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Place of birth

Southampton, Hampshire, England [14]

Melbourne Victoria [13]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [10]

Sydney New South Wales [10]

Manchester, Lancashire [9]

Adelaide South Australia [7]

London England [7]

London, Middlesex, England [7]

Wigan, Lancashire [7]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Bethnal Green, London [5]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Margate, Kent [5]

Southampton, Hampshire [5]

Ballarat Victoria [4]

Battersea, London [4]

Blackburn, Lancashire [4]

Bolton, Lancashire [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [4]

Ryde Isle of Wight [4]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [3]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Bermondsey, London [3]

Camberwell, London [3]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Leicester [3]

Narrabri New South Wales [3]

Nottingham [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Wicklow [3]

Acton, London [2]

Arklow [2]

Armidale New South Wales [2]

Bedford, Leigh, Lancashire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [2]

Bolton England [2]

Bowral New South Wales [2]

Bristol [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Brixham, Devon [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Calne, Wiltshire [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Rank

Private [2340]

Gunner [278]

Driver [238]

Corporal [206]

Serjeant [186]

Sapper [149]

Lance Corporal [100]

Second Lieutenant [77]

Lieutenant [58]

Captain [49]

Acting Corporal [38]

Pioneer [29]

Acting Serjeant [27]

Bombardier [20]

Major [20]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Rifleman [10]

Staff Nurse [9]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Worker [9]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Guardsman [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Nursing Sister [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Leading Stoker [5]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [4]

Muleteer [4]

Sergeant [4]

Sister [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Captain and Quarter Master [2]

Commander [2]

Conductor [2]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [330]

Royal Engineers [287]

Labour Corps [285]

Army Service Corps [250]

Royal Garrison Artillery [154]

London Regiment [120]

Manchester Regiment [112]

Royal Army Medical Corps [111]

Machine Gun Corps [96]

Royal Fusiliers [89]

Cheshire Regiment [85]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [79]

Lancashire Fusiliers [73]

Liverpool Regiment [73]

Hampshire Regiment [70]

Devonshire Regiment [66]

Middlesex Regiment [64]

Northumberland Fusiliers [53]

Rifle Brigade [52]

York and Lancaster Regiment [52]

Gloucestershire Regiment [50]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [49]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [49]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [45]

Durham Light Infantry [43]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [41]

Royal Naval Division [40]

East Lancashire Regiment [39]

Royal Army Service Corps [38]

Wiltshire Regiment [38]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [36]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [36]

Leicestershire Regiment [36]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [36]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [36]

Somerset Light Infantry [36]

Welsh Regiment [36]

Yorkshire Regiment [36]

East Surrey Regiment [35]

South Lancashire Regiment [34]

Essex Regiment [33]

Lincolnshire Regiment [33]

The Queen's Regiment [30]

South Staffordshire Regiment [29]

Royal West Kent Regiment [28]

West Yorkshire Regiment [28]

Worcestershire Regiment [27]

Border Regiment [26]

East Yorkshire Regiment [26]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [25]

Service

British Army [3658]

Royal Navy [381]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [281]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [213]

Australian Imperial Force [156]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [31]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

G [4824]

C [3]

P [2]

D [1]

T [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4710]

Merchant Navy [89]

Conscientious Objector [17]

Country

United Kingdom [108]

Australia [2]

Canada [1]

South Africa [1]

Switzerland [1]

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Southampton, Hampshire, England [14] Melbourne Victoria [13] Sheffield, Yorkshire [10] Sydney New South Wales [10] Manchester, Lancashire [9] Adelaide South Australia [7] London England [7] London, Middlesex, England [7] Wigan, Lancashire [7] Bristol, Gloucestershire [6] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Bethnal Green, London [5] Brisbane Queensland [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Margate, Kent [5] Southampton, Hampshire [5] Ballarat Victoria [4] Battersea, London [4] Blackburn, Lancashire [4] Bolton, Lancashire [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] London, Middlesex [4] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [4] Ryde Isle of Wight [4] Basingstoke, Hampshire [3] Bendigo Victoria [3] Bermondsey, London [3] Camberwell, London [3] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [3] Hackney, London [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Leicester [3] Narrabri New South Wales [3] Nottingham [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Wicklow [3] Acton, London [2] Arklow [2] Armidale New South Wales [2] Bedford, Leigh, Lancashire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [2] Bolton England [2] Bowral New South Wales [2] Bristol [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Brixham, Devon [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Calne, Wiltshire [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Rank

Private [2340] Gunner [278] Driver [238] Corporal [206] Serjeant [186] Sapper [149] Lance Corporal [100] Second Lieutenant [77] Lieutenant [58] Captain [49] Acting Corporal [38] Pioneer [29] Acting Serjeant [27] Bombardier [20] Major [20] Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Rifleman [10] Staff Nurse [9] Stoker 1st Class [9] Worker [9] Staff Serjeant [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Guardsman [7] Able Seaman [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Nursing Sister [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Leading Stoker [5] Air Mechanic 1st Class [4] Muleteer [4] Sergeant [4] Sister [4] Trooper [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Captain and Quarter Master [2] Commander [2] Conductor [2] Corporal Lance Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [330] Royal Engineers [287] Labour Corps [285] Army Service Corps [250] Royal Garrison Artillery [154] London Regiment [120] Manchester Regiment [112] Royal Army Medical Corps [111] Machine Gun Corps [96] Royal Fusiliers [89] Cheshire Regiment [85] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [79] Lancashire Fusiliers [73] Liverpool Regiment [73] Hampshire Regiment [70] Devonshire Regiment [66] Middlesex Regiment [64] Northumberland Fusiliers [53] Rifle Brigade [52] York and Lancaster Regiment [52] Gloucestershire Regiment [50] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [49] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [49] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [45] Durham Light Infantry [43] Royal Berkshire Regiment [41] Royal Naval Division [40] East Lancashire Regiment [39] Royal Army Service Corps [38] Wiltshire Regiment [38] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [36] King's Royal Rifle Corps [36] Leicestershire Regiment [36] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [36] Royal Lancaster Regiment [36] Somerset Light Infantry [36] Welsh Regiment [36] Yorkshire Regiment [36] East Surrey Regiment [35] South Lancashire Regiment [34] Essex Regiment [33] Lincolnshire Regiment [33] The Queen's Regiment [30] South Staffordshire Regiment [29] Royal West Kent Regiment [28] West Yorkshire Regiment [28] Worcestershire Regiment [27] Border Regiment [26] East Yorkshire Regiment [26] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [25]

Service

British Army [3658] Royal Navy [381] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [281] Canadian Expeditionary Force [213] Australian Imperial Force [156] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [31] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

G [4824] C [3] P [2] D [1] T [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4710] Merchant Navy [89] Conscientious Objector [17]

Country

United Kingdom [108] Australia [2] Canada [1] South Africa [1] Switzerland [1]

Norman Edgar Gregory

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 4440 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

British Army 4440 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

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James Edward Gregory

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 1555 Corporal Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1st/5th Battalion

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James Gregory

Born 1891

Died 1977

British Army 68006 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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John William Gregory

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126038

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Herbert James Gregory

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163452

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Arthur Gregory

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246907

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Peter Gregory

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265805

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George Cyril Gregory

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77713

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George Henry Gregory

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 69566

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Abraham Gregory

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 22735 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 22735 Lance Corporal The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Sidney Gregory

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118284

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William Joseph Gregory

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 372990 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 372990 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5919 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Arthur William Gregory

Born 1894

Died 1919

Royal Navy 16107 Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division HMS Queen Elizabeth

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George W Gregory

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army R3184 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Arthur Gregory

Died 1918

British Army 88676 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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John Gregory

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66964

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John Gregory

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92755

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Ernest Gregory

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80505

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George William Gregory

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164697

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Harry Gregory

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 132644

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