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Bournemouth, Hampshire [4]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [4]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [3]

Leytonstone, Essex [2]

North Wraxall, Wiltshire [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

All Saints, Gloucester [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Brompton, Middlesex [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Charlton, Wiltshire [1]

Chelsea England [1]

Codford, Wiltshire [1]

Devizes, Wiltshire [1]

Devonport Tasmania [1]

Dibrugarh, Assam [1]

Essex [1]

Farnham, Hampshire [1]

Finchley, Middlesex [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hobart Tasmania [1]

Kelloa, Durham [1]

Kelloe, County Durham, England [1]

Kent [1]

Kilburn, London [1]

Leichhardt New South Wales [1]

Lewisham London [1]

London [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Middlesex [1]

Moffat Dumfriesshire [1]

Newport, Monmouthshire [1]

Old Kent Road, London [1]

Penge England [1]

Penzance, Cornwall [1]

Peshawar [1]

Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1]

Poplar, London [1]

Port Pirie South Australia [1]

Reading, Berkshire [1]

SWANWICK, FAREHAM, HAMPSHIRE [1]

Saint Pancras, London [1]

Sherbourne, Dorset [1]

Southsea, Hampshire [1]

St Pancras, Middlesex [1]

Stockport South Australia [1]

Sydenham, Kent [1]

Sydenham, London [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [164]

Gunner [14]

Serjeant [14]

Driver [12]

Captain [9]

Lieutenant [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Corporal [7]

Sapper [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Pioneer [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Brigade Major [2]

Commander [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Chief Marshall [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air-Chief-Marshal [1]

Bandmaster [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Chaplain Reverend, 1st Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Farrier [1]

Flying Cadet [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Lance Corporal /Transport Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Midshipman [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [23]

Army Service Corps [21]

Royal Engineers [20]

Royal Field Artillery [16]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

London Regiment [10]

Wiltshire Regiment [10]

Somerset Light Infantry [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Monmouthshire Regiment [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Border Regiment [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Military Foot Police [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

County of London Yeomanry [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Hussars [2]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2]

North Somerset Yeomanry [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Punjabis [2]

Service

British Army [252]

Royal Navy [52]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [15]

Australian Imperial Force [9]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [2]

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Contribution

Military Service [353]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Bournemouth, Hampshire [4] Salisbury, Wiltshire [4] Southampton, Hampshire, England [3] Leytonstone, Essex [2] North Wraxall, Wiltshire [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] All Saints, Gloucester [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Brompton, Middlesex [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Charlton, Wiltshire [1] Chelsea England [1] Codford, Wiltshire [1] Devizes, Wiltshire [1] Devonport Tasmania [1] Dibrugarh, Assam [1] Essex [1] Farnham, Hampshire [1] Finchley, Middlesex [1] Hackney, London [1] Hobart Tasmania [1] Kelloa, Durham [1] Kelloe, County Durham, England [1] Kent [1] Kilburn, London [1] Leichhardt New South Wales [1] Lewisham London [1] London [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Middlesex [1] Moffat Dumfriesshire [1] Newport, Monmouthshire [1] Old Kent Road, London [1] Penge England [1] Penzance, Cornwall [1] Peshawar [1] Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1] Poplar, London [1] Port Pirie South Australia [1] Reading, Berkshire [1] SWANWICK, FAREHAM, HAMPSHIRE [1] Saint Pancras, London [1] Sherbourne, Dorset [1] Southsea, Hampshire [1] St Pancras, Middlesex [1] Stockport South Australia [1] Sydenham, Kent [1] Sydenham, London [1] Sydney New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [164] Gunner [14] Serjeant [14] Driver [12] Captain [9] Lieutenant [9] Lance Corporal [8] Corporal [7] Sapper [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Pioneer [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Brigade Major [2] Commander [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Chief Marshall [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air-Chief-Marshal [1] Bandmaster [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Chaplain Reverend, 1st Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Farrier [1] Flying Cadet [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Lance Corporal /Transport Serjeant [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1] Midshipman [1] Nursing Sister [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Reverend [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [23] Army Service Corps [21] Royal Engineers [20] Royal Field Artillery [16] Hampshire Regiment [10] London Regiment [10] Wiltshire Regiment [10] Somerset Light Infantry [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Devonshire Regiment [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps [5] Monmouthshire Regiment [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Border Regiment [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Military Foot Police [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Marine Artillery [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] County of London Yeomanry [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Hussars [2] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2] North Somerset Yeomanry [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Punjabis [2]

Service

British Army [252] Royal Navy [52] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] Canadian Expeditionary Force [15] Australian Imperial Force [9] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

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Contribution

Military Service [353] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [12] India [1]

Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding

Born 1882

Died 1970

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Air Chief Marshall Fighter Command

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Air-Chief-Marshal

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Berkeley Dowding

Born 1858

Died 1925

British Army Chaplain Reverend, 1st Class Army Chaplain's Department

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Thomas Dowding

Died 1916

British Army 11392 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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George Thomas Dowding

Born 1888

Died 1919

British Army 2800 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370879 Rifleman London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Alfred Dowding

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264994

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John Dowding

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy J8538 Able Seaman HMS Philomel

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Percy Dowding

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208649

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Reuben Osborne Dowding

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242052

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James Dowding

Died 1916

British Army 306367 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Thomas Ewart Dowding

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219640

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Arthur Cecil John Dowding

Born 1899

Died 1978

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244621

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George Dowding

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army GS/8827 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/8827 Lance Corporal Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 11th Battalion

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Arthur George Dowding

Died 1915

British Army G/593 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Charles Gordon Dowding

Born 1889

Died 1917

Indian Army Captain 87th Punjabis

Indian Army Brigade Major 87th Punjabis Lindi Force, East Africa

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John Dowding

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125957

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H J Dowding

Died 1918

British Army 1000258 Private Canadian Infantry Battalion

British Army 1000258 Private Canadian Infantry

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Matthias C Dowding

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 46174 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 46174 Acting Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

British Army 46174 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers

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Henry Dowding

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 4559 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 201785 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 201785 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Arthur James Dowding

Died 1918

British Army 2190 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 225665 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 225665 Lance Corporal Monmouthshire Regiment

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George Albert Dowding

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 24822 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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