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Pittenweem, Fifeshire [8]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

London, Middlesex [4]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [3]

Carlisle, Cumberland [3]

Farnham, Surrey [3]

Gateshead, Durham [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Pittenweem, Fifeshire, Scotland [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]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Ilford, Essex [2]

Ipswich Queensland [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London England [2]

Maclean New South Wales [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Orange New South Wales [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Richmond Victoria [2]

Shipdham Norfolk [2]

Singleton New South Wales [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Windsor New South Wales [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]

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]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [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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Place of birth

Pittenweem, Fifeshire [8] Sydney New South Wales [7] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5] Melbourne Victoria [5] London, Middlesex [4] Bishop Auckland, Durham [3] Carlisle, Cumberland [3] Farnham, Surrey [3] Gateshead, Durham [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Pittenweem, Fifeshire, Scotland [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] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Ilford, Essex [2] Ipswich Queensland [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London England [2] Maclean New South Wales [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Orange New South Wales [2] Poplar, London [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Richmond Victoria [2] Shipdham Norfolk [2] Singleton New South Wales [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Windsor New South Wales [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]

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] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [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 George Bowman

Born 1885

Died 1922

British Army 39334 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 3rd Battalion

British Army GS/62916 Private Royal Fusiliers 7th Battalion

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Thomas George Bowman

Born 1896

British Army 3952 Private London Regiment 10th lond Battalion

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Alfred Bowman

Born 1876

Died 1919

Royal Navy U 1597 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1597/U Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Challenger."

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James Bowman

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 151914

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Thomas Bowman

Died 1918

British Army 46473 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Thomas Bowman

British Army 7127 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Oscar Duffield Bowman

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 40541 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Frederick Bowman

Born 1879

Died 1914

Royal Navy C 1793 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1793C Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Aboukir."

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Owen Edgar Bowman

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 615567 Private London Regiment 19th lond Battalion

British Army 615567 Private London Regiment

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Thomas Hodgson Bowman

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army S/294571 Acting Serjeant Army Service Corps

British Army S/294571 Serjeant Army Service Corps

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Thomas Bowman

British Army 31180 Private Durham Light Infantry durham light infantry 3rd Battalion

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Thomas W Bowman

Died 1918

British Army M2/046336 Private Army Service Corps

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Thomas Bowman

Died 1916

British Army 14746 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 23126 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 23126 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Fred Bowman

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84889

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Frederick John Bowman

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army F/867 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army F/867 Corporal Middlesex Regiment 17th Battalion

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Herbert James Bowman

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269687

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Samuel George Bowman

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238606

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Richard Henry Bowman

Born 1898

Died 1977

British Army Second Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment

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William Bowman

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army S/11207 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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Charles Marshall-Bowman

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 71584

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