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Sydney New South Wales [31]

Melbourne Victoria [19]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [17]

London, Middlesex, England [15]

Manchester, Lancashire [15]

Hobart Tas Tasmania [14]

Adelaide South Australia [12]

Norwich, Norfolk [12]

Liverpool, Lancashire [9]

London England [9]

London, Middlesex [9]

Ballarat Victoria [8]

Brisbane Queensland [8]

Hackney, London [8]

Inverell New South Wales [8]

Southport, Lancashire [8]

Battersea, London [7]

Islington, London [7]

Peckham, London [7]

Stepney, London [7]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [6]

Marylebone, London [6]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [6]

Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Newcastle New South Wales [5]

Oldham, Lancashire [5]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Carlton Victoria [4]

Colchester, Essex [4]

Hertfordshire [4]

Lambeth, London [4]

Lancashire [4]

Plymouth, Devon [4]

Stratford, Essex [4]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Bigga New South Wales [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Bury, Lancashire [3]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [3]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [3]

Gateshead, Durham [3]

Great Wakering, Essex, England [3]

Harwich, Essex, England [3]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3]

Launceston Tas Tasmania [3]

London [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Norwich England [3]

Rank

Private [3586]

Gunner [409]

Driver [356]

Corporal [290]

Serjeant [264]

Sapper [203]

Lance Corporal [129]

Second Lieutenant [120]

Lieutenant [114]

Captain [87]

Pioneer [56]

Acting Serjeant [45]

Major [43]

Acting Corporal [40]

Bombardier [36]

Rifleman [26]

Company Serjeant Major [25]

Staff Serjeant [21]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [21]

Acting Bombardier [19]

Worker [15]

Temporary Lieutenant [14]

Lieutenant Colonel [13]

Trooper [13]

Able Seaman [11]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Colour Serjeant [8]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Sergeant [8]

Commander [7]

Lance Bombardier [7]

Private Acting Corporal [7]

Temporary Captain [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Acting Staff Serjeant [5]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Nurse [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [4]

Transport Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Brevet Major [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [486]

Labour Corps [446]

Royal Engineers [421]

Army Service Corps [400]

Royal Garrison Artillery [261]

London Regiment [236]

Liverpool Regiment [196]

Royal Army Medical Corps [184]

Machine Gun Corps [156]

Manchester Regiment [153]

Royal Fusiliers [135]

Middlesex Regiment [121]

Lancashire Fusiliers [115]

Cheshire Regiment [114]

Norfolk Regiment [112]

Essex Regiment [99]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [94]

The Queen's Regiment [92]

Suffolk Regiment [89]

Rifle Brigade [85]

Northumberland Fusiliers [77]

Bedfordshire Regiment [72]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [72]

South Lancashire Regiment [72]

Devonshire Regiment [68]

Royal Army Service Corps [67]

East Surrey Regiment [63]

West Yorkshire Regiment [62]

Northamptonshire Regiment [60]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [60]

Durham Light Infantry [58]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [52]

East Yorkshire Regiment [51]

Hampshire Regiment [50]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [49]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [49]

Royal Sussex Regiment [49]

Army Ordnance Corps [47]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [47]

Royal Naval Division [46]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [45]

Leicestershire Regiment [44]

Lincolnshire Regiment [44]

Royal Defence Corps [44]

Welsh Regiment [43]

York and Lancaster Regiment [43]

Royal West Kent Regiment [42]

West Riding Regiment [41]

Canadian Infantry [39]

East Lancashire Regiment [39]

Service

British Army [5613]

Royal Navy [561]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [480]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [426]

Australian Imperial Force [410]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [60]

Indian Army [5]

Other Empire Force [5]

South African Services [1]

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H [7707]

F [4]

S [3]

G [2]

M [2]

W [2]

D [1]

E [1]

K [1]

N [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7535]

Merchant Navy [142]

Conscientious Objector [24]

Country

United Kingdom [145]

Australia [2]

Ireland [2]

United States [2]

Canada [1]

Cuba [1]

Egypt [1]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

Vanuatu [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [31] Melbourne Victoria [19] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [17] London, Middlesex, England [15] Manchester, Lancashire [15] Hobart Tas Tasmania [14] Adelaide South Australia [12] Norwich, Norfolk [12] Liverpool, Lancashire [9] London England [9] London, Middlesex [9] Ballarat Victoria [8] Brisbane Queensland [8] Hackney, London [8] Inverell New South Wales [8] Southport, Lancashire [8] Battersea, London [7] Islington, London [7] Peckham, London [7] Stepney, London [7] Bristol, Gloucestershire [6] Marylebone, London [6] Sheffield, Yorkshire [6] Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Newcastle New South Wales [5] Oldham, Lancashire [5] Portsmouth, Hampshire [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Carlton Victoria [4] Colchester, Essex [4] Hertfordshire [4] Lambeth, London [4] Lancashire [4] Plymouth, Devon [4] Stratford, Essex [4] Bendigo Victoria [3] Bethnal Green, London [3] Bigga New South Wales [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Bury, Lancashire [3] Cardiff, Glamorgan [3] Dublin, Suffolk, England [3] Gateshead, Durham [3] Great Wakering, Essex, England [3] Harwich, Essex, England [3] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3] Launceston Tas Tasmania [3] London [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Norwich England [3]

Rank

Private [3586] Gunner [409] Driver [356] Corporal [290] Serjeant [264] Sapper [203] Lance Corporal [129] Second Lieutenant [120] Lieutenant [114] Captain [87] Pioneer [56] Acting Serjeant [45] Major [43] Acting Corporal [40] Bombardier [36] Rifleman [26] Company Serjeant Major [25] Staff Serjeant [21] Warrant Officer Class 2 [21] Acting Bombardier [19] Worker [15] Temporary Lieutenant [14] Lieutenant Colonel [13] Trooper [13] Able Seaman [11] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [10] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Colour Serjeant [8] Ordinary Seaman [8] Sergeant [8] Commander [7] Lance Bombardier [7] Private Acting Corporal [7] Temporary Captain [6] Acting Captain [5] Acting Staff Serjeant [5] Air Mechanic 1st Class [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Nurse [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [4] Transport Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Brevet Major [3] Deck Hand [3]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [486] Labour Corps [446] Royal Engineers [421] Army Service Corps [400] Royal Garrison Artillery [261] London Regiment [236] Liverpool Regiment [196] Royal Army Medical Corps [184] Machine Gun Corps [156] Manchester Regiment [153] Royal Fusiliers [135] Middlesex Regiment [121] Lancashire Fusiliers [115] Cheshire Regiment [114] Norfolk Regiment [112] Essex Regiment [99] King's Royal Rifle Corps [94] The Queen's Regiment [92] Suffolk Regiment [89] Rifle Brigade [85] Northumberland Fusiliers [77] Bedfordshire Regiment [72] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [72] South Lancashire Regiment [72] Devonshire Regiment [68] Royal Army Service Corps [67] East Surrey Regiment [63] West Yorkshire Regiment [62] Northamptonshire Regiment [60] Royal Lancaster Regiment [60] Durham Light Infantry [58] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [52] East Yorkshire Regiment [51] Hampshire Regiment [50] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [49] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [49] Royal Sussex Regiment [49] Army Ordnance Corps [47] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [47] Royal Naval Division [46] Royal Berkshire Regiment [45] Leicestershire Regiment [44] Lincolnshire Regiment [44] Royal Defence Corps [44] Welsh Regiment [43] York and Lancaster Regiment [43] Royal West Kent Regiment [42] West Riding Regiment [41] Canadian Infantry [39] East Lancashire Regiment [39]

Service

British Army [5613] Royal Navy [561] Canadian Expeditionary Force [480] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [426] Australian Imperial Force [410] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [60] Indian Army [5] Other Empire Force [5] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [7707] F [4] S [3] G [2] M [2] W [2] D [1] E [1] K [1] N [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7535] Merchant Navy [142] Conscientious Objector [24]

Country

United Kingdom [145] Australia [2] Ireland [2] United States [2] Canada [1] Cuba [1] Egypt [1] India [1] New Zealand [1] Vanuatu [1]

George Howard

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 1861 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 1861 Serjeant Suffolk Regiment

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John Howard

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 10027 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10027 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10027 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Donald Sterling Palmer Howard

Born 1891

Died 1959

British Army Lieutenant Hussars

British Army Captain Hussars

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John Royal Howard

Born 1897

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Civilian war death

British Army S/7105 Rifleman Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 5th Battalion

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Archibald Harry Marcus Howard

Born 1887

Died 1966

British Army 41777 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 72833 Private Labour Corps

British Army 72833 Private Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

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Maurice George Howard

Born 1892

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 59484

Canadian Expeditionary Force 59484 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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David Howard

Died 1917

British Army 19913 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Allan Crawford Howard

Born 1883

Died 1958

British Army Major Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers

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George Howard

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 330589 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 330589 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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Harry Howard

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 10409 Private Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion

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The Hon. Robert Henry Palmer Howard

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment

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William D Howard

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 616517 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery 66th Div. Ammunition Col

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Lewis Charles Howard

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Major Somerset Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Somerset Light Infantry

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William Charles Howard

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262864

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Edward Howard

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144346

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Thomas Howard

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108936

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Francis Joseph Howard

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102970

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Wilfred Howard

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34757

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William Howard

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32211

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George Howard

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228888

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