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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]

Henry Robert Fowler

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401840

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Ernest Fowler

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268517

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Walter John Fowler

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94395

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Alfred Edgar Fowler

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61526

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John Fowler

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 3/6921 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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William Albert Fowler

Born 1887

Died 1917

Royal Navy 13261 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Joseph Harold Fowler

Born 1884

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4784 Private Australian Infantry 56th Battalion

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Donald Alexander Fowler

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army 145064 Sapper Royal Engineers 2nd (Reserve) Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force 6th Bde. H.Q.

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Archibald Hugh Fowler

Born 1896

Died 1915

Royal Navy 18710 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Francis Fowler

British Army 1073 Royal Engineers Cheshire Field Company

British Army 350035 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 9th Battalion

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Theodore Humphrey Fowler

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 2313 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 2446 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 2446 Lance Corporal Honourable Artillery Company

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Tom Charles Fowler

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87051

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John Fowler

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31398

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George Henry Fowler

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 404175

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Sydney Fowler

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148981

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Walter George Fowler

Born 1897

Died 1959

British Army 494 Gunner Machine Gun Corps

British Army 494 Gunner Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 10017 Gunner Northamptonshire Regiment

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George Alfred Fowler

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119776

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John Fowler

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29666

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William E Fowler

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army R/18758 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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John Ernest Fowler

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280949

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