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Adelaide South Australia [2]

Darlington, Durham [2]

Islington, London [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Toorak Victoria [2]

Walthamstow, Essex [2]

Abertillery, Monmouthshire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Beddington, Surrey [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blackburn Victoria [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1]

Chichester England [1]

Cressy Victoria [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dorset [1]

Dorsetshire England [1]

Fareham, Hampshire [1]

Farndon, Nottinghamshire [1]

Glamorganshire [1]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1]

Goodwood South Australia [1]

Huish Episcopi, Somerset [1]

Leicester [1]

Lewisham, Kent [1]

London [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Middlezoy, Somerset [1]

Moonta South Australia [1]

Motcombe, Dorset [1]

New Barford, Nottinghamshire [1]

New Basford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Norwood South Australia [1]

Nottingham [1]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Paddington New South Wales [1]

Peckham, London [1]

Petersham New South Wales [1]

Preston, Lancashire [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Ramsgate, Kent, England [1]

Rondebosch [1]

Sandhurst, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [185]

Gunner [18]

Sapper [18]

Serjeant [18]

Corporal [17]

Driver [13]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Lieutenant [6]

Pioneer [6]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Captain [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Bombardier [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Commissary [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Drummer [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Mechanic [1]

Major [1]

Master At Arms [1]

Orderly [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sub Conductor [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [32]

Labour Corps [22]

Royal Field Artillery [21]

Army Service Corps [18]

Leicestershire Regiment [18]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

London Regiment [12]

Hampshire Regiment [11]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Dorsetshire Regiment [7]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Wiltshire Regiment [7]

Tank Corps [6]

Essex Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Dorset Yeomanry [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Scots Guards [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps Transport [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Service

British Army [295]

Royal Navy [33]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31]

Australian Imperial Force [18]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [17]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [399]

Contribution

Military Service [392]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

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Place of birth

Adelaide South Australia [2] Darlington, Durham [2] Islington, London [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Toorak Victoria [2] Walthamstow, Essex [2] Abertillery, Monmouthshire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Beddington, Surrey [1] Birmingham [1] Blackburn Victoria [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Chichester England [1] Cressy Victoria [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dorset [1] Dorsetshire England [1] Fareham, Hampshire [1] Farndon, Nottinghamshire [1] Glamorganshire [1] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1] Goodwood South Australia [1] Huish Episcopi, Somerset [1] Leicester [1] Lewisham, Kent [1] London [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Middlezoy, Somerset [1] Moonta South Australia [1] Motcombe, Dorset [1] New Barford, Nottinghamshire [1] New Basford, Nottinghamshire [1] Norwood South Australia [1] Nottingham [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Paddington New South Wales [1] Peckham, London [1] Petersham New South Wales [1] Preston, Lancashire [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Ramsgate, Kent, England [1] Rondebosch [1] Sandhurst, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [185] Gunner [18] Sapper [18] Serjeant [18] Corporal [17] Driver [13] Second Lieutenant [13] Lieutenant [6] Pioneer [6] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Captain [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lance Corporal [2] Staff Serjeant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Bombardier [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Commissary [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Drummer [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Mechanic [1] Major [1] Master At Arms [1] Orderly [1] Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Rifleman [1] Sub Conductor [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [32] Labour Corps [22] Royal Field Artillery [21] Army Service Corps [18] Leicestershire Regiment [18] Machine Gun Corps [14] London Regiment [12] Hampshire Regiment [11] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11] Royal Fusiliers [8] Dorsetshire Regiment [7] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Wiltshire Regiment [7] Tank Corps [6] Essex Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Welsh Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Dorset Yeomanry [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Scots Guards [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Army Service Corps Transport [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Service

British Army [295] Royal Navy [33] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31] Australian Imperial Force [18] Canadian Expeditionary Force [17] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [399]

Contribution

Military Service [392] Conscientious Objector [2] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

George Bown

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 91410 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 91410 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Thomas H Bown

Died 1917

British Army 50020 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 32354 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Ernest Bown

Died 1916

British Army 34311 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 34311 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Alfred J Bown

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 9525 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9525 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Henry Edwin Bown

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 1800 Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

British Army 1800 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Reginald George Bown

Born 1893

Died 1967

British Army 130475 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 595645 Gunner Labour Corps

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Stanley Horace Bown

Born 1895

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 86260

Canadian Expeditionary Force 86260 Private Canadian Army Service Corps

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Sidney Charles Bown

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10530

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Fred Bown

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20004

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Alfred James Bown

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4429

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Norman Harold Bown

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268660

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Victor Bown

Died 1917

British Army L/5036 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Benjamin Bown

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 10617 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 5th oxfordshire and Battalion

British Army 206100 Private Tank Corps

British Army 19882 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Harold Young Bown

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2973 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Alfred George Bown

Died 1918

British Army 019154 Private Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 28276 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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William Mcclelland Bown

Australian Imperial Force 1677A

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Henry Charles Bown

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214090

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Harold Leslie Bown

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275649

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William Frederick Bown

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299258

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Thomas Bown

Died 1916

British Army 4279 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 4/4279 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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