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Pittenweem, Fifeshire [7]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Pittenweem, Fifeshire, Scotland [4]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [3]

Carlisle, Cumberland [3]

Farnham, Surrey [3]

Gateshead, Durham [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Southampton, Hampshire [3]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [2]

Cellardyke, Fifeshire [2]

Deal, Kent [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Dunolly Victoria [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Greenock Scotland [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London England [2]

Mackay Queensland [2]

Maclean New South Wales [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Orange New South Wales [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Richmond Victoria [2]

Shipdham Norfolk [2]

Singleton New South Wales [2]

Titchfield, Hampshire [2]

Yorkshire England [2]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Abergele, Denbighshire, Wales [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [1]

Anderston, Glasgow [1]

Annandale, Durham [1]

Appleby, Westmorland [1]

Arbroath [1]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Arthur ON [1]

Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Avoca Tasmania [1]

Barton-Upon-Irwell, Manchester [1]

Baston, Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [885]

Driver [84]

Corporal [83]

Serjeant [83]

Gunner [74]

Sapper [52]

Second Lieutenant [39]

Lance Corporal [32]

Bombardier [21]

Captain [18]

Acting Corporal [15]

Pioneer [15]

Lieutenant [13]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Deck Hand [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Major [6]

Worker [6]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Nursing Sister [4]

Sister [4]

Nurse [3]

Rifleman [3]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Mate [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Bandsman [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Brevet Colonel [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Seaman [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Stoker [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

3rd Lieutenant [1]

A/LCpl [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mech.1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [116]

Royal Engineers [103]

Army Service Corps [102]

Royal Field Artillery [102]

Durham Light Infantry [55]

Northumberland Fusiliers [55]

Royal Garrison Artillery [55]

London Regiment [50]

Machine Gun Corps [47]

Border Regiment [37]

Royal Army Medical Corps [34]

Yorkshire Regiment [28]

Highland Light Infantry [27]

Hampshire Regiment [26]

Liverpool Regiment [24]

Royal Highlanders [23]

West Yorkshire Regiment [23]

Royal Naval Division [22]

Middlesex Regiment [20]

Royal Fusiliers [19]

York and Lancaster Regiment [19]

East Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Gordon Highlanders [15]

Royal Army Service Corps [15]

Lancashire Fusiliers [14]

Lincolnshire Regiment [14]

Royal Naval Reserve [14]

The Queen's Regiment [14]

Canadian Infantry [13]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

Norfolk Regiment [13]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13]

Suffolk Regiment [13]

Cheshire Regiment [12]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Royal Irish Rifles [12]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [12]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [11]

East Kent Regiment [11]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [10]

North Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Royal Scots [10]

Royal Sussex Regiment [10]

South Lancashire Regiment [10]

Cameron Highlanders [9]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [9]

Scottish Rifles [9]

Service

British Army [1374]

Royal Navy [173]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [170]

Australian Imperial Force [140]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [115]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [2036]

M [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1977]

Merchant Navy [40]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [64]

Canada [2]

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Pittenweem, Fifeshire [7] Sydney New South Wales [7] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5] Melbourne Victoria [5] Pittenweem, Fifeshire, Scotland [4] Bishop Auckland, Durham [3] Carlisle, Cumberland [3] Farnham, Surrey [3] Gateshead, Durham [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] London, Middlesex [3] Southampton, Hampshire [3] Brisbane Queensland [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [2] Cellardyke, Fifeshire [2] Deal, Kent [2] Dover, Kent [2] Dunolly Victoria [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Greenock Scotland [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London England [2] Mackay Queensland [2] Maclean New South Wales [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Orange New South Wales [2] Poplar, London [2] Richmond Victoria [2] Shipdham Norfolk [2] Singleton New South Wales [2] Titchfield, Hampshire [2] Yorkshire England [2] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Abergele, Denbighshire, Wales [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Alverstoke, Hampshire [1] Anderston, Glasgow [1] Annandale, Durham [1] Appleby, Westmorland [1] Arbroath [1] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Arthur ON [1] Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1] Avoca Tasmania [1] Barton-Upon-Irwell, Manchester [1] Baston, Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [885] Driver [84] Corporal [83] Serjeant [83] Gunner [74] Sapper [52] Second Lieutenant [39] Lance Corporal [32] Bombardier [21] Captain [18] Acting Corporal [15] Pioneer [15] Lieutenant [13] Acting Serjeant [11] Deck Hand [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Colour Serjeant [6] Major [6] Worker [6] Able Seaman [4] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Nursing Sister [4] Sister [4] Nurse [3] Rifleman [3] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Mate [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Bandsman [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Brevet Colonel [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Seaman [2] Staff Nurse [2] Stoker [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 3rd Lieutenant [1] A/LCpl [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mech.1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [116] Royal Engineers [103] Army Service Corps [102] Royal Field Artillery [102] Durham Light Infantry [55] Northumberland Fusiliers [55] Royal Garrison Artillery [55] London Regiment [50] Machine Gun Corps [47] Border Regiment [37] Royal Army Medical Corps [34] Yorkshire Regiment [28] Highland Light Infantry [27] Hampshire Regiment [26] Liverpool Regiment [24] Royal Highlanders [23] West Yorkshire Regiment [23] Royal Naval Division [22] Middlesex Regiment [20] Royal Fusiliers [19] York and Lancaster Regiment [19] East Yorkshire Regiment [18] Gordon Highlanders [15] Royal Army Service Corps [15] Lancashire Fusiliers [14] Lincolnshire Regiment [14] Royal Naval Reserve [14] The Queen's Regiment [14] Canadian Infantry [13] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] Norfolk Regiment [13] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13] Suffolk Regiment [13] Cheshire Regiment [12] Manchester Regiment [12] Royal Irish Rifles [12] Royal Scots Fusiliers [12] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [11] East Kent Regiment [11] Army Ordnance Corps [10] King's Own Scottish Borderers [10] North Staffordshire Regiment [10] Royal Scots [10] Royal Sussex Regiment [10] South Lancashire Regiment [10] Cameron Highlanders [9] East Surrey Regiment [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [9] Scottish Rifles [9]

Service

British Army [1374] Royal Navy [173] Canadian Expeditionary Force [170] Australian Imperial Force [140] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [115] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [2036] M [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1977] Merchant Navy [40] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [64] Canada [2]

William Bowman

Born 1887

Died 1961

British Army 90394 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery 124 Heavy Battery

British Army RGA Heavy Depot

British Army Gunner RGA Heavy Batttery

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Thomas Frederick Bowman

Born 1878

Died 1920

British Army 41733 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Robert Christopher Bowman

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 2118 Private Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battaliion

British Army 2118 Private Middlesex Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 2118 Lance Corporal Middlesex 6th Battalion

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David Cooper Bowman

Born 1898

Died 1984

British Army TR/1/9279 Training Reserve 40th

British Army S/31221 Private Cameron Highlanders

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Ernest William Bowman

Born 1887

Died 1974

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47249 Air Mech.1

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Harry Bowman

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 32263 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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John Bowman

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2nd Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5th Battalion

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George Bowman

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 5493 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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Frederick Bowman

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army T 214 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 408058 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 408058 Sapper Royal Engineers 401st Field Company

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James Noble Bowman

Born 1884

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 838801

Canadian Expeditionary Force 838801 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 4th Battalion

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Richard Bowman

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 15959 Lance Corporal South Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 15959 Corporal South Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 15959 Corporal Prince Of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Gilbert Bowman

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy 2260 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

British Army PLY/2260(S) Private The Royal Marine Light Infantry 2nd R.M Battalion

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Cyril Hopwood Bowman

Born 1882

British Army 8444 Private Manchester Regiment 17th Battalion

British Army 17/8444 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Bowman

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 20698 Private Durham Light Infantry

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James Bowman

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 12601 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Battalion

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James Augustin Bowman

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 10623 Private Highland Light Infantry 1st Battalion

British Army 10623 Serjeant Highland Light Infantry 1st Battalion

British Army 10623 Serjeant Highland Light Infantry

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Robert Bowman

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 12079 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 12079 Private The Hampshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Clarence Bowman

Born 1891

Died 1968

British Army 452 Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/5 Bn.

British Army 240017 Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 4th/5th Bn.

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James Edgar Bowman

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 2030 Private Border Regiment 8th bord Battalion

British Army 2030 Lance Corporal Border Regiment 8th bord Battalion

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Robert Henry Bowman

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 10208 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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