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Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [888]

Dundee Scotland [482]

Dundee, Scotland [54]

Dundee Forfarshire Scotland [11]

Dundee, Forfar, Scotland [6]

Dundee,Scotland [5]

Dundee Forfarshire Angus Scotland [4]

Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland [4]

Dundee SCOTLAND [3]

Dundee, Angus, Scotland [3]

Dundee , Angus, Scotland [2]

Dundee Angus Scotland [2]

Place of birth - Dundee Scotland [2]

13 Victoria Road, Dundee, Scotland [1]

32 Nelson's Lane, Dundee, Scotland [1]

4 Dundee Place, Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

59 Crescent Street, Dundee, Scotland [1]

Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland [1]

Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland [1]

District of Lochee, Burgh of Dundee Scotland [1]

Dundee Scotland Victoria [1]

Dundee scotland [1]

Dundee, Angus, Scotland. [1]

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

Dundee,Angus,Scotland [1]

Dundee,Scotland. [1]

Magdalen Place, Parish of Mains, Dundee, Scotland [1]

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

Monifeith,Dundee,Scotland [1]

North Dundee, Scotland [1]

POE Dundee Scotland [1]

Parkhead Dundee Scotland [1]

St Peter, Dundee, Angus, Scotland [1]

St.Clement,Dundee,Scotland. [1]

Rank

Private [73]

Serjeant [9]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Able Seaman [4]

Corporal [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Captain [2]

Gunner [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sapper [2]

Sergeant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy II [1]

Chief Gunner [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Chum [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Driver [1]

Drummer [1]

Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Lady Doctor [1]

Lance Corporal (Acting Corporal) [1]

Lance Corporal Drummer [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Master [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Drummer [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Recruit [1]

Saddler [1]

Signaller [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker II [1]

Submariner [1]

Third Engineer [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Canadian Infantry [10]

Royal Highlanders [9]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

Seaforth Highlanders [5]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) [3]

Royal Scots [3]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [2]

2nd Royal Highlanders [2]

Australian Infantry [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Labour Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Scottish Horse [2]

1/5th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

100th Battalion Machine Gun Corps [1]

10th Light Horse Regiment [1]

11th Labour Corps [1]

32nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

3rd Light Horse Brigade [1]

43rd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

48th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

48th Highlanders [1]

4th Royal Highlanders [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

BlacK Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Canadian Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regt.) [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Divisional Cyclist Company [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

H.M.S. Barham [1]

H.M.S. Impregnable [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [482]

British Army [76]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [20]

Royal Navy [19]

Other Empire Force [5]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [263]

S [143]

C [113]

B [102]

R [96]

D [95]

H [89]

W [83]

F [76]

G [69]

A [65]

L [58]

T [55]

P [49]

K [34]

N [25]

J [19]

E [16]

O [15]

I [10]

Y [9]

Q [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [889]

Military Service [596]

Country

United Kingdom [43]

Canada [2]

Australia [1]

Germany [1]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [888] Dundee Scotland [482] Dundee, Scotland [54] Dundee Forfarshire Scotland [11] Dundee, Forfar, Scotland [6] Dundee,Scotland [5] Dundee Forfarshire Angus Scotland [4] Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland [4] Dundee SCOTLAND [3] Dundee, Angus, Scotland [3] Dundee , Angus, Scotland [2] Dundee Angus Scotland [2] Place of birth - Dundee Scotland [2] 13 Victoria Road, Dundee, Scotland [1] 32 Nelson's Lane, Dundee, Scotland [1] 4 Dundee Place, Edinburgh, Scotland [1] 59 Crescent Street, Dundee, Scotland [1] Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland [1] Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland [1] District of Lochee, Burgh of Dundee Scotland [1] Dundee Scotland Victoria [1] Dundee scotland [1] Dundee, Angus, Scotland. [1] Dundee, St Andrew, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Dundee,Angus,Scotland [1] Dundee,Scotland. [1] Magdalen Place, Parish of Mains, Dundee, Scotland [1] Mid Street, Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [1] Monifeith,Dundee,Scotland [1] North Dundee, Scotland [1] POE Dundee Scotland [1] Parkhead Dundee Scotland [1] St Peter, Dundee, Angus, Scotland [1] St.Clement,Dundee,Scotland. [1]

Rank

Private [73] Serjeant [9] Second Lieutenant [7] Able Seaman [4] Corporal [4] Lance Corporal [4] Lieutenant [3] Captain [2] Gunner [2] Rifleman [2] Sapper [2] Sergeant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy II [1] Chief Gunner [1] Chief Stoker [1] Chum [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Driver [1] Drummer [1] Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [1] Lady Doctor [1] Lance Corporal (Acting Corporal) [1] Lance Corporal Drummer [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Master [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Drummer [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Recruit [1] Saddler [1] Signaller [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker II [1] Submariner [1] Third Engineer [1] Trumpeter [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Canadian Infantry [10] Royal Highlanders [9] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] Seaforth Highlanders [5] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) [3] Royal Scots [3] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [2] 2nd Royal Highlanders [2] Australian Infantry [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Canadian Army Medical Corps [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Labour Corps [2] London Regiment [2] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Scottish Horse [2] 1/5th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 100th Battalion Machine Gun Corps [1] 10th Light Horse Regiment [1] 11th Labour Corps [1] 32nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 3rd Light Horse Brigade [1] 43rd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 48th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 48th Highlanders [1] 4th Royal Highlanders [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] BlacK Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Border Regiment [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Canadian Corps [1] Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regt.) [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Divisional Cyclist Company [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] H.M.S. Barham [1] H.M.S. Impregnable [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [482] British Army [76] Canadian Expeditionary Force [20] Royal Navy [19] Other Empire Force [5] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [263] S [143] C [113] B [102] R [96] D [95] H [89] W [83] F [76] G [69] A [65] L [58] T [55] P [49] K [34] N [25] J [19] E [16] O [15] I [10] Y [9] Q [2] U [1]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [889] Military Service [596]

Country

United Kingdom [43] Canada [2] Australia [1] Germany [1] India [1] New Zealand [1]

Harry Alexander Mcdonald

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army Captain Divisional Cyclist Company

British Army Captain London Regiment , Army Cyclists Corps

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George Couttie

Born 1882

Died 1920

Canadian Expeditionary Force 928230

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private 216th Battalion

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John Burnett

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 1320 Private 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 1320 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Thomas Laing Wilkie

Born 1884

Died 1934

British Army 17369 Battery Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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James Mitchell

Australian Imperial Force 484

Australian Imperial Force 484 Private

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John Finnigan

Born 1885

British Army 1882 Private 4th Royal Highlanders

British Army 1882 Private BlacK Watch (Royal Highlanders) 4th Battalion

British Army Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 3rd Territorial Battalion

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George Barclay

Born 1887

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 438304

Canadian Expeditionary Force 438304 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Oram

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant

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Harold Young Martin

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment

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Henry Albert Meek

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 8982 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st/14th Battalion

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William Buntin Henderson

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 8/20045 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/20045 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2nd Battalion

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George Ireland

Born 1879

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 51 Private Australian Infantry

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Francis Smith

Born 1890

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3106714

British Army 410188 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Archibald Patterson Matthew

Australian Imperial Force 847

Australian Imperial Force 6809

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Thomas Annan

Born 1891

British Army 1898 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

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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 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 Sydie Smith

Born 1890

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Third Engineer Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Third Engineer Mercantile Marine, S.S. "Lorle" (West Hartlepool)

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James Alexander Murray

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 5890 Private Scottish Horse

British Army 5890 Trumpeter Scottish Horse

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David Cooper

British Army 314711 Serjeant 11th Labour Corps

British Army Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 6410 Lance Corporal (Acting Corporal) South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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