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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]

Wallace Allan

Born 1863

Died 1916

British Army Captain Lincolnshire Regiment

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Thomas O'hara

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 5080 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 7200 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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John Andrew Dunnery

Born 1891

Died 1914

Royal Navy SS109329 Stoker 1st Class HMS Monmouth

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John Foggs Andrew

Died 1918

British Army S/19772 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army S/41404 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/41404 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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James Dodds

Born 1878

Died 1916

Royal Navy 1687U Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS INVINCIBLE

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Robert Mcewan

Born 1894

Died 1914

Royal Navy M5850 Sick Berth Attendant HMS Good Hope

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William John Hughes

Born 1885

Died 1916

Royal Navy 307002 Stoker Petty Officer HMS INVINCIBLE

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William Dillin

Born 1892

Died 1917

Royal Navy J6989 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J6989 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges II

Royal Navy J6989 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victorious

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Thomas Frame Campbell

Born 1897

Royal Navy 17716 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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John Craig Morton

Born 1893

British Army 2867 Private Highland Light Infantry 1/9th Battalion

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Gavin Walker

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 9786 Lance Corporal Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 36172 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers 19th Battalion

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Gerald Henry Broadhurst

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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George Cecil Loudon Willock

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178652

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Ellen Graham Thomson

Died 1918

British Army 16187 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps Attached Royal Scots Fusiliers Depot

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James Whitelaw

Died 1918

British Army 22940 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 10th Battalion

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Andrew Thomson Clark

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 4286 Private Highland Light Infantry 3rd/9th (Glasgow Hdrs.) Battalion

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Thomas Gemmell

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army S/4564 Private 9th Royal Highlanders

British Army S/4564 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) "B" Coy. 9th Battalion

British Army S/4564 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 9th (Service) Battalion

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Thomas Forgie

Born 1886

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 246666

Canadian Expeditionary Force 246666 Private Canadian Infantry

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Thomas Edward Groves

Born 1902

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 326138

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William Hamilton Paton

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277050

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