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Aberdeen [825]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [722]

Aberdeen Scotland [673]

Aberdeen, Scotland [119]

Aberdeen New South Wales [68]

Aberdeen, [21]

Woodside, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [12]

Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen [7]

Peterhead, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [6]

Woodside, Aberdeen [6]

Aberdeen South Australia [5]

Peterhead, Aberdeen [5]

Aberdeen SCOTLAND [4]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [4]

Alford, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [4]

Newhills, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [4]

Rosemount, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [4]

ABERDEEN SCOTLAND [3]

Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Scotland [3]

Huntly, Aberdeen [3]

St. Nicholas, Aberdeen [3]

Aberdeen, Glamorgan [2]

Aberdeen, Kincardineshire [2]

Aberdeen,Scotland [2]

Aberdeen. Scotland [2]

Belhelvie, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2]

Drumoak, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2]

Ellon, Aberdeen [2]

Ellon, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2]

Forgue, Aberdeen [2]

Fraserburgh, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2]

Fyvie, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2]

Kemnay, Aberdeen [2]

New Deer, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2]

Newhills, Aberdeen [2]

Old Deer, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2]

Old Machar, Aberdeen [2]

Peterculter, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2]

Rhynie, Aberdeen [2]

Rosemount, Aberdeen [2]

Torry, Aberdeen [2]

1 Willowside Place Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Scotland [1]

17 Claremont Place, Aberdeen [1]

2 Charles Street, Aberdeen [1]

262 Broomhill Road, Aberdeen [1]

32 Charles Street, Aberdeen [1]

37 Hutcheon Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

42 Ashley Road, Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

48 1/2 Spital, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1]

59 Esslemont Avenue Aberdeen [1]

Rank

Private [223]

Trimmer [42]

Deck Hand [40]

Engineman [27]

Captain [23]

Corporal [23]

Lance Corporal [22]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Gunner [18]

Lieutenant [18]

Serjeant [18]

Sapper [17]

Ordinary Seaman [16]

Stoker [15]

Able Seaman [14]

Driver [10]

Sergeant [10]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Boy 1st Class [7]

Seaman [7]

Major [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Rifleman [5]

Second Hand [5]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Nursing Sister [4]

Skipper [4]

Leading Seaman [3]

Able Seaman Driver [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Engine Room Artificer [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance-Corporal [2]

Nurse [2]

PRIVATE [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

A. Sgt without pay [1]

AM [1]

Able Seaman Sapper [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [131]

Gordon Highlanders [74]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [66]

Royal Army Medical Corps [26]

Canadian Infantry [25]

Royal Field Artillery [23]

Royal Highlanders [20]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [18]

Royal Engineers [18]

Army Service Corps [15]

Seaforth Highlanders [14]

Scottish Horse [13]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [12]

London Regiment [12]

Labour Corps [9]

Cameron Highlanders [8]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS INVINCIBLE [7]

Royal Scots [7]

Australian Infantry [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [5]

HMS Vivid I [5]

Highland Light Infantry [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Scots Guards [5]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4]

HMS Goliath [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Pembroke." [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [3]

Canadian Engineers [3]

French Red Cross [3]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [3]

Royal Naval Air Service [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

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

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps [2]

HMS CANADA [2]

HMS Defence [2]

HMS Falmouth [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Service

Royal Navy [963]

Australian Imperial Force [744]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [516]

British Army [366]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [61]

Other Empire Force [13]

Indian Army [3]

Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

M [461]

S [264]

C [225]

B [182]

R [173]

W [162]

G [158]

H [143]

D [141]

A [137]

F [106]

T [105]

L [94]

P [74]

K [54]

J [45]

N [39]

E [38]

I [26]

Y [21]

O [16]

U [6]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2455]

Merchant Navy [26]

Country

United Kingdom [130]

Canada [12]

Australia [4]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Aberdeen [825] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [722] Aberdeen Scotland [673] Aberdeen, Scotland [119] Aberdeen New South Wales [68] Aberdeen, [21] Woodside, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [12] Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen [7] Peterhead, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [6] Woodside, Aberdeen [6] Aberdeen South Australia [5] Peterhead, Aberdeen [5] Aberdeen SCOTLAND [4] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [4] Alford, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [4] Newhills, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [4] Rosemount, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [4] ABERDEEN SCOTLAND [3] Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Scotland [3] Huntly, Aberdeen [3] St. Nicholas, Aberdeen [3] Aberdeen, Glamorgan [2] Aberdeen, Kincardineshire [2] Aberdeen,Scotland [2] Aberdeen. Scotland [2] Belhelvie, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2] Drumoak, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2] Ellon, Aberdeen [2] Ellon, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2] Forgue, Aberdeen [2] Fraserburgh, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2] Fyvie, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2] Kemnay, Aberdeen [2] New Deer, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2] Newhills, Aberdeen [2] Old Deer, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2] Old Machar, Aberdeen [2] Peterculter, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2] Rhynie, Aberdeen [2] Rosemount, Aberdeen [2] Torry, Aberdeen [2] 1 Willowside Place Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Scotland [1] 17 Claremont Place, Aberdeen [1] 2 Charles Street, Aberdeen [1] 262 Broomhill Road, Aberdeen [1] 32 Charles Street, Aberdeen [1] 37 Hutcheon Street, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] 42 Ashley Road, Aberdeen, Scotland [1] 48 1/2 Spital, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [1] 59 Esslemont Avenue Aberdeen [1]

Rank

Private [223] Trimmer [42] Deck Hand [40] Engineman [27] Captain [23] Corporal [23] Lance Corporal [22] Second Lieutenant [22] Gunner [18] Lieutenant [18] Serjeant [18] Sapper [17] Ordinary Seaman [16] Stoker [15] Able Seaman [14] Driver [10] Sergeant [10] Stoker 1st Class [8] Boy 1st Class [7] Seaman [7] Major [6] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Rifleman [5] Second Hand [5] Boy 2nd Class [4] Leading Stoker [4] Nursing Sister [4] Skipper [4] Leading Seaman [3] Able Seaman Driver [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Colonel [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Engine Room Artificer [2] Guardsman [2] Lance-Corporal [2] Nurse [2] PRIVATE [2] Private 2nd Class [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] A. Sgt without pay [1] AM [1] Able Seaman Sapper [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [131] Gordon Highlanders [74] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [66] Royal Army Medical Corps [26] Canadian Infantry [25] Royal Field Artillery [23] Royal Highlanders [20] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [18] Royal Engineers [18] Army Service Corps [15] Seaforth Highlanders [14] Scottish Horse [13] King's Own Scottish Borderers [12] London Regiment [12] Labour Corps [9] Cameron Highlanders [8] Machine Gun Corps [8] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS INVINCIBLE [7] Royal Scots [7] Australian Infantry [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [5] HMS Vivid I [5] Highland Light Infantry [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Scots Guards [5] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4] HMS Goliath [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Pembroke." [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] Canadian Army Medical Corps [3] Canadian Engineers [3] French Red Cross [3] HMS COLLINGWOOD [3] Royal Naval Air Service [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Scottish Rifles [3] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Canadian Mounted Rifles [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps [2] HMS CANADA [2] HMS Defence [2] HMS Falmouth [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Service

Royal Navy [963] Australian Imperial Force [744] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [516] British Army [366] Canadian Expeditionary Force [61] Other Empire Force [13] Indian Army [3] Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

M [461] S [264] C [225] B [182] R [173] W [162] G [158] H [143] D [141] A [137] F [106] T [105] L [94] P [74] K [54] J [45] N [39] E [38] I [26] Y [21] O [16] U [6] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2455] Merchant Navy [26]

Country

United Kingdom [130] Canada [12] Australia [4] India [1]

David Currie

Born 1896

Died 1978

British Army 121778 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Alexander Fraser Munro

Born 1887

Died 1960

British Army WR/283897 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 169847 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Arthur Kellas

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps 89th (1st/1st Highland) Field Ambulance

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Thomas Benzie Forbes

Born 1883

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 690705

Canadian Expeditionary Force 690705 Private Canadian Infantry

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James Forbes

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 22353 Private Royal Scots

British Army 22353 PRIVATE Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 17th Battalion

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John Hampton Strachan Mason

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 2193 Private Gordon Highlanders 4th Gordon Highlanders

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Alexander Mitchell

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 2520 Private Gordon Highlanders 4th Battalion

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Peter Mcleod

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy K18094 Stoker First Class

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Henry Lyon

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 2170 Private Gordon Highlanders 4th Battalion

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Keith Mackay

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1207 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders

British Army 1207 Corporal Gordon Highlanders 4th Battalion

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Alexander Sutherland

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 14298 Private Liverpool Regiment 13th

British Army 14298 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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David Angus Phimister

Born 1888

Died 1954

British Army M2/119376 Private Army Service Corps

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James Mackie Bain

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army L/9480 Private Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army L/9480 private royal west kents 1st Battalion

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Henry Forbes Low

Born 1882

Died 1920

Royal Navy J66903 HMS Dido

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Ian Charles Mcpherson

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion

British Army 32036 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps 44th Field Ambulance

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Douglas Ian Crombie

Died 1918

British Army 532 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 1556 Corporal Gordon Highlanders

British Army 406142 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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James Alexander Kidd

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 1577 Acting Serjeant Gordon Highlanders

British Army 1577 Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant Gordon Highlanders

British Army 1577 Serjeant Gordon Highlanders

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Thomas Peppe Fraser

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army Driver Nigeria Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps Nigeria Mid Depot

British Army Royal Army Medical Corps Nigeria Mid Depot

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William Bruce Anderson

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 4294 Private Gordon Highlanders 3/4th gordon highland Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders 5th gordon highland Battalion

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James Smith

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 372382 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army 372382 Serjeant London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 4981 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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