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Sydney New South Wales [12]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [10]

Myponga South Australia [6]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [4]

Leicester [3]

Leicester, Leicestershire [3]

Lichfield, Staffordshire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Stratford, Essex [3]

Bridgenorth England [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [2]

Chippenham, Wiltshire [2]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Pocklington, East Yorkshire [2]

Scarborough, Yorkshire [2]

Staffordshire [2]

Stourport, Worcestershire [2]

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [2]

Woodbridge Tasmania [2]

Yorkshire [2]

Alsager, Cheshire [1]

Ambergate, Derbyshire [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Atherstone, Warwickshire [1]

Aylmer PQ [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Barrow, Lancashire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Berrima New South Wales [1]

Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Brierley Hill, Staffs [1]

Brighouse West Yorkshire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [988]

Gunner [106]

Driver [79]

Corporal [76]

Serjeant [73]

Sapper [47]

Lance Corporal [38]

Second Lieutenant [31]

Lieutenant [25]

Captain [19]

Acting Corporal [17]

Bombardier [16]

Pioneer [12]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Coal Mine Worker [8]

Guardsman [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Major [4]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Trooper [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Lance Corporal Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Lieutenant Quartermaster [2]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Paymaster [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain Quartermaster [1]

Chief Mechanic [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [112]

Labour Corps [110]

Army Service Corps [100]

Royal Engineers [93]

North Staffordshire Regiment [75]

Royal Garrison Artillery [72]

Machine Gun Corps [47]

South Staffordshire Regiment [47]

Royal Army Medical Corps [42]

Royal Fusiliers [42]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [42]

Worcestershire Regiment [38]

London Regiment [37]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [31]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [30]

Northumberland Fusiliers [30]

Lincolnshire Regiment [28]

West Yorkshire Regiment [28]

Leicestershire Regiment [25]

Liverpool Regiment [25]

Manchester Regiment [25]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [24]

Middlesex Regiment [23]

Cheshire Regiment [22]

York and Lancaster Regiment [22]

Durham Light Infantry [20]

West Riding Regiment [19]

Yorkshire Regiment [19]

Lancashire Fusiliers [18]

Rifle Brigade [18]

Gloucestershire Regiment [17]

Essex Regiment [16]

Royal Naval Division [14]

South Lancashire Regiment [14]

Bedfordshire Regiment [13]

Grenadier Guards [13]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [13]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [13]

Northamptonshire Regiment [13]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [13]

East Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [12]

Somerset Light Infantry [12]

Highland Light Infantry [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [11]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [10]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [10]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [9]

Royal Defence Corps [9]

Service

British Army [1480]

Royal Navy [109]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [102]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [87]

Australian Imperial Force [62]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

Other Empire Force [9]

Last name first letter

R [1879]

H [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1852]

Merchant Navy [14]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [38]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [12] Birmingham, Warwickshire [10] Myponga South Australia [6] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [4] Leicester [3] Leicester, Leicestershire [3] Lichfield, Staffordshire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Stratford, Essex [3] Bridgenorth England [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] Chippenham, Wiltshire [2] Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Lambeth, London [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Oldham, Lancashire [2] Pocklington, East Yorkshire [2] Scarborough, Yorkshire [2] Staffordshire [2] Stourport, Worcestershire [2] Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [2] Woodbridge Tasmania [2] Yorkshire [2] Alsager, Cheshire [1] Ambergate, Derbyshire [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Atherstone, Warwickshire [1] Aylmer PQ [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Barrow, Lancashire [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Berrima New South Wales [1] Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1] Brierley Hill, Staffs [1] Brighouse West Yorkshire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [988] Gunner [106] Driver [79] Corporal [76] Serjeant [73] Sapper [47] Lance Corporal [38] Second Lieutenant [31] Lieutenant [25] Captain [19] Acting Corporal [17] Bombardier [16] Pioneer [12] Acting Serjeant [10] Coal Mine Worker [8] Guardsman [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Major [4] Shoeing Smith [4] Stoker 1st Class [3] Trooper [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Brigadier General [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Lance Corporal Corporal [2] Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [2] Lieutenant Quartermaster [2] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Worker [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Paymaster [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Cadet [1] Captain Quartermaster [1] Chief Mechanic [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [112] Labour Corps [110] Army Service Corps [100] Royal Engineers [93] North Staffordshire Regiment [75] Royal Garrison Artillery [72] Machine Gun Corps [47] South Staffordshire Regiment [47] Royal Army Medical Corps [42] Royal Fusiliers [42] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [42] Worcestershire Regiment [38] London Regiment [37] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [31] King's Royal Rifle Corps [30] Northumberland Fusiliers [30] Lincolnshire Regiment [28] West Yorkshire Regiment [28] Leicestershire Regiment [25] Liverpool Regiment [25] Manchester Regiment [25] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [24] Middlesex Regiment [23] Cheshire Regiment [22] York and Lancaster Regiment [22] Durham Light Infantry [20] West Riding Regiment [19] Yorkshire Regiment [19] Lancashire Fusiliers [18] Rifle Brigade [18] Gloucestershire Regiment [17] Essex Regiment [16] Royal Naval Division [14] South Lancashire Regiment [14] Bedfordshire Regiment [13] Grenadier Guards [13] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [13] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [13] Northamptonshire Regiment [13] Yorkshire Light Infantry [13] East Yorkshire Regiment [12] Royal Berkshire Regiment [12] Somerset Light Infantry [12] Highland Light Infantry [11] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Royal Lancaster Regiment [11] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [10] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [10] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [9] Royal Defence Corps [9]

Service

British Army [1480] Royal Navy [109] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [102] Canadian Expeditionary Force [87] Australian Imperial Force [62] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14] Other Empire Force [9]

Last name first letter

R [1879] H [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1852] Merchant Navy [14] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [38] India [1] New Zealand [1]

Percy Rowley

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 18765 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion

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Francis Byers Rowley

Born 1895

Died 1967

New Zealand Expeditionary Force Otago Mounted Rifles

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/1611 Sergeant NZ Pioneer Battalion and Field Artillery

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Frederick Rowley

Born 1882

Died 1968

British Army T4/061616 Driver Army Service Corps 3 Company

British Army T4/061616 Driver Army Service Corps BHTD

British Army T4/061616 Driver Army Service Corps 528 Company

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Harry Rowley

Born 1886

Died 1930

British Army 8410 Serjeant East Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Joshua Robert Rowley

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Captain Highland Light Infantry Attached 5th Battlion Suffolk Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army Captain Highland Light Infantry Attached 1st/5th Battlion Suffolk Regiment

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Hugh Travers Rowley

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Brian Gabriel Rowley

Born 1897

Died 1970

British Army Captain 21st Punjabis

British Army Temporary 2nd Lt. Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Charlie Edgar Rowley

Born 1897

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

British Army 113274 Corporal Royal Engineers

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant

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Arthur Rowley

Born 1874

Died 1919

British Army 5420 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery 45th Coy

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Frank Rowley

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 16495 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 16495 Lance Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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George Rowley

Born 1899

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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Lionel Rowley

Born 1898

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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John Rowley

Born 1886

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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John Josiah Rowley

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 9463 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ernest Gordon Rowley

Died 1917

British Army 12463 Lance Serjeant Royal Fusiliers 23rd Bn.

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Joseph H Rowley

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 3408 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 3408 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 1/6th Battalion

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Vincent Rowley

Born 1897

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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Charles Thomas Rowley

Born 1896

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213432 Chief Mechanic Royal Air Force 54th Training Depot Station

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Arthur Rowley

Born 1880

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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Fred Rowley

Born 1894

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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