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Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [141]

Isle of Man, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [95]

Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [86]

Annan, Dumfriesshire [49]

Dumfriesshire [48]

Langholm, Dumfriesshire [25]

Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire [22]

Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [17]

Moffat, Dumfriesshire [10]

Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire [9]

Closeburn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [8]

Closeburn, Dumfriesshire [7]

Holywood, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [6]

Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire [6]

Canonbie, Dumfriesshire [5]

Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [5]

Dumfriesshire, Scotland [4]

Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [4]

Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [4]

Maxwelltown, Dumfriesshire [4]

Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [4]

Castle Douglas, Dumfriesshire [3]

Dalton, Dumfriesshire [3]

Dumfriesshire Scotland [3]

Dunscore, Dumfriesshire [3]

Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire [3]

Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [3]

Hoddom, Dumfriesshire [3]

Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire [3]

Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [3]

Moniaive, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [3]

Thornhill, Dumfriesshire [3]

Carlisle, Dumfriesshire [2]

EWES, DUMFRIESSHIRE [2]

Eskdalemuir, Dumfriesshire [2]

Glencaple, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [2]

Holywood, Dumfriesshire [2]

Kirkmichael, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [2]

Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [2]

New Abbey, Dumfriesshire [2]

Penpont, Dumfriesshire [2]

Rowanburnfoot, Canonbie, Dumfriesshire [2]

Tinwald, Dumfriesshire [2]

Torthorwald, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [2]

Torthorwald, Dumfriesshire [2]

11 St Vincent Place, Broom's Road, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [1]

Annan Dumfriesshire [1]

Annau, Dumfriesshire [1]

Applegarth, Dumfriesshire, SCOTLAND [1]

Arman, Dumfriesshire [1]

Rank

Private [79]

Corporal [10]

Lieutenant [9]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Captain [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Sapper [3]

Serjeant [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Signaller [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Pilot Officer (Prob.) [1]

Air Chief Marshall [1]

Air-Chief-Marshal [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain /Acting Major [1]

Chief Mechanic [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lance/Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Pilot [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Quarter Master Sergeant (SM 2nd Class) [1]

Rifleman [1]

Seaman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

King's Own Scottish Borderers [31]

Royal Scots [7]

Highland Light Infantry [6]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [6]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Gordon Highlanders [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

Scottish Rifles [5]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Royal Highlanders [4]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

HMS TIGER [2]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

10th Light Horse Regiment [1]

10th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

11th Light Horse [1]

21st Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

38th Training Depot Station [1]

3rd King's African Rifles [1]

7th Hussars [1]

Air Training Corps [1]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [1]

Canadian Army Service Corps [1]

Fighter Command [1]

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

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

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

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Caledonia [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Excellent [1]

HMS GALATEA [1]

HMS Glatton [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [222]

Royal Navy [184]

British Army [101]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [117]

B [74]

C [73]

W [57]

S [46]

D [42]

G [40]

H [39]

R [37]

T [29]

K [27]

L [26]

P [25]

J [23]

F [21]

I [17]

A [12]

N [10]

E [9]

Q [3]

O [2]

V [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [506]

Merchant Navy [218]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [141] Isle of Man, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [95] Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [86] Annan, Dumfriesshire [49] Dumfriesshire [48] Langholm, Dumfriesshire [25] Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire [22] Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [17] Moffat, Dumfriesshire [10] Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire [9] Closeburn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [8] Closeburn, Dumfriesshire [7] Holywood, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [6] Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire [6] Canonbie, Dumfriesshire [5] Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [5] Dumfriesshire, Scotland [4] Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [4] Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [4] Maxwelltown, Dumfriesshire [4] Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [4] Castle Douglas, Dumfriesshire [3] Dalton, Dumfriesshire [3] Dumfriesshire Scotland [3] Dunscore, Dumfriesshire [3] Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire [3] Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [3] Hoddom, Dumfriesshire [3] Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire [3] Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [3] Moniaive, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [3] Thornhill, Dumfriesshire [3] Carlisle, Dumfriesshire [2] EWES, DUMFRIESSHIRE [2] Eskdalemuir, Dumfriesshire [2] Glencaple, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [2] Holywood, Dumfriesshire [2] Kirkmichael, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [2] Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [2] New Abbey, Dumfriesshire [2] Penpont, Dumfriesshire [2] Rowanburnfoot, Canonbie, Dumfriesshire [2] Tinwald, Dumfriesshire [2] Torthorwald, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [2] Torthorwald, Dumfriesshire [2] 11 St Vincent Place, Broom's Road, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [1] Annan Dumfriesshire [1] Annau, Dumfriesshire [1] Applegarth, Dumfriesshire, SCOTLAND [1] Arman, Dumfriesshire [1]

Rank

Private [79] Corporal [10] Lieutenant [9] Second Lieutenant [9] Lance Corporal [8] Captain [5] Able Seaman [4] Deck Hand [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Sapper [3] Serjeant [3] Trooper [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Leading Stoker [2] Signaller [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Pilot Officer (Prob.) [1] Air Chief Marshall [1] Air-Chief-Marshal [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain /Acting Major [1] Chief Mechanic [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Stoker [1] Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Gunner [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lance/Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Pilot [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Quarter Master Sergeant (SM 2nd Class) [1] Rifleman [1] Seaman [1] Sergeant [1] Signal Boy [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Wireman 2nd Class [1] Worker [1]

Unit

King's Own Scottish Borderers [31] Royal Scots [7] Highland Light Infantry [6] Royal Scots Fusiliers [6] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Gordon Highlanders [5] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] Scottish Rifles [5] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] Canadian Infantry [4] Royal Highlanders [4] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Army Service Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Corps of Hussars [2] HMS TIGER [2] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Naval Division [2] 10th Light Horse Regiment [1] 10th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] 11th Light Horse [1] 21st Royal Army Medical Corps [1] 38th Training Depot Station [1] 3rd King's African Rifles [1] 7th Hussars [1] Air Training Corps [1] Ayrshire Yeomanry [1] Canadian Army Service Corps [1] Fighter Command [1] H.M.S. "Hampshire" [1] H.M.S. "Victory." [1] H.M.S. "Vivid." [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Caledonia [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Excellent [1] HMS GALATEA [1] HMS Glatton [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [222] Royal Navy [184] British Army [101] Australian Imperial Force [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [117] B [74] C [73] W [57] S [46] D [42] G [40] H [39] R [37] T [29] K [27] L [26] P [25] J [23] F [21] I [17] A [12] N [10] E [9] Q [3] O [2] V [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [506] Merchant Navy [218]

Country

United Kingdom [25] Canada [1]

John Wylie

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 25270 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 40556 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Patrick Balfour Watson

Born 1890

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 437089 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 437089 Private Sailed with 51st Canadian Infantry Battalion Joined 15th Canadian Infantry Battalion on the Western Front

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Robert Liepman Lee

Born 1889

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1554 Lance Corporal 28th Australian Infantry Battalion

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James Warwick

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 28043 Trooper Imperial Yeomary 6th (Scots) Battalion

British Army P917 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

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Robert Farish

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99021

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George Marchbank

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281266

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John Roddan

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231939

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David Murray

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77606

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Richard Little

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233125

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Robert Scott Morrison

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266929

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Robert Coulthart

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197459

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Robert John Rae

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 27333 Scottish Borderers

British Army 83545 Private Machine Gun Corps 23rd Company

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James Paton Logie

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders

British Army S/15246 Acting Corporal Gordon Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment

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Patrick Lyon Playfair

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army Temporary Captain Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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William Bell

Born 1891

British Army 6272 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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William Balmer

Born 1867

Died 1914

Royal Navy 149705 Chief Stoker HMS BULWARK

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James Jardine Kirkpatrick

Born 1882

Died 1919

British Army 9246 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 6738 Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 201607 Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers Depot

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James Burness Grange

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 9415 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 3rd west Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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William Sprot Graham

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99482

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William Underwood

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105895

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