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Crail, Fifeshire [40]

Crail, Fifeshire, Scotland [12]

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Seaman [18]

Deck Hand [7]

Engineman [3]

Leading Seaman [2]

Second Hand [2]

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Royal Naval Reserve [34]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Royal Highlanders [2]

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Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Hildebrand (Armed Merchant Cruiser) [1]

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British Army [3]

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W [8]

M [7]

S [7]

C [5]

B [4]

D [3]

H [3]

L [3]

R [3]

T [3]

P [2]

G [1]

K [1]

N [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [12]

Military Service [6]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

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People [52] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Crail, Fifeshire [40] Crail, Fifeshire, Scotland [12]

Rank

Seaman [18] Deck Hand [7] Engineman [3] Leading Seaman [2] Second Hand [2] Trimmer Cook [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Leading Seaman [1] Corporal [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Petty Officer [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Serjeant [1] Trimmer [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [34] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Royal Highlanders [2] HMS VALIANT [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Comus [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Hildebrand (Armed Merchant Cruiser) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [37] British Army [3]

Last name first letter

W [8] M [7] S [7] C [5] B [4] D [3] H [3] L [3] R [3] T [3] P [2] G [1] K [1] N [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [12] Military Service [6]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

James Dewar

Born 1854

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Andrew Sharp Scott

Born 1864

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William Gay Morris

Born 1898

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Alexander Martin Braid

Born 1869

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David B Balfour

Born 1892

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Archibald Dickson

Born 1880

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Andrew Taylor

Born 1856

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Thomas Gay

Born 1861

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Andrew Maxwell Wilson

Born 1891

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James Myles Ritchie

Born 1885

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William Balfour Young

Born 1877

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James Henderson

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