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Berwick, Northumberland [2]

Duns, Berwickshire [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Addiewell Linlithgow [1]

Berwick, Cumberland [1]

Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland [1]

Berwickshire Scotland [1]

Cairnie, Aberdeen [1]

Cairnie, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Hutton, Berwickshire [1]

Keyham, Devonport, Devon [1]

LONGFORMACUS, BERWICKSHIRE [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Midlothian [1]

Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1]

Tranent [1]

Upper Nisbet, Ancrum, Roxburghshire. [1]

Rank

Private [115]

Corporal [7]

Sapper [6]

Driver [5]

Gunner [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [3]

Serjeant [3]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant Instructor [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

General Service Clerk Class 2 [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Listed both as Cpl and Pte [1]

Pioneer [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant/Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Skipper [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [20]

Gordon Highlanders [19]

Labour Corps [12]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [10]

Royal Engineers [9]

Army Service Corps [8]

Cameron Highlanders [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [5]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Scots Guards [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

13th Royal Scots [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [2]

Royal Engineers Railway Operating Division [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

Tank Corps [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

10th Royal Scots [1]

12th Royal Scots [1]

2nd Dragoons [1]

4th Royal Scots [1]

5/6th Royal Scots [1]

6th Royal Scots [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Attached Royal Engineers Signals [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Indo-European Telegraph Department [1]

Labour Corps ex Training Reserve Battalion [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

London Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [152]

Royal Navy [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [179]

Contribution

Military Service [174]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

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Place of birth

Berwick, Northumberland [2] Duns, Berwickshire [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Addiewell Linlithgow [1] Berwick, Cumberland [1] Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland [1] Berwickshire Scotland [1] Cairnie, Aberdeen [1] Cairnie, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Hutton, Berwickshire [1] Keyham, Devonport, Devon [1] LONGFORMACUS, BERWICKSHIRE [1] Lambeth, London [1] London, Middlesex [1] Midlothian [1] Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1] Tranent [1] Upper Nisbet, Ancrum, Roxburghshire. [1]

Rank

Private [115] Corporal [7] Sapper [6] Driver [5] Gunner [5] Lance Corporal [5] Lieutenant [3] Serjeant [3] Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant Instructor [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Assistant Matron [1] Bombardier [1] Captain [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] General Service Clerk Class 2 [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Listed both as Cpl and Pte [1] Pioneer [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant/Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Skipper [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Scots [20] Gordon Highlanders [19] Labour Corps [12] Royal Field Artillery [11] King's Own Scottish Borderers [10] Royal Engineers [9] Army Service Corps [8] Cameron Highlanders [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Royal Scots Fusiliers [5] Highland Light Infantry [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Scots Guards [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] 13th Royal Scots [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Border Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [2] Royal Engineers Railway Operating Division [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Scottish Rifles [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] Tank Corps [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 10th Royal Scots [1] 12th Royal Scots [1] 2nd Dragoons [1] 4th Royal Scots [1] 5/6th Royal Scots [1] 6th Royal Scots [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Attached Royal Engineers Signals [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Indo-European Telegraph Department [1] Labour Corps ex Training Reserve Battalion [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] London Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [152] Royal Navy [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [179]

Contribution

Military Service [174] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

John Cowe

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army S/6670 Private Seaforth Highlanders 7th Bn.

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Robert Anderson Cowe

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 31377 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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George Cowe

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army 11377 Corporal Gordon Highlanders

British Army 265868 Corporal Gordon Highlanders

British Army Listed both as Cpl and Pte Gordon Highlanders 6/7th Battalion

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Robert Henry Cowe

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197053

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Robert Cowe

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 4462 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 4462 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Archibald Cowe

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps att. Lincolnshire Regiment

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George Young Cowe

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army S/6779 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army S/6779 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders

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Robert Cowe

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 38209 Private Royal Scots

British Army 38209 Private Royal Scots 5th/6th Battalion

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Peter Cowe

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 2284 Royal Scots

British Army 40892 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Forbes Lindsay Cowe

Died 1916

British Army 1470 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Daniel Cowe

Died 1916

British Army 19171 Private Royal Scots

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Robert Cowe

Died 1918

British Army 300083 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Thomas Cowe

Died 1916

British Army 10588 Private Scots Guards

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Alexander Cowe

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 264 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 408101 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Henry Cowe

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army M2/079419 Private Army Service Corps

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Robert Cowe

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142025

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John Cowe

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406548

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Thomas Cowe

Died 1918

British Army 19179 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th Battalion

British Army 19179 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Alexander Warwick Cowe

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279449

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James Cowe

Died 1915

British Army 1566 Private 5/6th Royal Scots

British Army 1566 Lance Corporal Royal Scots

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