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Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

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Exeter, Devon [2]

Gulargambone New South Wales [2]

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Goole, Yorkshire [1]

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Morley, Yorkshire [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Saint Germans, Cornwall [1]

Sandringham Victoria [1]

South Shields, Durham [1]

Stawell Victoria [1]

Tollesbury, Essex, England [1]

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Private [165]

Gunner [20]

Serjeant [16]

Lance Corporal [12]

Sapper [12]

Driver [11]

Corporal [5]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Captain [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal/Shoeing Smith [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Midshipman [1]

Nursing Voluntary Aid Detachment Member [1]

Orderly [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Mechanic [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

West Yorkshire Regiment [31]

Labour Corps [20]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Royal Engineers [15]

Army Service Corps [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Highlanders [2]

Royal Irish Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [231]

Royal Navy [43]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [15]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

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S [331]

Contribution

Military Service [326]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Australia [1]

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People [331] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Devonport, Devon [3] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Camborne, Cornwall [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Gulargambone New South Wales [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Thelbridge, Devon [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Berkshire [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birmingham England [1] Blyth, Northumberland [1] Bradford England [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Brompton Regis, Somerset [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Chapeltown, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Coonamble New South Wales [1] Cornwood, Devon [1] East Bowling, Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Exeter Devon [1] Falmouth, Cornwall [1] Farnley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Farnley, Yorkshire [1] Goole [1] Goole, Yorkshire [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Illogan, Redruth, Cornwall [1] Islington, Middlesex [1] Ivybridge, Devon [1] Kingston England [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Landrake, Cornwall [1] Landrick, Cornwall [1] Leeds [1] Liskeard, Cornwall [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Morley, Yorkshire [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Saint Germans, Cornwall [1] Sandringham Victoria [1] South Shields, Durham [1] Stawell Victoria [1] Tollesbury, Essex, England [1]

Rank

Private [165] Gunner [20] Serjeant [16] Lance Corporal [12] Sapper [12] Driver [11] Corporal [5] Second Lieutenant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Captain [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal/Shoeing Smith [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant [1] Midshipman [1] Nursing Voluntary Aid Detachment Member [1] Orderly [1] Petty Officer [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Mechanic [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

West Yorkshire Regiment [31] Labour Corps [20] Royal Field Artillery [18] Royal Engineers [15] Army Service Corps [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Machine Gun Corps [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Devonshire Regiment [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] Durham Light Infantry [5] East Lancashire Regiment [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5] West Riding Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5] Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Essex Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Border Regiment [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Highlanders [2] Royal Irish Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [231] Royal Navy [43] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] Canadian Expeditionary Force [15] Australian Imperial Force [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

S [331]

Contribution

Military Service [326] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [5] Australia [1]

Frank Sowden

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 47746 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Samuel Sowden

Born 1887

Died 1917

Royal Navy 850 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/850(S) Private Royal Marine Light Infantry 2nd RM Battalion RN Division

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William Thomas Sowden

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 22318 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 22318 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 1st Bn.

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James Burley Sowden

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225610

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Harry Sowden

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 140179

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Ronald Alexander Sowden

Born 1898

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 4574

Australian Imperial Force 4574 Private Australian Infantry 9th Bttn

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Harry Sowden

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81595

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John Richard Sowden

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 45346 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 45346 Private Cheshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Ernest Albert Sowden

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281833

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Frederick Sowden

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 25376 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 25376 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 8th Service Battalion.

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Frederick Charles Sowden

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27080

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Frederick Sowden

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38670

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Stephen Sowden

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 9308 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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James Sowden

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 11404 Lance Corporal West Riding Regiment

British Army 11404 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 11404 Lance Corporal Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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George Sowden

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226187

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Richard William Sowden

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5716

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Ernest Albert Sowden

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 35441 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 20964 Private Devonshire Regiment

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John Henry Sowden

Born 1884

British Army 4098 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Edwin Sowden

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 11182 Lance Corporal Somerset Light Infantry

British Army 11182 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Lawrence Sowden

Died 1918

British Army 23827 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 38789 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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