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Bishop Monkton, Ripon, Yorkshire [3]

Georgetown South Australia [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Caltowie South Australia [2]

Darlington, Durham [2]

Harrogate, Yorkshire [2]

Hartlepool, Durham [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Rochester, Kent [2]

Rotherhithe, London [2]

Wood Green, Middlesex [2]

11 St Vincent Place, Broom's Road, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [1]

Beccles, Suffolk [1]

Beeford, East Yorkshire [1]

Brighton [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Cambridge [1]

Carlisle England [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland, England [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Charters Towers Queensland [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Drypool, Hull [1]

Dublin [1]

Egremont, Cumberland [1]

Elsing Norfolk [1]

Elsworth Colliery, Durham [1]

Footscray Victoria [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Grantham, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Haltwhistle England [1]

Ham, Surrey [1]

Hovingham, North Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Kent [1]

Kingstown, Cumberland, England [1]

Kirby Misperton [1]

Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [335]

Corporal [34]

Gunner [34]

Serjeant [24]

Driver [18]

Sapper [17]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Captain [8]

Lance Corporal [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Bombardier [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Nurse [3]

Pioneer [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Stoker [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Adjutant Captain [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Army Service Staff [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain (T) [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chauffeur [1]

Chief Engineer [1]

Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Dresser [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother [1]

Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [36]

Royal Field Artillery [36]

Labour Corps [32]

Durham Light Infantry [29]

Royal Garrison Artillery [25]

Northumberland Fusiliers [24]

Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Army Service Corps [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [20]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

London Regiment [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Border Regiment [10]

East Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [10]

Canadian Infantry [9]

York and Lancaster Regiment [9]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Manchester Regiment [8]

South Lancashire Regiment [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Irish Regiment [7]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [7]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Royal Highlanders [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Royal Scots [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Tank Corps [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [510]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [81]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [46]

Royal Navy [46]

Australian Imperial Force [32]

Other Empire Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [739]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [717]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

Ireland [1]

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Bishop Monkton, Ripon, Yorkshire [3] Georgetown South Australia [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Bishop Auckland, Durham [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Caltowie South Australia [2] Darlington, Durham [2] Harrogate, Yorkshire [2] Hartlepool, Durham [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Rochester, Kent [2] Rotherhithe, London [2] Wood Green, Middlesex [2] 11 St Vincent Place, Broom's Road, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [1] Beccles, Suffolk [1] Beeford, East Yorkshire [1] Brighton [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Cambridge [1] Carlisle England [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Carlisle, Cumberland, England [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chelsea, London [1] Drypool, Hull [1] Dublin [1] Egremont, Cumberland [1] Elsing Norfolk [1] Elsworth Colliery, Durham [1] Footscray Victoria [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Goole, Yorkshire [1] Grantham, Lincolnshire, England [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Haltwhistle England [1] Ham, Surrey [1] Hovingham, North Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Kent [1] Kingstown, Cumberland, England [1] Kirby Misperton [1] Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [335] Corporal [34] Gunner [34] Serjeant [24] Driver [18] Sapper [17] Second Lieutenant [16] Acting Serjeant [10] Captain [8] Lance Corporal [6] Lieutenant [6] Bombardier [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Nurse [3] Pioneer [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Corporal [2] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Stoker [2] Worker [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Adjutant Captain [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Army Service Staff [1] Assistant Matron [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain (T) [1] Chaplain [1] Chauffeur [1] Chief Engineer [1] Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Dresser [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother [1] Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [36] Royal Field Artillery [36] Labour Corps [32] Durham Light Infantry [29] Royal Garrison Artillery [25] Northumberland Fusiliers [24] Yorkshire Regiment [22] Army Service Corps [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [20] Machine Gun Corps [19] London Regiment [14] West Yorkshire Regiment [14] Border Regiment [10] East Yorkshire Regiment [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [10] Canadian Infantry [9] York and Lancaster Regiment [9] Liverpool Regiment [8] Manchester Regiment [8] South Lancashire Regiment [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Irish Regiment [7] Royal Lancaster Regiment [7] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [6] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Royal Highlanders [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Royal Scots [5] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] Tank Corps [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] East Kent Regiment [3] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [510] Canadian Expeditionary Force [81] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [46] Royal Navy [46] Australian Imperial Force [32] Other Empire Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [739] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [717] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [24] Ireland [1]

Thomas Bowes

Died 1917

British Army 3738 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 241426 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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William Bowes

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 10/1260 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Jonathan Bowes

Died 1916

British Army 26/59 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Allan Bowes

Died 1917

British Army S/6874 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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James Bowes

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 159893 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph Liddle Bowes

Died 1916

British Army 27/62 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Samuel Bowes

Died 1917

British Army 1729 Private Border Regiment 5th bord Battalion

British Army 240279 Private Border Regiment 5th bord Battalion

British Army 240279 Private Border Regiment

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James Brigham Bowes

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 2155 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

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Thomas Bowes

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 501 Private Seaforth Highlanders 1st Battalion

British Army 501 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Frederick Bowes

Died 1917

British Army 201929 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 201929 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Jonathan Bowes

Died 1915

British Army 4450 Private Leinster Regiment

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Roy Bowes

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army PS/2488 Private Royal Fusiliers 21st Battalion

British Army Temporary Lieutenant. Acting Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Frederick Bowes

Died 1918

British Army 41215 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 27741 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 111153 Private Labour Corps

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Patrick Bowes

Died 1918

British Army 16265 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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Reginald Leonard Ronald Bowes

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 34306 Driver Royal Engineers

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Samuel Bowes

Died 1915

British Army 2199 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 2199 Private Manchester Regiment 1/8th manchest Battalion

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Albert Bowes

Died 1917

British Army 21461 Private Coldstream Guards

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Charles Bowes

Born 1877

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 642631

Canadian Expeditionary Force 642631 Private Canadian Infantry

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Marvin Lorne Bowes

Born 1894

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 443801

Canadian Expeditionary Force 443801 Private Canadian Infantry

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Edgar Albert Bowes

Born 1887

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 204472

Canadian Expeditionary Force 204472 Private Canadian Infantry

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