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Sydney New South Wales [10]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [8]

London, Middlesex, England [7]

Bendigo Victoria [6]

London England [6]

West Ham, Essex [6]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [5]

Stonehouse, Devon [5]

Gateshead, Tyne and Wear [4]

Hastings, Sussex [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Battersea, London [3]

Brixham, Devon, England [3]

Camberwell, London [3]

Dorchester, Dorset [3]

Durham [3]

Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

Kensington, London [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Mount Gambier South Australia [3]

Scarborough, Yorkshire [3]

Angaston South Australia [2]

Bandon, Cork [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birregurra Victoria [2]

Bridgwater, Somerset, England [2]

Brightlingsea, Essex [2]

Brightlingsea, Essex, England [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Eaglehawk Victoria [2]

Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Gillingham, Dorset [2]

Great Hallingbury, Essex [2]

Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Hampshire [2]

Holloway, London [2]

Kilburn, London [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire [2]

Ottery Saint Mary, Devon [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Rank

Private [1423]

Gunner [139]

Driver [138]

Corporal [105]

Serjeant [102]

Sapper [94]

Lance Corporal [49]

Second Lieutenant [45]

Lieutenant [42]

Acting Serjeant [22]

Captain [22]

Bombardier [21]

Pioneer [21]

Acting Corporal [17]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [15]

Staff Serjeant [13]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Rifleman [9]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Worker [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [4]

Commander [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Sister [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Guardsman [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Cadet [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Sub Conductor [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Transport Corporal [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [185]

Royal Field Artillery [171]

Labour Corps [169]

Army Service Corps [168]

Royal Garrison Artillery [87]

Royal Army Medical Corps [84]

London Regiment [83]

Durham Light Infantry [73]

Machine Gun Corps [60]

Royal Fusiliers [58]

Northumberland Fusiliers [57]

Suffolk Regiment [49]

York and Lancaster Regiment [44]

Rifle Brigade [39]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [35]

Bedfordshire Regiment [33]

Essex Regiment [33]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [33]

Middlesex Regiment [32]

Somerset Light Infantry [31]

West Yorkshire Regiment [31]

Manchester Regiment [28]

Welsh Regiment [28]

Devonshire Regiment [27]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27]

Border Regiment [26]

Hampshire Regiment [25]

Lancashire Fusiliers [25]

Liverpool Regiment [24]

Norfolk Regiment [24]

Yorkshire Regiment [24]

East Kent Regiment [22]

East Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [22]

The Queen's Regiment [22]

Royal Naval Division [21]

East Surrey Regiment [20]

Northamptonshire Regiment [20]

Army Ordnance Corps [19]

Canadian Infantry [19]

Leicestershire Regiment [19]

Dorsetshire Regiment [18]

Gloucestershire Regiment [18]

Royal Army Service Corps [18]

Royal Defence Corps [17]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [17]

Royal West Kent Regiment [17]

North Staffordshire Regiment [16]

Lincolnshire Regiment [15]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [15]

Service

British Army [2186]

Royal Navy [263]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [228]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [174]

Australian Imperial Force [97]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [29]

Other Empire Force [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [3030]

A [3]

C [2]

D [2]

M [2]

R [1]

V [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2966]

Merchant Navy [52]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [63]

Canada [2]

Australia [1]

Ireland [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [10] Bristol, Gloucestershire [8] London, Middlesex, England [7] Bendigo Victoria [6] London England [6] West Ham, Essex [6] Sheffield, Yorkshire [5] Stonehouse, Devon [5] Gateshead, Tyne and Wear [4] Hastings, Sussex [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Battersea, London [3] Brixham, Devon, England [3] Camberwell, London [3] Dorchester, Dorset [3] Durham [3] Ipswich, Suffolk [3] Kensington, London [3] London, Middlesex [3] Mount Gambier South Australia [3] Scarborough, Yorkshire [3] Angaston South Australia [2] Bandon, Cork [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birregurra Victoria [2] Bridgwater, Somerset, England [2] Brightlingsea, Essex [2] Brightlingsea, Essex, England [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Dover, Kent [2] Eaglehawk Victoria [2] Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Gillingham, Dorset [2] Great Hallingbury, Essex [2] Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Hampshire [2] Holloway, London [2] Kilburn, London [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire [2] Ottery Saint Mary, Devon [2] Paddington, London [2]

Rank

Private [1423] Gunner [139] Driver [138] Corporal [105] Serjeant [102] Sapper [94] Lance Corporal [49] Second Lieutenant [45] Lieutenant [42] Acting Serjeant [22] Captain [22] Bombardier [21] Pioneer [21] Acting Corporal [17] Warrant Officer Class 2 [15] Staff Serjeant [13] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Rifleman [9] Company Serjeant Major [7] Colour Serjeant [6] Worker [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Bombardier [4] Air Mechanic 1st Class [4] Commander [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Sister [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Guardsman [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Sergeant [3] Acting Sergeant [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Cadet [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Gunner Acting Bombardier [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Staff Nurse [2] Sub Conductor [2] Temporary Captain [2] Transport Corporal [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [185] Royal Field Artillery [171] Labour Corps [169] Army Service Corps [168] Royal Garrison Artillery [87] Royal Army Medical Corps [84] London Regiment [83] Durham Light Infantry [73] Machine Gun Corps [60] Royal Fusiliers [58] Northumberland Fusiliers [57] Suffolk Regiment [49] York and Lancaster Regiment [44] Rifle Brigade [39] King's Royal Rifle Corps [35] Bedfordshire Regiment [33] Essex Regiment [33] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [33] Middlesex Regiment [32] Somerset Light Infantry [31] West Yorkshire Regiment [31] Manchester Regiment [28] Welsh Regiment [28] Devonshire Regiment [27] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27] Border Regiment [26] Hampshire Regiment [25] Lancashire Fusiliers [25] Liverpool Regiment [24] Norfolk Regiment [24] Yorkshire Regiment [24] East Kent Regiment [22] East Yorkshire Regiment [22] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [22] The Queen's Regiment [22] Royal Naval Division [21] East Surrey Regiment [20] Northamptonshire Regiment [20] Army Ordnance Corps [19] Canadian Infantry [19] Leicestershire Regiment [19] Dorsetshire Regiment [18] Gloucestershire Regiment [18] Royal Army Service Corps [18] Royal Defence Corps [17] Royal Lancaster Regiment [17] Royal West Kent Regiment [17] North Staffordshire Regiment [16] Lincolnshire Regiment [15] Royal Berkshire Regiment [15]

Service

British Army [2186] Royal Navy [263] Canadian Expeditionary Force [228] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [174] Australian Imperial Force [97] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [29] Other Empire Force [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [3030] A [3] C [2] D [2] M [2] R [1] V [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2966] Merchant Navy [52] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [63] Canada [2] Australia [1] Ireland [1]

Harvey Harold Howe

Born 1895

Died 1986

British Army 201791 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Private

British Army 235418 Private Yorkshire Regiment 'B' Company

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Oliver Howe

Born 1886

Died 1960

British Army 36 Private Welsh Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 36 Corporal Welsh Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 36 Sergeant Welsh Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Edward Nicholson Howe

Born 1879

Died 1935

British Army 327148 Serjeant Durham Light Infantry 9th Battalion

British Army 380 Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

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Edgar Howe

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army R/37930 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army TR/13/21726 Training Reserve 108th Training Reserve Battalion

British Army R/37930 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 13th Battalion

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William J Howe

Born 1885

British Army 556459 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 556459 Sapper Royal Engineers 2nd London Division Engineers

British Army 556459 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Richard Howe

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 23121 Private Durham Light Infantry 14th Battalion

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Euston Lynne Howe

Born 1895

Australian Imperial Force 848 Company Sergeant Major Railway Corps 5th Australian Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company

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Walter Edward Howe

Born 1895

Died 1972

Royal Navy

Royal Navy RMA/1362/S Private Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy RMA/1362/S Private/Gunner HMS Orion 2nd Battle Squadron, Grand Fleet

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Herbert Ernest Howe

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 1429 Private West Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 295308 Lance Corporal Somerset Light Infantry

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William John Howe

Born 1875

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 9921

Canadian Expeditionary Force 9921 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3rd Battalion

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John Ross, Or Jonathan Howe

Born 1881

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 1679 Acting Serjeant British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 1679 Company Quarter Master Sergeant British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Edward Howe

Born 1897

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 799276

Canadian Expeditionary Force 799276 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force

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Joseph Howe

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 16003 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Reginald James Howe

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 10072 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10072 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Sidney Howe

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy 14137 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery Anti-Aircraft Brigade

Royal Navy RMA/14137 Private Royal Marine Artillery Anti-Aircraft Brigade

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Albert George Howe

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 360 Private Welsh Guards

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Robert Scott Howe

Born 1893

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 406007

Canadian Expeditionary Force 406007 Sergeant Canadian Army Medical Corps

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Arnold Vernon Ridler Howe

Born 1892

Died 1971

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1773

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George Henry James Howe

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 22383 Corporal Highland Light Infantry

British Army Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Frederick William Howe

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army 595 Driver Royal Field Artillery 2nd/1st Bde. Ammunition Column

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