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Melbourne Victoria [7]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

Ballarat Victoria [5]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Hesket Victoria [4]

Launceston Tasmania [4]

Llanelly, Carmarthenshire [4]

Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales [4]

Bridgenorth, Shropshire [3]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [3]

Cork [3]

Eaglehawk Victoria [3]

Gunnedah New South Wales [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Pontypridd, Glamorgan [3]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Brockweir, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Carmarthen [2]

Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Craven Arms, Shropshire [2]

Frankston Victoria [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Grange South Australia [2]

Gravesend, Kent [2]

Kempsey New South Wales [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Monmouthshire [2]

Moyhu Victoria [2]

Neath, Glamorgan [2]

Newport, Monmouthshire [2]

Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales [2]

Peckham, London [2]

Pembroke [2]

Pembroke, Pembrokeshire [2]

Sheerness, Kent [2]

Swansea, Glamorgan [2]

Tamworth New South Wales [2]

Toodyay Western Australia [2]

Wales [2]

Warwickshire [2]

Wellington [2]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Worcester [2]

Aberaman, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Rank

Private [1160]

Gunner [121]

Driver [111]

Corporal [98]

Serjeant [82]

Second Lieutenant [70]

Sapper [68]

Captain [50]

Lance Corporal [39]

Lieutenant [34]

Pioneer [26]

Acting Corporal [24]

Acting Serjeant [16]

Major [16]

Bombardier [15]

Lieutenant Colonel [13]

Able Seaman [9]

Worker [9]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Rifleman [4]

Sergeant [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Commander [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Sister [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Bugler [2]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Captain /Temporary Major [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Civilian [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant Acting Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nurse [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [157]

Welsh Regiment [152]

Royal Field Artillery [140]

Labour Corps [132]

Army Service Corps [106]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [83]

Royal Garrison Artillery [67]

South Wales Borderers [65]

Royal Army Medical Corps [61]

London Regiment [55]

Machine Gun Corps [51]

Liverpool Regiment [36]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [35]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [35]

Royal Fusiliers [34]

Cheshire Regiment [33]

Monmouthshire Regiment [32]

South Staffordshire Regiment [32]

Worcestershire Regiment [31]

British West Indies Regiment [27]

Durham Light Infantry [26]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [25]

Lancashire Fusiliers [25]

Shropshire Light Infantry [24]

Gloucestershire Regiment [23]

Royal Naval Division [21]

Middlesex Regiment [20]

Royal Army Service Corps [20]

South Lancashire Regiment [20]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [19]

Northumberland Fusiliers [18]

Royal Air Force [18]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [17]

Royal Defence Corps [16]

Canadian Infantry [15]

Herefordshire Regiment [15]

North Staffordshire Regiment [15]

Tank Corps [15]

Essex Regiment [14]

Manchester Regiment [14]

The Queen's Regiment [14]

Devonshire Regiment [13]

Rifle Brigade [13]

York and Lancaster Regiment [13]

Norfolk Regiment [12]

Suffolk Regiment [12]

Wiltshire Regiment [11]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [11]

Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Royal West Kent Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [1859]

Royal Navy [182]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [147]

Australian Imperial Force [135]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [120]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18]

Other Empire Force [7]

Last name first letter

B [2515]

W [11]

G [1]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2443]

Merchant Navy [53]

Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [74]

India [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [7] Sydney New South Wales [6] Ballarat Victoria [5] Shrewsbury, Shropshire [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Hesket Victoria [4] Launceston Tasmania [4] Llanelly, Carmarthenshire [4] Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales [4] Bridgenorth, Shropshire [3] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [3] Cork [3] Eaglehawk Victoria [3] Gunnedah New South Wales [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Pontypridd, Glamorgan [3] Brisbane Queensland [2] Brockweir, Gloucestershire, England [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Carmarthen [2] Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Craven Arms, Shropshire [2] Frankston Victoria [2] Fulham, London [2] Grange South Australia [2] Gravesend, Kent [2] Kempsey New South Wales [2] Lambeth, London [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Monmouthshire [2] Moyhu Victoria [2] Neath, Glamorgan [2] Newport, Monmouthshire [2] Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales [2] Peckham, London [2] Pembroke [2] Pembroke, Pembrokeshire [2] Sheerness, Kent [2] Swansea, Glamorgan [2] Tamworth New South Wales [2] Toodyay Western Australia [2] Wales [2] Warwickshire [2] Wellington [2] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Worcester [2] Aberaman, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Rank

Private [1160] Gunner [121] Driver [111] Corporal [98] Serjeant [82] Second Lieutenant [70] Sapper [68] Captain [50] Lance Corporal [39] Lieutenant [34] Pioneer [26] Acting Corporal [24] Acting Serjeant [16] Major [16] Bombardier [15] Lieutenant Colonel [13] Able Seaman [9] Worker [9] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Company Serjeant Major [7] Lance Serjeant [6] Colour Serjeant [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Rifleman [4] Sergeant [4] Acting Captain [3] Commander [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Acting Captain [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Sister [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Bugler [2] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Captain /Temporary Major [2] Chief Stoker [2] Civilian [2] Colonel [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant Acting Staff Serjeant Major [2] Deck Hand [2] Guardsman [2] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nurse [2] Private Acting Corporal [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [157] Welsh Regiment [152] Royal Field Artillery [140] Labour Corps [132] Army Service Corps [106] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [83] Royal Garrison Artillery [67] South Wales Borderers [65] Royal Army Medical Corps [61] London Regiment [55] Machine Gun Corps [51] Liverpool Regiment [36] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [35] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [35] Royal Fusiliers [34] Cheshire Regiment [33] Monmouthshire Regiment [32] South Staffordshire Regiment [32] Worcestershire Regiment [31] British West Indies Regiment [27] Durham Light Infantry [26] King's Royal Rifle Corps [25] Lancashire Fusiliers [25] Shropshire Light Infantry [24] Gloucestershire Regiment [23] Royal Naval Division [21] Middlesex Regiment [20] Royal Army Service Corps [20] South Lancashire Regiment [20] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [19] Northumberland Fusiliers [18] Royal Air Force [18] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [17] Royal Defence Corps [16] Canadian Infantry [15] Herefordshire Regiment [15] North Staffordshire Regiment [15] Tank Corps [15] Essex Regiment [14] Manchester Regiment [14] The Queen's Regiment [14] Devonshire Regiment [13] Rifle Brigade [13] York and Lancaster Regiment [13] Norfolk Regiment [12] Suffolk Regiment [12] Wiltshire Regiment [11] Yorkshire Light Infantry [11] Yorkshire Regiment [11] Royal West Kent Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [1859] Royal Navy [182] Canadian Expeditionary Force [147] Australian Imperial Force [135] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [120] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18] Other Empire Force [7]

Last name first letter

B [2515] W [11] G [1] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2443] Merchant Navy [53] Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [74] India [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

A W N Bowen

British Army Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel Army Medical Service

British Army Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel Headquarters Staff

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A J H Bowen

British Army Captain Monmouthshire Regiment

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F O Bowen

British Army Temporary Major Royal Irish Regiment

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G L Bowen

British Army 10600 Serjeant Welsh Regiment

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B. F. Bowen

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William Oswald Bowen

British Army Second Lieutenant 1/6th Gurkha Rifles

British Army Captain Royal Signals

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J Bowen

British Army 100178 Private 29th Liverpool Regiment

British Army N/71 Rifleman 3rd Liverpool Regiment Territorial Force

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Lancelot Percival Bowen

British Army Lieutenant 1st King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain 1st King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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J D Bowen

British Army 21 Private 2nd Monmouthshire Regiment

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H T Bowen

British Army Second Lieutenant 2nd Canadian Mounted Infantry

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Thomas Frank Bowen

British Army 7110 Private 3rd South African Infantry

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Jonathan A Bowen

British Army 1203 Private 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 1068 Private Army Cyclist Corps

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Edward Bowen

British Army 5649 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

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George Bowen

British Army 1384 Private 3rd Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 53760 Private Welsh Regiment

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Evan J Bowen

British Army 7308 Private 6th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/7308 Private 6th Dragoon Guards

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Robert George Bowen

British Army Second Lieutenant 17th Liverpool Regiment

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Harold F Bowen

British Army 1962 Private 1st Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 77258 Private Tank Corps

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William Thomas Bowen

British Army 12529 Private 6th King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Peter Bowen

British Army 228609 11309 Private Labour Corps ex 17th Lancers

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James Bowen

British Army 279197 Company Serjeant Major Royal Garrison Artillery 38th Company

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