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Alloa, Clackmannanshire [130]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland [40]

Alloa Clackmannanshire [1]

Alloa, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire [1]

Clackmannan, Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1]

Sauchie-by-Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1]

Tillicoultry, Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1]

Rank

Private [17]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Gunner [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Battery Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Seaman [1]

Stoker [1]

Unit

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

1st South African Infantry [1]

2nd Royal Highlanders [1]

Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

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

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Lobelia II." [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Klondyke [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. "Paxton." [1]

The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [61]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [55]

British Army [22]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [36]

B [20]

H [14]

G [12]

S [12]

W [11]

C [10]

R [10]

D [9]

P [9]

A [8]

F [7]

J [5]

T [3]

K [2]

L [2]

O [2]

I [1]

N [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [132]

Merchant Navy [38]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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People [175] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [130] Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland [40] Alloa Clackmannanshire [1] Alloa, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire [1] Clackmannan, Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1] Sauchie-by-Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1] Tillicoultry, Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1]

Rank

Private [17] Ordinary Seaman [3] Gunner [2] Lance Corporal [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Battery Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Seaman [1] Stoker [1]

Unit

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7] Royal Naval Reserve [4] Royal Scots [4] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Scottish Rifles [2] 1st South African Infantry [1] 2nd Royal Highlanders [1] Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] H.M.S. "Comus." [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS New Zealand [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS Vivid I [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Labour Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Lobelia II." [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Klondyke [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - H.M.S. "Paxton." [1] The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [61] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [55] British Army [22] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [36] B [20] H [14] G [12] S [12] W [11] C [10] R [10] D [9] P [9] A [8] F [7] J [5] T [3] K [2] L [2] O [2] I [1] N [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [132] Merchant Navy [38]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Peter Johnstone

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305858

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Robert Stevenson

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 321784

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James Templeton

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45902

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John Nicholson

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160142

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Alexander Mitchell

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160217

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John Murphy

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161176

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Andrew Sinclair

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165449

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Robert Ormiston

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165027

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George Edward Paton

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 167984

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Harold Joseph Jacks

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192764

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William Mcintosh

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197292

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Simpson Watt

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73555

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James Broadley

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77461

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John Donaldson Campbell

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234955

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James White Snaden

Born 1885

Died 1915

Royal Navy 3029T Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Formidable."

Royal Navy T 3029 Royal Naval Reserve H.M.S. "Formidable."

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James Hardie

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 1721 Private 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 29511 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 29511 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Garrison Battalion

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Peter Sneddon Paterson

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army S/2259 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Alexander Gibson

Died 1917

British Army 1462 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 7th argyll and Battalion

British Army 275088 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 7th argyll and Battalion

British Army 275088 Lance Corporal Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 7th argyll and Battalion

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David Bennett

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114205

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Andrew Crichton

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406939

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