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Burntisland, Fifeshire [68]

Burntisland, Fifeshire, Scotland [56]

BurntIsland, Fifeshire [2]

Rank

Deck Hand [8]

Private [8]

Stoker [5]

Trimmer [5]

Lance Corporal [3]

Seaman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Deck Boy [2]

Leading Trimmer [2]

Boy Cook [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Donkeyman [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engineman [1]

Fireman and Trimmer [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Serjeant [1]

Trimmer Cook [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [26]

Royal Highlanders [7]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [6]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2]

5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Army Medical Corps [1]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1]

H.M.S. "Achates." [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Conquest [1]

HMS Revenge [1]

London Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Ladoga" (Leith) [1]

Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Princess Dagmar" (Glasgow) [1]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Alices" [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Ladysmith." [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Thalia." [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Gunner [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - S.S. "Waikawa." [1]

Royal Scots [1]

Service

Royal Navy [58]

British Army [10]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [18]

G [13]

B [11]

C [9]

S [9]

H [8]

R [8]

D [7]

F [7]

A [6]

T [5]

W [5]

L [4]

E [3]

P [3]

V [3]

J [2]

Y [2]

K [1]

N [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [56]

Military Service [45]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Australia [1]

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People [126] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Burntisland, Fifeshire [68] Burntisland, Fifeshire, Scotland [56] BurntIsland, Fifeshire [2]

Rank

Deck Hand [8] Private [8] Stoker [5] Trimmer [5] Lance Corporal [3] Seaman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Able Seaman [2] Deck Boy [2] Leading Trimmer [2] Boy Cook [1] Cook's Mate [1] Donkeyman [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engineman [1] Fireman and Trimmer [1] Leading Deck Hand [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Serjeant [1] Trimmer Cook [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [26] Royal Highlanders [7] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [6] Royal Naval Division [3] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2] 5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] Army Service Corps [1] Australian Army Medical Corps [1] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1] H.M.S. "Achates." [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Conquest [1] HMS Revenge [1] London Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Ladoga" (Leith) [1] Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Princess Dagmar" (Glasgow) [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Alices" [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Drifter "Ladysmith." [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Thalia." [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Gunner [1] Royal Naval Reserve - S.S. "Waikawa." [1] Royal Scots [1]

Service

Royal Navy [58] British Army [10] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [18] G [13] B [11] C [9] S [9] H [8] R [8] D [7] F [7] A [6] T [5] W [5] L [4] E [3] P [3] V [3] J [2] Y [2] K [1] N [1] O [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [56] Military Service [45]

Country

United Kingdom [8] Australia [1]

Andrew Gilmour

Born 1874

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John Gilmour

Born 1851

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Duncan Gilmour

Born 1888

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John Gibb

Born 1865

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John Ellis

Born 1888

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Robert Cunningham Douglas

Born 1889

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