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Bristol, Gloucestershire [9]

Plymouth, Devon [8]

Torquay, Devon [8]

Brisbane Queensland [7]

Devonport, Devon [7]

Melbourne Victoria [7]

Newcastle New South Wales [6]

Charters Towers Queensland [5]

Hobart Tasmania [5]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Plymouth, Devon, England [5]

Barnstaple, Devon [4]

Bath, Somerset [4]

Bermondsey, London [4]

Geelong Victoria [4]

Horsham Victoria [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

London England [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Campania Tasmania [3]

Devonport [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Newton Abbot, Devon [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Walcha New South Wales [3]

Ashford, Kent [2]

Auckland [2]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Bedminster, Somerset [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Cardiff [2]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [2]

Deniliquin New South Wales [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Lynton, Devon [2]

Moonta South Australia [2]

Muswellbrook New South Wales [2]

Paignton, Devon [2]

Parramatta New South Wales [2]

Plympton, Devon [2]

Porthleven, Cornwall [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Rochdale, Lancashire [2]

Tamworth New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [988]

Gunner [107]

Driver [77]

Serjeant [77]

Corporal [71]

Sapper [68]

Lance Corporal [54]

Second Lieutenant [41]

Captain [21]

Lieutenant [20]

Acting Corporal [19]

Pioneer [19]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Major [11]

Staff Serjeant [11]

Bombardier [9]

Company Serjeant Major [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Rifleman [7]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Acting Staff Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Temporary Major [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Private Acting Serjeant [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Musician [2]

Nurse [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

1st Air Mechanic [1]

1st Writer [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [137]

Labour Corps [111]

Devonshire Regiment [104]

Royal Field Artillery [103]

Army Service Corps [94]

Royal Garrison Artillery [78]

London Regiment [54]

Machine Gun Corps [54]

Royal Army Medical Corps [53]

Liverpool Regiment [39]

Royal Fusiliers [39]

Cheshire Regiment [36]

Manchester Regiment [36]

Welsh Regiment [31]

Lancashire Fusiliers [28]

Middlesex Regiment [27]

Army Ordnance Corps [24]

Gloucestershire Regiment [23]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [23]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [23]

Somerset Light Infantry [23]

South Lancashire Regiment [23]

Hampshire Regiment [22]

Worcestershire Regiment [22]

Durham Light Infantry [20]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [18]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [17]

Royal Army Service Corps [17]

Essex Regiment [16]

Northumberland Fusiliers [16]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [16]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [15]

Rifle Brigade [15]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [15]

The Queen's Regiment [15]

Yorkshire Regiment [15]

East Lancashire Regiment [14]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [14]

Norfolk Regiment [14]

Royal Naval Division [13]

Canadian Infantry [11]

Dorsetshire Regiment [11]

Royal Defence Corps [11]

East Kent Regiment [10]

Royal Irish Rifles [10]

Royal Sussex Regiment [10]

Tank Corps [10]

Training Reserve [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [1546]

Royal Navy [216]

Australian Imperial Force [144]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [104]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [90]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [42]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [2194]

C [8]

Contribution

Military Service [2135]

Merchant Navy [50]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [47]

Argentina [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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Bristol, Gloucestershire [9] Plymouth, Devon [8] Torquay, Devon [8] Brisbane Queensland [7] Devonport, Devon [7] Melbourne Victoria [7] Newcastle New South Wales [6] Charters Towers Queensland [5] Hobart Tasmania [5] London, Middlesex, England [5] Plymouth, Devon, England [5] Barnstaple, Devon [4] Bath, Somerset [4] Bermondsey, London [4] Geelong Victoria [4] Horsham Victoria [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] London England [4] London, Middlesex [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Campania Tasmania [3] Devonport [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Newton Abbot, Devon [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Walcha New South Wales [3] Ashford, Kent [2] Auckland [2] Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Bedminster, Somerset [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Cardiff [2] Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] Deniliquin New South Wales [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Lynton, Devon [2] Moonta South Australia [2] Muswellbrook New South Wales [2] Paignton, Devon [2] Parramatta New South Wales [2] Plympton, Devon [2] Porthleven, Cornwall [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Rochdale, Lancashire [2] Tamworth New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [988] Gunner [107] Driver [77] Serjeant [77] Corporal [71] Sapper [68] Lance Corporal [54] Second Lieutenant [41] Captain [21] Lieutenant [20] Acting Corporal [19] Pioneer [19] Acting Serjeant [11] Major [11] Staff Serjeant [11] Bombardier [9] Company Serjeant Major [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Rifleman [7] Stoker 1st Class [6] Acting Staff Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Able Seaman [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Temporary Major [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Leading Stoker [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Private Acting Serjeant [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Temporary Captain [3] 1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Musician [2] Nurse [2] Nursing Sister [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] 1st Air Mechanic [1] 1st Writer [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Boatswain [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [137] Labour Corps [111] Devonshire Regiment [104] Royal Field Artillery [103] Army Service Corps [94] Royal Garrison Artillery [78] London Regiment [54] Machine Gun Corps [54] Royal Army Medical Corps [53] Liverpool Regiment [39] Royal Fusiliers [39] Cheshire Regiment [36] Manchester Regiment [36] Welsh Regiment [31] Lancashire Fusiliers [28] Middlesex Regiment [27] Army Ordnance Corps [24] Gloucestershire Regiment [23] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [23] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [23] Somerset Light Infantry [23] South Lancashire Regiment [23] Hampshire Regiment [22] Worcestershire Regiment [22] Durham Light Infantry [20] Royal Berkshire Regiment [18] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [17] Royal Army Service Corps [17] Essex Regiment [16] Northumberland Fusiliers [16] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [16] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16] King's Royal Rifle Corps [15] Rifle Brigade [15] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [15] The Queen's Regiment [15] Yorkshire Regiment [15] East Lancashire Regiment [14] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [14] Norfolk Regiment [14] Royal Naval Division [13] Canadian Infantry [11] Dorsetshire Regiment [11] Royal Defence Corps [11] East Kent Regiment [10] Royal Irish Rifles [10] Royal Sussex Regiment [10] Tank Corps [10] Training Reserve [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [1546] Royal Navy [216] Australian Imperial Force [144] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [104] Canadian Expeditionary Force [90] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [42] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [2194] C [8]

Contribution

Military Service [2135] Merchant Navy [50] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [47] Argentina [1] India [1] Ireland [1]

Herbert Leonard Bowden

Born 1893

Died 1919

Australian Imperial Force 167 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

Australian Imperial Force 167 Petty Officer Royal Australian Navy Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

Australian Imperial Force Leading Signalman Royal Australian Naval Reserve (M)

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Jonathan Bowden

Born 1892

Died 1921

British Army 15376 Private Liverpool Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 15376 Private Liverpool Regiment (Kings) 3rd Battalion

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Eric Gordon Bowden

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment 11th Battalion

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Henry George Bowden

Born 1895

Died 1917

Royal Navy SS6094

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Mary Rose

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Stanley John Bowden

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 5231 Private Devonshire Regiment "D" Coy, 4th ReserveBattalion

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Percy Ewart Bowden

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 3233 Private London Regiment 15th (County of London) Battalion (Prince of Wales's Own Civil Service Rifles)

British Army 3233 Private London Regiment 15th (County of London) Battalion (Prince of Wales's Own Civil Service Rifles)

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Joseph Bowden

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 12287 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Clarence Henry Bowden

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242562

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Arthur William Bowden

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 25673 Serjeant Dorsetshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 18680 ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT

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Sidney Charles Bowden

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 9438 Private Coldstream Guards 2nd Battalion

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John Bowden

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 27029 Private Welsh Regiment 8th Battalion

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Lionel Conway Bowden

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 15942 Private Somerset Light Infantry 8th Battalion

British Army 15942 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 15942 Private Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 8th Battalion

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Walter Horace Bowden

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army G/8672 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

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John Stanley Frank Bowden

Born 1898

Died 1916

Royal Navy J37021

Royal Navy J37021 Boy First Class HMS Chatham

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James Bowden

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280595

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Albert Bowden

Born 1891

Died 1919

British Army 225907 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army WR 22119 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Ernest Henry Bowden

Born 1898

Died 1968

British Army 203318 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 5663235 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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George Frederick Bowden

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41042

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Arthur John Bowden

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296107

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Alfred James Bowden

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 163974 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 308th Siege Bty.

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