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Edmonton, Middlesex [4]

Newcastle, Northumberland [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Cootamundra New South Wales [3]

Glengarry Victoria [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Mount Egerton Victoria [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Redfern New South Wales [3]

Alberton South Australia [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Brandon, Suffolk [2]

Childers Queensland [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Great Village, Colchester County, Nova Scotia [2]

Grenfell New South Wales [2]

Guildford, Surrey [2]

Herstmonceux [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Jingellic Victoria [2]

Kings Lynn, Norfolk [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Orange New South Wales [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Port Adelaide South Australia [2]

Smethwick, Staffordshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Wagga Wagga New South Wales [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Almondbury, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Antrim [1]

Balranald New South Wales [1]

Baltinglass, County Wicklow [1]

Barking [1]

Barking England [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Battinglass, Wicklow [1]

Beachport South Australia [1]

Belfast [1]

Bendrick Morrell New South Wales [1]

Berry New South Wales [1]

Bethungra New South Wales [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bowral New South Wales [1]

Braddin, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1]

Brighton Victoria [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [567]

Gunner [72]

Corporal [59]

Serjeant [51]

Driver [44]

Sapper [37]

Second Lieutenant [35]

Lance Corporal [21]

Captain [14]

Acting Corporal [11]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Pioneer [10]

Bombardier [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Major [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Colonel [3]

Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Sister [2]

2nd Serjeant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1 [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1]

Cpl [1]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Fitter [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant (Acting) [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [86]

Royal Engineers [67]

Labour Corps [63]

Army Service Corps [54]

Royal Garrison Artillery [39]

London Regiment [33]

Royal Army Medical Corps [29]

Norfolk Regiment [25]

Machine Gun Corps [23]

Royal Irish Rifles [20]

Durham Light Infantry [19]

Middlesex Regiment [19]

Suffolk Regiment [19]

Royal Fusiliers [18]

Royal Highlanders [15]

Essex Regiment [14]

Manchester Regiment [14]

Seaforth Highlanders [14]

Canadian Infantry [13]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Royal Naval Division [12]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

Scottish Rifles [12]

West Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Rifle Brigade [11]

Army Cyclist Corps [10]

Cheshire Regiment [10]

Gordon Highlanders [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

The Queen's Regiment [10]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [9]

Royal Irish Regiment [9]

Highland Light Infantry [8]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [8]

Royal Scots [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [6]

Scots Guards [6]

Service

British Army [914]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [148]

Australian Imperial Force [99]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [85]

Royal Navy [71]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [17]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [1359]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1340]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

Canada [2]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Edmonton, Middlesex [4] Newcastle, Northumberland [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Cootamundra New South Wales [3] Glengarry Victoria [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Mount Egerton Victoria [3] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Redfern New South Wales [3] Alberton South Australia [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Brandon, Suffolk [2] Childers Queensland [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Great Village, Colchester County, Nova Scotia [2] Grenfell New South Wales [2] Guildford, Surrey [2] Herstmonceux [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Jingellic Victoria [2] Kings Lynn, Norfolk [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Orange New South Wales [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Port Adelaide South Australia [2] Smethwick, Staffordshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Wagga Wagga New South Wales [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Almondbury, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Antrim [1] Balranald New South Wales [1] Baltinglass, County Wicklow [1] Barking [1] Barking England [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Battinglass, Wicklow [1] Beachport South Australia [1] Belfast [1] Bendrick Morrell New South Wales [1] Berry New South Wales [1] Bethungra New South Wales [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bowral New South Wales [1] Braddin, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1] Brighton Victoria [1] Brisbane Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [567] Gunner [72] Corporal [59] Serjeant [51] Driver [44] Sapper [37] Second Lieutenant [35] Lance Corporal [21] Captain [14] Acting Corporal [11] Acting Serjeant [11] Pioneer [10] Bombardier [9] Lieutenant [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Major [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Colonel [3] Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [3] Staff Nurse [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Nursing Sister [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Sister [2] 2nd Serjeant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1 [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1] Cpl [1] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Fitter [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant (Acting) [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [86] Royal Engineers [67] Labour Corps [63] Army Service Corps [54] Royal Garrison Artillery [39] London Regiment [33] Royal Army Medical Corps [29] Norfolk Regiment [25] Machine Gun Corps [23] Royal Irish Rifles [20] Durham Light Infantry [19] Middlesex Regiment [19] Suffolk Regiment [19] Royal Fusiliers [18] Royal Highlanders [15] Essex Regiment [14] Manchester Regiment [14] Seaforth Highlanders [14] Canadian Infantry [13] Liverpool Regiment [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Royal Naval Division [12] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] Scottish Rifles [12] West Yorkshire Regiment [12] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Rifle Brigade [11] Army Cyclist Corps [10] Cheshire Regiment [10] Gordon Highlanders [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] The Queen's Regiment [10] Yorkshire Regiment [10] Royal Irish Fusiliers [9] Royal Irish Regiment [9] Highland Light Infantry [8] Royal Munster Fusiliers [8] Royal Scots [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Army Veterinary Corps [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Devonshire Regiment [6] East Lancashire Regiment [6] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [6] Scots Guards [6]

Service

British Army [914] Canadian Expeditionary Force [148] Australian Imperial Force [99] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [85] Royal Navy [71] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [17] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [1359] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1340] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [26] Canada [2] India [1] New Zealand [1]

Adam Crowe

Born 1895

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/1723 Corporal Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Russell Crowe

Born 1892

Canadian Expeditionary Force 408756 Private 19th Canadians

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Phillip Roy Crowe

Born 1897

Died 1971

Royal Navy F 850 P O Mech. Royal Navy Seamen Pembroke III-President II

Royal Navy F 850 Air Mechanic 1 Royal Navy Seamen President II (Eastchurch)

Royal Navy PI 39162 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

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Phillip Crowe

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 6100 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 6100 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 6100 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Robert James Crowe

Born 1880

Died 1931

British Army 9819 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army Shown as 9818 but should be 9819 Cpl Wiltshire Regiment 7th Trench Mortar Battery

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Edward Crowe

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 4030 Private London Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army 651533 Private London Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army 651533 Rifleman London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)

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Peter Crowe

Born 1878

British Army 244766 Private Labour Corps

British Army 6175 Private South Wales Borderers Depot 3rd Battalion

British Army 6175 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Freeman Crowe

Born 1879

Died 1958

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2183345

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private Canadian Forestry Corps

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William Crowe

Born 1867

Died 1915

British Army 4081 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 4081 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Charles Crowe

Born 1887

British Army M2/229437 Private Army Service Corps

British Army G/25774 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Hugh Barby Or Bartry Crowe

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Thomas Lockhart Crowe

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 6908 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Montgomery Crowe

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 2421 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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John Crowe

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19433

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Bertie Francis Crowe

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21012

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George Crowe

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188776

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Edward Crowe

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245813

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Malachay Crowe

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287716

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Andrew Robertson Crowe

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269288

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William Wharton Womack Crowe

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army GS/48596 Private Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion

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