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Maidstone, Kent [8]

Norwich, Norfolk [4]

Battle, Sussex [3]

Canterbury, Kent [3]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Rosewood Queensland [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

Williamstown South Australia [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Bermondsey, Surrey [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Clapton, London [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Hythe, Kent [2]

Latrobe Tasmania [2]

Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire [2]

London [2]

Maldon, Essex [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Preston, Brighton, Sussex [2]

Saint Leonards, Sussex [2]

Sittingbourne, Kent [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Walworth, London [2]

Windsor, Berkshire [2]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Ash, Surrey [1]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Barking, Essex [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Beccles, Suffolk [1]

Beecles, Suffolk [1]

Berne [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Blakiston South Australia [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bow, London, Middlesex [1]

Boxley, Kent [1]

Burryport, Wales [1]

Burton-On-Trent England [1]

Canterbury [1]

Cardiff Wales [1]

Rank

Private [386]

Gunner [45]

Corporal [33]

Driver [33]

Serjeant [30]

Sapper [29]

Lieutenant [15]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Captain [11]

Lance Corporal [10]

Pioneer [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Major [5]

Bombardier [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Commander [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

AC I [1]

AC II [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Sub Conductor [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Bombadier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Colour Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Founder and Organiser [1]

Hon Colonel [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [60]

Royal Engineers [54]

Royal Field Artillery [45]

Labour Corps [38]

London Regiment [31]

Royal Garrison Artillery [26]

Royal Fusiliers [19]

Royal Sussex Regiment [19]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

Middlesex Regiment [16]

Welsh Regiment [15]

Suffolk Regiment [14]

East Kent Regiment [13]

The Queen's Regiment [13]

Worcestershire Regiment [13]

Essex Regiment [12]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [12]

Royal Army Service Corps [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Bedfordshire Regiment [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [8]

Northamptonshire Regiment [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Tank Corps [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Kent Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Army Chaplain's Department [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Service

British Army [639]

Royal Navy [95]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [64]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [48]

Australian Imperial Force [37]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

G [876]

L [23]

S [3]

H [1]

M [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [890]

Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

India [1]

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Maidstone, Kent [8] Norwich, Norfolk [4] Battle, Sussex [3] Canterbury, Kent [3] Hull, Yorkshire, England [3] London, Middlesex [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Rosewood Queensland [3] West Ham, Essex [3] Williamstown South Australia [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Bermondsey, Surrey [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Clapton, London [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Hythe, Kent [2] Latrobe Tasmania [2] Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire [2] London [2] Maldon, Essex [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Preston, Brighton, Sussex [2] Saint Leonards, Sussex [2] Sittingbourne, Kent [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Walworth, London [2] Windsor, Berkshire [2] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Ash, Surrey [1] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Barking, Essex [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Beccles, Suffolk [1] Beecles, Suffolk [1] Berne [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Birmingham England [1] Blakiston South Australia [1] Bow, London [1] Bow, London, Middlesex [1] Boxley, Kent [1] Burryport, Wales [1] Burton-On-Trent England [1] Canterbury [1] Cardiff Wales [1]

Rank

Private [386] Gunner [45] Corporal [33] Driver [33] Serjeant [30] Sapper [29] Lieutenant [15] Second Lieutenant [13] Captain [11] Lance Corporal [10] Pioneer [8] Acting Corporal [7] Acting Serjeant [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Major [5] Bombardier [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Commander [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Staff Nurse [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Brigadier General [2] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] AC I [1] AC II [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Sub Conductor [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bombadier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Colour Serjeant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Founder and Organiser [1] Hon Colonel [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [60] Royal Engineers [54] Royal Field Artillery [45] Labour Corps [38] London Regiment [31] Royal Garrison Artillery [26] Royal Fusiliers [19] Royal Sussex Regiment [19] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] Middlesex Regiment [16] Welsh Regiment [15] Suffolk Regiment [14] East Kent Regiment [13] The Queen's Regiment [13] Worcestershire Regiment [13] Essex Regiment [12] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [12] Royal Army Service Corps [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Bedfordshire Regiment [10] Army Ordnance Corps [8] Army Veterinary Corps [8] Northamptonshire Regiment [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Hampshire Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] Canadian Infantry [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Norfolk Regiment [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Tank Corps [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] East Surrey Regiment [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal Horse Artillery [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Devonshire Regiment [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Kent Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Army Chaplain's Department [3] Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Service

British Army [639] Royal Navy [95] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [64] Canadian Expeditionary Force [48] Australian Imperial Force [37] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

G [876] L [23] S [3] H [1] M [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [890] Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [25] India [1]

William Edward Gower

Born 1891

Died 1984

British Army Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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George Gower

Born 1880

Died 1919

British Army M/321827 Private Royal Army Service Corps 904th Mechanical Transport Coy.

British Army M/321827 Private Army Service Corps Motor Transport

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Joseph Gower

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 72989 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 48155 Private Labour Corps

British Army 72989 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Alfred Gower

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 4/2923 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 2923 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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Samuel Francis Gower

Born 1868

Died 1915

Royal Navy PLY/3615 (RMR A684) Private HMS Goliath Royal Marine Reserve

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Albert Edmund Gower

Born 1886

Died 1959

British Army 202393 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 3 (Reserve) Battalion

British Army T-202393 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Albert Edward Gower

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37166

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William Frank Gower

Born 1894

Died 1967

Royal Navy F35459 AC II RNAS HMS "President II"

Royal Navy F35459 AC I RNAS HMS "Daedalus"

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235459 Royal Air Force

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William Roland Gower

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 57272 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/8th Territorial Battalion.

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Lewis Gower

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276981

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George William Gower

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127061

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Frederick William Gower

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68927

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Charles Gower

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130955

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Leonard Gower

Born 1893

Died 1988

British Army 60831 Acting Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Robert George Gower

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 1911 Private Kent Regiment 1/1st Battalion

British Army 270896 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 270896 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) "C" Coy. 10th (R. East Kent and West Kent Yeomanry) Bn.

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Christopher Gower

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army T4/211183 Driver Army Service Corps Base H.T. Depot (Salonika)

British Army 1060 Driver Army Service Corps No 3 Kent Bde Coy

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Frank James Gower

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28931

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Charles William Gower

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116052

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Hiram Counslette Gower

Born 1888

Died 1918

Royal Navy 234764

Royal Navy 234764 Able Seaman H.M.S. "Crescent."

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Frank Gower

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219143

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