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Airdrie, Lanarkshire [138]

Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland [26]

New Monkland, Airdrie, Lanarkshire [10]

Airdrie,Lanarkshire. [2]

Airdrie Lanarkshire Scotland [1]

Airdrie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Airdrie,New Monkland,Lanarkshire,Scotland. [1]

Broadrig Airdrie North lanarkshire Scotlan [1]

Chapelhall, Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

NORTH STANRIGG, NEW MONKLANDS (AIRDRIE) LANARKSHIRE SCOTLAND [1]

Righead, New Monkland, Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

Rank

Private [17]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Corporal [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sapper [2]

2nd.Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Aircraftman [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Highland Light Infantry [5]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

H.M. Submarine E47 [1]

H.M.S. "Vivid." [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [1]

Mercantile Marine Reserve - HMS Richard Welford [1]

Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Scots [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [88]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [49]

British Army [20]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [28]

S [26]

C [18]

H [13]

D [12]

L [11]

R [10]

B [9]

F [7]

N [7]

T [7]

W [7]

A [6]

P [6]

Y [5]

G [4]

K [3]

I [1]

J [1]

O [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [156]

Merchant Navy [23]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

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People [183] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Airdrie, Lanarkshire [138] Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland [26] New Monkland, Airdrie, Lanarkshire [10] Airdrie,Lanarkshire. [2] Airdrie Lanarkshire Scotland [1] Airdrie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Airdrie,New Monkland,Lanarkshire,Scotland. [1] Broadrig Airdrie North lanarkshire Scotlan [1] Chapelhall, Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1] NORTH STANRIGG, NEW MONKLANDS (AIRDRIE) LANARKSHIRE SCOTLAND [1] Righead, New Monkland, Airdrie, Lanarkshire [1]

Rank

Private [17] Stoker 1st Class [4] Corporal [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sapper [2] 2nd.Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Aircraftman [1] Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Highland Light Infantry [5] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Gordon Highlanders [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] H.M. Submarine E47 [1] H.M.S. "Vivid." [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] Labour Corps [1] Mercantile Marine Reserve [1] Mercantile Marine Reserve - HMS Richard Welford [1] Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force [1] Royal Scots [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [88] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [49] British Army [20] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [28] S [26] C [18] H [13] D [12] L [11] R [10] B [9] F [7] N [7] T [7] W [7] A [6] P [6] Y [5] G [4] K [3] I [1] J [1] O [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [156] Merchant Navy [23]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

Alexander Hardie

Born 1888

Died 1957

British Army 131660 Corporal Royal Engineers 235th Army Troops Company

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Andrew Dudgeon Young

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1300 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Daniel Rooney

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263150

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John Ferguson

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263737

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David Shanks

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278527

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Simon Graham

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 19199 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army 19199 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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William Brown

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278853

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James Rae

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161403

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John Mcinally

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193475

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John Cameron

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292247

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James Livingston

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293820

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Thomas Mcutchen

Born 1876

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Able Seaman Mercantile Marine Reserve

Other Empire Force Able Seaman Mercantile Marine Reserve - HMS Richard Welford

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Samuel Kay

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 365876

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Frederick William Lockerbie

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246779

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John Inglis

Died 1918

British Army 6710 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 2nd/6th Battalion

British Army 501408 Private Labour Corps

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John Newlands

Died 1918

British Army 8996 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army B/8996 Private Highland Light Infantry 15th (Service) Battalion (1st Glasgow).

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James Hotson Mather

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241962

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James Smith

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262002

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Robert George Milligan

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308359

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Gavin Allan

Born 1895

British Army 3191 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 414230 Sapper Royal Engineers

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