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London England [3]

Camberwell, Surrey [2]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales [1]

Altoona [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

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Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire [1]

Westminster, London, Middlesex [1]

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Worcestershire [1]

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Private [186]

Gunner [17]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Sapper [14]

Serjeant [14]

Lance Corporal [13]

Driver [12]

Corporal [7]

Captain [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Flight Staff Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Major [1]

Second Hand [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Writer 3rd Class [1]

Writers [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [28]

Royal Field Artillery [24]

Labour Corps [19]

Army Service Corps [17]

East Lancashire Regiment [13]

Somerset Light Infantry [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

London Regiment [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

British Red Cross Society [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [277]

Royal Navy [22]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [15]

Australian Imperial Force [9]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

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N [351]

Contribution

Military Service [342]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [1]

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United Kingdom [10]

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Place of birth

London England [3] Camberwell, Surrey [2] Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales [1] Altoona [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Braintree, Essex [1] Briagolong Queensland [1] Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Brixham, Devon [1] Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1] Burnley England [1] Burnley, Lancs [1] Dysart, Fife, Scotland [1] Hull [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Lambeth, London [1] Leytonstone, Essex [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London [1] London, Middlesex [1] Maryborough Victoria [1] New Cross, London [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Ramsgate, Kent, England [1] Saint James, London [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Soho, London [1] South Yarra Victoria [1] Stoke Dameral, Devon [1] Thanet, Kent [1] Twickenham, Middlesex [1] Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire [1] Westminster, London, Middlesex [1] Widcombe, Somerset [1] Woodleigh Victoria [1] Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [186] Gunner [17] Second Lieutenant [15] Sapper [14] Serjeant [14] Lance Corporal [13] Driver [12] Corporal [7] Captain [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Lieutenant [3] Pioneer [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Flight Staff Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Major [1] Second Hand [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Writer 3rd Class [1] Writers [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [28] Royal Field Artillery [24] Labour Corps [19] Army Service Corps [17] East Lancashire Regiment [13] Somerset Light Infantry [13] West Yorkshire Regiment [10] London Regiment [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Liverpool Regiment [7] Manchester Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Royal Scots [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] Welsh Regiment [3] West Riding Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] British Red Cross Society [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [277] Royal Navy [22] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] Canadian Expeditionary Force [15] Australian Imperial Force [9] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

N [351]

Contribution

Military Service [342] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Percy Alexander Nowell

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 1782 Private London Regiment 24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen’s)

British Army 1782 Corporal London Regiment 24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen’s)

British Army 720300 Lance Serjeant London Regiment 24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen’s)

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Leonard Nowell

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 120 Private To Welsh Guards

British Army 15067 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 120 Private Welsh Guards 1st Battalion

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Joseph Nowell

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305814

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Ernest Harry Nowell

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 3256 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

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Thomas Nowell

Born 1863

Died 1920

Royal Navy PLY/2508 Colour Serjeant Royal Marine Light Infantry

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Roger Emmett Nowell

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2nd Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 20th Squadron

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Thomas Nowell

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 17446

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Thomas James Daniel Nowell

Born 1896

Royal Navy K19908

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Tom Nowell

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37118

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Wilfred James Nowell

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 2634 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Francis Arthur Grylls Nowell

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 18351 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army

British Army 18351 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 10th Battalion

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Alexander William Frank Nowell

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229079

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Walter Nowell

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 3453 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 3453 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 1st/7th Bn.

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Joseph Kent Nowell

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5736 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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Henry Nowell

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205428

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John Nowell

Born 1871

Died 1916

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George Nowell

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92810

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George Nowell

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 200862 Private Manchester Regiment

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Richard H Nowell

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 330113 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Henry Nowell

Died 1914

British Army 8632 Private Manchester Regiment

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