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Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [888]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [693]

Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [8]

Monifieth, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [6]

Dundee Forfarshire Angus Scotland [4]

Logie, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [4]

Tealing, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [3]

Auchterhouse, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Carnoustie, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Barry, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Bridgefoot, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Dundee, St Andrew, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Forfar, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Guthrie, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Mid Street, Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1]

Monikie, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Montrose, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Rank

Private [6]

Able Seaman [2]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

Cadet [1]

Clerk 3rd Class [1]

Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Lady Doctor [1]

Master [1]

Private 1st Class [1]

Serjeant [1]

Third Engineer [1]

Unit

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

4th Royal Highlanders [1]

BlacK Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Mercantile Marine - Merchant Navy [1]

Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Clan Macfarlane" (Glasgow) [1]

Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Lorle" (West Hartlepool) [1]

Mercantile Marine, S.S. "War Patrol" (Liverpool) [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Division - Hawke Battalion [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Research [1]

Scottish Horse [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [724]

British Army [7]

Other Empire Force [3]

Royal Navy [3]

Last name first letter

M [268]

S [150]

B [124]

C [124]

D [113]

R [109]

W [103]

G [84]

F [77]

H [76]

L [68]

T [64]

A [59]

P [52]

K [40]

J [25]

N [24]

E [16]

O [16]

I [11]

Y [10]

Q [3]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [887]

Military Service [731]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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Place of birth

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [888] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [693] Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [8] Monifieth, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [6] Dundee Forfarshire Angus Scotland [4] Logie, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [4] Tealing, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [3] Auchterhouse, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Carnoustie, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Barry, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Bridgefoot, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Dundee, St Andrew, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Forfar, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Guthrie, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Mid Street, Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Monikie, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Montrose, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Rank

Private [6] Able Seaman [2] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Cadet [1] Clerk 3rd Class [1] Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [1] Lady Doctor [1] Master [1] Private 1st Class [1] Serjeant [1] Third Engineer [1]

Unit

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [4] Royal Air Force [4] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] 4th Royal Highlanders [1] BlacK Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Mercantile Marine - Merchant Navy [1] Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Clan Macfarlane" (Glasgow) [1] Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Lorle" (West Hartlepool) [1] Mercantile Marine, S.S. "War Patrol" (Liverpool) [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Division - Hawke Battalion [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve: HMS Research [1] Scottish Horse [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [724] British Army [7] Other Empire Force [3] Royal Navy [3]

Last name first letter

M [268] S [150] B [124] C [124] D [113] R [109] W [103] G [84] F [77] H [76] L [68] T [64] A [59] P [52] K [40] J [25] N [24] E [16] O [16] I [11] Y [10] Q [3] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [887] Military Service [731]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

David Earl Robertson

Born 1894

Died 1965

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408648

British Army 3057 Private Scottish Horse

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James Whyte Swanston

Born 1872

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Master Mercantile Marine - Merchant Navy

Other Empire Force Master Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Clan Macfarlane" (Glasgow)

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Alexander Cochrane

Born 1872

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306804 Clerk 3rd Class Royal Air Force

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Charles Eavis Beattie

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293086

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Thomas Annan

Born 1891

British Army 1898 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

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John Clark

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308700

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Alexander Binnie

Born 1893

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3026 Serjeant Royal Air Force

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John Sexton

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163402

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Thomas Robertson

Born 1900

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 184592 Cadet Royal Air Force 8th Cadet Wing.

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Janet Park Walton - Mrs Smyth

Born 1890

Died 1974

British Army Lady Doctor Royal Army Medical Corps Salonika

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John Robertson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285151

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Andrew L Anderson

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306889

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John Adam

Born 1882

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Able Seaman Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Able Seaman Mercantile Marine, S.S. "War Patrol" (Liverpool)

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John Cashley

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79966

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Patrick Coughlin

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164186

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James Bricknall

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101203

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James Mathers

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196530

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James Chambers

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 15237

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Alexander Forbes

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28628

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Alexander Forrest

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 140378

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