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Alexandria New South Wales [135]

Alexandria, Dumbartonshire [22]

Alexandria [21]

Alexandria Scotland [19]

Alexandria Victoria [14]

Alexandria, Egypt [13]

Alexandria, Dunbartonshire [12]

Bonhill, Alexandria, Dunbartonshire [7]

Alexandria, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire [4]

Alexandria ON [2]

Alexandria, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [2]

Alexandria, New South Wales [2]

Alexandria, St. Ann, Middlesex [2]

Alexandria,Sydney, New South Wales [2]

Alexandria Dumbartonshire Scotland [1]

Alexandria Dunbar [1]

Alexandria, Dumbarton [1]

Alexandria, Dumbartonshire, Scotland [1]

Alexandria, Ontario [1]

Alexandria,Dunbartonshire Scotland [1]

Bonhill, Alexandria, Dumbartonshire [1]

Jamestown, Alexandria, Dunbartonshire [1]

Luss, Alexandria, Dumbartonshire [1]

Mex Alexandria [1]

Ontario, Alexandria [1]

Rank

Private [8]

Lieutenant [4]

Nursing Sister [4]

Captain [3]

Gunner [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Major [1]

Nurse [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Canadian Army Medical Corps [3]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Jamaica War Contingent [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

11th King Edward’s Own Lancers (Probyn’s Horse) [1]

15th Field Ambulance [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

H.M. Submarine G7 [1]

HMS BARHAM [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry. [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Highlanders Black Watch [1]

Scottish Women's Hospitals (French Red Cross). [1]

Scottish Women's Hospitals [ French Red Cross ] [1]

Scottish Womens Hospitals [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [179]

Royal Navy [40]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24]

British Army [12]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [34]

S [27]

C [24]

B [23]

W [21]

G [15]

D [14]

R [14]

H [13]

P [13]

L [12]

F [11]

K [11]

T [9]

A [6]

J [4]

N [4]

O [4]

E [3]

V [2]

Z [2]

Q [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [261]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Australia [1]

India [1]

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People [268] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Alexandria New South Wales [135] Alexandria, Dumbartonshire [22] Alexandria [21] Alexandria Scotland [19] Alexandria Victoria [14] Alexandria, Egypt [13] Alexandria, Dunbartonshire [12] Bonhill, Alexandria, Dunbartonshire [7] Alexandria, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire [4] Alexandria ON [2] Alexandria, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [2] Alexandria, New South Wales [2] Alexandria, St. Ann, Middlesex [2] Alexandria,Sydney, New South Wales [2] Alexandria Dumbartonshire Scotland [1] Alexandria Dunbar [1] Alexandria, Dumbarton [1] Alexandria, Dumbartonshire, Scotland [1] Alexandria, Ontario [1] Alexandria,Dunbartonshire Scotland [1] Bonhill, Alexandria, Dumbartonshire [1] Jamestown, Alexandria, Dunbartonshire [1] Luss, Alexandria, Dumbartonshire [1] Mex Alexandria [1] Ontario, Alexandria [1]

Rank

Private [8] Lieutenant [4] Nursing Sister [4] Captain [3] Gunner [2] Acting Corporal [1] Major [1] Nurse [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Canadian Army Medical Corps [3] British West Indies Regiment [2] Jamaica War Contingent [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] 11th King Edward’s Own Lancers (Probyn’s Horse) [1] 15th Field Ambulance [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Australian Infantry [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Canadian Infantry [1] H.M. Submarine G7 [1] HMS BARHAM [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry. [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Highlanders Black Watch [1] Scottish Women's Hospitals (French Red Cross). [1] Scottish Women's Hospitals [ French Red Cross ] [1] Scottish Womens Hospitals [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [179] Royal Navy [40] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24] British Army [12] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [34] S [27] C [24] B [23] W [21] G [15] D [14] R [14] H [13] P [13] L [12] F [11] K [11] T [9] A [6] J [4] N [4] O [4] E [3] V [2] Z [2] Q [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [261] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [4] Australia [1] India [1]

Issy Smith

Born 1886

Died 1940

British Army 168 Acting Corporal Manchester Regiment

British Army WR/303001 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 271171 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Arthur Robert Dudley Johnson

Born 1875

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 7680 Sapper 1st Australian Tunnelling Company

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Hamilton Speke Coles

Born 1884

Died 1967

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218171 Lieutenant

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Edgar Kinsey Reynolds

Born 1890

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force

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Michele Bazzina

Australian Imperial Force 4431

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John Mathison

Australian Imperial Force 3357

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John Wain

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 183747

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Ewan Noel Haselden

Born 1873

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Army Service Corps

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Angus H Turnbull

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 145005 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 145005 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 228th Siege Battery

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Harry Norman Dovey

Born 1896

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 5080 Private Australian Infantry 1st Infantry Battalion

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John Leslie Graydon Carter

Born 1886

British Army Captain Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Major Royal Army Service Corps

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Hervey Baker

Australian Imperial Force 3510

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Harry Bernstein

Australian Imperial Force 501

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Charles Henry Grant

Australian Imperial Force 2314

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Giovanni Zonino

Australian Imperial Force 2416

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Harold Garnet Hearsey

Australian Imperial Force 1565

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Francis Wright Atherton

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery and Battalion

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Caradoc Stuart Macleod Prinsep

Born 1893

Died 1918

Royal Navy Lieutenant H.M. Submarine G7

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Constantine Vlaharis

Australian Imperial Force S2025

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Peter Vakirudis

Australian Imperial Force

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