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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]

Thomas Stirling Howden

Born 1887

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 602256

Canadian Expeditionary Force 602256 Private Canadian Infantry

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Peter Howden

Born 1884

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 22564 New Zealand Machine Gun Corps

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Harry Howden

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28538

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Frederick Howden

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4399

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Albert Howden

Australian Imperial Force 2631

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Edwin George Howden

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army G/11607 Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army L/1108 , G 11607 formerly 1764 RWK attd S&T Corps, formerly RHA

British Army G/11607 Serjeant Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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George Howden

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 5323 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 202409 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Frank William Howden

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 15846 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Bernard Howden

Died 1916

British Army 10653 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 202776 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 202776 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Frederick James Howden

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 10044 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 10044 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Frederick W. Howden

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army 3/7160 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Edward H. Howden

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 3122 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 73257 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 73257 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Harry Leslie Howden

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army G/23061 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/23061 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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John Thomas Howden

Died 1916

British Army 18776 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Samuel Charles Howden

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army G/23011 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Reginald P Howden

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3375 East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 4386 Private Border Regiment

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Edward Charles Andrews Howden

Australian Imperial Force 279

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William Howden

Australian Imperial Force 6595

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Albert Joseph Howden

Australian Imperial Force 988

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Leslie Howden

Born 1889

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 195874

Canadian Expeditionary Force 195874 Private Canadian Infantry

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