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Bristol, Gloucestershire [6]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Guernsey, Channel Islands [3]

Albany Western Australia [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Parkstone, Dorset [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Uplyme, Devon [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Alderton, Gloucestershire [1]

Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Bristol [1]

Busselton Western Australia [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Cranbourne Victoria [1]

Deptford, London South East [1]

Dorset [1]

Fochriw, Glamorganshire [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Gillingham, Dorset [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Gloster England [1]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1]

Gloucestershire [1]

Gretton, Gloucestershire [1]

Gretton, Gloucs [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hackney, Middlesex [1]

Hereford, Herefordshire, England [1]

Islington, Middlesex [1]

Jeetho Victoria [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Newent, Gloucestershire [1]

Peckham, London [1]

Penarth, Glamorgan [1]

Penarth, Glamorganshire [1]

Plush, Dorset [1]

Richmond Victoria [1]

Rock Ferry, Cheshire [1]

Saint James Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1]

Saint Peters Port Guernsey [1]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [1]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [1]

Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [175]

Gunner [19]

Sapper [17]

Driver [15]

Serjeant [14]

Corporal [13]

Lance Corporal [10]

Bombardier [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Captain [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Pri [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Private/ Private [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

W. O. II. [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [30]

Royal Field Artillery [24]

Royal Engineers [22]

Labour Corps [20]

Gloucestershire Regiment [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

London Regiment [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Dorsetshire Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [6]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Artillery [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Dorset Yeomanry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [269]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37]

Royal Navy [34]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [25]

Australian Imperial Force [18]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

G [391]

Contribution

Military Service [386]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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Place of birth

Bristol, Gloucestershire [6] Ballarat Victoria [3] Guernsey, Channel Islands [3] Albany Western Australia [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Parkstone, Dorset [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Uplyme, Devon [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Alderton, Gloucestershire [1] Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Bristol [1] Busselton Western Australia [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Cranbourne Victoria [1] Deptford, London South East [1] Dorset [1] Fochriw, Glamorganshire [1] Fulham, London [1] Gillingham, Dorset [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Gloster England [1] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1] Gloucestershire [1] Gretton, Gloucestershire [1] Gretton, Gloucs [1] Hackney, London [1] Hackney, Middlesex [1] Hereford, Herefordshire, England [1] Islington, Middlesex [1] Jeetho Victoria [1] London, Middlesex [1] Newent, Gloucestershire [1] Peckham, London [1] Penarth, Glamorgan [1] Penarth, Glamorganshire [1] Plush, Dorset [1] Richmond Victoria [1] Rock Ferry, Cheshire [1] Saint James Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1] Saint Peters Port Guernsey [1] Salisbury, Wiltshire [1] Southampton, Hampshire, England [1] Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [175] Gunner [19] Sapper [17] Driver [15] Serjeant [14] Corporal [13] Lance Corporal [10] Bombardier [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Able Seaman [3] Acting Corporal [3] Captain [3] Lieutenant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Major [1] Nursing Sister [1] Pri [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Private/ Private [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Transport Serjeant [1] W. O. II. [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [30] Royal Field Artillery [24] Royal Engineers [22] Labour Corps [20] Gloucestershire Regiment [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] London Regiment [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Dorsetshire Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Devonshire Regiment [6] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [6] Hampshire Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Artillery [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Shropshire Light Infantry [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Corps of Hussars [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Dorset Yeomanry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [269] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37] Royal Navy [34] Canadian Expeditionary Force [25] Australian Imperial Force [18] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

G [391]

Contribution

Military Service [386] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Frank Kenneth Greening

Born 1895

Died 1917

Royal Navy J19974 Able Seaman HMS Strongbow

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Alfred Stanley Greening

Born 1879

Died 1941

British Army 13513 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 487740 Private Labour Corps

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Frederick William Greening

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 62292 Private Acting Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

British Army GS/62292 Acting Sergeant Royal Fusiliers

British Army 62292 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

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Albert Edward Greening

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192207

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John Greening

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165487

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John Greening

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army TR/235028 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 47343 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army G/36762 Private London Regiment 20th lond Battalion

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Wilfred John Greening

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy J86653

Royal Navy J.86653 (Dev) Ordinary Seaman H.M.S "Vivid"

Royal Navy J/86653 Ordinary Seaman H.M.S. "Vivid"

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Henry Albert Greening

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 5303 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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John Stanley Greening

Born 1887

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 5598

Canadian Expeditionary Force 5598 Sapper Canadian Engineers

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Augustus Ralph Greening

Born 1897

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 409630

Canadian Expeditionary Force 409630 Corporal Canadian Infantry

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Francis Stanley Greening

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy J27047 Able Seaman HMS Tiger

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George Watts Greening

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 18018

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Reginald George Greening

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19090

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Arthur Emmanuel Samson Greening

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235404

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George Henry Greening

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 12735 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 12735 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

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Reginald Gilbert Greening

Died 1915

British Army 3562 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Walter John Greening

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 10700 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 10700 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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William Harry Greening

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309426

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Granville Frank Greening

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 154284

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Arthur Robinson Greening

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 174919

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