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Aberdeen Scotland [673]

Aberdeen, Scotland [119]

Aberdeen SCOTLAND [4]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [4]

ABERDEEN SCOTLAND [3]

Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Scotland [3]

Aberdeen,Scotland [2]

Aberdeen. Scotland [2]

1 Willowside Place Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Scotland [1]

42 Ashley Road, Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Aberdeen ,Scotland [1]

Aberdeen Aberdeenshire scotland [1]

Aberdeen Shire Scotland [1]

Aberdeen, Scotland. [1]

Ardenville,Woodside,Old Machar,Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Gartly, Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Hatton of Fintray, Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Hatton, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [1]

Huntly, Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Huntly,Aberdeen,Scotland. [1]

New Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Old Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Old Machar, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1]

Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

POE Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Peterhead, Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Prenray, Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Rosemount, Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

St Nicholas Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Scotland [1]

St Nicholas Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Stonehaven, Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Turriff Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Westnick Mountain, Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Woodside, Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [60]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Captain [7]

Lance Corporal [7]

Sapper [7]

Corporal [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Sergeant [5]

Nursing Sister [3]

Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman Driver [2]

Gunner [2]

Major [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

A. Sgt without pay [1]

Able Seaman Sapper [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Adviser [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal. [1]

Driver [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Nurse [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Revert to Private Surplus is established [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sanitary Inspector [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Trimmer [1]

driver [1]

Unit

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [28]

Canadian Infantry [18]

Gordon Highlanders [16]

Australian Infantry [6]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [2]

Canadian Engineers [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Scottish Horse [2]

1st./9th.HLI.Glasgow Highlanders. [1]

33rd Punjabis [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Australian Army Medical Corps [1]

Australian Army Medical Corps - 1st Australian General Hospital [1]

Australian Engineers [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Australian Trench Mortar Battery [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Honduras Territorial Force [1]

CS Hyacinth [1]

Cameron Highlanders, attached to King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Canadian Infantry, 20th Bttln [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1]

Irish Reserve [1]

Lancers [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) [1]

Lovat's Scouts [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [669]

British Army [88]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [35]

Royal Navy [23]

Other Empire Force [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

M [170]

S [84]

C [61]

W [57]

B [53]

H [47]

D [45]

A [43]

R [42]

G [38]

T [35]

P [30]

L [27]

F [26]

K [18]

J [15]

N [14]

Y [14]

E [8]

O [5]

I [3]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [812]

Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [34]

Canada [9]

Australia [4]

India [1]

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Aberdeen Scotland [673] Aberdeen, Scotland [119] Aberdeen SCOTLAND [4] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [4] ABERDEEN SCOTLAND [3] Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Scotland [3] Aberdeen,Scotland [2] Aberdeen. Scotland [2] 1 Willowside Place Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Scotland [1] 42 Ashley Road, Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Aberdeen ,Scotland [1] Aberdeen Aberdeenshire scotland [1] Aberdeen Shire Scotland [1] Aberdeen, Scotland. [1] Ardenville,Woodside,Old Machar,Aberdeen Scotland [1] Gartly, Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Hatton of Fintray, Aberdeen Scotland [1] Hatton, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [1] Huntly, Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Huntly,Aberdeen,Scotland. [1] New Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Old Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Old Machar, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1] Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland [1] POE Aberdeen Scotland [1] Peterhead, Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Prenray, Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Rosemount, Aberdeen, Scotland [1] St Nicholas Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Scotland [1] St Nicholas Aberdeen Scotland [1] Stonehaven, Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Turriff Aberdeen Scotland [1] Westnick Mountain, Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Woodside, Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [60] Second Lieutenant [9] Captain [7] Lance Corporal [7] Sapper [7] Corporal [6] Lieutenant [6] Sergeant [5] Nursing Sister [3] Serjeant [3] Able Seaman Driver [2] Gunner [2] Major [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] A. Sgt without pay [1] Able Seaman Sapper [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Adviser [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Brigadier General [1] Colonel [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal. [1] Driver [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Nurse [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Revert to Private Surplus is established [1] Rifleman [1] Sanitary Inspector [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Sister [1] Stoker [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Trimmer [1] driver [1]

Unit

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [28] Canadian Infantry [18] Gordon Highlanders [16] Australian Infantry [6] London Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Engineers [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Canadian Army Medical Corps [2] Canadian Engineers [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Labour Corps [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Scottish Horse [2] 1st./9th.HLI.Glasgow Highlanders. [1] 33rd Punjabis [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Australian Army Medical Corps [1] Australian Army Medical Corps - 1st Australian General Hospital [1] Australian Engineers [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] Australian Trench Mortar Battery [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Honduras Territorial Force [1] CS Hyacinth [1] Cameron Highlanders, attached to King's Liverpool Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Canadian Infantry, 20th Bttln [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps [1] French Red Cross [1] Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1] Irish Reserve [1] Lancers [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1] Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) [1] Lovat's Scouts [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [669] British Army [88] Canadian Expeditionary Force [35] Royal Navy [23] Other Empire Force [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

M [170] S [84] C [61] W [57] B [53] H [47] D [45] A [43] R [42] G [38] T [35] P [30] L [27] F [26] K [18] J [15] N [14] Y [14] E [8] O [5] I [3] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [812] Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [34] Canada [9] Australia [4] India [1]

George Wilson Irving

Born 1884

Died 1961

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42630 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

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William Macdonald

Born 1892

British Army 2324 Private Lovat's Scouts

British Army S/43631 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army 125056 Private Lovat's Scouts

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Norman Ernest Mchardy

Born 1891

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3421 Private 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Alexander Lockhart Ogston

Born 1887

Died 1919

Royal Navy Temporary Captain

Royal Navy Captain CS Hyacinth

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Robert Grierson Combe

Born 1880

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry

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John Henry

Died 1916

British Army 3/5421 Corporal Gordon Highlanders

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Andrew Stott

Born 1893

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 675167 Sapper Canadian Engineers 11th. Field Coy.

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Gordon Murray Francis Wilkie

Born 1892

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 101078

Canadian Expeditionary Force 101078 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Elliott Main

Born 1893

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 6057 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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Peter Mcd Begg

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 41645 Private Royal Scots

British Army 41645 Private Royal Scots

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Walter Douglas Darling

Born 1887

Canadian Expeditionary Force 442052 Corporal Canadian Infantry 54th Battalion

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James Kennedy

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 1636 Gunner Australian Trench Mortar Battery

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Harry William Mackintosh Mackay

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 1644 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 18th Squadron

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Sydney Frederick Mckinnon

Born 1898

Died 1974

Royal Navy PI 39434 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

Royal Navy PI 39343 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Calshot

British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry

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William Neish

Born 1855

Other Empire Force Adviser Royal Horticultural Society Food Production Campaign

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Alexander Douglas Taylor

Born 1884

Died 1919

Australian Imperial Force 14005 Sapper Australian Engineers 14th Field Company

Australian Imperial Force 14005 Sapper Australian Engineers 14th Field Coy.

Australian Imperial Force 14005 Lance Corporal Australian Engineers 14th Field Company

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Robert Dunlop Smith

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Captain 33rd Punjabis

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John Tosh

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2264

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Robert Crichton

Born 1888

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 126483

Canadian Expeditionary Force 126483 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 50th Battalion

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George Mccrae

Born 1860

Died 1928

British Army Colonel The Royal Scots 16th Battalion

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