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Melbourne Victoria [13]

Cooma New South Wales [9]

Glen Innes New South Wales [9]

Sydney New South Wales [9]

Manchester, Lancashire [8]

London England [7]

Staffordshire [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

London, Middlesex [5]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [5]

Bermondsey, London [4]

Carlton Victoria [4]

Clerkenwell, London [3]

Leichhardt New South Wales [3]

Leiston, Suffolk [3]

Mile End, London [3]

Walworth, London [3]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3]

Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [2]

Ayston [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Blackburn Lancashire [2]

Bow, East London [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Breadalbane New South Wales [2]

Brentwood, Essex [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Burnley Victoria [2]

Burra South Australia [2]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Campania Tasmania [2]

Christchurch [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Deloraine Tasmania [2]

Docking Norfolk [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

Handsworth, Staffs [2]

Hastings Victoria [2]

Herne Bay, Kent [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Killarney Queensland [2]

King's Cliffe, Northants [2]

Lancashire [2]

Leeds England [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Liverpool [2]

Rank

Private [1974]

Gunner [202]

Driver [160]

Serjeant [147]

Corporal [138]

Sapper [100]

Second Lieutenant [58]

Lance Corporal [57]

Captain [30]

Pioneer [30]

Acting Corporal [27]

Bombardier [21]

Lieutenant [21]

Acting Serjeant [18]

Rifleman [14]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Major [11]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Guardsman [7]

Deck Hand [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Sergeant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Reverend [3]

Serjeant Major [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Second Corporal [2]

Colonel [2]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nurse [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Sister [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [239]

Royal Field Artillery [239]

Royal Engineers [206]

Army Service Corps [196]

Royal Garrison Artillery [118]

Royal Army Medical Corps [114]

London Regiment [106]

Machine Gun Corps [93]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [85]

Cheshire Regiment [84]

North Staffordshire Regiment [80]

Manchester Regiment [70]

Royal Fusiliers [62]

Middlesex Regiment [54]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [51]

Lancashire Fusiliers [48]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [47]

Liverpool Regiment [47]

Rifle Brigade [47]

Durham Light Infantry [45]

York and Lancaster Regiment [45]

Essex Regiment [43]

Suffolk Regiment [40]

The Queen's Regiment [38]

Leicestershire Regiment [34]

Northumberland Fusiliers [33]

Royal West Kent Regiment [32]

Worcestershire Regiment [32]

Lincolnshire Regiment [31]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [30]

Canadian Infantry [28]

East Lancashire Regiment [28]

South Lancashire Regiment [28]

West Yorkshire Regiment [28]

Bedfordshire Regiment [27]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [27]

Border Regiment [26]

Northamptonshire Regiment [26]

Welsh Regiment [26]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [25]

Tank Corps [24]

Royal Irish Rifles [23]

South Staffordshire Regiment [23]

Devonshire Regiment [22]

Royal Naval Division [21]

Royal Sussex Regiment [21]

Yorkshire Regiment [20]

Royal Scots [19]

Army Ordnance Corps [18]

East Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Service

British Army [2921]

Royal Navy [259]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [234]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [217]

Australian Imperial Force [192]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [57]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

G [3944]

S [2]

C [1]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3873]

Merchant Navy [43]

Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [91]

Australia [2]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [13] Cooma New South Wales [9] Glen Innes New South Wales [9] Sydney New South Wales [9] Manchester, Lancashire [8] London England [7] Staffordshire [6] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] London, Middlesex [5] Macclesfield, Cheshire [5] Bermondsey, London [4] Carlton Victoria [4] Clerkenwell, London [3] Leichhardt New South Wales [3] Leiston, Suffolk [3] Mile End, London [3] Walworth, London [3] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3] Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [2] Ayston [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Blackburn Lancashire [2] Bow, East London [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Breadalbane New South Wales [2] Brentwood, Essex [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Burnley Victoria [2] Burra South Australia [2] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [2] Camberwell, London [2] Campania Tasmania [2] Christchurch [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Deloraine Tasmania [2] Docking Norfolk [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2] Handsworth, Staffs [2] Hastings Victoria [2] Herne Bay, Kent [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Killarney Queensland [2] King's Cliffe, Northants [2] Lancashire [2] Leeds England [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Liverpool [2]

Rank

Private [1974] Gunner [202] Driver [160] Serjeant [147] Corporal [138] Sapper [100] Second Lieutenant [58] Lance Corporal [57] Captain [30] Pioneer [30] Acting Corporal [27] Bombardier [21] Lieutenant [21] Acting Serjeant [18] Rifleman [14] Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Major [11] Company Serjeant Major [8] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Acting Bombardier [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Guardsman [7] Deck Hand [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Sergeant [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Temporary Captain [5] Able Seaman [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Reverend [3] Serjeant Major [3] Staff Nurse [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Worker [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Second Corporal [2] Colonel [2] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nurse [2] Petty Officer [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Sister [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [239] Royal Field Artillery [239] Royal Engineers [206] Army Service Corps [196] Royal Garrison Artillery [118] Royal Army Medical Corps [114] London Regiment [106] Machine Gun Corps [93] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [85] Cheshire Regiment [84] North Staffordshire Regiment [80] Manchester Regiment [70] Royal Fusiliers [62] Middlesex Regiment [54] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [51] Lancashire Fusiliers [48] King's Royal Rifle Corps [47] Liverpool Regiment [47] Rifle Brigade [47] Durham Light Infantry [45] York and Lancaster Regiment [45] Essex Regiment [43] Suffolk Regiment [40] The Queen's Regiment [38] Leicestershire Regiment [34] Northumberland Fusiliers [33] Royal West Kent Regiment [32] Worcestershire Regiment [32] Lincolnshire Regiment [31] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [30] Canadian Infantry [28] East Lancashire Regiment [28] South Lancashire Regiment [28] West Yorkshire Regiment [28] Bedfordshire Regiment [27] Royal Lancaster Regiment [27] Border Regiment [26] Northamptonshire Regiment [26] Welsh Regiment [26] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [25] Tank Corps [24] Royal Irish Rifles [23] South Staffordshire Regiment [23] Devonshire Regiment [22] Royal Naval Division [21] Royal Sussex Regiment [21] Yorkshire Regiment [20] Royal Scots [19] Army Ordnance Corps [18] East Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Service

British Army [2921] Royal Navy [259] Canadian Expeditionary Force [234] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [217] Australian Imperial Force [192] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [57] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

G [3944] S [2] C [1] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3873] Merchant Navy [43] Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [91] Australia [2] Canada [1] Ireland [1]

Robert Goodwin

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army Guardsman Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

British Army Guardsman Grenadier Guards Reserves

British Army 15312 Private Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

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James Albert Goodwin

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army G 12704 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 12704 Private Queens Own Royal Surrey 7th Batt

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Percy Frederick Goodwin

Born 1887

British Army G/26823 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/26823 Lance Corporal Kent Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Harold Montague Goodwin

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 372578 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 372578 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5229 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Lionel Cecil Goodwin

Born 1885

Died 1948

British Army 223008 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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John Goodwin

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 28935 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Alfred Thomas Goodwin

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army S/9800 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Frederick John Goodwin

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 25908 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 5908 Leicester Regiment

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David Goodwin

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 14233 Private Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 14233 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Charles William Goodwin

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 19684 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 19684 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Leslie Goodwin

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 15897 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 6th oxfordshire and Battalion

British Army 15897 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

British Army 15897 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Ernest Leonard Goodwin

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309735

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George Edward Arthur Goodwin

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army T4/038158 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army T4/038158 Driver Royal Army Service Corps 32nd

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Benjamin Isaac Goodwin

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 2703 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Eric Lindsay Goodwin

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 13th Battalion attended 17th Battalion.

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Charles Goodwin

Born 1889

British Army 9665 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9665 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Francis Willie Goodwin

Born 1886

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force

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Alfred Basil Harrison Goodwin

Born 1884

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2671

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Harold James Goodwin

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 91303 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant 135th Siege Battery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Leonard Francis Goodwin

Born 1880

Died 1934

British Army 54342 Private Royal Fusiliers 37th Battalion

British Army 63792 Private Labour Corps 107 Company

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