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Buckinghamshire [4]

Queenstown, Cork [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Plaistow, London [3]

Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire [2]

Bedford [2]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Georgetown South Australia [2]

Germanton New South Wales [2]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [2]

London England [2]

Loughborough, Leicestershire [2]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [2]

Waverley New South Wales [2]

Westminster, London [2]

Whittington Moor, Derbyshire [2]

290 Newport Dwellings, St. Anne Soho, London [1]

Addlestone, Surrey [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Alfreton, Derbyshire [1]

Ascot Vale Victoria [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Barcaldine Queensland [1]

Barnsley, Yorks [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Beaconsfield England [1]

Belper, Derbyshire [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Blunham, Bedfordshire [1]

Buglawton, Chester, Cheshire [1]

Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Chadderton, Lancashire [1]

Chobham, Surrey [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Congleton England [1]

Cork [1]

Crewe, Cheshire [1]

Deolali, India [1]

Elsternwick Victoria [1]

Elstow, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Elstow, Beds [1]

Ewell [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Exeter, Devonshire [1]

Exmouth, Devon, England [1]

Rank

Private [495]

Gunner [55]

Serjeant [49]

Corporal [35]

Sapper [32]

Lance Corporal [24]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Driver [19]

Acting Corporal [12]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Trooper [6]

Captain [5]

Pioneer [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Bombardier [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Worker [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Acting 2nd Cook's Mate [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Fitter Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief Scout [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Corporal Clerk [1]

Drummer [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Filter Lieutenant [1]

Fitter [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [66]

Royal Engineers [62]

Royal Field Artillery [51]

Army Service Corps [50]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [41]

Machine Gun Corps [36]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [32]

London Regiment [30]

Royal Garrison Artillery [30]

Leicestershire Regiment [25]

Royal Fusiliers [22]

Royal Army Medical Corps [17]

Middlesex Regiment [16]

Lincolnshire Regiment [15]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [15]

East Surrey Regiment [14]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [12]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

Suffolk Regiment [11]

The Queen's Regiment [11]

West Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Manchester Regiment [10]

York and Lancaster Regiment [10]

Cheshire Regiment [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Royal Naval Division [9]

Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Bedfordshire Regiment [8]

Devonshire Regiment [8]

North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Essex Regiment [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

Coldstream Guards [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [750]

Royal Navy [66]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [57]

Australian Imperial Force [33]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [24]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

Last name first letter

B [952]

Contribution

Military Service [942]

Merchant Navy [8]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

Australia [1]

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People [952] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Buckinghamshire [4] Queenstown, Cork [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Plaistow, London [3] Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire [2] Bedford [2] Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Georgetown South Australia [2] Germanton New South Wales [2] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [2] London England [2] Loughborough, Leicestershire [2] Oxford, Oxfordshire [2] Waverley New South Wales [2] Westminster, London [2] Whittington Moor, Derbyshire [2] 290 Newport Dwellings, St. Anne Soho, London [1] Addlestone, Surrey [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Alfreton, Derbyshire [1] Ascot Vale Victoria [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Bacup, Lancashire [1] Barcaldine Queensland [1] Barnsley, Yorks [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Beaconsfield England [1] Belper, Derbyshire [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Blunham, Bedfordshire [1] Buglawton, Chester, Cheshire [1] Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Chadderton, Lancashire [1] Chobham, Surrey [1] Clapham, London [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Congleton England [1] Cork [1] Crewe, Cheshire [1] Deolali, India [1] Elsternwick Victoria [1] Elstow, Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Elstow, Beds [1] Ewell [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Exeter, Devonshire [1] Exmouth, Devon, England [1]

Rank

Private [495] Gunner [55] Serjeant [49] Corporal [35] Sapper [32] Lance Corporal [24] Second Lieutenant [21] Driver [19] Acting Corporal [12] Acting Serjeant [9] Lieutenant [8] Trooper [6] Captain [5] Pioneer [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Bombardier [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Worker [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Acting 2nd Cook's Mate [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Fitter Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief Scout [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Cook's Mate [1] Corporal Clerk [1] Drummer [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Filter Lieutenant [1] Fitter [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [66] Royal Engineers [62] Royal Field Artillery [51] Army Service Corps [50] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [41] Machine Gun Corps [36] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [32] London Regiment [30] Royal Garrison Artillery [30] Leicestershire Regiment [25] Royal Fusiliers [22] Royal Army Medical Corps [17] Middlesex Regiment [16] Lincolnshire Regiment [15] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [15] East Surrey Regiment [14] Royal Berkshire Regiment [12] Durham Light Infantry [11] Suffolk Regiment [11] The Queen's Regiment [11] West Yorkshire Regiment [11] Hampshire Regiment [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Manchester Regiment [10] York and Lancaster Regiment [10] Cheshire Regiment [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Royal Naval Division [9] Yorkshire Regiment [9] Bedfordshire Regiment [8] Devonshire Regiment [8] North Staffordshire Regiment [8] Royal Air Force [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Liverpool Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] Essex Regiment [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Army Veterinary Corps [5] Coldstream Guards [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [750] Royal Navy [66] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [57] Australian Imperial Force [33] Canadian Expeditionary Force [24] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

Last name first letter

B [952]

Contribution

Military Service [942] Merchant Navy [8] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [23] Australia [1]

John Bowler

Died 1918

British Army 4956 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 205074 Private Middlesex Regiment

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James Bowler

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 6012 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 202150 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Frank Brotherhood Bowler

Died 1917

British Army 80083 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 40136 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Thomas John Bowler

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army PW/4134 Private Duke Of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment 26th Battalion

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Maurice Bowler

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 22930 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Charles Bowler

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 11461 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 12100 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 12100 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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E W Bowler

Died 1920

British Army 85082 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 3513452 Private Manchester Regiment

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Stanley Bowler

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 102262 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Reuben Walter Bowler

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 2235 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Alfred Bowler

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 14696 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Jocelyn Bowler

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283769

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Alfred Bowler

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25230

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William Francis John Bowler

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165414

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Herbert Cyril Bowler

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 175674

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Laurence Wilfred Bowler

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 179602

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Harold Charles Bowler

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13895

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William Ernest Bowler

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188005

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Walter George Bowler

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81004

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Arthur Cecil Bowler

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101870

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William Edwin Bowler

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144054

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