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Sydney New South Wales [12]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [8]

Birmingham [6]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [5]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [2]

Bromham, Bedfordshire [2]

Cardiff Wales [2]

Carshalton, Surrey [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Coalport, Shropshire [2]

Cobargo New South Wales [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

East Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Glamorgan Wales [2]

Hanley, Staffordshire [2]

Islington, London [2]

Islington, London, Middlesex [2]

Jersey, Channel Islands [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Mansfield Victoria [2]

Moree New South Wales [2]

Portsea, Hampshire [2]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England [2]

Sittingbourne, Kent [2]

Staffordshire [2]

Swadlincote, Derbyshire [2]

Walsall, Staffordshire [2]

Warwickshire [2]

Watford, Hertfordshire [2]

163 Broad Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Abersychan, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Avoca Victoria [1]

Axbridge, Somerset, England [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barnton, Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Bedford [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Beeston England [1]

Bengal [1]

Rank

Private [1106]

Gunner [122]

Driver [115]

Corporal [83]

Serjeant [80]

Sapper [64]

Second Lieutenant [54]

Lance Corporal [36]

Lieutenant [34]

Captain [25]

Pioneer [22]

Acting Corporal [12]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Bombardier [11]

Company Serjeant Major [11]

Worker [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Major [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Able Seaman [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Serjeant Major [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Lieutenant General /Temporary General [3]

Major General [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Admiral of the Fleet [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

General [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lieutenant General [2]

Midshipman [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

AM3 Fitter [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [145]

Royal Engineers [138]

Labour Corps [131]

Army Service Corps [119]

Royal Garrison Artillery [69]

Machine Gun Corps [67]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [49]

Royal Army Medical Corps [48]

London Regiment [47]

Wiltshire Regiment [39]

South Staffordshire Regiment [37]

Gloucestershire Regiment [35]

Royal Fusiliers [34]

Worcestershire Regiment [34]

Manchester Regiment [29]

Liverpool Regiment [28]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [27]

Cheshire Regiment [26]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [26]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [26]

Devonshire Regiment [25]

Hampshire Regiment [25]

Welsh Regiment [25]

West Yorkshire Regiment [25]

Durham Light Infantry [24]

Royal Army Service Corps [23]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [22]

Middlesex Regiment [20]

North Staffordshire Regiment [20]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [20]

Lancashire Fusiliers [19]

South Lancashire Regiment [19]

South Wales Borderers [18]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [17]

Northumberland Fusiliers [17]

Rifle Brigade [17]

York and Lancaster Regiment [17]

Army Ordnance Corps [16]

Shropshire Light Infantry [16]

Dorsetshire Regiment [15]

East Surrey Regiment [15]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [15]

Royal Horse Artillery [15]

Leicestershire Regiment [14]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [13]

Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Canadian Infantry [12]

Lincolnshire Regiment [12]

West Riding Regiment [12]

Service

British Army [1749]

Royal Navy [141]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [140]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [125]

Australian Imperial Force [75]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

G [2286]

M [2]

A [1]

D [1]

J [1]

K [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2237]

Merchant Navy [41]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [44]

Ireland [3]

Canada [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [12] Birmingham, Warwickshire [8] Birmingham [6] Melbourne Victoria [6] Bristol, Gloucestershire [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [5] Brisbane Queensland [4] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [2] Bromham, Bedfordshire [2] Cardiff Wales [2] Carshalton, Surrey [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Coalport, Shropshire [2] Cobargo New South Wales [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] East Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Glamorgan Wales [2] Hanley, Staffordshire [2] Islington, London [2] Islington, London, Middlesex [2] Jersey, Channel Islands [2] London, Middlesex [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Mansfield Victoria [2] Moree New South Wales [2] Portsea, Hampshire [2] Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England [2] Sittingbourne, Kent [2] Staffordshire [2] Swadlincote, Derbyshire [2] Walsall, Staffordshire [2] Warwickshire [2] Watford, Hertfordshire [2] 163 Broad Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Abersychan, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Avoca Victoria [1] Axbridge, Somerset, England [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barnton, Northwich, Cheshire [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Bedford [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Beeston England [1] Bengal [1]

Rank

Private [1106] Gunner [122] Driver [115] Corporal [83] Serjeant [80] Sapper [64] Second Lieutenant [54] Lance Corporal [36] Lieutenant [34] Captain [25] Pioneer [22] Acting Corporal [12] Acting Serjeant [11] Bombardier [11] Company Serjeant Major [11] Worker [7] Lance Serjeant [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Major [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Able Seaman [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Serjeant Major [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Lieutenant General /Temporary General [3] Major General [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Admiral of the Fleet [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Brigadier General [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] General [2] Guardsman [2] Lieutenant General [2] Midshipman [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Rifleman [2] Staff Nurse [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] AM3 Fitter [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [145] Royal Engineers [138] Labour Corps [131] Army Service Corps [119] Royal Garrison Artillery [69] Machine Gun Corps [67] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [49] Royal Army Medical Corps [48] London Regiment [47] Wiltshire Regiment [39] South Staffordshire Regiment [37] Gloucestershire Regiment [35] Royal Fusiliers [34] Worcestershire Regiment [34] Manchester Regiment [29] Liverpool Regiment [28] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [27] Cheshire Regiment [26] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [26] Royal Berkshire Regiment [26] Devonshire Regiment [25] Hampshire Regiment [25] Welsh Regiment [25] West Yorkshire Regiment [25] Durham Light Infantry [24] Royal Army Service Corps [23] King's Royal Rifle Corps [22] Middlesex Regiment [20] North Staffordshire Regiment [20] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [20] Lancashire Fusiliers [19] South Lancashire Regiment [19] South Wales Borderers [18] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [17] Northumberland Fusiliers [17] Rifle Brigade [17] York and Lancaster Regiment [17] Army Ordnance Corps [16] Shropshire Light Infantry [16] Dorsetshire Regiment [15] East Surrey Regiment [15] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [15] Royal Horse Artillery [15] Leicestershire Regiment [14] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13] Royal Lancaster Regiment [13] Yorkshire Regiment [13] Canadian Infantry [12] Lincolnshire Regiment [12] West Riding Regiment [12]

Service

British Army [1749] Royal Navy [141] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [140] Canadian Expeditionary Force [125] Australian Imperial Force [75] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

G [2286] M [2] A [1] D [1] J [1] K [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2237] Merchant Navy [41] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [44] Ireland [3] Canada [1]

Harold Spencer Gough

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30607

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Frederick Allen Gough

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 77089 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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James Gough

Born 1873

British Army SS/20282 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 302556 Private Labour Corps

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George Gough

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 17868 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Arthur Gough

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 6049 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 533000 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 533000 Private London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

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William Gough

Died 1917

British Army 16301 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 16301 Private Worcestershire Regiment 4th worcest Battalion

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Ernest H Gough

Died 1917

British Army 4422 Herefordshire Regiment

British Army 20482 King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 27750 Private Border Regiment

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William Henry Gough

Born 1895

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 802938

Canadian Expeditionary Force 802938 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 4th Battalion

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Alan Robert Gough

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4063

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Charles James Gough

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 6700 Private London Regiment 4th lond Battalion

British Army 283247 Private London Regiment 4th lond Battalion

British Army 283247 Private London Regiment 4th (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)

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Walter Gough

Died 1915

British Army 2871 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Rupert Gough

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 71st Battery

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A Gough

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 496 Private Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force

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Alfred Edward Gough

Born 1869

Died 1916

Royal Navy 126624 Petty Officer HMS Impregnable

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Eric John Fletcher Gough

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Irish Guards

British Army Captain Irish Guards

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Alfred James Gough

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217395

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Charles Gough

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294122

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Leo Walter Gough

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 15343 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

British Army 15343 Serjeant Major Intelligence Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant General List

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James G Gough

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 92842 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Claude Bertrand Gough

Died 1918

British Army 689 Lance Serjeant 16th Lancers

British Army L/689 Serjeant 16th Lancers

British Army 689 Serjeant 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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