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Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5]

Falkirk, Stirlingshire [4]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Brighton Victoria [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Albert Park Victoria [2]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Ayrshire Scotland [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Birkenhead [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Carrington New South Wales [2]

Deptford, Kent [2]

Drummoyne New South Wales [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Fitzroy Victoria [2]

Galashiels, Selkirkshire [2]

Hamilton Victoria [2]

Lisburn, Antrim [2]

Liverpool [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Newtown New South Wales [2]

Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

St Kilda Victoria [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Ascot Vale Victoria [1]

Ashfield New South Wales [1]

Ashington, Northumberland [1]

Ayr [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Ayrshire [1]

Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Bathgate, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), Scotland [1]

Belfast, County Antrim [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [1]

Bothwell, Lanarkshire [1]

Braidwood New South Wales [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Rank

Private [812]

Corporal [63]

Serjeant [62]

Driver [61]

Second Lieutenant [59]

Gunner [57]

Sapper [41]

Captain [35]

Lieutenant [34]

Lance Corporal [31]

Major [19]

Acting Corporal [18]

Acting Serjeant [14]

Bombardier [9]

Pioneer [9]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Colonel [4]

Commander [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sister [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Bombardier [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant Instructor [1]

Admiral [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [106]

Royal Field Artillery [82]

Army Service Corps [77]

Royal Scots [77]

Highland Light Infantry [76]

Labour Corps [75]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [62]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [44]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [42]

Machine Gun Corps [40]

Royal Garrison Artillery [40]

Royal Army Medical Corps [39]

Northumberland Fusiliers [32]

Scottish Rifles [30]

Seaforth Highlanders [27]

Royal Irish Rifles [26]

Cameron Highlanders [25]

Liverpool Regiment [24]

Gordon Highlanders [22]

Royal Highlanders [22]

London Regiment [21]

Border Regiment [20]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [20]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [18]

Manchester Regiment [17]

Canadian Infantry [14]

Scots Guards [14]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

Tank Corps [9]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Cheshire Regiment [7]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

Army Veterinary Corps [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

8th Royal Scots [4]

British West Indies Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [1233]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [241]

Australian Imperial Force [105]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [86]

Royal Navy [80]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [35]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [1833]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1786]

Merchant Navy [41]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

Canada [3]

India [2]

Egypt [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [6] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5] Falkirk, Stirlingshire [4] Belfast, Antrim [3] Brighton Victoria [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Albert Park Victoria [2] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Ayrshire Scotland [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Birkenhead [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Carrington New South Wales [2] Deptford, Kent [2] Drummoyne New South Wales [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Fitzroy Victoria [2] Galashiels, Selkirkshire [2] Hamilton Victoria [2] Lisburn, Antrim [2] Liverpool [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Newtown New South Wales [2] Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] St Kilda Victoria [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Ascot Vale Victoria [1] Ashfield New South Wales [1] Ashington, Northumberland [1] Ayr [1] Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Ayrshire [1] Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Bathgate, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), Scotland [1] Belfast, County Antrim [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Bothwell, Lanarkshire [1] Braidwood New South Wales [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Rank

Private [812] Corporal [63] Serjeant [62] Driver [61] Second Lieutenant [59] Gunner [57] Sapper [41] Captain [35] Lieutenant [34] Lance Corporal [31] Major [19] Acting Corporal [18] Acting Serjeant [14] Bombardier [9] Pioneer [9] Staff Serjeant [5] Colonel [4] Commander [4] Trooper [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Rifleman [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Worker [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sister [2] Temporary Captain [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Bombardier [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant Instructor [1] Admiral [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Cadet [1] Captain and Adjutant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [106] Royal Field Artillery [82] Army Service Corps [77] Royal Scots [77] Highland Light Infantry [76] Labour Corps [75] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [62] King's Own Scottish Borderers [44] Royal Scots Fusiliers [42] Machine Gun Corps [40] Royal Garrison Artillery [40] Royal Army Medical Corps [39] Northumberland Fusiliers [32] Scottish Rifles [30] Seaforth Highlanders [27] Royal Irish Rifles [26] Cameron Highlanders [25] Liverpool Regiment [24] Gordon Highlanders [22] Royal Highlanders [22] London Regiment [21] Border Regiment [20] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [20] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [18] Manchester Regiment [17] Canadian Infantry [14] Scots Guards [14] Durham Light Infantry [12] Royal Fusiliers [11] Rifle Brigade [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Royal Irish Fusiliers [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] Tank Corps [9] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal Naval Division [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] Cheshire Regiment [7] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7] Army Veterinary Corps [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] 8th Royal Scots [4] British West Indies Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [1233] Canadian Expeditionary Force [241] Australian Imperial Force [105] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [86] Royal Navy [80] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [35] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [1833] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1786] Merchant Navy [41]

Country

United Kingdom [23] Canada [3] India [2] Egypt [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

Stanley Charles Cowan

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14658

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James Cowan

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199844

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Albert Isaac Cowan

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91580

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Andrew Muirhead Cowan

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262220

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James Cowan

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294478

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Fred Cowan

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108411

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Sidney Ebenezer Cowan

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162067

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Henry Vivian Cowan, C.v.o.

Born 1854

Died 1918

British Army Colonel Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery

British Army Colonel Royal Artillery

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Herbert Frederick Howard Cowan

Died 1917

British Army 533650 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 533650 Private London Regiment 2/15 lond Battalion

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Ezekiel Cowan

Died 1918

British Army 6248 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 6248 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Henderson Cowan

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 6529 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 6529 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 4th Battalion

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Charles Dickson Cowan

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 126529 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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James Mcpherson Cowan

Born 1887

British Army 211275 Corporal Canadian Infantry Battalion

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Harry Kenneth Cowan

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 14 Serjeant Australian Infantry

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Richard Henry Cowan

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 3327 Private Liverpool Regiment

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William James Cowan

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 12798 Private Scots Guards

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James Cowan

Born 1872

Died 1917

British Army 375554 Private Royal Scots 1st Battalion

British Army 375554 Private Royal Scots 2/10th Battalion.

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Eric Tennant Cowan

Born 1892

Died 1977

British Army 4/583 Cheshire Regiment

British Army 4/583 17th Lancers

British Army Major Lancashire Fusiliers

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Jonathan Macreadie Cowan

Born 1888

Died 1972

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Cheshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 17th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers

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William George Bruce Cowan

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9931

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