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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]

Robert Alfred Cowell

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3864

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Henry Cowell

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90714

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Joseph Cowell

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245690

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Harold Arthur Raper Cowell

Born 1892

Died 1976

British Army 34084 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 26513 Private Labour Corps

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Thomas Hall Cowell

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227017

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Charles Thomas Cowell

Born 1877

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1695

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Owen Cowell

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228411

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John Cowell

Died 1918

British Army P/21018 Sapper Royal Engineers 12th Field Company

British Army 21018 Sapper (Acting Corporal) Royal Engineers 12th Field Company

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78171 Sergeant Royal Flying Corps

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Jonathan Cowell

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 7442 Private 1st Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 40339 Private Liverpool Regiment 3rd Garrison Battalion

British Army 340339 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 3rd

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George Cowell

Born 1871

Died 1920

British Army G-1310 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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Frederick George Cowell

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80657

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John Cowell

Born 1896

British Army 11229 Shoeing Corporal Scottish Rifles

British Army 11229 Acting Colour Serjeant Scottish Rifles

British Army 3233535 Sergeant Labour Corps

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John William Cowell

Died 1916

British Army 15644 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Henry Cowell

Died 1917

British Army 14773 Lance Corporal Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army 14773 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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William Henry Cowell

Died 1915

British Army 2917 Private Cheshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Richard Cowell

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 14981 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 14981 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Walter Thomas Cowell

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38719

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Henry Pulleine John Cowell

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army Major Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery

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Percy William Cowell

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24066

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Percy Cowell

Died 1914

British Army 9963 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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