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London, Middlesex, England [9]

Sydney New South Wales [9]

Norwich, Norfolk [7]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Poplar, London [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Reading, Berkshire [4]

Bermondsey, London [3]

Fulham, London [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Marylebone, London [3]

Aberdeen New South Wales [2]

Acton, London [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Bayswater, London [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birmingham England [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Boston, Lincolnshire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Brockley, Kent [2]

Clapton, London [2]

Greenwich, London [2]

Hethersett, Norfolk [2]

Hoxton, London [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

London England [2]

Long Sutton, Lincolnshire [2]

Mount Morgan Queensland [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Romford, Essex [2]

Soham, Cambridgeshire [2]

Yeovil, Somerset [2]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Acle England [1]

Acton, London, Middlesex [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aldeby, Norfolk, England [1]

Aylesham, Norfolk [1]

Ayr Queensland [1]

Barking [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Batheaston, Bath, Somerset [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Blickling, Aylsham, Norfolk [1]

Blofield, Norfolk [1]

Bolton England [1]

Rank

Private [754]

Gunner [87]

Corporal [76]

Driver [69]

Sapper [50]

Serjeant [48]

Lance Corporal [23]

Lieutenant [21]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Acting Corporal [12]

Pioneer [12]

Captain [11]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Bombardier [8]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Major [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Rifleman [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Drummer [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Saddler [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

3rd Lieutenant [1]

3rd Writer [1]

AM1(c) [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Chief Writer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [117]

Labour Corps [97]

Royal Engineers [95]

Army Service Corps [94]

London Regiment [71]

Norfolk Regiment [62]

Royal Garrison Artillery [50]

Royal Fusiliers [35]

Machine Gun Corps [34]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [29]

Essex Regiment [28]

Northumberland Fusiliers [28]

The Queen's Regiment [27]

Royal Army Medical Corps [26]

Northamptonshire Regiment [23]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [22]

Durham Light Infantry [20]

Suffolk Regiment [20]

Middlesex Regiment [18]

Royal Army Service Corps [17]

Rifle Brigade [16]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [15]

Lincolnshire Regiment [14]

Army Ordnance Corps [13]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [13]

Royal Naval Division [13]

Royal West Kent Regiment [13]

Cheshire Regiment [12]

Gloucestershire Regiment [12]

South Staffordshire Regiment [12]

West Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Bedfordshire Regiment [11]

Royal Sussex Regiment [11]

Devonshire Regiment [10]

Dorsetshire Regiment [10]

East Kent Regiment [10]

East Surrey Regiment [10]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Leicestershire Regiment [10]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [10]

Royal Defence Corps [10]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [10]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Royal Air Force [9]

Royal Marine Artillery [9]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8]

Manchester Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1165]

Royal Navy [157]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [98]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [70]

Australian Imperial Force [51]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [1574]

Contribution

Military Service [1540]

Merchant Navy [22]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

India [1]

Montserrat [1]

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Place of birth

London, Middlesex, England [9] Sydney New South Wales [9] Norwich, Norfolk [7] Melbourne Victoria [6] Poplar, London [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Reading, Berkshire [4] Bermondsey, London [3] Fulham, London [3] London, Middlesex [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Marylebone, London [3] Aberdeen New South Wales [2] Acton, London [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Bayswater, London [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birmingham England [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Boston, Lincolnshire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Brockley, Kent [2] Clapton, London [2] Greenwich, London [2] Hethersett, Norfolk [2] Hoxton, London [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] London England [2] Long Sutton, Lincolnshire [2] Mount Morgan Queensland [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Romford, Essex [2] Soham, Cambridgeshire [2] Yeovil, Somerset [2] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Acle England [1] Acton, London, Middlesex [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aldeby, Norfolk, England [1] Aylesham, Norfolk [1] Ayr Queensland [1] Barking [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Batheaston, Bath, Somerset [1] Battersea, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Blickling, Aylsham, Norfolk [1] Blofield, Norfolk [1] Bolton England [1]

Rank

Private [754] Gunner [87] Corporal [76] Driver [69] Sapper [50] Serjeant [48] Lance Corporal [23] Lieutenant [21] Second Lieutenant [21] Acting Corporal [12] Pioneer [12] Captain [11] Acting Serjeant [9] Bombardier [8] Company Serjeant Major [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Stoker 1st Class [6] Able Seaman [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Major [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Petty Officer [3] Rifleman [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Worker [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Drummer [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Saddler [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 3rd Lieutenant [1] 3rd Writer [1] AM1(c) [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Cadet [1] Captain /Temporary Major [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Chief Writer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [117] Labour Corps [97] Royal Engineers [95] Army Service Corps [94] London Regiment [71] Norfolk Regiment [62] Royal Garrison Artillery [50] Royal Fusiliers [35] Machine Gun Corps [34] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [29] Essex Regiment [28] Northumberland Fusiliers [28] The Queen's Regiment [27] Royal Army Medical Corps [26] Northamptonshire Regiment [23] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [22] Durham Light Infantry [20] Suffolk Regiment [20] Middlesex Regiment [18] Royal Army Service Corps [17] Rifle Brigade [16] King's Royal Rifle Corps [15] Lincolnshire Regiment [14] Army Ordnance Corps [13] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [13] Royal Naval Division [13] Royal West Kent Regiment [13] Cheshire Regiment [12] Gloucestershire Regiment [12] South Staffordshire Regiment [12] West Yorkshire Regiment [12] Bedfordshire Regiment [11] Royal Sussex Regiment [11] Devonshire Regiment [10] Dorsetshire Regiment [10] East Kent Regiment [10] East Surrey Regiment [10] Hampshire Regiment [10] Leicestershire Regiment [10] Royal Berkshire Regiment [10] Royal Defence Corps [10] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [10] Yorkshire Regiment [10] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Royal Air Force [9] Royal Marine Artillery [9] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8] Manchester Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1165] Royal Navy [157] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [98] Canadian Expeditionary Force [70] Australian Imperial Force [51] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [1574]

Contribution

Military Service [1540] Merchant Navy [22] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [36] India [1] Montserrat [1]

Frederick Samuel Howes

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 33896 Warrant Officer Class II Royal Field Artillery B Battery

British Army 33896 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 8th Howitzer Brigade

British Army 33896 Sergeant Royal Field Artillery 27th Reserve Battery

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Charles Robert William Howes

Born 1895

Died 1972

British Army 472026 Rifleman London Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 4990 Rifleman London Regiment 2/12 Battalion

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Frederick John Howes

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 38993 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army Royal Horse Artillery

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John Joseph Howes

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 370861 Rifleman London Regiment

British Army 370861 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 2776 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Alfred Howes

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 8790 Essex Militia

British Army 8420 Private Essex Regiment 2nd

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Walter Leonard Howes

Born 1894

Died 1921

British Army 32695 Private Liverpool Regiment 22nd Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32695 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103414 Royal Air Force

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Harold Ernest Howes

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 33156 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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Charles Howes

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 11014 Private South Wales Borderers 1st. Battalion

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Harry James Howes

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 1069 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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John Joseph Howes

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108645

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Frank Howes

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24288

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Percy Howes

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52128

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James Robert Howes

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54894

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James William Howes

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291096

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Arthur Frederick Howes

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 6928 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment

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Albert Howes

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 16524 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Arthur John Howes

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 26737 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Edward Howes

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106860

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Henry William Howes

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133336

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Harry Howard Howes

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225162

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