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Reedness, Goole [4]

Swinefleet, Goole [4]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Castlemaine Victoria [3]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [3]

Drax, Yorkshire, England [3]

Goole [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Scarborough, Yorkshire, England [3]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Crowle, Lincolnshire [2]

Deptford, London [2]

Folkestone, Kent, England [2]

Goole, Yorkshire [2]

Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Howden, Yorkshire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Sandhurst Victoria [2]

Sunderland [2]

Tavistock, Devon [2]

Aspull, Lancashire, England [1]

Bermuda [1]

Bingley, Yorkshire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bryammon, Glamorgan [1]

Callington [1]

Camelford, Cornwall [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Chelston Torquay, Devon [1]

Clyach on Tawe, Glamorgan [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Cottesloe Western Australia [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire, England [1]

Eastoft, Lincolnshire [1]

Emneth, Norfolk [1]

Essendon Victoria [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Gaethorpe England [1]

Gillingham, Kent [1]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Holsworthy, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [275]

Gunner [42]

Driver [33]

Corporal [25]

Serjeant [21]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Sapper [15]

Lance Corporal [12]

Captain [10]

Bombardier [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Pioneer [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Deck Hand [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Civilian [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Midshipman [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant /Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper Acting Corporal [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Signaller Gunner [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Trooper [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Warrant Engineer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [44]

Labour Corps [33]

Royal Engineers [33]

Army Service Corps [28]

Royal Garrison Artillery [27]

West Yorkshire Regiment [21]

Lincolnshire Regiment [17]

London Regiment [16]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

Northumberland Fusiliers [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Devonshire Regiment [11]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

West Riding Regiment [11]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [10]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [9]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7]

South Lancashire Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers Transport [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

2nd West Riding Regiment [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [440]

Royal Navy [58]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [41]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [35]

Australian Imperial Force [19]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [609]

Contribution

Military Service [586]

Merchant Navy [15]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Reedness, Goole [4] Swinefleet, Goole [4] Bendigo Victoria [3] Castlemaine Victoria [3] Doncaster, Yorkshire [3] Drax, Yorkshire, England [3] Goole [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Scarborough, Yorkshire, England [3] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Crowle, Lincolnshire [2] Deptford, London [2] Folkestone, Kent, England [2] Goole, Yorkshire [2] Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Howden, Yorkshire [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Sandhurst Victoria [2] Sunderland [2] Tavistock, Devon [2] Aspull, Lancashire, England [1] Bermuda [1] Bingley, Yorkshire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bryammon, Glamorgan [1] Callington [1] Camelford, Cornwall [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Chelston Torquay, Devon [1] Clyach on Tawe, Glamorgan [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Cottesloe Western Australia [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire, England [1] Eastoft, Lincolnshire [1] Emneth, Norfolk [1] Essendon Victoria [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Fulham, London [1] Gaethorpe England [1] Gillingham, Kent [1] Goole, Yorkshire, England [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Holsworthy, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [275] Gunner [42] Driver [33] Corporal [25] Serjeant [21] Second Lieutenant [18] Sapper [15] Lance Corporal [12] Captain [10] Bombardier [5] Acting Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Pioneer [4] Lieutenant [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Deck Hand [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Chief Stoker [1] Civilian [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Major [1] Midshipman [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quarter Master Serjeant /Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Quarter Master Serjeant Major [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper Acting Corporal [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1] Signaller Gunner [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Trooper [1] Trumpeter [1] Warrant Engineer [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [44] Labour Corps [33] Royal Engineers [33] Army Service Corps [28] Royal Garrison Artillery [27] West Yorkshire Regiment [21] Lincolnshire Regiment [17] London Regiment [16] Machine Gun Corps [14] Northumberland Fusiliers [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Devonshire Regiment [11] Durham Light Infantry [11] West Riding Regiment [11] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [10] Middlesex Regiment [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Yorkshire Light Infantry [9] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [7] South Lancashire Regiment [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] Welsh Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Engineers Transport [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] 2nd West Riding Regiment [2] Army Pay Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [440] Royal Navy [58] Canadian Expeditionary Force [41] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [35] Australian Imperial Force [19] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [609]

Contribution

Military Service [586] Merchant Navy [15] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [23] India [1]

Arthur Frederick Cowling

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 99184 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Maurice Cowling

Born 1887

Died 1972

British Army 166866 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 459 Siege Battery

British Army 166866 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 1 Depot Siege Artillery

British Army 166866 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 249 Siege Battery

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Harold Cowling

Born 1885

Died 1947

British Army 3427 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry 1/5th Bn.

British Army 3427 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry 3/5th Bn.

British Army 240836 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry 1/4th Bn.

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William Frederick Cowling

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 240350 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Albert Cowling

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 12133 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry 6th Bn

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Samuel L Cowling

Born 1889

Died 1941

British Army 316316 Private Labour Corps 414th Agricultural Company

British Army 316316 Private Labour Corps 492nd Agricultural Company

British Army 316316 Private Labour Corps

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William Cowling

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army S3344 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S3344 Corporal Rifle Brigade

British Army S3344 Corporal Rifle Brigade 9th Battalion

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Wallace Cowling

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 131415 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 93833 Private Notts and Derby

British Army 131415 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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George Rufus Cowling

Born 1893

Died 1981

British Army 3225 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 200954 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Henry Cowling

Born 1894

Died 1968

British Army 2335 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 200582 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Vaux Cowling

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 43674 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 1st Bn.

British Army 22524 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 43674 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Ernest Cowling

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 41079 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 41079 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 6th Bn.

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William Cowling

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 5181 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 242083 Lance Corporal King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 5th Bn.

British Army 242083 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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John Frederick Cowling

Born 1895

British Army 100245 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 4th Depot (Glamorgan)

British Army 348563 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 115 Siege Battery

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William Robert Gilley Cowling

Born 1880

Died 1914

Royal Navy Warrant Engineer Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Hawke

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Allan Cowling

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 30026 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 24610 Private York & Lancaster Regiment

British Army 30026 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 22nd Bn.

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Horace Cowling

Born 1890

British Army 276622 Private Canadian Mounted Rifle Battalion/Saskatchewan Regiment

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Robert Rudd Cowling

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 155229

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Thomas Spencer Cowling

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197746

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William George Cowling

Born 1888

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2293381

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2293381 Trooper Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)

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