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Sydney New South Wales [42]

Melbourne Victoria [39]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [16]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [15]

Adelaide South Australia [12]

Ballarat Victoria [11]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [10]

Brisbane Queensland [10]

Glasgow Scotland [9]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [9]

London England [9]

Aberdeen Scotland [8]

Manchester, Lancashire [8]

Belfast [7]

London, Middlesex, England [7]

Edinburgh Scotland [6]

Elgin, Scotland [6]

London, Middlesex [6]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [5]

St Andrews, Fife [5]

Aberdeen [4]

Ararat Victoria [4]

Bendigo Victoria [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Williamstown Victoria [4]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3]

Armagh [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Bowen Queensland [3]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [3]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3]

Dunedin [3]

Grafton New South Wales [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Perth Western Australia [3]

Annalong [2]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Ardrossan South Australia [2]

Ayr, Ayrshire [2]

Banffshire [2]

Barking, Essex [2]

Bedford [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Black River, Nova Scotia [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Brixton, London [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Bundaberg Queensland [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Rank

Private [2539]

Second Lieutenant [216]

Corporal [213]

Serjeant [199]

Gunner [193]

Driver [186]

Captain [159]

Sapper [137]

Lance Corporal [133]

Lieutenant [110]

Major [75]

Acting Corporal [48]

Lieutenant Colonel [45]

Pioneer [36]

Acting Serjeant [27]

Bombardier [23]

Staff Nurse [20]

Rifleman [18]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [18]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [16]

Sister [16]

Staff Serjeant [15]

Company Serjeant Major [13]

Colonel [12]

Temporary Lieutenant [12]

Trooper [12]

Worker [10]

Deck Hand [9]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Major General [9]

Nursing Sister [9]

Temporary Captain [9]

Nurse [8]

Brigadier General [7]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Sergeant [7]

Acting Staff Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant Commander [6]

Reverend [6]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Commander [5]

Lance Bombardier [5]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [5]

Regimental Serjeant Major [5]

1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [4]

Able Seaman [4]

Unit

Gordon Highlanders [298]

Royal Field Artillery [288]

Royal Engineers [283]

Labour Corps [260]

Army Service Corps [210]

Seaforth Highlanders [134]

Highland Light Infantry [129]

Royal Garrison Artillery [129]

Royal Army Medical Corps [126]

London Regiment [109]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [108]

British West Indies Regiment [108]

Royal Scots [106]

Royal Highlanders [102]

Machine Gun Corps [82]

Canadian Infantry [71]

Royal Irish Rifles [70]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [70]

Northumberland Fusiliers [68]

Royal Fusiliers [67]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [65]

Scottish Rifles [64]

Cameron Highlanders [58]

Liverpool Regiment [49]

Royal Army Service Corps [47]

Manchester Regiment [44]

Royal Naval Division [44]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [41]

Durham Light Infantry [39]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [36]

Scots Guards [36]

Rifle Brigade [31]

Royal Flying Corps [28]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [26]

Yorkshire Regiment [25]

Cheshire Regiment [24]

Army Ordnance Corps [22]

Lancashire Fusiliers [22]

Middlesex Regiment [22]

Border Regiment [21]

Hampshire Regiment [21]

West Yorkshire Regiment [21]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [20]

Essex Regiment [20]

Royal Defence Corps [20]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20]

Tank Corps [20]

South Staffordshire Regiment [19]

Welsh Regiment [19]

East Lancashire Regiment [18]

Service

British Army [4193]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [666]

Australian Imperial Force [452]

Royal Navy [326]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [288]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [136]

Other Empire Force [28]

Indian Army [10]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

G [6236]

H [12]

C [8]

W [4]

E [2]

K [2]

L [2]

M [2]

A [1]

B [1]

D [1]

F [1]

P [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6089]

Merchant Navy [143]

Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [107]

Canada [4]

Australia [3]

Guyana [3]

Ireland [3]

Jamaica [3]

Italy [2]

New Zealand [1]

Swaziland [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [42] Melbourne Victoria [39] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [16] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [15] Adelaide South Australia [12] Ballarat Victoria [11] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [10] Brisbane Queensland [10] Glasgow Scotland [9] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [9] London England [9] Aberdeen Scotland [8] Manchester, Lancashire [8] Belfast [7] London, Middlesex, England [7] Edinburgh Scotland [6] Elgin, Scotland [6] London, Middlesex [6] Southampton, Hampshire, England [5] St Andrews, Fife [5] Aberdeen [4] Ararat Victoria [4] Bendigo Victoria [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Williamstown Victoria [4] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3] Armagh [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Bowen Queensland [3] Dublin, Suffolk, England [3] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3] Dunedin [3] Grafton New South Wales [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Perth Western Australia [3] Annalong [2] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Ardrossan South Australia [2] Ayr, Ayrshire [2] Banffshire [2] Barking, Essex [2] Bedford [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Black River, Nova Scotia [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Brixton, London [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Bundaberg Queensland [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Rank

Private [2539] Second Lieutenant [216] Corporal [213] Serjeant [199] Gunner [193] Driver [186] Captain [159] Sapper [137] Lance Corporal [133] Lieutenant [110] Major [75] Acting Corporal [48] Lieutenant Colonel [45] Pioneer [36] Acting Serjeant [27] Bombardier [23] Staff Nurse [20] Rifleman [18] Warrant Officer Class 2 [18] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [16] Sister [16] Staff Serjeant [15] Company Serjeant Major [13] Colonel [12] Temporary Lieutenant [12] Trooper [12] Worker [10] Deck Hand [9] Lance Serjeant [9] Major General [9] Nursing Sister [9] Temporary Captain [9] Nurse [8] Brigadier General [7] Colour Serjeant [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Lieutenant Acting Captain [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Sergeant [7] Acting Staff Serjeant [6] Lieutenant Commander [6] Reverend [6] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [6] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [5] Commander [5] Lance Bombardier [5] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [5] Regimental Serjeant Major [5] 1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [4] Able Seaman [4]

Unit

Gordon Highlanders [298] Royal Field Artillery [288] Royal Engineers [283] Labour Corps [260] Army Service Corps [210] Seaforth Highlanders [134] Highland Light Infantry [129] Royal Garrison Artillery [129] Royal Army Medical Corps [126] London Regiment [109] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [108] British West Indies Regiment [108] Royal Scots [106] Royal Highlanders [102] Machine Gun Corps [82] Canadian Infantry [71] Royal Irish Rifles [70] Royal Scots Fusiliers [70] Northumberland Fusiliers [68] Royal Fusiliers [67] King's Own Scottish Borderers [65] Scottish Rifles [64] Cameron Highlanders [58] Liverpool Regiment [49] Royal Army Service Corps [47] Manchester Regiment [44] Royal Naval Division [44] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [41] Durham Light Infantry [39] Royal Irish Fusiliers [36] Scots Guards [36] Rifle Brigade [31] Royal Flying Corps [28] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [26] Yorkshire Regiment [25] Cheshire Regiment [24] Army Ordnance Corps [22] Lancashire Fusiliers [22] Middlesex Regiment [22] Border Regiment [21] Hampshire Regiment [21] West Yorkshire Regiment [21] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [20] Essex Regiment [20] Royal Defence Corps [20] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20] Tank Corps [20] South Staffordshire Regiment [19] Welsh Regiment [19] East Lancashire Regiment [18]

Service

British Army [4193] Canadian Expeditionary Force [666] Australian Imperial Force [452] Royal Navy [326] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [288] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [136] Other Empire Force [28] Indian Army [10] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

G [6236] H [12] C [8] W [4] E [2] K [2] L [2] M [2] A [1] B [1] D [1] F [1] P [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6089] Merchant Navy [143] Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [107] Canada [4] Australia [3] Guyana [3] Ireland [3] Jamaica [3] Italy [2] New Zealand [1] Swaziland [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

John Gordon

Born 1895

British Army 2537 Private London Regiment 13th lond Battalion

British Army 490547 Private London Regiment 13th lond Battalion

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William Gordon

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 14221 Serjeant Royal Irish Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Thomas Gordon

Born 1890

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 3716 Corporal Australian Field Artillery 6th Field Artillery Brigade

Australian Imperial Force 3716 Private Australian Infantry 20th Infantry Battalion

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James Alexander Gordon

Born 1897

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 3369 Driver 11 Australian Field Artillery Brigade

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Oliver Loudon Gordon

Born 1896

Died 1973

Royal Navy Captain

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

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James Marshall Gordon

Born 1885

Died 1938

British Army 3149 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2/7th Reserve Battalion

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Alexander Gordon

Born 1888

Died 1957

British Army 628199 Acting Corporal Canadian Infantry Battalion 16th Infantry Battalion

British Army Field Artillery Volunteers

Other Empire Force Seaforth Highlanders 72nd Battalion

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Alexander Mcdonald Gordon

Died 1914

British Army 181 Private Seaforth Highlanders 1st Battalion

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James Gordon

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army S/20525 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Thomas Fowler Gordon

Born 1887

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force

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Alec William Gordon

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Captain (Acting Major) Royal Engineers 96 Field Company

British Army Major Royal Engineers 56th Field Company

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Geoffrey Gordon

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant 12th Prince of Wales Lancers

British Army Lieutenant 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers

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Arthur Douglas Gordon

Born 1875

Died 1958

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain 188th Battalion

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Hylton Howard Gordon

Born 1890

British Army 14454 Private British West Indies Regiment 10th Battalion

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Adrian Charles Gordon

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

British Army Temporary Major Royal Field Artillery 16th County of London Battery, 6th London Brigade

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John Rutherford Gordon

Born 1895

Died 1978

Australian Imperial Force 159 Lieutenant 10th Infantry Battalion

Australian Imperial Force Australian Flying Corps June, 1917, Reinforcements

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Lieutenant

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Kenneth Douglas Gordon

Born 1886

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1144 Private Australian Infantry 10th Battalion

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Joshua Gordon

Born 1893

British Army 4911 Private British West Indies Regiment attached Royal Artillery attached No.3 Depot

British Army 4911 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion

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Frederick William Gordon

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5561 Flight Sergeant and Chief Mechanic Royal Air Force

British Army Private

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5561 Flight Sergeant Royal Flying Corps

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Cosmo Leslie Duff Gordon

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Herefordshire Regiment attached Machine Gun Corps

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