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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]

Roger Bowen

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 31823 Private Welsh Regiment 19th Battalion

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Bert Bowen

Born 1888

British Army 9801 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9801 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9801 Serjeant South Wales Borderers

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Stanley Thomas Bowen

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 11 Serjeant Welsh Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 11 Serjeant Welsh Regiment

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Albert Edward Victor Bowen

Born 1879

Died 1944

British Army 22446 Private Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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William James Bowen

Born 1879

British Army 5894 Private South Wales Borderers 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 5894 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 13079 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Geoffrey Grenside Bowen

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Acting Captain Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers 2 Battalion

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Albert Bowen

Died 1917

British Army 5688 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Arthur Samuel Bowen

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 15860 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 50587 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Arthur Bowen

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 13/100 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 13th (Service) (1st Barnsley)

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George Montague Bowen

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 2585 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Frederick A Bowen

Born 1876

Died 1919

British Army 239844 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 21837 Sapper Liverpool Regiment

British Army 20004 Sapper Training Reserve Battalion

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Parcell Rees Bowen

Born 1893

Died 1920

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

British Army Captain Welsh Regiment 5th Battalion

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Henry Thomas Bowen

Born 1879

British Army 6959 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 6959 Private South Wales Borderers Depot 3rd Battalion

British Army 6959 Company Quartermaster Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Walter Bowen

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141424

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Walter Bowen

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136050

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William George Bowen

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7073

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Arthur Bernard Bowen

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3647

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Richard Bowen

Died 1955

British Army 138701 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 138701 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Robert Bowen

Born 1877

Died 1916

Royal Navy 283955 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Diligence

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Oscar Bowen

Died 1918

British Army 14947 Private British West Indies Regiment 9th Battalion

Other Empire Force 943 Private Barbados Volunteers

British Army 14947 Private British West Indies Regiment 12th Battalion

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