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Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Barrow Hill, Derbyshire [1]

Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Hucknall, Nottinghamshire [1]

Lewisham, London [1]

Narborough, Leicestershire [1]

Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire [1]

Northampton [1]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Saint Pancras, London [1]

South Normanton, Derbyshire [1]

Worthington, Leicesteshire [1]

Rank

Private [124]

Corporal [13]

Gunner [11]

Driver [10]

Serjeant [7]

Sapper [6]

Lieutenant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Captain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Mechanist Serjeant Major [1]

Nurse [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [20]

Royal Engineers [15]

Army Service Corps [14]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14]

Labour Corps [11]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Hussars [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

London Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force Pioneer Battalion [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Gold Coast Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Conflict" [1]

Honourable Artillery Company Artillery [1]

Labour Corps Agricultural Company ex Training Reserve Battalion [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery [1]

Service

British Army [171]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Royal Navy [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

F [195]

Contribution

Military Service [192]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

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People [195] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Barrow Hill, Derbyshire [1] Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Hucknall, Nottinghamshire [1] Lewisham, London [1] Narborough, Leicestershire [1] Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire [1] Northampton [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Saint Pancras, London [1] South Normanton, Derbyshire [1] Worthington, Leicesteshire [1]

Rank

Private [124] Corporal [13] Gunner [11] Driver [10] Serjeant [7] Sapper [6] Lieutenant [2] Pioneer [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Captain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Lance Corporal [1] Mechanist Serjeant Major [1] Nurse [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Regiment [20] Royal Engineers [15] Army Service Corps [14] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14] Labour Corps [11] Royal Field Artillery [11] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Grenadier Guards [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Hussars [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] London Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force Pioneer Battalion [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Gold Coast Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Conflict" [1] Honourable Artillery Company Artillery [1] Labour Corps Agricultural Company ex Training Reserve Battalion [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery [1]

Service

British Army [171] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Royal Navy [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

F [195]

Contribution

Military Service [192] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Ernest Fowkes

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300472

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Thomas Edwin Fowkes

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 3969 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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James Fowkes

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 58823

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James William Page Fowkes

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115815

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Walter James Fowkes

Died 1916

British Army C/6824 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 18th Battalion

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Charles William Fowkes

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy K12738

Royal Navy K/12738 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Conflict"

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Ernest Arthur Fowkes

Born 1884

Died 1918

Royal Navy 2313 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Leonard Fowkes

Died 1916

British Army 15914 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 139189 Sapper Royal Engineers 185 Tunnelling Company

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Charles Christopher Fowkes

Born 1894

Died 1966

British Army Lieutenant South Wales Borderers

British Army Temporary Captain South Wales Borderers

British Army Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers

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Percy Frederick Fowkes

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 1151 Sapper Royal Engineers 1st East Lancs Field Coy

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Albert Cartledge Fowkes

Died 1918

British Army 335368 Private Royal Scots 8th Battalion

British Army 33667 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derbyshire Regiment)

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John Edward Fowkes

Born 1889

Died 1933

British Army 7721 Corporal Hampshire Regiment

British Army 7721 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

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Frederick Ernest Fowkes

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130613

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E Fowkes

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 18763 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Ernest Fowkes

Died 1916

British Army 11615 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Percy Bezley Fowkes

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 7344 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 242291 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Walter Fowkes

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 5143 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 241855 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Joseph Ernest Fowkes

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army T4/242879 Driver Army Service Corps

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Walter T Fowkes

Died 1916

British Army 4609 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Gerald Fowkes

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 12378 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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