Lives of the First World War

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ID: 7551564

Reference: AIR76

Title: British RAF Officers 1912-1920

Description: Officers who served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) between 1912-1920. This record set contains records of around 100,000 RAF officers.

UPP: GBM/AIR76/8865

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7944352

Reference: gbm_can_att

Title: Canadian Expeditonary Force attestations 1914-1918 Transcription

Connected by: Clare995

UPP: GBM/CAN-ATT/116389

Credit: © Libraries and Archives Canada

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ID: 7944353

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

Connected by: Clare995

UPP: GBM/MCI/0439250

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7944354

Reference: gbm_rnomr_1914

Title: Royal Navy Officers Medal Roll 1914-1920 Transcription

Connected by: Clare995

UPP: GBM/RNO/3056

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7944375

Title: Royal Flying Corps

Description: Royal Flying Corps badge

Connected by: Peter34996

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ID: 7945268

Title: Neil Bowie, age 16, arrival Canada on SS Ionian, with father Hugh Bowie, 1909

Description: On 15 March 1909, Neil Bowie, age 16, arrival from Glasgow on SS Ionian at Halifax, NS, Canada, with father Hugh Bowie, age 50, en route to Vancouver, British Columbia.

Connected by: Clare995

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ID: 7945283

Title: Neil Hugh Bowie, age 27, arrival New York on SS Nieuw Amsterdam, with family, 1919

Description: On 19 June 1919, Neil Hugh Bowie, age 27, born Helensburgh, Scotland, arrival from Plymouth on SS Nieuw Amsterdam at New York, with wife Annie Edith [Newstead], and step daughter Eva Violet. Neil Bowie stated he had previously been in Seattle, USA, from 1909 to 1912.

Connected by: Clare995

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ID: 7945284

Title: 1911 Canadian Census entry for Neil H Bowie, age 19, Bookkeeper,Vancouver

Description: 1911 Canadian Census entry for Neil H Bowie, age 19, born April 1892, Scotland, Bookkeeper, Lodger with Selkirk family, New Westminster, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Connected by: Clare995

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ID: 7945285

Title: Petition for Naturalization of Neil Hugh Bowie, of Houston, Texas, 1937, with photo

Description: Petition for Naturalization of Neil Hugh Bowie, age 45, born Helensburgh, Scotland, of Houston, Harris, Texas, 2 Sept 1937. Including photo. Arrived on SS Nieuw Amsterdam in 1919. Not married.

Connected by: Clare995

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ID: 7945483

Title: Death certificate of Neil H Bowie, died 22 April 1951, Texas

Description: Death certificate of Neil H Bowie, born 5 April 1892, Scotland, died 22 April 1951, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA. Father Hugh Bowie.

Connected by: Clare995

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ID: 8594148

Title: Neil Hugh Bowie

Description: Taken in Houston, Texas at beginning of World War II.

Connected by: Neil83608

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ID: 8594223

Title: Royal Naval Air Service

Description: RNAS Badge

Connected by: Neil83608

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ID: 8594244

Title: Royal Air Force

Description: RAF Pilots Wings

Connected by: Neil83608

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ID: 8595239

Title: Handley Page 0/400

Description: Handley Page 0/400 Twin-Engine Heavy Bomber

Connected by: Neil83608

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ID: 8974284

Name: see URL

Title: PDF of service record package

Description: scanned records , package of 31 images

Connected by: Janet2378

URL: http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B0956-S055
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