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Camberwell, London [2]

Enfield, London [2]

Kew Victoria [2]

Brading, Isle of Wight [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Buckland Dinham, Somerset [1]

Christchurch (Hants ?) [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Frome, Somerset [1]

Hellingdon England [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Marylebone, London North West [1]

Newport, Monmouthshire [1]

Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Sutton Mallet, Somerset [1]

Union Workhouse, Stroud [1]

Upham, Hampshire [1]

Wimbledon, London [1]

Wimbledon, Surrey [1]

Woking, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [96]

Gunner [10]

Driver [9]

Sapper [8]

Serjeant [7]

Corporal [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Lieutenant [3]

Captain [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Leading Seaman [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Marine [1]

Pioneer [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant now Second Lieutenant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [17]

London Regiment [16]

Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Engineers [11]

Labour Corps [10]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Border Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Coldstream Guards [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

West Somerset Yeomanry [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

1st Division, 2nd Brigade [1]

51st Company Horse Transport [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Australian Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Essex Yeomanry [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Gordon Highlanders attached York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Orion [1]

HMS Royal Arthur [1]

HMS Talbot [1]

HMS Vivid II [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [145]

Royal Navy [14]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [187]

Contribution

Military Service [181]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

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People [187] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Camberwell, London [2] Enfield, London [2] Kew Victoria [2] Brading, Isle of Wight [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Buckland Dinham, Somerset [1] Christchurch (Hants ?) [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Frome, Somerset [1] Hellingdon England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Marylebone, London North West [1] Newport, Monmouthshire [1] Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] Sutton Mallet, Somerset [1] Union Workhouse, Stroud [1] Upham, Hampshire [1] Wimbledon, London [1] Wimbledon, Surrey [1] Woking, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [96] Gunner [10] Driver [9] Sapper [8] Serjeant [7] Corporal [5] Lance Corporal [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Lieutenant [3] Captain [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Captain [1] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1] Marine [1] Pioneer [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant now Second Lieutenant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [17] London Regiment [16] Army Service Corps [11] Royal Engineers [11] Labour Corps [10] Hampshire Regiment [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Border Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Coldstream Guards [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] West Somerset Yeomanry [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 1st Division, 2nd Brigade [1] 51st Company Horse Transport [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Australian Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Essex Yeomanry [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Gordon Highlanders attached York and Lancaster Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Orion [1] HMS Royal Arthur [1] HMS Talbot [1] HMS Vivid II [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [145] Royal Navy [14] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Australian Imperial Force [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [187]

Contribution

Military Service [181] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Harry Grey Dowden

Born 1880

Royal Navy 6/3499 Acting Leading Seaman Royal Naval Division Collingwood Battalion

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Richard John Dowden

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 83505

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Leslie Archibald Dowden

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101741

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Leslie Harry Dowden

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2664 Lance Corporal Royal West Surrey Regiment

British Army T2664 Lance Corporal The Queen's Regiment

British Army T2664 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Lance Corporal Stephen W Dowden

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 9604 Lance Corporal Coldstream Guards

British Army 9604 Private Coldstream Guards

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Frederick James Dowden

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219158

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C H Dowden

British Army Lieutenant Temporary Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

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Frank James Dowden

Born 1877

Died 1919

British Army 25700 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Henry John Dowden

Born 1898

British Army 17033 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/69293 Private The Queen's Regiment

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John Thomas Dowden

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 10167 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 10167 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Acting Company Sergeant Major 1st Division, 2nd Brigade 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Walter T. Dowden

Died 1917

British Army 5701 Private London Regiment

British Army 552608 Private London Regiment

British Army 552608 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

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Ernest Leonard Dowden

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 16306 Private Grenadier Guards

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James Dowden

Died 1915

British Army 11855 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Clifford Dowden

Died 1915

British Army 8900 Private Devonshire Regiment

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James Dowden

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 20026 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John Dowden

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 626 Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry

British Army 626 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Reginald Stanley Dowden

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 4/2614 Lance Serjeant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Thomas Dowden

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 240891 Serjeant The Queen's Regiment

British Army 229277 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

British Army 229277 Serjeant London Regiment

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William Dowden

Died 1915

British Army 7756 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Henry Dowden

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2326 Private Royal Newfoundland Regiment

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