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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]

Frederick Bertie Gooding

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army G/37587 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Lawrence Gardiner Gooding

Born 1895

British Army 121 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion

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Harold William Gooding

Born 1889

Died 1974

British Army 66320 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 66320 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Charles Riggall Gooding

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275453

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Walter Fredrick Gooding

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277402

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Albert William Gooding

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1832 Private London Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 1832 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Henry Arthur Gooding

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 22114 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 22114 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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James Gooding

Died 1914

British Army 9622 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 9622 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Alfred S Gooding

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 9901 Lance Corporal Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 9901 Acting Corporal Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Albert E Gooding

Died 1917

British Army 8166 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 233609 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 233609 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Frederick Gooding

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 8515 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 8515 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Percy Philip Gooding

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 32988 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 235027 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Thomas William Gooding

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 218798 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/262907 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Samuel M Gooding

Died 1915

British Army 16457 Private Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 16457 Private Suffolk Regiment

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James Gooding

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 5461 Private Essex Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 5461 Private Essex Regiment

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Florence Gooding

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 6203 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Francis R Gooding

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 5993 Corporal Essex Regiment

British Army A/200909 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Albert E Gooding

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 56930 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Harold William Gooding

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 201588 Corporal Devonshire Regiment

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John Gooding

Died 1916

British Army 24048 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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