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Sydney New South Wales [10]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Dublin [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Carlton Victoria [3]

Kerang Victoria [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

St Arnaud Victoria [3]

Balbriggan, Dublin [2]

Balmain New South Wales [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Chichester, Sussex [2]

Clerkenwell, London [2]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Condobolin New South Wales [2]

Cork [2]

Dorking, Surrey [2]

Dubbo New South Wales [2]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [2]

Goroke Victoria [2]

Gosport, Hampshire [2]

Greenham, Berkshire [2]

Hemel Hempstead England [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Holborn, London [2]

Inglewood Queensland [2]

Kangarilla South Australia [2]

Kilkenny South Australia [2]

Kilmore Victoria [2]

Lithgow New South Wales [2]

London [2]

London England [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Mittagong New South Wales [2]

Monmouth England [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Saint Blazey, Cornwall [2]

Warrnambool Victoria [2]

Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Rank

Private [559]

Gunner [58]

Serjeant [48]

Driver [42]

Sapper [41]

Corporal [36]

Lance Corporal [28]

Captain [22]

Lieutenant [18]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Pioneer [11]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Acting Corporal [8]

Temporary Captain [5]

Bombardier [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Rifleman [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Guardsman [3]

Worker [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Nurse [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

3rd Class Reverend Major [1]

ALIAS Private [1]

Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Transport Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chaplain [1]

Colour Serjeant Orderly Room Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Corporal /Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [82]

Labour Corps [64]

Royal Field Artillery [64]

Army Service Corps [57]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [45]

Royal Garrison Artillery [32]

Leinster Regiment [29]

Royal Irish Regiment [28]

Liverpool Regiment [25]

Royal Army Medical Corps [24]

London Regiment [23]

Hampshire Regiment [20]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

Royal Irish Rifles [20]

Irish Guards [16]

East Lancashire Regiment [15]

East Surrey Regiment [14]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [14]

Essex Regiment [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

Connaught Rangers [12]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

Devonshire Regiment [11]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [11]

Royal Defence Corps [11]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [11]

The Queen's Regiment [11]

Yorkshire Regiment [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Somerset Light Infantry [10]

Canadian Infantry [9]

Royal Sussex Regiment [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8]

South Lancashire Regiment [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Coldstream Guards [6]

Corps of Hussars [6]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

Royal Scots [6]

Wiltshire Regiment [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

Service

British Army [875]

Australian Imperial Force [158]

Royal Navy [95]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [84]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [59]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

D [1304]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1278]

Merchant Navy [25]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [10] London, Middlesex, England [5] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Dublin [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Carlton Victoria [3] Kerang Victoria [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] London, Middlesex [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] St Arnaud Victoria [3] Balbriggan, Dublin [2] Balmain New South Wales [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Camberwell, London [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Chichester, Sussex [2] Clerkenwell, London [2] Collingwood Victoria [2] Condobolin New South Wales [2] Cork [2] Dorking, Surrey [2] Dubbo New South Wales [2] Dublin, Suffolk, England [2] Goroke Victoria [2] Gosport, Hampshire [2] Greenham, Berkshire [2] Hemel Hempstead England [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Holborn, London [2] Inglewood Queensland [2] Kangarilla South Australia [2] Kilkenny South Australia [2] Kilmore Victoria [2] Lithgow New South Wales [2] London [2] London England [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Mittagong New South Wales [2] Monmouth England [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Saint Blazey, Cornwall [2] Warrnambool Victoria [2] Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Adelaide South Australia [1]

Rank

Private [559] Gunner [58] Serjeant [48] Driver [42] Sapper [41] Corporal [36] Lance Corporal [28] Captain [22] Lieutenant [18] Second Lieutenant [16] Pioneer [11] Acting Serjeant [10] Acting Corporal [8] Temporary Captain [5] Bombardier [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Rifleman [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Guardsman [3] Worker [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major [2] Nurse [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Staff Nurse [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 3rd Class Reverend Major [1] ALIAS Private [1] Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant Lance Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Transport Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chaplain [1] Colour Serjeant Orderly Room Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Corporal /Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [82] Labour Corps [64] Royal Field Artillery [64] Army Service Corps [57] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [45] Royal Garrison Artillery [32] Leinster Regiment [29] Royal Irish Regiment [28] Liverpool Regiment [25] Royal Army Medical Corps [24] London Regiment [23] Hampshire Regiment [20] Machine Gun Corps [20] Royal Irish Rifles [20] Irish Guards [16] East Lancashire Regiment [15] East Surrey Regiment [14] Royal Fusiliers [14] Royal Irish Fusiliers [14] Essex Regiment [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] Connaught Rangers [12] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] Devonshire Regiment [11] Royal Berkshire Regiment [11] Royal Defence Corps [11] Royal Munster Fusiliers [11] The Queen's Regiment [11] Yorkshire Regiment [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] Middlesex Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [10] Somerset Light Infantry [10] Canadian Infantry [9] Royal Sussex Regiment [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] Durham Light Infantry [8] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8] South Lancashire Regiment [8] Army Veterinary Corps [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Coldstream Guards [6] Corps of Hussars [6] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] Royal Scots [6] Wiltshire Regiment [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5]

Service

British Army [875] Australian Imperial Force [158] Royal Navy [95] Canadian Expeditionary Force [84] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [59] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

D [1304] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1278] Merchant Navy [25] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [20] India [1] Ireland [1]

William Dowling

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300644

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Clarence Dowling

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292182

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Edward Dowling

Died 1917

British Army 10553 Lance Corporal Leinster Regiment 7th Battalion

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Harry Thomas Dowling

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 3880 Private London Regiment

British Army 471248 Rifleman London Regiment (The Rangers) 12th (County of London) Battalion

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Geoffrey Frank Dowling

Died 1916

British Army 2501 Private West Kent Yeomanry

British Army 245414 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 245414 Private West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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Arthur Stanley Dowling

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 7339 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Btn

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Herbert John Dowling

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 22138 Private Grenadier Guards 3rd Btn

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George Dowling

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275056

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Richard Dowling

Born 1856

Died 1935

British Army 3566 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 3566 Temporary Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 3566 Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Engineers

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Geoffrey Charles Walter Dowling

Died 1915

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Stephen John Dowling

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66056

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Alfred William Dowling

Born 1882

British Army R29052 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Herbert James Dowling

Born 1903

Died 1918

Royal Navy J90319 Boy 2nd Class HMS Impregnable

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John Dowling

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 16677

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James Dowling

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 6/5944 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 250955 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 250955 Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry

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Christopher Dowling

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 9859 Private Leinster Regiment

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John Dowling

Died 1915

British Army 11078 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Percy Dowling

Died 1915

British Army 4812 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 4812 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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George Sebastian Dowling

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 9608 Lance Serjeant Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 9608 Serjeant Royal Irish Regiment

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Henry Dowling

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 8241 Private East Surrey Regiment

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