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Ipswich, Suffolk [6]

Marsh Baldon [6]

Bendigo Victoria [5]

Croydon, Surrey [4]

Exmouth, Devon [3]

Rainham, Kent [3]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

Budleigh Salterton, Devon [2]

Epsom Victoria [2]

Gillingham, Kent [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk, England [2]

Marsh Baldon, Oxfordshire [2]

Okehampton, Devon [2]

Southwold, Suffolk [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Winslow, Buckinghamshire [2]

Ashford England [1]

Auburn New South Wales [1]

Babbacombe, Devon [1]

Barking, Suffolk [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bickley, Bromley, Kent [1]

Binbrook, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Budleigh, Devon [1]

Canning Town [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland, England [1]

Castle Carey, Somerset [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Clare South Australia [1]

Coaltin England [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Crockham Hill, Kent [1]

Croydon [1]

Dartford, Kent [1]

Debenham, Stowmarket, Suffolk [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Four Elms, Edenbridge [1]

Friston, Suffolk [1]

Georgetown, Demerara [1]

Gerang Victoria [1]

Hangerford, Berkshire [1]

Hazelwood Victoria [1]

Hoxton, London [1]

Rank

Private [299]

Gunner [36]

Serjeant [33]

Corporal [26]

Driver [23]

Sapper [20]

Lance Corporal [12]

Lieutenant [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Acting Corporal [6]

Pioneer [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Worker [4]

Captain [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Rifleman [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Bombardier [2]

Guardsman [2]

Staff Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Civilian [1]

Controller [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Legionnaire [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant/Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant/Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Serjeant Major /Acting Corporal [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [39]

Devonshire Regiment [38]

London Regiment [35]

Army Service Corps [33]

Labour Corps [31]

Royal Field Artillery [31]

Royal Garrison Artillery [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

Essex Regiment [16]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

Middlesex Regiment [13]

Somerset Light Infantry [13]

Suffolk Regiment [11]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Bedfordshire Regiment [9]

Hampshire Regiment [9]

Dorsetshire Regiment [8]

Northamptonshire Regiment [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

British West Indies Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [2]

3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Service

British Army [469]

Royal Navy [56]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [45]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [39]

Australian Imperial Force [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

G [654]

Contribution

Military Service [629]

Merchant Navy [14]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

Barbados [1]

France [1]

Guyana [1]

Italy [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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Ipswich, Suffolk [6] Marsh Baldon [6] Bendigo Victoria [5] Croydon, Surrey [4] Exmouth, Devon [3] Rainham, Kent [3] Southampton, Hampshire, England [3] West Ham, Essex [3] Budleigh Salterton, Devon [2] Epsom Victoria [2] Gillingham, Kent [2] Ipswich, Suffolk, England [2] Marsh Baldon, Oxfordshire [2] Okehampton, Devon [2] Southwold, Suffolk [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Winslow, Buckinghamshire [2] Ashford England [1] Auburn New South Wales [1] Babbacombe, Devon [1] Barking, Suffolk [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bickley, Bromley, Kent [1] Binbrook, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Budleigh, Devon [1] Canning Town [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Carlisle, Cumberland, England [1] Castle Carey, Somerset [1] Chelsea, London [1] Clare South Australia [1] Coaltin England [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Crockham Hill, Kent [1] Croydon [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Debenham, Stowmarket, Suffolk [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dover, Kent [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Four Elms, Edenbridge [1] Friston, Suffolk [1] Georgetown, Demerara [1] Gerang Victoria [1] Hangerford, Berkshire [1] Hazelwood Victoria [1] Hoxton, London [1]

Rank

Private [299] Gunner [36] Serjeant [33] Corporal [26] Driver [23] Sapper [20] Lance Corporal [12] Lieutenant [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Acting Corporal [6] Pioneer [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Worker [4] Captain [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Rifleman [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Bombardier [2] Guardsman [2] Staff Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Civilian [1] Controller [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Legionnaire [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Petty Officer [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant/Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant/Acting Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Serjeant Major /Acting Corporal [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [39] Devonshire Regiment [38] London Regiment [35] Army Service Corps [33] Labour Corps [31] Royal Field Artillery [31] Royal Garrison Artillery [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] Essex Regiment [16] Royal Fusiliers [14] Middlesex Regiment [13] Somerset Light Infantry [13] Suffolk Regiment [11] Machine Gun Corps [10] Bedfordshire Regiment [9] Hampshire Regiment [9] Dorsetshire Regiment [8] Northamptonshire Regiment [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Durham Light Infantry [6] East Surrey Regiment [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] British West Indies Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Norfolk Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Cambridgeshire Regiment [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [2] 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Coldstream Guards [2]

Service

British Army [469] Royal Navy [56] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [45] Canadian Expeditionary Force [39] Australian Imperial Force [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

G [654]

Contribution

Military Service [629] Merchant Navy [14] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [27] Barbados [1] France [1] Guyana [1] Italy [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Marwood Edward Gooding

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 16490

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William Gooding

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105004

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Leonard Elworthy Gooding

Born 1895

Died 1959

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8272

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William Hines Gooding

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264954

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John Gooding

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129027

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James Herman Gooding

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224953

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Donald Gooding

Died 1916

British Army 3008 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 530892 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 530892 Serjeant London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

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Thomas Gooding

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 22373 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army G/42757 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Harold Henry Gooding

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 72449 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Alfred Gooding

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 404052

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Basil John Gooding

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129354

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Fred Gooding

Died 1917

British Army B/200441 Serjeant Rifle Brigade

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William Edward Stevens Gooding

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 678 Driver Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 610186 Driver Royal Horse Artillery

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Joseph Alfred Gooding

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 6564 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 285048 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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William Henry Gooding

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401553

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Richard John Gooding

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 10401 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army 764402 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army 764402 Private London Regiment (Artists' Rifles)

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George Ernest Gooding

Born 1877

Died 1920

British Army SE/29765 Serjeant Army Veterinary Corps

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William Percy Gooding

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212530

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Frederick Charles Gooding

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229800

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Arthur Gooding

Died 1915

British Army R/8021 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/8021 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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