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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]

James Bowen

British Army 43218 Gunner 118th Howitzer Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 91108 Sapper Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery

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J R Bowen

British Army D/137 Corporal 6th Dragoons

British Army D/137 Private 6th Dragoons

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Roland Bowen

British Army L1518 Private 5th Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 305616 Private Tank Corps

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Granville Bowen

British Army D/14443 Private 1st Dragoon Guards

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William J Bowen

British Army 911 Serjeant 1/2nd Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 265062 Company Serjeant Major 1/2nd Monmouthshire Regiment

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Bowen

British Army 1/4th York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant 1/4th York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Acting Captain 1/4th York and Lancaster Regiment

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Francis Osborne Bowen

British Army Captain 1st Royal Irish Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 4th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment

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Jonathan Bowen

British Army 7027 Private 5th Lancers

British Army 7027 Private Military Mounted Police

British Army 7027 Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

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Alexander Bowen

British Army 9063 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 131966 Private 1st Labour Battalion

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J D Bowen

British Army Seaman 22nd Battalion Tank Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant 22nd Battalion Tank Corps

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Jonathan Bowen

British Army 162 Corporal Warwickshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Jonathan Bowen

British Army T/200795 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 2009759 Corporal Royal Engineers royal engineers 2nd Company

British Army Second Lieutenant 1/103rd Mahrattas

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Henry Harding Bowen

British Army 9859 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 2nd Lieutenant and Acting Captain 215th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Acting Captain Hampshire Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force

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James Bowen

British Army 37802 Private 13th Hussars

British Army 37802 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 163752 Private Machine Gun Corps

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David Bowen

British Army 22100 Private 9th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 73263 Private Royal Defence Corps

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William Joseph Bowen

British Army 308479 Private Labour Corps Employment Company ex 1st Reserve Company

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Charles Bowen

British Army 112685 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Bowen

British Army 2074 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 20th Field Ambulance

British Army 2074 Acting Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps 20th Field Ambulance

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Henry Bowen

British Army 5001 Private Royal Defence Corps 166th Provisional Company

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David Bowen-Jones

Australian Imperial Force 39614

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