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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]

John Andrew

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 93136 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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John Wilson

Died 1918

British Army 43436 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

British Army 2686 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 43436 Private Scottish Rifles 9th Battalion

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H Piper

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 241459 Lance Corporal Royal Scots Fusiliers 4th Battalion

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Charles Raeside Mckie

Died 1916

British Army 373001 Private London Regiment

British Army 373001 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5933 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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James Tannock

Died 1916

British Army 6509 Private (Rifleman) Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 6509 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 5th Battalion

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William Hagan

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287674

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William Cringan

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163068

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Thomas Mair

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136535

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Andrew Steele

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284467

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George Baird

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266777

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Colin Hood

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192106

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Hugh Gordon

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115015

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James Mcdowall

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 35810 Private Highland Light Infantry 1st Garrison Battalion

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Fred Vaschetty

Australian Imperial Force 3954

Australian Imperial Force 3954 Private 9thBattalion

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John Cunningham

Born 1875

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 3964 Sergeant 28th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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Allan William Dawes

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106565

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William Smith

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164199

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John White

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285414

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David Wilson

Born 1885

British Army 14830 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 18423 Private Machine Gun Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77115 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

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William Cumming

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197158

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