338

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George Louis Gillard

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 5031 Private Australian Infantry 50th Battalion

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Frederick George Gillard

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 36382 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Sidney Gillard

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army TF/5492 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 201904 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Hubert William Gillard

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36511

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Henry John Gillard

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91333

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James Frank Gillard

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268903

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Charles Arthur Gillard

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24955

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Abraham Gillard

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279615

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Frederick Gillard

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 6693 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 202420 Private Middlesex Regiment

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John George Gillard

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army G/22185 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Sydney Guest Gillard

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237802

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