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Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [82]

Banff, Banffshire [41]

Banff Banffshire Scotland [1]

Banff, Keith, Banffshire [1]

Bridge Street, Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [1]

Cullen, Banff, Banffshire [1]

Fordyce, Banff, Banffshire [1]

Macduff, Banff, Banffshire [1]

Whitehills, Banff, Banffshire [1]

Rank

Private [4]

Seaman [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

HMS Berwick [1]

HMS Chester [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Formerly Royal Scots 46091 [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25]

Royal Navy [18]

British Army [5]

Last name first letter

M [26]

S [18]

W [18]

B [13]

G [9]

D [7]

H [7]

A [6]

C [5]

L [4]

R [4]

P [3]

T [3]

E [2]

K [2]

F [1]

J [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [82]

Military Service [47]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

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People [130] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [82] Banff, Banffshire [41] Banff Banffshire Scotland [1] Banff, Keith, Banffshire [1] Bridge Street, Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [1] Cullen, Banff, Banffshire [1] Fordyce, Banff, Banffshire [1] Macduff, Banff, Banffshire [1] Whitehills, Banff, Banffshire [1]

Rank

Private [4] Seaman [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Lance Corporal [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [3] Royal Naval Division [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] Cameron Highlanders [1] HMS Berwick [1] HMS Chester [1] HMS Vivid I [1] Labour Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Formerly Royal Scots 46091 [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25] Royal Navy [18] British Army [5]

Last name first letter

M [26] S [18] W [18] B [13] G [9] D [7] H [7] A [6] C [5] L [4] R [4] P [3] T [3] E [2] K [2] F [1] J [1] O [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [82] Military Service [47]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Alexander Dow

Born 1878

British Army 908 Lance Corporal Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion

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John Moore

Died 1917

British Army 1167 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265133 Acting Corporal Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion

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James Low

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277144

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John Fraser

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188526

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John Campbell Grant

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263517

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George Watt

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308589

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Peter Mcwilliam

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169533

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George Cruickshank

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199348

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James Whyte

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287591

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Ronald Campbell Munro

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 200310 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army 1810 Private Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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James Joseph Brookshaw

Born 1893

Died 1914

Royal Navy K/13532 Stoker 1st Class HMS Berwick

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George Ingram Mcboyle

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231765

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Charles Monteith Allan

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 106074 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 106074 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Formerly Royal Scots 46091 30th Bn

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George Reid

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303925

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William Wedster

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284515

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James Gordon

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401659

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George Adam

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144529

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James Bruce

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296154

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William Anderson

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401658

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George Ritchie Smith

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296923

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