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Melbourne Victoria [11]

London England [9]

Sydney New South Wales [9]

Islington, London [8]

Adelaide South Australia [7]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [6]

Croydon, Surrey [5]

Perth Western Australia [5]

Bath, Somerset [4]

Bristol England [4]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [4]

Battersea, London [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Gateshead, Durham [3]

Hammersmith, London [3]

Hobart Tas Tasmania [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Mackay Queensland [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Newport, Monmouthshire [3]

Walworth, London [3]

Albury New South Wales [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Bircham Newton Norfolk [2]

Bright Victoria [2]

Brighton Tas Tasmania [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Cardiff, Wales [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Chenies, Buckinghamshire [2]

Chippenham, Wiltshire [2]

Cooma New South Wales [2]

Crondall, Hampshire [2]

Devonport Tas Tasmania [2]

Dunedin NZ [2]

Gloucester [2]

Newtown New South Wales [2]

Omeo Victoria [2]

Pembroke, Pembrokeshire [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Richmond Victoria [2]

Shepparton Victoria [2]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

Rank

Private [1353]

Gunner [163]

Driver [126]

Serjeant [119]

Corporal [106]

Sapper [93]

Second Lieutenant [59]

Captain [47]

Lance Corporal [47]

Lieutenant [47]

Acting Corporal [28]

Bombardier [22]

Acting Serjeant [21]

Lieutenant Colonel [14]

Major [14]

Pioneer [14]

Staff Serjeant [10]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Trooper [8]

Worker [8]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [6]

Battery Serjeant Major [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Rifleman [5]

Staff Nurse [5]

Sergeant [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [3]

Reverend [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Bandsman [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Bugler [2]

Colonel [2]

Drummer [2]

Filter [2]

Fitter [2]

Guardsman [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Nurse [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [211]

Army Service Corps [173]

Royal Engineers [158]

Labour Corps [157]

London Regiment [121]

Royal Garrison Artillery [95]

Royal Army Medical Corps [80]

Royal Fusiliers [59]

Welsh Regiment [55]

Machine Gun Corps [48]

Middlesex Regiment [48]

Rifle Brigade [44]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [42]

Gloucestershire Regiment [41]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [38]

Norfolk Regiment [37]

Royal Army Service Corps [37]

Essex Regiment [34]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [34]

Liverpool Regiment [33]

South Wales Borderers [32]

Worcestershire Regiment [31]

South Staffordshire Regiment [30]

Northumberland Fusiliers [26]

British West Indies Regiment [24]

Hampshire Regiment [23]

Somerset Light Infantry [23]

Lancashire Fusiliers [22]

The Queen's Regiment [22]

Wiltshire Regiment [22]

Army Ordnance Corps [21]

East Kent Regiment [21]

Manchester Regiment [21]

Royal Sussex Regiment [21]

Devonshire Regiment [20]

Suffolk Regiment [20]

East Surrey Regiment [18]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [18]

Royal Defence Corps [18]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [17]

North Staffordshire Regiment [17]

Army Veterinary Corps [16]

East Yorkshire Regiment [16]

Royal Air Force [16]

Bedfordshire Regiment [15]

Royal Horse Artillery [15]

Royal Naval Division [15]

Royal West Kent Regiment [15]

York and Lancaster Regiment [15]

Canadian Infantry [14]

Service

British Army [2231]

Royal Navy [246]

Australian Imperial Force [184]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [182]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [157]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [36]

South African Services [5]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

H [3098]

D [1]

F [1]

L [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3022]

Merchant Navy [53]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [47]

South Africa [1]

United States [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [11] London England [9] Sydney New South Wales [9] Islington, London [8] Adelaide South Australia [7] Birmingham, Warwickshire [7] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7] Bristol, Gloucestershire [6] Croydon, Surrey [5] Perth Western Australia [5] Bath, Somerset [4] Bristol England [4] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [4] Battersea, London [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Devonport, Devon [3] Gateshead, Durham [3] Hammersmith, London [3] Hobart Tas Tasmania [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] London, Middlesex [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Mackay Queensland [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Newport, Monmouthshire [3] Walworth, London [3] Albury New South Wales [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Bircham Newton Norfolk [2] Bright Victoria [2] Brighton Tas Tasmania [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Cardiff, Wales [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Chenies, Buckinghamshire [2] Chippenham, Wiltshire [2] Cooma New South Wales [2] Crondall, Hampshire [2] Devonport Tas Tasmania [2] Dunedin NZ [2] Gloucester [2] Newtown New South Wales [2] Omeo Victoria [2] Pembroke, Pembrokeshire [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Richmond Victoria [2] Shepparton Victoria [2] Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

Rank

Private [1353] Gunner [163] Driver [126] Serjeant [119] Corporal [106] Sapper [93] Second Lieutenant [59] Captain [47] Lance Corporal [47] Lieutenant [47] Acting Corporal [28] Bombardier [22] Acting Serjeant [21] Lieutenant Colonel [14] Major [14] Pioneer [14] Staff Serjeant [10] Lance Serjeant [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Trooper [8] Worker [8] Colour Serjeant [7] Able Seaman [6] Temporary Second Lieutenant [6] Battery Serjeant Major [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Rifleman [5] Staff Nurse [5] Sergeant [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Aircraftman 2nd Class [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [3] Reverend [3] Temporary Major [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Bandsman [2] Brigadier General [2] Bugler [2] Colonel [2] Drummer [2] Filter [2] Fitter [2] Guardsman [2] Leading Seaman [2] Nurse [2] Ordinary Seaman [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [211] Army Service Corps [173] Royal Engineers [158] Labour Corps [157] London Regiment [121] Royal Garrison Artillery [95] Royal Army Medical Corps [80] Royal Fusiliers [59] Welsh Regiment [55] Machine Gun Corps [48] Middlesex Regiment [48] Rifle Brigade [44] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [42] Gloucestershire Regiment [41] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [38] Norfolk Regiment [37] Royal Army Service Corps [37] Essex Regiment [34] King's Royal Rifle Corps [34] Liverpool Regiment [33] South Wales Borderers [32] Worcestershire Regiment [31] South Staffordshire Regiment [30] Northumberland Fusiliers [26] British West Indies Regiment [24] Hampshire Regiment [23] Somerset Light Infantry [23] Lancashire Fusiliers [22] The Queen's Regiment [22] Wiltshire Regiment [22] Army Ordnance Corps [21] East Kent Regiment [21] Manchester Regiment [21] Royal Sussex Regiment [21] Devonshire Regiment [20] Suffolk Regiment [20] East Surrey Regiment [18] Royal Berkshire Regiment [18] Royal Defence Corps [18] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [17] North Staffordshire Regiment [17] Army Veterinary Corps [16] East Yorkshire Regiment [16] Royal Air Force [16] Bedfordshire Regiment [15] Royal Horse Artillery [15] Royal Naval Division [15] Royal West Kent Regiment [15] York and Lancaster Regiment [15] Canadian Infantry [14]

Service

British Army [2231] Royal Navy [246] Australian Imperial Force [184] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [182] Canadian Expeditionary Force [157] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [36] South African Services [5] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

H [3098] D [1] F [1] L [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3022] Merchant Navy [53] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [47] South Africa [1] United States [1]

Evan Idris Howell

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Cedric Ernest Howell

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Australian Imperial Force 5257

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William Howell

Born 1896

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2295 Private Australian Infantry 41st Battalion

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Emma Howell

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 11077 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Norman Elliott Howell

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army Major 82nd Punjabis

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Charles Gough Howell

Born 1894

Died 1943

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Benjamin Howell

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102049

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Arnold Reginald Howell

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276474

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S Adolphus Howell

Died 1918

British Army 6281 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 6281 Lance Corporal British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Geoffrey Castell Howell

Born 1890

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 96 Trooper 10th Australian Light Horse

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Charles Rowland Howell

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57468

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John Thomas Howell

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 315050

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Percy Howell

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21893

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George Landin Howell

Born 1886

Died 1944

British Army 201095 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Shadrach Elson Howell

Born 1879

Died 1955

British Army S4/158525 Private Army Service Corps

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G W Howell

Born 1865

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 409749

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Thomas Howell

Born 1884

Died 1921

British Army DM2/190397 Private Army Service Corps

British Army DM2/190397 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Private Cheshire Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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Bertie Mace Howell

Born 1884

Died 1947

British Army 107866 927th Area Emp Art. Co

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Ralph Howell

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112658

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Malcolm Clifford Howell

Born 1895

Died 1976

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant No 208 Squadron

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