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Chelsea, Middlesex [2]

Crondall, Hampshire [2]

Strathfield New South Wales [2]

Abertillery [1]

Acton, London [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Barking, Essex [1]

Bratton, Westbury, Wiltshire [1]

Burwood New South Wales [1]

Chelsea, Middlesex, England [1]

Clarendon Tasmania [1]

East Cowes, Hampshire [1]

London [1]

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Stoke on Trent [1]

Stutton England [1]

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Driver [7]

Corporal [4]

Sapper [4]

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Gunner [2]

Corporal of Horse [1]

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Royal Field Artillery [8]

London Regiment [7]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

City of London Yeomanry [2]

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Hampshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

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Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

19th Hussars [1]

1st Life Guards [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Kent Regiment [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Training Reserve [1]

West Riding Regiment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

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British Army [62]

Royal Navy [6]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

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Merchant Navy [1]

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United Kingdom [2]

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Chelsea, Middlesex [2] Crondall, Hampshire [2] Strathfield New South Wales [2] Abertillery [1] Acton, London [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Barking, Essex [1] Bratton, Westbury, Wiltshire [1] Burwood New South Wales [1] Chelsea, Middlesex, England [1] Clarendon Tasmania [1] East Cowes, Hampshire [1] London [1] Reading,Berkshire [1] Stoke on Trent [1] Stutton England [1]

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Private [40] Driver [7] Corporal [4] Sapper [4] Second Lieutenant [3] Gunner [2] Corporal of Horse [1] Lance Corporal [1] Pioneer [1] Serjeant [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [8] London Regiment [7] Labour Corps [5] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] City of London Yeomanry [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 19th Hussars [1] 1st Life Guards [1] Army Service Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] Essex Regiment [1] Kent Regiment [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1] South Wales Borderers [1] Training Reserve [1] West Riding Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment [1] Wiltshire Regiment [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [62] Royal Navy [6] Australian Imperial Force [5] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

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C [83]

Contribution

Military Service [82] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Henry William Frank Cowdery

Born 1895

Died 1966

British Army 82478 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 3902776 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 10829 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Frederick Charles Cowdery

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27439

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William Cowdery

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 61479 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 16th Battalion

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William H Cowdery

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 123547 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 123547 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Percy Cowdery

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 5251 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/5251 Corporal Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/5251 Corporal Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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Walter Cowdery

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 201966 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Samuel Cowdery

Died 1918

British Army 451212 Private London Regiment 11th lond Battalion

British Army 648301 Private London Regiment 20th lond Battalion

British Army 648301 Private London Regiment

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Andrew Cowdery

Died 1916

British Army 8009 Serjeant West Riding Regiment

British Army 8009 Serjeant Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Edward Deane Cowdery

Australian Imperial Force 848

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Harold Raymond Cowdery

Australian Imperial Force

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Edwin Cowdery

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160629

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Alfred Ernest Cowdery

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2319

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Albert Edward Cowdery

Australian Imperial Force 224

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Andrew Cowdery

Born 1881

Royal Navy 12497 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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William Thomas Cowdery

Born 1881

Royal Navy 10803 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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Alan Douglas Cowdery

Australian Imperial Force 4740

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Francis Reynolds Cowdery

Australian Imperial Force 393

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Henry G Cowdery

Born 1892

British Army 11487 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 8th gloucest Battalion

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Edward Cowdery

Born 1899

Royal Navy J46658

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George Frederick Cowdery

Born 1897

Canadian Expeditionary Force 772691

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