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Bristol, Gloucestershire [14]

Melbourne Victoria [11]

Plymouth, Devon [10]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [8]

Battersea, London [7]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

Cork [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Taunton, Somerset [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Amersham, Buckinghamshire [3]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [3]

Bristol, Somerset [3]

Broken Hill New South Wales [3]

Guernsey, Channel Islands [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Marylebone, London [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Poole, Dorset [3]

Portland, Dorset [3]

Warracknabeal Victoria [3]

Axminster, Devon [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Battersea, Surrey, England [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Brightlingsea, Essex, England [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Derbyshire [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Geraldton Western Australia [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Handsworth, Staffordshire [2]

Harwich, Essex, England [2]

Hindmarsh South Australia [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Kaniva Victoria [2]

Kent [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London England [2]

Loughton, Essex [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Port Fairy Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1301]

Gunner [167]

Driver [107]

Serjeant [96]

Corporal [95]

Sapper [83]

Second Lieutenant [82]

Lance Corporal [61]

Acting Corporal [30]

Captain [26]

Acting Serjeant [22]

Lieutenant [22]

Pioneer [21]

Bombardier [19]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [13]

Major [11]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Guardsman [8]

Worker [8]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Rifleman [6]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Lieutenant Commander [4]

Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Trooper [4]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Sister [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Major [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Cyclist [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [191]

Royal Engineers [160]

Army Service Corps [149]

Labour Corps [148]

Royal Garrison Artillery [94]

London Regiment [90]

Machine Gun Corps [62]

Royal Army Medical Corps [59]

Devonshire Regiment [57]

Royal Fusiliers [51]

Somerset Light Infantry [47]

Worcestershire Regiment [42]

Middlesex Regiment [37]

Gloucestershire Regiment [36]

Hampshire Regiment [35]

Norfolk Regiment [34]

East Surrey Regiment [31]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [31]

North Staffordshire Regiment [30]

Welsh Regiment [30]

Essex Regiment [28]

South Staffordshire Regiment [28]

Rifle Brigade [26]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [26]

Dorsetshire Regiment [25]

Liverpool Regiment [25]

Royal Army Service Corps [25]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [24]

Northumberland Fusiliers [22]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22]

Cheshire Regiment [20]

Durham Light Infantry [20]

Lancashire Fusiliers [20]

Manchester Regiment [20]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [20]

Royal Sussex Regiment [20]

Army Ordnance Corps [19]

Royal West Kent Regiment [19]

Wiltshire Regiment [18]

Canadian Infantry [17]

East Yorkshire Regiment [17]

The Queen's Regiment [17]

West Yorkshire Regiment [17]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [16]

Suffolk Regiment [14]

Leicestershire Regiment [13]

Lincolnshire Regiment [13]

Northamptonshire Regiment [13]

South Wales Borderers [13]

York and Lancaster Regiment [13]

Service

British Army [2060]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [249]

Royal Navy [228]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [145]

Australian Imperial Force [141]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [38]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

G [2915]

B [8]

M [2]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2852]

Merchant Navy [55]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [52]

Canada [2]

New Zealand [1]

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Bristol, Gloucestershire [14] Melbourne Victoria [11] Plymouth, Devon [10] Portsmouth, Hampshire [8] Battersea, London [7] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] Cork [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Taunton, Somerset [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Amersham, Buckinghamshire [3] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [3] Bristol, Somerset [3] Broken Hill New South Wales [3] Guernsey, Channel Islands [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Hull, Yorkshire, England [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Marylebone, London [3] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Poole, Dorset [3] Portland, Dorset [3] Warracknabeal Victoria [3] Axminster, Devon [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Battersea, Surrey, England [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Brightlingsea, Essex, England [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Derbyshire [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Geraldton Western Australia [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Handsworth, Staffordshire [2] Harwich, Essex, England [2] Hindmarsh South Australia [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Kaniva Victoria [2] Kent [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London England [2] Loughton, Essex [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Poplar, London [2] Port Fairy Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1301] Gunner [167] Driver [107] Serjeant [96] Corporal [95] Sapper [83] Second Lieutenant [82] Lance Corporal [61] Acting Corporal [30] Captain [26] Acting Serjeant [22] Lieutenant [22] Pioneer [21] Bombardier [19] Warrant Officer Class 2 [13] Major [11] Company Serjeant Major [8] Guardsman [8] Worker [8] Stoker 1st Class [7] Rifleman [6] Lance Serjeant [5] Temporary Captain [5] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Lieutenant Commander [4] Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Trooper [4] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Sister [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Major [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Cyclist [2] Deck Hand [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Leading Stoker [2] Nursing Sister [2] Petty Officer [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [191] Royal Engineers [160] Army Service Corps [149] Labour Corps [148] Royal Garrison Artillery [94] London Regiment [90] Machine Gun Corps [62] Royal Army Medical Corps [59] Devonshire Regiment [57] Royal Fusiliers [51] Somerset Light Infantry [47] Worcestershire Regiment [42] Middlesex Regiment [37] Gloucestershire Regiment [36] Hampshire Regiment [35] Norfolk Regiment [34] East Surrey Regiment [31] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [31] North Staffordshire Regiment [30] Welsh Regiment [30] Essex Regiment [28] South Staffordshire Regiment [28] Rifle Brigade [26] Royal Berkshire Regiment [26] Dorsetshire Regiment [25] Liverpool Regiment [25] Royal Army Service Corps [25] King's Royal Rifle Corps [24] Northumberland Fusiliers [22] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [22] Cheshire Regiment [20] Durham Light Infantry [20] Lancashire Fusiliers [20] Manchester Regiment [20] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [20] Royal Sussex Regiment [20] Army Ordnance Corps [19] Royal West Kent Regiment [19] Wiltshire Regiment [18] Canadian Infantry [17] East Yorkshire Regiment [17] The Queen's Regiment [17] West Yorkshire Regiment [17] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [16] Suffolk Regiment [14] Leicestershire Regiment [13] Lincolnshire Regiment [13] Northamptonshire Regiment [13] South Wales Borderers [13] York and Lancaster Regiment [13]

Service

British Army [2060] Canadian Expeditionary Force [249] Royal Navy [228] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [145] Australian Imperial Force [141] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [38] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

G [2915] B [8] M [2] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2852] Merchant Navy [55] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [52] Canada [2] New Zealand [1]

James Bruce Gould

Born 1881

Died 1926

Canadian Expeditionary Force 434097

Canadian Expeditionary Force sapper 10th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private 50th

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Thomas Gould

Born 1886

Died 1965

British Army 12153 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 67471 Royal Defence Corp 7th Batt

British Army 90720 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Ethelred Arthur Osgood Gould

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army SE20273 Private Army Veterinary Corps

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Herbert Edward Gould

Born 1879

Died 1917

Royal Navy 3398 RN Sapper Royal Naval Division - Medical Unit Deal

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Fred Gould

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 310133 Serjeant Warwickshire Yeomanry 2/1st Battalion

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Mary Eleanor Baring Gould

Born 1888

Died 1979

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 22/74 Staff Nurse New Zealand Army Nursing Service

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 22/74 Sister NZEF, New Zealand Army Nursing Service (NZANS), New Zealand Army Nursing Service (NZANS)

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Frederick Bernard Gould

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 473005 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Erle Alden Gould

Born 1894

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 164499

Canadian Expeditionary Force 164499 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 154499 Private 2nd Dragoons

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Luther Robert Gould

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2241 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S2240 Private Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 10th (Service) Battalion

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John Hugh J Gould

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 201224 Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 201224 Lance Serjeant The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 3rd/4th Bn.

British Army 201224 Lance Sargeant Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment 3rd/4th Battalion

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Patrick Wallace Gould

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 9th Battalion

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Joshua Gould

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 13273 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Gould

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 4799 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 4799 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 201412 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Frederick Jesse Gould

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 170481 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Richard Francis Gould

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 8/13242 Private Training Reserve

British Army 34535 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 493939 Private Labour Corps 599th

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George Penstone Gould

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 17707 Lance Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 17707 Acting Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 17707 Lance Sergeant Royal Berkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Charles Gould

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 31645 Lance Corporal Welsh Regiment 21st Battalion

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Henry Charles Gould

Born 1874

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Army Service Corps

British Army 3011 Royal Engineers Wessex Division

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Walter Henry Gould

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy 14457 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division "H" Coy.

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William Gould

Died 1917

British Army 36351 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 40558 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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