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Fleetwood, Lancashire, England [6]

Blackburn, Lancashire [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Ballan Victoria [4]

Fleetwood, Lancashire [3]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [3]

Ramsgate, Kent [3]

Apsley Victoria [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Brighton [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Euroa Victoria [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Mortlake Victoria [2]

Norwich England [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Staines, Middlesex [2]

Walthamstow, London [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Abbots Kerswell, Devon [1]

All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Appsley Victoria [1]

Axminster, Devon [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Bethersdam, Kent [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Bilston, Staffordshire [1]

Bishop Weymouth England [1]

Blackburn England [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Braintree, Essex [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk [1]

Cambridge England [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Cat Paw Paw Victoria [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Clavering, Saffron Walden, Essex [1]

Coongulmerang Victoria [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Cubit Town, London [1]

Cullen Bullen New South Wales [1]

Devonport [1]

Rank

Private [520]

Gunner [66]

Corporal [40]

Sapper [40]

Driver [39]

Serjeant [35]

Second Lieutenant [24]

Lance Corporal [20]

Captain [19]

Acting Corporal [8]

Lieutenant [8]

Pioneer [8]

Major [5]

Rifleman [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Drummer [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Warrant Engineer [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

A Mech 2/Private 1 [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Driver Wheeler [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Fitter Serjeant [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Nurse [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private 1 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [77]

Royal Field Artillery [75]

Royal Engineers [66]

Army Service Corps [53]

Royal Garrison Artillery [34]

London Regiment [33]

Royal Army Medical Corps [29]

Machine Gun Corps [27]

Northumberland Fusiliers [26]

Liverpool Regiment [23]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [22]

Durham Light Infantry [21]

Essex Regiment [21]

East Lancashire Regiment [18]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Rifle Brigade [15]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [14]

Royal Naval Division [13]

Cheshire Regiment [12]

Lancashire Fusiliers [12]

Manchester Regiment [12]

Royal Army Service Corps [12]

West Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Northamptonshire Regiment [11]

Royal Flying Corps [11]

Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [10]

The Queen's Regiment [10]

East Kent Regiment [9]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

South Lancashire Regiment [8]

Suffolk Regiment [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [7]

West Riding Regiment [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [809]

Royal Navy [82]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [67]

Australian Imperial Force [48]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [42]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [1075]

R [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1042]

Merchant Navy [29]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

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Fleetwood, Lancashire, England [6] Blackburn, Lancashire [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Ballan Victoria [4] Fleetwood, Lancashire [3] North Shields, Northumberland, England [3] Ramsgate, Kent [3] Apsley Victoria [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Brighton [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Euroa Victoria [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Mortlake Victoria [2] Norwich England [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Staines, Middlesex [2] Walthamstow, London [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Abbots Kerswell, Devon [1] All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Appsley Victoria [1] Axminster, Devon [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Bethersdam, Kent [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Bilston, Staffordshire [1] Bishop Weymouth England [1] Blackburn England [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Braintree, Essex [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk [1] Cambridge England [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Castleford, Yorkshire [1] Cat Paw Paw Victoria [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Clavering, Saffron Walden, Essex [1] Coongulmerang Victoria [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Cubit Town, London [1] Cullen Bullen New South Wales [1] Devonport [1]

Rank

Private [520] Gunner [66] Corporal [40] Sapper [40] Driver [39] Serjeant [35] Second Lieutenant [24] Lance Corporal [20] Captain [19] Acting Corporal [8] Lieutenant [8] Pioneer [8] Major [5] Rifleman [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Bombardier [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Drummer [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Warrant Engineer [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] A Mech 2/Private 1 [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Driver Wheeler [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Fitter Serjeant [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Nurse [1] Petty Officer [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private 1 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [77] Royal Field Artillery [75] Royal Engineers [66] Army Service Corps [53] Royal Garrison Artillery [34] London Regiment [33] Royal Army Medical Corps [29] Machine Gun Corps [27] Northumberland Fusiliers [26] Liverpool Regiment [23] Royal Lancaster Regiment [22] Durham Light Infantry [21] Essex Regiment [21] East Lancashire Regiment [18] Royal Fusiliers [16] Rifle Brigade [15] King's Royal Rifle Corps [14] Royal Naval Division [13] Cheshire Regiment [12] Lancashire Fusiliers [12] Manchester Regiment [12] Royal Army Service Corps [12] West Yorkshire Regiment [12] Middlesex Regiment [11] Northamptonshire Regiment [11] Royal Flying Corps [11] Yorkshire Regiment [11] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [10] The Queen's Regiment [10] East Kent Regiment [9] East Surrey Regiment [9] East Yorkshire Regiment [9] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] South Lancashire Regiment [8] Suffolk Regiment [8] Leicestershire Regiment [7] West Riding Regiment [7] Canadian Infantry [6] Devonshire Regiment [6] Norfolk Regiment [6] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [809] Royal Navy [82] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [67] Australian Imperial Force [48] Canadian Expeditionary Force [42] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [1075] R [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1042] Merchant Navy [29] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

John Farley Cowell

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 7330 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 513291 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 513291 Private London Regiment (London Scottish)

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John Frank Cowell

Born 1898

Died 1974

British Army Private Herefordshire Regiment 1st Reserve Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104342 Private 1 "X" Eng Rep Dept

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104342 Private1 Demob Camp Kantara

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Henry Cowell

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 2997 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 240987 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 240987 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Alfred Cowell

Born 1883

British Army 9264 Serjeant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Thomas Frederick Cowell

Born 1879

Died 1934

Royal Navy DA 17938 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Frank Ashcroft Cowell

Born 1893

British Army 188227 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 7th Reserve Battery

British Army 188227 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 7th Reserve Battery

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Daniel Edward Redhouse Cowell

Born 1864

Died 1924

British Army Section Leader Trumpington Volunteer Training Corps

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William Cowell

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 137240 Private Royal Field Artillery

British Army 26173 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 36655 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Richard Cowell

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 12787 Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 30922 Company Serjeant Major East Yorkshire Regiment

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George Theodore Cowell

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Z 2793 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army z/2793 Rifleman Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 11th, 13th Service Battalion

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Frederick John Cowell

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45109

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Clarence Chandler Cowell

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 92231 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 92231 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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William Henry Cowell

Born 1875

Died 1916

Royal Navy 278335 Stoker 1st Class Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)

Royal Navy 278335 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Anson

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William Charles Cowell

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299876

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John George Cowell

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40565

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Charles Thomas Cowell

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91220

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Stanley Victor Cowell

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24858

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Ernest Marshall Cowell

Born 1886

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Sidney Cowell

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 6717

Australian Imperial Force N45375

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George Ernest Cowell

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3913

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