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Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [888]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [693]

Dundee Scotland [482]

Dundee, Forfarshire [381]

Dundee [345]

Dundee Forfar [203]

Dundee, Forfar [105]

Dundee, Scotland [54]

Dundee New South Wales [14]

Dundee, Angus [12]

Dundee Forfarshire Scotland [11]

Lochee, Dundee [10]

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

Dundee, Fifeshire [7]

Dundee, Forfar, Scotland [6]

Monifieth, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [6]

Dundee,Scotland [5]

Natal, Dundee [5]

Dundee Forfarshire Angus Scotland [4]

Dundee, [4]

Dundee, Dundee [4]

Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland [4]

Logie, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [4]

dundee [4]

Broughty Ferry, Dundee [3]

Dundee SCOTLAND [3]

Dundee, Angus, Scotland [3]

Tealing, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [3]

Auchterhouse, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Broughtyferry Dundee [2]

Carnoustie, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Dundee , Angus, Scotland [2]

Dundee Angus Scotland [2]

Dundee England [2]

Dundee, Natal [2]

Dundee, Perthshire [2]

Place of birth - Dundee Scotland [2]

St. Andrews, Dundee [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]

6 Tannadice Street, Dundee [1]

8 Rosebank Street Dundee [1]

Angus Dundee [1]

Arbroath, Dundee [1]

Archibald's Lane, Lochee, Dundee. [1]

Auchterhouse, Dundee [1]

Barry, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Bridgefoot, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Rank

Private [350]

Serjeant [33]

Lance Corporal [28]

Corporal [23]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Able Seaman [18]

Lieutenant [16]

Gunner [15]

Captain [13]

Ordinary Seaman [12]

Sapper [12]

Deck Hand [10]

Driver [10]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Sergeant [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [7]

Leading Seaman [6]

Rifleman [6]

Stoker [6]

Trimmer [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Major [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Engineman [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Seaman [4]

Acting Sergeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Cadet [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Fireman [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Signalman [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [133]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [125]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [41]

Royal Naval Reserve [39]

Royal Scots [24]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [21]

Royal Engineers [21]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [19]

Gordon Highlanders [17]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [14]

Army Service Corps [13]

Canadian Infantry [13]

Labour Corps [12]

Royal Air Force [12]

Highland Light Infantry [11]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [11]

Seaforth Highlanders [11]

London Regiment [10]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [9]

Royal Naval Division [9]

Cameron Highlanders [8]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

HMS TIGER [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Scottish Horse [6]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [5]

Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

2nd Royal Highlanders [3]

4th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [3]

HMS LION [3]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [3]

Royal Naval Air Service [3]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Bulwark [3]

Scots Guards [3]

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

2nd South African Infantry [2]

4/5th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

4th Royal Highlanders [2]

7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Australian Infantry [2]

Black Watch [2]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [2]

Fife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry [2]

HMS Chester [2]

Service

Royal Navy [781]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [739]

Australian Imperial Force [501]

British Army [441]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [31]

Other Empire Force [12]

South African Services [4]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [567]

S [302]

C [277]

B [269]

D [231]

R [211]

W [194]

H [176]

G [174]

F [155]

A [145]

L [132]

T [117]

P [112]

K [91]

N [52]

J [45]

O [34]

E [32]

I [24]

Y [18]

Q [6]

U [3]

V [3]

Contribution

Military Service [2399]

Merchant Navy [890]

Country

United Kingdom [135]

Canada [4]

India [3]

South Africa [3]

Australia [1]

Germany [1]

New Zealand [1]

United States [1]

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Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [888] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [693] Dundee Scotland [482] Dundee, Forfarshire [381] Dundee [345] Dundee Forfar [203] Dundee, Forfar [105] Dundee, Scotland [54] Dundee New South Wales [14] Dundee, Angus [12] Dundee Forfarshire Scotland [11] Lochee, Dundee [10] Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [8] Dundee, Fifeshire [7] Dundee, Forfar, Scotland [6] Monifieth, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [6] Dundee,Scotland [5] Natal, Dundee [5] Dundee Forfarshire Angus Scotland [4] Dundee, [4] Dundee, Dundee [4] Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland [4] Logie, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [4] dundee [4] Broughty Ferry, Dundee [3] Dundee SCOTLAND [3] Dundee, Angus, Scotland [3] Tealing, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [3] Auchterhouse, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Broughtyferry Dundee [2] Carnoustie, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Dundee , Angus, Scotland [2] Dundee Angus Scotland [2] Dundee England [2] Dundee, Natal [2] Dundee, Perthshire [2] Place of birth - Dundee Scotland [2] St. Andrews, Dundee [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] 6 Tannadice Street, Dundee [1] 8 Rosebank Street Dundee [1] Angus Dundee [1] Arbroath, Dundee [1] Archibald's Lane, Lochee, Dundee. [1] Auchterhouse, Dundee [1] Barry, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1] Bridgefoot, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [1]

Rank

Private [350] Serjeant [33] Lance Corporal [28] Corporal [23] Second Lieutenant [20] Able Seaman [18] Lieutenant [16] Gunner [15] Captain [13] Ordinary Seaman [12] Sapper [12] Deck Hand [10] Driver [10] Stoker 1st Class [9] Sergeant [8] Acting Corporal [7] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [7] Leading Seaman [6] Rifleman [6] Stoker [6] Trimmer [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Major [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Engineman [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Seaman [4] Acting Sergeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Leading Stoker [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Aircraftman 2nd Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Cadet [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Fireman [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Petty Officer [2] Signalman [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [133] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [125] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [41] Royal Naval Reserve [39] Royal Scots [24] King's Own Scottish Borderers [21] Royal Engineers [21] Royal Field Artillery [20] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [19] Gordon Highlanders [17] Royal Scots Fusiliers [14] Army Service Corps [13] Canadian Infantry [13] Labour Corps [12] Royal Air Force [12] Highland Light Infantry [11] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [11] Seaforth Highlanders [11] London Regiment [10] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [9] Royal Naval Division [9] Cameron Highlanders [8] Machine Gun Corps [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] HMS TIGER [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Scottish Horse [6] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [5] Black Watch ( Royal Highlanders ) [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] 2nd Royal Highlanders [3] 4th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Canadian Army Medical Corps [3] HMS LION [3] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [3] Royal Naval Air Service [3] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Bulwark [3] Scots Guards [3] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [2] 2nd South African Infantry [2] 4/5th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] 4th Royal Highlanders [2] 7th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Australian Infantry [2] Black Watch [2] Canadian Mounted Rifles [2] Fife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry [2] HMS Chester [2]

Service

Royal Navy [781] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [739] Australian Imperial Force [501] British Army [441] Canadian Expeditionary Force [31] Other Empire Force [12] South African Services [4] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [567] S [302] C [277] B [269] D [231] R [211] W [194] H [176] G [174] F [155] A [145] L [132] T [117] P [112] K [91] N [52] J [45] O [34] E [32] I [24] Y [18] Q [6] U [3] V [3]

Contribution

Military Service [2399] Merchant Navy [890]

Country

United Kingdom [135] Canada [4] India [3] South Africa [3] Australia [1] Germany [1] New Zealand [1] United States [1]

Alexander Wood

Born 1869

Died 1917

British Army Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Other Empire Force Fireman Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Fireman Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Vulture."

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John Mcintosh

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army T/29706 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army T/29706 Driver Army Service Corps

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John Stewart Airlie

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 4715 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 201300 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 201300 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 4th/5th

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George Smith Todd

Born 1889

Died 1964

British Army 2092 Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army 2092 Serjeant Royal Highlanders

British Army 2092 Sergeant Black Watch 1st Battalion A Company

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David Low

Born 1873

British Army 2639 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 2639 Acting Lance Corporal Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 2639 Acting Corporal Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

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Alexander Watt

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 39205 Private Royal Scots 13th Battalion

British Army S/15104 Private Royal Highlanders

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Robert Nicol

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 1509 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 265259 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 265259 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st/6th ( Perthshire ) Battalion ( Territorial )

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Edgar Leslie Boase

Born 1868

Died 1916

British Army Captain attached to the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army Captain Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/4th (Dundee) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army Captain Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/4th (Dundee) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Alexander Gillan

Born 1888

Died 1968

British Army 1617 Private 2nd Royal Highlanders

British Army 1617 private 2nd royal highlanders black watch 2nd battalion

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Edric William Matchett

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 22760 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) Depot

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Alexander Stirton Allan

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 3606 Lance Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army 6797 Lance Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army 292941 Lance Corporal Royal Highlanders

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Frederick Conrad Hardie

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Lieutenant Labour Corps

British Army Lieutenant Third Wessex (Portsmouth) Field Ambulance

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William Malloch Burry

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 373490 Rifleman London Regiment 1/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 6580 Rifleman London Regiment 1/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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J Roy Ferguson

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 882 Company Serjeant Major Newfoundland Regiment

British Army 882 Second Lieutenant Newfoundland Regiment

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Harry Devine

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 3/1328 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 3/1328 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Battalion

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George Turner Paton

Born 1887

Died 1917

Royal Navy Leading Seaman HMS Mary Rose

Royal Navy 221513 HMS Mary Rose

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David Robertson Crighton

Born 1889

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 132297 Private Royal Highlanders of Canada 73rd Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 458634 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps

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John Blackwell

Died 1915

British Army 2425 Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 2425 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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John Aitken

Died 1917

British Army 4688 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 203141 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial)

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Albert Victor Patterson

Born 1901

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 158489 Boy Royal Air Force

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