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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]

Charles Marshall Duncan

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 359042 Private Cameron Highlanders, attached to King's Liverpool Regiment 1/10 Battatlion

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James Alex Milne

Born 1886

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 434556

Canadian Expeditionary Force 434556 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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Lewis Neil Griffitt Ramsay

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion

British Army Private Gordon Highlanders 4th Battalion

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders 3rd Battalion

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Kenneth Murray Watt

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 9668 Private Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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George Ferguson Grant

Born 1894

Died 1919

Australian Imperial Force 21748 Private Australian Army Medical Corps

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Alexander Milne

Born 1881

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 107430

Canadian Expeditionary Force 107430

Canadian Expeditionary Force 107430 Sapper Canadian Engineers

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Robert Lawson

Born 1880

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 126269

Canadian Expeditionary Force 126269 Private Canadian Infantry 46

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James Mcconnachie

Born 1883

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 853 Sergeant Australian Infantry 15th Bn

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Archie Clark

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1207 Private Australian Infantry

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Robert Campbell Alexander

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 6440 Private

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Arthur Hay

Born 1890

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4804

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James Allan

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army T 516 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 402166 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John Mcdonald

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 3326 Private Gordon Highlanders 1st/7th (Deeside Highland) (Territorial) Battalion.

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James Mcalpine Massie

Born 1880

Died 1962

British Army 3425 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 403944 Private Royal Engineers

British Army WR/150218 Private Royal Engineers

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John Thomson Arnot

Australian Imperial Force 5967

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John Craig

Born 1884

Other Empire Force Private British Honduras Territorial Force

Other Empire Force Second Lieutenant British Honduras Territorial Force

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William Massie

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army T812 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 402328 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William Clarke Wallace

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 534348 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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James Lawson

Born 1888

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 402561

Canadian Expeditionary Force 402561 Private Canadian Infantry 1st

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William Massie

Born 1883

Canadian Expeditionary Force 703556

Canadian Expeditionary Force 703556 102nd(Comox-Atlin)bttn CEF

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