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London, Middlesex, England [5]

Ballarat Victoria [4]

Bath, Somerset [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Hartlepool, Durham, England [3]

Wallaroo South Australia [3]

Woking, Surrey [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Falmouth, Cornwall, England [2]

Footscray Victoria [2]

Goole [2]

Lambeth, Surrey [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Mere, Wiltshire [2]

Mount Direction Tasmania [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Whitehaven [2]

Wimborne, Dorset [2]

Woodford, Essex [2]

Adelaide, West Australia [1]

Barnard Castle, County Durham [1]

Beckenham England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Blandford, Dorset [1]

Bowden South Australia [1]

Bradford On Avon, Wiltshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Brixham England [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight [1]

Carisbrooke, Newport, Hampshire [1]

Chadderton, Oldham [1]

Charterhouse, Somerset, England [1]

Cheshire [1]

Chorlton, Lancashire [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Clapham, Surrey [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Cucklington, Somerset [1]

Dalston, London [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Edge Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Ferndown, Dorset [1]

Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [352]

Gunner [58]

Sapper [33]

Driver [30]

Serjeant [28]

Corporal [19]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Acting Corporal [9]

Lieutenant [9]

Pioneer [9]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Lance Corporal [7]

Captain [6]

Bombardier [5]

Sister [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Leading Signalman [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Transport Corporal [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Driver Wheeler [1]

Drummer [1]

Group Captain [1]

Gunner /Lance Bombardier [1]

Gunner Signaller [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant (Observer Officer) [1]

Major [1]

Officers Clerk [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Pte [1]

Rifleman [1]

Saddler Staff Serjeant [1]

Sapper /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant (Observer Officer) [1]

Sergeant Major [1]

Signaller [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temp. Sub-Lieut. [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [67]

Royal Field Artillery [54]

Labour Corps [39]

Royal Garrison Artillery [35]

Army Service Corps [33]

Dorsetshire Regiment [21]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [21]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

Royal Army Medical Corps [19]

Border Regiment [17]

Hampshire Regiment [16]

London Regiment [16]

Liverpool Regiment [14]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [11]

Somerset Light Infantry [11]

Gloucestershire Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Wiltshire Regiment [10]

Devonshire Regiment [8]

British West Indies Regiment [7]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Corps of Hussars [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

British Red Cross Society [3]

City of London Yeomanry [3]

Service

British Army [579]

Royal Navy [60]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [51]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [39]

Australian Imperial Force [35]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Last name first letter

C [783]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [765]

Merchant Navy [16]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

Gibraltar [1]

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London, Middlesex, England [5] Ballarat Victoria [4] Bath, Somerset [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Hartlepool, Durham, England [3] Wallaroo South Australia [3] Woking, Surrey [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Falmouth, Cornwall, England [2] Footscray Victoria [2] Goole [2] Lambeth, Surrey [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex [2] Marylebone, London [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Mere, Wiltshire [2] Mount Direction Tasmania [2] Poplar, London [2] Whitehaven [2] Wimborne, Dorset [2] Woodford, Essex [2] Adelaide, West Australia [1] Barnard Castle, County Durham [1] Beckenham England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Blandford, Dorset [1] Bowden South Australia [1] Bradford On Avon, Wiltshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Brixham England [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight [1] Carisbrooke, Newport, Hampshire [1] Chadderton, Oldham [1] Charterhouse, Somerset, England [1] Cheshire [1] Chorlton, Lancashire [1] Clapham, London [1] Clapham, Surrey [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Cucklington, Somerset [1] Dalston, London [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Edge Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Ferndown, Dorset [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1] Gateshead, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [352] Gunner [58] Sapper [33] Driver [30] Serjeant [28] Corporal [19] Second Lieutenant [17] Acting Corporal [9] Lieutenant [9] Pioneer [9] Acting Serjeant [7] Lance Corporal [7] Captain [6] Bombardier [5] Sister [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Leading Signalman [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Transport Corporal [2] Worker [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bugler [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Driver Wheeler [1] Drummer [1] Group Captain [1] Gunner /Lance Bombardier [1] Gunner Signaller [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant (Observer Officer) [1] Major [1] Officers Clerk [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Pte [1] Rifleman [1] Saddler Staff Serjeant [1] Sapper /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant (Observer Officer) [1] Sergeant Major [1] Signaller [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temp. Sub-Lieut. [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [67] Royal Field Artillery [54] Labour Corps [39] Royal Garrison Artillery [35] Army Service Corps [33] Dorsetshire Regiment [21] Royal Lancaster Regiment [21] Machine Gun Corps [19] Royal Army Medical Corps [19] Border Regiment [17] Hampshire Regiment [16] London Regiment [16] Liverpool Regiment [14] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [11] Somerset Light Infantry [11] Gloucestershire Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Wiltshire Regiment [10] Devonshire Regiment [8] British West Indies Regiment [7] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Manchester Regiment [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] South Wales Borderers [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Canadian Infantry [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] West Riding Regiment [5] Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Corps of Hussars [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3] British Red Cross Society [3] City of London Yeomanry [3]

Service

British Army [579] Royal Navy [60] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [51] Canadian Expeditionary Force [39] Australian Imperial Force [35] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Last name first letter

C [783] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [765] Merchant Navy [16]

Country

United Kingdom [18] Gibraltar [1]

Edward James Coward

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43330

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Noel Barnby Coward

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276646

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George Mayo Coward

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62330

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Frederick Coward

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206142

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William Gilson Coward

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239440

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Harry Coward

Died 1916

British Army 17260 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Edwin Coward

Died 1917

British Army 31672 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Harold Coward

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1553 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 200168 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Herbert Frank Coward

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 14710 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Jonathan Coward

Died 1917

British Army 25630 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Leslie Graham Coward

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment

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J Coward

Died 1920

British Army 80031 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 4682094 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Maurice Archibald Edward Coward

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 6457 Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 43826 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Henry Coward

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Border Regiment

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Frederick James Coward

Born 1892

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 211

Canadian Expeditionary Force 211 Private Canadian Infantry

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Ernest Coward

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 130245 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Desmond Harry Coward

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297291

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Alan Lloyd Coward

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 175578

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Arthur James Coward

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193689

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John Bayman Coward

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant

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