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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]

James Cowans

Born 1893

Died 1918

Royal Navy Z/5225 Royal Naval Division

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Charles Forbes

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy 2742S Stoker HMS Goliath

Royal Navy 2742S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2742S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Goliath."

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David Brodie

Born 1896

Died 1920

British Army 24832 Private Royal Scots

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Henry Macdonald

Died 1917

British Army 4015 Private Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 7th Battalion, Territorial Force Depot.

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James Minty

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 3456 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army 24506 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 24506 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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William Forbes

Died 1916

British Army 4164 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 4th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 4164 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 4th (City of Dundee) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Robert Kerr

Born 1894

Died 1918

Royal Navy Z/2642 Royal Naval Division

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William Aitken

Died 1916

British Army 548 Private 1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 548 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Battalion

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Walter Davis

Born 1899

Died 1984

British Army S/21427 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army S21427 L/Corporal Gordon Highlanders 1st Batallion

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William Hamilton Little

Died 1916

British Army 372743 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5474 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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John Russell

Born 1896

British Army 7051 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

British Army 30428 Private Royal Defence Corps 210 Company

British Army 30428 Lance Corporal Royal Defence Corps 210 Company

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John Queripel

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 3/4005 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion

British Army 635706 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William Hosie Dryden

Born 1887

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 16420

Canadian Expeditionary Force 16420 Sergeant Canadian Army Medical Corps

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William Bell Scott

Died 1916

British Army 4988 Private London Regiment

British Army 4988 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372389 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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John Mcleod Neave

Born 1863

Died 1915

Other Empire Force First Mate Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force First Mate Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Jacona" (Dundee)

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David Douglas Ogilvie

Born 1888

Died 1964

British Army Second Lieutenant Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (Territorial Force)

British Army Captain Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 1/1st Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army Major Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (Territorial Force)

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Alfred Alfonsis Stretch

Born 1887

Died 1969

British Army 152999 Private Royal Garrison Artillery

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Alexander Archer

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army S/8966 Private Royal Highlanders 8th (Service) Battalion

British Army S/8966 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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John White Urquhart

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army S/6697 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army S/6697 Private Seaforth Highlanders 8th Battalion

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Charles Durnin Mulligan

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 2001 Lance Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 4th Battalion

British Army 2001 Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 4th Battalion

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