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15th (Service) Battalion Royal Scots (Edinburgh City) 1st July 1916
15th (Service) Battalion Royal Scots (Edinburgh City) 1st July 1916
Remembering the officers and men of the 15th (Service) Battalion Royal Scots (Edinburgh City) who died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916. Despite its very Scottish title the battalion had recruited very heavily in the northwest of England and this is reflected in the casualty list.
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Born 1880
Died 1916
British Army 17721 Private Royal Scots
British Army 17721 Lance Corporal Royal Scots 15th Battalion
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Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army 20155 Private Royal Scots 15th Battalion
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Born 1899
Died 1916
British Army 18021 Lance Serjeant Royal Scots 15th Battallion
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Born 1891
Died 1916
British Army 17461 Private Royal Scots 15th Battalion
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Born 1894
Died 1916
British Army 18649 Private Royal Scots 15th Battalion
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Born 1879
Died 1916
British Army 24677 Private Royal Scots
British Army 24677 Lance Corporal Royal Scots 15th Battalion
More about David Gardiner Pye -
Born 1880
Died 1916
British Army 18209 Corporal Royal Scots 15th Battalion
More about Angus Macdonald -
Born 1892
Died 1916
British Army 18594 Private Royal Scots 15th Battalion
More about Roderick Mcintosh -
Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army 18608 Private Royal Scots 15th Battalion
More about Percy Corbett Swift -
Born 1882
Died 1916
British Army 17752 Private Royal Scots 15th Battalion
More about James Taylor -
Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army 18258 Private Royal Scots 15th Battalion
More about Robert Thomson -
Born 1887
Died 1916
British Army 25823 Private Royal Scots 15th Battalion (1st Edinburgh City).
More about George Torkington -
Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army 20097 Private Royal Scots 15th Battalion
More about Alfred Simmons -
Born 1886
Died 1916
British Army 17669 Serjeant 15 Royal Scots
British Army 17669 Serjeant Royal Scots 15th Battalion
More about Peter Kerss -
Born 1892
Died 1916
British Army 17014 Private Royal Scots
British Army 17014 Lance Corporal Royal Scots 15th Btn.
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Born 1889
Died 1916
British Army 18587 Private Royal Scots
British Army 18587 Lance Corporal Royal Scots
British Army Private
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More about Albert Langthorne -
Born 1888
Died 1916
British Army 1949 Private Royal Scots
British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots 15th Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots 15th Battalion (1st Edinburgh City)
More about William Arthur Hole -
Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army 18232 Private Royal Scots 15th Battalion (1st Edinburgh)
More about James Eve -
Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army 17284 Private Royal Scots 15th Battalion (1st Edinburgh City).
More about Alexander Aird -
Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army 18898 Lance Corporal Royal Scots 15th Battalion.
British Army 18898 Private Royal Scots
More about James Thomson Rennie