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Poole, Dorset [3]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [2]

Tokyo [2]

Warwick, Warwickshire [2]

Weymouth, Dorset [2]

Acton, Middlesex [1]

Anerley, London [1]

Bridport, Dorset [1]

Camden Town, London [1]

Camden Town, Middlesex [1]

Dorchester, Dorset [1]

East Farleigh, Kent [1]

Essex England [1]

Guernsey, Channel Islands [1]

Havant, Hampshire [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Kent England [1]

Kerang Victoria [1]

Kings Lynn England [1]

Lewisham, London [1]

London [1]

London England [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Northfleet, Kent, England [1]

Paddington [1]

Piddlehinton Dorset [1]

Plumstead [1]

Saint Peter Port Guernsey [1]

Seacombe, Cheshire, England [1]

Shaftesbury, Dorset [1]

Sherborne, Dorset [1]

Wallasey, Cheshire [1]

Westminster, London [1]

Westminster, Middlesex [1]

Weymouth, Dorset, England [1]

Wood Green, London [1]

Wood Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Yeovil England [1]

Rank

Private [165]

Corporal [20]

Driver [20]

Gunner [20]

Serjeant [15]

Sapper [13]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Lance Corporal [6]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Captain [1]

Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class) [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Farrier Corporal [1]

Guardsman [1]

Horse Keeper [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Ship's Corporal [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class) [1]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class) The Reverend [1]

Temporary Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [25]

Army Service Corps [24]

Royal Field Artillery [21]

Royal Engineers [20]

Labour Corps [13]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

Essex Regiment [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

London Regiment [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

Newfoundland Forestry Corps [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Guernsey Light Infantry [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Training Reserve [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

1st Dragoon Guards [2]

9th Lancers [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Calcutta Volunteer Artillery Battery [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Dorset Yeomanry [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Service

British Army [276]

Royal Navy [27]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [18]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

G [353]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [346]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

India [1]

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People [355] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Poole, Dorset [3] Croydon, Surrey [2] Hackney, London [2] Salisbury, Wiltshire [2] Tokyo [2] Warwick, Warwickshire [2] Weymouth, Dorset [2] Acton, Middlesex [1] Anerley, London [1] Bridport, Dorset [1] Camden Town, London [1] Camden Town, Middlesex [1] Dorchester, Dorset [1] East Farleigh, Kent [1] Essex England [1] Guernsey, Channel Islands [1] Havant, Hampshire [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Kent England [1] Kerang Victoria [1] Kings Lynn England [1] Lewisham, London [1] London [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Northfleet, Kent, England [1] Paddington [1] Piddlehinton Dorset [1] Plumstead [1] Saint Peter Port Guernsey [1] Seacombe, Cheshire, England [1] Shaftesbury, Dorset [1] Sherborne, Dorset [1] Wallasey, Cheshire [1] Westminster, London [1] Westminster, Middlesex [1] Weymouth, Dorset, England [1] Wood Green, London [1] Wood Green, London, Middlesex [1] Yeovil England [1]

Rank

Private [165] Corporal [20] Driver [20] Gunner [20] Serjeant [15] Sapper [13] Second Lieutenant [10] Lance Corporal [6] Acting Serjeant [3] Rifleman [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Captain [1] Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class) [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Farrier Corporal [1] Guardsman [1] Horse Keeper [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant Major [1] Ship's Corporal [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class) [1] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class) The Reverend [1] Temporary Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Dorsetshire Regiment [25] Army Service Corps [24] Royal Field Artillery [21] Royal Engineers [20] Labour Corps [13] Hampshire Regiment [12] Essex Regiment [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] London Regiment [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [6] East Surrey Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] Newfoundland Forestry Corps [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Guernsey Light Infantry [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Training Reserve [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] 1st Dragoon Guards [2] 9th Lancers [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Calcutta Volunteer Artillery Battery [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Dorset Yeomanry [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Grenadier Guards [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Service

British Army [276] Royal Navy [27] Canadian Expeditionary Force [18] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12] Australian Imperial Force [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

G [353] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [346] Conscientious Objector [4] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [14] India [1]

Frank Hay Gillingham

Born 1875

Died 1953

British Army Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class) Royal Army Chaplain's Department Tidworth Camp

British Army Temporary Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class) Royal Army Chaplain's Department Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force)

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Frederick Victor Gillingham

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army S/19967 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/19967 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

British Army Tr12/17358 Training Reserve 20th Training Reserve Battalion

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Frank Gillingham

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 20748 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 14th (Service) Battalion (West of England)

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Frank Gillingham

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 12861 Lance Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 12861 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 12861 Lance Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment

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Herbert Mark Gillingham

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66712

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William George Gillingham

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 21502 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 9539 Private Worcestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 21502 Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 88th Battalion

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Arthur Frederick Gillingham

Born 1883

British Army 265442 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Ernest William Gillingham

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 200203 Serjeant Essex Regiment

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Alfred Walter Gillingham

Born 1895

Died 1966

British Army T1/437 Driver Honourable Artillery Company army service corps 3rd Battalion

British Army M1/437 Corporal Honourable Artillery Company army service corps 3rd Battalion

British Army M1/437 Royal Army Service Corps 52nd Battalion

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Joseph Gillingham

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407865

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Harry Edwin Gillingham

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 318978

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Maurice William Gillingham

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 14674 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 14674 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Frank Hay Gillingham

Born 1875

Died 1953

British Army Temporary Chaplain to the Forces (4th Class) The Reverend Army Chaplain's Department

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Charles Gillingham

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 1445 Private Royal Newfoundland Regiment

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Harold Gillingham

Died 1917

British Army S/20337 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S/20337 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Charles Henry Gillingham

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 16845 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 16845 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Harry Gillingham

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 160194 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Frank Gillingham

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army L/10234 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army L/10234 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Ernest Gillingham

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army R/22348 Shoeing Smith Army Service Corps

British Army R/22348 Acting Staff Serjeant Army Service Corps

British Army R/22348 Staff Serjeant Army Service Corps

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William James Gillingham

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 3214 Private Essex Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 3214 Private Essex Regiment

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