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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]

Philip Bowen

Born 1898

British Army 6204 Private British West Indies Regiment

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William Lloyd Bowen

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 3736 Private 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 3736 Lance Corporal 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army Captain 3rd Monmouthshire Regiment Territorial Force

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Cromwell Alexander Bowen

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 170501

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Thomas Bowen

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 202240 Private Welsh Regiment 14th Battalion

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Edward Henry Bowen

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 124063

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Henry Bowen

Born 1863

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Fireman Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Fireman Merchant Navy - SS Lusitania

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Robert Macgregor Bowen-Colthurst

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army Captain Leinster Regiment

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William George Courtney Bowen

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 2198 Lance Corporal 1st Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 2198 Private 1st Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 2198 Lance Corporal Monmouthshire Regiment

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William Reginald Bowen

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 15589 Acting Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 15589 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Percy Edgar Bowen

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 1774 Private Leicestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Richard Biggs Bowen

Born 1872

Died 1918

British Army 330024 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Harold Morgan Bowen

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 4300 Private Royal Fusiliers 21st Battalion

British Army 22554 Private South Lancashire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Albert Harry Bowen

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army

British Army 75539 Gunner Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery, 'd' battery, 67th Brigade

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Thomas Bowen

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 16288 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 16288 Corporal East Yorkshire Regiment

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William Stanley Bowen

Born 1879

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 21327

Canadian Expeditionary Force 21327 Private Canadian Infantry

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Edward Thomas Bowen

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403114

British Army 1090 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

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Daniel Rufus Bowen

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 73716 Private Welsh Regiment

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David Bowen

Born 1885

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Engineers 125th Company

British Army Captain Yorkshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Thomas Bowen

Died 1915

British Army 16511 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 12th (Service) (Bristol) Battalion.

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William Bowen

Born 1873

Died 1914

Royal Navy 276237 Chief Stoker HMS Amphion

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