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Birmingham, Warwickshire [21]

Manchester, Lancashire [17]

Wigan, Lancashire [15]

Sydney New South Wales [12]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11]

Liverpool, Lancashire [10]

Bolton, Lancashire [9]

Bolton Lancashire [8]

London England [8]

Melbourne Victoria [8]

Bendigo Victoria [6]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [6]

Lancashire [6]

Grafton New South Wales [5]

Hull, Yorkshire [5]

Leicester [5]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Nottingham [5]

Wellington New South Wales [5]

Aberdeen Scotland [4]

Bathurst New South Wales [4]

Derby, Derbyshire [4]

Geelong Victoria [4]

Lancashire England [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

Staffordshire [4]

Walsall, Staffordshire [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Blackpool England [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [3]

Islington, London [3]

Leslie, Fifeshire [3]

Mudgee New South Wales [3]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Backwater New South Wales [2]

Bagillt, Flintshire, Wales [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Casterton Victoria [2]

Colac Victoria [2]

Echunga South Australia [2]

Goroke Victoria [2]

Gulgong New South Wales [2]

Horsham Victoria [2]

Hyde, Cheshire [2]

Rank

Private [2723]

Gunner [291]

Driver [199]

Corporal [195]

Serjeant [163]

Sapper [162]

Second Lieutenant [102]

Lance Corporal [100]

Lieutenant [64]

Captain [50]

Acting Corporal [44]

Pioneer [43]

Bombardier [34]

Acting Serjeant [32]

Major [13]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [13]

Staff Serjeant [12]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Rifleman [11]

Able Seaman [10]

Stoker 1st Class [10]

Worker [9]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Nurse [6]

Sister [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Battery Serjeant Major [5]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Guardsman [5]

Staff Nurse [5]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Drummer [3]

Private /Lance Corporal [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Sergeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Bandsman [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [359]

Labour Corps [335]

Royal Engineers [314]

Army Service Corps [250]

Royal Garrison Artillery [158]

Manchester Regiment [151]

Royal Army Medical Corps [135]

Machine Gun Corps [129]

London Regiment [119]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [112]

Liverpool Regiment [108]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [80]

South Lancashire Regiment [79]

Lancashire Fusiliers [78]

Royal Fusiliers [76]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [74]

Cheshire Regiment [73]

Durham Light Infantry [65]

Northumberland Fusiliers [63]

South Staffordshire Regiment [62]

Middlesex Regiment [52]

North Staffordshire Regiment [52]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [52]

Worcestershire Regiment [51]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [49]

Royal Scots [49]

East Lancashire Regiment [47]

Lincolnshire Regiment [46]

Hampshire Regiment [44]

Leicestershire Regiment [44]

West Yorkshire Regiment [42]

Rifle Brigade [41]

West Riding Regiment [41]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [40]

South Wales Borderers [39]

Border Regiment [37]

Royal Army Service Corps [36]

Royal Highlanders [36]

Royal Naval Division [36]

York and Lancaster Regiment [36]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [35]

East Yorkshire Regiment [33]

Gloucestershire Regiment [33]

Northamptonshire Regiment [33]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [33]

Essex Regiment [32]

Royal Defence Corps [30]

Welsh Regiment [28]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [27]

Yorkshire Regiment [26]

Service

British Army [4053]

Royal Navy [326]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [271]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [269]

Australian Imperial Force [255]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [54]

Other Empire Force [5]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [5286]

D [9]

H [2]

S [2]

W [2]

A [1]

C [1]

M [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5219]

Merchant Navy [61]

Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [82]

Canada [2]

Guernsey [1]

Guyana [1]

South Africa [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [21] Manchester, Lancashire [17] Wigan, Lancashire [15] Sydney New South Wales [12] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11] Liverpool, Lancashire [10] Bolton, Lancashire [9] Bolton Lancashire [8] London England [8] Melbourne Victoria [8] Bendigo Victoria [6] Birkenhead, Cheshire [6] Lancashire [6] Grafton New South Wales [5] Hull, Yorkshire [5] Leicester [5] London, Middlesex, England [5] Nottingham [5] Wellington New South Wales [5] Aberdeen Scotland [4] Bathurst New South Wales [4] Derby, Derbyshire [4] Geelong Victoria [4] Lancashire England [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] Staffordshire [4] Walsall, Staffordshire [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Ballarat Victoria [3] Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Blackpool England [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [3] Islington, London [3] Leslie, Fifeshire [3] Mudgee New South Wales [3] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Backwater New South Wales [2] Bagillt, Flintshire, Wales [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Casterton Victoria [2] Colac Victoria [2] Echunga South Australia [2] Goroke Victoria [2] Gulgong New South Wales [2] Horsham Victoria [2] Hyde, Cheshire [2]

Rank

Private [2723] Gunner [291] Driver [199] Corporal [195] Serjeant [163] Sapper [162] Second Lieutenant [102] Lance Corporal [100] Lieutenant [64] Captain [50] Acting Corporal [44] Pioneer [43] Bombardier [34] Acting Serjeant [32] Major [13] Warrant Officer Class 2 [13] Staff Serjeant [12] Lance Serjeant [11] Rifleman [11] Able Seaman [10] Stoker 1st Class [10] Worker [9] Acting Bombardier [8] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Air Mechanic 1st Class [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Nurse [6] Sister [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Battery Serjeant Major [5] Colour Serjeant [5] Guardsman [5] Staff Nurse [5] Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Shoeing Smith [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Trooper [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Drummer [3] Private /Lance Corporal [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Sergeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Bandsman [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [359] Labour Corps [335] Royal Engineers [314] Army Service Corps [250] Royal Garrison Artillery [158] Manchester Regiment [151] Royal Army Medical Corps [135] Machine Gun Corps [129] London Regiment [119] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [112] Liverpool Regiment [108] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [80] South Lancashire Regiment [79] Lancashire Fusiliers [78] Royal Fusiliers [76] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [74] Cheshire Regiment [73] Durham Light Infantry [65] Northumberland Fusiliers [63] South Staffordshire Regiment [62] Middlesex Regiment [52] North Staffordshire Regiment [52] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [52] Worcestershire Regiment [51] King's Royal Rifle Corps [49] Royal Scots [49] East Lancashire Regiment [47] Lincolnshire Regiment [46] Hampshire Regiment [44] Leicestershire Regiment [44] West Yorkshire Regiment [42] Rifle Brigade [41] West Riding Regiment [41] Royal Lancaster Regiment [40] South Wales Borderers [39] Border Regiment [37] Royal Army Service Corps [36] Royal Highlanders [36] Royal Naval Division [36] York and Lancaster Regiment [36] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [35] East Yorkshire Regiment [33] Gloucestershire Regiment [33] Northamptonshire Regiment [33] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [33] Essex Regiment [32] Royal Defence Corps [30] Welsh Regiment [28] Yorkshire Light Infantry [27] Yorkshire Regiment [26]

Service

British Army [4053] Royal Navy [326] Canadian Expeditionary Force [271] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [269] Australian Imperial Force [255] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [54] Other Empire Force [5] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

L [5286] D [9] H [2] S [2] W [2] A [1] C [1] M [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5219] Merchant Navy [61] Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [82] Canada [2] Guernsey [1] Guyana [1] South Africa [1]

Arthur Lowe

Born 1881

Died 1951

British Army 27450 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 29241 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 47797 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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William Henry Lowe

Born 1878

Died 1966

British Army 44053 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Herbert Ernest Lowe

Born 1881

Died 1943

British Army 32257 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps

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Joseph Lowe

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 19157 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Bn

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Harry John Lowe

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 2059 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Ernest Frederick Lowe

Born 1885

Died 1945

British Army 366148 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 235402 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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John Lowe

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 371985 Private London Regiment

British Army 4383 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 371985 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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George Alfred Lowe

Born 1891

Died 1919

British Army 16128 Corporal Yorkshire Light Infantry 10th Battalion

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Ernest Arthur Robert Lowe

Born 1898

Died 1971

British Army 280379 Private London Regiment

British Army 280379 Private

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James Lowe

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 22462 Corporal Liverpool Regiment

British Army 22462 Serjeant Liverpool Regiment

British Army 22462 Serjeant The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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John Lowe

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 14448 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 14448 Lance Corporal Cheshire Regiment

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Alfred Lowe

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 9117 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 9117 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 9117 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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George Harry Lowe

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 18095 Private Welsh Regiment

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John Lowe

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 78200 Driver Royal Field Artillery 139 Battery

British Army 78200 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 17th Battery

British Army 78200 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 20th Bde

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Robert Dillon Trinder Lowe

Born 1886

Died 1959

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Monmouth Royal Engineers

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Arthur Cecil Lowe

Born 1868

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General Royal Horse Artillery 66th Division

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John Lowe

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army L/9232 Corporal Middlesex Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army L/9232 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment 4th Battalion

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John Henry Lowe

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 24954 South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army GS/66634 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion

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John Lowe

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 1997 Corporal Manchester Regiment 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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James Henry Lowe

Born 1876

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 2180 Private Australian Infantry 54th Battalion

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