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Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales [17]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

Ballarat Victoria [6]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Anglesey, Wales [3]

Manchester England [3]

Wallasey, Cheshire [3]

Aberdovey, Merionethshire, Wales [2]

Bangor, Caernarvonshire [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Buckley, Flintshire [2]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [2]

Chester, Cheshire [2]

Fitzroy Victoria [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Hereford England [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Holyhead, Anglesey [2]

Hoylake, Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Llangollen, Denbighshire [2]

Llanuwchllyn, Merionethshire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [2]

Nevin, Caernarvonshire, Wales [2]

Newport, Monmouthshire [2]

Newtown, Montgomeryshire [2]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England [2]

Swansea, Glamorganshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Warwickshire [2]

Aberavon, Glamorgan [1]

Aberdovey, Merionethshire [1]

Aberystwyth South Wales [1]

Albany Western Australia [1]

Anglesea Wales [1]

Anglesey [1]

Annandale New South Wales [1]

Bangalore [1]

Bangor [1]

Barmouth, Merionethshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Blackwood, Monmouthshire [1]

Bramford England [1]

Brickley, Flintshire [1]

Bridgend, Glamorgan [1]

Bridgnorth, Shropshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [813]

Gunner [90]

Driver [84]

Sapper [66]

Serjeant [55]

Corporal [47]

Lance Corporal [26]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Pioneer [15]

Lieutenant [12]

Acting Corporal [10]

Captain [9]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Worker [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Serjeant/ Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bandmaster [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver Acting Bombardier [1]

Drummer [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Mister [1]

Nurse [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [193]

Royal Engineers [121]

Labour Corps [96]

Royal Field Artillery [93]

Welsh Regiment [88]

Army Service Corps [86]

Royal Garrison Artillery [55]

Liverpool Regiment [54]

Royal Army Medical Corps [52]

South Wales Borderers [44]

Cheshire Regiment [43]

Machine Gun Corps [22]

Durham Light Infantry [21]

Lancashire Fusiliers [21]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [20]

Monmouthshire Regiment [19]

Shropshire Light Infantry [19]

Manchester Regiment [18]

Royal Fusiliers [18]

South Lancashire Regiment [17]

Royal Army Service Corps [15]

Tank Corps [13]

London Regiment [12]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12]

Royal Defence Corps [12]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [12]

Royal Naval Division [12]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

Welsh Guards [12]

Devonshire Regiment [10]

Gloucestershire Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [10]

York and Lancaster Regiment [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

West Riding Regiment [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Somerset Light Infantry [8]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7]

Training Reserve Battalion [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

North Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal Horse Artillery [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

Canadian Infantry [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

Service

British Army [1221]

Royal Navy [84]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [70]

Australian Imperial Force [55]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [38]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

Last name first letter

R [1555]

B [1]

H [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1477]

Merchant Navy [70]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [35]

Australia [1]

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Place of birth

Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales [17] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] Ballarat Victoria [6] London, Middlesex, England [5] Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Anglesey, Wales [3] Manchester England [3] Wallasey, Cheshire [3] Aberdovey, Merionethshire, Wales [2] Bangor, Caernarvonshire [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Buckley, Flintshire [2] Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] Chester, Cheshire [2] Fitzroy Victoria [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Hereford England [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Holyhead, Anglesey [2] Hoylake, Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Llangollen, Denbighshire [2] Llanuwchllyn, Merionethshire [2] Manchester, Lancashire, England [2] Nevin, Caernarvonshire, Wales [2] Newport, Monmouthshire [2] Newtown, Montgomeryshire [2] Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England [2] Swansea, Glamorganshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Warwickshire [2] Aberavon, Glamorgan [1] Aberdovey, Merionethshire [1] Aberystwyth South Wales [1] Albany Western Australia [1] Anglesea Wales [1] Anglesey [1] Annandale New South Wales [1] Bangalore [1] Bangor [1] Barmouth, Merionethshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birmingham England [1] Blackwood, Monmouthshire [1] Bramford England [1] Brickley, Flintshire [1] Bridgend, Glamorgan [1] Bridgnorth, Shropshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [813] Gunner [90] Driver [84] Sapper [66] Serjeant [55] Corporal [47] Lance Corporal [26] Second Lieutenant [20] Pioneer [15] Lieutenant [12] Acting Corporal [10] Captain [9] Acting Serjeant [8] Worker [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Bombardier [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Nurse [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Serjeant/ Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bandmaster [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver Acting Bombardier [1] Drummer [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Captain [1] Mister [1] Nurse [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [193] Royal Engineers [121] Labour Corps [96] Royal Field Artillery [93] Welsh Regiment [88] Army Service Corps [86] Royal Garrison Artillery [55] Liverpool Regiment [54] Royal Army Medical Corps [52] South Wales Borderers [44] Cheshire Regiment [43] Machine Gun Corps [22] Durham Light Infantry [21] Lancashire Fusiliers [21] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [20] Monmouthshire Regiment [19] Shropshire Light Infantry [19] Manchester Regiment [18] Royal Fusiliers [18] South Lancashire Regiment [17] Royal Army Service Corps [15] Tank Corps [13] London Regiment [12] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12] Royal Defence Corps [12] Royal Lancaster Regiment [12] Royal Naval Division [12] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] Welsh Guards [12] Devonshire Regiment [10] Gloucestershire Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [10] York and Lancaster Regiment [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] West Riding Regiment [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Somerset Light Infantry [8] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [7] Training Reserve Battalion [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] North Staffordshire Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal Horse Artillery [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5] Army Veterinary Corps [5] Canadian Infantry [5] East Lancashire Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

Service

British Army [1221] Royal Navy [84] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [70] Australian Imperial Force [55] Canadian Expeditionary Force [38] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

Last name first letter

R [1555] B [1] H [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1477] Merchant Navy [70] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [35] Australia [1]

Fred Rowlands

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 23396 Serjeant Welsh Regiment

British Army 23396 Sergeant Welsh Regiment 16th Battalion

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Edwin Rowlands

Born 1878

Died 1963

British Army 29710 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 29710 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 29710 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Alonzo Rowlands

Born 1897

Died 1972

British Army 359031 Private Liverpool Regiment

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John Francis Rowlands

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 291737 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Walter Rowlands

Died 1918

British Army 62474 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Thomas Grange Rowlands

Died 1919

Australian Imperial Force 3479 Private Australian Machine Gun Corps 4th Bn

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Clifford Rowlands

Born 1876

Died 1926

British Army 464027 Private Agricultural Company

British Army 13105 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 5958 Private South Wales Borderers Depot

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Arthur Ernest Rowlands

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 26739 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/7th Battalion.

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Arthur William Rowlands

Died 1917

British Army Private King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Helena May Rowlands

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army Nurse Territorial Force Nursing Service

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Jesse Rowlands

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army 25843 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Arthur Rowlands

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108357

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James Gwynne Vaughan Rowlands

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 6829 Private London Regiment

British Army 393080 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 2nd Battalion

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Rowland Rowlands

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army A951 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 7th Battalion

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Thomas Rowlands

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119220

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Franklyn Theodore Rowland Rowlands

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers 3rd Battalion attached to 2nd Battalion

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Benjamin Abbott Rowlands

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29524

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Hugh Rowlands

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197073

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William Roderick Rowlands

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199214

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Edward D Rowlands

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 2954 Private Welsh Guards

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