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Poplar, Middlesex, England [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Mackay Queensland [2]

Battersea, London [1]

Bishops Auckland, Durham [1]

Bow, London [1]

Brampton, Cumberland [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Dalton in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Didsbury, Manchester [1]

Drysdale Victoria [1]

Dublin [1]

Durham [1]

Durham, Durham [1]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [1]

Gorleston on Sea, Suffolk, England [1]

Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Kensington Victoria [1]

Langthorpe, Kirkby Hill, Yorkshire [1]

Londonderry [1]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [1]

Melksham, Wiltshire, England [1]

Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1]

Orroroo South Australia [1]

Oxford, Nova Scotia [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Rochford, Essex [1]

Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Saltburn, Yorkshire [1]

Scottsdale Victoria [1]

South Shields, Durham [1]

St George's, London [1]

St. Thomas, Lancaster [1]

Sussex England [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Tumut New South Wales [1]

Tunbridge Wells [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Weymouth, Dorset, England [1]

Wilmslow, Cheshire [1]

Woodford Victoria [1]

Yarram Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [260]

Gunner [35]

Driver [28]

Sapper [20]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Serjeant [15]

Lieutenant [14]

Corporal [13]

Captain [8]

Bombardier [6]

Major [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Brevet Captain /Temporary Major [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Canteen Worker [1]

Captain (War Subs. Major) [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Strapper [1]

Quarter Master and Captain [1]

Rough Rider [1]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [41]

Labour Corps [39]

Royal Engineers [35]

Durham Light Infantry [28]

Northumberland Fusiliers [27]

Army Service Corps [24]

Yorkshire Regiment [20]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

West Yorkshire Regiment [18]

East Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Border Regiment [11]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Scots Guards [4]

Tank Corps [4]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Messenger Service [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

French Red Cross [2]

Service

British Army [415]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [35]

Royal Navy [29]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

L [537]

Contribution

Military Service [525]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Australia [1]

India [1]

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People [537] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Poplar, Middlesex, England [3] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Mackay Queensland [2] Battersea, London [1] Bishops Auckland, Durham [1] Bow, London [1] Brampton, Cumberland [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Castleford, Yorkshire [1] Dalton in Furness, Lancashire [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Didsbury, Manchester [1] Drysdale Victoria [1] Dublin [1] Durham [1] Durham, Durham [1] Goole, Yorkshire, England [1] Gorleston on Sea, Suffolk, England [1] Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Kensington Victoria [1] Langthorpe, Kirkby Hill, Yorkshire [1] Londonderry [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Melksham, Wiltshire, England [1] Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1] Orroroo South Australia [1] Oxford, Nova Scotia [1] Paddington, London [1] Portsmouth [1] Rochford, Essex [1] Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Saltburn, Yorkshire [1] Scottsdale Victoria [1] South Shields, Durham [1] St George's, London [1] St. Thomas, Lancaster [1] Sussex England [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Tumut New South Wales [1] Tunbridge Wells [1] West Ham, Essex [1] Weymouth, Dorset [1] Weymouth, Dorset, England [1] Wilmslow, Cheshire [1] Woodford Victoria [1] Yarram Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [260] Gunner [35] Driver [28] Sapper [20] Second Lieutenant [19] Serjeant [15] Lieutenant [14] Corporal [13] Captain [8] Bombardier [6] Major [5] Lance Corporal [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Brevet Captain /Temporary Major [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brigadier General [1] Canteen Worker [1] Captain (War Subs. Major) [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Honorary Captain [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Private Strapper [1] Quarter Master and Captain [1] Rough Rider [1] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [41] Labour Corps [39] Royal Engineers [35] Durham Light Infantry [28] Northumberland Fusiliers [27] Army Service Corps [24] Yorkshire Regiment [20] Machine Gun Corps [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] West Yorkshire Regiment [18] East Yorkshire Regiment [13] Border Regiment [11] Manchester Regiment [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6] Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Naval Division [5] West Riding Regiment [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Scots Guards [4] Tank Corps [4] Gordon Highlanders [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Messenger Service [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] Royal Scots [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] French Red Cross [2]

Service

British Army [415] Canadian Expeditionary Force [35] Royal Navy [29] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] Australian Imperial Force [16] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Last name first letter

L [537]

Contribution

Military Service [525] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [14] Australia [1] India [1]

William Lowther

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 53178 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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John Lowther

Died 1915

British Army 1037 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Thomas Lowther

Died 1916

British Army 3268 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Lowther

Died 1917

British Army 108712 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Joseph Henry Lowther

Died 1915

British Army 44027 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Frederick Harold Lowther

Died 1916

British Army 90425 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William Lowther

Died 1917

British Army 21947 Private Border Regiment

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William Lowther

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army SS/16242 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 246611 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 72610 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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George Arthur Lowther

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 6877 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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Bertie Clarence Lowther

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 14316 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Percy Lowther

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 4310 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 266909 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Benjamin Lowther

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 47120 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Mark Lowther

Died 1917

British Army 13345 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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George Lowther

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 241181 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 3718 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 241181 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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William Lowther

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 6675 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Richard Lowther

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 11/229 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Frederick Lowther

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 375216 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Ernest Lowther

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 8155 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Carl Lowther

Died 1917

British Army 15866 6/12133 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Manchester Regiment Training Reserve Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

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James Lowther

Died 1916

British Army 13255 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 13255 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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