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London England [8]

London, Middlesex, England [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7]

London, Middlesex [7]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [6]

Leeds, Yorkshire [6]

Williamstown Victoria [6]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Brighton, Sussex [4]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [4]

Geelong Victoria [4]

Hull, Yorkshire [4]

London [4]

Nottingham [4]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [4]

Sunderland, Durham [4]

Windsor, Berkshire [4]

Abbotsford Victoria [3]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Battersea, London [3]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Bristol [3]

Camberwell, London [3]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [3]

Parkes New South Wales [3]

Saint Pancras, London [3]

Wigan, Lancashire [3]

Young New South Wales [3]

Aberdeen [2]

Ashfield New South Wales [2]

Bolton Lancashire [2]

Bourke New South Wales [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Camberwell Victoria [2]

Campbelltown New South Wales [2]

Canterbury, Kent [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Deptford, Kent [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Dublin [2]

Filgrave, Bucks [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Grantham, Lincolnshire [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Horsham, Sussex [2]

Inverell New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [1879]

Gunner [206]

Driver [170]

Serjeant [164]

Corporal [157]

Sapper [130]

Lance Corporal [67]

Lieutenant [63]

Second Lieutenant [63]

Captain [46]

Acting Serjeant [32]

Acting Corporal [30]

Pioneer [26]

Bombardier [24]

Major [21]

Rifleman [16]

Lieutenant Colonel [15]

Staff Serjeant [13]

Company Serjeant Major [12]

Acting Bombardier [11]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [11]

Temporary Captain [10]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Major General [6]

Worker [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Guardsman [5]

Nurse [5]

Regimental Serjeant Major [5]

Sister [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Colour Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Cadet [3]

Colonel [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Brevet Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Forewoman [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [253]

Royal Field Artillery [253]

Army Service Corps [218]

Labour Corps [211]

Royal Garrison Artillery [124]

London Regiment [115]

Royal Army Medical Corps [115]

Machine Gun Corps [84]

Middlesex Regiment [65]

Rifle Brigade [60]

Royal Fusiliers [59]

Gloucestershire Regiment [54]

Liverpool Regiment [47]

Durham Light Infantry [41]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [41]

Lincolnshire Regiment [39]

West Yorkshire Regiment [39]

Bedfordshire Regiment [38]

Manchester Regiment [38]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [37]

Worcestershire Regiment [37]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [36]

Somerset Light Infantry [36]

Devonshire Regiment [35]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [35]

Northumberland Fusiliers [33]

Royal Scots [33]

Cheshire Regiment [30]

York and Lancaster Regiment [30]

Royal Army Service Corps [29]

Lancashire Fusiliers [28]

Yorkshire Regiment [28]

The Queen's Regiment [27]

East Lancashire Regiment [26]

East Surrey Regiment [26]

Gordon Highlanders [26]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [26]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [26]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [26]

Essex Regiment [25]

Northamptonshire Regiment [25]

Royal Highlanders [25]

Royal West Kent Regiment [25]

Corps of Hussars [23]

Dorsetshire Regiment [23]

Royal Sussex Regiment [23]

South Wales Borderers [23]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [22]

East Kent Regiment [22]

Hampshire Regiment [22]

Service

British Army [2987]

Royal Navy [306]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [271]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [239]

Australian Imperial Force [182]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [41]

Indian Army [5]

Other Empire Force [5]

Last name first letter

F [4105]

C [2]

E [2]

J [2]

A [1]

H [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4003]

Merchant Navy [78]

Conscientious Objector [12]

Country

United Kingdom [106]

South Africa [3]

Canada [2]

India [2]

New Zealand [2]

Australia [1]

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London England [8] London, Middlesex, England [8] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7] London, Middlesex [7] Sydney New South Wales [7] Bristol, Gloucestershire [6] Leeds, Yorkshire [6] Williamstown Victoria [6] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Brighton, Sussex [4] Doncaster, Yorkshire [4] Geelong Victoria [4] Hull, Yorkshire [4] London [4] Nottingham [4] Southampton, Hampshire, England [4] Sunderland, Durham [4] Windsor, Berkshire [4] Abbotsford Victoria [3] Adelaide South Australia [3] Battersea, London [3] Belfast, Antrim [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Bristol [3] Camberwell, London [3] Hull, Yorkshire, England [3] Parkes New South Wales [3] Saint Pancras, London [3] Wigan, Lancashire [3] Young New South Wales [3] Aberdeen [2] Ashfield New South Wales [2] Bolton Lancashire [2] Bourke New South Wales [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Camberwell Victoria [2] Campbelltown New South Wales [2] Canterbury, Kent [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Deptford, Kent [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Dublin [2] Filgrave, Bucks [2] Fulham, London [2] Grantham, Lincolnshire [2] Hampstead, London [2] Horsham, Sussex [2] Inverell New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [1879] Gunner [206] Driver [170] Serjeant [164] Corporal [157] Sapper [130] Lance Corporal [67] Lieutenant [63] Second Lieutenant [63] Captain [46] Acting Serjeant [32] Acting Corporal [30] Pioneer [26] Bombardier [24] Major [21] Rifleman [16] Lieutenant Colonel [15] Staff Serjeant [13] Company Serjeant Major [12] Acting Bombardier [11] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [11] Temporary Captain [10] Lance Serjeant [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Colour Serjeant [6] Major General [6] Worker [6] Acting Captain [5] Guardsman [5] Nurse [5] Regimental Serjeant Major [5] Sister [5] Able Seaman [4] Trooper [4] Acting Colour Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Cadet [3] Colonel [3] Deck Hand [3] Leading Seaman [3] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Brevet Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [2] Brigadier General [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Forewoman [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [253] Royal Field Artillery [253] Army Service Corps [218] Labour Corps [211] Royal Garrison Artillery [124] London Regiment [115] Royal Army Medical Corps [115] Machine Gun Corps [84] Middlesex Regiment [65] Rifle Brigade [60] Royal Fusiliers [59] Gloucestershire Regiment [54] Liverpool Regiment [47] Durham Light Infantry [41] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [41] Lincolnshire Regiment [39] West Yorkshire Regiment [39] Bedfordshire Regiment [38] Manchester Regiment [38] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [37] Worcestershire Regiment [37] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [36] Somerset Light Infantry [36] Devonshire Regiment [35] King's Royal Rifle Corps [35] Northumberland Fusiliers [33] Royal Scots [33] Cheshire Regiment [30] York and Lancaster Regiment [30] Royal Army Service Corps [29] Lancashire Fusiliers [28] Yorkshire Regiment [28] The Queen's Regiment [27] East Lancashire Regiment [26] East Surrey Regiment [26] Gordon Highlanders [26] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [26] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [26] Yorkshire Light Infantry [26] Essex Regiment [25] Northamptonshire Regiment [25] Royal Highlanders [25] Royal West Kent Regiment [25] Corps of Hussars [23] Dorsetshire Regiment [23] Royal Sussex Regiment [23] South Wales Borderers [23] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [22] East Kent Regiment [22] Hampshire Regiment [22]

Service

British Army [2987] Royal Navy [306] Canadian Expeditionary Force [271] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [239] Australian Imperial Force [182] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [41] Indian Army [5] Other Empire Force [5]

Last name first letter

F [4105] C [2] E [2] J [2] A [1] H [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4003] Merchant Navy [78] Conscientious Objector [12]

Country

United Kingdom [106] South Africa [3] Canada [2] India [2] New Zealand [2] Australia [1]

Arthur Joseph Fowler

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 34221 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 20776 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 5th Battalion

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Frederick William J Fowler

Born 1893

Died 1985

British Army 778 Private Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 230169 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 230169 Private Dorset Yeomanry

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Albert Fowler

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 2316 Private King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army 2316 Rifleman Kings (Liverpool) Rifles 1st / 6th Battalion

British Army 2316 Rifleman The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Matthew Cameron Fowler

Born 1883

Died 1962

British Army 1273 Sapper Royal Engineers West Riding Division (Territorial)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21897 Air Mechanic, 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps 33 Station

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21897 Air Mechanic, First Class Royal Flying Corps 33 Station

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Joseph Fowler

Born 1880

Died 1923

British Army 5873 Corporal Cheshire Regiment

British Army 5873 Serjeant Cheshire Regiment

British Army 5873 Private Cheshire Regiment

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David Fowler

Born 1894

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 45086 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Arthur Fowler

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 18677 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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William Michael Fowler

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 43549 Driver Royal Horse Artillery "N" Battery

British Army 43549 Driver Royal Field Artillery "B" Battery

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Harold Fowler

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 3290 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 3290 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 3290 Private Middlesex Hussars

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Bertram Fowler

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 24125 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Lance Corporal Signaller Sherwood Foresters 15th

British Army 24125 Lance Corporal Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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Christopher Richard Fowler

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1465 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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Frank Fowler

Born 1885

Died 1953

British Army 21224 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 134422 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 6th Training Battalion

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Augustus Gerald Fowler

Born 1887

Died 1960

British Army DM2/138290 Private Army Service Corps

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William Fowler

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army 13017 Private South Wales Borderers Depot

British Army 13017 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 4594 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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George Edwin Fowler

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 2096 Private London Regiment

British Army 2096 Private London Regiment 1/15

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James Fowler

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 5153 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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William Maurice Fowler

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army G/3754 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/3754 Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Leonard Fowler

Born 1892

Died 1931

British Army 817 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 300555 Serjeant London Regiment

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Harry Victor Fowler

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy J20343

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Candytuft

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Walter Fowler

Born 1884

British Army 164567 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 2/2 Lancs (Heavy Battery)

British Army 164567 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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