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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 Gough

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2396 Private 1/8th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 2396 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st/8th Battalion.

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Alfred John Gough

Born 1902

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 326051

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Albert Llewellyn Gough

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 72831

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Howard Hubert Gough

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12645

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Arkyl Staveley Gough

Born 1900

Died 1990

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181891 Flight Cadet

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George Samuel Gough

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27836

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Arthur Thomas Gough

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106172

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Hon Hugh William Gough

Born 1892

Died 1951

British Army Lieutenant Irish Guards

British Army Captain Major Irish Guards

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Wilfred Morris Gough

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50731

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Leopold Victor Gough

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44828

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Frederick George Gough

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 6796 Private Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 6796 Private Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Richard H Gough

Born 1890

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 874325

Canadian Expeditionary Force 874325 Private Canadian Infantry

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Robert Gough

Born 1890

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 227693

Canadian Expeditionary Force 227693 Private Canadian Infantry

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James Wallace Gough

Born 1880

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 808902

Canadian Expeditionary Force 808902 Private Canadian Infantry

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Charles Henry Gough

Born 1897

Died 1920

Royal Navy J21314 Able Seaman HMS Vivid

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T Gough

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120355

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Horace Mayo Gough

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121353

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Bertram George Gough

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224090

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William Horatio Gough

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232377

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Arthur William Gough

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240890

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