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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]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Aberdeen, Banffshire [1]

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Arrochar [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Banff [1]

Banffshire [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Billabong [1]

Brockley [1]

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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]

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Edinburgh [1]

Edinburgh, Mid Lothian [1]

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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]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [6]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Military Foot Police [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Scots Guards [5]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [3]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

French Red Cross [2]

General List [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland 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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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] Royal Fusiliers [6] Royal Scots Fusiliers [6] Middlesex Regiment [5] Military Foot Police [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Scots Guards [5] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Auckland Infantry Regiment [3] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] French Red Cross [2] General List [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Northumberland 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]

William Cowie

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2913 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Reginald Sheppard Cowie

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181878

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Robert Cowie

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 1271 Corporal 5/6th Royal Scots

British Army 1271 Acting Serjeant 5/6th Royal Scots

British Army 1271 Serjeant Royal Scots

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William Cowie

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 12543 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 12543 Private Suffolk Regiment

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James Ishmael Cowie

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55818

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Robert Cowie

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army S/17970 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Robert Alexander Cowie

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 172824

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George G Cowie

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army S/41596 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/41596 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Alexander Cowie

Australian Imperial Force 1104

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David Sutherland Cowie

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 8661 Private Scots Guards

British Army 8661 Serjeant Scots Guards

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William Anderson Cowie

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 2257 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal West Surrey Regiment 10th attached 9th royal west Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Acting Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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John Cowie

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 18156

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William Leslie Cowie

Born 1876

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 166132

Canadian Expeditionary Force 166132 Sergeant Canadian Pioneers

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Daniel Mac Dougall Cowie

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry 10/11th battalion highland Battalion

British Army Captain Highland Light Infantry 10/11th battalion highland Battalion

British Army Captain Highland Light Infantry

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James Cowie

Born 1896

Died 1914

British Army 1639 Private Gordon Highlanders 5th Battalion

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Richard Cowie

Died 1916

British Army S/8280 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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William Cowie

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130426

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Edward Cowie

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 5125 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 19377 Private East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Cowie

Australian Imperial Force 635

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Peter Cowie

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 3322 Private Gordon Highlanders

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