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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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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]

James Murrian Watt

Born 1873

Died 1948

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292404 RAF Reserve

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292404 Clerk 3rd class 15 JDS

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John Spence Grant

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 3390 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders 6th gordon highland Battalion

British Army Captain Gordon Highlanders 6th gordon highland Battalion

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James Innes

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 3820 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 3820 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 9th Battalion

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James Reid

Born 1872

Died 1921

British Army MS/2072 Private Army Service Corps

British Army MS/2072 Private Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport

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John Matheson Mid

Born 1890

Died 1919

Australian Imperial Force 443 Sergeant 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Alexander Cranna Birnie

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 2436 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 2436 Corporal Gordon Highlanders

British Army 2436 Corporal 1/5th Battalion Gordon Highlanders

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Allan Gray Whyte

Born 1896

British Army Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 1st/5th Battalion

British Army 9225 Acting Serjeant British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 678665 Acting Serjeant Labour Corps 903rd Labour Employment Company

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Hobart Brooks Farquhar

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army Captain London Regiment

British Army Captain London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Frederick Bruce

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 291830 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 291830 Private Gordon Highlanders 7th Battalion

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Alexander Mckenzie

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

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John Youngson

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284259

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William Wilson

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289551

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John Stephen Forbes

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287849

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William Mcdonald

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194374

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George Pauline

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161015

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James Oldman

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406462

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William Gall

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285459

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William Low

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307051

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Alexander Walker

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309337 Air Mechanic

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Basil Mackie

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103390

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