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Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7]

Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Grafton New South Wales [2]

Inverurie, Aberdeenshire [2]

Katoomba New South Wales [2]

Nacton, Suffolk [2]

South Shields, Durham [2]

Tayport, Fifeshire [2]

Uralla New South Wales [2]

Weymouth, Dorset [2]

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Ellon, Aberdeenshire [1]

Felixstowe, Suffolk [1]

Fifeshire Scotland [1]

Forfarshire Scotland [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Glasgow, Scotland [1]

Glebe New South Wales [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Rank

Private [334]

Serjeant [45]

Gunner [40]

Second Lieutenant [33]

Corporal [29]

Driver [28]

Lance Corporal [21]

Captain [19]

Sapper [16]

Ordinary Seaman [12]

Able Seaman [10]

Deck Hand [10]

Engineman [10]

Major [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Sister [4]

Bombardier [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Nurse [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Second Hand [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Surgeon Major [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

ALIAS Private [1]

Acting Artificer Engineer for Temporary service [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Adjutant [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Assistant Nursing Sister [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chauffeur [1]

Chief Boatswain [1]

Colonel [1]

Unit

Gordon Highlanders [94]

Royal Field Artillery [55]

Royal Engineers [44]

Royal Naval Division [39]

Labour Corps [32]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [30]

Highland Light Infantry [28]

Army Service Corps [26]

Royal Naval Reserve [26]

Seaforth Highlanders [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [22]

Royal Highlanders [22]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [22]

Royal Scots [20]

London Regiment [19]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

Cameron Highlanders [15]

Durham Light Infantry [14]

Scottish Rifles [14]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

British Red Cross Society [7]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Scots Guards [6]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Military Foot Police [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [5]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [3]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

French Red Cross [2]

General List [2]

Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Nursing Service [2]

Service

British Army [583]

Royal Navy [89]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [87]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [49]

Australian Imperial Force [30]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [880]

Contribution

Military Service [853]

Merchant Navy [14]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [53]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [7] Ipswich, Suffolk [3] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2] Adelaide South Australia [2] Grafton New South Wales [2] Inverurie, Aberdeenshire [2] Katoomba New South Wales [2] Nacton, Suffolk [2] South Shields, Durham [2] Tayport, Fifeshire [2] Uralla New South Wales [2] Weymouth, Dorset [2] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Aberdeen, Banffshire [1] Aberdeen.Scotland [1] Arrochar [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Banff [1] Banffshire [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Billabong [1] Brockley [1] Brodiesord [1] Brotton, Yorkshire [1] Buckie [1] Buckie, Banffshire, Scotland [1] Buckie, Peterhead [1] Buckie.Scotland [1] Cambuslang, Lanarkshire [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Cleveland, Yorkshire [1] Coalville Victoria [1] Cruden, Aberdeenshire [1] Cullen, Banffshire [1] Dalziel, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Deptford, London [1] Dundee [1] Durham [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh, Mid Lothian [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Ellon, Aberdeenshire [1] Felixstowe, Suffolk [1] Fifeshire Scotland [1] Forfarshire Scotland [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Glasgow, Scotland [1] Glebe New South Wales [1] Hammersmith, London [1]

Rank

Private [334] Serjeant [45] Gunner [40] Second Lieutenant [33] Corporal [29] Driver [28] Lance Corporal [21] Captain [19] Sapper [16] Ordinary Seaman [12] Able Seaman [10] Deck Hand [10] Engineman [10] Major [7] Acting Corporal [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Lieutenant [6] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Acting Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Sister [4] Bombardier [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Nurse [2] Petty Officer [2] Second Hand [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Nurse [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Surgeon Major [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] ALIAS Private [1] Acting Artificer Engineer for Temporary service [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Adjutant [1] Assistant Matron [1] Assistant Nursing Sister [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Chaplain [1] Chauffeur [1] Chief Boatswain [1] Colonel [1]

Unit

Gordon Highlanders [94] Royal Field Artillery [55] Royal Engineers [44] Royal Naval Division [39] Labour Corps [32] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [30] Highland Light Infantry [28] Army Service Corps [26] Royal Naval Reserve [26] Seaforth Highlanders [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [22] Royal Highlanders [22] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [22] Royal Scots [20] London Regiment [19] Machine Gun Corps [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] Cameron Highlanders [15] Durham Light Infantry [14] Scottish Rifles [14] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] British Red Cross Society [7] King's Own Scottish Borderers [7] Canadian Infantry [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Scots Guards [6] Middlesex Regiment [5] Military Foot Police [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Scots Fusiliers [5] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Auckland Infantry Regiment [3] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Coldstream Guards [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] French Red Cross [2] General List [2] Hertfordshire Regiment [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Nursing Service [2]

Service

British Army [583] Royal Navy [89] Canadian Expeditionary Force [87] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [49] Australian Imperial Force [30] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [25] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [880]

Contribution

Military Service [853] Merchant Navy [14] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [53] South Africa [1]

Edward Woodford Cowie

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 200220 Lance Corporal Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

British Army 6615 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 200220 Lance Corporal Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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James Cook Cowie

Born 1887

Died 1961

Royal Navy A 2432 Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2432 A. Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Anson Battalion

Royal Navy WSA 2188 Skipper Royal Naval Reserve

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John Winchester Cowie

Born 1891

Died 1917

Royal Navy Clyde Z/1202 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division/ RNVR Nelson Battalion

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George Cowie

Born 1898

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68729 Air Mechanic 3rd Class

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant 54th Squadron

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Augustus Cowie

Born 1881

Died 1916

South African Services 551 Private South African Infantry 2nd Regiment.

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George Cowie

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 13417 Sapper Cable Section Royal Engineers

British Army 13417 Sapper Cable Royal Engineers

British Army 13417 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Arthur William Spring Cowie

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 434 Lance Corporal Hampshire Cyclist Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Hugh Norman Ramsay Cowie

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army Major Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Cowie

Born 1863

Died 1915

British Army 24651 Private Royal Army Medical Corps War Hospital (Croydon)

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William G Cowie

Died 1918

British Army 3219 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 240986 Private Gordon Highlanders

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George Cowie

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278629

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Duncan Cowie

Died 1916

British Army 240400 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 6th Battalion

British Army 2463 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 240400 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 6th Battalion

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Ernest Walter Cowie

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 72626

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James Henry Cowie

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42940

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James Cowie

Born 1890

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1023 Private Australian Infantry 16th Infantry Battalion

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George Henderson Cowie

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279748

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John Cowie

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283942

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Lambert Henry Cowie

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214218

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Jonathan C Cowie

Died 1915

British Army 2399 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Alexander Lonie Cowie

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 266348 Serjeant Gordon Highlanders

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