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Sydney New South Wales [12]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

London England [5]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Ballarat Victoria [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Saint Helens, Lancashire [4]

Warren New South Wales [4]

Wigan, Lancashire [4]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Desborough, Northants [3]

Hanley, Staffordshire [3]

Islington, London [3]

Lancashire England [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3]

Nyora Victoria [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Ardsley, Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Armadale Victoria [2]

Bendemeer New South Wales [2]

Bideford, Devon [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Deptford, London [2]

Devonshire England [2]

Exeter South Australia [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hemsworth, Yorkshire [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Holloway, London [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

London [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Narrabri New South Wales [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England [2]

Pemberton, Lancashire [2]

Peterborough, Northamptonshire [2]

Sheffield Tasmania [2]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Yeovil, Somerset [2]

Accrington Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [1434]

Gunner [165]

Driver [137]

Corporal [133]

Serjeant [107]

Sapper [81]

Second Lieutenant [60]

Lance Corporal [51]

Captain [39]

Lieutenant [29]

Acting Corporal [27]

Acting Serjeant [19]

Pioneer [18]

Bombardier [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Rifleman [7]

Worker [7]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Acting Staff Serjeant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Guardsman [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Major [4]

Sister [4]

Acting Colour Serjeant [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Colonel [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Nurse [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Stoker [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Trumpeter [3]

Acting Major [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Captain and Brevet Major [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Quarter Master and Honorary Captain [2]

Quarter Master and Honorary Major [2]

Saddler [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [195]

Labour Corps [174]

Royal Engineers [172]

Army Service Corps [139]

Royal Garrison Artillery [92]

Royal Army Medical Corps [80]

London Regiment [77]

Machine Gun Corps [71]

Liverpool Regiment [60]

Royal Fusiliers [58]

Leicestershire Regiment [52]

South Lancashire Regiment [44]

West Yorkshire Regiment [43]

Manchester Regiment [40]

Lancashire Fusiliers [39]

North Staffordshire Regiment [39]

Middlesex Regiment [38]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [34]

Northumberland Fusiliers [34]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [33]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [32]

Cheshire Regiment [30]

Durham Light Infantry [30]

Royal Army Service Corps [30]

Yorkshire Regiment [28]

South Staffordshire Regiment [27]

Border Regiment [26]

Devonshire Regiment [25]

Worcestershire Regiment [25]

Lincolnshire Regiment [24]

Rifle Brigade [24]

Hampshire Regiment [23]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [22]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22]

Canadian Infantry [21]

East Kent Regiment [21]

Gloucestershire Regiment [21]

Army Ordnance Corps [20]

Royal Irish Rifles [20]

York and Lancaster Regiment [20]

Army Veterinary Corps [19]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [19]

Royal Defence Corps [18]

Welsh Regiment [18]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [17]

East Lancashire Regiment [16]

The Queen's Regiment [16]

East Surrey Regiment [15]

East Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Northamptonshire Regiment [14]

Service

British Army [2239]

Royal Navy [210]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [176]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [154]

Australian Imperial Force [134]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [24]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

G [2980]

T [4]

H [1]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2926]

Merchant Navy [38]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [60]

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Sydney New South Wales [12] Birmingham, Warwickshire [8] Liverpool, Lancashire [6] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] London England [5] London, Middlesex, England [5] Ballarat Victoria [4] London, Middlesex [4] Saint Helens, Lancashire [4] Warren New South Wales [4] Wigan, Lancashire [4] Bethnal Green, London [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Desborough, Northants [3] Hanley, Staffordshire [3] Islington, London [3] Lancashire England [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3] Nyora Victoria [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Ardsley, Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Armadale Victoria [2] Bendemeer New South Wales [2] Bideford, Devon [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Deptford, London [2] Devonshire England [2] Exeter South Australia [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2] Hackney, London [2] Hemsworth, Yorkshire [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Holloway, London [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] London [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Narrabri New South Wales [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England [2] Pemberton, Lancashire [2] Peterborough, Northamptonshire [2] Sheffield Tasmania [2] Southampton, Hampshire, England [2] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Yeovil, Somerset [2] Accrington Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [1434] Gunner [165] Driver [137] Corporal [133] Serjeant [107] Sapper [81] Second Lieutenant [60] Lance Corporal [51] Captain [39] Lieutenant [29] Acting Corporal [27] Acting Serjeant [19] Pioneer [18] Bombardier [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Company Serjeant Major [8] Staff Serjeant [8] Able Seaman [7] Acting Bombardier [7] Rifleman [7] Worker [7] Colour Serjeant [5] Acting Staff Serjeant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Guardsman [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Major [4] Sister [4] Acting Colour Serjeant [3] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Colonel [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Nurse [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Sergeant [3] Stoker [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Trumpeter [3] Acting Major [2] Brevet Major [2] Captain and Brevet Major [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Quarter Master and Honorary Captain [2] Quarter Master and Honorary Major [2] Saddler [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [195] Labour Corps [174] Royal Engineers [172] Army Service Corps [139] Royal Garrison Artillery [92] Royal Army Medical Corps [80] London Regiment [77] Machine Gun Corps [71] Liverpool Regiment [60] Royal Fusiliers [58] Leicestershire Regiment [52] South Lancashire Regiment [44] West Yorkshire Regiment [43] Manchester Regiment [40] Lancashire Fusiliers [39] North Staffordshire Regiment [39] Middlesex Regiment [38] King's Royal Rifle Corps [34] Northumberland Fusiliers [34] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [33] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [32] Cheshire Regiment [30] Durham Light Infantry [30] Royal Army Service Corps [30] Yorkshire Regiment [28] South Staffordshire Regiment [27] Border Regiment [26] Devonshire Regiment [25] Worcestershire Regiment [25] Lincolnshire Regiment [24] Rifle Brigade [24] Hampshire Regiment [23] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [22] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22] Canadian Infantry [21] East Kent Regiment [21] Gloucestershire Regiment [21] Army Ordnance Corps [20] Royal Irish Rifles [20] York and Lancaster Regiment [20] Army Veterinary Corps [19] Royal Lancaster Regiment [19] Royal Defence Corps [18] Welsh Regiment [18] King's Own Scottish Borderers [17] East Lancashire Regiment [16] The Queen's Regiment [16] East Surrey Regiment [15] East Yorkshire Regiment [15] Northamptonshire Regiment [14]

Service

British Army [2239] Royal Navy [210] Canadian Expeditionary Force [176] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [154] Australian Imperial Force [134] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [24] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

G [2980] T [4] H [1] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2926] Merchant Navy [38] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [60]

Charles Horace Glover

Born 1874

Died 1919

British Army G/11273 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 11th Battalion

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Alexander Glover

Born 1871

Died 1916

British Army 15036 Private Highland Light Infantry 16th Btn.

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George Glover

Born 1882

Died 1946

British Army 5631 Serjeant 18th Hussars

British Army 5631 Serjeant Corps of Hussars

British Army 5631 Colour Serjeant 18th Hussars Cavalry

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William Glover

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 17618 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Battalion

British Army 17618 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Battalion

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William Glover

Born 1883

Died 1964

British Army 11695 Private Royal Fusiliers 7th (Extra Reserve) Battalion

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Frank Glover

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 19569 Private The Kings Liverpool Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army 19569 Lance Corporal Liverpool Regiment 13th Battalion

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James Glover

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 92456 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Gilbert Edgar Glover

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 3387 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 200725 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1/4th Bn.

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William Glover

Born 1893

Died 1962

British Army 27984 Private South Lancashire Regiment 10th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 65638 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 6th (Garrison) Battalion

British Army 65638 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 7th (Garrison) Battalion

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Thomas Henry Glover

Born 1875

Died 1920

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61142 Private Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61142 Private Royal Air Force

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William Glover

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 1023 TF Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1/4th (City of Bristol) Battalion

British Army 1023 TF Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment 1/4th (City of Bristol) Battalion

British Army 1023 TF Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1/4th (City of Bristol) Battalion

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William Glover

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 2016 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 5th Reserve Battalion

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Henry 'harry' Glover

Born 1881

British Army 252249 Private Durham Light Infantry 2/6th Battalion

British Army 53331 Private Royal Defence Corps 4th Observation Company

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John Alfred Glover

Born 1852

Died 1915

Other Empire Force 92016 First Mate

Other Empire Force 92016 First Mate Mercantile Marine, SS Seven Seas

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Johua Glover

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army L/6756 Sergeant Royal West Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

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John Evelyn Glover

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 15230 Serjeant Royal Scots Fusiliers 7th Battalion

British Army 15230 Serjeant Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Walter Glover

Died 1916

British Army 15861 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 10th Battalion

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George William Glover

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 17399 Private Northamptonshire Regiment Depot Bn.

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Henry Glover

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 16141 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Leonard James Glover

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 37 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 1/1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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