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Richmond Victoria [4]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Maryborough Victoria [3]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [2]

Aldgate, London [1]

Aldgate, London, Middlesex [1]

Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Boston, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Brighton Victoria [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Coatbridge, Lanarkshire [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Darlington England [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Dirleton Scotland [1]

Durham [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Fremantle Western Australia [1]

Gawald Scotland [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Heighington, Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1]

Holderness, Yorkshire [1]

Hull [1]

Kent England [1]

Koroit Victoria [1]

Laurieston, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1]

Lincoln [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Lothian Scotland [1]

MANCHESTER [1]

Megalong New South Wales [1]

Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire [1]

Moira New South Wales [1]

Omeo Victoria [1]

Port Albert Victoria [1]

Preston Victoria [1]

Saltfleet, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Seaforth, Lancashire [1]

Seymour Victoria [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Skirbeck, Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

St Judes, Surrey [1]

Stockton-on-Lees, Durham [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Tungamah Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [180]

Gunner [25]

Corporal [14]

Serjeant [14]

Driver [10]

Sapper [9]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Rifleman [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Captain [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Colour Serjeant Major [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Drummer [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker I [1]

Stoker II [1]

Temporary Staff Serjeant [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [30]

Royal Field Artillery [25]

Army Service Corps [17]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Royal Engineers [13]

Royal Scots [12]

West Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

London Regiment [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Highland Light Infantry [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

French Red Cross [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Hussars [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [279]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [35]

Australian Imperial Force [30]

Royal Navy [25]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [414]

Contribution

Military Service [403]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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Place of birth

Richmond Victoria [4] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Maryborough Victoria [3] Melbourne Victoria [2] Wakefield, Yorkshire [2] Aldgate, London [1] Aldgate, London, Middlesex [1] Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Boston, Lincolnshire, England [1] Brighton Victoria [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Coatbridge, Lanarkshire [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Darlington England [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Dirleton Scotland [1] Durham [1] Edinburgh [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1] Fremantle Western Australia [1] Gawald Scotland [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Goole, Yorkshire [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1] Heighington, Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1] Holderness, Yorkshire [1] Hull [1] Kent England [1] Koroit Victoria [1] Laurieston, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1] Lincoln [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Lothian Scotland [1] MANCHESTER [1] Megalong New South Wales [1] Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire [1] Moira New South Wales [1] Omeo Victoria [1] Port Albert Victoria [1] Preston Victoria [1] Saltfleet, Lincolnshire, England [1] Seaforth, Lancashire [1] Seymour Victoria [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Skirbeck, Boston, Lincolnshire [1] St Judes, Surrey [1] Stockton-on-Lees, Durham [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Tungamah Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [180] Gunner [25] Corporal [14] Serjeant [14] Driver [10] Sapper [9] Second Lieutenant [8] Lance Corporal [7] Acting Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Rifleman [3] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Captain [2] Lieutenant [2] Pioneer [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major/Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Colour Serjeant Major [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Drummer [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker I [1] Stoker II [1] Temporary Staff Serjeant [1] Transport Corporal [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [30] Royal Field Artillery [25] Army Service Corps [17] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Royal Engineers [13] Royal Scots [12] West Yorkshire Regiment [12] Durham Light Infantry [8] Machine Gun Corps [8] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7] Liverpool Regiment [7] London Regiment [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Highland Light Infantry [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] French Red Cross [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Hussars [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [279] Canadian Expeditionary Force [35] Australian Imperial Force [30] Royal Navy [25] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [414]

Contribution

Military Service [403] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Leslie Irving Howden

Born 1897

Died 1978

British Army 24733 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 665731 Private Labour Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24733 Private Royal Flying Corps Number 6 Squadron

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Joseph Oliver Howden

Born 1881

Died 1949

British Army 5630 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 295323 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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Charles Henry Howden

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army C/12398 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 9th Bn.

British Army 912398 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 21st Bn.

British Army 912398 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 21st Bn.

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George Howden

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 95343 Private Royal Army Medical Corps R Company

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Herbert Howden

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36553

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Frederick William Howden

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84148

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Arthur Howden

Born 1888

Died 1917

Royal Navy K8632 Stoker II

Royal Navy K8632 Stoker I

Royal Navy K8632 Stoker 1st Class HMS Tartar

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Thomas William Clappinson Howden

Born 1898

Died 1972

British Army 145833 Acting Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 145833 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Howden

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44059

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J Howden

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 3481 Private Highland Light Infantry 19th Battalion

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Owen Howden

Died 1918

British Army 32508 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Arthur Howden

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army GS/24669 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 24669 Private Royal Fusiliers 20th Battalion

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Fred Howden

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2160

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Arthur Howden

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237975

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George Bruce Howden

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Joseph Howden

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 650 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Aitken Howden

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161653

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Thomas Howden

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165483

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George William Howden

Born 1888

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2010866

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2010866 Sapper Canadian Engineers

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Robert Reid Howden

Born 1895

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 153590

Canadian Expeditionary Force 153590 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry

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