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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]

Albert Bernard Bowman

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 15646 Private Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army GS/15646 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Anthony Harvey Bowman

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery 37th Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery 37th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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George Edward Bowman

Born 1897

Died 1952

British Army 40355 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 10327 Private Labour Corps

British Army GS/114634 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Percy James Bowman

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127333

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Joseph Bowman

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44751

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David Allan Bowman

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48057

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Thomas W Bowman

Born 1895

British Army 3105 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 301095 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Geoffrey Hilton Bowman

Born 1891

Died 1970

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps

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Harry Theodore Bowman

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283235

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John William Bowman

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103942

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John Thomas Bowman

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64490

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Tom Bowman

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307671

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Henry Thomas Bowman

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52584

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Christopher Robert Alfred Bowman

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187223

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James Bowman

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34624

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William Bowman

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194221

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Edwin Bowman

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88274

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Lewis Bowman

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131424

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Alexander Spinks Bowman

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 7690 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 7th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 7690 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 7th Battalion.

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Thomas Henry Bowman

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army C/12265 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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