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Bristol, Gloucestershire [11]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3]

Mudgee New South Wales [3]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bristol England [2]

Pilning, Gloucestershire [2]

Upper Holloway, London [2]

Waterloo Victoria [2]

Weymouth, Dorset [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Avonmouth, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Axbridge, Somerset [1]

Backwell, Somerset [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Barrow Gurney, Somerset [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bedminster, Gloucestershire [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire [1]

Bristol, Somerset [1]

Christ Church, Nailsea, Somerset [1]

Compton Bishop, Somerset, England [1]

Dartmouth, Devon [1]

Easton-In-Gordano, Somerset [1]

Essex [1]

Gillingham, Dorset [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Highworth, Wiltshire [1]

Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1]

London England [1]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Milton Regis, Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

New Passage, Gloucestershire [1]

Normanton Queensland [1]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Pill, Somerset, England [1]

Reading, Berkshire [1]

Seacombe, Cheshire [1]

Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

Stepney, Essex [1]

Stepney, London [1]

Street, Somerset [1]

Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Thornbury, Gloucestershire [1]

Winford, Somerset [1]

Wrington, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [169]

Gunner [23]

Corporal [13]

Driver [12]

Serjeant [12]

Sapper [9]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Bombardier [3]

Captain [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Commissary [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Engineer Clerk Staff Serjeant /Acting Engineer Clerk Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Trooper [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [30]

Labour Corps [27]

Gloucestershire Regiment [23]

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Army Service Corps [17]

Somerset Light Infantry [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

South Wales Borderers [8]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7]

London Regiment [7]

Welsh Regiment [7]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

Welsh Guards [3]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Hussars [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Irish Regiment [2]

Royal Scots [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

Area Employment Company Labour Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Attached South Lancashire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [256]

Royal Navy [36]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

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V [350]

Contribution

Military Service [337]

Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

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Place of birth

Bristol, Gloucestershire [11] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [3] Mudgee New South Wales [3] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bristol England [2] Pilning, Gloucestershire [2] Upper Holloway, London [2] Waterloo Victoria [2] Weymouth, Dorset [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Avonmouth, Gloucestershire, England [1] Axbridge, Somerset [1] Backwell, Somerset [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Barrow Gurney, Somerset [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bedminster, Gloucestershire [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire [1] Bristol, Somerset [1] Christ Church, Nailsea, Somerset [1] Compton Bishop, Somerset, England [1] Dartmouth, Devon [1] Easton-In-Gordano, Somerset [1] Essex [1] Gillingham, Dorset [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Highworth, Wiltshire [1] Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1] London England [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Milton Regis, Sittingbourne, Kent [1] New Passage, Gloucestershire [1] Normanton Queensland [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Pill, Somerset, England [1] Reading, Berkshire [1] Seacombe, Cheshire [1] Sittingbourne, Kent [1] Stepney, Essex [1] Stepney, London [1] Street, Somerset [1] Swindon, Wiltshire [1] Thornbury, Gloucestershire [1] Winford, Somerset [1] Wrington, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [169] Gunner [23] Corporal [13] Driver [12] Serjeant [12] Sapper [9] Second Lieutenant [8] Lance Corporal [7] Lieutenant [6] Pioneer [4] Acting Corporal [3] Bombardier [3] Captain [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Lance Serjeant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Commissary [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Engineer Clerk Staff Serjeant /Acting Engineer Clerk Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Trooper [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [30] Labour Corps [27] Gloucestershire Regiment [23] Royal Field Artillery [19] Army Service Corps [17] Somerset Light Infantry [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] Machine Gun Corps [8] South Wales Borderers [8] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7] London Regiment [7] Welsh Regiment [7] Devonshire Regiment [6] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Scottish Rifles [3] Welsh Guards [3] Cheshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Hussars [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Irish Regiment [2] Royal Scots [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] Area Employment Company Labour Corps [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] Attached South Lancashire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [256] Royal Navy [36] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] Australian Imperial Force [16] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

V [350]

Contribution

Military Service [337] Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

William Henry Vowles

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 26914 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 5th (Reserve) Battalion-Territorial

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Edward Vowles

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 1837 Private Herefordshire Regiment

British Army 42193 Private South Wales Borderers

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Charles Vowles

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 295369 Private West Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 204412 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Edward Thomas James Vowles

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52308

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John Thomas Vowles

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 4100 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 831693 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 831693 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery C/306 Brigade

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William Henry Vowles

Died 1915

British Army 1691 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Francis Kish Guy Vowles

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 12/1487 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Philip Charles Vowles

Born 1886

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 996

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Alfred Henry Vowles

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233017

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George Thomas Vowles

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214381

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Herbert Augustus Vowles

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129023

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Albert Ernest Colston Vowles

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 58675

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Frederick Reginald Edward Vowles

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105312

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Francis John Vowles

Died 1917

British Army 25857 Private Somerset Light Infantry 8th Btn

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Harry Vowles

Died 1916

British Army 4789 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Oliver Vowles

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 15606 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Albert Edward Vowles

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 15339 Private Somerset Light Infantry 7th Btn

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Arthur Vaughan Vowles

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243077

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Albert Henry Vowles

Born 1872

British Army 33849 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 3118 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 14642 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Samuel James Vowles

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 19799 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 19799 Lance Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment

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