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Ayr, Ayrshire [250]

Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [161]

Ayr Scotland [140]

Ayr [124]

Ayr Queensland [38]

Ayr, Scotland [23]

Kilmarnock, Ayr [5]

Maybole, Ayr, Ayrshire [3]

Monkton, Ayr, Ayrshire [3]

Newton on Ayr, Ayrshire [3]

POE Ayr Scotland [3]

Ayr, [2]

Ayr, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [2]

Ayr. Scotland [2]

Beith, Ayr [2]

Beith, Ayr, Ayrshire [2]

Colmonell, Ayr, Ayrshire [2]

Dalmellington, Ayr, Ayrshire [2]

Kilwinning, Ayr, Ayrshire [2]

Maybole, Ayr [2]

Monkton Ayr [2]

Muirkirk, Ayr [2]

Muirkirk, Ayr, Ayrshire [2]

New Cumnock, Ayr, Ayrshire [2]

Riccarton, Ayr [2]

Wallacetown, Ayr, Ayrshire [2]

1 Bellevue Terrace, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

AYR [1]

Ardrossan, Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Argyle Street, Newton, Ayr [1]

Auchinleck, Ayr [1]

Ayr , Ayrshire [1]

Ayr Queensland Queensland [1]

Ayr, Ayr [1]

Ayr, Ayre [1]

Ayr, Newton on Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Ayr, North Britain [1]

Ayr, Tarbolton, Ayrshire [1]

Ayr,Ayrshire,Scotland. [1]

Balston, Ayr [1]

Barr, Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Brig Of Ayr Scotland [1]

Catrine, Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Coylton, Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Dailly, Nr. Ayr [1]

Dalmellington, Ayr [1]

Dalry, Ayr Scotland [1]

Dreghorn, Ayr, Ayrshire [1]

Fairlie, Ayr [1]

Hawthorn Villa, Auchinleck, Ayr, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [67]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Gunner [7]

Serjeant [7]

Able Seaman [5]

Captain [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Corporal [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Sapper [3]

Sergeant [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Driver [2]

Stoker [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

A/Cpl [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Chauffeur (Driver) [1]

Commander [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

Deck Hand [1]

ERA 2c [1]

Fitter [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Paymaster Sub Lieutenant [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private (Rifleman) [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sick Berth Attendant [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Trimmer [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Engineer [1]

Warrant Officer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 /Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Scots Fusiliers [18]

Highland Light Infantry [9]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [8]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Scots [5]

Scottish Rifles [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2]

HMS Fearless [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Scottish Horse [2]

1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [1]

112th Infantry Battalion [1]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

16th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

1st Regiment South African Infantry [1]

1st Royal Scots [1]

2/39th Garwhal Rifles [1]

28th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

28th Brigade Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

48th Squadron. [1]

9th Royal Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Europa II (M 33) [1]

HM Submarine G9 [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Amphitrite [1]

HMS Antrim [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

Service

Royal Navy [244]

Australian Imperial Force [183]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [148]

British Army [98]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [182]

C [79]

B [60]

W [60]

H [52]

S [51]

D [47]

G [47]

L [47]

R [34]

T [34]

A [30]

F [25]

P [24]

K [21]

N [13]

Y [9]

E [8]

O [8]

I [3]

V [3]

J [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [664]

Merchant Navy [160]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

Canada [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Ayr, Ayrshire [250] Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [161] Ayr Scotland [140] Ayr [124] Ayr Queensland [38] Ayr, Scotland [23] Kilmarnock, Ayr [5] Maybole, Ayr, Ayrshire [3] Monkton, Ayr, Ayrshire [3] Newton on Ayr, Ayrshire [3] POE Ayr Scotland [3] Ayr, [2] Ayr, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [2] Ayr. Scotland [2] Beith, Ayr [2] Beith, Ayr, Ayrshire [2] Colmonell, Ayr, Ayrshire [2] Dalmellington, Ayr, Ayrshire [2] Kilwinning, Ayr, Ayrshire [2] Maybole, Ayr [2] Monkton Ayr [2] Muirkirk, Ayr [2] Muirkirk, Ayr, Ayrshire [2] New Cumnock, Ayr, Ayrshire [2] Riccarton, Ayr [2] Wallacetown, Ayr, Ayrshire [2] 1 Bellevue Terrace, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] AYR [1] Ardrossan, Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Argyle Street, Newton, Ayr [1] Auchinleck, Ayr [1] Ayr , Ayrshire [1] Ayr Queensland Queensland [1] Ayr, Ayr [1] Ayr, Ayre [1] Ayr, Newton on Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Ayr, North Britain [1] Ayr, Tarbolton, Ayrshire [1] Ayr,Ayrshire,Scotland. [1] Balston, Ayr [1] Barr, Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Brig Of Ayr Scotland [1] Catrine, Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Coylton, Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Dailly, Nr. Ayr [1] Dalmellington, Ayr [1] Dalry, Ayr Scotland [1] Dreghorn, Ayr, Ayrshire [1] Fairlie, Ayr [1] Hawthorn Villa, Auchinleck, Ayr, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [67] Second Lieutenant [9] Lieutenant [8] Gunner [7] Serjeant [7] Able Seaman [5] Captain [5] Lance Corporal [5] Boy 1st Class [4] Corporal [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Sapper [3] Sergeant [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Driver [2] Stoker [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] A/Cpl [1] Acting Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Chauffeur (Driver) [1] Commander [1] Corporal of Horse [1] Deck Hand [1] ERA 2c [1] Fitter [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Paymaster Sub Lieutenant [1] Petty Officer [1] Pioneer [1] Private (Rifleman) [1] Rifleman [1] Sick Berth Attendant [1] Signalman [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Trimmer [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Engineer [1] Warrant Officer [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 /Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Scots Fusiliers [18] Highland Light Infantry [9] King's Own Scottish Borderers [8] Machine Gun Corps [8] Canadian Infantry [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Scots [5] Scottish Rifles [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] Ayrshire Yeomanry [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Cameron Highlanders [2] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2] HMS Fearless [2] HMS Monmouth [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Scottish Horse [2] 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [1] 112th Infantry Battalion [1] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 16th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 1st Regiment South African Infantry [1] 1st Royal Scots [1] 2/39th Garwhal Rifles [1] 28th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 28th Brigade Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] 48th Squadron. [1] 9th Royal Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Australian Infantry [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Europa II (M 33) [1] HM Submarine G9 [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Amphitrite [1] HMS Antrim [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

Service

Royal Navy [244] Australian Imperial Force [183] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [148] British Army [98] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [182] C [79] B [60] W [60] H [52] S [51] D [47] G [47] L [47] R [34] T [34] A [30] F [25] P [24] K [21] N [13] Y [9] E [8] O [8] I [3] V [3] J [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [664] Merchant Navy [160]

Country

United Kingdom [32] Canada [1] South Africa [1]

Guy Harold Corke

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Regiment 15th northumberland Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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William Hay

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army S/8350 Private Gordon Highlanders

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William Orr Hutcheon

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 118 Serjeant Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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John Dunlop

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 203740 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 203740 Private Highland light infantry 9th Glasgow highland

British Army 203740 Private Highland Light Infantry 1/9th Glasgow Highlanders

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Thomas Orr Leith

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 241510 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 4th (Reserve) Battalion

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Gordon Speir

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 1783 Private Ayrshire Yeomanry

British Army 295173 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps Reading - probably No 1 School of Aeronautics

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John Mcbride

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 6272 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 6272 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 4th/5th Battalion

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James Fox

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 6589 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th Battalion

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George Cowan Macandrew

Born 1877

Died 1956

British Army 27310 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 42276 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 140498 Private Machine Gun Corps

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James Doherty

Born 1872

Died 1917

British Army 3166 Serjeant Royal Scots 3rd Bn

British Army 35754 Serjeant Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Robert Kelso Anderson

Born 1874

Died 1916

Royal Navy ST 2242 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2242/ST Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Gunner."

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Edward Kelly

Died 1915

British Army 12504 Lance Corporal Royal Scots Fusiliers 9th battalion

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Walter Grainger Fiddes

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 12491 Private 16th Lancashire Fusiliers

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Ian Valentine Paton

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 7964 Serjeant Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 7964 Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment

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John Campbell

Died 1917

British Army 32076 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 17th Battalion

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Thomas Gillan

Born 1895

British Army 8421 Acting Serjeant Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 241059 Acting Serjeant Royal Scots Fusiliers

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James R Steele Allison

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy Z/2892 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Clyde Z/2892 Signalman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Clyde Z/2892 Signalman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - HMS Foyle

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Harry Stretch

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 32103 Private Manchester Regiment

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William Surgeoner

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army S/13494 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army S/13494 Private Cameron Highlanders 7th. Battalion

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John Gibson

Died 1918

South African Services 20057 Private 1st Regiment South African Infantry

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