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Place of birth

North Shields, Northumberland, England [2]

Cowra New South Wales [1]

Heaton, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Saint Lukes London, Middlesex [1]

South Shields, Durham [1]

Suffolk [1]

Woolwich, Kent [1]

Woolwich, London [1]

Rank

Private [48]

Corporal [10]

Serjeant [7]

Gunner [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Sapper [4]

Driver [3]

Captain [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Sub Conductor [1]

Trimmer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [17]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Labour Corps [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Indian Miscellaneous List [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

Coldstream Guards [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Transport [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Civilian War Death [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Indian Miscellaneous List attached Indian Section General Head Quarters [1]

Indian Miscellaneous List/ Staff and Head Quarters [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fu [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Engineers Transport [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Seaforth Highlanders [1]

South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Welsh Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [86]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [27]

Royal Navy [10]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [139]

Contribution

Military Service [136]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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People [139] Stories Communities

Place of birth

North Shields, Northumberland, England [2] Cowra New South Wales [1] Heaton, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Saint Lukes London, Middlesex [1] South Shields, Durham [1] Suffolk [1] Woolwich, Kent [1] Woolwich, London [1]

Rank

Private [48] Corporal [10] Serjeant [7] Gunner [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Sapper [4] Driver [3] Captain [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lance Corporal [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Sub Conductor [1] Trimmer [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Durham Light Infantry [17] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Army Service Corps [6] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Labour Corps [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Liverpool Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Indian Miscellaneous List [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] Coldstream Guards [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps Transport [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Civilian War Death [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Indian Miscellaneous List attached Indian Section General Head Quarters [1] Indian Miscellaneous List/ Staff and Head Quarters [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fu [1] Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Engineers Transport [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Seaforth Highlanders [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1] Welsh Regiment [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [86] Canadian Expeditionary Force [27] Royal Navy [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Australian Imperial Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [139]

Contribution

Military Service [136] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

William James Howey

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405535

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William Jennings Howey

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45119

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James Howey

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 20/179 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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John Edwards Presgrave Howey

Born 1886

Died 1963

British Army Captain Bedfordshire Regiment

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Alfred Howey

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 9766 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 24/1687 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Edward Alexander Howey

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 839148 Private Canadian Infantry Battalion

British Army 839148 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry

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Norman Howey

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104796

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Reginald Charles Howey

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 171855

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Charles Howey

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 22/788 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 22/788 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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Richard Barstow Howey

Born 1896

Died 1926

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army Second Lieutenant Coldstream Guards

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Percy William Howey

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 132670 Private Machine Gun Corps

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John J Howey

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 15622 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 70907 Lance Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 70907 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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George Howey

Died 1917

British Army NEB/843 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 37320 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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William Howey

Australian Imperial Force 7730

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Norrise Henry Howey

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 272982

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John Thomas Howey

Died 1916

British Army 24/1180 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Albert E Howey

Died 1917

British Army 17/1387 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Stanley Howey

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 7/2267 Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

British Army 275364 Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

British Army 275364 Company Quartermaster Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

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William Howey

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23156

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Leonard Howey

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 182486

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