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Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [722]

Aberdeenshire [218]

Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [155]

Peterhead, Aberdeenshire [153]

Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire [109]

Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [54]

Aberdeenshire Scotland [51]

Turriff, Aberdeenshire [39]

Ellon, Aberdeenshire [34]

Aberdeenshire, Scotland [31]

Inverurie, Aberdeenshire [23]

Huntly, Aberdeenshire [22]

Saint Nicholas, Aberdeenshire [18]

Alford, Aberdeenshire [17]

Ballater, Aberdeenshire [15]

Kintore, Aberdeenshire [15]

Fyvie, Aberdeenshire [14]

Woodside, Aberdeenshire [14]

Aboyne, Aberdeenshire [13]

Longside, Aberdeenshire [13]

New Deer, Aberdeenshire [13]

Old Machar, Aberdeenshire [12]

Woodside, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [12]

Newhills, Aberdeenshire [10]

Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire [10]

Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [9]

King Edward, Aberdeenshire [9]

Newburgh, Aberdeenshire [9]

Boddam, Aberdeenshire [8]

Insch, Aberdeenshire [8]

Maud, Aberdeenshire [7]

Methlick, Aberdeenshire [7]

New Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire [7]

Newmachar, Aberdeenshire [7]

Peterculter, Aberdeenshire [7]

Strichen, Aberdeenshire [7]

Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire [6]

Cruden, Aberdeenshire [6]

Dyce, Aberdeenshire [6]

Lonmay, Aberdeenshire [6]

Old Deer, Aberdeenshire [6]

Peterhead, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [6]

Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [5]

Auchterless, Aberdeenshire [5]

Braemar, Aberdeenshire [5]

Echt, Aberdeenshire [5]

Frazerburgh, Aberdeenshire [5]

Huntley, Aberdeenshire [5]

Keith, Aberdeenshire [5]

Tarves, Aberdeenshire [5]

Rank

Private [253]

Deck Hand [42]

Engineman [33]

Lieutenant [25]

Trimmer [24]

Corporal [23]

Lance Corporal [23]

Serjeant [22]

Captain [18]

Stoker 1st Class [16]

Able Seaman [15]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Ordinary Seaman [13]

Sapper [10]

Second Hand [10]

Seaman [9]

Skipper [9]

Gunner [8]

Sergeant [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Major [7]

Driver [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Rifleman [6]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Private 2nd Class [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Sister [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Admiral [2]

Air Mechanic [2]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy [2]

Drummer [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lance-Corporal [2]

Leading Deck Hand [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Medical Officer [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Pioneer [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Stoker [2]

Unit

Gordon Highlanders [136]

Royal Naval Reserve [129]

Royal Highlanders [34]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [34]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [32]

Royal Army Medical Corps [21]

Canadian Infantry [20]

Royal Engineers [16]

Scottish Horse [16]

Seaforth Highlanders [13]

Royal Air Force [10]

Army Service Corps [9]

Cameron Highlanders [9]

Highland Light Infantry [9]

London Regiment [9]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Labour Corps [8]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7]

Royal Scots [7]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [3]

HMS INDOMITABLE [3]

HMS Vivid I [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

3rd South African Infantry [2]

Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) [2]

French Red Cross [2]

Gordon Highlanders Territorial Force [2]

HMS CANADA [2]

HMS Hindustan [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS Repulse [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

HMS VALIANT [2]

Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Manitoba Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Nairn." [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Pembroke." [2]

Scots Guards [2]

Service

Royal Navy [924]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [895]

British Army [375]

Australian Imperial Force [52]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [36]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [4]

South African Services [4]

Indian Army [3]

Last name first letter

M [417]

S [268]

C [232]

B [215]

R [177]

G [171]

D [169]

W [162]

H [127]

A [123]

F [115]

L [93]

T [85]

P [63]

N [49]

I [32]

J [32]

K [32]

E [31]

O [14]

Y [13]

U [4]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2115]

Merchant Navy [347]

Country

United Kingdom [161]

Canada [7]

Ireland [2]

India [1]

Malaysia [1]

Mauritius [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

Uganda [1]

United States [1]

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People [2625] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [722] Aberdeenshire [218] Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [155] Peterhead, Aberdeenshire [153] Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire [109] Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [54] Aberdeenshire Scotland [51] Turriff, Aberdeenshire [39] Ellon, Aberdeenshire [34] Aberdeenshire, Scotland [31] Inverurie, Aberdeenshire [23] Huntly, Aberdeenshire [22] Saint Nicholas, Aberdeenshire [18] Alford, Aberdeenshire [17] Ballater, Aberdeenshire [15] Kintore, Aberdeenshire [15] Fyvie, Aberdeenshire [14] Woodside, Aberdeenshire [14] Aboyne, Aberdeenshire [13] Longside, Aberdeenshire [13] New Deer, Aberdeenshire [13] Old Machar, Aberdeenshire [12] Woodside, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [12] Newhills, Aberdeenshire [10] Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire [10] Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [9] King Edward, Aberdeenshire [9] Newburgh, Aberdeenshire [9] Boddam, Aberdeenshire [8] Insch, Aberdeenshire [8] Maud, Aberdeenshire [7] Methlick, Aberdeenshire [7] New Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire [7] Newmachar, Aberdeenshire [7] Peterculter, Aberdeenshire [7] Strichen, Aberdeenshire [7] Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire [6] Cruden, Aberdeenshire [6] Dyce, Aberdeenshire [6] Lonmay, Aberdeenshire [6] Old Deer, Aberdeenshire [6] Peterhead, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [6] Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [5] Auchterless, Aberdeenshire [5] Braemar, Aberdeenshire [5] Echt, Aberdeenshire [5] Frazerburgh, Aberdeenshire [5] Huntley, Aberdeenshire [5] Keith, Aberdeenshire [5] Tarves, Aberdeenshire [5]

Rank

Private [253] Deck Hand [42] Engineman [33] Lieutenant [25] Trimmer [24] Corporal [23] Lance Corporal [23] Serjeant [22] Captain [18] Stoker 1st Class [16] Able Seaman [15] Second Lieutenant [15] Ordinary Seaman [13] Sapper [10] Second Hand [10] Seaman [9] Skipper [9] Gunner [8] Sergeant [8] Acting Corporal [7] Company Serjeant Major [7] Major [7] Driver [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Rifleman [6] Boy 1st Class [4] Private 2nd Class [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Leading Seaman [3] Petty Officer [3] Sister [3] Acting Captain [2] Admiral [2] Air Mechanic [2] Aircraftman 2nd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Boy [2] Drummer [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lance-Corporal [2] Leading Deck Hand [2] Leading Stoker [2] Medical Officer [2] Nursing Sister [2] Pioneer [2] Staff Nurse [2] Stoker [2]

Unit

Gordon Highlanders [136] Royal Naval Reserve [129] Royal Highlanders [34] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [34] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [32] Royal Army Medical Corps [21] Canadian Infantry [20] Royal Engineers [16] Scottish Horse [16] Seaforth Highlanders [13] Royal Air Force [10] Army Service Corps [9] Cameron Highlanders [9] Highland Light Infantry [9] London Regiment [9] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Field Artillery [9] Labour Corps [8] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [8] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7] Royal Scots [7] Royal Scots Fusiliers [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [3] HMS INDOMITABLE [3] HMS Vivid I [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Scottish Rifles [3] 3rd South African Infantry [2] Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) [2] French Red Cross [2] Gordon Highlanders Territorial Force [2] HMS CANADA [2] HMS Hindustan [2] HMS LION [2] HMS Repulse [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] HMS VALIANT [2] Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Manitoba Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry [2] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Nairn." [2] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Pembroke." [2] Scots Guards [2]

Service

Royal Navy [924] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [895] British Army [375] Australian Imperial Force [52] Canadian Expeditionary Force [36] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [4] South African Services [4] Indian Army [3]

Last name first letter

M [417] S [268] C [232] B [215] R [177] G [171] D [169] W [162] H [127] A [123] F [115] L [93] T [85] P [63] N [49] I [32] J [32] K [32] E [31] O [14] Y [13] U [4] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2115] Merchant Navy [347]

Country

United Kingdom [161] Canada [7] Ireland [2] India [1] Malaysia [1] Mauritius [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1] Uganda [1] United States [1]

Alexander Campbell White Knox

Born 1889

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Sussex Regiment royal army medical corps, attached 2nd Battalion

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James Paterson

Born 1890

Royal Navy K10339 Stoker 1st Class HMS LION

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Alexander Thomson Mcdonald

Born 1899

Royal Navy J39915 Boy 1st Class HMS IRON DUKE

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Samuel Herbert

Born 1891

Royal Navy M16496 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS TIGER

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Archibald Henderson Ritchie

Born 1892

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Alexander Campbell White Knox

James Paterson

Alexander Thomson Mcdonald

Samuel Herbert

Archibald Henderson Ritchie