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Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [100]

Ardrossan, Ayrshire [47]

Ardrossan, Saltcoats, Ayrshire [4]

New Ardrossan, Ayrshire [2]

Ardrossan Ayrshire [1]

Ardrossan, Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Ardrossan,Ayrshire. [1]

Saltcoats,Ardrossan,Ayrshire [1]

Saltcoats,Ardrossan,Ayrshire. [1]

Rank

Private [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Mechanician [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS Lancaster [1]

London Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

Royal Australian Naval Reserve (Sea-going) [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [30]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

British Army [10]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [34]

C [16]

B [14]

H [13]

W [11]

S [10]

G [8]

L [8]

R [8]

D [6]

T [6]

A [5]

F [4]

K [4]

P [4]

E [3]

I [2]

N [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [99]

Military Service [57]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [158] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland [100] Ardrossan, Ayrshire [47] Ardrossan, Saltcoats, Ayrshire [4] New Ardrossan, Ayrshire [2] Ardrossan Ayrshire [1] Ardrossan, Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Ardrossan,Ayrshire. [1] Saltcoats,Ardrossan,Ayrshire [1] Saltcoats,Ardrossan,Ayrshire. [1]

Rank

Private [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Mechanician [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Highland Light Infantry [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS Lancaster [1] London Regiment [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] Royal Australian Naval Reserve (Sea-going) [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [30] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19] British Army [10] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [34] C [16] B [14] H [13] W [11] S [10] G [8] L [8] R [8] D [6] T [6] A [5] F [4] K [4] P [4] E [3] I [2] N [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [99] Military Service [57]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Daniel Sillars Skillen

Born 1886

Died 1943

Royal Navy 222476 Able Seaman HMS Lancaster

Australian Imperial Force Able Seaman Royal Australian Naval Reserve (Sea-going)

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Archibald Thomson Hendry

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Cameron Highlanders

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Robert Montgomerie

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141045

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John Mcnay

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 316409

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William George Mellow

Born 1890

Royal Navy 236315

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Joseph Clatworthy

Born 1882

Royal Navy 297089

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Alexander Brodie

Born 1897

Royal Navy J36036

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Hugh Anderson Hastings

Born 1900

Royal Navy J51817

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James Thomson

Born 1895

Royal Navy J67992

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Archibald Brown

Born 1895

Royal Navy J77182

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John Mcfarlane

Born 1900

Royal Navy J82096

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Hugh Calvert

Born 1900

Royal Navy J83288

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Robert Mcphail Mcintyre

Born 1878

Royal Navy K33293

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John Cullen

Born 1891

Royal Navy L2504

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Archibald Mccallum Reid

Born 1897

Royal Navy M32503

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William Welsh

Born 1899

Royal Navy SS121747

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Robert George Lang

Born 1885

Royal Navy 215037

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Hugh John Gray

Born 1875

Royal Navy 276525 Mechanician HMS Erin

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Helen Mccormick Wright

Born 1899

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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William Adair Coey

Born 1896

Royal Navy J67524

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