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Douglas, Isle of Man, England [171]

Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland [84]

Port Douglas Queensland [57]

Douglas, Isle Of Man [54]

Douglas [44]

Douglas, Isle of Man [40]

Douglas, Cork [29]

Douglas England [21]

Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire [18]

Castle Douglas Scotland [13]

Castle Douglas Kirkcudbright [12]

Douglas, Lanarkshire [11]

Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland [9]

Douglas Isle of Man [4]

Douglas, Isle of Wight [4]

Castle Douglas, Dumfriesshire [3]

Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbright [3]

Douglas Park New South Wales [3]

St Georges, Douglas, Isle Of Man [3]

Braddan, Douglas, Isle of Man [2]

Douglas Isle of Wight [2]

Douglas ON [2]

Douglas Victoria [2]

Douglas, Co. Cork [2]

Douglas, Douglas [2]

Douglas, Isle of Wight, England [2]

Port Douglas, Queensland [2]

St. Thomas, Douglas, Isle Of Man [2]

105 Douglas Street, Blythswood, Glasgow [1]

3 Douglas Terrace, Thames Ditton, Surrey [1]

Balcarry, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire [1]

Bradden, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1]

Braddin, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1]

Braddon, Douglas, Isle of Man [1]

Bridge of Dee, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire [1]

Castle Douglas Kircudbright [1]

Castle Douglas, Co Kirkcudbright [1]

Castle Douglas, Kincardineshire [1]

Castle Douglas, Scotland [1]

Douglas Ise of Man [1]

Douglas Isle Of Man England [1]

Douglas Isle of Man England [1]

Douglas Isle of Man. [1]

Douglas Queensland [1]

Douglas Water, Lanarkshire [1]

Douglas, County Cork [1]

Douglas, Lanark, Lanarkshire [1]

Douglas, Somerset, England [1]

Douglas, The Isle of Man [1]

Honan, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1]

Rank

Private [58]

Corporal [9]

Lance Corporal [7]

Seaman [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Captain [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Chief Stoker [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Reverend [2]

Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Admiral [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Bandmaster 1st Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Boatman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant RNVR [1]

Lt. Col. [1]

Major [1]

Matron [1]

Medical Officer [1]

Nurse [1]

Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Sailmaker's Mate [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sister [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [15]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

HMS Goliath [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath." [3]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic." [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Army Reserve [2]

Australian Infantry [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS Vivid I [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

10th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery [1]

1st (Western Ontario) Battalion [1]

3rd South African Infantry [1]

5th (Royal Irish) Lancers [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corp [1]

Australian Army Nursing Service [1]

Australian Army Service Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps only in Canada [1]

Canadian Div. Cyclist Company [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [104]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [101]

Royal Navy [88]

British Army [75]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Other Empire Force [7]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [142]

M [66]

K [58]

B [44]

H [41]

S [35]

G [30]

W [29]

T [24]

D [23]

R [23]

L [22]

Q [17]

A [16]

O [16]

F [14]

J [13]

P [12]

E [8]

N [4]

I [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [351]

Merchant Navy [265]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [43]

Isle of Man [8]

Ireland [2]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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Douglas, Isle of Man, England [171] Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland [84] Port Douglas Queensland [57] Douglas, Isle Of Man [54] Douglas [44] Douglas, Isle of Man [40] Douglas, Cork [29] Douglas England [21] Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire [18] Castle Douglas Scotland [13] Castle Douglas Kirkcudbright [12] Douglas, Lanarkshire [11] Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland [9] Douglas Isle of Man [4] Douglas, Isle of Wight [4] Castle Douglas, Dumfriesshire [3] Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbright [3] Douglas Park New South Wales [3] St Georges, Douglas, Isle Of Man [3] Braddan, Douglas, Isle of Man [2] Douglas Isle of Wight [2] Douglas ON [2] Douglas Victoria [2] Douglas, Co. Cork [2] Douglas, Douglas [2] Douglas, Isle of Wight, England [2] Port Douglas, Queensland [2] St. Thomas, Douglas, Isle Of Man [2] 105 Douglas Street, Blythswood, Glasgow [1] 3 Douglas Terrace, Thames Ditton, Surrey [1] Balcarry, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire [1] Bradden, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1] Braddin, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1] Braddon, Douglas, Isle of Man [1] Bridge of Dee, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire [1] Castle Douglas Kircudbright [1] Castle Douglas, Co Kirkcudbright [1] Castle Douglas, Kincardineshire [1] Castle Douglas, Scotland [1] Douglas Ise of Man [1] Douglas Isle Of Man England [1] Douglas Isle of Man England [1] Douglas Isle of Man. [1] Douglas Queensland [1] Douglas Water, Lanarkshire [1] Douglas, County Cork [1] Douglas, Lanark, Lanarkshire [1] Douglas, Somerset, England [1] Douglas, The Isle of Man [1] Honan, Douglas, Isle Of Man [1]

Rank

Private [58] Corporal [9] Lance Corporal [7] Seaman [6] Able Seaman [5] Ordinary Seaman [4] Captain [3] Deck Hand [3] Leading Stoker [3] Lieutenant [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Chief Stoker [2] Leading Seaman [2] Nursing Sister [2] Reverend [2] Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Admiral [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Bandmaster 1st Class [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chaplain [1] Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Boatman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant RNVR [1] Lt. Col. [1] Major [1] Matron [1] Medical Officer [1] Nurse [1] Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant [1] Rear Admiral [1] Sailmaker's Mate [1] Sergeant [1] Sister [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [15] Liverpool Regiment [7] Army Service Corps [6] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] HMS Goliath [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath." [3] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic." [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Army Reserve [2] Australian Infantry [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Canadian Infantry [2] HMS LION [2] HMS Vivid I [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] 10th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery [1] 1st (Western Ontario) Battalion [1] 3rd South African Infantry [1] 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corp [1] Australian Army Nursing Service [1] Australian Army Service Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps only in Canada [1] Canadian Div. Cyclist Company [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [104] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [101] Royal Navy [88] British Army [75] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Other Empire Force [7] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [142] M [66] K [58] B [44] H [41] S [35] G [30] W [29] T [24] D [23] R [23] L [22] Q [17] A [16] O [16] F [14] J [13] P [12] E [8] N [4] I [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [351] Merchant Navy [265] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [43] Isle of Man [8] Ireland [2] Australia [1] Canada [1]

James Cockburn

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262218

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Hugh Ritchie

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292647

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Joseph Mcgill

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161635

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Thomas Browning

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 9698 Private Seaforth Highlanders 2nd Battalion

British Army 9698 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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William Clucas Hardy

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 2790 Non-Combatant Corps

British Army 2790 Private Non-Combatant Corps 4th Southern Company

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Douglas Nowell Colson

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve - Submarine L18

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

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Reginald William Cowin

Born 1896

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204321 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Air Force Airship Construction Station (Kingsnorth)

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Robert Currie

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 1918 Private Royal Scots 1/7th Battalion

British Army 1918 Acting Lance Corporal Royal Scots 3/7th Battalion

British Army 1918 Private Royal Scots 3/7th Battalion

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William Henry Corrin

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 16369 Private Manchester Regiment 11th manchest Battalion

British Army 16369 Private Manchester Regiment 11th Battalion.

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William Handley

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 1900 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/4th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army 1900 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/5th Battalion

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Joseph Higgins

Born 1881

Died 1958

British Army G/22335 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Edwyn Fleming Green

Born 1896

British Army M2/080732 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Richard Douglas Jones

Born 1886

Died 1917

Royal Navy 216311 Able Seaman HMS Vanguard

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Frank Lace Clucas

Born 1893

British Army 5376 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 202432 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Joseph Albert Faragher

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5697 Corporal 44th Bn.

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Minerva Lane

Born 1891

Died 1970

Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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William Telfer

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 19876 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 18959 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 18595 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Cecil George William Martin

Born 1897

Died 1969

British Army 497143 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 3089 / 497143 Private Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force 3rd Home Counties Field Ambulance

British Army 7683620 Lance Corporal Military Foot Police

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Thomas Stanley Kewin

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 92377 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 92377 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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John Adderly

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 4336 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 4336 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 9th Battalion

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