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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]

William Low Masterton

Born 1894

Died 1917

Royal Navy Z/3970 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Clyde Z/3970 Leading Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Alexander Geekie

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army S/16169 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army S/16169 Private Cameron Highlanders 6th. Battalion

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John Alexander Peebles Geekie

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 2213 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 345253 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeo.) Battalion.

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John Summers

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 3/6348 Private Gordon Highlanders 3rd Battalion

British Army 3/6348 Private Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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James Turnbull

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 18415 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 18415 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 10th Bn

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Godfrey Rennie

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 1853 Private Royal Highlanders

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Peter Garland

Died 1916

British Army 3/2282 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 3/2282 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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John Edward Mcintosh Young

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army S/23348 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army S/41261 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/41261 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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John Hogan

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 2669 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

British Army 27758 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 7/8th Battalion.

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James Patrick Ryce

Died 1918

British Army 457 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 457 Lance Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st Battalion.

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Robert Mann Prain

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 12979 Private Scots Guards

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William Stewart Swan

Born 1884

Died 1939

British Army 8038 Private Royal Highlanders

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John Murray

Born 1885

Died 1916

Royal Navy ST 2012 Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2012/ST Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Pekin

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Joseph Barnett

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy S 1989 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 1989S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Queen Mary."

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John Anderson

Born 1879

Died 1917

Royal Navy B 3208 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 3208B Leading Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - S.S. "Calliope."

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Stewart Black

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy TS 4933 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 4933/TS Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Brilliant."

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James Whyte Christie

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 2530 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

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James Carberry

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 36308 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 147575 Private Labour Corps 373rd Coy.

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William Aimer Kenny

Born 1884

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Mounted Rifles 1st Battalion

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Louis John Gouick

Died 1915

British Army 8044 Lance Corporal Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army L/8044 Private Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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