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Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Chippenham, Wiltshire [2]

New Malden, Surrey [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Borrowa New South Wales [1]

Bow, London, Middlesex [1]

Campbelltown New South Wales [1]

Campbelltown Victoria [1]

Cooma Victoria [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Galashiels, , Selkirkshire [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Hereford, Herefordshire [1]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Nesbley, Herefordshire [1]

Rothbury, Northumberland [1]

Seend, Melksham, Wiltshire [1]

Shepton Mallett, Somerset [1]

St.George's,Edinburgh. [1]

Tottenham, London [1]

Treharris, Glamorgan [1]

Warminster Wiltshire [1]

Weobley, Herefordshire [1]

Wiltshire [1]

Worthing, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [88]

Corporal [9]

Gunner [9]

Sapper [8]

Lieutenant [7]

Lance Corporal [6]

Driver [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Captain [2]

Pioneer [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Assistant Commissary [1]

Bombardier [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Head Cook [1]

Intelligence Duties [1]

Major [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [16]

Royal Engineers [13]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Scots [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [2]

11th Rajputs [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Berkshire Yeomanry [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Brigade Commander [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Egyptian Labour Corps [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Garhwal Rifles [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Service

British Army [143]

Royal Navy [17]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [14]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

O [194]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [190]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

India [1]

United Kingdom [1]

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People [195] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Chippenham, Wiltshire [2] New Malden, Surrey [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Borrowa New South Wales [1] Bow, London, Middlesex [1] Campbelltown New South Wales [1] Campbelltown Victoria [1] Cooma Victoria [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Galashiels, , Selkirkshire [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Hereford, Herefordshire [1] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Nesbley, Herefordshire [1] Rothbury, Northumberland [1] Seend, Melksham, Wiltshire [1] Shepton Mallett, Somerset [1] St.George's,Edinburgh. [1] Tottenham, London [1] Treharris, Glamorgan [1] Warminster Wiltshire [1] Weobley, Herefordshire [1] Wiltshire [1] Worthing, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [88] Corporal [9] Gunner [9] Sapper [8] Lieutenant [7] Lance Corporal [6] Driver [5] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Acting Corporal [2] Brigadier General [2] Captain [2] Pioneer [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Assistant Commissary [1] Bombardier [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Head Cook [1] Intelligence Duties [1] Major [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [16] Royal Engineers [13] Royal Field Artillery [10] King's Own Scottish Borderers [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Scots [6] Army Service Corps [5] London Regiment [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Royal Fusiliers [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Scottish Rifles [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Worcestershire Yeomanry [2] 11th Rajputs [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Berkshire Yeomanry [1] Border Regiment [1] Brigade Commander [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Connaught Rangers [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Egyptian Labour Corps [1] Essex Regiment [1] Garhwal Rifles [1] Grenadier Guards [1]

Service

British Army [143] Royal Navy [17] Canadian Expeditionary Force [14] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12] Australian Imperial Force [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

O [194] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [190] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

India [1] United Kingdom [1]

Henry James Ovens

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299160

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William Ovens

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96137

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Louis George Ovens

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219169

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Gerald Hedley Ovens

Born 1856

Died 1933

British Army Brigadier General Border Regiment

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Leonard Cecil Ovens

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25013

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Thomas Ovens

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52182

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Herbert Henry Ovens

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 140197

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Peter Ovens

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101904

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Walter Percy Ovens

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222811

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William Andrew Taylor Ovens

Australian Imperial Force 3363

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Francis Ovens

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 21316 Private South Lancashire Regiment 11th

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Henry Ovens

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51156

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George Ovens

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216475

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John Roberts Ovens

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Connaught Rangers 1st Battalion

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Walter Ovens

Australian Imperial Force 5745

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Thomas Ovens

Born 1894

Royal Navy 1498 Royal Marine Artillery

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Albert G Ovens

Died 1915

British Army 9852 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 9852 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

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Charles George Ovens

Born 1898

British Army 43339 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 30272 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Charles Thomas Ovens

Australian Imperial Force 6059

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James Morton Ovens

Australian Imperial Force

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