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Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [82]

Banff Scotland [48]

Banff, Scotland [7]

Aberdour, Elgin, Banff, Scotland [1]

Banff Banffshire Scotland [1]

Banff SCOTLAND [1]

Banff Shire Scotland [1]

Banff,Scotland. [1]

Bridge Street, Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [1]

Cullen, Banff, Scotland [1]

Keith, Banff, Scotland [1]

Macduff, Banff, Scotland [1]

Marnoch, Banff, Scotland [1]

Place of birth - Banff Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [6]

Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Pioneer [1]

Probationary Flying Officer [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Watchman [1]

Unit

Canadian Infantry [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Infantry, 20th Bttln [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Civilian war death [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

M O P S Dover [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

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

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Air Service Armoured Car Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [48]

British Army [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Royal Navy [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [30]

S [23]

W [20]

G [13]

B [12]

H [10]

C [7]

A [6]

R [6]

P [4]

T [4]

D [3]

L [3]

N [2]

E [1]

J [1]

K [1]

O [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [82]

Military Service [64]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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People [148] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [82] Banff Scotland [48] Banff, Scotland [7] Aberdour, Elgin, Banff, Scotland [1] Banff Banffshire Scotland [1] Banff SCOTLAND [1] Banff Shire Scotland [1] Banff,Scotland. [1] Bridge Street, Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [1] Cullen, Banff, Scotland [1] Keith, Banff, Scotland [1] Macduff, Banff, Scotland [1] Marnoch, Banff, Scotland [1] Place of birth - Banff Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [6] Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman Driver [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Pioneer [1] Probationary Flying Officer [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant [1] Watchman [1]

Unit

Canadian Infantry [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Infantry, 20th Bttln [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Civilian war death [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] M O P S Dover [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Formerly Royal Scots 46091 [1] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Naval Air Service Armoured Car Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [48] British Army [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Royal Navy [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [30] S [23] W [20] G [13] B [12] H [10] C [7] A [6] R [6] P [4] T [4] D [3] L [3] N [2] E [1] J [1] K [1] O [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [82] Military Service [64]

Country

United Kingdom [4] Australia [1] Canada [1]

Andrew Mair

Born 1892

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 150502

Canadian Expeditionary Force 150502 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 1st Battalion

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Ronald Alexander Mcgregor

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 627 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders

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James Pedraza Stephen

Born 1898

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Squadron 46

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Gavin Wilson

Born 1892

Died 1957

Canadian Expeditionary Force 21533 Corporal Canadian Infantry 11th Battalion

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James Bruce

Born 1856

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Watchman Civilian war death Brunner Mond Chemical Works

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James Wilson

Born 1895

Died 1914

Royal Navy 546DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 546 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler "Orianda."

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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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George Johnstone Robertson

Australian Imperial Force 5420

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Alexander Souter

Australian Imperial Force 283

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James Younie

Australian Imperial Force 2277

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Alexander Duncan Morrison

Australian Imperial Force 2639

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Francis Still

Australian Imperial Force 4510

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William Lumsden Hadden

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 13305 Private Highland Light Infantry 15th highland Battalion

British Army 13305 Private Highland Light Infantry 15th Battalion

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William Watson

Born 1872

Australian Imperial Force 184 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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John Scott-Macdonald

Australian Imperial Force

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John Forsyth Logie

Australian Imperial Force 8569

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John Johnston Tait

Australian Imperial Force

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Frank Gordon Blair

Australian Imperial Force 3694

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James Williamson

Australian Imperial Force 3214

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James Nicol

Australian Imperial Force 6125

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