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Adelaide South Australia [2]

Axminster, Devon [1]

Barnoldswick, Yorkshire [1]

Beaminster, Dorset [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Chard, Somerset [1]

Chardstock, Devon [1]

Church Hill, near Chardstock, Devon [1]

Cooktown Queensland [1]

Cornwell England [1]

Crewkerne England [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dorchester, Dorset [1]

East Lydford [1]

Ilminster, Somerset [1]

Junee New South Wales [1]

Kensington, Middlesex [1]

Lighes Hill New South Wales [1]

Llanwonno, Glam [1]

London England [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Mosterton, Dorset [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Peckham, London [1]

Peckham, Surrey [1]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [1]

Sherbourne, Dorset [1]

Southampton, Hampshire [1]

St Saviour [1]

Stackster, Colne, Lancashire [1]

Taunton, Somerset [1]

Upton, Torquay, Devon [1]

West Chinnock, Yeovil, Somerset [1]

West Maitland New South Wales [1]

Wraxall, Dorset [1]

Wraxall, Maiden Newton, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [86]

Driver [9]

Gunner [8]

Sapper [8]

Corporal [5]

Serjeant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Bombardier [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Pioneer [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Administrator [1]

Captain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Rifleman [1]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1]

Trooper [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Royal Engineers [10]

Army Service Corps [9]

Dorsetshire Regiment [8]

London Regiment [8]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Somerset Light Infantry [7]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Dorset Yeomanry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

16th Battalion [1]

1st Dorset Yeomanry [1]

2nd Life Guards [1]

3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1]

3rd Dragoon Guards [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Australian Field Artillery [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Emperor of India [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

Labour Corps ex Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Service

British Army [138]

Royal Navy [21]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [186]

Contribution

Military Service [184]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

India [1]

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People [186] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Adelaide South Australia [2] Axminster, Devon [1] Barnoldswick, Yorkshire [1] Beaminster, Dorset [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Brixton, London [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Chard, Somerset [1] Chardstock, Devon [1] Church Hill, near Chardstock, Devon [1] Cooktown Queensland [1] Cornwell England [1] Crewkerne England [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dorchester, Dorset [1] East Lydford [1] Ilminster, Somerset [1] Junee New South Wales [1] Kensington, Middlesex [1] Lighes Hill New South Wales [1] Llanwonno, Glam [1] London England [1] Marylebone, London [1] Mosterton, Dorset [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Peckham, London [1] Peckham, Surrey [1] Salisbury, Wiltshire [1] Sherbourne, Dorset [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] St Saviour [1] Stackster, Colne, Lancashire [1] Taunton, Somerset [1] Upton, Torquay, Devon [1] West Chinnock, Yeovil, Somerset [1] West Maitland New South Wales [1] Wraxall, Dorset [1] Wraxall, Maiden Newton, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [86] Driver [9] Gunner [8] Sapper [8] Corporal [5] Serjeant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Bombardier [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Corporal [2] Pioneer [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Administrator [1] Captain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Rifleman [1] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1] Trooper [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [14] Royal Engineers [10] Army Service Corps [9] Dorsetshire Regiment [8] London Regiment [8] Hampshire Regiment [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Somerset Light Infantry [7] South Wales Borderers [6] Devonshire Regiment [5] Labour Corps [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Dorset Yeomanry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 16th Battalion [1] 1st Dorset Yeomanry [1] 2nd Life Guards [1] 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1] 3rd Dragoon Guards [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Australian Field Artillery [1] Australian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] Corps of Hussars [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Emperor of India [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] Labour Corps ex Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Service

British Army [138] Royal Navy [21] Australian Imperial Force [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [186]

Contribution

Military Service [184] Conscientious Objector [1] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5] India [1]

Harry Bowditch

Born 1892

Died 1974

British Army 5254 Private London Regiment

British Army 39186 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 372599 Private London Regiment

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Jonathan Bowditch

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 22058 Private East Lancashire Regiment 6th east Battalion

British Army 22058 Private East Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion

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George Thomas Bowditch

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 19209 Private Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Herbert Bowditch

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207418

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Arthur Leonard Bowditch

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406184

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Herbert Bowditch

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91892

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Herbert Frederick Hugh Bowditch

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 535280 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 535280 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Robert Dan Bowditch

Born 1879

Died 1942

British Army 26178 Battery Serjeant Major Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Alfred Ernest Bowditch

Died 1916

British Army 4209 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

British Army 551511 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

British Army 4209 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) 16th (County of London) Battalion

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William George Bowditch

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 31045 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 60055 Private Labour Corps

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Benjamin Bowditch

Died 1916

British Army 29540 Private Hampshire Regiment

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David Bowditch

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 7566 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Private Dorsetshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 7566 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Carl Bowditch

Died 1915

British Army 12341 Private South Wales Borderers

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Arthur Ronald Bowditch

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 41709 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 39065 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Arthur Frederick Bowditch

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 39953 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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James Thomas Bowditch

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 419116

Canadian Expeditionary Force 419116 Private Canadian Machine Gun Corps

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Alfred George Bowditch

Born 1886

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 13409

Canadian Expeditionary Force 13409 Private Canadian Infantry

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Reginald George Skinner Bowditch

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2232

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Edgar George Bowditch

Born 1887

Died 1919

British Army 14728 Private Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 147592 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 147592 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Thomas Bowditch

Died 1918

British Army 190 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Essex Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 200015 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Essex Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 190 Serjeant Essex Regiment 4th Battalion

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